Podcasts about God is Love

We inhabit a world filled with love and with possibilities for love: opportunities to meet one another with freedom and presence, to take one another's joys and sufferings seriously, and […]

We inhabit a world filled with love and with possibilities for love: opportunities to meet one another with freedom and presence, to take one another's joys and sufferings seriously, and […]

 Welcome to Episode #292This weeks topic: Compromise Is Healing (Especially When Life Gets Loud) Elizabeth is the voice behind Elizabeth's Magical Garden, where faith and everyday life meet with warmth, honesty, and hope. Through scripture-centered encouragement, Elizabeth invites readers to ask, “What does God say?” and to step out of fear and into God's promises of provision, peace, and purpose. Each message is a gentle call to take the next right step and receive the abundant life God has prepared—are you ready for your abundance?Reclaim your wisdom, power, and liberation that comes with age. change your life - How  you feel about yourself - "affects"your ability to manifest" This episode will help shed some light - on how this new phase of life will change "everything" - Let's learn together.. 

This week in our Attributes of God series, we look at 1 John 4:7-12 to show that God doesn't just describe love, He is love, and His love sets the standard for our own.

Discover how the manger, the cross, and the empty tomb reveal the greatest love story ever told. Receive God's greatest gift through Jesus Christ.

Dr. Siang Yang Tan preaches on "God is Love" from 1 John 4:7-12

The 10 Commandments Q+R (E16) — How do modern artistic depictions of God and Jesus relate to the 2nd Commandment? How do we honor aging parents well or honor abusive and dangerous parents? And how do the 10 Commandments stand apart from other ancient Near Eastern law codes? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the 10 Commandments series. Thank you to our audience for your thoughtful contributions to this episode! CHAPTERS Intro (0:00-1:23) How Do the 10 Commandments Stand Apart From Other Ancient Near Eastern Law Codes? (1:23-10:50) How Do Modern Artistic Depictions of God and Jesus Relate to the 2nd Commandment? (10:50-18:24) Can We Diminish God by How We Talk About Him (Like Saying, “God Is Love”)? (18:24-25:17) How Do We Honor Aging Parents Well or Honor Abusive and Dangerous Parents? (25:17-34:56) How Does the 6th Commandment Apply to Killing in Military Combat? (34:56-52:52) What Are Other Positive Implications of the 8th Commandment? (52:52-58:03) Conclusion (58:03-1:01:29) OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT View this episode's official transcript. REFERENCED RESOURCES In the first question, Tim references our Biblical Law video and the following podcast episodes: The Purpose of the Law The Law as a Covenantal Partnership God's Wisdom in the Law The Law as a Revolution Jesus Fulfills the Law Law Q+R In the first question, Tim references other ancient law codes, such as the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi and the Mesopotamian Laws of Eshnunna. Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought by Joshua A. Berman In the second question, Tim references our 2015 Covenants video as an example of a time when we revised a video after further reflection. Originally, God was depicted as an old man with a beard, and we later updated the video to show only hands representing God. Language for God in Patristic Tradition: Wrestling with Biblical Anthropomorphism by Mark Sheridan War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views, edited by Paul Copan Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence by Preston Sprinkle The Ten Commandments: Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church by Patrick D. Miller Find the 10 Commandments full collection of video, podcast, and written resources here. Check out Tim's extensive collection of recommended books here. SHOW MUSIC BibleProject theme song by TENTS  SHOW CREDITS Production of today's episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today's episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pastor Christopher Feigles

Ian continues with God is love...

Galatians 5:22, “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: LOVE …” God isn’t asking us to manufacture love. This isn’t about trying harder. God invites us to connect with him and grow in him, and as we abide in him, his love naturally flows through us. Jesus says “Apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) This is why some people are incapable of loving well or loving at all – they don’t have the love of Jesus flowing through them. It’s like expecting the limb of the apple tree lying on the ground to keep producing apples. Of course it can’t – it’s disconnected from it’s source of life so no fruit will grow. When we are detached from our source, we are incapable of loving well. We don’t need more effort, we need more connection to our source. Every detail of God’s word is specific. The order here is important. Love comes first on the list of fruits because every other fruit grows out of love. Think about it: Joy is love rejoicing. Peace is love resting. Patience is love enduring. Kindness is love serving. Goodness is love acting. Faithfulness is love staying. Gentleness is love responding. Self-control is love choosing. Love is the root. The other fruits are expressions of it. So doesn’t it make sense that the enemy goes to work on our ability to love and be loved? If he takes away our love, he takes away every other fruit in our lives. For this reason, love in this world gets twisted. It becomes lust. It becomes self-serving. It becomes pain. Love is like the weapon taken right out of our hands and pointed at us by the enemy of our soul to destroy us. Loving like Jesus will defeat the enemy, but when that love is turned on us and twisted, the enemy nearly destroys us. If you watched the news at all yesterday, you likely saw a man and woman dressed in black illegally climb the Empire State Building yesterday. On the very top of the building, towering 1400 feet above New York City, they flew a flag that boldly proclaimed, “WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE BEATS THE LOVE OF POWER, THE WORLD KNOWS PEACE.” So true – but only when we remember this – 1 John 4:8, “GOD IS LOVE.” Love can get twisted, God cannot. God is strong and steady throughout the history of the universe. He is the same today, tomorrow and forever. His love is pure, and when his pure love flows through us, the world is radically changed. When God literally lives in us through his Holy Spirit, our nature is changed. We become a vessel of his love and it flows so naturally. Jesus teaches us that he is the vine and we are the branch. We aren’t created to survive without him. We aren’t created to grow without him. And we’re certainly not created to produce any type of goodness in our lives without him. Jesus says, “ABIDE IN ME.” (John 15:4) This means stay connected. Stop trying to do this on your own. Stop seeking the answer somewhere else. Fruit will grow because we stay connected to the vine of Jesus. Our job is abiding. God’s job is producing fruit. Have you been trying to produce fruit and will yourself into loving better instead of focusing on staying connected to Jesus? That’s exhausting and disappointing isn’t it? Trying to love someone better without a life-giving connection to Jesus will leave you absolutely depleted. You are trying to give what you cannot self-produce. You’re not capable of loving them enough on your own. You’re not the vine they need, Sis. Sometimes it’s humbling to realize you can’t love them enough to change them. BUT JESUS CAN! The more you get to know Jesus, the more you will naturally overflow in love. It’s not something you have to work for, it’s something you have to stay connected for. Love is like the electrical energy that flows through an extension cord when plugged in to the outlet. Unplug it and there’s no flow. Unplugged the extension cord has absolutely nothing to give. Plugged in, the energy is continually available. Honey, you’re not a power generator. You’re not the source. You’re the extension cord. LOVE FLOWS THROUGH YOU, BUT ONLY WHEN YOU’RE CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE! Love doesn’t come from you first – no, first you receive LOVE, then love flows through you. Jesus tells us that we will be known as his disciples through our love. Not through our memorized scriptures, not through our long wordy prayers, not through our church attendance – nope, through our love. When asked what the most important commandment was, Jesus replied in Matthew 22: 37-40, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law is based on these two commandments.” It all boils down to LOVE. It started in LOVE, “For God so loved the world” and it continues in LOVE, “Now you go love.” But some people are really hard to love, aren’t they? Do you have some of those people in your life? I do. And some people are so easy to love. It’s easy to give them our best. Which one are we commanded to love? BOTH! It’s not always easy, but you don’t love under your own power – you love through the power of the Holy Spirit. This isn’t your love you’re giving, this is God’s love. Romans 5:5, “God has given us the Holy spirit to fill our hearts with HIS love.” You don’t have to produce this love, you simply have to let it flow through you. Sometimes we create a dam within our own hearts and keep his love from flowing. We decide to withhold love thinking it will teach a lesson or it will protect our hearts. Instead all it does is create a blockage within our own selves. Have you heard of the Dead Sea? The Dead Sea is called dead because nothing will grow in it. Do you know why nothing grows in it? Because it is so filled with nutrients and minerals that it’s become toxic. It has an inlet, but no outlet. So everything just sits within the Dead Sea and evaporates, leaving this dense, hardened water that nothing can live in. That’s really the picture of our hearts when we dam it up with self-protection or restriction. We become toxic to our own selves. You need an outlet. Let me tell you who is worthy of LOVE today – EVERY SINGLE SOUL YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH! Yes, every one of them – starting with that hard to love person in your own home, perhaps. Ask the Holy Spirit to love them through you today. Ultimately, here’s the goal – YOU BECOME MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUS. Jesus didn’t hang on the cross and say, “This is for the nice people, but all you mean people get none of my blood.” He didn’t say, “This is for the ones who act right, but all you jackwagons get none of my love.” No, he did it for every single one of us, even in our jackwagon era. As we become more and more like Jesus, we allow that kind of love to flow through us. Love isn’t becoming a nicer version of yourself, it’s Jesus becoming visible through everything you do. Faith without love becomes cold. Truth without love becomes harsh. Power without love becomes dangerous. Love is the life-changing power of God that flows through us. What the world most needs is precisely what we have in our connection with God! So here’s how love works in 4 parts: 1. The Father is the source of love (“God is love.”) 2. The Son perfectly reveals that love in His life, death, and resurrection. 3. The Holy Spirit pours that love into believers’ hearts and forms Christ’s character within them. 4. The believer abides in Christ by faith, and love emerges as fruit rather than as self-generated effort. Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com

Emily speaks on Try Church Sunday about the transformation power of the love of God.

Marissa started a series on knowing God's character. In the first part of the series, she focuses on God's character of love.

God is love. And the only sacrifices Love calls us to make are the sacred efforts love will freely, gladly, unhesitatingly make for its beloved.

Matthew 18:15-20; Romans 13:8-14OPENING MEDITATION Dr. Marcia McFeeThis week, we explore how love is baked into the bread we break each time wegather in Jesus' name, around God's table. But we don't need to save this love onlyfor the times when we partake in the ritual of communion. We invoke love every daywhen we sit down at our kitchen tables for home-cooked meals or takeout, forgame nights, or even for difficult conversations with our loved ones. Love is present inthe sweetest, the spiciest, the bitterest, and the blandest moments of our everydaylives, because love is God, and God is love.

In this message, Pastor Caleb discusses how Christians are to love as Jesus loves.  Jesus outlines how to love one another, reflecting a relationship with God and having His love within.  If Christians do not love according to Jesus' example, then they are not loving according to God's standards.  Send us Fan MailSupport the showFor more information for our church visit AGCSparta.org.  

How can a loving God send people to hell? Explore the tension between divine love and the concept of hell to find clarity.This video addresses the difficult question of how a loving God relates to the reality of hell. It is designed for anyone wrestling with theological doubts or seeking a deeper understanding of divine judgment. We examine common perspectives on this topic to help you reconcile these seemingly contradictory ideas.By engaging with the theology of hell, you will gain a clearer framework for processing this challenging subject. Whether you are questioning your faith or simply curious about Christian teaching, this discussion provides a thoughtful way to approach the nature of God and hell.Subscribe for weekly theology breakdowns and comment below with your own questions on faith.We'll cover:• Why love and judgment are NOT opposites• What Gehenna actually means — and why Jesus used it 12 times• The C.S. Lewis framework from The Great Divorce that changes everything• What hell actually IS according to Jesus (it's not what hellfire preachers say)• How to hold this doctrine with urgency AND humility• What to do if this question is personal for you—because of someone you've lostThis isn't a comfortable episode. But it's an honest one. And by the end, you'll have a framework for hell and judgment that doesn't fit neatly into either the conservative or progressive box.------------------------------------------------------

God Is Love - Common Grace Band by First Community Church

This week's message comes from our friend Pastor Tim Shepard, who explored the truth that God is love. He shared how we were created in God's image for relationship with Him and with one another, and how His love is the foundation of our identity, community, and calling to love God and love others.

Bible Story: Jesus dies and comes to life to show God's loveBible Passage: Luke 22:39-24:12Buddy: Tia the Giant Anteater

The Love Myth - Week #2 (God is Love) - Jason Frizzell by C*Road Church

In this message, Pastor Caleb discusses that God is love in the love chapter from 1 Corinthians 13.  A further study provides insight into various aspects of God's love to help every believer be more than conquerors through Christ.  Send us Fan MailSupport the showFor more information for our church visit AGCSparta.org.  

Welcome to Episode #287This weeks topic: Mindest reboot - why rest is important Elizabeth is the voice behind Elizabeth's Magical Garden, where faith and everyday life meet with warmth, honesty, and hope. Through scripture-centered encouragement, Elizabeth invites readers to ask, “What does God say?” and to step out of fear and into God's promises of provision, peace, and purpose. Each message is a gentle call to take the next right step and receive the abundant life God has prepared—are you ready for your abundance?Reclaim your wisdom, power, and liberation that comes with age. change your life - How  you feel about yourself - "affects"your ability to manifest" This episode will help shed some light - on how this new phase of life will change "everything" - Let's learn together.. Live Show ⤵️ on the podcast channelhttps://youtube.com/live/-o-_hlcvyRUPost ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxO3aS9ORb7YffOn1nXFfYGu9-w9g419WOhttp://www.ElizabethMagicalGarden.comCash app me: $Eliz241 Check out the Live show on my youtube channel @Elizabeth magical Garden Podcast E.p. #277

Welcome to #SundaysatTCAB! We continue our summer series, Summer Shorts. Today we will be looking at 1 John 4:8, "God is love." There is so much to discover in this small word, love. Pastor Jeff Ponder will take us on a deep dive as we gain more understanding from the scriptures. New to The Church at Bushland? Tell us a little about you and receive a personal note from Pastor Jeff. First Time Guest: https://www.thechurchatbushland.com/guestform?location=livestream How can we pray for you? Submit your prayer request here: https://www.thechurchatbushland.com/prayerrequest Subscribe to get the latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChurchAtBushland We also have our newest channel, @TCABClips, with sermon and worship highlights and short content from Digging for the Truth. Subscribe, turn on notifications, and never miss an episode! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6VflV8HJUd-6vTX9CSJRKw Listen while you work, exercise, or whatever keeps you busy: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-church-at-bushland/id6442779332 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/077EsZwp6Y7pPhv7X8mXEY?si=893d09eeae9142d5 Support the online ministry at TCAB. Join the giving team today! https://www.thechurchatbushland.com/giving Download the TCAB App today! iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-church-at-bushland/id1495461805 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kidunottech.culminate.tcab Connect with The Church at Bushland: Website | https://thechurchatbushland.com Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thechurchatbushland/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thechurchatbushland/

In this message, Pastor Caleb discusses the love of God giving the Holy Spirit to anyone willing to accept Him in their lives.  God's love also provides a way of redemption through Jesus Christ.  People cannot have a proper relationship with God without Jesus.  Send us Fan MailSupport the showFor more information for our church visit AGCSparta.org.  

Welcome to Episode #286This weeks topic: God gives big dreams on purposeElizabeth is the voice behind Elizabeth's Magical Garden, where faith and everyday life meet with warmth, honesty, and hope. Through scripture-centered encouragement, Elizabeth invites readers to ask, “What does God say?” and to step out of fear and into God's promises of provision, peace, and purpose. Each message is a gentle call to take the next right step and receive the abundant life God has prepared—are you ready for your abundance?Reclaim your wisdom, power, and liberation that comes with age. change your life - How  you feel about yourself - "affects"your ability to manifest" This episode will help shed some light - on how this new phase of life will change "everything" - Let's learn together.. Live Show ⤵️ on the podcast channelhttps://youtube.com/live/-o-_hlcvyRUPost ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxO3aS9ORb7YffOn1nXFfYGu9-w9g419WOhttp://www.ElizabethMagicalGarden.comCash app me: $Eliz241 Check out the Live show on my youtube channel @Elizabeth magical Garden Podcast E.p. #277

What does it really mean when the Bible says, “God is love”? In 1 John 4, we're invited to see love not as a vague feeling or cultural slogan, but as something rooted in the very being of God. God's love is revealed most clearly in Jesus Christ, who came near, gave Himself for us, and calls us to love one another. This message explores: • Why “God is love” is such a powerful claim • How Jesus reveals the true meaning of love • Why Christian love is sacrificial, present, and purposeful • What it means for God's love to be perfected in the church • How perfect love drives out fear • Why loving God cannot be separated from loving His people Love is not just something we talk about. It is something God forms in us as we abide in Him and learn to love one another.

Who is God? The good news about an overwhelming question. A sermon for Trinity Sunday by Rev. Justin Morgan.

Read OnlineGod so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. John 3:16–18Saint John the Apostle is identified in his Gospel as “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” a title that appears multiple times and has been consistently understood in the Church's tradition to refer to John himself (cf. John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7; 21:20). By calling himself the beloved disciple, John was revealing his interior experience of the perfect love he encountered in Jesus. Certainly, Jesus loved everyone—equally and without limit. Yet John includes this personal designation not to claim favoritism, but to offer a personal testimony to the divine love made manifest in Christ's humanity—love he experienced firsthand and which changed his life.Love plays a central role in John's writings—not only in his Gospel but also in his letters and the Book of Revelation. In his First Letter, likely written to the Christian communities he helped convert and shepherd, John declares: “God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him” (1 John 4:16). This is both a personal sentiment and a profound theological affirmation. John speaks from both divine inspiration and lived experience; he had walked with Love Incarnate. To say “God is love” is to profess that love is not something God merely does—it is who God is. God's love is not a feeling, not sentimentality, but the pure, self-giving, eternal communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—a love that precedes and surpasses all creation.That mystery lies at the very heart of today's Solemnity. Because God is Love in His very essence, love naturally flows from His divine nature in superabundance. God loves because He is Love. Today's Gospel reveals the most perfect expression of that divine essence: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…” This eternal, Trinitarian love is made visible in time when the Father sends the Son, conceived by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Why does God give His Son? So that we might not perish but have eternal life. That is, so we may be drawn into the very life of God—into the Trinitarian communion of love. God desires to rescue us from condemnation and to share with us His Divine Existence.This is the essence of Divine Love. This is the Trinity. And this is the astonishing invitation extended to every soul: To believe in the Son is to begin participating in the eternal love that flows ceaselessly between the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit—a love that never ends. We are invited to be caught up by the love of God into Love Himself: the eternal communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Trinity Sunday is set apart on the Church's calendar to renew our awe, deepen our understanding, and intensify our worship of the central mystery of our faith: that God is One in essence and Three in Persons. While every liturgy honors the Trinity—through prayers to the Father, in the Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit—this solemnity invites us to pause and gaze more intentionally into the inner life of God as it has been revealed to us. We do not celebrate a theological abstraction but a divine Personhood: the eternal exchange of love between the Father and the Son, perfectly expressed and eternally proceeding in the Holy Spirit.Reflect today on the Most Holy Trinity. We were made to share in Their Life and Love. Though the fullness of the Trinity remains a mystery beyond human grasp, it is not beyond human encounter. Through grace, revelation, and contemplative union, God draws us to Himself—not to explain Himself, but to be consumed by Him. Celebrate this day by repeatedly praying one of the most ancient and simple prayers in the Church:Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen! Most Holy Trinity, I love You and trust in You!  Image: Leandro Bassano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource: Free RSS feed from catholic-daily-reflections.com — Copyright © 2026 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. This content is provided solely for personal, non-commercial use. Redistribution, republication, or commercial use — including use within apps with advertising — is strictly prohibited without written permission.

In this message, Pastor Caleb discusses the love of God and Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation.  Understanding how God loves, including Jesus and the Holy Spirit as part of the Trinity, helps Christians know God more intimately.  May more Christians understand that God is love by understanding His love from the Word of God.  Send us Fan MailSupport the showFor more information for our church visit AGCSparta.org.  

What does it truly mean that God is love? In week two of the GOD IS series, we explore the biblical reality of God's holy, sacrificial, and transformative love revealed through Jesus Christ. Join Pastor Johnathan as he unpacks how God's love changes our identity, restores our relationship with Him, and transforms the way we live. NEXT STEPS: I will be reminded of the awe of God's love. I am going to join a CONNECT GROUP or serve on a DREAM TEAM.

This sermon addresses one of the most fundamental yet difficult truths for many believers to embrace—that God genuinely loves them. The pastor vulnerably shares his own struggle with believing in God's love, tracing it back to his relationship with an abusive, alcoholic father who made him feel he had to earn love through achievement. While many Christians readily accept God's omniscience, omnipresence, and holiness, they struggle to internalize His personal love for them. The message emphasizes that what we believe about God determines how we live, making it critical to embrace the truth of His love. The sermon explores four foundational truths: God IS love (not just that He has or does love), His love is revealed in creation, His love is communicated through Scripture, and His love is demonstrated ultimately in Christ's sacrifice on the cross. The pastor challenges listeners to consider how their lives would transform if they never had to question whether God loves them, arguing that this assurance would bring unprecedented confidence, faith, peace, and trust.

Welcome to Episode #283This weeks topic: Abundance Is Your Birthright_ Trust God and ReceiveElizabeth is the voice behind Elizabeth's Magical Garden, where faith and everyday life meet with warmth, honesty, and hope. Through scripture-centered encouragement, Elizabeth invites readers to ask, “What does God say?” and to step out of fear and into God's promises of provision, peace, and purpose. Each message is a gentle call to take the next right step and receive the abundant life God has prepared—are you ready for your abundance?Reclaim your wisdom, power, and liberation that comes with age. change your life - How  you feel about yourself - "affects"your ability to manifest" This episode will help shed some light - on how this new phase of life will change "everything" - Let's learn together.. Live Show ⤵️ on the podcast channelhttps://youtube.com/live/-o-_hlcvyRUPost ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxO3aS9ORb7YffOn1nXFfYGu9-w9g419WOhttp://www.ElizabethMagicalGarden.comCash app me: $Eliz241 Check out the Live show on my youtube channel @Elizabeth magical Garden Podcast E.p. #277This episode includes AI-generated content.

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1 John 3:1 (NKJV) BEHOLD what manner of LOVE the Father HAS BESTOWED on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. I know this is crazy, but what if as we continue growing in His love for us, His commandments simply become part of who we are

Sermon preached by John Folmar at the Evangelical Christian Church of Dubai on 1 John:4:7-21

[ 1 John 4: 7-16 ] Part 16 of "1-3 John: Letters of Gospel Assurance"

[Recorded on 5/14/26] A defining characteristic of God is that He is loving. If we are His followers, we too should love other people. It can be challenging, though to live that out. Come check out this week's message as Ryan unpacks God's love for us and what fractures our love for each other.

Welcome to Episode #282This weeks topic:How to Stay Calm and Focused (Even When You Feel Nervous)Elizabeth is the voice behind Elizabeth's Magical Garden, where faith and everyday life meet with warmth, honesty, and hope. Through scripture-centered encouragement, Elizabeth invites readers to ask, “What does God say?” and to step out of fear and into God's promises of provision, peace, and purpose. Each message is a gentle call to take the next right step and receive the abundant life God has prepared—are you ready for your abundance?Reclaim your wisdom, power, and liberation that comes with age. change your life - How  you feel about yourself - "affects"your ability to manifest" This episode will help shed some light - on how this new phase of life will change "everything" - Let's learn together.. Live Show ⤵️ on the podcast channelhttps://youtube.com/live/-o-_hlcvyRUPost ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxO3aS9ORb7YffOn1nXFfYGu9-w9g419WOhttp://www.ElizabethMagicalGarden.comCash app me: $Eliz241 Check out the Live show on my youtube channel @Elizabeth magical Garden Podcast E.p. #277

Sunday, May 10, 2026 Standalone Sermon Passage: 1 John

It's easy to treat faith like an aquarium: you can see it “over there,” but it doesn't touch real life on your side of the glass. Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks push back hard on that. In this episode, they connect Easter-season love to a daily-life obstacle that quietly blocks evangelization and honest relationships: the fear of **manipulating people** or being manipulated. Joe explains why uncomfortable conversations (including talking about Jesus) often trigger something old in us—early childhood experiences of seeing adults lie to salespeople, learning “salesperson = being used,” and then carrying that resistance into adulthood. Father widens it: we often avoid speaking about Jesus because we fear offending people or being rejected, but sincere witness isn't “selling a bill of goods.” It's relationship. Truth has to be offered according to the “mode of the receiver,” with humility and respect, not as abrasive broadcasting. They also contrast modern comfort with the apostles' willingness to suffer for the truth—and emphasize that we're called to share the faith anyway, even when it feels socially risky. The episode lands in a practical place: treat people as persons, not tools. Father names what John Paul II called the **personalistic norm**—a person is an end in themselves and must not be used. Even in everyday transactions (restaurants, stores), the heart matters: are we cooperating toward shared goods, or dehumanizing the other? Joe closes with a simple “this week” practice to rebuild the habit of gratitude and humanization: write a thank-you note—short, specific, real. **Key Ideas*** Faith can't stay behind glass; integrated faith changes how we live, work, and relate. * Fear of “selling” or manipulating often comes from childhood patterns and makes hard conversations feel unsafe. * Witness is relational: give truth with humility, timing, and respect for what someone can receive. * The personalistic norm: people are not tools; treat every interaction as cooperation toward shared goods. * Practice for the week: write a short, specific **thank-you note** to humanize and strengthen relationships. **Links & References (official/source only)**```text id="qr0v9r"None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.```**CTA:** If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email [FatherAndJoe@gmail.com](mailto:FatherAndJoe@gmail.com) .### Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, faith and daily life, integrate faith, Easter season, God is love, evangelization, witness, talking about Jesus, fear of offending, social pressure, manipulation, being used, used car salesman trope, sales psychology, childhood patterns, trust, authenticity, humility, personalistic norm, John Paul II, human dignity, relationships, gratitude, thank you note, stewardship of relationships, dehumanization, AI and relationships, customer service, shared goals, virtue, courage, discipleship, Catholic podcast, Father and Joe on YouTube 

“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love.” (1 John 4:16) It is said that the most quoted verse in all the Bible is the passage in John 3:16: “For God so... More...

Heaven is hard to picture because everything in us is trained to see life through “today.” In this episode, Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks try to imagine what eternal life in God's love would actually be like—and why that vision matters right now. Father shares how funerals naturally force the question: where are we headed, what are we made for, and why do we settle for compromised relationships that stay “safe” but never become truly trusting, vulnerable, or healed?Using a strong image, Father compares heaven to the picture on the front of a puzzle box: you place the pieces better when you know what the finished product looks like. Joe extends it with real puzzle experience—the piece you've stared at 15 times finally fits when you turn it the right way. The same is true in love: we can't fully “see the box cover” of perfect love, but we can get glimpses through our best relationships—and through the promises of Scripture.Father then describes a startling aspect of heaven: the glorified body—totally subject to the will, no longer hiding the interior. That means total vulnerability without terror, because everyone is fully reverenced, protected, and purified in love. Joe connects it to modern life: AI can feel like relational “Doritos”—tasty convenience that ultimately weakens real human connection. The episode closes with a practical path forward: if we want to love better, we need self-knowledge about the defenses we built (often pre-cognitively) from real wounds—and then the courage to take wise, measured risks toward trust and repair.Key IdeasHeaven's perfect love “blows dust off” what we settle for: guarded, minimized, conflict-avoiding relationships.A vision of heaven is like the puzzle-box picture: it motivates and guides how we place the pieces of daily love.The glorified body suggests total integration: body fully subject to will, interior fully expressed—total vulnerability without fear.Healing isn't “try harder”; it's letting ourselves be loved in places of shame, usually practiced first in trusted relationships.Growth path: increase self-knowledge about where we guard, why we don't trust, and whether repair/apology/confrontation is needed.Scripture Mentioned (no links)“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard…” (St. Paul quote referenced)“We shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (St. John quote referenced)“Love one another as I have loved you” (Jesus' command referenced)Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, heaven, eternal life, God is love, perfect love, glorified body, resurrection body, vulnerability, trust, intimacy, communion, relationships, healing, shame, being seen, being loved, self knowledge, self awareness, defenses, self protection, woundedness, triggers, conflict avoidance, reconciliation, repair, apology, confrontation, spiritual growth, discipleship, funerals, mortality, puzzle box analogy, jigsaw puzzle, Bob Ross puzzle, AI and relationships, technology and connection, sales and human connection, Lent fasting, habit change, loving correctly, relationship with God, relationship with self, relationship with others

The guys confess their most egregious romance fails from forgotten birthdays, last-minute Valentine's plans, and bookstore traditions gone stale to wildly different philosophies on “setting the bar” in marriage. Al uses the pain of romance to highlight another truth: there's pain that hurts, and pain that alters. That distinction becomes personal as Zach opens up about his mother's long battle with early-onset dementia and the complicated grief that followed her passing. The conversation turns to one of Christianity's hardest realities: if God is good and all-powerful, why does so much suffering continue in the world?  In this episode: Ecclesiastes 3, verse 11; Psalm 90, verse 12; Hebrews 12, verse 2; Colossians 2, verses 20–23; Romans 1, verses 24–25; Romans 8, verses 20–23; 1 John 2, verses 15–16; 1 John 4, verses 8–10 Today's conversation is about Lesson 6 of C.S. Lewis on Christianity taught by visiting Hillsdale professor Michael Ward. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/. More about C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Encounter the faith & wisdom of C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis's writings bring the great questions of the Christian faith to life. Through his imaginative and invigorating style, Lewis answers these questions in ways that are compelling to those outside Christianity and energizing to those within the Christian faith. In this free, seven-lecture course, Professor Michael Ward—a leading scholar of C.S. Lewis—will explore Lewis's: argument for objective moral value in response to the rise of modern subjectivism; bittersweet path to conversion and the role of enjoyment in the Christian life; advice regarding the proper way to pray and read the Bible; teachings concerning the purpose of pain and how to confront suffering and loss; insights about the nature of heaven and hell. This course examines these fundamental topics not only through his classic works—including Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Abolition of Man—but also through Lewis's personal experiences with doubt, conversion, suffering, grief, and joy. Through this course, students will discover Lewis's core lessons regarding the truth and goodness of the Christian faith and how to apply those lessons to one's life.  Join us today in discovering C.S. Lewis's enduring lessons about the meaning and practice of Christianity. Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters: 00:00 Valentine's Day Fails & Romantic Confessions 05:10 The Problem of Pain Explained 11:45 Is God All-Powerful & All-Loving? 18:20 Free Will, Satan & the Origin of Evil 26:30 Jesus' Suffering Before the Resurrection 33:40 Personal Loss: Dementia, Grief & Faith 42:10 “Pain Is God's Megaphone” 48:30 A Grief Observed & Wrestling With God 55:00 God Is Love & the Reality of Eternity — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices