This article is a summary of the following episode: "Accurate" Yet Empty: The Problem with Theological Lectures Many sermons today are filled with careful exposition, accurate grammar, and precise theology, but they miss the one thing that gives t...

This article is a summary of the following episode: In the Beginning, Jesus... When most people open Genesis or Exodus, they think of creation, evolution, or the flood. But those opening books are not first about scientific arguments or historical...

This article is a summary of the following episode: No Damascus Road? No Problem. Many believers wrestle with their testimonies. Some quietly think, “I don’t have an exciting story. I never had a dramatic conversion moment, so maybe my faith isn’t...

This article is a summary of the following episode: Deliverance from Trials Is Never Promised Many of us have prayed the prayer of Paul. “Lord, please take this away from me.” Not once but many times. It can feel exhausting and confusing when the ...

This article is a summary of the following episode: The Re-Purposed Driven Life Last week we talked about what it means to be tired in this fallen world. We looked at the reality of life as saints who are also sinners, and how we often imagine tha...

This article is a summary of the following episode: Jesus Knows You're Tired Life in a fallen world is often exhausting. Many of us carry the quiet hope that one day things will get easier. We imagine a time when the trials will be lighter, the st...

This article is a summary of the following episode: How Satan Attacks Christians Today Scripture speaks often of the world, the flesh, and the devil. These are not abstract categories. They describe active enemies that wage war against the people ...

This article is a summary of the following episode: White-Knuckled American Sanctification When most people hear the word sanctification, they don’t think of peace or joy. They think of pressure. Of effort. Of failure. It feels more like a trip to...

This article is a summary of the following episode: The Suspicion of Experience Why the Christian Life Is Deeply Supernatural Many of us who have been shaped by the Reformed tradition feel hesitant when it comes to the word “experience.” It can br...

This article is a summary from the following episodes: Thou Shalt Not Misquote Reading the Bible in Context for the Sake of Clarity—and Christ You’ve probably seen it on mugs, notebooks, graduation cards—even tattooed on someone’s arm. Jeremiah 29...

This article is a summary from the following episodes: Examine Yourselves! What It Really Means to Test Whether You Are in the Faith “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith.” That verse—2 Corinthians 13:5—gets quoted a lot. And if...

This article is a summary from the following episodes:Thoughts on Costi Hinn and Cheap Grace From time to time, we receive messages asking us to respond to certain sermons or teachings, and while we can’t cover everything, occasionally we engage w...