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Celebrate Recovery: Principle One — Admit Powerlessness Host: Craig — a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with alcoholism and approval seeking Series: Celebrate Recovery | Principle 1 Episode Description Tonight we begin where real freedom starts: “I am not God.” Craig walks through Celebrate Recovery’s Principle One and Step One —why admitting powerlessness isn’t failure but the doo...

Craig, a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with alcoholism and approval seeking, invites listeners into the life-changing ministry of Celebrate Recovery . Far more than a self-help program, CR is a Christ-centered pathway to freedom, built on the Beatitudes and rooted in the truth that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God . This episode explores how recovery is for ever...

In this week’s episode, we arrive at one of the most pivotal years in our journey: 4 B.C. This is the year that saw the death of Herod the Great, the division of his kingdom under Augustus Caesar, widespread unrest across Judea, and—most importantly—the year that many scholars place at the very birth of Jesus Christ. Through history, politics, and Scripture, we explore how the collapse of human po...

Episode Summary: In this episode, we take a deep dive into the seven distinct reasons Celebrate Recovery is such a powerful, Christ-centered ministry for healing and transformation. Rooted in God’s Word and sustained by biblical community, Celebrate Recovery is more than a program — it’s a movement that has changed millions of lives around the world. From its foundation in the Beatitudes to its em...

In this episode, we step into 5 B.C. , the threshold year before the birth of Christ—when heaven and earth seemed to lean toward Bethlehem. It was a year filled with fragility, wonder, and preparation, where political unrest, cosmic signs, and imperial order converged in what Paul later called “the fullness of time” (Galatians 4:4). Together we explore: 👑 Herod’s unraveling dynasty — paranoia, sh...

In this special promotional episode of Our True Identity , the Celebrate Recovery podcast from Peters Creek Baptist Church, we’re inviting you to something truly life-changing. On Sunday, August 24th, from 12:30–1:45 PM , join us in the Social Hall at Peters Creek Baptist Church, 6300 Library Road, South Park, PA , for a Celebrate Recovery Info Session —and yes, a full lunch will be provided ! Cel...

Episode: Reasonably Happy Now, Supremely Happy Forever Pathway to Peace — Part 6 (Celebrate Recovery Series) Summary We close our journey through the Serenity Prayer with its quiet, courageous finale: “That I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with You forever in the next.” This episode unpacks a countercultural freedom—embracing portable, everyday joy now without demanding...

🎧 Episode: 6 B.C. – Palace Intrigue, Planets in Alignment, and the Quiet Hand of God In the Fullness of Time | Our True Identity Podcast Welcome back to In the Fullness of Time , a year-by-year journey toward the birth of Christ. This week, we step into 6 B.C. —a year without a single defining headline, yet one rich with converging events that quietly shaped the world for the arrival of the true...

🎧 Episode 5: Trusting That You Will Make All Things Right Pathway to Peace | Our True Identity Podcast There’s a unique ache that settles in when we’ve done everything “right”… and still feel like peace hasn’t come. We’ve worked, obeyed, let go of control—and yet healing delays, relationships strain, and answers don’t arrive. It’s here that the next line of the Serenity Prayer finds us: “Trusting...

🎧 Episode 9: The Year That Whispered In the Fullness of Time | Our True Identity Podcast In 7 B.C., nothing collapsed—but everything shifted. Rome stood strong. Herod still ruled. The stars still wheeled in silence overhead. But beneath the empire’s marble surface, something deeper stirred: uncertainty . In this sweeping, layered episode, we explore a year often forgotten by history—but essential...

🎧 Episode 4: Taking, As Jesus Did, This Sinful World As It Is Pathway to Peace | Our True Identity Podcast Welcome to Our True Identity , where we replace the lies we believe about ourselves with the truth of God’s Word. I’m a grateful believer in Jesus Christ, I struggle with alcoholism and approval seeking, and my name is Craig, and in this fourth episode of the Pathway to Peace series, we refl...

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🎧 Episode 3: Accepting Hardship as a Pathway to Peace Pathway to Peace | Our True Identity Podcast Welcome to Our True Identity , the podcast where we replace the lies we believe about ourselves with the truth of God’s Word. In this third episode of our six-part Pathway to Peace series, we turn toward one of the most difficult but transformational lines of the full Serenity Prayer: ✨ “Accepting...

🎧 Episode Title: The Fullness of Time Our True Identity Podcast In 8 B.C., Rome renamed a month. The poet Horace died. The empire celebrated peace. And the calendar bowed to a man named Augustus. But beneath the order was an ache. An exhaustion that no statue or scroll could silence. A hunger for something more than conquest—more than survival. In this episode, we explore the death of Horace, the...

🎧 Episode 2: One Day at a Time, One Moment at a Time Pathway to Peace | Our True Identity Podcast Welcome back to Our True Identity , the podcast where we replace the lies we believe about ourselves with the truth of God’s Word. In this second episode of our Pathway to Peace series, we move deeper into the Serenity Prayer—exploring the quiet but courageous invitation to: 🕊️ “Live one day at a tim...

🎧 Episode 1: Serenity, Courage & Wisdom — The Foundation of Peace Pathway to Peace | Our True Identity Podcast In this first episode of our six-part series Pathway to Peace , we dive deep into the opening lines of the full Serenity Prayer—spoken weekly at Celebrate Recovery gatherings around the world. These words aren’t just recited. They’re lived. They name the tension between acceptance and ac...

The episode collectively examines the global political and cultural landscape of  9 B.C. , portraying a world characterized by  immense imperial power and architectural grandeur , yet simultaneously marked by  underlying vulnerabilities and internal decay . It illustrates Rome's  public declaration of peace  through monuments like the Ara Pacis, even as the empire faced a  significant military set...

Show Notes: On this special Independence Day episode of Our True Identity , Craig invites us to reflect not just on the freedoms we celebrate as a nation, but on the deeper, lasting freedom we have in Christ. If you've ever felt stuck in shame, weighed down by your past, or unsure of who you really are, this episode is for you. Together, we confront the lies we’ve believed and replace them with th...

The podcast explores the  historical context of the world in 10 B.C. , highlighting key aspects of the  Roman Empire under Augustus , including the Pax Romana, imperial cult, and infrastructure, all of which unknowingly prepared the world for a different kind of kingdom. It then contrasts this imperial power with the  spiritual landscape of Judea , focusing on the Jewish people's yearning for the...

There is a new battlefield, and it lives in the palm of ourhands. For all the warnings about spiritual warfare, so often we overlook themost persistent, pervasive weapon aimed at our hearts: technology. We like tothink of spiritual attack as something old-fashioned—darkness lurking on themargins, evil whispering in the night. But the enemy has learned, and he ispatient. He no longer just prowls; h...

The authors of In The Fullness of Time examine the year 11 B.C. as a crucial period of hidden preparation for the arrival of Christ, despite the apparent silence of heaven. It highlights the Roman Empire's consolidation of power under Augustus, who fused religious and political authority, contrasting this human-made imperial cult with God's quiet, true plan. The narrative also describes the state...

The episode examines Jesus' declaration  in John 8:12, "I am the light of the world," contextualizing it within the Feast of Tabernacles to highlight its  profound theological implications  as a claim to divine identity. It  explores the Pharisees' resistance  to this truth, illustrating their spiritual blindness and their preference for human legalism over divine revelation. The passage also  dis...

The world in 12 B.C. is a period of  silent anticipation  for a pivotal historical event. It illustrates the  Roman Empire's  apparent stability under  Augustus's rule , highlighting his consolidation of political and religious power, while also revealing the underlying restlessness and spiritual hunger among its diverse populations. Simultaneously, the hosts detail the  Jewish people's  fervent w...

We cannot have strong families. A family that prays, eats, and stays together is a fortress. So, we must fracture them. Make fathers passive or absent. Make mothers resentful or overwhelmed. Encourage selfish ambition over sacrificial love. Undermine marriage—make it temporary, transactional, or purely romantic. And the children? Feed them confusion. Convince them they are wiser than their parents...

The year 13 B.C., while seemingly ordinary to its inhabitants, was, in fact, a pivotal period of  divine preparation  for the Incarnation of Christ. Across the vast Roman Empire, systems of  governance, culture, and infrastructure  were unknowingly being perfected to facilitate the spread of the Gospel, from established roads and common languages to the widespread spiritual yearning that philosoph...