The Steadfast Podcast

In this week's episode we work through two parables on prayer. In those two parables we can learn three important yet simple principals on prayer. We can often make things so complicated--but at the …

We return to a common theme in the book of Luke: God loves the outsider. God's delight in bringing hope to the hopeless jumps off the page in this encounter with 10 lepers. 

Today's Passage: Luke 17:1…

In this episode we are going to focus on two  key words that appear in just a few short verses. These two words are so necessary as we seek to follow Jesus. They're simple, but far from easy.

Today's …

In 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Paul wrote, "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he w…

Most people don't like it when preachers start talking about money. As it turns out, that was also true 2,000 years ago. Jesus teaches the Pharisees something about the deception of wealth and eterna…

This crowd of tax collectors, sinners, pharisees and scribes have now heard two parables about the heart of God. They're all well aware of God's gracious feelings about sinners repenting of their sin…

Jesus was different. There were groups of people the religious leaders shunned, surely they were too far gone. Yet, those same groups of people were drawn to Jesus. He was teaching about who God real…

Today we find another Sabbath confrontation. Jesus is going to take this opportunity to prophetically call three sins of the religious, three sins that we should all reflect on.

Today's Passage: Luke …

On this week's episode someone asks Jesus a very interesting question: “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” That prompts Jesus to dive into teaching on a narrow door and a wide gate.

Today's Passa…

In today's episode Jesus has another encounter with a religious leader on the Sabbath. Through this encounter we will see two things the Lord God clearly values.

Today's Passage: Luke 13:10-17

Most churches today have a process for and keep track of membership. Have you ever considered whether this is biblical or something we've made up somewhere along the way? In this episode I want to gi…

The world is full of unexpected tragedies, no one is immune. But what do such tragic events mean? Are they judgements from God? Is there a deeper hidden spiritual meaning? In today's passage Jesus wi…

In today's episode we continue to work through Jesus' sermon. His sermon will take a little detour due to some crowd participation. This detour has a ton to teach us about the connection between God'…

Now that Jesus has confronted the Pharisees and other Jewish leaders, He get's back to preaching to the crowds. He starts off calling out something quite familiar, but then moves to perhaps one of th…

Today's episode takes us from Jesus' public preaching to a private gathering hosted by a Pharisee. Jesus takes this opportunity to speak prophetically into the lives of the Pharisees and lawyers. 

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Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2024 by resuming our journey through the book of Luke. Today's passage may appear to be all over the place.  However, I think we will see that God has drawn a line t…

Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a wonderful day. This episode is going live on Christmas Day so it seemed appropriate to have a Christmas episode. This episode will focus on the angelic messages s…

On this week's episode we are taking a detour into John 21. John 21 teaches three vital things about following Jesus!

Housekeeping note: next week's episode will drop on Christmas Eve. Since it's drop…

Covenants play a key role in God's story of salvation that He has written throughout Scripture. Yet many may be unfamiliar with the major covenants of the Bible, what they mean or how they all work t…

It's not every day that you see a demon cast out of someone. That's true for us, but it was also true for the first century Jewish world. So when crazy and new things happen you're bound to get a lot…