Podcast Episodes

Hedging Our Bets

So long as we imagine it is we who have to look for God, we must often lose heart. But it is the other way about – He is looking for us. 
—Simon Tugwell

Can it possibly get any more uncertain than thi…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Do You Want to Get Well?

The shriveled figure lay in the sun like a pile of rags dumped there by accident. It hardly appeared to be human. But those who used the gate to go in and out of Jerusalem recognized him. He was disa…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Ought Is Not Enough

When the going gets rough, we're going nowhere without desire. And the going will get rough. The world, the minions of darkness, and your own double-mindedness are all set against you. Just try comin…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Praying the Cross of Christ

“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Gal. 6:14).

The Greek word here for “the world” we are crucified…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Promise Fulfilled

It's undeniable: the new covenant, accomplished through the work of Christ, means that we have new hearts. Our hearts are good. Or God's a liar. Until we embrace that stunning truth, we will find it …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Fueling Your Hope

Where has Jesus come through for you? Really. Take a moment and remember. And then write it down. Remembering fertilizes our hope. It makes our faith burgeon and bloom. It strengthens our belief in t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Swinging at a Piñata

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

[Sam]  When we moved into our first place, Susie started having some intense nightmares, som…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Our Hunger Deepened

We cannot know the plans of God for us beyond His promises that He is working for our good at all times. And often we are far from comfortable as we wait. But, just as David wrote in the psalm, we, t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Did Jesus Get Dirt on His Robe?

You might think that keeping Jesus all mysterious and heavenly is the proper thing to do, but consider this: When he came, he came as presented in the Gospels — very much human, a person, a man, with…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Radiant Life

Most of you have heard of the famous Cross, the assurance of forgiveness (and Lord knows we’ll need buckets of that as we go along). In the Cross God undergoes utter forsakenness so that we will neve…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago