Podcast Episodes

A Shared Loneliness

Jesus enjoyed people. Not everyone does, you know. Many stories find him feasting with a rowdy crowd. He invited twelve men to spend day and night wi…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

God Is Our Ezer

When God creates Eve, he calls her an ezer kenegdo. “It is not good for the man to be alone, I shall make him [an ezer kenegdo]” (Genesis 2:18 Alter)…

3 weeks ago

Take Some Time, Peter

After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temp…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Doubt Is Not a Virtue

One last thought as we sweep away some of the clutter about holiness.

I don’t remember the issue my friend and I were talking about — it had something…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Shaping Our Character

How does God shape our character? We hate the answer but we know it to be true: affliction. 

If you say that God does not intend to use affliction, t…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

King

Picture in your mind’s eye an image of a great warrior, a renowned champion, returning home from far-off lands. His fame has long preceded him, and n…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Including the Animal Kingdom

The child-heart wants to know, “Will there be animals in heaven?” and the calloused grown-up heart dismisses the question as theologically unworthy. …

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Few Ever Really LIVE

The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. "All men die; few men ever really live." Sure, you can create a safe …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

A Beauty Worth Pursuing

The desire to be beautiful is an ageless longing. Beauty has been extolled and worshiped and kept just out of reach for most of us. (Do you like havi…

4 weeks ago

Why Peter Took a Swim

A week or two after the foot washing, following the cross and the empty tomb, Jesus appears on the shore just across from where the boys are fishing.…

4 weeks, 1 day ago