PP118 Obedience Is Liberating

Christian Living, Obedience, Sin

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Contemporary culture thinks that obeying God is oppressive. But the truth is that obeying God’s commands is liberating. The way we become our true selves is by denying the sinful desires inside us and by obeying God’s Word instead. This is the second episode in a mini-series on overcoming sin in our lives.


Scriptures Referenced: 1 John 5:1-15

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PP117 Got Milk?

Christian Living, Growth

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All of God’s people need a dairy diet. So… got milk? Sometimes the Scriptures speak of moving on from milk to solid foods, but in Peter’s teaching, there is no spiritual growth for any of us apart from milk. Catch the practical appetite aids at the end to help increase your dairy consumption too!


Scriptures Referenced: 1Peter 2:2


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PP116 Sin Is Never Private

Christian Living, Sin

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[This episode touches on some sensitive subjects and may not be appropriate for younger listeners.] We like to think that some of our sins are private, not harming anyone but ourselves. But the Apostle John exposes such thinking as delusional. When we indulge in “private” sins like pornography, we’re not only participating in the sexual exploitation of others; we’re also robbing the people closest to us. There is no such thing as private sin, and understanding that can go a long way to overcoming it. The exciting thing is that there’s no such thing as private obedience either. Want to leave a trail of blessed people in your wake through life? Then devote yourself to loving God and obeying his commandments.


Scriptures Referenced: 1 John 5:1-5

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PP114 Are You Teachable?

Christian Living, wisdom

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How do you respond when someone tries to correct you? Your reaction is one of the telltale signs of whether you are truly a wise person or not. From the wisdom literature of Proverbs, this episode provides four reasons to listen well to words of rebuke.


Scriptures Referenced: Prov 9:8-9; 12:1; 13:18; 15:31; 17:10; 25:12; 27:6; Jam 3:17; 5:19-20


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PP111 Using Your Spiritual Baloney Detector

Christian Living, Truth

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We’re bombarded daily with messages and spiritual truth claims from every direction. How can we distinguish the true from the phoney? In this episode we work through 1 John 4:1-6 and learn to activate, calibrate, and comfort our spiritual baloney detectors.


Scriptures Referenced: 1 Joh 4:1-6; Joh 16:33

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PP109 Restoring a Fallen Friend

Christian Living, Restoration

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What should I do when my friend has fallen into sin? The work of restoration is a valuable and much needed ministry, but it cannot be attempted in a self-confident, mechanical manner. With sensitivity and very helpful insight from Galatians 5-6, guest contributor Stephen Grant teaches us to help up, hold up, and build up one another.


Scriptures Referenced: Mat 18:15-17; Gal 6:1-6


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PP103 4 Truths to Make You Sing Again

Christian Living, God's Love, God's Promises

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What would it take to make you sing again? If you could hear what God calls you, that would do it. If you could know how God feels about you, that would do it. If you could see how he clothes you, that would do it. And if you could see what he’s promised you, that would do it too!


Scriptures Referenced: Ps 149; Mar 1:11; Luk 15; 1Joh 2:25


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PP101 Of Course You Feel This Way!

Christian Living, Depression, Joy

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For many of us, our joy can take a hit in January and February. Often we assume that negative emotions are a sign that we have done something wrong in our relationship with God. But what if the opposite was true? What if we could learn to hear a different message from our emotional struggles, a message that (strangely enough) would bring us comfort? For Christians, our negative emotions can actually serve as affirmations of the legitimacy of our faith.


Scriptures Referenced: Ps 139:11-12; Gal 5:17; Rom 7:23; Eph 6:12; Rom 8:23


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PP100 Our Ever Faithful God

Christian Living, Faith, God, Goodness of God

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We don’t know what changes 2023 will bring, but we do know one thing that won’t change – God will still be faithful. We can be up and down, but God’s faithfulness to us doesn’t hinge upon whether we are up or down. The church in Corinth had more than one issue that needed cleaning up, but God was faithful to them because God always sticks by His people. And as Matthew shares from his own experience, sometimes it is in our “downs” that we really learn the faithfulness of God.


Scriptures Referenced: Neh 9:18-19; Lam 3:22-23; Isa 48:21; 1Cor 1:8-9; 1Cor 10:3-4; 1Cor 10:13


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PP094 What Does It Mean to be Blessed?

Blessings, Christian Living

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“I’m so blessed.” “God has really blessed me this year.” We use blessing language a lot, but does our understanding of blessing need recalibrating? Jacob’s did. And we have guest contributor Jeswin Jeyasurya with us to help us understand what it means for us to be blessed.


Scriptures Referenced: Gen 25-30


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