Guitars and Theology Podcast

I have good friends who love God on both ends of the political spectrum. It's always good in an election cycle for Jesus-people to step back and not get too pulled into the wide-eyed certainties and resentful energies of the thing. Our challenge is to set apart Christ as Lord in our hearts, lest our politics functionally demote him in our lives to the status,"Minister of Afterlife Affairs."

12 Points from 1 John 4 & 8 Discussion Questions on LOVE

The fruit of the Spirit is love!

Paul worked his tail off for folk he never even met face to face. Why? And how was he gripped with such intensity and purpose? Am I? Am I working to succeed in the actual fight I'm in, or am I caught up in loser thinking, wasting valuable time and prioritizing my ease and comfort at the expense of my purpose? Just something to think about...

There is a dynamic of shame, regret, condemnation, and mental anguish that is a direct result of satan's activities in the hearts and minds of people everywhere. The short word to describe this ministry is "accusation." What do we do? Where do we turn? What are our resources for help? The Advocate (1 Jn 2:1).

Some thoughts from Luke 6:39-42

Col 1:28-29

John Denver was the man. I had to keep re-recording this because I get choked up singing the second verse. I think it took like four takes before I could get through...

A Jesus-centered gospel, hermeneutic, and view of history. Sunday I took 40 minutes to say this. Here I do it in 12 minutes.

Assorted thoughts and stories on the subject of tongues in the New Testament and today...

"HIM we proclaim..." (Colossians 1:28)

It's Inspired It’s Useful It's Good Tradition We have no ‘autographs’ Can and should be translated No best translation Imperfections It's about JESUS Deserves your utmost attention

The essence of what it means to be a Christian is neither _______ nor ______, but ___________.

Similarities and differences between being filled with wine and filled with the Holy Spirit... (based on Eph 5:18)

On digital consciousness & being a haunted house... . Weird, yes. Just go with me for a minute. ((This one's about the Holy Spirit...))

The good news about Jesus is both beautiful and a secret and plot twist of divine history. What we have available right now in Christ, the saints of old LONGED to see, and the angels have been peering from heaven with surprise and wonder like, "Are you serious, right now???"

"Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God." (Matthew 22:29) Don't know the Book of God? You blow up. Don't know the God of the Book? You dry up. Know both? You grow up.

Fear of failure and stigma around failure keeps us from learning so many things.

Many of us have given up on the church...but Jesus hasn't.

Grace in a broken world...

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my body I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. (Colossians 1:24)

Blessed is the man     who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,     nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord,     and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree     planted by&nbs...

God, worshiped as Creator and Redeemer from Revelation 4 and 5...

"Prayer doesn't fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work." Oswald Chambers

Work smarter, not harder. Here we read Exodus 18 and Acts 6 to talk about Jethro's advice to Moses, and how the apostles also saw that as helpful wisdom for their situation.