Faith Recovery Podcast https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/series/default-podcast/ Three failed pastors seek to recover from bad ideas about God and recover what is truly good and wonderful about the Gospel and the Christian life. Tue, 26 May 2026 06:20:20 +0000 en-US © 2021 Faith Recovery Podcast Salvaging faith and recovering from religion. Three Failed Pastors episodic Three failed pastors seek to recover from bad ideas about God and recover what is truly good and wonderful about the Gospel and the Christian life. Faith Recovery Podcast nathan@pscconline.com false https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Faith-Recovery-Cover.png Faith Recovery Podcast https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/series/default-podcast/ yes 34882e48-5772-51bc-bb53-679238b66ede https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Let God Rule his Kingdom – Essential Faith #18 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/let-god-rule-his-kingdom-essential-faith-18/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 079c02cf-4afe-5499-a74b-29db2707c158 In discussing this final exhortation from Nathan’s book, Essential Faith, we explore what it means for the church, and especially church leaders, to respect Jesus’ lordship over his people.

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]]> full 135 8 In discussing this final exhortation from Nathan’s book, Essential Faith, we explore what it means for the church, and especially church leaders, to respect Jesus’ lordship over his people.

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]]> false no 00:48:42 No no Adore Christ as One Flesh – Essential Faith #17 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/adore-christ-as-one-flesh-essential-faith-17/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 6a42007e-1a03-56ff-be0d-8f2c52c466c5 In this episode we explore what worship means now that Christ dwells in his people.

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]]> full 134 8 In this episode we explore what worship means now that Christ dwells in his people.

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]]> false no 00:53:35 No no Gospel Rehearsal & Loving Confrontation – Essential Faith #16 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/gospel-rehearsal-loving-confrontation-essential-faith-16/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2232 In this episode we discuss some of the nitty gritty practices of gospel discipleship.

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]]> full 133 8 In this episode we discuss some of the nitty gritty practices of gospel discipleship.

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]]> false no 00:42:53 No no Retool Discipleship Part 2 – Essential Faith #15 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/retool-discipleship-part-2-essential-faith-15/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 4dc5b833-c786-50dd-83dc-9dd48b0391a3 In this episode Nathan questions what is commonly seen as the “gold-standard” approach to reproductive disciple-making.

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]]> full 132 8 In this episode Nathan questions what is commonly seen as the “gold-standard” approach to reproductive disciple-making.

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]]> false no 55 min No no Retool Discipleship – Essential Faith #14 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/retool-discipleship-essential-faith-14/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:42:00 +0000 b82c81c3-0930-5e0f-8c82-03b69061ca07 In this episode Nathan contrasts common methods of church-based discipleship with God’s method revealed in the biblical story.

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]]> full 131 8 In this episode Nathan contrasts common methods of church-based discipleship with God’s method revealed in the biblical story.

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]]> false no 58 min No no Evangelize, Don’t Proselytize – Essential Faith #13 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/evangelize-dont-proselytize-essential-faith-13/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:19:00 +0000 1aca6f83-fe00-5acc-856e-02fa95718058 In this episode Nathan offers the first of four applications to the claims of his book, focusing here on the priority of spreading the word of the gospel without attempts to pressure people to conform.

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]]> full 130 8 In this episode Nathan offers the first of four applications to the claims of his book, focusing here on the priority of spreading the word of the gospel without attempts to pressure people to conform.

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]]> false no 51 min No no The Bride and the Body – Essential Faith #12 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-bride-and-the-body-essential-faith-12/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:57:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2217 In this episode Nathan ruminates on Paul’s metaphors by which he describes the mystery of the one-flesh union between Christ and his church.

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]]> full 129 8 In this episode Nathan ruminates on Paul’s metaphors by which he describes the mystery of the one-flesh union between Christ and his church.

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]]> false no 50 min No no Saved for What? Part 3 – Holy Nation – Essential Faith #11 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/saved-for-what-part-3-holy-nation-essential-faith-11/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 7e62f73e-ce74-5d78-bf2b-582248111257 In this episode Nathan unpacks for us what it means to be a holy nation.

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]]> full 128 8 In this episode Nathan unpacks for us what it means to be a holy nation.

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]]> false no 48 min No no Saved for What? Part 2 – Kingdom of Priests – Essential Faith #10 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/saved-for-what-part-2-kingdom-of-priests-essential-faith-10/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 e72be3f3-22e1-5cf8-bba1-baec6fe59e4b In this episode Nathan begins to unpack for us what it means to be a kingdom of priests.

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]]> full 127 8 In this episode Nathan begins to unpack for us what it means to be a kingdom of priests.

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]]> false no 56 min No no Saved for What? Part 1 – Essential Faith #9 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/saved-for-what-part-1-essential-faith-9/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:05:00 +0000 0c5f57b5-25e7-5b6b-9489-b8d1dec5c2fe In this episode we turn to discuss what we’re saved for? If you were raised in church, it may not be the answer that you’d expect.

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]]> full 126 8 In this episode we turn to discuss what we’re saved for? If you were raised in church, it may not be the answer that you’d expect.

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]]> false no 51 min No no Christ the Seed of Abraham Part 3 (The Mechanics of Salvation) – Essential Faith #8  https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/christ-the-seed-of-abraham-part-3-the-mechanics-of-salvation-essential-faith-8/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:41:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2204 In today’s episode Nathan reaches the conclusion of his explanation of how Christ brings all peoples to the life of faith, and thus into the family of Abraham.

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]]> full 125 8 false no 56 min No no Christ the Seed of Abraham Part 2 – Essential Faith #7 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/christ-the-seed-of-abraham-part-2-essential-faith-7/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:18:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2201 In this episode we begin to unpack “the faith of Christ” as the kind of faith that actually works to set us free.

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]]> full 124 8 false no 54 min No no Christ the Seed of Abraham Part 1 – Essential Faith #6 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/christ-the-seed-of-abraham-part-1-essential-faith-6/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2199 In this episode we begin to ask why Christianity as it is currently practiced doesn’t work, and begin to explore how Christ as the seed of Abraham is the solution.

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]]> full 123 8 false no 55 min No no How Does Jesus’ Death Set Us Free? – Essential Faith #5 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/how-does-jesus-death-set-us-free-essential-faith-5/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:22:37 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2196 In this episode we ask Nathan to tell us how the death of Jesus accomplishes this freedom he’s been talking about.

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]]> full 122 8 false no 53 min No no A Law-Free Gospel – Essential Faith #4 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/a-law-free-gospel-essential-faith-4/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:55:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2194 In this episode we explore further the theme of freedom as it relates to the Law. What does Paul mean when he says we are no longer under Law, and why is this good news?

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]]> full 122 8 false no 54 min No no Escaping the Matrix – Essential Faith #3 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/escaping-the-matrix-essential-faith-3/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2190 In this episode we discuss how the Gospel offers liberation from this world’s system, and how the corollary implication then is that we must not return to the dynamics of this world’s system in our efforts to practice our faith.

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]]> full 120 8 false no 51 min No no Confessions of an Ex-legalist – – Essential Faith #2 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/confessions-of-an-ex-legalist-essential-faith-2/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:15:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2187 In today’s episode we hear the story of Nathan’s deconstruction of the rules-based religion that he had been previously zealously promoted.

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]]> full 119 8 false no 52 min No no Quest for the Core – Essential Faith #1 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/quest-for-the-core-essential-faith-1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:05:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2185 In today’s episode we begin a series discussing the contents of Nathan’s book called Essential Faith, and today we explore the “quest for the core” of the Christian faith that animates many new movements within Christianity and how this relates to Nathan’s thesis.

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]]> full 118 8 false no 43 min No no The Death Cure – Themes in John #13 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-death-cure-themes-in-john-13/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2181 In this episode we discuss how Jesus solves our ultimate problem and paves the way for us to follow him into that solution.

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]]> full 117 7 false no 51 min No no The Good Shepherd(s) – Themes in John #12 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-good-shepherds-themes-in-john-12/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:59:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2179 In this episode we discuss Christ as the depiction of God’s leadership model bequeathed to his successors until his return.

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]]> full 116 7 false no 55 min No no All in Good Time – Themes in John #11 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/all-in-good-time-themes-in-john-11/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:43:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2175 In today’s episode we discuss the sovereignty of God as seen in the themes of light and darkness in the Gospel of John.

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]]> full 115 7 false no 55 min No no “The Fountain Free” – Living Water Part 2 – Themes in John #10 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-fountain-free-living-water-part-2-themes-in-john-10/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:06:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2172 In this episode, “The Fountain Free”, we learn from the Gospel of John how access to God’s immediate presence is now guaranteed to all through the Holy Spirit.

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]]> full 114 7 false no 49 min No no The Messianic Pattern Part 2 – Themes in John #8 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-messianic-pattern-part-2-themes-in-john-8/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:04:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2164 In this episode we examine the pattern of suffering followed by exaltation as seen in the prophet Isaiah and later in the Gospel of John.

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]]> full 112 7 false no 46 min No no The Messianic Pattern – Themes in John #7 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-messianic-pattern-themes-in-john-7/ Thu, 29 May 2025 10:10:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2161 In this episode we explore the gospel as depicted in the ministry of John the Baptist and as embodied in Christ’s Passion.

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]]> full 111 7 false no 55 min No no “An Israelite Indeed” Part 2 – Themes in John #6 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/an-israelite-indeed-part-2-themes-in-john-6/ Thu, 22 May 2025 10:33:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2158 In this episode we continue our discussion of the role of Israel in the salvation of the world, as seen in the Gospel of John.

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]]> full 110 7 false no 52 min No no “An Israelite Indeed” – Themes in John #5 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/an-israelite-indeed-themes-in-john-5/ Thu, 15 May 2025 10:22:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2156 In this episode we explore the role of Israel as a nation in the salvation of the world, as seen in the Gospel of John.

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]]> full 109 7 false no 52 min No no “Come and See” Part 2 – Themes in John #4 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/come-and-see-part-2-themes-in-john-4/ Tue, 06 May 2025 10:18:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2153 In this episode we continue our discussion of the Gospel of John’s emphasis on knowing by personal encounter.

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]]> full 108 7 false no 53 min No no “Come and See!” – Themes in John #3 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/come-and-see-themes-in-john-3/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2149 In this episode we discuss personal testimony as the invitation to personal encounter. We explore the Gospel’s epistemology as hearing, seeing, knowing.

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]]> full 107 7 false no 54 min No no Christ as the Word Sent from God – Themes in John #2 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/christ-as-the-word-sent-from-god-themes-in-john-2/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:31:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2146 In this episode we examine how the image in Isaiah 55 of God’s word going forth provides a backdrop to the Gospel of John’s presentation of Jesus.

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]]> full 106 7 false no 58:33 No no The Fellowship of Life – Themes in John #1 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-fellowship-of-life-themes-in-john-1/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:22:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2141 In this episode we range across several passages in the Gospel of John, exploring an understanding of God as a self-existent community–and an understanding of Christ as the expression and agent of that relationship sent to bring humans into it. 

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]]> full 105 7 false no 59:40 No no Fooled ya! – Checking in between Series https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/fooled-ya-checking-in-between-series/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:14:57 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2138 Today we just check in to let you know we’re working on a new series on John, beginning next week.

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]]> full 104 7 false no 0:43 No no Lazy Days – The Voice of the Shepherd #17 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/lazy-days-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-17/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:02:25 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2134 Continuing our discussion of how the Gospel shapes all the facets of our lives, in this episode we discuss how the Gospel directs us to rest and restoration. This may challenge our culture’s emphasis on achievement, on the one hand, but it may also confront another cultural idol of self-indulgent leisure.

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]]> full 103 7 false no 52:44 No no Slave to the Machine – The Voice of the Shepherd #16 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/slave-to-the-machine-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-16/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:44:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2131 In today’s episode we explore how the freedom we have through the Gospel can enable us to use technology in ways that are helpful, rather than be enslaved to it in ways that are harmful.

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]]> full 102 7 false no 55 min No no Health(y?) Obsession – The Voice of the Shepherd #15 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/somewhere-between-fat-and-fit-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-15/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:33:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2127 In this episode we explore how the Gospel enables us to strike a healthy balance between our culture’s dueling obsessions with pleasure, on the one hand, and fitness and heath, on the other.

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]]> full 101 7 false no 52:16 No no The Gospel as Financial Advisor – The Voice of the Shepherd #14 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-gospel-as-financial-advisor-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-14/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:49:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2125 In today’s episode we explore what the Gospel tells us about managing money. Are we supposed to sell it all for Jesus? Are we supposed to make as much as we can for Jesus? As we face decisions to make money, save money, give it away, we can look to the Gospel story for guidance.

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]]> full 100 7 false no 58:27 No no Gospel-shaped Parenting – The Voice of the Shepherd #13 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/gospel-shaped-parenting-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-13/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:35:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2122 In today’s episode we ask what it means to train our kids “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord”. What is the nature of a child? How does raising kids with the gospel in mind change the way we parent?

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]]> full 99 7 false no 53:57 No no Designing your Life, Gospel-Style – The Voice of the Shepherd #12 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/designing-your-life-gospel-style-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-12/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:12:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2119 In this episode we discuss how the Gospel speaks to career planning. How does the Gospel inform our decision-making about job opportunities and earning potential? Often the Gospel is seen as directing us to more seemingly spiritual careers like ministry. But are there other considerations and a bigger picture that it offers?

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]]> full 98 7 false no 51:33 No no When Religion Gets in the Way – The Voice of the Shepherd #11 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/when-religion-gets-in-the-way-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-11/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:28:07 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2115 In this episode we contrast practicing religion with practicing the faith of Christ. Religion prescribes a set of beliefs and practices to bring us closer to God. According to that definition, is the true Christian faith a religion or not?

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]]> full 97 7 false no 1:03:52 No no Politics in the Church? – The Voice of the Shepherd #10 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/politics-in-the-church-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-10/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:54:07 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2112 In this episode we explore how the Gospel informs our relationships in church when we find that we hold different political views from one another. In our culture today churches divide over political ideology, but the Gospel unites people who are different if they’ll truly follow Jesus as Lord.

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]]> full 96 7 false no 54:02 No no Gay Marriage in the Church? – The Voice of the Shepherd #9 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/gay-marriage-in-the-church-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-9/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:23:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2110 In this episode we continue our discussion of marriage and explore how a Gospel ethic might apply to the challenging question of gay marriage inside the Church?

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]]> full 95 7 false no 56:53 No no What is Marriage? – The Voice of the Shepherd #8 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/what-is-marriage-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-8/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:27:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2107 Following on the previous episode about divorce and remarriage, in this episode we begin a discussion of the nature and historical development of marriage as it relates to the questions of gay marriage and the Bible’s condemnation of homosexual practice.

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]]> full 94 7 false no 55:42 No no A Legal Loophole? – The Voice of the Shepherd #7 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/a-legal-loophole-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-7/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:15:10 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2105 Today we discuss a question about Jesus’s teachings on divorce and remarriage, as it relates to our series on living under the law-free (but not lawless) ethic of the gospel.

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]]> full 93 7 false no 55:51 No no The Body Ethic – The Voice of the Shepherd #6 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-body-ethic-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-6/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:08:30 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2102 In this episode we examine the ethical implications of membership in the body of Christ.

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]]> full 92 7 false no 1:01:16 No no Holy Vessels – The Voice of the Shepherd #5 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/holy-vessels-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-5/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:19:59 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2098 The gospel teaches that believers have experienced a death and resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit. Consequently, they are a new order of humankind remade through the indwelling Holy Spirit in the likeness of Christ, who is the exact representation of the Father. Ethically, we should express our new nature in our attitudes…

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]]> full 91 7 false no 56:44 No no The Freedom Ethic – The Voice of the Shepherd #4 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-freedom-ethic-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-4/ Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:55:08 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2095 If you’re free in Christ, then does that freedom look like following your desires? Or were you set free from slavery to your desires, just as you were set free from slavery to rules and regulations?

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]]> full 90 7 false no 59:39 No no Law-free but not Lawless – The Voice of the Shepherd #3 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/law-free-but-not-lawless-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-3/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:21:26 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2093 In our series we’re claiming that the Christian’s way of life is not determined by any written code. But does that mean we are lawless? Does it mean we have no defined ethic?

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]]> full 89 7 false no 56:36 No no “If then…” – The Voice of the Shepherd #2 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/if-then-the-voice-of-the-shepherd-2/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:19:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2090 Paul told the Colossians that if they have died with Christ — and have been raised with him — then that means they should (and they can) live a new way. What’s that mean? It means the gospel provides us with an ethic. In this episode we explore what it means to live differently, not…

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]]> full 88 7 false no 59:31 No no The Voice of the Shepherd #1 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/the-voice-of-the-shepherd-1/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:59:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2087 In this series we seek to understand the gospel as the ethical standard for the Christian life. As distinct from the Bible generally, or traditional morality, can the message about Christ provide the culturally flexible, yet objectively clear pattern that we need for living a life that glorifies God?

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]]> full 87 7 false no 58:10 No no Kingdom Come – Redefining Faith #14 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/kingdom-come-redefining-faith-14/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:20:54 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2085 In this episode we compare differing visions of “the end of the world.” In the biblical vision, rather than being the end of God’s creation followed by an immaterial eternity, it’s actually the beginning of a new creation where the redeemed will live (and work!) in new bodies with God in a renewed universe.

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]]> full 86 6 false no 43:34 No no To Die is Gain – Redefining Faith #13 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/podcast/to-die-is-gain-redefining-faith-13/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:03:00 +0000 https://www.faithrecoverypodcast.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2082 Today’s discussion ranges from demonic possession to the difference between Hades and Hell. We also explain how the gospel changes the after-life experience for those who believe.

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