021: Mathew 9:1-8 Healing While Under Investigation
Working With The Voice
This episode contains only one story, but the details show that it isn't about what it seems. The Sanhedrin have begun their investigation that will result in a decision; is Jesus the Messiah or not?
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020: Excuses, Costs, Storms, and Misunderstandings
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We begin to emphasize the teachings as a progression of consciousness. We use the second part of Matthew Chapter 8 to describe a process that people go through after hearing the message in the Sermon on the Mount. These are building blocks for action, not just stories. It's all just a bit different than it seems on the surface...
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019: Three Healings
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One of the most controversial, misunderstood, abused and exploited teachings in Christianity is about healing. A person who has a need for healing is also one of the most pressing reasons that people want to be able to speak with the Holy Spirit directly. The Holy Spirit can and will heal you, but there are things that you have to understand about this type of healing, and its not usually an understanding that comes instantly.
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018: Sermon on the Mount Part 6: The Road and The Rock
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This episode concludes the Sermon on the Mount and gives us the final understanding of how to make the words of Jesus practical. Choose the right road, build your house upon the rock, watch out for those who are pretenders, and you will withstand the storm!
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017: Sermon on Mount Part 5: The Way Out
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The middle section of the Sermon on the Mount contains a way out of the vicious cycles that the normal life offers. It gives us transforming initiatives to get to the extraordinary life!
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016: The Context of Jesus's Teachings
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This is a history lesson to help understand the intersection of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Zealots with one another as well as with the Roman government. It helps us see why each group had the concerns that they did about Jesus. We will discuss how the disputes between the written Torah and the oral Torah would ignite the world’s first religious war, the Maccabean Revolt.
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015: Sermon on the Mount Part 4: Hypocrisy, Possessions, and the World
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The end of Matthew Chapter 6 includes warnings about the way of the world, possessions, our tendency to be hypocrites, and worry. There is direct information about the good news that can come if we can keep our natural selves in check!
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014: Sermon on the Mount Part 3: Giving, Praying, Fasting
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In this section of the book of Matthew, Jesus gives us guidance on three pillars of Christian practice, giving to charity, praying, and fasting, with an emphasis on not being a hypocrite!
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013: Sermon on the Mount Part 2: Salt & Light & the Antitheses
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We dig deeper into the Sermon on the Mount and find out how this collection of words has changed our world.
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012: How We are Changed and Judgment
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This is a special episode where I outline some of the processes I have experienced while being changed by the Holy Spirit.
info_outlineThis episode on the elements of spiritual transformation clarifies the process and the landmarks on the path to true communication with the Holy Spirit. It explains why we need faith, where we can get the courage and energy to change, and how the process of sacrifice alters our experience once we have the vision of where we are going and the diagnosis of what has gone wrong.