The Tent Podcast

In this series, we’ve asked whether the gospel is for sale, and whether it can be preached to rich and poor alike. Today we’re facing a painful question: What do we say when the blessing we prayed for doesn’t come?

Can the gospel be preached to the rich and poor alike?

At first, that may sound obvious. Of course it can!

But money can shape how people are treated, what they are told they need, and even what they think God is like. So let’s take a closer look.

If the message is “Come to Jesus and become wealthy,” what do you say to someone who is already wealthy?

And if the message is “Come to Jesus and your poverty will end,” what do you say to someone who trusts Christ but remains poor?

The gospel itself should not need a different message for rich people and poor people.

Think of someone trapped in a deep current.

A person on the bank could shout instructions: “Kick harder! Swim that way!”

But if the person is exhausted and being pulled under, instructions alone are not enough.

They need someone to reach them and bring them out.

Again, this picture has limits.

Salvation is not literally a river rescue, and Scripture also calls people to respond to God.

But it helps us see the difference between advice and rescue.

The Bible says we need more than advice. We need God to act.

Today we’re asking a difficult question:

If sin has affected humanity from the beginning, what does that mean for each person?

Are we born with a broken condition?

Are we responsible for our own choices?

And how should we think about a baby, who hasn’t yet made a conscious choice to do wrong?

“Fallen human condition” is a short way of describing what the Bible says about human life after sin enters the story.

It means that sin and death affect humanity, and that our relationship with God, and with one another is damaged.

Listen, read your bible, do your research.

We have read and heard this verse many times. And many times you were told or understood this verse in a modern sense.

In this episode, I explain what lust means and how to escape this great danger.

"Satan is the god of this world." You have heard this many times and you've probably asked yourself what this means and how did he even get that power. This episode explains it in detail

Join me as we break down what sin actually does to the believer, why it acts as a "dead weight" on our spiritual potential, and most importantly, how we can move past simple behaviour management to truly hating sin; not out of fear, but out of a deep, transformative love for Jesus. If you are ready to stop feeding the "noise" and start strengthening your new self, this episode is your next step.