Podcasts about between jesus

Between Jesus' ascension and his return, the book of Revelation tells us that Satan rages on the earth. Chapter 13 reveals his favourite tactics - he turns the state and false religion into beasts that attack the church. Those who have ears to hear will be able to patiently endure. 29-10-2023 - Lucas Durant

At the age of 15, Dr. Daniel King wrote down a goal of leading one million people to Jesus by the age of 30. After reaching it, his goal now is one million souls per year. Sharing about Jesus is an assignment given to every single believer. Between Jesus' resurrection and ascension, He had one thing on His mind: The Great Commission. The world is a very dark place. But let your light shine! Each one of us is called to be a shining light in the midst of great darkness. It takes one light to make a difference in the world. Feel the same compassion for people as Jesus did.

Dave Brisbin 8.28.22 Ever been frustrated by Jesus' communication style? Get in line because even his first followers throw their hands up in the gospels and ask why he doesn't just speak plainly. Why always in parables and figures of speech. Jesus is a poet. One of the best. He knows he can't express spiritual truths directly, but only through stories and metaphors that point without limiting. I'm sure this is a big part of the allure of Buddhism in the West: Buddha is more engineer than poet, giving us Three Universal Truths, Four Noble Truths, an Eight Fold Path, all interconnected and breaking down into further sublists. Something to hold on to. Jesus never gives us lists or interlocking structure. He points toward the experience of top-level concepts and principles, what it feels like to live them. Frustrating, because he is always challenging embedded thought, always introducing paradox and mystery, attempting to take us beyond. Beyond where we are, beyond where we think we can go, even beyond what we think proper. Between Jesus' poetic lines, we find him taking us beyond obedience—to realize that law can only frame the door to life; walking through is experiencing law being fulfilled in relationships that are no longer contractual, that live and breathe in the freedom to break the code whenever love requires. Beyond certainty—to realize that certainty is an illusion, that re-introducing mystery and paradox is to thrive in grateful unknowing, in faith. Beyond belief—to realize that ideas don't transform us until we act on them, risk losing everything we believe will save us to experience what really does. Our codes and beliefs, our need for certainty, our conscious minds are hardened targets. They have to be to sustain us through the fears of physical life. But Jesus is taking us beyond physical life, to the life that exists beyond our fears. Like Abraham, asked to kill his miracle son and promise, Jesus is taking us beyond all the defenses we build around what we believe will save us…to experience that we already are.

Dave Brisbin 8.28.22 Ever been frustrated by Jesus' communication style? Get in line because even his first followers throw their hands up in the gospels and ask why he doesn't just speak plainly. Why always in parables and figures of speech. Jesus is a poet. One of the best. He knows he can't express spiritual truths directly, but only through stories and metaphors that point without limiting. I'm sure this is a big part of the allure of Buddhism in the West: Buddha is more engineer than poet, giving us Three Universal Truths, Four Noble Truths, an Eight Fold Path, all interconnected and breaking down into further sublists. Something to hold on to. Jesus never gives us lists or interlocking structure. He points toward the experience of top-level concepts and principles, what it feels like to live them. Frustrating, because he is always challenging embedded thought, always introducing paradox and mystery, attempting to take us beyond. Beyond where we are, beyond where we think we can go, even beyond what we think proper. Between Jesus' poetic lines, we find him taking us beyond obedience—to realize that law can only frame the door to life; walking through is experiencing law being fulfilled in relationships that are no longer contractual, that live and breathe in the freedom to break the code whenever love requires. Beyond certainty—to realize that certainty is an illusion, that re-introducing mystery and paradox is to thrive in grateful unknowing, in faith. Beyond belief—to realize that ideas don't transform us until we act on them, risk losing everything we believe will save us to experience what really does. Our codes and beliefs, our need for certainty, our conscious minds are hardened targets. They have to be to sustain us through the fears of physical life. But Jesus is taking us beyond physical life, to the life that exists beyond our fears. Like Abraham, asked to kill his miracle son and promise, Jesus is taking us beyond all the defenses we build around what we believe will save us…to experience that we already are.

Fellowship - With God, Between Jesus and His Apostles, Among Believers, and At Bethlehem!

In our quick-fix, microwavable, instant-gratification digital culture, we don't know how to wait. And yet waiting exactly what Jesus calls us to. Between Jesus' resurrection and his return, he calls his followers to preparation and readiness. He calls them to wait well. Join us this morning as Pastor Ryan Knight unpacks what that looks like through Jesus' "Parable of the Ten Virgins" in Matthew 25:1-13.

Pastor Matt Reynolds John 11:1-16 The critical conversation of Lazarus, Between Jesus and Disciples

Between Jesus' ascension and Pentecost, the nascent church, about one hundred and twenty strong, met together and prayed. At one such meeting, Peter stood up and initiated the action that appointed Matthias to replace Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:15-26).(1) Peter’s use of Scripture (Acts 1:16, 20) is apparently what guides him to his conclusion that “it is necessary” (Acts 1:21) to choose one of the other men who had been with Jesus from the beginning of his public ministry as a replacement for the traitor Judas. At the surface level of Acts, the reasoning is straightforward. Psalm 69:25 says, “May [his] place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in [it]”; Peter applies this to Judas. Psalm 109:8 insists, “May another take his place of leadership”; this Peter takes as a divine warrant for securing a replacement.In the context of Psalms 69 and 109, David is seeking vindication against enemies — once close friends — who had betrayed him. Peter’s use of these verses belongs to one of two primary patterns. Either: (a) Peter is indulging in indefensible proof-texting. The verses never did apply to Judas, and can be made to do so only by exegetical sleight-of-hand. Or: (b) Peter is already presupposing a fairly sophisticated David-typology. If this sense of betrayal and plea for vindicating justice play such an important role in the experience of great King David, how much more in great David’s greater Son?Why should we flinch at such reasoning? During the previous forty days Jesus had often spoken with his disciples (Acts 1:3), explaining in some detail “what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). Certainly the David-typology crops up in the Gospels on the lips of Jesus. Why should we not accept that he taught it to his disciples?(2) On the criteria raised here — the replacement apostle had to be not only a witness of the resurrected Jesus, but someone who had been with the disciples “the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us” (Acts 1:21-22) — Paul could not have met the conditions. Paul’s apostleship was irregular, as he himself acknowledges (1 Cor. 15:8-9). We should not entertain nonsense about Peter and the church making a mistake here because they did not wait for the appointment of Paul.(3) The choosing of one of two by lot (Acts 1:23-26) is not a prescription for local church governance procedures. There is no hint of a similar procedure from then on in the church’s life, as reported in the New Testament. This sounds more like the climax of an Old Testament procedure, with God himself selecting and authorizing the twelve men of the apostolic band. This podcast is designed to be used alongside TGC's Read The Bible initiative (TGC.org/readthebible). The podcast features devotional commentaries from D.A. Carson’s book For the Love of God (vol. 1) that follow the M’Cheyne Bible reading plan.

1. The Flood2. Joseph Put In Charge Of the Prisoners3. Joseph Was Responsible4. Will You Gladly Serve The Lord?5. The Comparison's Between Jesus & Joseph

What if you had to choose between Jesus and your parents? Between Jesus and your family? Between Jesus and your job? This Sunday we talk about the cost of being a disciple of Jesus.

KIB 214 – Preparing for the Fire of God Kingdom Intelligence Briefing   Shavuot is just a few weeks away.  Between Jesus’ ascension and the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2, there were ten days in which the disciples tarried in Jerusalem.  These faithful followers of Jesus were doing more than just hanging out in the Upper Room eating donuts and drinking coffee:  They were preparing their hearts for the fire of God!  Dr. Mike and Mary Lou Lake discuss how the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel is a perfect example of preparing for the fire of God and all that goes along with it.  Now is the time to prepare and be open to what God is going to do next!   Dr. Michael Lake is the Chancellor and Founder of Biblical Life College and Seminary and is the author of the best-selling books, The Shinar Directive:  Preparing the Way for the Son of Perdition, and The Sheeriyth Imperative:  Empowering the Remnant to Overcome the Gates of Hell.  Dr. Lake is a popular speaker at national Christian conferences and is a frequent guest on many Christian TV and radio/podcast programs in North America.   Mary Lou Lake has worked side by side with her husband in ministry for over 30 years and is the author of the book, What Witches Don't Want Christians to Know - Expanded Edition

As we return to John 16 we pick up a conversation that we have been following for some time. Jesus has been preparing His disciples for His departure, and in the previous section He told them some difficult things: Not only is He going away, but when He goes they can expect to be hated and persecuted because of their message. Between Jesus leaving and the expectation of opposition the disciples became overwhelmed with emotion, but it’s at this point that Jesus points them to a great hope: The coming of the Holy Spirit. As we consider our call to take the message of the Gospel to the world, this is our hope, we don’t go alone. We have the power and provision of the Spirit of God.