IsntJesusAwesome Podcast

If you were a repentant atheist in search of a god, what would be your qualifying character traits? The writer of Hebrews lists eight. Here is the first.

How are we to respond when we are treated unfairly? Do we let it go, or do we stand up for ourselves? The Bible has some ideas on this, and Jesus Himself gives us clear direction. Find out more in this weeks devotional.

Why is there conflict in the church?  Why do Christians sometimes not get along?  Is it because we are carnal?  Possibly.   But could there be another reason?  Listen and find out.
Background music by Seth Norris

The blessings of joy and peace are both precursors to hope and gifts from God, but how do we get them? This week’s devotion tells us how.
Background music by Seth Norris

God does not only want us to simply "get by", barely keeping our heads above the water, hanging on by a thread until Jesus returns.  He wants us to thrive.

Therefore, as difficulties come, if we are to benefit from what hope offers, we must throw ourselves in abandon to God and let the God of hope work His unswerving hope in us, supplying a confident positivity toward the future.

True hope finds its grounding in the long game.  While hope that looks to immediate circumstances is easily discouraged, hope that looks at the bigger picture is less likely to waver when challenged ...

Without a true biblical hope that is energized by the Holy Spirit, we will be destined for despair....  A bad news cycle or some minor disappointment comes our way and natural hope loses its footing, wreaking havoc on our fragile emotions.

God wanted a man who could not merely spout doctrine and concepts, but who could see God and understand Him with the eyes of His heart.

In our desire to grow in Christ we must not only listen, but w must also look.  It is wonderful to listen to sermons and read the Bible, but we must also be looking with our spiritual eyes ...