The Dennis Kinlaw Podcast

Dr. Kinlaw talks about the different Malchus' Ears (God's love notes) that He places in our life. Do we see them or do we miss them? 

How do we as Christians explain the cross to others?  Examining God's Holiness and our spiritual Blindness  Scripture Reading from Ephesians

Scripture Reading 1 Corinthians  Christ is more important than our rights and the injustice done to us. 

Scripture Reading is in 1 Corinthians and John  How different men in history wanted to know Jesus with undivided attention and how it has changed Christianity today. 

The conversation with Peter and the disciples in Caesarea Philippi in Matthew 16:13-28 shows Christ as self-giving love who gave himself for his neighbor.

The way of Christ is through a cross, therefore my way should be too. The cross is the difference between a life centered on me and a life centered in Him.  Scripture Passage: Romans 8:1-8, 12-17 

Working through Philippians 2:5-11, Dr. Kinlaw unpacks what it means to have the mind of Christ and to walk as he walks. So instead of wondering “What’s in it for me?” we begin to lose our self-interest, vain conceit, murmuring, and complaining and think of others higher than ourselves. 

Scripture Passage: John 12:20-28 Four images of Christ that show there is no redemption except in self-sacrifice.

Scripture Passage: Mark 8:27-38 You do not think the way God thinks but as a human thinks.

Scripture Passage:  I Corinthians 12:3 What does it mean to confess Jesus as Lord? How are we able to do this?

After looking at the philosophers, Dr. Kinlaw looks at the social scientists’ comments on the self. Here he talks about intimate love and relationships.

Continuing his thoughts on Jeremiah 10:23, Dr. Kinlaw, focuses on the philosophers and their understanding of self, and the need for an “Other.” 

The practical application to discovering the nature of self is to wait on God. To come to God with openness, dependence, and expectation. God is not the God of despair or discouragement but the God of hope.

Using Jeremiah 10:23 Dr. Kinlaw explores how the nature of God unveils the nature of humanity. Self cannot be known in self, but only by looking out. The way of man is not in himself.

Working through Romans, Dr. Kinlaw explains how Christian forgiveness and love are different from the world’s. They are born not out of self-interest but given by divine impartation. There can be a sanctified love (eros), where there is no hypocrisy to your love.

Dr. Kinlaw argues that the focus of the book of Romans is on faith more than justification. It is through faith that the believer allows God to do for him or herself what he or she cannot do. The question is, “Are we believing?"

The base, purpose, and origin of the family is found in the nature of the Trinity. Dr. Kinlaw shares his own personal family stories to illustrate the Fatherhood of God and the key of the family.

There is a difference from being a Christian and thinking like a Christian. 

Scripture reading is in Act 2 This message takes a look at coming together as a group of believers. How God works differently when are in a group setting, rather than being by ourselves.  The importance of being part of Christian fellowship. 

In this sermon, Dr. Kinlaw tackles the theology of disease and suffering. He focuses on the “wholeness” present in ancient Hebrew thinking and how it helps us connect suffering with the healing of Jesus. 

Dr. Kinlaw expands on his second point from the previous sermon, that God talks. He speaks on the conversion and definition of words, which is born out of God’s eagerness to communicate with us.

Out of Jeremiah 10:1-10, Dr. Kinlaw brings up two points. First, God desires companionship with us, and second, God talks. 

This podcast is a continuation of the previous one (The Faith of Abraham), which focuses on the faith of Abraham. However, it takes a New Testament turn where Dr. Kinlaw looks at Jesus’ cleaning of the temple, highlighting the connection between the temple as a symbol and the reality that has come.

The greatest blessing is, what we can give to somebody else rather than what can I get for myself. Dr. Kinlaw talks about how God designed marriage and the family. 

Scripture reading is in Jeremiah 6 Taking a look at how Jesus and Jeremiah are similar.