Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 103

Christian biographies not only stir the soul, but provide great examples of men and women in history who have lived lives of surrender, obedience, and faith.

Such lives can encourage, exhort, and press us unto Jesus Christ, revealing His faithfulness and reminding us of the kind of life that Jesus calls us to.

In this episode, I discuss three reasons why reading Christian biographies help our spiritual lives and why you need to start reading one.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 102

Most of us are familiar with Jesus' parable about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. And while I've heard numerous sermons on this incredible story, I gained a deeper understanding and perspective on the story a couple weeks ago that I want to share with you.

This fresh perspective will not only deepen your understanding of the story but it will make the heart and love of the Father become all the more real and significant.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 101

We live amidst a dark, polluted, and sexually perverse generation.

But does that mean we cater to culture and give into the immorality and twistedness? Of course not. 

The question then becomes: how can we live a life of purity when we are surrounded by such impurity?

In his epistles, Paul gives us advice about how to live in purity, holiness, and righteousness … something he knew was possible as he lived in a similar generation of moral decay … but the Bible also gives us insight on how to, as Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind …"

In this episode, we talk about what it means to walk in purity, but more so what the Bible says about HOW you can live a life of purity.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 100!

Wow. A hundred episodes! 

In this celebratory episode, I reflect back upon 100 episodes and give a short exhortation from Psalm 34 on "taste and see that the Lord is good." 

Thank you for joining with me on this journey to pursue Jesus Christ, know Him intimately, dive deep into His Word (the Bible), and to build our lives around and upon Him. Jesus truly is to be our all in all.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 99

Anyone who listens to this podcast knows I'm a huge fan of Israel and understanding the Bible in light of its geographical and contextual background.

But before you decide to go on a trip to Israel, here are three things you should consider before signing up.

I also invite you to consider joining me on my next upcoming Israel Study Tour this August.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 98

One of my favorite preachers from history past is Major Ian Thomas. Ian Thomas was a powerful preacher and teacher whose entire focus was on Jesus Christ.

Every message I've heard Ian Thomas preach draws me into greater depth, understanding, and intimacy with Jesus.

In this sermon entitled "Knowing Jesus," Ian Thomas talks about Philippians 3:10 and what it means to actually know Christ.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 97

In this episode, we listen to a profound sermon by Haddon Robinson called "Good Snakes Turned Bad." In it, he talks about the serpent that was lifted up during the 40 years Israel wandering in the Wilderness.

This sermon has deeply blessed and challenged me over the years as I am reminded how we often take what God has done in the past and try to force it into the present … in essence not living by the fire of God but by the ashes left by past fires.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 96

A short Christmas meditation about the wonder of Jesus being born in a stable.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 95

We often make things far too complicated (like ordering drinks at Starbucks). But the Gospel itself is simple enough even a child can understand it.

In this episode, I not only talk about how to order one of my favorite drinks at Starbucks, but I use it as an illustration that we must keep the simplicity of the Gospel – which is all about Christ and Him Crucified.

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Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 94

Tis the Season! … for distraction.

Sadly, in this season between Thanksgiving and the New Year, most people seem to be in a whirlwind of hustle, bustle, busyness, and distraction.

Yet, though we should be focused all throughout the year, this is the season where we should have the most focus, the most intentionality – for the Christmas season truly is to one focus: Christ Himself.

In this episode, I give several fun (and disturbing) statistics for the distraction of the modern world and talk about the necessity of having Christ at the center of our focus and lives, especially during Christmas.

If you feel lost in a season of distraction, then this episode is for you.

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