Episodios

  • Ten Years of The Up Daily Devotional! An interview with Todd Gale of Life 100.3FM

    Ten Years of The Up Daily Devotional! An interview with Todd Gale of Life 100.3FM
    Jul 9 2025
    I write a daily devotional five days a week. It's called The Up Daily Devotional -- and it's celebrating 10 years! Here's a bit more info, and an interview with Todd Gale of Life 100.3FM. What is it? How does it help? How can I sign up?
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    11 m
  • People of the Word are People of Their Word—In These 3 Ways

    People of the Word are People of Their Word—In These 3 Ways
    Jul 6 2025
    Words have real power, for good or ill. How can we stay true in a time of cheap words, deception and manipulation? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode), makes 3 practical suggestions. These are based on the 9th command to not bear false witness; Matthew 5:33-37 and James 3:1-12. Bonhoeffer said that a disciple should be a light, even in his words.
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    26 m
  • True Happiness, Contentment and the Coveting Thief

    True Happiness, Contentment and the Coveting Thief
    Jun 30 2025
    Don't steal or covet. So says God. Why not? This sermons explores that answer and relates it directly to the modern lust for bigger, better more. Roy Oswald says: "The truly happy person is the one who wants, more than anything else, what he already has."
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    29 m
  • Adultery, Lust, Porn and Throwing the First Stone

    Adultery, Lust, Porn and Throwing the First Stone
    Jun 22 2025
    Adultery, marriage, pornography, and sexuality. Attitudes have certainly changed. Why was the 7th command "the great sin"? Why did Jesus say even that lust was adultery in the heart? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) explores difficult but essential topics including the modern health emergency that no one wants to discuss. One thing is for sure: Thoughts are coordinates.
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    24 m
  • Murder, Manslaughter, War, Hunting, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia—and Anger

    Murder, Manslaughter, War, Hunting, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia—and Anger
    Jun 16 2025
    We seem infatuated with death, and are getting more creative at killing (and justifying it). This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) explores the 6th command to not murder and Jesus' commentary in Matthew 5:21-26. How do we form opinions about right and wrong? Popular opinion, friends, media? Or do we look to the will and wisdom of God?
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    31 m
  • Should the Sabbath be on Saturday or Sunday for Christians?

    Should the Sabbath be on Saturday or Sunday for Christians?
    Jun 5 2025
    Sabbath rest is a command. Originally that was on Saturday. Should Christians still do that, or is it now on Sunday, or something else? This episode and blog explores an issue related to the fourth command, to remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
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    15 m
  • What does it actually mean to honour my parents?

    What does it actually mean to honour my parents?
    Jun 2 2025
    Our society tends to dis-honour older people and ideas; we worship youth culture. This is a stain which brings harm. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) unpacks Exodus 20:12 to honour your father and mother. What does that mean, and how do we apply it today in practical ways?
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    30 m
  • The counter-cultural restoration of Sabbath rest one day a week

    The counter-cultural restoration of Sabbath rest one day a week
    May 26 2025
    Rest is an act of war against the powers of chaos. Is that statement too strong, or just right? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) explores the 4th command about keeping the Sabbath day holy.
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    28 m