Called To Glory

Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. If this is your first time tuning in, please be sure to like, share, comment, and subscribe.

In this episode, we’ll be looking at what the Bible means when it says to take up your cross and follow Christ. Not as a catchy religious slogan or the nice, neat sanitized Sunday School version but genuinely losing everything you’ve ever hoped for in this life for the sake of Christ and the gospel. 

This is extremely important because contrary to popular Christian teaching, taking up your cross and following Christ is one of the threshold requirements for salvation, the new birth and eternal life. In other words, no cross, no salvation and no eternal life. Or as it’s been very well said: no cross, no crown. 

It’s the great paradox of true biblical Christianity and the Scripture cannot be broken. Either lose your life for Christ’s sake and in return inherit eternal life or set your heart on the things of this life and risk losing your soul forever.

So with that in mind, join me as we take an honest and no holds barred look at what Christ meant when He said to deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Him.

Soundtrack music:

"Awake My Soul" by Salt of the Sound
"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Eclipse" by David Morton
"Emmanuel" by Ben Winwood
"Fount" by Matthia Vlad Morleo 
"Lamentation" by Ian Post
"Midnight Clear" by Hans Johnson
"The Last Ember" by Moments

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. If this is your first time tuning in, please be sure to like, share, comment, and subscribe.

In this premiere episode of my new series "Walking in the Light," we’ll be looking at what the Bible says it means to repent and believe the gospel. This is extremely important because contrary to popular Christian teaching, genuine repentance is the threshold requirement not only for forgiveness of sins but also for justification and salvation. In other words, no repentance, no forgiveness of sin, no justification and no salvation. 

So with that in mind, join me as we take an honest and no holds barred look at what Christ, John the Baptist and the writers of the New Testament meant when they said to repent and believe the gospel.

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Denali" by Bryant Lowry
"Glory Days" by Andreas Kübler 
"Tension Rising" by Third Age

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. If this is your first time tuning in, please be sure to like, share, comment, and subscribe.

In this premiere episode of my new series "Walking in the Light," we’ll be looking at what the Bible says it means to repent and believe the gospel. This is extremely important because contrary to popular Christian teaching, genuine repentance is the threshold requirement not only for forgiveness of sins but also for justification and salvation. In other words, no repentance, no forgiveness of sin, no justification and no salvation. 

So with that in mind, join me as we take an honest and no holds barred look at what Christ, John the Baptist and the writers of the New Testament meant when they said to repent and believe the gospel.

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Tension Rising" by Third Age

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. 

In this series, we’re going to answer one of the most important and hotly debated questions in all of Christianity. And, for that matter, Messianic Judaism in all of its various forms. 

What law are we under as blood-bought disciples of Christ? 

At first blush, that may seem like a no-brainer as I think most believers would readily agree it’s the Law of God! Which of course is absolutely correct. After all, one of the great promises of the New Covenant is that God will place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. And if that’s as far as you care to take it, everyone can generally get along just fine. 

However, the minute you start asking exactly what that means and looks like in real life – not to mention when we all stand before Christ as Judge - it’s a very different story altogether! If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There are almost as many opinions about this as there are versions of the Bible! It’s literally a theological and spiritual minefield. The good news, however, is it doesn’t have to be this way.

The truth is God has committed all judgment to the Son and the Bible declares that He will judge everyone – Christian, Jew or otherwise – not only according to what we do, but also according to our motives, thoughts and even our words. Paul - the apostle of grace – left no doubt about this when he wrote that God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” 

Yes, God most certainly is love but the Bible also declares that the foundation of His throne is righteousness and justice. He is just as concerned with holiness, justice and righteous behavior as He is with mercy, grace and forgiveness. 

So in light of the apostle John’s warning that, “He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him,” I think we would all do well to get this right. Fortunately, God has not hidden the ball from us and neither has He shrouded this in such mystery that no one can possibly understand it. Just as no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, there is only one correct answer to this question and praise the LORD, He has not left us to our own devices to figure it out.

Join me as we take a quick look at some of the main schools of thought about this in Christianity and Messianic Judaism before answering this most important question: 

What commandments was Christ referring to when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”? 

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Glory Days" by Andreas Kübler
"Into The Transcendence" by Tilman Sillescu 
"Revolution" by Shimmer
"Worthy of Greatness" by Cody Martin

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. 

In this series, we’re going to answer one of the most important and hotly debated questions in all of Christianity. And, for that matter, Messianic Judaism in all of its various forms. 

What law are we under as blood-bought disciples of Christ? 

At first blush, that may seem like a no-brainer as I think most believers would readily agree it’s the Law of God! Which of course is absolutely correct. After all, one of the great promises of the New Covenant is that God will place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. And if that’s as far as you care to take it, everyone can generally get along just fine. 

However, the minute you start asking exactly what that means and looks like in real life – not to mention when we all stand before Christ as Judge - it’s a very different story altogether! If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There are almost as many opinions about this as there are versions of the Bible! It’s literally a theological and spiritual minefield. The good news, however, is it doesn’t have to be this way.

The truth is God has committed all judgment to the Son and the Bible declares that He will judge everyone – Christian, Jew or otherwise – not only according to what we do, but also according to our motives, thoughts and even our words. Paul - the apostle of grace – left no doubt about this when he wrote that God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” 

Yes, God most certainly is love but the Bible also declares that the foundation of His throne is righteousness and justice. He is just as concerned with holiness, justice and righteous behavior as He is with mercy, grace and forgiveness. 

So in light of the apostle John’s warning that, “He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him,” I think we would all do well to get this right. Fortunately, God has not hidden the ball from us and neither has He shrouded this in such mystery that no one can possibly understand it. Just as no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, there is only one correct answer to this question and praise the LORD, He has not left us to our own devices to figure it out.

Join me as we take a quick look at some of the main schools of thought about this in Christianity and Messianic Judaism before answering this most important question: 

What commandments was Christ referring to when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”? 

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Believer" by IamDaylight
"Revolution" by Shimmer
"Worthy of Greatness" by Cody Martin

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Part 2 of "Moses, Christ or the Law of Love?"

Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. 

In this series, we’re going to answer one of the most important and hotly debated questions in all of Christianity. And, for that matter, Messianic Judaism in all of its various forms. 

What law are we under as blood-bought disciples of Christ? 

At first blush, that may seem like a no-brainer as I think most believers would readily agree it’s the Law of God! Which of course is absolutely correct. After all, one of the great promises of the New Covenant is that God will place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. And if that’s as far as you care to take it, everyone can generally get along just fine. 

However, the minute you start asking exactly what that means and looks like in real life – not to mention when we all stand before Christ as Judge - it’s a very different story altogether! If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There are almost as many opinions about this as there are versions of the Bible! It’s literally a theological and spiritual minefield. The good news, however, is it doesn’t have to be this way.

The truth is God has committed all judgment to the Son and the Bible declares that He will judge everyone – Christian, Jew or otherwise – not only according to what we do, but also according to our motives, thoughts and even our words. Paul - the apostle of grace – left no doubt about this when he wrote that God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” 

Yes, God most certainly is love but the Bible also declares that the foundation of His throne is righteousness and justice. He is just as concerned with holiness, justice and righteous behavior as He is with mercy, grace and forgiveness. 

So in light of the apostle John’s warning that, “He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him,” I think we would all do well to get this right. Fortunately, God has not hidden the ball from us and neither has He shrouded this in such mystery that no one can possibly understand it. Just as no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, there is only one correct answer to this question and praise the LORD, He has not left us to our own devices to figure it out.

Join me as we take a quick look at some of the main schools of thought about this in Christianity and Messianic Judaism before answering this most important question: 

What commandments was Christ referring to when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”? 

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Revolution" by Shimmer

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Part 1 of "Moses, Christ or the Law of Love?"

Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. 

In this series, we’re going to answer one of the most important and hotly debated questions in all of Christianity. And, for that matter, Messianic Judaism in all of its various forms. 

What law are we under as blood-bought disciples of Christ? 

At first blush, that may seem like a no-brainer as I think most believers would readily agree it’s the Law of God! Which of course is absolutely correct. After all, one of the great promises of the New Covenant is that God will place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. And if that’s as far as you care to take it, everyone can generally get along just fine. 

However, the minute you start asking exactly what that means and looks like in real life – not to mention when we all stand before Christ as Judge - it’s a very different story altogether! If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There are almost as many opinions about this as there are versions of the Bible! It’s literally a theological and spiritual minefield. The good news, however, is it doesn’t have to be this way.

The truth is God has committed all judgment to the Son and the Bible declares that He will judge everyone – Christian, Jew or otherwise – not only according to what we do, but also according to our motives, thoughts and even our words. Paul - the apostle of grace – left no doubt about this when he wrote that God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” 

Yes, God most certainly is love but the Bible also declares that the foundation of His throne is righteousness and justice. He is just as concerned with holiness, justice and righteous behavior as He is with mercy, grace and forgiveness. 

So in light of the apostle John’s warning that, “He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him,” I think we would all do well to get this right. Fortunately, God has not hidden the ball from us and neither has He shrouded this in such mystery that no one can possibly understand it. Just as no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, there is only one correct answer to this question and praise the LORD, He has not left us to our own devices to figure it out.

Join me as we take a quick look at some of the main schools of thought about this in Christianity and Messianic Judaism before answering this most important question: 

What commandments was Christ referring to when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”? 

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Revolution" by Shimmer
"The Heir" by Emmanuel Jacob

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. 

In this episode, we’re going to answer one of the most important and hotly debated questions in all of Christianity. And, for that matter, Messianic Judaism in all of its various forms. 

What law are we under as blood-bought disciples of Christ? 

At first blush, that may seem like a no-brainer as I think most believers would readily agree it’s the Law of God! Which of course is absolutely correct. After all, one of the great promises of the New Covenant is that God will place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. And if that’s as far as you care to take it, everyone can generally get along just fine. 

However, the minute you start asking exactly what that means and looks like in real life – not to mention when we all stand before Christ as Judge - it’s a very different story altogether! If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There are almost as many opinions about this as there are versions of the Bible! It’s literally a theological and spiritual minefield. The good news, however, is it doesn’t have to be this way.

The truth is God has committed all judgment to the Son and the Bible declares that He will judge everyone – Christian, Jew or otherwise – not only according to what we do, but also according to our motives, thoughts and even our words. Paul - the apostle of grace – left no doubt about this when he wrote that God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” 

Yes, God most certainly is love but the Bible also declares that the foundation of His throne is righteousness and justice. He is just as concerned with holiness, justice and righteous behavior as He is with mercy, grace and forgiveness. 

So in light of the apostle John’s warning that, “He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him,” I think we would all do well to get this right. Fortunately, God has not hidden the ball from us and neither has He shrouded this in such mystery that no one can possibly understand it. Just as no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, there is only one correct answer to this question and praise the LORD, He has not left us to our own devices to figure it out.

Join me as we take a quick look at some of the main schools of thought about this in Christianity and Messianic Judaism before answering this most important question: 

What commandments was Christ referring to when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”? 

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Believer" by IamDaylight
"Glory Days" by Andreas Kübler
"Into The Transcendence" by Tilman Sillescu 
"Revolution" by Shimmer
"The Heir" by Emmanuel Jacob
"Worthy of Greatness" by Cody Martin

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. 

In this episode, we’re going to answer one of the most important and hotly debated questions in all of Christianity. And, for that matter, Messianic Judaism in all of its various forms. 

What law are we under as blood-bought disciples of Christ? 

At first blush, that may seem like a no-brainer as I think most believers would readily agree it’s the Law of God! Which of course is absolutely correct. After all, one of the great promises of the New Covenant is that God will place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. And if that’s as far as you care to take it, everyone can generally get along just fine. 

However, the minute you start asking exactly what that means and looks like in real life – not to mention when we all stand before Christ as Judge - it’s a very different story altogether! If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There are almost as many opinions about this as there are versions of the Bible! It’s literally a theological and spiritual minefield. The good news, however, is it doesn’t have to be this way.

The truth is God has committed all judgment to the Son and the Bible declares that He will judge everyone – Christian, Jew or otherwise – not only according to what we do, but also according to our motives, thoughts and even our words. Paul - the apostle of grace – left no doubt about this when he wrote that God “will render to each one according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” 

Yes, God most certainly is love but the Bible also declares that the foundation of His throne is righteousness and justice. He is just as concerned with holiness, justice and righteous behavior as He is with mercy, grace and forgiveness. 

So in light of the apostle John’s warning that, “He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him,” I think we would all do well to get this right. Fortunately, God has not hidden the ball from us and neither has He shrouded this in such mystery that no one can possibly understand it. Just as no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, there is only one correct answer to this question and praise the LORD, He has not left us to our own devices to figure it out.

Join me as we take a quick look at some of the main schools of thought about this in Christianity and Messianic Judaism before answering this most important question: 

What commandments was Christ referring to when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”? 

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Revolution" by Shimmer

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge weekly podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings.

In this series, we’re going to look at what the apostle Paul described in his epistle to the Ephesians as the sword of the Spirit. If you’ve been a believer for any length of time you’ll know exactly what I mean. 

Almost everyone seems to assume that because Paul said the sword of the Spirit is the word of God he was referring to the Bible. And since the Bible is almost universally taught and understood to be the word of God, according to this reasoning it's also believed to be the sword of the Spirit. In other words, the sum total of what Paul meant in Ephesians 6:17 by taking up or wielding the sword of the Spirit is to read or quote Scripture, or perhaps stand on some biblical promise. 

And virtually no one questions it. 

But is that really what Paul meant when he wrote about the sword of the Spirit? Your first reaction may very well be of course it is! And given how this is generally taught and understood in Christian and Messianic circles, that would be perfectly understandable. As we’ll see, however, there are some major problems with this view. 

Not the least of which is that it's a gross oversimplification of what he said and meant

Fortunately, God has not left us without clear guidance on this. And that’s exactly what we’re going to be looking at in this 3-part series. 

Using the original biblical text, I will show beyond any reasonable doubt that Paul was in fact NOT referring to the Bible – at least not directly - when he exhorted the saints to “take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” 

And by the time we’re done, I believe you’ll be quite blown away. Not just at the shallowness of the modern understanding of the sword of the Spirit but also at the richness, power and importance of what Paul actually said and meant!

Soundtrack music:

"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Mind Heart" by Tristan Barton

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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