Fueling the Fires of First Love

In this episode, Chris and I unpack Jesus's humility and desire for it to be reproduced in God’s people.

Could there be any worse conundrum? Any more grievous a contemplation? How horrific: to claim the name of Christ without Christ. To profess Jesus without the nature of Jesus. Is this not the height of hypocrisy; to claim to be what you neither evidence nor live? We must lament the Christian profession void of Christ-expression. Jesus is Salvation: to know Him is to be rescued (Isa. 12:2). Jesus is...

In this episode, John Richards and I talk about the importance of embracing the whole of who Jesus is, in His kindness and severity. Jesus is beautiful in all His parts, making up the sum of His perfections.

The boast of life is to be a boast in God. This highlights God’s glory and abases us in an attitude of humility. We’ve come to this conclusion: God is all, and we are not. Too often, we put confidence in our strength, smarts, and status, and we are content to go on without the help of God. However, this is godless. What do I mean by that?- To be godless is to live unaware of your need for God, and...

The majority of humanity is mismeasuring success. Humanity’s boast has been misplaced. The common view of success is often measured by the accumulation of possessions, the boast of accomplishment, and the lifting of oneself above another. Men and women are overcome with the desire to be envied and adored. They are absorbed in their interests, unconcerned for the person next to them. Sadly, this is...

Are you sick, suffering the dreadful disease of sin? Does sin-sickness corrupt your heart and torment your life? Is death at work in your body because sin rules uncontrolled in your life? Reality is: Knowing Jesus is joyful liberty. Indulging sin suffers the death of tyranny. Choose this day whom you will serve. Flee to the Savior for help and wholeness.

In this episode we talk about experiencing God as a treasure to be enjoyed.

In this episode we talk about what it means to burn with the passion of Jesus.

Does your life as a Christian consist of a heartfelt desire to help others? Do you want them to walk in the freedom of Christ that you have come to know and enjoy? Paul instructs us how to help rather than hurt. How to build up instead of tearing down. Now don’t get me wrong, sin must be exposed, dealt with, and healed from. At times we must tear down lies to implant truth. Sin must be exposed so...

“Happy is the one who is always reverent, but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble” (Proverbs 28:14). The mind of men, without the enlightening influence of Jesus, cannot comprehend spiritual truth. The phrase “Happy is the one who is always reverent,” is a blatant contradiction to the experience of the majority of professing Christian’s in modern day. We are taught that happiness, more pe...

“God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (1 John 5:11). Jesus is life present and life eternal. To have Him is to have Him forever. God has given us a gift: life in His Son. The words, “God has given us,” signify that we did not earn this, merit, or deserve it. Man needs Jesus, the gift of life, because man does not possess life of His own. God, is the gift of God given to man....

God has a gift for you. Do you know it? God offers Himself as drink for you, do you enjoy it? Jesus is speaking to you, and do you hear it? “Come,” He says, “Come to the waters and drink” (Isa 55:1). And what are these waters but the waters of life, and what is this refreshing but the present experience of eternal life? One writer states, “What is this communion with Christ but heaven beforehand.”...

In this episode we talk about Pastor Lucas Jon Bessey's book, "Faith + Grace = Joy." We unpack the function of the law, namely, to lead us to Christ.

How should we approach God?- loftily?- no, but in humility. Who are we in light of Him?- and do we think we have any value apart from Him? We must say with the Psalmist, “¶When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established; What is man that You remember him, And the son of man that You care for him?” (Psalm 8:3-4) This is who God is-Creator and th...

In this podcast episode, Emmanuel Filip and I unpack what it means to love God with the whole of who we are.

What does it mean to loathe sin? The word “loathe” in the original language, and in the context of the verse at hand, is to “hate, disgust; to experience a feeling of intense sickening” at the sin one has committed. Not only that, but as God states, we will “loathe ourselves,” for committing the sin. What bitterness of soul do we experience, who profess faithfulness to Christ, when carried away by...

You cannot separate the heart and the life. What the heart craves, the life will follow after. The heart flooded with the light of Jesus, walks after Jesus. The heart void of Christ walks after the cravings of the flesh. God, confronting His children, the people of Israel states, “Their heart continually walked after their idols” (Ezekiel 20:16). The inner man of the people of God, namely, the aff...

In this episode Jacob Dilger and I discuss what it means to follow Jesus as defined in scripture. Come with us on this journey!

In this episode of the Fueling the Fires of First Love Podcast, I interview my Pastor, Doc Murphy, on what it means to spiritually mature for the glory of God! Purchase his new book "Mature: Come into Your Own" available on Amazon.

In this conversation my brother Seth and I talk about the goodness of our God, who has changed us, by saving us; washing us from the inside out by the blood of Jesus. God saves! May your heart be encouraged and stirred to seek the Jesus who saves us from our sins.

In this conversation Chris Garcia and I will unpack the fundamental importance of spending time in the majestic presence of God, beholding His glory, and serving Him willingly.

Jesus is most beautiful, glorious, and lovely. It is only fitting that our affections be set upon the glorious God who has saved us, and made us His own. Join me in discovering how Christ is the supreme desire.

Are you tired of being overcome by the same sins? Do you want to find freedom in Jesus? In this podcast episode we dive into the glorious gospel of Christ's grace that saves us from our sin, giving us freedom in Him. Join us in this conversation.

In this episode of the Fueling the Fires of First Love Podcast we discuss the grace of God in depth. We discuss what it is, how it can change our lives, along with the fundamental importance of the grace of God in any Christians life. Come on this journey with us and let's unpack the truth of the grace of God.

In this episode of the Fueling the Fires of First Love Podcast, Salim and I tackle the question of "What are the marks of a true Christian?" Let's go on this journey of self-examination and be the better for it, in service to our Lord Jesus.