As Bold As Lions Podcast

Send us Fan Mail He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”  Matthew 17:5 The Transfiguration is a watershed moment for the disciples.  It is a moment in which they see Jesus in radiant glory.  It is an encounter that changes them as it is validates who Jesus is:  He is...

Send us Fan Mail Of all the encounters we talk about with Jesus, there are some that don't always go as we think they should.  The Rich Young Ruler meeting Jesus is one such encounter.  Here we see a man who has it all; wealth, a strong stature in society, and he's overall a "good person."  But as we dig deeper, we see he comes to Jesus with an aching in his heart.  He's d...

Send us Fan Mail All that we have been talking about over the past few weeks (singleness, dating, getting engaged), culminates in the step of "taking the plunge" and getting married.  The time leading up to this day and the days, weeks, and months following are very critical.  Several things discussed in the podcast and blog (available at www.derekcharlesjohnson.com) are the need to buil...

Send us Fan Mail Derek and his wife Corrie share about "Walking The Path," a new podcast series accompanying a blog series of the same title at www.derekcharlesjohnson.com/blog This week we are looking at dating from a Christian perspective.  This is part 2 of 2 and encompasses several key bullet points that believers should follow as they enter into a dating relationship.  There is much...

Send us Fan Mail Derek and his wife Corrie share about "Walking The Path," a new podcast series accompanying a blog series of the same title at www.derekcharlesjohnson.com/blog This week we are looking at dating from a Christian perspective.  This is part 1 of 2 and encompasses several key bullet points that believers should follow as they enter into a dating relationship.  There is much...

Send us Fan Mail Derek and his wife Corrie share about "Walking The Path," a new podcast series accompanying a blog series of the same title at www.derekcharlesjohnson.com/blog This week we are tackling the topic of singleness and looking at being single from a Christian perspective.  Part of the hardest part we can struggle with as singles is waiting on God's timetable and waiting...

Send us Fan Mail For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Just a short word of encouragement this week as we move towards Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.  The cross is the focal point of our belief in Christ.  Everything centers upon it and flows from it.  In addition, the empty tomb is a reality a watching...

Send us Fan Mail “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:18,19 Perhaps no other buzzword has come along in the last year or so than the term "cancel culture."  That and the idea of being "woke" are pervasive po...

Send us Fan Mail Encounters with Jesus often reveal much about Jesus as well as much about the person He encounters and the other bystanders (family/friends/onlookers).  In the story from John 9, Jesus heals a man born blind from birth.  This causes quite a stir because it was a Sabbath and the Pharisees did not believe Jesus should heal on a day of rest.  The Pharisees go to great lengths to disc...

Send us Fan Mail An encounter that always troubles me a bit when I read it is Jesus’ encounter with the demon-possessed man, or demoniac.  This week we are focusing on the account taken from Mark 5.  Through various onscreen adaptations, this encounter has been “fleshed out” to some degree and is usually a bit disturbing.  This man lived among the tombs and had not just one demon, but a whole “leg...

Send us Fan Mail “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16 Perhaps one of the most famous verses in the Bible, John 3:16 takes place during an encounter with Jesus.  A Pharisee (a Jewish ruler and scholar) named Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night.  Nicodemus has questions.  He is truly seeking after...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever consider the one-on-one encounters Jesus had with people in the Gospels?  How did each of those encounters affect the people involved and beyond?  We know from each of these accounts no one met Jesus and went away unchanged.  Everyone He touched, talked to, or delivered was drastically changed.   These events speak to us today because we still need to encounter Jesus o...

Send us Fan Mail Rounding out a series based on the home, co-hosts Derek and Corrie Johnson discuss what it means to build a legacy for Christ within our homes.  In order to do this, we must see that our mission is to be first and foremost, like Jesus.  We have no higher goal or aim than to live out His Gospel as the standard for everything we do.  Part of leaving a Godly legacy means we finish we...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing in this podcast series about the home, Derek and Corrie discuss the topic of raising kids in a Christ-centered environment.  The reminder for us all is that our children are our primary mission field and that we must present the Gospel to them as parents.  The years at home are when our kids are the most impressionable.  Studies show that after leaving the home, they ar...

Send us Fan Mail The very first episode of the As Bold As Lions podcast!  This episode features a conversation between Derek and Corrie Johnson about marriage in conjunction with the HOMEFIRES blog series that is featured all month long at derekcharlesjohnson.com/blog.  A verse that guides the HOMEFIRES series:  But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day...