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 In this Christmas week episode of Hard Truths, we look at the miracle at the heart of the manger—the Virgin Birth. 

It is the necessary foundation of our salvation. 

From Mary’s trembling question to Gabriel’s thunderous promise that “nothing will be impossible with God,” we trace why Christ had to come this way—holy, sinless, and truly God with us. 

The cradle secures the cross, and this hard truth gives weary sinners a living hope.

 Come, behold the wondrous mystery. 

Merry Christmas!

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In this week’s episode, we linger beside the tomb and listen as the crowd divides over the tears of Christ. 

Some see His love; others question His power. 

As we explore Jesus’ weeping—not for the dead but for the living—we uncover the ache of sin, the battle within our own hearts, and the sure hope found in the One who works all things according to His perfect will. 

This week we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11:35
• John 11:36-37
• John 11: 34, 35
• John 2:24-25
• Romans 7:18-23
• Romans 7:24,25
• John 11:4
• Romans 8:28-32
• Hebrews 12:1-3

We look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday!

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Why did Jesus, who knew He would raise Lazarus moments later, break down in silent grief? What does His righteous anger toward death reveal about His heart for His people? And how does His holy sorrow shape the way we see our own sin, our own wounds, and our own need for mercy?

In John 11:35, Scripture draws back the veil and shows us something almost unthinkable: the eternal Son of God standing before a tomb… and weeping. In this week’s study through the Gospel of John, we slow down to behold those tears—real, human tears shed by the One who is fully God and fully man.

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 33
• John 11: 35
• Luke 19: 41-44
• John 2: 13-16
• Psalm 51: 1-4
• Psalm 51: 9-12
• 1 John 1: 9
• 1 John 2: 1
• Lamentations 3: 22-26
• Psalm 51: 16-17
• 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11
• Titus 3: 5-7
• Hebrews 4: 14-16
• Hebrews 12: 1-2
• Romans 8: 13
• Matthew 26: 41
• John 19: 30

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday!

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 In John 11:32–34, we walk slowly into the grief of these sisters, the compassion of Christ, and the quiet ways our relationships shape our faith—for better or for worse. 

This week, we explore how “if only” thinking spreads, how godly company strengthens, and how Jesus meets us in the very places where doubt has taken root. 

Come and see the Savior who is moved with compassion. 

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 25, 26
• John 11: 32-34
• John 11: 21, 22
• 1 Corinthians 15: 33
• Proverbs 13: 20
• Proverbs 27: 17
• Proverbs 22: 24,25
• 1 Corinthians 15: 26
•  Psalm 34: 17-19
• Joshua 1: 5
• John 1: 39
• Titus 3: 5-7
• 1 John 2: 1

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday!

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In this week’s episode of The Isaiah 43 Podcast, we slow down in John 11:28–31—those quiet verses we often rush past in the shadow of Lazarus’s resurrection. 

But here, we see: a Savior who draws near, calls by name, and invites weary sinners to rise and come to Him.

Martha whispers to Mary, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
And Mary rises quickly to meet Him.

In these verses, we see the shape of Christ’s call, the urgency of faith’s response, and the tender truth that Jesus often stands closer than we think—even when we cannot yet see Him.

May this passage draw you to the Father, strengthen your hope, and remind you that the same Christ who called Mary is calling you today.

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 28-31
• Psalm 34: 18
• Isaiah 43: 1
• Matthew 11: 28-30
• John 6: 37
• 2 Corinthians 5: 7
• 1 Peter 1: 5-8
• Hebrews 12: 1, 2
• Titus 3: 5-7

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you next Friday!

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In this week’s Hard Truths episode, we look at Jesus’ words to the church in Ephesus—the believers who labored hard, held fast to doctrine, and yet slowly drifted away from their first love. 

Christ’s message in Revelation 2:1–5 is not a rebuke meant to crush, but a call meant to restore. He invites His weary people to remember, repent, and return to the warmth of His love.

If you’ve felt your heart grow dim… if prayer feels rushed, Scripture feels routine, or the joy you once knew feels distant… this passage is Christ’s gentle voice calling you home.

Join me as we walk through the text, consider its meaning, and face the hard truth that drifting can happen to anyone—but so can restoration.

 Christ has not moved; He is still near, still holding His people, still calling them back to Himself.

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As we open John 11:24–27, we listen to Martha confess a true doctrine—but a distant one. She believes in the resurrection “on the last day,” yet struggles to see the Savior standing before her as the Resurrection and the Life right now. Jesus gently draws her faith from the theoretical into the personal, from the distant into the present, from “someday” into “even now.”

In this episode, we look at:

• Why Martha misunderstood Jesus’ promise—and how often we do the same
• How Christ reveals Himself as the Living Resurrection who meets us in our grief
• Why every line of Scripture—genealogies, histories, laments, prophecies—is God-breathed for your present endurance

Christ asks Martha a question. He now asks us the same: “Do you believe this?”

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11:4
• John 11:14-15
• John 20:31
• John 11:21-22
• John 11:24-27
• Daniel 12:2
• Isaiah 26:19
• Matthew 22:30-32
• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• 1 John 5:12
• John 5:25-29
• Ephesians 2:1-9
• 2 Corinthians 5:21
• Romans 5:8-11
• Isaiah 43:1-2 
• John 4:23-24
• John 3:16

We look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday for Hard Truths!

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 In John 11:20–23, Martha stands in the tension between heartbreak and hope. Her brother is gone, her heart is heavy—and yet she says to Jesus, “Even now I know.”

 In this episode, we explore what faith looks like when prayers seem unanswered and the silence feels long. Through Martha’s confession, we find that Christ’s delays are never His absence. 

He still speaks into our grief, He still rules over our time, and He still gives the promise that every believer can rest in: “Your brother will rise again.”

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture (in order):

• John 11: 9,10 (NLT)
• John 11: 20-23 (ESV)
• Philippians 4: 5-7
• Exodus 14: 14
• Psalm 13: 1-3
• Psalm 42: 9
• Romans 8: 28
• Job 1: 21
• Isaiah 55: 8,9
• Genesis 50: 20
• 2 Corinthians 4: 17
• Revelation 1: 17, 18
• John 11: 25,26

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday.

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When everything around you feels trapped and hopeless—when the sea blocks your way forward and the armies of fear, loss, and despair close in behind—what does faith look like then?

In this week’s episode, we continue our journey through John 11, where Jesus comes to Bethany and finds that Lazarus has been dead for four days. For the grieving sisters, it was too late. Hope was gone. But as we’ll see, this is exactly where God does His deepest work—at the point when human strength is exhausted and all natural hope has died.

Drawing from Exodus 14, we explore what it means to stand still and “see the salvation of the Lord.” Just as the Lord parted the Red Sea for His people, He still moves mountains and makes a way where there is none—for His glory and our good.

If you’re standing at your own Red Sea moment—surrounded, weary, and wondering if God has forgotten you—this episode is for you. Christ never arrives late to His own story.

We will read the following Scripture:

• John 11: 17-19
• Exodus 14: 8-12
• Psalm 13: 1,2
• Isaiah 49: 14-17
• Jeremiah 29: 11-14
• Psalm 139: 14-18
• Exodus 14: 13, 14
• Exodus 14: 15-27
• John 11: 4
• John 11: 25, 26
• 2 Corinthians 1: 9,10
• 2 Corinthians 1: 3-7
• 1 Corinthians 12: 18-27
• 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
• 1 Corinthians 2: 9

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday!

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On October 31st, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg door — and the world was never the same. 

But the heart of the Reformation wasn’t rebellion; it was redemption. It wasn’t about breaking away from the Church, but bringing her home — back under the authority of God’s Word, back to the comfort of His grace, back to the sufficiency of Christ.

In this Reformation Day episode, we trace how God reformed His Church through His Word and by His Spirit. From the famine of Scripture in the 16th century to the recovery of sola scriptura, sola fide, and sola gratia, we see that the Gospel itself was brought back into the light: that sinners are justified by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone — to the glory of God alone.

As we look back, we remember that Jesus Himself is the Great Reformer. He loved His bride, gave Himself up for her, and is even now sanctifying her “by the washing of water with the Word” (Ephesians 5:26).

 The Reformation isn’t just history — it’s a living testimony that the gates of hell will not prevail against Christ’s Church.

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• Amos 8:11-12
• Ephesians 5:24-32
• Matthew 16:13-18
• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• Romans 1:17
• Ephesians 2:8-9
• Titus 3:3-7
• 1 Timothy 2:5-6
• Psalm 115:1
• Mark 1:14-15
• John 4:23-24
  
  

Happy Reformation Day! 

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday!