Living Water Radio: For Today's Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  As churches re-open, at what we hope is the waning of the Coronavirus pandemic, we are being given an opportunity to re-open the life of the Church to in some ways resemble the early Church, begun on the Day of Pentecost, as an inclusive community. We start by being a servant Church before we are an institutional Church.    Referenced Bible texts: Acts 2: 1-8; Matthew 5:...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  The first 2020 pandemic is the COVID-19 pandemic, and the second is the widely seen and growing demonstraitions that are following the murder of George Floyd by 4 Minneapolis police officers and the broad public response. I propose a third pandemic that is a pandemic of lives transformed by God into God’s new creation, a viral movement to change the world beginning with...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  The murder of George Floyd, and its capturing on videotape, has brought the need for difficult confersations on race to the fore, again. George Floyd was a brother in Christ, a human being created in God’s image. Christians are called to show love toward the murderers, the rioters, and police. We are called to our humanity as children of God in one another and to press t...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  The conditions for opening churches during the pandemic raises questions about the Church’s core beliefs. A living relationship with the one true living God is at the center of all that we do. Our worship is our life, and our life is our worship. Our guide is our love for all people, because God has first loved us. Referenced Bible Texts:  Luke 10:38-42; 1 John 4:17-1 Ou...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  We remember on this Memorial Day those who gave what Abraham Lincold called “the last full measure of devotion” dying in our nation’s wars. We also note that close to 100,000 people have died, just in the U.S. in this coronavirus pandemic. How can Christians help bring down the numbers of those who have died of the virus? When should Christians return to being physically...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  We are not yet at herd immunity or a vaccine, or even very good treatment yet, so precautions like social distancing, frequent hand-washing, and wearing facemasks are necessary to protect others as well as ourselves until we can get back to something like the way things were. The Kingdom of God is a return to the way things God intended them to be from Creation. It is en...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  We need to wear no masks to protect others from the coronavirus. We need wear no masks before God.   Referenced Bible Texts:  Matthew 6:5-6; Proverbs 21:2 Referenced magazine article: https://www.fastcompany.com/90479846/the-untold-origin-story-of-the-n95-mask Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  We have an opportunity to spend more time working on what is inside our selves while we are spending more time inside our homes. Referenced Bible Texts:  Luke 5:15-16; Matthew 23:25-26 Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  We struggle in this world because of our rebellion against God, but God calls us into God’s presence through the cross, both in this world and in the next. The purpose of our lives is to love God and to serve others. Paradise is where God is. Referenced Bible Texts:  Luke 23:39-43; Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 2:9 Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  The world is not the way it’s supposed to be, but God accompanies us through our strggles as well as through the good times. Even in times when we can’t feel it, God never abandons us.  Referenced Bible Text:  Psalm 139:7-12 Referenced Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/05/coronavirus-renew-faith-in-god-reflect-on-what-matters-column/5114700002/ Our...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  There are many changes coming as we move into the reopening phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, including those regarding how the Church gathers. One constant, however, is the source of our life. Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. Our life finds its source in God, and God will never fail us. Referenced Bible Texts:  John 5:1-5  Galatians 5:22-23 Our Email Address: ...

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  Worship is the bodily, corporate activity of the Church, the Body of Christ. It is carried out in the presence of and directed toward the living God, though video conferencing apps like Zoom are probably the best we can do for now.  Referenced Bible Text:  Matthew 18:19-20 Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  Christians have a standard of "normal" that is different from the cultures in which we find outselves. Rather than leave us with insecurity, Peter advises, Cast your anxiety on him (note: God), because he cares for you. Referenced Bible Text: 1 Peter 5:6-9  Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  The Fig Tree is a symbol of the living relationship with the living God that produces the fruit of holy living and care for others. Referenced Bible Text:  Song of Solomon 2:10-13 Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  Acts of Hope, things that point to God’s faithfulness, are something we all can do. Referenced Bible Text:  Jeremiah 32:6-9 Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Easter is all about The Resurrection. What is The Resurrection. And, what is it not? Referenced Bible Text: Matthew 28:1-7 Referenced web site: www.babylonbee.com Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  Easter means death is a past tense experience that puts aging in an eternal perspective. We are living as a new creation. Referenced Bible Reading: Romans 6:3-5 Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:   The world is not what it is supposed to be as the result of human hubris. God came in Jesus Christ, fully God and fully human being, to die for us on the cross to reconcile us with God. God is with us in our suffering. . Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary: The image of living water is one used by God through the prophet Jeremiah as pointing to the work of the Holy Spirit in Jeremiah 2:11-13. It creates and nourishes a living relationship with the living God. Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  Jesus speaks of living water as a metaphor for the Holy Spirit in his conversation with the Samaritan women at the well in John 4:7-14. That same Holy Spirit connects us with one another in  a community througfh our common relationship with God, the relationship we call "faith". We may be isolated, but we are not alone. Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@g...

Send us Fan Mail    This is our introductory episode for Living Water Radio. It contains information that gives the background information that is relevant for all future episodes:  who we are, why we are making these videos, how to contact us, and more. Welcome! Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com Our Twitter Address: @DavidBerkedal

Send us Fan Mail Summary:  Jesus speaks of the living water that is the Holy Spirit in John 7:37-39. The Holy Spirit reveals and connects us to the wells of salvation in Jesus Christ. Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com