Podcast Episodes

As Good as It Gets?

If for all practical purposes we believe that this life is our best shot at happiness, if this is as good as it gets, we will live as desperate, dema…

1 year, 10 months ago

The Joy Set Before You

Because Jesus drank from the cup of suffering and wrath, that cup became the cup of salvation. The cup of suffering became the cup of joy. Turns out,…

1 year, 10 months ago

Restoration Fulfilled

Once upon a time the earth was whole and beautiful, shimmering like an emerald, filled with glory, bursting with anticipation. Such wonders waiting t…

1 year, 10 months ago

Ask God

Peter was one of Jesus' closest friends, one of only three that were invited into his innermost circle. In Gethsemane, at his hour of greatest need, …

1 year, 10 months ago

Memory, Imagination, and a Passion for Glory

Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead and keeps desire alive. And meantime? In the meantime we need one more item for our journey. To …

1 year, 11 months ago

Power of His Life

Before we go any farther in our search, I need to make the offer of Christianity clear: There is a way to be good again. The hope of Christianity is …

1 year, 11 months ago

Relief vs. Restoration

I'm simply sitting on my back porch. Warm summer evening, cool breeze, beautiful sky now turning that deep navy blue just before dark.
That's when the…

1 year, 11 months ago

No Shortcuts

Today's Daily Reading is an excerpt from Morgan Snyder's book Becoming a King

Since the beginning of time, every age has faced unprecedented battles. …

1 year, 11 months ago

Our Coming Renewal

Oh that I once past changing were

Fast in thy paradise, where no flower can wither.

(George Herbert)

I think of the woman I helped in the grocery store …

1 year, 11 months 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…

1 year, 11 months ago