A Church Without Walls

Pastor Jonathan Hanson shares his journey in the Holy Spirit and how hearing God's voice is foundational. We start with the foundation of being a beloved daughter, a beloved son. Then God speaks a specific identity word in our lives that cuts through the lies we have believed about ourselves: I am not enough or I am too much. Let's walk in the fullness of who God has made us to be.

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I've been thinking a lot about the Kingdom of God lately. It was the centerpiece of Jesus' teaching and he tells us that we "must be born again if we are to see the Kingdom of God." If the Kingdom is what we are "saved" and born again for, what is Jesus talking about? Has our model of church in North America somehow missed it? We will explore some of the terrain with my friend, Derek Archer, founder of Kingdom Works.

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Welcome to Season 3 in our continuing journey with the Person and Work of God the Holy Spirit. After taking two months off, I want to give us a jump start with the sermon I preached for Pentecost last Spring. If you've been living a faith life of quiet desperation, or simply been wondering if this is all there is, I'm here to tell you, There is More!

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As we enter into a season that includes rest and time off for some, how can we enter more deeply into the kind of rest we so desperately need? Jesus' invitation to "Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden" is for each of us. But what sort of rest is he inviting us into and what is the "easy yoke" and "light burden" he offers in exchange?

If we want to grow in knowing and co-laboring with the Holy Spirit, we will do this best in community. Why? Because the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Church for the Church, not simply on individuals. As long as our approach is just "me and Jesus" we will see limited fruit. So, what are some ways we can begin to grow together as we seek the ministry of the Holy Spirit? Listen and we will see.

I will be taking a short break on content development in July and August (for the first time since we launched!) and will be back with Season 3 in September. That will give you time to catch up!

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Today I talk with my friend, Kathy Crosby, about her journey with the Holy Spirit in receiving and co-operating in inner healing prayer. Physical healing is much of what we see in the scriptures, though I would argue that inner healing is happening as well. They differ from one another in that physical healing has to do with our bodies while inner healing has to do with soul and spirit hurts that have kept us from flourishing in the ways God intends. Get ready to receive.

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I know many people who have been kept from being open to the Holy Spirit due to a particular Pentecostal doctrine/theology that said you must speak in tongues as a sign of the baptism of the Spirit.  I wanted to have this conversation with my friend, Larry Spousta, who is a Pentecostal pastor.  You will be blessed by his story and his generous approach to the topic.

If there is a God in the room with me then that is a completely different world I'm living in than if God is talking to me from a distance on a walkie-talkie. So says my guest, Alison Millikan, as she shares her journey through some of her obstacles to the Holy Spirit - not wanting to be duped or emotionally manipulated, and her fear of being out of control. 

As we begin to believe for more, there can be a greater experience of disappointment when the more doesn't happen in the way we want or desperately need.  We continue our conversation with Andy Ekblad as he talks about the already and not yet of the Kingdom as he saw miracles and answered prayer all around him but not in his daughter. 

Join me with my friend, Andy Ekblad, as he shares part one of his journey of hunger for and experience of more of the Holy Spirit. Are you hungry for more of God?