For two thousand years, believers have prioritized the importance of “spiritual warfare” for Christian health. Heck, I was raised Presbyterian, and even Presbyterians taught it.The battle comprises three enemies: the World, the Flesh, and the D

Inward Trials

Jun 21st, 2023 13m 20s

Almost every person I speak with has suffered. We hear, "For to those who love God, everything works out for the good," but it doesn't work for us, or at least we have very different ideas of the "the good" is. What is God up to? How good reall

How Do We Handle the Evil Done to Us?

Jun 13th, 2023 13m 34s

Almost every person I speak with has suffered some sort of betrayal from parents or teachers or bosses or spouses. And it affects us on so many levels, most of which we can't see--but our friends can.We are imprisoned.How do we handle the evils

Talking With God - Just Like A Friend

Feb 20th, 2023 14m 28s

This podcast describes what is the single greatest lesson (and invitation) that God has been speaking to me about for the last five years.Maybe ten.A reading and commentary on this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2022/03/09/just-like-a-f

Controlling God

Jun 16th, 2022 17m 20s

Three years ago, I dedicated the year to meditating on thinking of Jesus as LORD. Not just savior, not just friend, not just confidante, not as rabbi. But mild Jesus, JESUS AS LORD. And these are my thoughts.A reading and commentary on this art

When Helping God Is Lethal

Jun 8th, 2022 12m 46s

We so often work directly against God in our greatest attempts to help Him. And our efforts wreak havoc in our lives and in the lives of our families and friends. What are we to do?A reading and commentary on this article: https://beliefsoftheh

I Was Mortified

May 10th, 2022 12m 39s

Oh My Goodness! I've been mortified, humiliated, and embarrassed many times in my life (and some of you know those other times), but this was a double mortification: what it said TO me and what it said ABOUT me. Join me in rehashing my mortific

The Measure of Our Lives

May 3rd, 2022 14m 25s

A friend's dissatisfaction with "I only have 6 million dollars to my name" led me to think more about how the world creeps into how we measure our lives.A reading and commentary on this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2022/01/19/the-meas

Imagine There's No Heaven

Apr 19th, 2022 12m 51s

Lennon's haunting, beautiful, whimsical song has always fascinated me and frustrated me. It's delightful music sucks me into a vortex of lies and death. It is really a deadly song.A reading and commentary on this article: https://beliefsofthehe

When Salvation Isn't Enough

Dec 1st, 2021 15m 27s

I once observed a man--A Christian man!--desperately trying to gain approval from work colleagues, and it got me thinking about the breadth of God's salvation. Is there a heaven, a kind of heaven, that God wants for us today?A reading and comme

The Pimps and the Prostitutes Are Closer to Heaven Than We Are

Nov 16th, 2021 14m 58s

We don't let Jesus offend us enough. When he says things like, "The pimps and prostitutes are closer to heaven than you are," we should be shocked. But mostly we just miss his point, or don't even think about it.But Emmanuel Kant WAS offended,

Is It Dangerous to "Hear God" Outside of Scripture?

Aug 27th, 2021 15m 57s

A friend recently corrected me for writing my book, "Hearing God in Conversation," by saying any kind of hearing God outside Scripture is dangerous and usually just wrong. And she was convincing. But I think she was wrong as well. A reading an

When Success Fails

Aug 3rd, 2021 11m 49s

We want success, impact, significance. Right? But our success is not always the best thing for our friends. Not that they are jealous but that we are sometime insufferable without suffering. A reading and commentary on this article: https://bel

Dregs of Culture

Jul 27th, 2021 14m 14s

I am ashamed to admit my participation in a kind of humanistic viewing of evangelism prospects. We called it "Selective Evangelism, and this is my story.https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/03/17/enlightened-supernatural-light-switches/ by Sam W

Can A Light Switch Really Disprove Supernatural Activity?

Jul 14th, 2021 13m 50s

Too many people try to "save" Christianity by choosing to ignore core elements. One modern "salvation" attempt is to eliminate the supernatural. How important is the supernatural to Christianity? To you?https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/03/17/

Counterfeit Spirituality

Jul 6th, 2021 13m 2s

The world gives us false answers to our problems. Initially, they sound good and God's answer seem week. But in the long run, the answers of the world are counterfeit spirituality, even when preached from the pulpit. Adapted from this article:

Why Can't We Admit the Evil Within?

Jun 24th, 2021 12m 38s

The world tells us to cling to something inside us for significance; God says there is a better way.Adapted from this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/04/07/why-cant-we-admit-hidden-evils/ by Sam Williamson. And very special thank

Fearing Go[o]d

Jun 12th, 2021 17m 59s

The spiritual necessity of fearing God; and why doesn't our culture like this?Adapted from this article:https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/04/21/fearing-good/ by Sam Williamson. And very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 stri

When God Seems Silent

Jun 8th, 2021 13m 8s

God is always speaking, and one of the ways he speaks most powerfully is in His silence. Learn to recognize this amazing and comforting voice of deeds.Adapted from this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/04/29/when-god-seems-silent/ by

My First Parachute Jump Ever -- And My Last

Jun 2nd, 2021 10m 32s

Why do we all long so deeply to be a hero, to be seen, to be noticed? What is the longing beneath the longing? Adapted from this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/05/05/my-first-parachute-jump-and-my-last/ by Sam Williamson, and very

When Science is Politicized

Jun 2nd, 2021 14m 39s

When we let our biases cloud the science. Adapted from this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/05/12/political-popular-science/ by Sam Williamson. Why do we believe what we do? It is always the hard science? Does anyone really reject

Hunting Heroes

May 29th, 2021 10m 2s

When Christian heroic counsel created villainy. Adapted from this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/05/26/hunting-heroes/ by Sam Williamson, and very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 string guitar background song,

Bullied by a Boss

May 28th, 2021 9m 39s

When a friendship sours, what is God up to? Adapted with reflections from this article: https://beliefsoftheheart.com/2021/05/19/bullied-by-a-boss/, by Sam Williamson, and very special thanks to Keith Medley for his FANTASTIC 27 string guitar b