Podcast Episodes

From Formula to Relationship

Our false self demands a formula before he'll engage; he wants a guarantee of success; and mister, you aren't going to get one. So there comes a time in a man's life when he's got to break away from …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

The Soul's Deep Thirst

The religious technocrats of Jesus' day confronted him with what they believed were the standards of a life pleasing to God. The external life, they argued, the life of ought and duty and service, wa…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Fierce Mastery

Let's come back for a moment to original glory, the glory of God given to us when we were created in his image. So much light could be shed on our lives if we would explore what we were meant to be b…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Crack the Shell

When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee, noticing that Jesus did not first wash before the meal, was surpri…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

A Loss of Heart

It was to the most religious people of his time that Jesus spoke his strongest warnings about a loss of heart.

It is tragic for any person to lose touch with the life of their heart but especially so …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Twisted Theology

It is simply diabolical, despicable, downright evil that the heart should be so misunderstood, maligned, feared, and dismissed. But there is our clue again. The war we are in would explain so great a…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Your Spouse is Not the Enemy

Back to the drama in the Garden of Eden.

Remember now, God gave us this story of the first marriage to help us get our bearings. It provides some very essential categories for navigating our marriages…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Your Losses Matter

The madness about grief is you think you’ll feel better in a few days. Certainly in a few weeks. The average bereavement leave in corporate America is four days for a spouse or child and three days f…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

When a Sparrow Hits a Window

When my boys were teenagers, we badgered them into cleaning the windows one day. Come dinnertime, our family seated round the table, the brothers began — as all brothers do — to give each other grief…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Invitation For Something Better

Theodore Roosevelt is thought to have said, “Comparison is the thief of joy,” and boy, was he right. We tend to compare our worst to another person’s best, and we come out poorly. We compare another …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago