Podcast Episodes

You Have a New Life

The new covenant has two parts to it: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh" (Ezek. 36:26). God removed yo…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Praying, Every Time, No Matter What

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

[John]   Sam, What have you been learning as you pursue your dreams, especially as it relate…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Disappointed

The human heart has an infinite capacity for happiness and an unending need for love, because it is created for an infinite God who is unending love. The desperate turn is when we bring the aching ab…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Jesus As A Man

Maybe it would be better to turn our search to the headwaters, to that mighty root from which these branches grow. Who is this One we allegedly come from, whose image every man bears? What is he like…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

The Promises of God

God promises every man futility and failure; he guarantees every woman relational heartache and loneliness. We spend most of our waking hours attempting to end-run the curse. We will fight this truth…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

False Reverence

This motive — reverence for God — is a slippery one. This lets in a great deal of the clutter that gets between us and God, because it seems like the proper thing to do.

“Papa, I come to you this morn…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Sonship

The point of the story of the prodigal is not primarily about the prodigal. It is about the father's heart. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion f…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Before the Foundations of the World

O Living Flame of Love...How gently and how lovingly Thou wakest in my bosom, where alone thou secretly dwellest; And in Thy sweet breathing full of grace and glory how tenderly Thou fillest me with …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

No Good Thing?

"I'm just a sinner, saved by grace." "I'm just clothes for God to put on." "There sure isn't any good thing in me." It's so common this mind-set, this idea that we are no-good wretches, ready to sin …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

A Happy Ending

A story is only as good as its ending. Without a happy ending that draws us on in eager anticipation, our journey becomes a nightmare of endless struggle. Is this all there is? Is this as good as it …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago