Podcast Episodes

What Role Are You Playing?

We come into the world with a longing to be known and a deep-seated fear that we aren't what we should be. We are set up for a crisis of identity.

And…

9 months, 1 week ago

A Prayer for Mental Resilience

Mental resilience begins when we decide to take hold of our thought life. 

Navy SEAL training includes teaching the recruits positive self-talk. Appar…

9 months, 1 week ago

To Harden Our Hearts

What makes the Day of Judgment so unnerving is that all our posing and all our charades will be pulled back, all secrets will be made known, and our …

9 months, 1 week ago

Neglecting Our Soul

It’s human nature to want our problems to simply go away. Be honest now — how many of us have heard a troubling tick, tick, tick or thump, thump, thu…

9 months, 1 week ago

God is with Us

Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courag…

9 months, 1 week ago

Upside Down and Inside Out

Jesus’ movement will disrupt the Jewish system very, very profoundly. He is going to turn things upside down and inside out. The world will never be …

9 months, 1 week ago

Salvation is a Process, Not an Event

The longing for things to be good again is making us vulnerable to all sorts of compromises. I can help you with this.

First, let’s remove the shock a…

9 months, 1 week ago

The Artist

Sunlight on water.

Songbirds in a forest.

Desert sands under moonlight.

Vineyards just before harvest.

These all share something in common — they reflec…

9 months, 1 week ago

You Will be Vindicated

The fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. (1 Corinthians 3:13–14)

You …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

A "Propositional" Christianity

We have lived for so long with a "propositional" approach to Christianity, we have nearly lost its true meaning. As Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen says, "M…

9 months, 2 weeks ago