Living Water Radio is designed to bring encouragement, reflection and a sense of relationship to Christians and others looking for Christian community in the Los Angeles area during the pandemic and in the "new normal" that follows. It is co-produced by Pastor David Berkedal and Reverend Sally Welch.
Summary: Do you ever imagine that all your spiritual struggles would be over if only you had more faith? They wouldn’t. Today, we’re going to find out why.
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Summary: You’ve seen the homeless on the streets. Have you been conflicted over how to help? Maybe you’ve seen the signs that say, “Don’t help the homeless. Help the organizations th…
Summary: Have you ever been cheated out of something that was valuable to you? I’m guessing it didn’t happen twice. “Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me,” as they s…
Summary: Did you ever lose something valuable like your cell phone, or something important to you like a family picture, or something significant like a relationship with a loved one…
Summary: People were following Jesus by the thousands toward the end of His public ministry. Yet Jesus wasn’t collecting their contact information. He was discouraging them. Today we…
Summary: The Bible says that the Church is the Body of Christ, and that Christ is its head. Is that what it means to get ahead in the Reign of God? Today, we’re going to find out.
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Summary: Have you ever been really sick and then been well? How did you feel? Today, we’re going to look at one woman’s experience, and how that same experience brings us to eternal…
Summary: Jesus had thousands of followers and rained on their parade when he described the way that even families would be divided in their response toward him. What is that dividing…
Summary: “Be Prepared” is the motto of the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts and the advice of every parent in every time and everywhere. How do we stay prepared for the biggest event o…
Summary: “I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better,” has been attributed to many. Jesus shows us a better way to be rich. Today, we’ll see what it is.
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Summary: Do you know how you ought to pray? I guarantee that you don’t. Do you know how to breathe? Yes and No. Today, we’re going to learn how.
Referenced Bible verses: Luke 11:1…
Summary: We are surrounded with claims on our time and on our lives. Voices all around us tell us what we should need. What is the one thing that is needed? Today, we’re going to fin…
Summary: Literature is full of stories that take place on the road. The Bible story we’re going to look at today takes place on a dangerous and notorious one, the road between Jerusa…
Summary: Do you carry some form of identification? Do you know who you are? Do you know that who you are is determined by whose you are? Do you know that as a Christian you are a mad…
Summary: Like the first disciples of Jesus, we are all on Jesus’ Advance Team, the people who go out before Jesus to prepare for his appearance. How did that work out for them? How’s…
Summary: How do you tell others what God has done for you? Do you have a dramatic back story? Do you need one? Is any condition in life too extreme for God’s transformation? Today, w…
Summary: How many Gods do we believe in? One: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Wait, that’s three. How can one be three? Or is it, “how can three be one?” Today, we’re go…
Summary: When someone says that he’s going to die and then rise from the dead to live forever, and he says that no will take his life but that he will give it and then take it back a…
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Sally and I began co-producing these podcasts, on Streams of Living Water Radio, at the beginning of the global pandemic in March of 2020. We have now produced 2…
Summary: It’s pretty obvious that the visible Christian Church is broken. How can unity happen? Today, we’re going to find out.
Referenced Bible verses: John 17:20-26
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