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Mission Upside Down

For 2000 years, the followers of Jesus have been on a mission, even as Jesus himself was on a mission. Often wrongly understood as “saving souls,” this mission of Jesus actually is about bringing people into a new kingdom, a new reality. Life in this new kingdom requires not only a change of heart and mind, but a change in life-purpose and worldview. As Jesus himself observes, there are not many people who will want this change. But for those who are changed by God inwardly, life in this new kingdom, brings new meaning and purpose in life. Everyone who becomes part...

#176 Pausing the Podcast

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#175 Pursuing Peace

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#174 Repairing Relationships

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#173 A Biblical Way to Encourage Churches

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#172 Setting Our Hearts on God’s Things

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#171 How To Talk Rightly to People

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#170 Loving Money and Possessions Too Much

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#169 Sex and the Seventh Commandment

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#168 Have You Murdered Anyone Lately?

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#167 Honoring and Obeying Parents

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#166 Our Sabbath Rest

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#165 Using God’s Name Rightly

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#164 Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth

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#163 God’s Rules in Our Relationship with Him

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#162 Why Has God Given Us His Laws?

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#161 Always Rejoicing in Jesus

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#160 Dealing with Our Anxieties

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#159 Evaluating Church Life Honestly

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#158 The Mask of Masculinity Part 2

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#157 The Mask of Masculinity Part 1

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#156 Mask-Wearing Men

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#155 God’s Friendship with His People

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#154 Learning from Jesus about Friendship

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#153 Leading Funeral Services - Part 2

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#152 Leading Funeral Services - Part 1

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#151 Heaven

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#150 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

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#149 Good Grief

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#148 How Pastors Can Get Trained - Part 2

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#147 How Pastors Can Get Trained - Part 1

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#146 A Field Report

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#144 Some Dangers and Temptations for Pastors

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#143 Pastors Are Shepherds

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#142 Becoming More of an Acts 2 Church - Part 2

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#141 Becoming More of an Acts 2 Church – Part 1

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#140 The Spiritually Unhoused

22 mins; February 07, 2024

#139 The Kingdom of God Today

23 mins; January 31, 2024

#138 The One People of God

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#137 God’s Blessing Upon Israel

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#136 A Boring Testimony?

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#135 On Becoming a New Person

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#134 The Christ-Life Explained by C.S. Lewis

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#133 Crossing the Last Thresholds

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#132 The Process of Conversion

25 mins; December 13, 2023

#131 A Conversation with Lochlan

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#130 Being Converted

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#129 Christians Share in Christ’s Anointing

22 mins; November 22, 2023

#128 Jesus is the Greatest Prophet, Priest, and King

24 mins; November 15, 2023

#127 The Most Important Work of Jesus

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#126 Who Is Jesus?

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#124 A Conversation with a Believer - Part 1

26 mins; October 25, 2023

#125 A Conversation with a Believer - Part 2

34 mins; October 25, 2023

#123 More Results from the First Rebellion

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#122 Ruining God’s Masterpiece

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#121 A Central Theme in the Bible

23 mins; September 27, 2023

#120 Who Are We, as Human Beings?

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#119 Turning the World Upside Down

24 mins; September 13, 2023

#118 What Good Comes from Suffering?

23 mins; June 28, 2023

#117 God’s Providence and Our Suffering

21 mins; June 21, 2023

#116 Good Points about God’s Providence

23 mins; June 14, 2023

#115 The Days of Creation

22 mins; June 07, 2023

#114 God Created the Heavens and the Earth

24 mins; May 31, 2023

#113 Talking with an Ordinary Believer–Part 2

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#112 Talking with an Ordinary Believer–Part 1

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#111 The Meaning of the Cross

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#110 God’s Love and Mercy

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#109 God’s Attributes of Holiness and Righteousness

22 mins; April 19, 2023

#108 God Is Almighty and Sovereign

23 mins; March 22, 2023

#107 The Three-In-One God

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#106 Can We Know God?

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#105 A Book by a Christian Professor

29 mins; March 01, 2023

#104 A Conversation about Christians in China

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#103 Life Quickly Passes By

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#102 Herod’s Son and Grandson

20 mins; January 11, 2023

#101 King Herod Vs. King Jesus

20 mins; December 20, 2022

#100 The Caesars Vs. Christ

21 mins; December 14, 2022

#99 What If Jesus Has Not Been Raised from the Dead?

30 mins; December 07, 2022

#98 A Conversation on Jesus’ Resurrection

28 mins; November 30, 2022

#97 Do You Understand What You’re Reading?

20 mins; November 23, 2022

#96 Rules to Interpret the Bible

20 mins; November 16, 2022

#95 The Sufficiency and Clarity of the Bible

22 mins; November 08, 2022

#94 The Infallible and Inerrant Word of God

22 mins; November 02, 2022

#93 God’s Special Revelation to Us

21 mins; October 26, 2022

#92 Listening to One General Signal

20 mins; October 19, 2022

#91 God Is Sending Signals

23 mins; October 12, 2022

#90 Responding to Other Objections

22 mins; October 05, 2022

#89 The Reason for God

23 mins; September 28, 2022

#88 Summer Suggestions

23 mins; June 15, 2022

#87 Making Peace and Enduring Persecution

23 mins; May 18, 2022

#86 Mercy and Purity

22 mins; May 12, 2022

#85 The Upside-Down Kingdom

23 mins; May 04, 2022

#84 Blessed Believers

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#83 Rejecting the Father

23 mins; April 20, 2022

#82 Two Sons of the Father

22 mins; April 13, 2022

#81 The Parable of the Prodigal Son

21 mins; April 06, 2022

#80 Going to Church for Encouragement

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#79 Encouraging Our Pastors

21 mins; March 16, 2022

#78 How One Believer Deals with Racial Issues

30 mins; March 09, 2022

#77 Following Jesus as a Black Man

30 mins; March 02, 2022

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