Living Water Radio: For Today's Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: How many Gods do we believe in? One: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.     Wait, that’s three. How can one be three? Or is it, “how can three be one?” Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 3:13-17; John 16:12-15      Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: When someone says that he’s going to die and then rise from the dead to live forever, and he says that no will take his life but that he will give it and then take it back again, and then that happens, you’d think that nothing in this weird world could ever approach that for weirdness. But you’d be wrong. Today, we’re going to find out how what happened 50 days after...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: It’s pretty obvious that the visible Christian Church is broken. How can unity happen? Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: John 17:20-26    Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction.    Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com    Here’s the link...

Send us Fan Mail SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:    Sally and I began co-producing these podcasts, on Streams of Living Water Radio , at the beginning of the global pandemic in March of 2020. We have now produced 218 videos, podcasts and blogs!    We wanted to provide a sense of connection and encouragement and an opportunity to reflect about what it means to be a Christian when Christians were encouraged t...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: There are lots of different kinds of churches, but they are all one Church. The Christian Church is divided, but that could be a good thing. Jesus calls for Church unity as a means, not as an end. How can those things be? Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: John 17:20-26; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14    Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-s...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:  We’ve all been asked, “How’re you doing?” and said something like “Good” or even “Great!” to say that we’re fine when we’re not fine. It’s OK not to be fine. In fact, with God, in some ways it’s better. Today we’re going to find out why.     Referenced Bible verses: Luke 12:27-30; 2 Corinthians 12:8-11; Luke 18:9-14      Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-s...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Have you ever felt that all was lost? Have you ever felt that you were lost? That’s a good thing. Today, we’ll find out why.     Referenced Bible verses: John 5:1-9; Matthew 21:31; John 5:10-47; Luke 19:9-10      Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction.    Our Email Address:  Th...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Christians are members of the Body of Christ. We belong to Christian communities. But even Christians disappoint us sometimes, just as we sometimes disappoint others. How can we avoid becoming bitter, but instead become better? Today, we’re going to find out.      Referenced Bible verses: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; John 13:34-35; 1 John 4:19; Romans 10:14-17    Please note t...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:  Can love be commanded? Will people know us Christians by our love for one another or by our love in the Lord? Or, are the two somehow connected. Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: John 13:31-35; Romans 14:7-8      Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benedictio...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:  Do you remember when you were born? Does it matter if you remember, given that you are alive and healthy? Do you remember when you were born again? Does it matter if you remember, given that you are a child of God, spiritually alive and healthy? Today, we’re going to talk about what is important.       Referenced Bible verses: 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:14-15; John 1...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:  Does the behavior of that “other” kind of Christian embarrass you? Is there a way to be a Christian that’s wrong? Delusional? Heretical? Today we’re going to talk about what a Christian is.     Referenced Bible verses: John 10:22-26,27-30; John 20-29; Romans 10:5-13       Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:  This is our 210th video, which is appropriate because, like the 210 Freeway, it contains anguish and bewilderment, it seems to go slow but then it goes fast, and it is a stark reminder of human limitations in the face of the call to obedience. In the end, it gives us both hope and direction.     Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 26:31-35; John 18:15-18, 25-27; John 21...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:  What is the most memorable meal you have every received? What meal was the most important? The most necessary? Today, we’re going to identify one meal that ties all those values together.     Referenced Bible verses: John 21:1-8, 9-14; 1 Corinthians 11:17-24       Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encoura...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: This coming Sunday will likely be the biggest disappointment of the Church Year. Yet, we will be hearing the continuing story of Easter, the greatest news in the history of the world, in the context of doubts. How does God deal with our doubts? Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: 1 Peter 2:2; John 20:19-23,24-29,30-31; Genesis 2:7; 2 Timothy 3...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Today is Easter Monday, day after Easter Sunday. It’s kind of a let-down, the aftermath of a great celebration. On the other hand, it’s a day to reflect on the meaning of Easter, without all the expectations. That’s what we’re going to do.     Referenced Bible verses: John 11:23-26    Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our vid...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Good Friday is coming up this week. Good Friday is the day we mark as the day Jesus was crucified. What’s so good about that? Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: Isaiah 53:5; John 10:14-18; John 19:28-30 (from John 18:1-1942)    Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and t...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Do rocks have feelings? Do they have needs and aspirations? If they could talk, what would they say? Today, we’re going to find out, on at least one day anyway.     Referenced Bible verses: Luke 19:28-38; Luke 19:39-40; Philippians 2:5-11    Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benedicti...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Have you ever seen a parade? Have you ever been in a parade? Have you ever seen a parade that started because people were so excited that they just had to cheer? Today, you will.     Referenced Bible verses: Luke 19:28-38; Zechariah 9:9      Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benedicti...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Do you feel weird about being a Christian? Maybe you should. Today, we’re going to find out why.     Referenced Bible verses: John 12:1-3; John 12:4-8; Deuteronomy 15:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18        Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction.    Our Email Address:  TheRevsDavidandSal...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary:     What’s the weirdest celebration you’ve ever attended? Today, we’re going to look at one that Jesus attended that I’m pretty sure was even weirder, including the part that might make a reality TV star blush.     Referenced Bible verses: John 12:1-3; Luke 10:41-42; John 11:43-44; Mark 8:34-38       Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: The parable of The Prodigal Son is one of the most inspired works of literature in the world. It’s also a testimony to the extravagant love of God. It could be called the parable of The Prodigal Father. Today, we’ll find out why.     Referenced Bible verses: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-20a, 20b-32; Joel 2:13      Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 3...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Why do people flee from God, from the Creator who died for them in order for them to be what they were created to be? Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-20a; Mark 1:14-15        Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction.    Our Email Addr...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Why do good things happen to bad people? God is just and God is merciful. How can God be just and merciful at the same time? Is God more just or more merciful, and does it make a difference? Today, we’re going to find out.     Referenced Bible verses: Romans 3:22b-25a; Luke 13:6-9; Leviticus 19:23-25; Galatians 5:22-23; 1 Peter 3:15b-16a; Matthew 5:43-45      Please n...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do bad things happen to bad people? Why to good things happen to bad people? Why do good things happen to good people? They’re all really the same question.     Today, we’re going to find out what that question is, and how Jesus gives us the answer.      Referenced Bible verses: Luke 13:1-5; Romans 6:23       Please note th...

Send us Fan Mail     Summary: Who killed Jesus? Powerful leaders? Sinful people? Everybody? Nobody? Today, we’ll get an answer from Jesus, using a hen as a metaphor for God.     Referenced Bible verses: Luke 13:31-35; Luke 19:37-38; John 2:19-22; John 10:14-18       Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction.  ...