Podcast Episodes

Jesus Disciples

Jesus needs to disciple these fishermen, tax collectors, and political revolutionaries who dropped their careers to follow him. I’m not sure we’ve understood the ramifications of his decision. We jus…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

The Human Heart

Name one thing in the entire created world more precious than a human heart.

It can’t be done.

You might say “love,” but that would be silly because we cannot love without a heart. You might point to s…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

The Brokenhearted

When Isaiah promised that the Messiah will come to heal the brokenhearted, he was not speaking poetically. The Bible does use metaphor, as when Jesus says, "I am the gate" (John 10:9). Of course, he …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

More of God

More of God comes to us as we love God. The more that we love God, the more we are able to experience him. Part of this has to do with the nature of God, and part of it has to do with our own human n…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

The Essence of Repentance

Resting in Jesus is not applying a spiritual formula to ourselves as a kind of fix-it. It is the essence of repentance. It is letting our heart tell us where we are in our own story so that Jesus can…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Recovering Desire

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. (Mark 10:51)

Recovering your true heart’s desire may involve facing some deep disappointment. Undoubtedly, it will require painful self-examinatio…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

The Impostor

From the place of our woundedness we construct a false self. We find a few gifts that work for us, and we try to live off them. Stuart found he was good at math and science. He shut down his heart an…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Facing It Head-on

God has a battle to fight, and the battle is for our freedom. As Tremper Longman says, "Virtually every book of the Bible — Old and New Testaments — and almost every page tells us about God's warring…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

A Great Mountain

The spirit of our day is a soft acceptance of everything — except deep conviction in anything. This is where Jesus will suddenly confront the world as a great rock confronts the river flowing ever do…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Can Our Lives Be Green Again?

Can it really happen? Can things in our lives be green again? No matter what our creeds may tell us, our hearts have settled into another belief. We have accepted the winter of this world as the fina…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago