Podcast Episodes

How Do You Interpret Unanswered Prayers?

Be very careful how you interpret “unanswered prayer.” Our hearts are so vulnerable in these moments. It’s just too easy to lose heart. The conclusio…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

By Their Fruit

You shall know them, Jesus said, by their fruit.

The principle holds true for anything in life. It is especially helpful in diagnosing what the enemy…

3 weeks ago

Soul Care

We’re going to want our souls strong and ready for the days ahead, filled with God, not fried and empty. So we must practice soul care.

I’m not sugges…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sideshows

It seems that much of what Christians believe they are called to these days is a cluster of activities that include regular church attendance, Bible …

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Our Lives Are Stories

If you want to get to know someone, you need to know their story. Their life is a story. It, too, has a past and a future. It, too, unfolds in a seri…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

On the Side of Good

We are now in the late stages of the long and vicious war against the human heart. I know — it sounds overly dramatic. I almost didn't use the term "…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

If Deadness Is Next to Godliness

If the way to avoid the murderous rage and deceptive allures of desire is to kill it, if deadness is next to godliness, then Jesus had to be the dead…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

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…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Grace

The human soul is a place of profound mysteries. God is a person of infinite creativity. He can do this any way he wants. Sometimes he goes straight …

3 weeks, 6 days 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…

4 weeks ago