Podcast Episodes

Deeply and Truly Loved

I am loved. Deeply and truly loved.“I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3).

If all the pain of the world were gathered together, and sorted by cause into great basins, the vast ma…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

We Happy Few

Once more, lend a mythic eye to your situation. Let your heart ponder this:

You awake to find yourself in the middle of a great and terrible war. It is, in fact, our most desperate hour. Your King and…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

The Story's Central Character

Does God have a good heart? When we think of God as Author, the Grand Chess Player, the Mind Behind It All, we doubt his heart. As Melville said, "The reason the mass of men fear God and at bottom di…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Rushing the Field

A friend of mine wanted to teach English as a second language in an Asian country, as a way of becoming a sort of undercover missionary. A beautiful dream, one that I'm sure she would have been excel…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Christ Within Us

First, where does Jesus Christ now reside, in the life of the believer? Inside us; more precisely, in our hearts: “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Redemption, Not Destruction

Many people have the vague but ominous idea that God destroys the current reality and creates a new “heavenly” one. But that is not what Scripture actually says.

For all creation is waiting eagerly fo…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

A Nice Guy

And then, alas, there is the church. Christianity, as it currently exists, has done some terrible things to men. When all is said and done, I think most men in the church believe that God put them on…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Evil Defeated

“All mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer.” (Isaiah 49:26)

Once upon a time the earth was whole and beautiful, shimmering like an emerald, filled with glory, bursting with…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Find a Few of His Friends

Hopefully you will find a few folks who walk with God to also walk with you through the seasons of your life. But honesty — and Scripture — forces me to admit they are a rare breed. Few there are who…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

In Defense of Discontent

By the grace of God, we cannot quite pull it off. In the quiet moments of the day we sense a nagging within, a discontentment, a hunger for something else. But because we have not solved the riddle o…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago