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Peru Missions Trip Recap – Grubs, Discipleship, and Women of the Night?
Reflections and recap of the 10 days I spent in Iquitos, Peru this November, getting to know Iglesia Genesis and helping with a few of their projects as part of a GoServ Global team. God did some neat work in and through our team, and here’s my perspectives on what happened on this trip. If…
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Spiritual Sleight of Hand – The forgotten name of God!
Everyone loves a good conspiracy story, maybe because it’s fascinating to think there could be hidden truth out there just waiting to be discovered. Sometimes the greatest truths are not the ones eternally unseen, but the ones long-forgotten. Like the name of God. In Episode 22, we’ll cover two quite masterful spiritual deceptions found in…
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I was WRONG! The first step toward wisdom is to admit that you don’t know everything.
Which of your theological convictions are you ABSOLUTELY certain of? Chances are good that someone else in this world is as ABSOLUTELY certain that you’re wrong (and that their opposing view is right). This is not to say that there is no truth, or that we can’t know truth, but rather that what is absolutely…
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Monotheism and Monogamy – Jesus quoted the Old Testament about divine beings!
“Everybody” knows that there isn’t a pantheon of gods gallivanting around the universe, right? Such an idea is in contrast with the major monotheistic religions of the world (and most importantly, Christianity). But when the Jews said “hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one,” (Deut. 6:4) did they mean there was…
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Take Daily With Salt – Learning to discern what Jesus didn’t teach
You should not do everything written in your Bible. Some things in the Bible are described as happening, not as an example to follow, but either as a simple description of fact or even as a warning of what NOT to do. You should not assume everything you are led to infer from your Bible…
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Ready, Fight! Pray like your life depends on it
It’s easy to pay lip service to the importance and power of prayer. When we get down to brass tacks, however, does our fervency and frequency of prayer reveal a heart that really expects little from prayer? Or, perhaps our common prayerlessness is simply a symptom of self-sufficiency and a lack of felt need? We…
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Fasting
Spiritual disciplines Americans usually enjoy: worship, rest, prayer, celebration, fellowship. Spiritual disciplines Americans sometimes enjoy: study, generosity, service, disciple-making. Spiritual disciplines Americans dislike: fasting, chastity, confession. Today we tackle fasting. It’s a real pity such a practice isn’t more common among us! Mentioned in the video: Derek Prince on the link between fasting and humbling…
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The Key to Righteousness
Jesus once taught the secret of knowing what’s hidden deep down inside of you. It wasn’t introspection, or psychotherapy, or hypnosis. It was something far more simple…and far more revealing. In today’s episode, we discuss that secret, found in Luke chapter 6. Once you’ve discovered what lurks within your soul, then the question becomes how…
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More, or Less?
It’s the task of every teacher to make complex or difficult subjects accessible to the learner. The danger for students of theology is that we would fall into the trap of using that as an excuse to simplify God down to short, pithy doctrinal affirmations, rather than striving to always grow up into a more…
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The Wedding is Coming
Today’s episode covers the coming of a wedding at the return of Jesus Christ. We’ll consider the testimony of John the Baptist in John 3, the teachings of the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 5, and a promise revealed to the Apostle John in Revelation 19, before turning to consider if the Bride is really ready…
