In Faith

What do you consider sin? Is it doing something bad? And if we are destined for Hell because of our sins--then do we just need to stop doing bad things? What about people who are mostly good? Or, at least, aren't evil?

Or do we need to think of sin differently? Listen in for a slant on this idea you may not have considered before.

Support the show

This week was a busy week, and I did not have the time I need to fully prepare for a discussion on predestination. So instead we're talking about red flags--when is a behavior or action a red flag, versus something we can either overlook or work through? When can we sit in uncertainty, and when should we run? Let's take a look at an interesting real-world example to help us understand how to better tell people about God.

Support the show

It feels like sometimes, so much emphasis is put on coming to Christ, on being saved, that the "by faith not works" starts to bleed into the walk with Christ. Or the walk with Christ is largely ignored--that as long as you are saved, you've done the most important thing. And while it is a critical first step, it is still just the first step. In today's episode we look at why there is so much more to look forward to between salvation and heaven.

Support the show

Today we're answering this question--is salvation easy, or hard? What do we have to do to be saved? What is the actual process? Do I just say a prayer? Do I have to do anything first?

All this and more!

Support the show

Does the Old Testament still apply? Or are the promises of Jeremiah 29:11 only for ancient Israel? Tune in to find out--or to encourage yourself of what you already know.

Support the show

Psalm 1:3--does the tree planted by streams of water bear fruit each season? Every season? Should we as Christians see the ripened fruits of our labor constantly? And what about "everything we do prospers"--does that mean something specific to Americans, perhaps?

So much to answer and discuss--listen in to learn more.

Support the show

When you find work that gives you joy, criticism arises: well, it must not be hard work (and hard work is the only work that counts); that's great you have that, but when are you getting a real job?; and, with your education and experience you should be able to get a good job, not this...whatever you're doing.

But are those things important? Will God only call you to do the most difficult things? What constitutes a "real" job? And isn't working for the kingdom "good"?

Answers to all this and more in today's episode as we continue to look at work, redefined.

Support the show

When God said: "Six days you shall work, but on the Seventh you must rest," was it one command? Or two? That is, do we only work because we must? And only rest because we must? Or was this commandment put in place because without it, we would love work so much as to do it every day? My guess is most of us would take any any time off from our jobs that we could--but I don't think that's what God intended when He "prepared good works in advance" for us to do. Listen in as we try to re-imagine a life of working for God.

Support the show

Plenty of preaching tells us to desire what God desires; and we please Him when we do what He desires. But what is it, then, that He desires? Join me on a journey through Old and New Testament as we explore 39 verses telling us just that.

Support the show

Are denominations biblical? Paul prays for the church to be unified; now we are fractured almost endlessly. At every perceived heresy, it seems like, a new denomination arises.
But it doesn't mean we have to abandon the idea of denominations. Instead perhaps we can return to Scripture and find a better frame of mind when we consider doctrines and beliefs, and even the idea of the "true" Christian.

Support the show