Kingdom Offerings

Too often, the gospel we hand a new believer is all upside — forgiveness, joy, peace, the Holy Spirit — with none of the fine print. In this sixth episode of the suffering series, Dave Scherrer points out that Jesus never worked that way. To follow Him is to become His bond servant, bought at a terrible cost, and to expect that the world will hate you for it — there's no bait and switch. Dave walks through Jesus' own hard sayings, from the rich young ruler to "the first will be last," before reading one of C.S. Lewis's most piercing passages from The Problem of Pain: that pain is God's "megaphone to rouse a deaf world." A sobering, clarifying episode that sets up the series' next conversation — what it means to suffer well.

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In part two of a series on the theology of suffering, Dave Scherrer asks the question underneath the question: if God is love, why does He allow suffering at all? Dave reminds us that God is in the business of redeeming "Ta Panta" — all things — to Himself, and things only need redeeming if they're broken. Suffering entered the world through sin, and Dave walks through Genesis 3:16-19 to trace how guilt, pain, toil, and death became part of the human story. But God didn't stay distant — He entered our suffering Himself in Jesus Christ, and through His death and resurrection is making a way to a world where suffering will be no more (Revelation 21:4). Dave closes with a vital distinction: Christian hope isn't wishful thinking, but a confident expectation anchored in God's unchanging love and Kingdom plan.

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Why does God allow suffering — and does He actually understand what we're going through? In part one of this two-part study, Dave Scherrer turns to the book of Job, widely regarded as one of the oldest books in the Bible, to explore the hidden heavenly backdrop to Job's suffering and his eventual silence before God's sovereignty. Dave shows how Job's story points us toward trusting God's Kingdom plan even without answers, then turns to Romans 8:28 for the promise that God works all things for our good. He closes with what he believes is Christianity's unique answer to the problem of evil: a God who entered our suffering Himself, and answered the question "Do you understand?" at the cross of His own Son.

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Dave Scherrer gets unusually personal in this episode, sharing his own long list of "things I wish were different" — years of surgeries and chronic pain, the loss of both parents and his wife's parents in one season, donating a kidney to his wife Susan, and later walking with her through a brain hemorrhage. And yet, Dave says, none of it has ever felt like suffering to him — because of perspective. He turns to the Apostle Paul's own catalog of hardships in 2 Corinthians 11, which Paul called a "momentary light affliction." Perspective is what moves our hardships from complaint to purpose, and gives us strength to persevere. Part three of a series on suffering.

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Joseph's story reads like a movie — betrayal, slavery, false accusation, imprisonment — and yet Scripture keeps insisting "the Lord was with him." In part two of our series on suffering, Dave Scherrer walks through Genesis 37-50 and pulls out four things Joseph's hardest years teach us about suffering well: that God's presence never actually leaves, that hardship can be part of a bigger plan, that integrity under pressure is both protective and restorative, and that real forgiveness is possible on the other side of real pain. It all lands on one of the most quoted lines in Scripture — "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good" — and a hope-filled reminder that there are Kingdom offerings waiting to be claimed in our own suffering.

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Suffering isn't a pleasant subject — but Jesus talked about it often, and Dave Scherrer believes learning to suffer well is part of the secret to glorifying God. In this series opener, Dave gets our terms straight before we go any further: What is suffering, anyway? Is a stubbed toe suffering? A breakup? Ten years of chronic pain? The loss of a child? Dave wrestles honestly with where pain ends and suffering begins, landing on a working definition — suffering is pain that goes so deep it touches the whole person: mental, physical, social, and spiritual. He closes with a vital caution: be very careful measuring another person's pain, because comparison is a slippery slope toward judgmentalism. Part one of a new series.

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What if a Broadway musical tells the story of your spiritual inheritance better than you realized?

In this episode, Dave Scherrer delivers on his promise from last week — a "Cracker Jack" illustration of what it means to have your status raised in the Kingdom of God. The story of Annie — moving from a miserable orphanage under a hateful housemother to the mansion of the wealthiest man on earth — is a vivid picture of what happens when God adopts us as His own. Our hard-knock life of darkness is transformed by the brightness of the Son coming up tomorrow.

Dave unpacks Romans 8:17, 1 Peter 1:4, and the Greek word for "heirs" — those who receive their allotted possession by right of sonship. He makes a remarkable claim: this doctrine of co-heirship is the only theology of any mainstream religion that entertains such a concept. All the wealth the King has, all the power He wields, all the influence He carries — we inherit as our own. And here's the line that will stay with you: "As long as the King lives. And our King lives forever!"

=== CHAPTERS ===

0:00 Introduction — The Promised "Cracker Jack" Illustration

0:30 Annie: From Orphanage to Mansion

1:15 Hard-Knock Life to the Sun Coming Up Tomorrow

2:00 Romans 8:17 — Sharing in His Sufferings and His Glory

2:45 The Only Theology That Makes You an Heir

3:30 The Greek Word for "Heirs" — By Right of Sonship

4:15 Ta Panta — Christ Inherits the Whole Cosmos

5:00 Co-Heirs: What Belongs to Jesus Belongs to Us

5:30 Head High, Chin Up — Walking Worthy

6:15 Preview: The Worthy Walk

6:30 Closing — Peace

=== CONNECT WITH US ===

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=== SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ===

Romans 8:17 — We share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory

1 Peter 1:4 — An inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade, kept in heaven

Psalm 2:7 — You are my Son; today I have become your Father

Hebrews 1:2 — The Son has been appointed heir of all things

Ephesians 1:6 — Accepted in the Beloved

=== ABOUT THIS PODCAST ===

Kingdom Offerings is the podcast of 100 Fold Ministries, where Dave Scherrer unpacks the offerings of Scripture with a special emphasis on the Gospel of the Kingdom. New episodes every week.

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The gospel isn't about me. But that doesn't mean there aren't real, breathtaking blessings that come when we enter His Kingdom.

In this Holy Week episode, Dave Scherrer steps back to look at the big picture. After weeks of unpacking our new status as co-heirs with Christ, Dave introduces a framework he returns to again and again: the Four Blessings of the Kingdom. Salvation. Community. Purpose. Status. These are not prosperity promises or comfort theology -- they are the real, beautiful offerings that come upon us when we turn from this fallen world and pledge our faith to the King.

Dave begins where Jesus himself began -- in Capernaum, where the crowds begged him to stay, and Jesus said, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose." That purpose led straight to Holy Week -- to the betrayal, the trials, the cross, and the resurrection. All of it so that we might be called children of God and co-heirs. And it all starts with the simplest, most staggering promise Paul gives us: we will see Him face to face.

=== CHAPTERS ===

0:00 Introduction -- The Good News of the Kingdom

0:45 Luke 4:42-43 -- Jesus' Central Purpose

1:30 Holy Week -- The King's Road to the Cross

2:15 The Gospel Is Not About Me

3:00 But There Are Real Kingdom Blessings

3:30 Face to Face -- 1 Corinthians 13:12

4:00 The Four Blessings of the Kingdom

4:45 Our New Status -- No More Social Stigma

5:15 Preview: A Word Picture From the Movies

5:30 Closing -- This Is Kingdom Offerings

=== CONNECT WITH US ===

Website: https://100foldministries.org

Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://100foldministries.org/subscribe

Email Dave: [email protected]

=== SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ===

Luke 4:42-43 -- I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns; for I was sent for this purpose

1 Corinthians 13:12 -- Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face

=== ABOUT THIS PODCAST ===

Kingdom Offerings is the podcast of 100 Fold Ministries, where Dave Scherrer unpacks the offerings of Scripture with a special emphasis on the Gospel of the Kingdom. New episodes every week.

#KingdomOfferings #100FoldMinistries #GospelOfTheKingdom #HolyWeek #FourBlessings #CoHeirsWithChrist #KingdomBlessings

Christ is King. Not king with a small "k" — the King of all kings, whose rule is everlasting. That's a grand theme of the Bible. But there's a related theme that might surprise you: in some way, we too will rule with Him.

In part 2 of this mini-series, Dave Scherrer walks through five key passages that reveal a two-fold Kingdom reality. First, even now, Jesus sends us out with the same authority given to Him — that's what the Great Commission is. Second, Scripture promises that we will one day be co-regents with Christ in His eternal Kingdom. This isn't "little gods" theology. This is the astonishing biblical truth that the King of kings has invited His people into His rule. And that truth gives us peace, hope, power, and intentional purpose — on earth as it will be in heaven.

=== CHAPTERS ===

0:00 Introduction — Christ is King with a capital K

0:30 His Kingdom will know no end

1:00 A related theme — we will rule with Him

1:30 This is NOT "little gods" theology

2:00 Scripture: Luke 22:28-30, 2 Timothy 2:11-12, Revelation 5:9-10

3:15 The two-fold Kingdom reality

3:45 NOW — The Great Commission and shared authority (Matthew 28:18-20)

4:15 ETERNAL — Co-regents with Christ (Daniel 7:27)

4:45 More than we can ask or think or imagine

5:00 Victory, peace, hope, and intentional purpose

=== CONNECT WITH US ===

Website: https://100foldministries.org

Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://100foldministries.org/subscribe

Email Dave: [email protected]

=== SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ===

Luke 22:28-30 — "I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones."

2 Timothy 2:11-12 — "If we endure, we will also reign with him."

Revelation 5:9-10 — "You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth."

Matthew 28:18-20 — "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations."

Daniel 7:27 — "The kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High."

=== ABOUT THIS PODCAST ===

Kingdom Offerings is the podcast of 100 Fold Ministries, where Dave Scherrer unpacks the offerings of Scripture with a special emphasis on the Gospel of the Kingdom. New episodes every week.

#KingdomOfferings #100FoldMinistries #GospelOfTheKingdom #ReignWithChrist #CoHeirsWithChrist #KingdomAuthority

What does it mean to be a co-heir with Christ? Most of us have heard that we're "children of God," but do we actually understand what that inheritance looks like?

In this episode, Dave Scherrer picks up where the last two Kingdom Offerings episodes left off — our status as children of God — and follows it to its stunning conclusion: we are co-heirs with Jesus. In the first century, adoption into a royal family was not symbolic. It was legal, binding, and complete. The adopted child received the same name, the same rights, and the same inheritance as the blood children. God set aside the bloodline requirement and opened His royal family to everyone — Jew and Gentile alike.

But here's the part that matters most: God didn't give you a royal inheritance so you'd sit quietly in the corner. He gave it so you'd step into your calling with confidence and purpose. Dave closes with a beautiful word picture from Revelation 22 — like the moon, we have no light of our own, but we will shine forever reflecting the glorious light of Christ. Part 1 of a mini-series on co-heirs and co-rulers.

=== CHAPTERS ===

0:00 Introduction — Kingdom Status and Benefits

0:30 Recap: Our Status as Children of God

1:00 Romans 8:14-19a — Adopted as His Own

2:00 First-Century Adoption — Same Rights, Same Inheritance

2:45 God Set That Aside

3:15 Your Inheritance Is Not for Sitting in the Corner

4:00 Co-Heirs of His Glory — How Can That Be?

4:30 The Moon Metaphor — Reflecting the Light of Christ

5:15 Co-Heirs Reflecting His Glory Back to Him

5:45 Preview: Kingdom Co-Rulers

6:00 Closing — Peace

=== CONNECT WITH US ===

Website: https://100foldministries.org

Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://100foldministries.org/subscribe

Email Dave: [email protected]

=== SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ===

Romans 8:14-19a — Led by the Spirit, adopted as children, co-heirs with Christ

John 9:4 — Quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us

Revelation 22:3, 5 — The Lord God will give them light, and they will reign forever

Philippians 2:13 — God gives you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him

=== ABOUT THIS PODCAST ===

Kingdom Offerings is the podcast of 100 Fold Ministries, where Dave Scherrer unpacks the offerings of Scripture with a special emphasis on the Gospel of the Kingdom. New episodes every week.

#KingdomOfferings #100FoldMinistries #GospelOfTheKingdom #CoHeirsWithChrist #AdoptionInChrist #Romans8