Focus on Christ Podcast

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. We would love to address questions or topics you think will help our listeners to draw closer to Jesus.  Contact: connect@j...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they continue to discuss Mark 9 and 10. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. We would love to address questions or topics you think will help our list...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they continue to discuss Mark 9. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. We would love to address questions or topics you think will help our listeners t...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they continue to discuss Mark 8 and 9. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. We would love to address questions or topics you think will help our liste...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they continue to discuss the Mark 8. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. We would love to address questions or topics you think will help our listene...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they discuss the Mark 8. How quickly his disciples forget, and we are just like them.  He turns their doubting skeptical hearts toward himself, the God of the impossible who feeds thousands, heals the sick, drives demons, commands the wind, and inspires compassion and forgiveness. Our hope is that our podcast helps you to c...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they discuss the Mark 7. Throughout the gospel of Mark, Jesus demonstrates that he loves the outcasts, the foreigners, and the forgotten. He has compassion on the broken and forgotten. I you have questions or comments, call 317-663-9390 or email connect@jackandjohnpodcast.com. Thanks for listening. Please share this message...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they discuss the events in Mark 6 and 7. I you have questions or comments, call 317-663-9390 or email connect@jackandjohnpodcast.com. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they discuss part two of the events in Mark 6. I you have questions or comments, call 317-663-9390 or email connect@jackandjohnpodcast.com. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who pro...

Jack and John continue their journey through the gospel of Mark. This week they discuss the events in Mark 6. I you have questions or comments, call 317-663-9390 or email connect@jackandjohnpodcast.com. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our sp...

Join Jack and John as they journey through the gospel of Mark. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. Huge thanks to Mike Bridgewater our engineer,  JD Miller our musical wizard, and Mt Gilead Church our home to record. Thank Y...

Join Jack and John as they journey through the gospel of Mark. Thanks for listening. Please share this message with someone today. Special thanks to Mike Bridgewater our behind the scenes guru, JD Miller our music man, and Mt. Gilead Church who provides our space to record. Huge thanks to Mike Bridgewater our engineer,  JD Miller our musical wizard, and Mt Gilead Church our home to record. Thank Y...

So much is packed into this short book. Mark has established Jesus as God's beloved Son, equal with God, able to heal and forgive, able to command evil spirits, yet the Pharisees refuse to believe. He heals a man's withered hand on the Sabbath, and they can't even appreciate the miracle. They judge him for doing good on the Sabbath. Jesus demonstrates that he is Lord of the Sabbath...

The gospel of Mark wastes no time establishing Jesus as Lord. After Jesus healed the Leper at the end of Chapter 1, Mark tells us he had to leave the towns and go to the desolate areas because word traveled fast, and he was swarmed with people. Also the Pharisees had set their minds against him. In Chapter 2, Jesus comes home to Capernaum, and it gets crazy busy. He demonstrates that he is God by...

Mark is the action-adventure writer of the gospels. He wastes no time but jumps right into the story. No genealogy. No philosophizing or reminiscing. No mystery. Just BAM! He gets right to it. John the baptist prepares the path for the Savior, and here he is and we're off and running. Jesus gets baptized in the Jordan river to fulfill all righteousness. The Holy Spirit descends. God speaks. J...

Jack and John first introduced Dr. Adam Maclauchlan in Episode 33 then again in Episode 35. Adam is a devoted follower of Jesus, a husband, father, and physician. He is also a cancer patient. One year after the birth of his twin sons, Adam experienced some shoulder pain, got an X-ray, and ultimately discovered that he had stage IV lung cancer with multiple metastatic lesions. Friends, family, and...

Addiction isn't just something you see in the news or hear about at work or school. It's everywhere. It's so much more than drugs and alcohol. It's sex, porn, food, work. The list goes on. No, they're not all the same. Some addictions primarily damage the addict. Some damage everyone around the addict. But we are all of us are impacted by addiction. Not all of us recover....

You need to listen to this episode. Jack shares a deeply personal story of God speaking to his heart when he was in a dark place. Huge thanks to Mike Bridgewater our engineer,  JD Miller our musical wizard, and Mt Gilead Church our home to record. Thank YOU for listening. We pray our efforts help you focus on Jesus the author, editor, and publisher of everything worth believing in. jackandjohnpodc...

Have you ever heard a word from God or felt his spirit working in you or prompting you? Jack and John share personal stories of God doing just that. Huge thanks to Mike Bridgewater our engineer,  JD Miller our musical wizard, and Mt Gilead Church our home to record. Thank YOU for listening. We pray our efforts help you focus on Jesus the author, editor, and publisher of everything worth believing...

The apostle Paul wrote to the church in Colosse to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden through the ages, now revealed to his saints. That mystery is the riches of his glory, the anointed king, Christ in you, the hope of glory. Listen as Jack and John discuss "Christ in you, the hope of glory." And spend some time in your Bible this week and read Paul's letter to the...

Jack and John joust with Mark Frisbie, the director of Prison Fellowship in Indiana. Why is prison ministry important? How does it help us focus on Jesus? How does it help others focus on Jesus? Listen as Jack and John and Mark chew on these things. Thanks for listening. Please reach out to us at connect@jackandjohnpodcast.com or leave a voice message at 317-663-9390. Thank you, Mike Bridgewater f...

The day of Pentecost is fifty days from the beginning of Passover. It is also called the Feast of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) because it occurs seven weeks from the second day of Passover. On this day, the children of Israel celebrate the first fruits of the grain harvest, and they remember God giving the Torah to his people. When God gave the Torah, he brought fire from heaven to cover the mountain,...

The story of God with us is our creator loving us from start to finish and even before and after. Imagine the creator of all things imagining you before the beginning of time. You are the object of his deepest affection. He created you with your mind, your own way of thinking, your own dreams and aspirations, your own vulnerabilities, and your own choice to ignore him and his plans. But his love i...

There is a lot of controversy over the week leading up to the crucifixion. And the controversies will persist long after our flesh has failed. But there are many things we can know with certainty. Jesus told his disciples to prepare for the Passover meal, and he gave them specific instructions. Regardless of the day of the week or the precise year, we can be confident that Jesus treated his last m...

From the time Mary and Joseph first returned to Israel from Egypt, they took Jesus and his siblings and traveled with their whole family to Jerusalem three times a year for Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot; also known as Passover, Pentecost (the Feast of Weeks), and the Feast of Tabernacles.  Passover is a seven-day feast. At the beginning of the feast, leaven is cleared from every house, and unleavene...