The so-called "Grace Message" being championed today by self-identified "Grace Teachers" has grown extremely popular especially in charismatic circles. They are even calling it a "Grace Revolution", but is it really the message of Grace that the Apostle Paul, the Apostle of Grace, taught? Are these teachers truly recovering a message they believe has been lost since Apostolic times? Or have they simply re–tooled an ancient false teaching that they've simply rebranded? I not only believe much of ...
Mar 01, 2020•54 min
Different parts of the Body of Christ emphasize different aspects of what the New Testament teaches about faith. From the role of faith in our salvation, to the exercising of faith when it comes to the release of God's Kingdom in supernatural ways. This podcast is focused upon the latter concept - a faith that we can grow in and that God expects to increase in the life of every believer. This will challenge BOTH the Evangelical AND the Word of Faith Pentecostal!
Feb 29, 2020•1 hr 43 min
This is a message that Charismatics need to take to heart - we can easily neglect the "normal means" God uses instead expecting everything to come "miraculously"! 1 Tim. 4:8 - "For physical training is of some value, but training in godliness is of value in every way both in this life and the life to come". I talk further about things the Lord has been teaching me through my Bible Reading Plan and the NORMAL way He has ordained for us to grow spiritual. Beware - it isn't the "instant" or "automa...
Feb 29, 2020•43 min
James 3:16 says that where you find envy, there you will find EVERY EVIL THING. Why is that? In this message, I take a deep look at why envy is so demonic, why it attracts "every evil thing" - Did you know it was Satan's original sin? Yes, nobody told me that either! I cite multiple Early Church Fathers' opinions on the matter.
Feb 29, 2020•11 min
A sermon about God’s Essential Nature = LOVE (not His Power/Sovereignty) 1 Peter 1:1-3 - Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature = BECOMING LOVE (OUR PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT) We are X-Men! We lack NOTHING because His Divine Power has given us everything we need for a godly life! (NOTE: Calvinists WILL NOT like this podcast!)
Feb 29, 2020•1 hr 2 min
What many don't understand is that the radical Shi'ite Muslims in Iran are looking for the return of their "Messiah" to conquer Jerusalem and set up a one-world Islamic government and that these beliefs are behind what they have done and what they are doing and most importantly WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING in the future. We however know that it is the Lord Jesus Christ who will be returning to establish His eternal Kingdom. And it is this belief that should be fueling those of us who follow Christ!
Jan 14, 2020•43 min
Reflecting on WHO God is, on WHO we have become and WHAT is available. The primacy of love - why is love at the center of everything? God is love and has invited us into His Kingdom of Love forever!
Dec 07, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Apostasy - also known as falling away, abandoning the faith, or the recent woke term "Deconstructionism". What does the Bible teach about this seemingly growing trend? What did the Church believe about it until the 5th century? How/why did that change? What are some of the factors that lead people to abandon the faith? How do we know that we are currently "in the family"? What are the things we can do to ensure we don't fall away?
Nov 09, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Looking at Romans 5, 6, 7, 8 and briefly at the rest of of Romans. I explored these questions: What did we inherit from Adam? (What was/is "Original Sin"?) The Early Church differed from Augustine regarding this question. Who is Paul talking about in Romans 7 - himself and believers? Again, the Early Church had one view and Augustine introduced, or shall we say "invented" another view that the Reformers followed. Does the NT consider us "sinners" as Christians? These are extremely important issu...
Oct 25, 2019•57 min
Revisiting this controversial topic - Healing in the Old Testament vs. Healing in the New Testament. Was physical healing a part of the Old Covenant? What were the conditions? Is it a part of the New Covenant? What are the conditions? If so, is physical healing IN THE Atonement? Is healing God's will, and if so, how often? What about those who believe that healing ended? What do we see in Church History? Why don't we see more healing today? These and many other questions - lots of Scripture!!
Oct 05, 2019•1 hr 31 min
Continuing in the series of how we can access "Greater Grace" - in this message, I look at two more ways - asking/seeking/knocking and using your gifts.
Sep 06, 2019•49 min
Continuing to explore how we can access "Greater Grace" in these days where it is needed. In this message, I explore obedience/holiness and fasting.
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 8 min
This is a continuation of the previous message - greater evil requires that we access greater grace to stand, to overcome and to extend His Kingdom.
Aug 13, 2019•44 min
This is a message about "Greater Grace" (James 4:6) - Why do we need it in the days in which we are living? How can we access it? A critical message as so many believers are not accessing what God has made available.
Aug 13, 2019•59 min
In Luke 18:8, Jesus wondered about a question - will His followers be living IN FAITH (and all that means) when He returns? This is a question we as His disciples should reflect upon often. Are we living out the faith, are we obeying Him, are we doing what He asked us to do?
Aug 08, 2019•24 min
There is no message more central to the Christian faith and yet more neglected and more misunderstood than the message of love. this is a life message for me - I need to preach it often and live it daily!
Jul 09, 2019•31 min
This is part one of a message about BOLDNESS from Acts 4, about LOVE from Matthew 24 and about ENDURANCE from Hebrews 12. Some new insights that I have had about both boldness and love in this message.
Sep 08, 2018•28 min
Another sober and challenging consideration of the Christian life in light of eternity. The radical cost of following Jesus for so many of God's children ONLY makes sense in light of eternity. May God awaken within us all this perspective - that this life is only a "vapor" (James 4:14) in comparison to life everlasting in the presence of God.
Jul 03, 2018•36 min
Are we living at the End of the Age? No one knows, but the things Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 are happening today all over the world. The apostasy, the lawlessness, the persecution. Let us all consider our own lives in light of the clear words of Jesus. Let us re-commit ourselves to follow Him with endurance until His Return!
Jul 03, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Nothing changes everything like having the Eternal Perspective. So little of what Jesus taught makes any sense UNLESS we ourselves get His perspective - the eternal one. I continue to "explore the space" as to what it means to live our temporal lives from this place.
Jun 19, 2018•42 min
The mandate all Christians have until Christ Returns - we are brought into the Kingdom and commissioned to "preach the Gospel of the Kingdom" - what does that look like? what does that entail? This is not a secondary issue but our PRIMARY mandate as followers of Christ.
May 24, 2018•49 min
A Christian is: *FORGIVEN **RESTORED ***SET FREE ****ADOPTED *****GIVEN AN INHERITANCE ******EMPOWERED
May 24, 2018•50 min
You simply cannot get away from the Biblical truth that LOVE is what God is and what God requires of us. I walk through EVERY NT leader - from Jesus to all of the Apostles who wrote the New Testament. Love IS the key because God Himself is LOVE.
May 24, 2018•43 min
This is message I recently gave about having an eternal perspective. I believe this is one of the keys to living the Christian life and to being able to endure until the end. I will follow this up with other messages in this series. Note: This is one of the MOST IMPORTANT podcasts I have ever done.
Sep 22, 2017•58 min
The Kingdom of God was Jesus' PRIMARY message - but it was MORE THAN "a message" - it was a DEMONSTRATION of what it looks like when Heaven invades earth. This is Christianity 101 and yet many Christians are not living this way. May this be our primary message!
May 04, 2017•47 min
in the Kingdom, it is really ALL ABOUT LOVE. God is love, God comes to live within us and calls us to become love in all we are and all we do. Love is the sum of the law and the fulfillment of the law. It was time to revisit the subject.
Apr 25, 2017•53 min
I was asked this week, "How can we continue to progress in seeing greater breakthrough in healing"? This podcast is a response to that question. How to go after stuff we've never seen healed before? How do we grow and see our faith increase in healing?
Feb 25, 2017•54 min
"Process" is a bad word in many Christian circles today, but the concept is 100% Biblical and to not understand that spiritual growth and transformation is a process will lead to spiritual disaster/shipwreck. This podcast is a reminder that growth is normally a slow, tedious process that will last a lifetime.
Oct 22, 2016•51 min
Unbelief, ignorance, lack of love, and the fear of man are all barriers to the life of the Kingdom, but I believe the #1 barrier is lack of commitment. I don't believe so-called "Millennials" shy away from commitment - just look at Extreme Sports athletes today. I believe that the Church however has "misread" them and has sadly offered a "watered-down" version of the Gospel, that essentially is a perversion of the Biblical one.
Aug 02, 2016•47 min
This topic is critical in these days. There are way too many who "cherry pick" verses to support doctrines and practices that are out of balance at best and false and even heretical at worst. I've done it personally and believe one of the ways God has ordained for us to stay away from such extremes is to always have a systematic Bible reading plan. I hadn't had one for years and God really challenged me to make a change. Here are my thoughts.
Feb 22, 2016•25 min
