Advancing Word Podcast

Spiritual maturity and advance can be measured and quantified by the basic mathematical  principles of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.  The Christians at Corinth exhibited all these dynamics.  

Rather than being the source of devastation, disappointment or despair, the "dark night of the soul" becomes a blessing in disguise that deepens one's relationship to God.  

The silence and submission of His Son, the Lamb of God, is the compelling conduit and corridor through which God channels His amazing grace to anyone who will receive it by faith.  

According to Isaiah 53, God speaks ultimately to humanity through the voice  of a Silent Sufferer and Sacrificial Savior who redeems us from our sin.  

Jesus heals a man born blind from birth.  His disciples learned that God's purposes always transcend our problems and that day and night belongs to Him.  

Jesus ordered the man who had been tragically separated from his family, possessed by a legion of demons and living in a cemetery to "go home."  This is perhaps the greatest commission of all.  

In the wilderness, Israel complained about bitter water.  Moses's response reminds us that no situation is beyond the transformative power of God.  

An axe head floating in water reminds us that God's power is greater than any trial we face in life.  The Old Testament prophet Elisha acts in faith and shows his generation and ours what to do when life loses its edge.  

In Psalm 51, "then" is a spiritual location that should be the goal of every believer.  Because of sin, David had taken a detour from his destiny, but through confession and repentance reached his destination.   

The unique ministry of John the Baptist is a window through which we can view the life and ministry of those called by God, like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to serve Him and His people.  

Lot's actions in Genesis, Chapter 19 is a warning to us of the dangers of dwelling on the past but a primer on what we must do in order to move forward and fulfill the purposes of God for our lives.  

Mark and the other Gospel writers are consistent in affirming that a new start in the  history of the world is actualized by the birth of God's son in a stable in Bethlehem.  In life, God offers us fresh starts and new beginnings.  

The real message of Easter is how God in the person of Jesus Christ came to this planet, became poor, that we might become rich in Him.   He literally stooped so we an stand.  

Crowds gathered to see and hear Jesus.  A crippled man carried by four friends came too but their path was blocked.  Determined, they found a way to push through the traffic and bring their friend to Jesus.  Because of their faith, their friend was healed.  

The story of the father with the epileptic son is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.  It reminds us that we are not strong all the time but even when we struggle, little faith can produce great blessing. 

Mephibosheth lived with a tragic deformity.  He was crippled!  Yet because of grace, he found himself seated at the King's table.  

Many of us become so comfortable and satisfied with our present situation that we literally, cannot stand to be blessed.  In the Old Testament, Hannah seized on God's promises and power with a holy discontent that energized her desire for a blessing.  

Pummeled by crisis, catastrophe and calamity, Job declared to his generation and ours that help is on the way!  

King David moved beyond his disappointments in life by letting go and letting God.  

Faced with the potential loss of his kingdom and his life, David celebrates God's faithfulness.  

Feeling overwhelmed or stretched to your limits?  King Jehoshaphat trusted God with his fears and discovered that the battle is not ours but the Lord's.