Jul 31, 2018
The journey of faith and surrender to God's leading begins not in strength, but in weakness, in captivity - slaves to forces too great for us to overcome. It is there that God meets us and declares again the promise of salvation.
In this episode we begin where the exodus began - with God's people enslaved to Pharaoh,...
Jul 26, 2018
The ultimate work of the life of faith is to surrender ourselves to God, to entrust all that we are and all that we possess to his care and leading. The question is: HOW??? How do we overcome the countless resistances we have to placing ourselves in God's hands? The short, answer is: reluctantly. But there is hope! God...
Jul 17, 2018
The purpose of studying what we don't believe is to define more clearly what we do - with the ultimate goal of obedience (and the healthy relationship with God, self and other that comes with it!).
In this series's concluding, hopefully non-heretical episode, we look at Jesus's call to put faith into action, and I offer...
Jul 17, 2018
Protestantism brought much needed reform to the 16th century church, not least its call to return to the Bible as the primary source of authority.
But it wasn't long before debates raged about the interpretation of the Bible. And rather than resolve their differences, many Protestant determined to split from the others...
Jul 12, 2018
God is not an American. Nor an Italian, German, Brazilian, Australian...nor any other nationality. And yet, many a political state has woven into its cultural mythology the belief that God has set them apart to exercise divine authority on earth.
In this episode, Ian looks at the dangers of nationalism and...