The New Norm

Independence is hardwired into our personal and national stories. Yet, in prayer, God invites us to life and posture of dependence. In the episode, Steve identifies four prayers that remind us of our need for God.

The book of Genesis tells of Joseph’s challenging relationship with his ten older brothers. Decades after they sell him into slavery, he has the chance to forgive them. The process is both long and complicated. In this episode, Steve explores lessons we can learn from Joseph in our own forgiveness journeys.

There’s no shortage of protests these days. As people debate the ethics and legality of those protests, they’ll sometime reference Jesus’s protest at the temple in Jerusalem. In this episode, Steve explains the context and the intent of Jesus’s actions in the temple courts.

Romans 13 can be a tricky passage, both to understand and apply in context. In this episode, Steve will unpack one perspective on what Paul meant when he wrote it.

If you’ve been in church circles for a bit, you may have heard someone reference a “Proverbs 31 Woman.” But what about a Proverbs 31 Man? Who is he? What character traits define him? In this episode, Steve examines Proverbs 31 to look for answers.

What happens when we die? It’s an important and common question. In this episode, Steve addresses myths, identifies God’s promises, and addresses the value of living life with an eternal perspective.

Mercy. It’s not a word we often use, but it’s at the center of a famous prayer from Matthew 20. In this week’s episode, Steve unpacks some powerful principles for prayer that are modeled by two desperate men in this story.

Sometimes we get stuck in situations we don’t like and didn’t ask for. Maybe that discomfort is God’s gentle way of leading us to place we would not have otherwise gone. This episode examines the story of Joseph in Matthew 2 and Isaac in Genesis 26 as examples for how to respond to seasons of crisis.

I once heard someone refer to the concept of grace as scandalous. It’s crazy to think someone should get something they don’t deserve. And yet, grace is at the very core of the gospel and that’s what Steve addresses in this episode.