Bible in Life

The Real World of the Gospels, pt. 1 | History and Backstory 

When you turn the page from Malachi to Matthew, 400 years have passed. Much has happened to the Jews and life hasn't been easy. Centuries of foreign occupation. Generations have come and gone longing and aching for God to act. Yet the heavens seem silent. When will God fulfill his promise to Abraham and all his glorious promises in the prophets? 

This is the world Jesus grew up in. 

 

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Spiritual Drift - Doug's Story

Spiritual drift is a real possibility for any one of us. Our faith becomes second nature. Then routine. Then blah. And then ...

Apathy creeps in, slowly but persistently until we find ourselves distant and disconnected from God. 

In this episode of the Bible in Life podcast, I share the story of a regular listener who grew up going to church, was saved at 11, and never didn't consider himself a Christian. 

But spiritual drift slowly moved him away from God. 

He shares what caused the drift for him and what brought the drift to an end. 

 

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Bonus Episode: Serving Jesus in Yukon Territory, with Jeremy Norton 

In this special episode of the Bible in Life podcast John shares part of his conversation with Jeremy Norton, a pastor in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Jeremy has seen many people come to Christ through his ministry in Whitehorse. 

To learn more about Jeremy, visit https://www.leadbiblically.com/

And to check out his new book titled Meeting Jesus: The Transformational Encounters of John’s Gospel, click here. 

 

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Why does it seem like the Spirit fails to transform some people? 

In this episode of the Bible in Life podcast, we think through a question sent in by a listener who asked, why does it seem like the Spirit fails to transform some people? We explore:

the tension of the already-not yet

our need to partner with the Spirit

the importance of recognizing that we all start at different places 

the failure of the Church in the way we preach the gospel and teach about the Spirit 

 

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Set Your Mind on the Things of the Spirit | Life in the Spirit, pt. 6  

One of the keys to life in the Spirit is what we allow to fill and occupy our minds. The apostle Paul writes, "For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God." (Romans 8:5-8). 

 

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