“Every valley shall be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low . . . Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed.” Isaiah 40:4-5
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Life’s tough--Get a helmet...or a relationship with Jesus! Join Dennis and Christine each week as they use over 3 decades of experience in church ministry and faith formation (with a little wit and wisdom!) to help listeners encounter the love of Christ and live life well in the modern world.
The Future Is Ours © 2020 by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
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The Bible is many things to many people, and how we understand the Bible impacts everything we claim to be true in our faith and in revelation. It even influences our relationship with God! So, ensuring that we have a solid understanding of what the Bible is and is not, and of how we can be certain that what it contains is true and accurate is of paramount importance to living out authentic discipleship. In this episode, Christine and Dennis discuss the nature of Sacred Scripture, what makes it Holy, and how we can claim that it is the Living Word of God. We also delve into the doctrines of Divine Inspiration and the Inerrancy of Scripture in order to help listeners understand what these doctrines actually claim, how they work, and how they enable us to experience a more profound encounter with God. Listeners will not only come to understand these concepts more fully, but also see more clearly the truth, beauty, and power of Sacred Scripture, especially as it pertains to their own lives.
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
The Resurrection event is the culmination of God's story of salvation, but this wasn't the first time God saved his people. The Exodus event and the Passover have deep ties to the Eucharist and the Resurrection, and they prefigure God's saving action through the Cross, but what does this have to do with us today? In this episode we talk about the name of God revealed in Exodus and what it says about him. We'll examine the saving action of God in the not only in Exodus Event and the Cross, but also in our everyday lives, and we'll discuss the importance of understanding what a memorial is and its implications for us when we gather for the new Passover - the Eucharist. Listeners will hopefully come to a deeper understanding of how the God who is the Great I AM is very much acting in our lives today, just as he was during the time of the Exodus and early Church following the Resurrection, and how God continues to save us through Christ Jesus in the Church, especially in the Eucharist, which is our new Passover.
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
In our last episode we had a little fun discrediting some of the alternative theories that try to explain away the resurrection of Jesus as a lie, legend, or hoax. Now, we delve into the truth of the Resurrection and its implications for how we are to live as disciples of Christ Jesus! The Resurrection allows us to live in hope, but what do we mean by hope? What exactly is the "resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come" that we profess to believe when we proclaim the Nicene Creed? How does belief in the Resurrection of Jesus and our own body impact how we treat and regard the body in death? Listeners will come to understand the answers to these questions, the difference between our secular usage of hope vs. the Theological Virtue of Hope, and how this virtue of Hope impacts our worldview of this life and life after death. Join us as we break open the eternal Hope of the Resurrection of Jesus.
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Jesus rose from the dead! The tomb is empty! Alleluia! This is the central claim of Christianity and without it Christianity is a lie. Yet, rumors that Jesus never resurrected from the dead have abounded for millennia, and they have intensified during our time where secularism tries to explain away the miraculous and relativism reduces faith to an ethical choice. In this episode, Christine and Dennis have a little fun debunking many of the popular theories used to claim that the resurrection of Jesus was nothing more than a hoax, a myth, or a legend. We try to help our listeners see the truth of the Gospel accounts as we set the stage to explore why the resurrection is central to our faith and its implications for us as Christ’s disciples.
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Having defined what prayer is, the obstacles we face when trying to pray, and offering practical suggestions for overcoming those obstacles in our previous episode, we now delve into how to pray. Have you got something you wanna say to God but aren't sure how to say it? Is it really possible to “pray without ceasing” as Paul urges? What are different ways to pray and what are the benefits of praying with others? These are some of the questions we dive into in this episode. Listeners should come away feeling encouraged to deepen their prayer life, eager to try a few new forms of prayer, and feel better equipped to experience the love of God in prayer while also feeling confident in expressing their love for him. We're all in the same boat when it comes to prayer and it's great to know we're not alone.
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
God is always calling us, but often times we fail to pick up the phone. Tuning into God's presence in our lives is a real challenge, especially with all of today's distractions and busyness. We all try to pray in one way or another, but if we’re being honest, we’d all admit that we struggle with prayer. Finding the time, fighting distractions, and questioning whether prayer is even fruitful are things we all struggle with. In this episode, Christine and Dennis help listeners understand what prayer really is and address some of the main obstacles to prayer while also providing concrete things we can do to overcome or minimize those obstacles. In the end, listeners will come to see how God is always communicating and revealing himself to us, find comfort in knowing that they are not alone in their struggles with prayer, and have a few tools for combating distractions in prayer.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Go big or go home! In this, our first content episode, we tackle the very identity of God, who reveals himself as Love. What does it mean to say that God is Love, and why does it even matter? We'll help listeners come to see how this self-revelation from God reveals not only a great deal about Him, but is also essential in helping us understand who we are and what we're really created for. This is the starting point for everything in life, especially faith! We round out the episode with some ideas and suggestions to help listeners come to really encounter the love of God in their daily life and allow Him to satiate that burning in their hearts for something more!
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Here we are, but who the heck are we? Christine and Dennis use this episode to introduce themselves and share a little about themselves and what this podcast is all about. This self-revelation will lead listeners on a saga to see how the love of God, Star Wars, tennis, and coffee are all connected.