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The world is swirling in chaos. Even secular writers admit this, as they try to report and analyze what is going on around them.

In this third podcast session we emphasize the genius of God in maturing Christ’s people for faith and witness.

I have often wondered, why certain people and places are more responsive to the Gospel, while others are not.

Jesus assumes that it is! “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.

The purpose of the Church as the instrument of this time and eternal purpose of God is simple but not easy to achieve because of sin in us.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

We are all being transformed into the image of Jesus, each in a unique way according to the will of God.

We are not a generation of good and faithful exegetes. We run too quickly to a “relevant” application.

The older I get the more I realize that there are things that I just don’t like. A fair question is, why don’t I like them?

The western Christian world is constantly swirling with new programs for discipleship.

The essential background to the cross, therefore, is a balanced understanding of the gravity of sin and the majesty of God.

Life is full of anxieties. Not all of them can or will be resolved.

or what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?” (Mark 8:26-37)

We can learn to think in concert with God’s desires as we submit to the Spirit of God using the word of God to enlighten & bring direction.

Somewhere, early on, the mind needs to be set on fire by the Spirit to a new level of inquisitiveness.

It's important to think because we represent God. Or to say it more bluntly, what people all too often think about us, they think about God.

How do we learn to make daily decisions that will carry the weight of righteous?

In the most intimate moments of our lives we recognize that we are incomplete.

Of course, religious pretension is what we expect from people such as Pharisees. But....