Podcast Episodes

His Plans Are Good

God interferes with us a lot. He interferes with our inner diatribes; He interferes with our style of relating; He blocks the paths we wrongly think will lead to life. He interferes to bring us up sh…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Denial

Denial is a favorite method of coping for many Christians. But not with Jesus. He wants truth in the inmost being, and to get it there he's got to take us into our inmost being. One way he'll do this…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Trap for Desire

The Evil One has basically two ploys. If he cannot get us to kill our hearts and bury our desire, then he is delighted to seduce our desire into a trap. Once we give over our desire for life to any o…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

God is Out There

We are looking for more of God. You’re far more likely to find him in a walk through an orchard or a sit by a pond than you are in a subway terminal. Of course God is with us and for us wherever we a…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Surrender Self-Determination

Love Jesus. Let him be himself with you. Allow his life to fill yours.

Every day, give him your life to be filled with his. This is part of what I now pray,

every morning:

Lord Jesus, I give my life t…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Chase Our Dreams

The book “Killing Lions” is a conversation between John and Sam Eldredge about the trials young men face.

[Sam]  Obviously we’ve been told to chase our dreams. Over and over again every high school …

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

In the Crosshairs

The question is not, Are we spiritually oppressed, but Where and How? Think of it — why does every story have a villain? Little Red Riding Hood is attacked by a wolf. Dorothy must face and bring down…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Is He Safe?

In C. S. Lewis's novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, of The Chronicles of Narnia series, four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, pass through the wardrobe's portal to find the kingdom…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

God as the Epicenter

The mistake folks are making in this rough hour is trying to figure out how to fit a little more of God into their crowded lives.

We need to do the opposite. Start with God, center your life on him, a…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Leaving What Is Familiar

The history of a man's relationship with God is the story of how God calls him out, takes him on a journey, and gives him his true name. Most of us have thought it was the story of how God sits on hi…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago