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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 Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Why are we tempted? Can we blame Satan or his demons for implanting thoughts and desires? Is he responsible for our sinful choices? This episode digs into a simple truth from James 1. However, before that truth can make sense to us as it did to his original audience, we have to be careful not to assume things about Satan that the Bible either doesn't say or completely contradicts. When we understand this, we may better be able to kill our sin before it starts because we'll understand where the temptation is truly coming from.
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Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
The Asbury Revival received national attention. Christians are sharing and talking about it all over the internet. Churches and Christian leaders have even tried to carry on the revivals in their own cities. This episode is a deep, thorough dive into everything surrounding the revivals and asks an important question: Is God the only, or even the most likely, explanation for what we've seen?
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00:32 Intro
02:19 Summarizing the events
05:00 What is revival?
13:55 Biblically evaluation the Asbury Revival
38:37 Noteworthy leadership decisions
41:34 Easy believism, camp decisions, and altar calls
50:11 Confusing emotionalism and conviction
54:42 Wesleyan roots
56:46 Worship and revival in Charismatic theology
1:10:45 Social media and FOMO
1:18:42 The weight of expectation
1:24:19 The worldview of an entire generation
1:36:23 Answering the obvious criticism
1:39:06 A final note of warning
1:41:53 A final note of hope
You can find this episode's original article here
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
God saved us. Now what? Hebrews 10 reminds us to think about what Jesus did, and who we are in Him, so that we can live holy lives for the few short years we're on this earth. If we choose rebellion after Christ has forgiven our sins, God promises us that He will discipline us like the good and perfect father that He is. As Christians, we are left with two choices - we can face God's discipline, even to the point of death, or we can endure through the freedom Jesus gave us and the transforming power of the holy spirit in our lives.
And if you've ever wondered why Hebrews 10:26-27 sounds like you can lose your salvation, this episode is for you.
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Saylorville Church & Gospel Centered Recovery
Scripture used: Hebrews 10, Deuteronomy 17:7-8, Hebrews 12:7, 1 Corinthians 11:30, 1 John 5:16
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Context is king. When we don't understand what the author and his audience understood, thought about, and believed, it's nearly impossible to understand what's really being said. This episode is a teaching I did in Hebrews 9 where I dig in to what this Jewish audience believed about the old covenant, tabernacle, high priest, and blood offerings made every day. By understanding why these things were so important to them, we can better understand why the author spends the rest of chapter 9 using language for Jesus that keeps calling back to these old covenant things.
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Saylorville Church & Gospel Centered Recovery
Scripture used: Hebrews 8:13, Hebrews 9
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
We all have family routines. When we're around the same people day after day, year after year, we get into a familiar groove of living and interacting with them. For too many of us, one of those common routines involves giving our families the worst side of us. We are patient, tolerant, and even enjoyable with friends, coworkers, and people at church, but behind closed doors we put our sin natures on full display.
This episode is a difficult one. None of us want to confront that reality, and many don’t want to let go of the anger, criticism, and quarreling that's become a normal part of their family routine. But if we truly believe that God has given us our families on purpose, we want to honor them as our greatest opportunity to serve God through our earthly relationships. My prayer is that this episode will encourage and equip Christians to do give their families the best side of them.
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Anger Begins with Idolatry (article & podcast)
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Scripture used: Ephesians 4:31-32, Psalm 51:10, John 15:5, 11, Philippians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
"The church is a hospital, not a country club." This episode uses this metaphor to help us better appreciate one of the purposes of our pastors and the local church. However, I also look at treating the church as a hospital that brings healing, rather than a hospice where we have no hope of recovery.
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Scripture used: Mark 2:17, 1 John 1:8, Ephesians 4:11-12, 30, Galatians 6:2, Romans 8:13, Hebrews 5:12-14, Romans 3:10-12, Romans 6:23, Colossians 3:8-10
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
When we hear the call to salvation, it's easy for us to assume that's talking to other people; visitors, people struggling with sin, or those who have simply never heard the gospel before. This episode is from my teaching in Hebrews 4, which calls all of us, even people who assume they've been saved for decades, to examine what we trust for salvation.
Link to the video: GCR - Hebrews Chapter 4
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Scripture used: Hebrews 3:18-4:13, Genesis 1:28-31, Colossians 1:16, Romans 6:23, Colossians 1:21, Galatians 6:7, Matthew 25:46, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Peter 3:18, Galatians 2:20
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Is the choice between attending church or keeping our Christmas tradition as difficult as it seems? Does one unfortunate conflict on our calendar really matter? In this episode I discuss why Christ made church vital for His followers, then equip us to understand how our time commitments, struggles, and compromises reveal our true priorities. This is by no means an easy episode, but it will be valuable.
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Scripture used: Hebrews 10:24-25, Ephesians 4:11-12, Colossians 3:16, Acts 20:7, Matthew 6:21, Ephesians 5:15-16
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
We know why we have our current 66 books of the Bible, but what about all the others? This episode provides a high overview of some of the most popular books included in the Roman Catholic or King James 1611 Bibles, explains why they were rejected, and gets a bit more specific about the book of 1 Enoch.
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Scripture used: Jeremiah 36:4, Matthew 27:52–53, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 5:18-24, Hebrews 11:5
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Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Can we trust the 66 books of our Bible? How do we know we aren't missing other books? What about the claim that people manipulated the formation of the Bible to fit their agenda? This episode gives a high overview of where we get the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament.
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What is the Bible? Podcast episode
Logos articles on the Septuagint: Part 1 and Part 2
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Scripture used: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Numbers 23:19
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