Deeper Christian Podcast

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 134

Repentance is one of those terms that most modern churches have moved away from.

It sounds harsh, condemning, and intrusive. 

But repentance was the message of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the disciples. It is not something you tack onto a gospel track or do once and presume you're done repenting. As Christians, we should be living a life of repentance … and proclaiming the need to repent to the world!

In this episode, Nathan Johnson gives a brief overview of repentance and then plays a sermon by Vance Havner entitled "A Call to Repentance." 

This message was given by Havner at Founders Week at Moody Bible Institute years ago and exhorts believers to come before the cross of Christ with a heart of repentance.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 133

Knowing that God is faithful becomes a foundation, a bedrock, for our faith.

In order to trust and put our hope and faith in Christ, we must know that He is unchanging and that He is constant, steadfast, unmovable, resolute, and sure – in short, we need to know He is faithful.

And once we know and remember that our God is faithful, then how we live as Christians will change for it can be built upon the One who does not change.

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 Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 132

We all want to know the Bible better … but how can we study it so that it goes from plain text on the page (an academic study) to something that is alive and we experience it in living color?

In this episode of the Deeper Christian Podcast, Nathan Johnson talks about the importance of context and gives two ideas for how you can better understand the geographical context of Scripture … and in so doing, experience the Word in living color.

Learn more about the upcoming Deeper Christian Bible Study Tour in Israel.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 131

Looking around modern Christianity, it appears more and more believers are engrossed with darkness or are allowing shadows of sin to invade their hearts.

Yet Scripture makes it clear that while we may be in the world, we are not to be of the world.  

If you've ever found yourself in a room while the sun is setting, you've probably noticed that our eyes adjust to the dimming light and soon find ourselves sitting in shadows. Without intentionally realizing it, we've found ourselves in the dark.

So too, our soul can allow shadows of sin (or full out darkness of perverseness) and we can easily justify why its there, for the downward slope was gradual and marked by small decisions of compromise.

But God has freed us from the domain of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of His dear Son – the One Who is light itself!

In this episode, we examine this concept and are exhorted to not allow any shadows of darkness within our lives but rather to freshly allow the Spirit of God to examine and convict any area so we can walk in the light and behave differently than the world. Yes, we are in the world, but the world is not to be within us.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 130

After an amazing Bible Study Tour in Israel the past two weeks with 30 incredible people, I wanted to give a short debrief of the trip.

In this special edition episode, several people share their experience of the trip and I give one insight that God pressed upon me throughout the time in the Promised Land.

For daily overviews and recap videos from the Israel Study Tour, check out: https://deeperchristian.com/category/israel-study-tour-2019-daily-overview/

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 129

I get back from leading a study tour in Israel next week, but until then we are wrapping up part three of a series called Jesus, the Conquering Messiah.

My good friend and mentor Dr. Stephen Manley preaches from Matthew 27 and focuses upon the trials and death of Jesus Christ.

Interestingly, Matthew gives three key witnesses to the Messiahship of Jesus Christ—all of whom are the enemies of Jesus.

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 Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 128

While I am leading a study tour in Israel for the next couple weeks, we are continuing part two of a three-part series called Jesus, the Conquering Messiah.

My good friend and mentor Dr. Stephen Manley preaches from Matthew 27 and focuses upon the trials and death of Jesus Christ.

Interestingly, Matthew gives three key witnesses to the Messiahship of Jesus Christ—all of whom are the enemies of Jesus.

Download the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/128/ 

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 127

Matthew 27 is focused upon the trials and death of Jesus Christ.

Interestingly, Matthew gives three key witnesses to the Messiahship of Jesus Christ—all of whom are the enemies of Jesus.

In this episode, we listen to part one of a three-part series from Matthew 27 with Stephen Manley examining Jesus as the Conquering Messiah.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 126

As Christians, we can quickly default to the mindset that we are doing all things unto the glory of Jesus Christ and that our lives are in the "steward position" – when in reality we are the ones trying to control, manipulate, and dictate our lives and circumstances.

True Christians, however, are not sovereigns but stewards of all God has entrusted to them.

In this episode of the Deeper Christian Podcast, Nathan Johnson asks the question if you are living your life as a sovereign or a steward, and gives several practical areas of our lives we must allow the Holy Spirit to examine and bring conviction to if necessary.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 125

Summer is a great time to pick up a good book and be encouraged, edified, and pressed unto Jesus Christ.

In this episode, I want to give five books (or authors) that you should consider reading this summer.

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