Faith and obedience go hand in hand, they are two sides of the same coin.

In Scripture, faith without works is dead.....but who's works makes your faith come alive?

I would suggest that faith without obedience is what produces death, stagnant, and useless religion.

We must understand obedience as the result of our faith and faith as the context of our obedience.

The Gifts of the Spirit....a subject of much debate amongst the family of Christ.

This episode deep dives into the various lists within Scripture that are often used to describe the Gifts of the Spirit.

Are the lists connected?

Are the lists, the full lists of every gift there is?

Is the word gift even an appropriate translation?

Why is it important to know a little Greek, when studying gifts?

While we can look at the gifts in various ways and many ministers have many different ways of sorting and grouping the gifts, I would suggest giving a listen for a deep dive, yet simple approach to this subject.

This can also be found on Itunes:

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As long as I could remember as a child I always seemed different. I never felt connected to my family or friends.

Extreme anger, depression, and violence is all i thought about and knew.

I ended up at an altar the last day of youth camp, still an atheist, and still full of rage.

This is my testimony.

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Who was Eve, and who was she to Adam?

We read she was a helper, a help meet for Adam, and given the same command as Adam to subdue, multiply, and have dominion.

How does the creation story relate to husbands and wives and why does Jesus and Paul reference the creation story of Adam and Eve in reference to marriage?

Candace, my wife, will teach on scripture says and how ezer is used in the Old Testament.

I will be teaching on kenegdo, because the qualifier on being an ezer is the kenegdo that follows that word.

What does it mean to "work out" your salvation?

How much influence should those beside and above you have in your walk of faith?

The misuse of this scripture has allowed for many to entertain practices that should never be a part of Christian living.

We must allow ourselves to be corrected and we must only measure our walk by what we have done with what Christ has given us.

This is the short version of a much longer sermon I have previously uploaded.

I think we all want to be great, if not for ourselves, for those around us.

When we look at the kingdom of heaven that Jesus describes and the kingdom of churches that I see in the modern west....there seems to be a mismatch.

The disciples had the discussion on the way to Capernaum, and Jesus taught an important lesson on "the greatest" in response.

Peter, filled with shame and regret, went back to fishing.

Where do we go, when we have failed the Lord?

He is always engaging with us in a conversation of restoration, but we have to have that conversation to move forward.

You are not too far gone, or out of reach from the Shepherd's hand.

There is hope, found in His loving words.

He will meet us where we are, but is always pushing us to move forward to greater pastures in the kingdom of Heaven.

What is sovereignty?

What is our part in the kingdom of Heaven, if God is in control of everything?

Jeremy and I look at what the scriptures say about what the Father's plans are for us and how to deal with the harshness of His plans at times.

Join us in looking at the proper mindset for submitting to the plans of the Father.

What is your gifting?

What is charisma and how does the grace of the Father play into the your "gifting"?

You may be surprised at what the Scripture says about your gifts, and what the Greek meaning is for the gifts we so often seek to have.

This is a short video to explain and look at the Romans 12 list.

What are you called to do in your life?

What is the greatest invitation you've received in life?

We so often concern ourselves with our "calling" in ministry....but what if I were to tell you that the call going out to us is far greater than any ministry or vocation we could do?

Christ has given us an invitation to a new life, a wonderful family, and a purpose beyond ourselves.

Jeremy and I discuss what the "call" on all our lives are.