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Dr. John argues that most believers tell their conversion story while quietly leaving out the Holy Spirit — the one who actually raised their spiritually dead heart to respond to Christ. Drawing on Ephesians 2, Ezekiel 36, and the story of Lazarus, he traces how regeneration, sanctification, and ongoing growth in holiness are all the Spirit's work, and why giving him credit matters for guarding against pride.

Rediscovering the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is God, fully equal with the Father and Son, yet he's the member of the Trinity most Christians know least about. In this 10-message series, Dr. John sets out to change that, tracing the Spirit's work from creation through the Old Testament, Pentecost, salvation, and beyond. By the end, you'll understand what you already have in the Spirit, and why it changes everything.

Has a friend ever asked you, How can the gracious and forgiving God of the New Testament be the same as the vengeful God of the Old Testament? Well, that’s an important question, and John MacArthur’s next lesson will help you to answer it. Join John as he continues his study called Without Excuse: Principles of God’s Judgment.

Greed is covetousness. It’s an inordinate desire to acquire more and more. Greed is always in a hurry. It knows little of patience or integrity or appropriateness. It is seldom admitted and is often rationalized.

Jodie Berndt adds to the Praying the Scriptures series by encouraging couples to pray for their marriages! She explains how you are responsible for your own faith, how to pray with different personalities, praying through conflict over finances, and praying the scriptures through a season of difficulty. This is a discussion you won’t want to miss!

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Psalm 23:4 (NKJV) reads, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” God promises to come at an unexpected hour and take us from the gray world we know to the golden world we don’t. But since we don’t, we aren’t sure we want to go.

On the night before his own death, Jesus told his friends, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled…I will come back and take you to be with me…” (John 14:1, 3 NCV). The apostle Paul announced that “Death has been swallowed up in victory…”  (1 Corinthians 15:54 NIV).

The message is consistent. We do not know the hour, nor do we know the circumstances. But an exit is scheduled for each one of us. Yet we need not fear the moment. Why? Because our Father is a good Father.

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Season 3, Episode 9

In this episode, Michael and Zach continue The Unseen Realm 2.0 by tracing how the Bible develops its picture of Satan from Genesis to Revelation. They begin in Eden with the nachash of Genesis 3, asking whether the serpent should be understood as an ordinary snake, a supernatural being, or something more complex, while carefully separating strong textual connections from more speculative interpretations. The discussion then turns to Job 1–2, where ha-satan appears not yet as a proper name but as “the adversary” or accuser functioning within God’s heavenly court. From there, Michael and Zach follow the term through Numbers, Zechariah, and Chronicles, showing how a Hebrew job description gradually becomes associated with a distinct personal adversary. The episode concludes in the New Testament, where Satan, the devil, the tempter, the evil one, and the ancient serpent converge as titles for the same figure, culminating in Revelation 12:9.

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