Empowering The Damascus Man - Foundations Series, the Trinity

You just won the big game. Standing on the podium as MVP, the crowd chants your name. Fans call you the GOAT. Do you absorb the glory yourself, or humbly thank God? In this powerful episode, we explore Daniel 4 and the cautionary tale of King Nebuchadnezzar—a man at the top of his game who made the fatal mistake of believing his own press. His story serves as a sobering reminder for every athlete,...

Welcome to the final week of our Advent series! This week we explore love—not just any love, but the kind that heals and transforms our deepest wounds. In This Episode: Love is our relational connection within the spiritual community—to love God, love ourselves, and love others. It repairs the brokenness of our heart connection, restoring our passions, purpose, and character that were severed duri...

Welcome to the final week of our Advent series! This week we explore love—not just any love, but the kind that heals and transforms our deepest wounds. In This Episode: Love is our relational connection within the spiritual community—to love God, love ourselves, and love others. It repairs the brokenness of our heart connection, restoring our passions, purpose, and character that were severed duri...

What's the difference between happiness and joy? In this third week of Advent, we explore joy as steadfast confidence in our soul's connection with the Trinity and with others in safe community. Episode Highlights Discover what Jesus focused on as he endured the cross—the joy of reconnection with his creation. Unlike happiness that fades when life gets hard, joy remains solid because it's rooted i...

This second week of Advent explores a radical understanding of peace—not as mere tranquility, but as the alignment of our minds with the Spiritual Realm. When Jesus said "I did not come to bring peace but a sword," he revealed a deeper definition that challenges our worldly assumptions. True peace begins with our connection to God, then extends to ourselves and our relationships with others. We ex...

Welcome to our first episode of Journeys Through the Fire, where we witness how God refines us and burns away the corruption that influences and traps us. In this episode, we sit down with Lance Hardin of Hardin Fitness—worship pastor, husband, father of four, and concierge nutritional and fitness coach. For nearly five decades, Lance has lived by two mantras: "Practice doesn't make perfect; perfe...

This Advent reflection explores hope as confident expectation in God's promises. Drawing from Isaiah 7:14's prophecy of Immanuel, we examine why Jesus had to come and what his arrival means for humanity. At creation, God breathed his Spirit into humanity, creating a perfect connection. When Adam and Eve chose disobedience, they severed this vital link—leaving humanity as "animated but dead creatur...

When connecting with God spiritually, we must humble ourselves. God imparts the fruits of the Spirit on individuals; even though who have wicked behavior. We unintentionally allow ourselves to become distracted by the world, the flesh or the lies we have been told and put into play actions that oppose God.

God knew Joshua was trustworthy because he willingly stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting for 40 years. Inferring from his appointment as leader after Moses, Joshua never complained of his role but focused on God’s honor; this bedrock of their relationship and humble connection enabled enabled Joshua to fill the shoes of Moses. This level of abiding created a level of trust he used to hear...

It appears that Jonah saw or experienced first hand the brutality of the Physical Realm. The trauma he experienced paralyzed him, shutting down his heart to the people of Nineveh. God’s request of him required him to hold so tightly to the center of the umbrella to see reality from a spiritual perspective, but he chose to hold onto his trauma instead of the redemption of foreigners and ultimately,...

King David had a heart for God and his writings captured in the OT reveal David’s connection with God and provide insight into abiding. His understanding that success came from God, that God holds the highest honor, and that Spiritual Realm trumps the Physical Realm kept him connected to the umbrella. His failure to embed that same understanding into Solomon devastated his kingdom.

Discussing 1 Corinthians, Paul reminds us that the Spiritual Realm holds information that we need for understanding God. We see in part because we think the Physical Realm reveals all the answers to life. Like children, we need to ask questions and allow truth to unfold with wonder.

In this Episode, we are diving into some diverse passages from both Old Testament and New Testament that reveal moments where the Physical Realm and Spiritual realms intersected. The verse below reveals how Jesus spoke simultaneously about both. Jesus' death created the bridge, or wormhole, or whatever helps you visualize that we go through him to the Father. The Substance of the Trinity is connec...

Jesus tells us in John 5 :28-29,“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.” Living in Kairos time is mandatory. God is not playing. We must learn to hear with our whole hearts and obey. This world will burn, we do...

We explore Mt 21:1–11 where Jesus directs his disciples to get him a donkey to ride. When we wrestle with the idea that we have the same spirit in, around and through us that Jesus did, we are challenged in the same way the disciples were to believe his words and apply them to concrete tasks.

Down to the details on the cross, the word of God is united. The events of redemption, executed perfectly to the prophecies, prove God’s dominion. If God connected with us to provide redemption, trust him to connect you with him, with others, and with yourself in the timeline of eternity.

Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed.’ Naaman's misunderstanding is that honor rests in the physical realm instead of the spiritual realm. By shifting his understanding that the spiritual realm is primary, he could then see that God deserves H...

Living the Kairos Life: Holding the Umbrella Handle To live the Kairos life, we must keep our hands on the umbrella handle. When we do, we become infused with the Spirit and start hearing His voice, sharing His concerns, and speaking His plan for us and others. The Scripture (John 14:28-31): "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I...

Kairos Time: Being God's Hands and Feet in Divine Moments Discover why being "the hands and feet of Jesus" depends on connection with the Trinity—and how God orchestrates life to create perfect healing opportunities requiring instant response. The Forge Illustration: Joe works in the forge following linear, chronological time—completing tasks, focusing on what's directly in front of him. Life is s...

Body Obedience: When Your Yes is Actually Yes Discover what it means to worship God with your body through the parable of two sons—and why the longest 18 inches is between your head and your heart. The Four Body Elements: In ReignMakers lens, the body encompasses four elements: Worship, Action, Fasting, and Fellowship. Body vs. Soul: Different from the soul, the body is our outward expression of h...

Taming the Mind: Setting Your Focus on Things Above Our trust in God rules what we think and how we navigate life. But while the world trains critical thinking and innovation for top dollar, God calls us to something radically different: minds set on spiritual priorities. What Does the Mind Encompass? In the ReignMakers lens, the four elements of the mind are: Silence, Truth, Creativity, and Journ...

The Soul: Community, Piety & Paul's Radical Generosity Discover how the soul connects believers through four powerful elements—and why Paul's imprisonment reveals the true meaning of generous, holy living. Defining the Soul: Soul is hard to pin down, so ReignMakers adopts it as the community bond existing between believers. Four connected elements define it: God-focused principle : Piety Submi...

The Heart of God: CNS Connection and Core Center Alignment Redefining "Heart" (Lev - לֵב): In Hebrew, Lev means "heart," but encompasses far more than the physical organ. It represents the center of a person's entire being —thoughts, will, emotions, intellect, and desire. It functions as the core control center from which choices, actions, and character flow. The CNS Connection: ReignMakers encour...

Daniel's Core Center Purity: Proximity Through All Four Parts Discover how Daniel's vegetable choice was far more than diet—it was a comprehensive strategy engaging heart, soul, mind, and body to maintain maximum proximity to God. The Foundation (Matthew 5:8): "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Daniel's Choice (Daniel 1:8-14): Daniel resolved not to defile himself with royal...

Whole Heart Connection: Discover what it means to love God with your whole heart, soul, mind, and body—and why proximity to God, not perfect behavior, transforms everything. The Pharmacy Story: Three decades ago as a new grad, I was consumed with passion for pharmacy—learning drugs, attending conventions, working residencies for peanuts. My heart, soul, mind, and body were fully engaged. But I rea...