EP. 241 — Living Sacrifice: The Truth We Don't Want to Hear
The Blacksmith Chronicles Podcast
Release Date: 07/29/2025
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info_outlineWelcome to The Blacksmith Chronicles Podcast, where faith meets purpose and the fire of revival challenges us to live set apart. In this bold, Spirit-led episode, Ryan and co-host Michael Riley confront the uncomfortable, often-avoided topic of consecration.
🔥 Living as a sacrifice isn’t optional, it’s the truth we don’t want to hear.
💥 What You’ll Discover:
- Why is consecration essential for true spiritual maturity
- The dangerous trade-off between comfort and holiness
- How modern Christianity subtly promotes compromise
- Why consecration is not legalism, but a call to intimacy
- The real meaning behind being a “living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1)
- How the Holy Spirit is the only true Comforter, not false sources of relief
- Why do many believers remain spiritually immature for decades
- What it means to be set apart for God’s glory
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