The Braveheart Podcast

In this podcast, Peter talks about one five-letter word that determines the quality of our Christian life. ABIDE. From knowing the truth, experiencing freedom, bearing fruit, and being confident at the Lord's return, Peter shows us that abiding is more than just a fancy spiritual word. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Peter sits down with Mr. Sanate himself, Alzavian Jones to speak about sin. What is sin? How do we identify it? How can we overcome it and live a life of righteousness, peace, and joy?  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Braveheart Ministries is witnessing an ordinary move of God begin to take place. In this podcast, Peter sits down with his friends from Cincinnati, Ohio to discuss what God has done over the last year. Through humility, simple obedience and the power of the gospel, God is moving through ordinary people in an extraordinary way.  For more information visit www.braveheartministries.org Send us Fan Ma...

"Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread." --Luke 24:35 Peter sits down with his good friend Chris Klimis to discuss a "new sound" through which Jesus is being revealed to the Church. On the road to Emmaus two disciples were walking with Jesus and yet they didn't know it. It was only until Jesus broke the brea...

Joy is underrated. Most of us think that joy is sort of like the cherry on top of a decadent ice cream sundae that we could do without if needed. It is treated as a luxury instead of a necessity. And the result of this lack of value that we place on joy is many of us living in depression and apathy. Depression is running rampant. Joyless Christianity is not Christianity. Christianity without joy b...

How did God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, walk the earth for so many years but was not recognized by most? What is it about God that he can hide in plain sight? He came to his own, but his own did not recognize him.  9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. (John 1:9-10) It...

2020. If we tried to sum up this year with a single word, TRIAL seems most fitting.  From a global pandemic and subsequent economic challenges to the loss of loved ones, riots, racial tensions boiling over and an election year marked by unprecedented vitriol and uncertainty, we have been bombarded with ample opportunities for discouragement.  But as sure as these trials have come, we have this pre...

A friend of mine recently sent me an article by John Piper called, “Did Jesus say we are gods?” that I found interesting. Though I honor John Piper and his amazing teaching and pastoral ministry, I wrestled with the conclusion he makes in the article from the Scripture in John 10 that is being referenced. This podcast is not a rebuttal, it is merely another perspective from the same text.  As with...

At church this weekend I was gripped with a word for pastors and ministry leaders that I wanted to humbly submit in this week's podcast. It came to me during worship as I was reading a passage about the birth of Jesus in Luke 2:8-14: 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glo...

If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations -- “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)--according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, bu...

This Psalm is about the leadership of the Lord. The Lord’s name as our shepherd comes with his leadership . The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. The Lord is not just a shepherd, or even the shepherd. He is my shepherd . This confession of belonging is intended to produce contentment in our hearts. Examine your heart for contentment. Are you content? If not, make this confession your own. The...

Our fruitfulness ( what we do, how we act and our Christ-like character ) hinges directly on our BELONGING to Christ Jesus. Notice that the fruit of the Spirit is connected to those of us who belong to Jesus Christ. But this belonging hinges upon our understanding, our faith or our union with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.  If the work of the cross is simply a passport into heaven an...

You are what you eat.   The same is true in your spiritual life. In John 6, Jesus reveals the secret to a healthy spiritual diet. There is a spiritual food that will satisfy our hunger and a spiritual drink that will quench our thirst. There was a group of people that were seeking Jesus after he performed the miracle of the fish and loaves of bread. They start off questioning Jesus about his life...

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide...

The priests in the Old Covenant were required to keep the fire burning on the altar, it was never meant to go out. This is a picture of the flame of the Holy Spirit that is placed on our hearts when we are born again by a living faith in Jesus Christ. Just like the Old Covenant priests had to tend to the flame so that it remained burning on the altar, so too, must we tend to the flame of God. In t...

The fact that God loves us unconditionally and has guaranteed to give us His Holy Spirit on account of the work of Christ is offensive! It flies in the face of everything we grow up believing. We are conditioned to work for what we get. There is no such thing as a free lunch, remember? But the cross confronts this type of thinking. The passion and intensity in which God loves us is offensive. One...

If faith has footsteps, it also has a voice. Last week we discovered that within God’s voice is the grace (or provision) to walk out what he says. But in this text, Jesus models a different aspect of faith. The voice of faith! Abraham had to climb his mountain, but we can speak to it! We do not negate the importance of taking real action in obeying God, but Jesus is revealing another aspect of fai...

Faith walks a certain way. It has a certain swagger. Abraham is the father of our faith. When you want to know more about your family or the way of life of your ancestors you sit with your mother or father and listen to stories about how they prevailed over trials and the way in which they navigated life. Fortunately, much of the life of this father of faith has been recorded for us to study. We a...

Obedience to God can only happen “of faith”. If we are not in “the faith” we will not be able to obey God. But how do we know whether or not we are in “the faith”?  “... through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.” (Romans 1:5-6) Let’s look at one of...

Podcast: God is Fire God is fire. He is not like fire...He is fire. The Word of God tells us in Hebrews 12:29 that “our God is a consuming fire.” To walk with God is to walk with One who is holy, good, passionate, pure, majestic and merciful in such intensity that He can only be described as fire.  The beauty of being in covenant with God is that the intensity and brightness of his nature can and...

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