Jesus Changes People

This episode originally aired on November 21, 2022. We’ve learned a lot about Jesus as we’ve journeyed through the book of John during Season 1, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. In this season wrap-up episode, Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve learned about and from Jesus. The major themes from John chapters 1-21 they discuss are dependence, witness, and the statements of come and see, come and drink, and come and dine. The discussion is focused on summarizing major themes from John with practical and tangible ways for someone to start implementing these themes into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on October 17, 2022. We’ve learned more about Jesus in John 16:1-20:18, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve been learning about and from Jesus. This includes what it means to be set apart and grow in our faith; to understand what truth is and how to apply it; and how we connect the Jewish faith to our faith today and why it matters. The discussion is practical and offers tangible ways for someone to start implementing these practices into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on August 29, 2022. We’ve learned more about Jesus in John 12:37-15:17, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve been learning about and from Jesus. This includes what it means to be a servant leader; how we know if a teaching is from the Holy Spirit; and further insight we can gain from Jesus’ metaphor drawn from viticulture. The discussion is practical and offers tangible ways for someone to start implementing these practices into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on July 11, 2022. We’ve learned more about Jesus in John 8:12-12:36, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve been learning about and from Jesus. This includes what keeps us from holding on to the teachings of Jesus; how to hear the voice of Jesus; and how we can multiply our impact as followers of Jesus. The discussion is practical and offers tangible ways for someone to start implementing these practices into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on May 23, 2022. We’ve learned more about Jesus in John 6:16-8:11, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve been learning about and from Jesus. This includes how communion and preaching help encounter the words of eternal life; the external implications of a relationship with Jesus; and what does it mean that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. The discussion is practical and offers tangible ways for someone to start implementing these practices into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on April 4, 2022. We’ve learned more about Jesus in John 4:1-6:15, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve been learning about and from Jesus. This includes how to handle social and cultural boundaries; our motivation for obedience; and how we allow God to work through us. The discussion is practical and offers tangible ways for someone to start implementing these practices into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on February 16, 2022. We’ve learned a lot about Jesus in the first 3 chapters of John, but if we don’t do something with it, then it hasn’t really been helpful information. Ken and Mike discuss different ways that will help you put into practice what we’ve been learning about and from Jesus. This includes how to develop a healthy rhythm of Bible reading and prayer; how to have a greater awareness of God’s presence; and how to engage in personal solitude and retreat. The discussion is practical and offers tangible ways for someone to start implementing these practices into their life today.

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This episode originally aired on January 13, 2025. The guys are spending a couple of their holiday season episodes with a New Year’s focus on the power of yes, no, and maybe. In this episode, Ken and Mike conclude their holiday season with the power of maybe. They discuss waiting on God, who God is to us in the waiting, the anxiety in waiting and how we handle it, waiting with pain and hardship, and what weakness produces in us during waiting. A listener asks the guys to explain what the word liturgical means in relation to Christianity. What’s the significance of the Gutenberg Bible? And the guys make 2025 predictions. How many would you predict they get right?

Passages: Isaiah 40:28-31, Isaiah 26:3, Philippians 4:4-9, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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This episode originally aired on January 6, 2025. The guys are spending a couple of their holiday season episodes with a New Year’s focus on the power of yes, no, and maybe. In this episode, Mike and Ken explore the power of no. They discuss how we say no, what we say no to, who helps us say no, discipleship, denying versus getting rid of self, where we are and are not given more than we can handle, and how we deal with temptation. A listener wants to know what the guys think are some of the most returned gifts after Christmas. What’s an arky, arky and how does it find it’s way into this episode? And the guys predict what different celebrities opened as Christmas gifts on Christmas day.

Passages: Titus 2:11-13, Luke 9:23-25, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Matthew 6:13

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This episode originally aired on December 30, 2024. The guys shift in their holiday season from the Christmas focus of God with us to a New Year’s focus on the power of yes, no, and maybe. Ken and Mike will spend the three remaining episodes in this season on yes, no, and maybe. In this episode, Mike and Ken explore the power of yes. They discuss how the temporary versus the eternal plays into our yeses, counting the cost of saying yes, and how we say yes by obeying out of love. A listener wants to know if New Year’s Resolutions are helpful, harmful, or useless and if there is any Biblical foundation for them. Other than the New Year, what else is celebrated on the first of the year? And is it something Ken will refuse to comment on?

Passages: John 14:23, Luke 14:25-33, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 5:7

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