Deeper Still Podcast

Most people own a Bible. Far fewer actually believe what it claims to be. That is not an accusation. It is an observation about something that happens gradually and almost invisibly to believers at every stage of faith. The Bible moves from living encounter to familiar object. From the voice of God to a book we intend to get back to. And somewhere in that slow drift, our hunger for it quietly goes...

Not every thought in your head belongs to you. That is not a metaphor. That is not an exaggeration for effect. It is one of the most practically important truths Scripture gives us about the inner life of a human being, and most of us have never slowed down long enough to actually reckon with it. We assume our thoughts are our own because they feel familiar. They arrive in our own voice, in our ow...

Scripture Focus: John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” - ESV Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” - ESV Welcome to Fridays at Deeper Still . This week we have been sitting inside the title “The Son” and asking what it actually means when God uses it to introduce Jes...

Scripture Focus: Hebrews 1:3 “'He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high” - ESV Welcome to Wednesdays at Deeper Still . Monday’s essay asked whether we have truly been hearing the title “The Son” or just saying it. Today we...

“The Son of God.” It rolls off the tongue in church, in prayer, in worship songs, in casual conversation between believers. We say it so naturally, so comfortably, that we have stopped hearing it. And in that comfort, we have quietly reduced one of the most theologically explosive titles in all of Scripture into something ordinary. Something familiar. Something small enough to fit inside our every...