THE Answer to THE Question: “Why?”

You’ve perhaps heard his name — a rather strange name at that!

His name is Job. The man who had it all, only to have it all taken away.

As you will hear in this PODCAST, in the blink of his eye, everything changed. And not for the better.

The book of Job poses for us a number of VERY IMPORTANT questions:

Why did such unspeakable things happen to such a godly man?

Why did God let it happen?

Why did God give permission to Satan to torment Job as he did?

What (if any) was God’s purpose behind it all?

What are WE supposed to learn from his story — about our lives, about our circumstances, about our painful challenges, and about our God?

What does the story have to do with our ongoing study of Jesus in HD?

All of these questions, and so many more, will be addressed in this podcast.

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May God bless you richly as you listen, and share this most meaningful message with your loved ones and friends.

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Story-Teller Extraordinaire

I can’t tell you how excited I am, both about this particular message AND the enormous encouragement that I know it will bring you as you listen!!!

In this week’s PODCAST, we break the seal on the parables. As you will hear, Jesus had quite compelling reasons for completely changing His teaching style — from preaching to the masses to huddling with the disciples; from sermons to stories; from proclamation to parables.

This particular discussion will set up our Fall, sort of a series within a series, as we will take the next several weeks to consider together each of Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13. Specifically, what they meant to the disciples to whom Jesus spoke them, and what they mean to us today.

Jesus used parables to reveal new truth never before mentioned in the Old Testament. This is brand new stuff. Stuff that relates specifically to the day in which you and I are living. Stuff that explains some of the many challenges we are facing as committed Christ-followers today.

This is a personal as it gets.

So thank you for coming along for this wild ride, and making the journey with us.

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GOD BLESS YOU RICHLY AS YOU LISTEN!

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A Mother’s Lament

My heart goes out to Mother Mary.

Her name means “Bitterness.”

Sadly, and quite frankly, in many ways Mary lived up to her name.

Being the mother of Jesus was no small task. One that she fulfilled with great dignity and distinction.

But boy did she face her challenges.

In this PODCAST, we will gaze upon a Scriptural snapshot of Mary unlike anything you have ever seen before.

Not only that, but we will encounter Jesus in His darkest hour, second only to that night before the crucifixion when He sweat drops of blood in the Garden of Gethsemane. As we do, our love for Him will deepen. Our respect for His mom will broaden. And our understanding of the both of them will stir up within our own hearts a sense of God’s presence in our lives like we’ve never experienced before.

Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it may take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play. May God richly bless you as you listen!

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If It Ain’t Broke, BREAK IT!

My heart goes out to Jesus.

After preparing for this week’s PODCAST, I feel such a profound sense of compassion for Him.

Thing of it is… I knew that the religious leaders of Jesus’ day hated Him. I understood that at this point in His ministry they no longer regarded Him as an irritation to be tolerated or a troublesome teacher to be discredited. Now they saw Him as a colossal threat to be killed. I got all of that.

What I didn’t get until this week was how toxic — both to Jesus and to the precious people to whom He ministered — the religious environment in which Jesus found Himself had become. Even more significantly, the source of its toxicity. And even more significantly, what it means to our lives today.

The challenges He faced within His own religious tradition were overwhelming. So are ours. Trust me when I say that we have a sympathetic Savior who knows all about it. He’s been there, and lives to tell the tale.

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BE ENCOURAGED, and HAPPY LISTENING!!!

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Paintings, My Friends. It’s All About the Paintings. (And Oh What a Painter God is!!!)

In this PODCAST, so many, many questions will be answered.

How do we know there is a God?

Why does the Bible say that all people are without excuse?

How did people in the Old Testament get “saved”?

What about people who have never heard of Jesus before?

Just to name a few!!!

Open your ears. Open your eyes. Most importantly, open your heart. You will be amazed at all that you are about to learn!!!

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HAPPY LISTENING!!!

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The One (and Only) Sin that Can Never be Forgiven

Call it what you will… The Unpardonable Sin. The Unforgivable Sin.

No matter what the name, its consequences are unimaginable.

In this PODCAST (which I believe for you will find to be enormously encouraging and reassuring), you will learn exactly what this sin is, what this sin isn’t, whether or not it is possible today to commit this sin, and if so, whether or not you have or ever will commit it.

In terms of its eternal ramifications, no conversation is more vitally important than this one.

Find out what Jesus said, to whom He said it, why He said it, and what His dire warning means for us today.

Please remember that depending upon your connection speed and web browser, it may take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play.

HAPPY LISTENING.

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Jesus Heals a Mother’s Broken Heart

While I am away speaking at one of my all-time favorite places on the planet (Hartland Christian Camp), here in this Encore PODCAST is some much-needed hope for every brokenhearted mom. Not to mention every brokenhearted dad.

This hope comes courtesy of a man named Levi, though you’d never know it by reading his account of Jesus’ life and ministry.

While there is scant little detail in the Bible regarding this remarkable man (Levi is mentioned by name a grand total of only 5 times), scratch beneath the surface and we could write a book about him.

Levi deserves our focused attention, and we will be all the richer for having had this discussion.

A polarizing figure, Levi was. They either loved him or hated him. Or to put an even finer point to that: The religious hated him; Jesus loved him.

And in loving him as Jesus did, Levi becomes a living, breathing canvas on which the heart of Jesus is painted in vivid colors and bold relief.

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HAPPY LISTENING!

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A Woman’s Place is in the… Church!!!

 

Jesus was a revolutionary on so many, many levels.

As you will hear in this PODCAST, Jesus was never afraid to break with convention and go with something that was totally counter-cultural to the times in which He lived, and to the religious tradition to which He belonged.

It is both my sincere hope and confident belief that you will find in this lesson much refreshment for your soul, especially if you are a female. The time has come for us to — courtesy of Jesus — balance the books that have been so out of balance for so long in so much of our present-day Christian culture.

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God bless you as you listen.

And PLEASE “Share” this with your family and friends if you do indeed find it to be an encouragement to your soul.

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Jesus’ Startling Conclusion to His Signature Sermon

If you know of anyone who has some mental obstacles to understanding who Jesus is, THIS is the message for them to hear. 

I would even go so far as to suggest that if my many precious Jewish friends were to listen to just one podcast, this would be the one. They would be in for a very pleasant surprise, I am sure. 

An Encore PODCAST while I am speaking at Hume Lake Christian Camps. 

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God bless you as you listen.

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#Oh.My.Word

We could give this PODCAST a variety of titles.

The Ballad of the Broken and Battered Woman.

The Indignation of the Idolatrously “Holy” Man.

I prefer the title, Oh.My.Word, for reasons that you will soon hear.

We have come to a tipping point in the life and ministry of Jesus. After this encounter with a broken woman and a “holy” man, things will never again be the same for Jesus.

The full fury of the religious leaders will come to full flower as a result of this one meal that Jesus shared with this one man and one woman.

Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed it may take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play.

God bless you as you listen.

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