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The Christian Life Podcast
Doctrine and teaching to equipping believers to live out who they are in Christ so that they are no longer tossed around by every wind of teaching by the trickery of men who cunningly seek to deceive the saints.
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Episodes
The Christian Life PodcastGalatians 6:7-8 | God Is Not Mocked | Sowing to the Flesh vs the Spirit
Stop being caused to wander; God is not mocked; for that which a man sows, this also he reaps. Because the one sowing unto the flesh, himself out from the…
The Christian Life PodcastGenesis 21:22–33 | The Well of Seven
And it came to be at that time, and Abimelech, and Phichol the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all which you do. And now…
The Christian Life PodcastThe Armor of God | Ephesians 6:10–18 Stand Firm Against Satan
In Ephesians 6:10–18, we are given the faith. This is the doctrine by which we stand firm against an attack from Satan (1 Peter 5:9). Satan roams around like a…
The Christian Life PodcastPhilippians 4:13 Explained: Strength IN Christ, Not Through Christ
I effectuate all things by the One who strengthens me in Christ (Philippians 4:13). In his letter to the Philippians, Paul addresses the theme of contentment…
The Christian Life PodcastMatthew 6:5 | The Kingdom Prayer Is for Israel, Not the Church
And when you worship, do not be as the hypocrites, because they are fond of standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets to worship; thus they…
The Christian Life PodcastRevelation 2:19–20 | Thyatira Church: Jezebel, Idolatry and Spiritual Fornication
I know your works, and the love and the faith and the service and your patience, and your works: the last is greater than the first. But I have against you…
The Christian Life PodcastDaniel 4:19 | The Tree Cut Down: Heaven Rules the Kingdoms of Men
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a time, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered him and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the…
The Christian Life PodcastPsalm 10:1 | Why Do the Wicked Prosper? | God’s Coming Judgment
Why, LORD, do You stand at a distance? Why do You conceal Yourself in times of distress? Psalm 10:1. The wicked man persecutes the poor and boasts in his…
The Christian Life PodcastI Begot (γεννάω)
To beget is an action based on the idea of race or offspring and refers to the male role in procreation; the father begets whereas the mother bears. The word…
The Christian Life PodcastJude 14–15 | Enoch’s Prophecy: The Lord Comes With Myriads of Saints
Now also, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes among myriads of his saints, to perform judgment against all, and convict…
The Christian Life PodcastGalatians 6:6 | Share All Good Things With Those Who Teach You
Let the one who is orally taught in the word share in all good things with the one who orally instructs (Galatians 6:6). We have the obligation to pass on to…
The Christian Life PodcastGenesis 21:17–18 | God Heard the Boy | Hagar, Ishmael, and Liberty in Christ
And God heard the voice of the boy and the angel from God called unto Hagar from the heavens and said to her, “What is it to you, Hagar? Do not fear because…
The Christian Life PodcastMatthew 6:1 Giving of Almsgiving vs Grace Giving
You all take care not to do your alms before men for the purpose of being seen by them. But if otherwise, you do not have a reward alongside your Father in the…
The Christian Life PodcastRevelation 2:13 Pergamum: Satan’s Throne, Balaam & True Overcomers
I know your works, and where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is. And you have held strong My name, and did not deny My faith in the days in which Antipas…
The Christian Life PodcastDaniel 4:17 | Nebuchadnezzar’s Kingdom and The Authority of the Most High
By watchers a decree and a sentence from holy ones, so that the living know the Highest rules in the kingdoms of high-born men, and from His pleasure He gives…
The Christian Life PodcastPsalm 9:1–2 | Wholehearted Praise, Coming Kingdom & Truth About Sheol
I will be caused to praise the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will make music to Your…
The Christian Life PodcastPotential Strength (ἰσχύς)
Potential strength describes the inherent capability within a being. It is different from inherent ability—that which someone can by nature do—and from the…
The Christian Life PodcastHidden Reefs: Jude 11-13 Exposes False Teachers in the Church Today
These ones are hidden reefs in your loves, feasting together, serving without respect, waterless clouds carried away by the winds, late autumn, unfruitful…
The Christian Life PodcastGalatians 6:4-5 | Examine Your Own Works
But let each one examine his own works, and then unto himself only he will have the boast, and not unto another. For each one will bear his own load (Galatians…
The Christian Life PodcastGenesis 21:1–2 | Isaac's Birth: God Fulfills His Promise to Abraham & Sarah
And the LORD visited Sarah as He said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He spoke. And she conceived, and Sarah bore to Abraham a son for his old age for the…
The Christian Life PodcastMatthew 5:43–44 | Love Your Enemy: Jesus’ Kingdom Law vs the Church’s New Commandment Explained
You have heard it said, “Love your neighbor as yourself and be indifferent to your enemy.” But I say to you, love your enemy, speak well of those who curse…
The Christian Life PodcastRevelation 2:10 | Smyrna’s Faithful Endure & the Victor’s Wreath of Life
Do not fear the things you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you should be tempted, and you will have…
The Christian Life PodcastDaniel 4:2–3 | Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream & God’s Eternal Kingdom
It seemed fair to declare signs and wonders the Most High God has done before me. His signs are according to greatness and His wonders are according to might…
The Christian Life PodcastPsalm 8:2 Strength From Babes Silences the Enemy
From the mouth of babes and nursing infants, You establish strength because of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and the avenger (Psalm 8:2). The Hebrew…
The Christian Life PodcastConclusions and Their Significance (νόημα)
The mind arises from the immaterial aspects of a person, facilitating a balance between emotions and reason to coordinate the attributes of the soul and spirit…
The Christian Life PodcastAnxiety is an Method Satan Uses Against Us
Satan seeks to incite anxiety to undermine the mindset of believers and manipulate them into acting independently from God. The Devil’s objective is to divide…
The Christian Life PodcastJude 11 | Woe to False Teachers: The Way of Cain, Balaam & Korah
Woe to them, because they go in the way of Cain, and pour out themselves in the error of Balaam for profit, and in the verbal contradiction of Korah they…
The Christian Life PodcastGalatians 6:2 | Bear One Another’s Burdens & the Law of the Christ
Bear one another’s burdens and thus fulfill the law of the Christ (Galatians 6:2). As members of one body, those of the Church are called to bear one another’s…
The Christian Life PodcastGenesis 20:3 | God Warns Abimelech in a Dream to Protect Sarah
And God came to Abimelech in a night dream and said to him, “Behold, you are dead on account of the woman whom you took. And she is married to a master…
The Christian Life PodcastMatthew 5:38–39 | Turn the Other Cheek Explained: Kingdom Rule vs Christian Living
You have heard it said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, do not resist the malignantly evil one. But whoever strikes you on your…
The Christian Life PodcastRevelation 2:7 – The Overcomer & Tree of Life in Paradise
The one having an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To the overcomer, I will give to him to eat out from the tree of life, which is in…
The Christian Life PodcastShadrach Meshach Abednego Escape the Fiery Furnace | Daniel 3
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold; its height was sixty cubits and the width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon…
The Christian Life PodcastPsalm 7:17 | Praise the LORD Most High in Righteousness
I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, and I will make music to the name of the LORD Most High (Psalm 7:17). The seventh Psalm is attributed to…
The Christian Life PodcastAnxious (μεριμνάω)
The term ‘anxious’ originates from the idea of caring deeply about someone or something and is etymologically linked to the concept of a divided mind. This…
The Christian Life PodcastJude 10 Exposed: False Teachers Who Blaspheme Truth & the Romans 6 Path to Victory
But these, as much as they do not know they blasphemy, and as much as they stand upon pertaining to nature as the unreasoning creatures, by these they are…
The Christian Life PodcastSin vs Trespass: Restore Your Brother in Objectivity | Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if also a man is overtaken in some trespass, you who are Spiritual, knit together such a one in a spirit of objectivity, while scoping out yourself…
The Christian Life PodcastGenesis 19:30 Lot's Mountain Refuge Origins of Moab and Ammon
And Lot ascended from Zoar and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, because he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. He and his daughters dwelt in a…
The Christian Life PodcastMatthew 5:33–35 | Jesus on Oaths: Let Your Yes Be Yes | Truthful Speech for Believers
Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, “Do not falsely pledge,” But give to the Lord your oath. But I say to you, “Do not at all pledge…
The Christian Life PodcastChurch of Ephesus: Labor, False Apostles & Lost First Love | Revelation 2:2–3
I know your works and your hard labor and your patience and that you are not able to bear wrong, and you put to the test the ones calling themselves apostles…
The Christian Life PodcastNebuchadnezzar’s First Encounter with the God of Heaven | Daniel 2:47
The king answered Daniel and said, “From truth concerning your God, He is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets since you are able to…
The Christian Life PodcastPsalm 6: From David’s Despair to Unshakable Grace in Christ
LORD, do not adjudicate me in Your anger, and do not discipline me in Your heat. LORD, have favor on me for I waste away. LORD, heal me because my bones are…
The Christian Life PodcastEarthly Things (ἐπίγειος)
Earthly things are those that pertain to things on the physical earth. The concept comes from a preposition meaning upon (ἐπί), connected to the word that…
The Christian Life PodcastMichael vs the Devil: Body of Moses & Why Angels Don’t Judge | Jude 9
And the archangel Michael, when contending with the Devil, disputing concerning the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce a judgment of blasphemy, but said…
The Christian Life PodcastStep by the Spirit | Galatians 5:25 Freedom, Faith & Fruit
Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also step (Galatians 5:25). When we generally govern our lives by the Spirit, the desires from the flesh will…
The Christian Life PodcastThe REAL Reason Lot’s Wife Turned to Salt | Genesis 19:24–25
And the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD from the heavens. And He overthrew those cities and all the plains and all…
The Christian Life PodcastJesus on Divorce: Matthew 5:31-32 | God's Design for Marriage Revealed
And it was said that, “Whoever divorces his wife, he is to give her a certificate of divorce.” But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except…
The Christian Life PodcastRevelation 1:10-11: John’s Vision & the Seven Churches Revealed
I was in spirit in the Lord’s Day, and heard a great voice as a trumpet saying, “The things you see, write in a book and send these things to the seven…
The Christian Life PodcastPsalm 5:1–2 David’s Cry for Help – Law vs Grace Revealed
Give ear to my words, LORD; understand my murmuring. Incline to the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, because unto You I intercede (Psalm 5:1–2)…
The Christian Life PodcastBrought to an Intended End (τέλειος)
When the word “perfect” is used in the Bible, we need to be cautious about how we interpret it. The concept of perfect most commonly implies something without…
The Christian Life PodcastI Religiously Serve (λατρεύω)
“Latreuō” is translated as “serve” or “worship.” It conveys serving, but it refers to a specific religious service rather than worship or serving as a slave…
The Christian Life PodcastPrince of the Air: Satan's Authority Exposed in Ephesians 2
In Ephesians 2:1–2, Paul writes, “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which once you walked according to the age of this world, according to the…
The Christian Life PodcastA Fellow Soldier (συστρατιώτης)
Paul refers to Epaphroditus as a fellow soldier in Philippians 2:25, highlighting those engaged in service who disregard the things of this world. A soldier is…
The Christian Life PodcastRobbery (ἁρπαγμός)
In Philippians 2:6, Paul writes concerning Jesus’ frame of mind. Although He existed in the form of God, He did not consider it robbery to be equal with God…
The Christian Life PodcastRevelation 5:9 TRUTH: 24 Elders are the REDEEMED
In the book of Revelation, I discussed a translation issue in Revelation 5:9 that stems from theological concerns and an attempt to change how the twenty-four…
The Christian Life PodcastHumility (ταπεινοφροσύνη)
“Humility” is derived from how the mind is framed. Thus, it is a quality of not being overly impressed with one’s own self-importance, or having a humble…
The Christian Life PodcastApologia: Paul's Verbal Defense of Faith in Acts | Ready to Give a Reason for Your Hope #Apologia
Pastor Luther Walker teaches on the Greek term “apologia,” meaning a structured verbal defense or reasoned justification given in response to an inquiry or…
The Christian Life PodcastGrace (χάρις)
In the Old Testament, “grace” refers to favor or goodwill shown to someone. In the New Testament, the meaning shifts to an attitude that gives a benefit…
The Christian Life PodcastCreation (κτίσις)
Creation describes the act of bringing something into existence. Although the English concept of “to create” may be used in the sense of producing or making…
The Christian Life PodcastI Teach Orally (κατηχέω)
The word “instruct” in this sense comes from the concept of sounding down, thus resounding in the ears. It carries the meaning of oral instructions or teaching…
The Christian Life PodcastMatthew 5:5
Happy are the objectively minded because they will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). The concept of “meek” in English does not convey the meaning of the Greek…