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A Christ-centered podcast for your heart and mind. Episodes equip Christians to engage the world biblically by helping them understand why they believe what they believe. (Colossians 1:28)
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Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
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Welcome back to 1 Peter! Join me as we look at what 1 Peter 1:3-5 teaches us about our hope in God and the future inheritance we look forward to with confidence.
Image: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C2fbzOboxCB_ud8zgIkYnexa6yqp5F6b?usp=drive_link
00:00 Intro
04:04 1 Peter 1:3-5
05:02 Is Jesus separate from God?
10:52 What God does in this passage
15:45 How and why are we saved?
20:37 "Inheritance"?
26:20 What do we inherit?
37:13 "Incorruptible, undefiled, unfading, kept in Heaven"
46:50 "protected by the power of God"
52:29 What role does faith play?
1:01:48 Salvation is a future event?
1:11:28 Summary
1:16:39 Wrap-up
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
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Join me as we begin studying 1 Peter. This will walk you through how I study, showing you the questions I ask and the answers I arrive at. I hope this study makes you delight in God's word and encourages you to dig deeper in your own Bible study time!
In these early verses, we get familiar with the setting, writer, and audience before spending a lot of time focusing on a term that is central to everything Peter is about to say - what it means to their identity, obedience, and life as God's "chosen."
Full image of this study + map: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1voBM-aQfv78UWHp3ZyyIFuwK3I8lTzSU?usp=sharing
How to Study Theology for Yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qpgSFSigBc
How to Study Theology in Community: https://youtu.be/j-r5VCDsGs4?si=Y1f_WeIq78UtXLmv
00:00 Introducing the series
6:15 Today's passage
8:28 "Peter"
12:25 "Apostle"
15:30 "Exiles"
17:20 A Jewish audience?
22:36 A Gentile audience?
25:44 Comfort for the exiles
29:10 "Those"
30:48 "Chosen" - Grammar and the Trinity's work
41:11 "to the obedience of Jesus Christ"
43:07 "to the obedience of the sprinkling of His blood"
51:39 "Chosen" the foundation of this letter
59:10 Trinitarian work of salvation
1:00:38 "Grace and peace"
1:01:55 Study for the full meaning
1:10:44 Closing thoughts on the text
1:15:52 Wrap up
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
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You've got the books. You've got the Bible. You've got hours of podcasts and sermons downloaded to your phone. Now what? Go learn with others! As we conclude this series, we look at important ways to study theology alongside the brothers and sisters Christ has surrounded you with.
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
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If studying theology is important, it's also important to do it well. If you'd like to figure out where to start with something so vital to your walk with Jesus, this video is for you. Figure out a book budget before you begin, then get ready to dig deeper into God's truth so you can live for Him even more.
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
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Does God want you to study theology? Yes! When we properly understand what theology is in the life of Christ's followers, we see that God calls His people to theology over and over again. This episode looks at God's consistency from Genesis to Revelation as He repeatedly tells His people the same thing: We must grow in truth so we can live in truth.
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
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1 John 4 tells us to test the spirits. What does this mean? What do we test them against? How can we know the difference between false teaching and teaching we don't agree with?
This sermon was preached on 7-11-23 at the Gospel Centered Recovery ministry of Saylorville Church in Des Moines, IA
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Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
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Your Bible calls you a "servant of Jesus Christ." We all have idea about what that means, but what does God mean when He says that? How was this word understood 2,000 years ago, and how does that impact how we live today? Join me as we look at a word we may easily overlook and understand why a proper understanding of the word will radically transform our lives.
Series on faith: https://onwardinthefaith.com/biblical-faith-vs-modern-faith/
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00:00 Intro
00:35 Words matter
3:25 "Servant" throughout Scripture
7:14 Doulos as servant
8:48 Confronting "doulos"
9:40 "Doulos" as slave
12:08 Important warnings about the word "slave"
16:02 "Slave" in the original context
23:55 Why isn't "doulos" translated as "slave" in most Bibles?
26:58 Which term?
38:28 Our identity in Christ
54:55 Applying it to our lives
1:19:44 Wrap up
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Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
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What a difference a word makes. 2 Peter 1:5 says that we must supply a variety of spiritual disciplines. Does that mean our spiritual maturity is a result of our personal strength? Do we need to figure out strategies to be more self-controlled or loving? Is our success or failure up to us alone? What, and how much, do we actually contribute to our spiritual lives? These questions and more drove my study into everything implied by a single word. Join me as I walk you through how I studied this passage, what I discovered, and the challenge I faced when I understood what God inspired Peter to write.
What's the "Therefore" There For? https://onwardinthefaith.com/whats-the-therefore-there-for/
00:00 Intro
01:25 The verse that almost broke my theology
02:47 How we might read 2 Peter 1:5
06:20 Join me in my own study of the passage
07:46 Step 1: "For this very reason"
08:58 Back to 2 Peter 1:2-4 for context
12:12 "For this very reason also, applying all diligence"
12:35 "in your faith supply moral excellence"
13:53 Step 2: Defining "supply"
15:56 How the audience understood the term
17:03 What "supply" means for us
20:13 Supplying for "moral excellence"
22:40 Supplying for "knowledge"
25:50 Supplying for "self-control"
28:35 Supplying for "perseverance"
35:04 Supplying for "godliness"
38:26 Supplying for "brotherly kindness" (and love, because I struggled to discuss one without the other)
47:42 Supplying for [brotherly] "love"
49:18 Why we care about supplying for these things
57:13 What happens when we don't supply for these things
59:00 Final challenge
1:00:08 Wrapping up my study on 2 Peter 1:5
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Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
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How will you endure for Jesus? Where do we get spiritual strength and maturity? Why would a loving God discipline His children, and what does that actually mean? This sermon looks at the difficult text of Hebrews 12:4-17 to see God's incredible love for His children.
This sermon was preached 5-21-23 at High Pointe Church in Altoona, IA.
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Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
You're not crazy, I accidentally released these out of order.
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Living for Jesus requires Christians to know what is good, but also to be aware of what is evil. Yet as we learn more about Satan, we see more of what it truly means that he's the "god of this world" (2 Corinthians 4:4). In this final teaching on who Satan truly is, we look at many specific tools Satan uses to blind the world to the gospel and weaken Christ's followers. It's a long one, but it will also be one that encourages us to lean even more on our perfect Savior.
My discussions on mental health: https://onwardinthefaith.com/christians-and-psychology/
Christian Nationalism: https://onwardinthefaith.com/christian-nationalism-a-false-teaching-we-must-reject/
00:00 Intro
00:36 Series Recap
03:39 In This Episode
05:04 The Core of Worldliness
07:48 The Worldliness We Ignore: Finding Happiness
16:23 The Worldliness We Ignore: Finding Satisfaction
24:59 The Worldliness We Ignore: Finding Our Identity
43:41 The Worldliness That Shapes Us
1:02:02 Living Day to Day
1:06:08 Living Alongside Others
1:08:20 Why the Gospel Matters to Our Discussion
1:20:47 Practical Steps for Living in This World
1:27:40 Next Time
1:31:38 Outro
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