Podcast Episodes

Beautiful Beyond Description

Is there any doubt that the God John beheld (Rev. 4:3, 6) was beautiful beyond description? But of course. God must be even more glorious than this g…

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Cultivate a Heart of Joy

Because of Jesus, we have every reason to be known as people of deep hope and joy. But does that mean we are going to be running around singing and d…

1 year, 9 months ago

Vindication

But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on th…

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The Meadowlark

The meadowlark has long been my favorite songbird. I love its song because it evokes so many summer days out in the fields and streams of the West. I…

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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 Tugw…

1 year, 9 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 i…

1 year, 9 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-…

1 year, 9 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).

Th…

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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. Unti…

1 year, 9 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…

1 year, 9 months ago