As Bold As Lions Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast is a single episode (i.e. "one-off") which is based on 1 Timothy 1:1-11.  In this passage, we read Paul's words to Timothy.  His words are full of encouragement.  His words are directive (as a mentor to a mentee). His words bring warning against falsehoods and false gospels.  These short eleven verses point the believer to find accountability, t...

Send us Fan Mail Moses My servant is dead.  Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.  Joshua 1:2 Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9 This episode is a call to action.  We know the world...

Send us Fan Mail If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.  2 Chronicles 7:14 Today's podcast episode is a bit of a departure from other episodes in that its focus is primarily on prayer.  There are 4 major areas of focus: 1. Prayer of repenta...

Send us Fan Mail In looking at various passages of Scripture, especially in the New Testament, there are encounters in which a similar sentiment or expression is raised:  how do I find salvation?  In these encounters, a similar response is given and in-roads are made to the hearer; an unbeliever who is not a follower of Christ but a seeker of truth.  A few of these conversations are looked at toda...

Send us Fan Mail Finishing up this batch of Profiles In Courage episodes, we are looking at Paul.  In Acts 16:16-40, Paul and Silas have an encounter in Philippi that leads to them being beaten and thrown into prison.  As we observe the reasoning behind their imprisonment, we can easily see why this was unfair and unjust.  Yet Paul praised God while he was in jail.  During that time at midnight, G...

Send us Fan Mail Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.  Acts 4:13 As we move into the New Testament and look at Peter this week and Paul next week, we see boldness in both men in the pages of Acts.  After Christ's ascension, there is something that takes pl...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing on in our Profiles In Courage series, we are looking at Daniel. Specifically, we are looking at Daniel 6 -- the famous "Daniel in the lion's den" account.  Daniel was a man who was willing to defy governmental orders in order to obey his God.  The fact that he ends up in the lion's den attests to his own refusal to bow to man over God.  In the proces...

Send us Fan Mail Rebooting a series that debuted in 2021, this week we are looking at Abraham and the path he took as he courageously obeyed his God.  Our text comes from Genesis 22, the retelling of Abraham's sacrifice of his son Isaac.  Isaac was the promised heir and the one through which God would make Abraham a mighty nation.  In choosing to follow the Lord, Abraham shows an outward obed...

Send us Fan Mail Seek the Lord while He may be found;      call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way,      and the unrighteous man his thoughts;  let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion on him,      and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts,      neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are...

Send us Fan Mail Finishing up this last group of 3 episodes in this series (Stuff That's Been On My Mind), we're diving into the election.  Yes it is on everyone's mind.  No I don't intend to tell you who to vote for.  But as a Christian, I believe we CANNOT afford to sit this one out.  2024 will have lasting implications for our country.  We must pray, go to the polls, and kee...

Send us Fan Mail Is revival possible in our lifetime?  For Christians, especially believers in the United States, we have longed for and prayed for revival for many years.  And in some places we are seeing pockets of revival and moves of God that are stirring many to follow Him.  But could a widespread, wide-scale awakening happen in our day?  This episode dives into this subject and acknowledges...

Send us Fan Mail Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.  2 Timothy 3:12 Rebooting a series that was started in May, we look again at another topic that has been on Derek's mind lately.  The discussion of persecution -- especially in the Western Church -- has been a growing concern.  Whether or not we consider American believers as "persecuted,&quo...

Send us Fan Mail What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?  Romans 8:31 With all the doom and gloom in this world, it can be hard sometimes as Christians to see what good there is.  We can long for eternity and even "check out" of the things going on here on Earth, hoping for Christ's soon return.  However, we are called to live in the tension...

Send us Fan Mail He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.  And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens.  You hypocrites!  You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?”  Luke 12:54-56 Do w...

Send us Fan Mail But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.  Revelation 2:20 In this last installment of the "Stuff That's Been On My Mind" series, we take a look at the Jezebel spirit.  This is somewhat of a buzzword conc...

Send us Fan Mail What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.  Ecclesiastes 1:9 A year spent in Artificial Intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.  Alan Jay Perlis.  On this next installment of "Stuff That's Been On My Mind," we look at A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and finding a Christian approach to...

Send us Fan Mail DC Talk's song "What If I Stumble?" from their 1995 Jesus Freak album, feature the opening lyrics Is this one for the people? Is this one for the Lord? Or do I simply serenade for things I must afford?    What has always been a temptation with the platform and with the stage is to make the person(s) bigger than the message.  Today a quick websearch of "Christia...

Send us Fan Mail Thus says the LORD to you “Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s”.  2 Chronicles 20:15 When the people of Judah face a fierce opponent in 2 Chronicles 20, there is a right response made by King Jehoshaphat.  Even as he is afraid of the enemies of Moab and Ammon, the king calls for a fast over the land.  His prayer in ver...

Send us Fan Mail In the Book of Judges, a sad thing happens to the people of Israel; God's chosen people for His promise:  they fall into sin and disobedience.  After the years of being delivered, crossing the Red Sea, and even settling into the Promised Land, the people have done the very thing God warned them not to do.  They fell for the gods and idols of the people who surrounded them.  I...

Send us Fan Mail As we follow Christ, there is a tendency that can always creep in to lull our hearts away from Him.  This temptation can take various forms.  Sometimes we can ask "If I am doing all of this for the Lord, where is the payoff for me personally?"  This can be very subtle and an idea that grows over time.  We see that in other aspects of life, hard work = reward.  But often...

Send us Fan Mail And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.”  Joshua 6:2,3 The battle of Jericho was a unique battle in the timeline of Israel's history as a nation.  Having taken fresh steps into the Promised Land,...

Send us Fan Mail Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.” Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?”  After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.  J...

Send us Fan Mail On March 11, 2014 my (Derek's) debut album Carry On was released.  It is amazing to think it has now been 10 years since that release date.  A lot of life has happened in that space of time.  This podcast episode is a slight detour from our normal content, but it's purpose is to celebrate and give God glory through what He has done.  Carry On was, in many ways, a first s...

Send us Fan Mail The second in this 2 part series on The Hiding Place, this episode finishes out the story and pulls some more themes together.  Through the extraordinary faith of Corrie and her sister Betsie, they are able to see the love and grace of God despite the dark circumstances they encounter.  Both go through months of imprisonment because they were part of the Dutch Resistance.  But the...

Send us Fan Mail In this first part of a 2-part series, Derek takes a look at favorite book:  The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.  The Hiding Place is a story of extraordinary faith and trust in God's plan during one of the darkest periods in history:  World War II.  The story of Corrie and the ten Boom family is remarkable.  Through their efforts, it is estimated some 800 Jews were saved. ...