Podcast Episodes

The Ifs

Our life of faith is uncertain, but we can be expectant of good. Because we belong to God, we can rest in knowing his promises to us are true and he …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Cross

Most people assume that the Cross is the total work of Christ. The two go hand in hand in our minds — Jesus Christ and the Cross; the Cross and Jesus…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

There Is No Escaping This War

Remember, when Jesus boiled his whole mission down to healing the brokenhearted and setting prisoners free from darkness, he was referring to all of …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

An Insatiable Desire

What can this incessant craving, and this impotence of attainment mean, unless there was once a happiness belonging to man, of which only the faintes…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

A Shared Loneliness

Jesus enjoyed people. Not everyone does, you know. Many stories find him feasting with a rowdy crowd. He invited twelve men to spend day and night wi…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

God Is Our Ezer

When God creates Eve, he calls her an ezer kenegdo. “It is not good for the man to be alone, I shall make him [an ezer kenegdo]” (Genesis 2:18 Alter)…

2 months, 3 weeks 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…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Doubt Is Not a Virtue

One last thought as we sweep away some of the clutter about holiness.

I don’t remember the issue my friend and I were talking about — it had something…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Shaping Our Character

How does God shape our character? We hate the answer but we know it to be true: affliction. 

If you say that God does not intend to use affliction, t…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

King

Picture in your mind’s eye an image of a great warrior, a renowned champion, returning home from far-off lands. His fame has long preceded him, and n…

2 months, 4 weeks ago