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CHRISTIANITY WITH AN EDGE-WITH SCOTT E. ROKELY

492 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

Have you ever gotten tired of all of the foolishness and religious rules that bad religion inevitably adds to New Testament Christianity? If so, this is the podcast for you. Spotting bad religion, practicing the presence of God, New Testament Christianity, relationship not religion, love instead of rules, realizing who God made you to be, being the person God made you to be, tolerance, acceptance, love, enlightened, the keys of Christianity, open-minded, unlocking the power of God inside of you,

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308-ESCAPING THE HAPPINESS TRAP-WHERE TO FIND JOY

November 11, 2023 20:22 - 36 minutes - 32.7 MB

Contemplating suicide, I held the loaded 357 magnum revolver in my hand. I reluctantly put the gun down. I determined to find lasting joy whatever it took. After many years, I found the wellspring of Joy. And I want to tell you how to get lasting Joy in your life too.

307-STOP YOUR WAR WITH TODAY

October 31, 2023 20:15 - 33 minutes - 29.7 MB

God's Peace is pressing in on us from every side. Learn how to stop pushing God's Peace away in your mind. The key is changing your perception of yourself and others. The effects are monumental. God's recipe for Peace. End your resistance to today.

306-WHY OTHER'S OPINION OF YOU IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

October 21, 2023 16:53 - 29 minutes - 28.8 MB

I discuss: the most unused fringe benefit from God, how to feel right and be right today no matter what happens, are you experiencing all the benefits of the kingdom of God today? our overwhelming rightness from God, God’s high view of you, are you sinning against Christ by having a low opinion about yourself? and why other people's opinion of you is none of your business.  

305-SEE THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST SHINING BRIGHTLY WITHIN OTHERS

October 07, 2023 13:56 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MB

How to begin seeing others the way God sees them. Do one simple spiritual exercise and watch how much it changes how you see other people. But, it's better than that, because it will also help improve other people's self image, and help them to actually change themselves. The power of perception, allowing God to see out of our eyes, the way God sees people, how to create circles of blessing, what God sees on your personal highlight reel, how to use your faith when perceiving others.

304-GET OVER YOURSELF

September 30, 2023 14:41 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Would you like to know a practical way to get over yourself, enlarge your consciousness, to stop being triggered by others, to become less reactive, to handle criticism better and to experience a little piece of Heaven right now? Get over yourself. I'll show you how. St. Francis of Assisi, the ego, the egoic mind, reactive mind, Michael Singer, accepting others for where they are.

303-THE LORD'S PRAYER: JESUS GOES REVOLUTIONARY

September 02, 2023 14:22 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

The Christian Church often recites the Lord's Prayer verbatim. People have it memorized. But few people actually pray the way Jesus tells us to pray in the Lord's Prayer. Jesus was and is a revolutionary. And in the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches us a revolutionary way to pray that few Christians practice.  revolutionary, revolution, spiritual revolution, radical thinking, eastern monism, passion, zeal, courage, agitation, disruption, persistence, idealism, grassroots organizing, charisma, sac...

302-OFF THE SOCIAL GRID IS OFF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

August 10, 2023 14:29 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

When we stop reaching out to others, we pay a price that's much bigger than we could realize. Here are the last 11 ways we damage ourselves when we become an emotional island. Dropping off the social grid, losing connection with others, the price of detachment from others, becoming isolated, healing effects of community, A Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks, the clearly defined benefits of connectedness.

301-WHY BOTHER CONNECTING MORE WITH OTHERS? TWO MORE IMPORTANT REASONS

July 15, 2023 15:44 - 21 minutes - 22.1 MB

I discuss more proof that connecting more with others has surprising benefits. Take it from a lifelong introvert like me, I do much better when I make small efforts to connect with everyone I encounter during my day. And science now shows proof of socializing and human happiness. Plus, a story that might help cure you of more-itis. How to be happier, introvers, extroverts, benefits of socializing.

300-READY TO EXPLODE EMOTIONALLY? TRY THIS!

July 08, 2023 15:20 - 29 minutes - 28 MB

As a pop bottle will explode in foam when shaken, so do we all explode in anger when we are shaken by life events. Science says a very simple way exists to vent the emotional pressure we all feel at times, so we become less volatile in our temperment. I neglected doing this for 30 years, and paid the price. Listen as I share something that has helped me tremendously. UCLA study, how to calm your brain, Wayne Dyer, healthy way to vent anger.

299-TWO URGENT REASONS TO CONNECT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE

June 29, 2023 17:06 - 27 minutes - 28.7 MB

18 good things will happen to you if you connect with the right people. And the sooner you do, the sooner you'll receive what you need. Don't wait! I'll discuss who the right people are, and I'll go over the first two of these 18 good things in this podcast.

298-SURGEON GENERAL-"AMERICA'S EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS AND ISOLATION"

June 16, 2023 15:06 - 26 minutes - 29.1 MB

It's now a scientific fact that loneliness will kill you. We can't make it through life alone. We need other people. I was a loner all my life until I learned the Power of Connection with others.

297-LIFE HAS PAIN, SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL-THE PARABLE OF TWO ARROWS

June 06, 2023 15:06 - 18 minutes - 19.5 MB

The parable of two arrows has completely changed my life. It has revolutionized my thought life. And it has eliminated a lot of suffering from my life. It can help you too. For your own sake, please listen. Forgiveness, ending suffering, unnecessary suffering, parable of the unmerciful servant, mercy, taking offense, torment, torture, Buddhist parable of the two arrows, Buddha

296-THE ACID TEST OF WHETHER WE HAVE FORGIVEN SOMEONE

May 20, 2023 15:48 - 22 minutes - 24.3 MB

I thought I had forgiven someone, but I had not. I failed the acid test of forgiveness. Listen as I describe the ultimate test of whether you have in fact forgiven someone. I am finally starting to understand what being "blameless" really means.

295-JUST TAKE THE NEXT STEP

April 29, 2023 15:47 - 22 minutes - 25.4 MB

Sometimes we wait to see the total picture before we obey God. But hearing from the Holy Spirit is much easier when we simply take the next step he shows us. This next step may not seem related to the challenge before you, but often it is. Spiritual ties, led by the Spirit, hearing from God, recognizing the voice of the Holy Spirit, how to hear from God.

294-GET OUT OF THE RESULTS BUSINESS AND GET INTO THE OBEDIENCE BUSINESS

April 08, 2023 15:17 - 31 minutes - 33.9 MB

Stop trying to whip up your faith and learn how to flow with God's faith. Trying to get results in this world produces anxiety and worry. Instead of trying to whip up your faith to get the results you want, learn how to enter into the rest of God.  I also discuss a simple but amazingly powerful way to read the Bible that is so simple, that you probably never thought of it.   

293-HOW TO ENTER THE REST OF GOD

April 01, 2023 16:02 - 31 minutes - 34.3 MB

Is your life filled with anxiety? Is it hard for you to find rest for your mind and body? I've got good news for you, I used to be like that too. But then I learned how to enter the rest of God. Fear, anxiety, God resistance, faith resistance, hard heart, Putin, Xi, Keto, ketones, blood sugar, insulin, insulin resistance, fat, diet, Alzheimer's 

292-I ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CANNOT CONTROL MY ANGER, AND OTHER LIES

March 04, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 27.1 MB

The level of anger you feel inside does not depend on what happens to you. Instead, it depends on what you tell yourself about what just happened to you. Anger, hyperbole, exaggeration, label, labelling, exaggerated, Stoicism, Stoics, Marcus Aurelius, broke my heart, impulse control, controlling anger, temper, volatility, volatile, managing anger, we create our own suffering, anger management

291-MOST EFFECTIVE WAY I'VE YET DISCOVERED TO CONTROL ANGER.

February 25, 2023 15:14 - 28 minutes - 32 MB

Jesus the Christ, the Apostle Paul, and the Roman Stoics Seneca and Marcus Aurelius all agree on this point. To avoid absolute unending misery, you absolutely, positively, MUST NOT do this! Conversely, I will discuss the most effective way I have yet discovered how to control anger. This will work for you if you will do it!

290-IN HEAVEN, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR? BUILDING YOUR SPIRITUAL LEGACY NOW

February 17, 2023 14:46 - 24 minutes - 26.5 MB

Don't wait for your deathbed to start thinking about what you'll be known for in Heaven. I discuss two more ways to help people that you can practice most everyday.

289-THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL ACTS OF MERCY

February 09, 2023 19:59 - 25 minutes - 29.5 MB

How can you give mercy to other people? I discuss not only more ways to give a little bit of God's mercy away, but I talk about the blessing our doubts can give to us.

288-HOW CAN YOU BECOME MORE MERCY FULL?

February 02, 2023 14:17 - 16 minutes - 18.4 MB

God wants Mercy to be in constant circulation. He constantly showers mercy on us and to keep it going, all we have to do is give just a little Mercy away to someone else, who may or may not deserve it. I discuss how to become more merciful.

287-MERCY IS THE POINT OF HUMAN LIFE

January 28, 2023 16:09 - 23 minutes - 26.2 MB

Mercy is foundationaI to Christianity. I discuss the first 2 of 14 ways to give Mercy to other people.  Mercy is NOT getting what you deserve. Mercy is getting what you DO NOT deserve.

286-WHERE HAS REPENTANCE GONE IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH?

January 21, 2023 15:33 - 28 minutes - 31.2 MB

American pop culture absolutely rejects this whole idea of repentance. The American Christian Church rarely talks about it. Jesus says Heaven is at hand, but nobody can get there unless they repent. Exactly what is repentance? It's not what you might think it is.

285-DOCTORS SAY IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, TURNS OUT IT WASN'T!

January 16, 2023 16:26 - 23 minutes - 26.3 MB

For years doctors told my wife Patty, "there is nothing wrong with you, you need to see a counselor."  But they were all wrong. We hung in there as a couple and a wonderful healing occurred!

284-HOW TO SEE THE WAY GOD SEES

January 06, 2023 14:21 - 21 minutes - 22.3 MB

Just before he was dragged away and murdered, Jesus, God's Christ, uttered some words that the Christian Church still doesn't want to hear. Listen as I talk about how to see the way God sees.

283-HOW TO CREATE MUCH MORE PEACE IN YOUR LIFE

December 24, 2022 15:55 - 21 minutes - 24.4 MB

In this season of Peace, I discuss how Patty, my wife, and I resolved a long standing conflict to a win-win resolution. We applied basic principles of conflict resolution that anyone can use to reduce conflict in their life. These principles will work for you!

282-FROM MERCHANT OF DEATH TO PEACEMAKER, ALFRED NOBEL-HOW TO BE A PEACEMAKER

December 16, 2022 13:18 - 24 minutes - 26.8 MB

This is the season of the birth of the "Prince of Peace" Jesus the Christ. I talk about Alfred Nobel who became a peacemaker after a lifetime dedicated to making implements of death and destruction. In his lifetime Nobel was called "The Merchant of Death." But in his death he is known as the founder of the annual Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize. Listen as I discuss his fascinating story, and how to be a peacemaker in this world of conflict.

281-A CHRISTMAS PARABLE

December 08, 2022 11:32 - 14 minutes - 15.7 MB

What in the world did Jesus mean when he said, "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God?" I give the answer in a parable I wrote for this podcast. Be blessed! 

280-HOW I BEAT DEPRESSION

December 02, 2022 16:43 - 24 minutes - 26.6 MB

This episode is about my lifelong battle with depression and how I finally beat it with the help of God. What helped me will probably help you too. I explain how Narcissism and Depression have a lot in common.

279-E-G-O, EDGING GOD OUT.

November 26, 2022 16:08 - 27 minutes - 30.4 MB

Why is the world so messed up? Because it is largely run by the human ego. It is easy to see the well known egotistical personalities in American pop culture. But it's not so easy to see how entrenched the ego is in all of us. I shine light on the pervasive ego and offer a way out of the insanity.

278-TEARING DOWN THE WALLS WE CREATE IN OUR MINDS

November 18, 2022 13:43 - 25 minutes - 28.3 MB

We all, at times try to protect ourselves from being hurt by building walls in our mind to protect us from other people hurting us. But these walls will imprison us in a jail of our own making, and we have the key in our hands. I tell an amazing story of a lady who had to die before she realized what she was doing to herself.

277-MY WIFE SAYS I'VE REALLY CHANGED, THIS IS WHY

November 08, 2022 17:01 - 29 minutes - 32.4 MB

I've changed my consciousness and my wife says I am a much different person now. Could my story help you improve your relationships? I think so.

276-DID CHRIST EMPTY HELL AFTER HIS DEATH? THE HARROWING OF HELL

October 15, 2022 13:41 - 22 minutes - 24.7 MB

Christ loves you so much that he went to hell for you. But He didn't go to hell to suffer. He went there to EMPTY it. I discuss the well established tradition of THE HARROWING OF HELL, by Christ.

275-HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE YOU

October 08, 2022 14:56 - 24 minutes - 27.7 MB

I discuss a first step towards Loving others by learning why Highly Sensitive People act the way they do. And why so called negative charateristics of HSPs are in fact the core of their strength. Also, how to quickly get on God's plan for your life.

274-WHY HAVING A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE IS A BLESSING FROM GOD

October 01, 2022 13:16 - 26 minutes - 29.2 MB

Five reasons God blesses humanity through Highly Sensitive People. I make the case for why highly sensitive persons are important, even indispensible for any society. Highly Sensitive People we appreciate you!

273-WHY 20 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY, AND HOW TO HELP THEM

September 10, 2022 12:20 - 26 minutes - 30.3 MB

I discuss the last six of the 12 traits of Highly Sensitive People. Listening to this will help you to better RELATE to, better UNDERSTAND, and better FORGIVE the Highly Sensitive People in your life.

272-HOW TO EASILY SPOT A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON (HSP), AND WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW

September 02, 2022 15:05 - 26 minutes - 29.2 MB

You either are a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), or you have one in your life you need to get along with. Getting to know their traits and why they act as they do may just mean they won't drive you nearly as crazy as they might otherwise. My wife Patty and I are both HSPs and we can help you to understand and accept yourself or someone else in your life.

271-WE PROBABLY AGREED TO BE INCARNATED INTO THIS WORLD-ARE YOU A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON (HSP)

August 27, 2022 14:51 - 25 minutes - 28.6 MB

We agreed to our incarnation on this crazy planet? I believe we all do. Listen as I make my case for this idea. And I also end the podcast by delving into exactly who a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is. When you understand HSPs, you will finally begin understanding why your spouse, child, friend, or co-worker drives you a little crazy.

270-IF A PERSON IS NOT LOVING, ARE THEY A CHRISTIAN?

August 20, 2022 14:05 - 21 minutes - 21.7 MB

One source for answering this crucial question, is a Christian doctrine that nobody seems to understand, the Trinity. I unpack this ancient belief of the Church that most Christians in America think is completely irrelevant. Actually the Trinity shows how God is intimately connected to every person alive, whether they are Christian or not. Also, why God is more a verb than a noun.

269-THE LOGOS, ECHOES FROM THE FUTURE? BREADCRUMBS OF CHRIST, CLUES FROM THE FUTURE?

August 13, 2022 14:51 - 26 minutes - 29.1 MB

The Universe is leaving clues all around us how we should proceed. And the strange thing is that these clues are given to us from a Being who in some senses is in the Future. What are these Clues of Life? Where can we find them? Breadcrumbs of Christ from the Future? Listen as I discuss the LOGOS who ministers to us from both the Future and the Past, as well as the Present.

268-GOD IS NOT A PERFECTIONIST-WHY PERFORMANCE BASED CHRISTIANITY CAN'T WORK

August 06, 2022 13:19 - 22 minutes - 23.7 MB

Do you see God as being a perfectionist? He's really not! God uses our imperfection to draw us towards himself. See what God is really looking for in any person. And are you living at God's pace or your own frenetic pace? I also show how insomnia pushes me towards God. I start with an awesome true story I heard this week.

267-CONCLUSION OF 7 WAYS WE ALL RESIST THE HOLY SPIRIT

July 31, 2022 13:46 - 20 minutes - 22 MB

Every day we fight a war inside our minds. And each day brings a spiritual curriculum we will be challenged with. To learn the lessons we need to learn today, we must side with the Spirit of Christ, not against him. Learn how to win the mental battle.

266-THE WAR FOR YOUR MIND

July 16, 2022 14:02 - 25 minutes - 26.9 MB

People are often unaware of the war constantly going on in their mind. This battle is so common to us we don't even realize it is taking place. But to be unaware of the battle is to lose the battle. I discuss the first four of seven ways to win this war.

265-BEWARE "STIFF-NECKED" RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

July 08, 2022 08:21 - 23 minutes - 25.3 MB

What are the warning signs of religious people who are opposed to what the Spirit of Christ is trying to do in every church, in every society?  And exactly what kind of person does the Spirit of Christ want to be in leadership in any Christian group? It's not the type of person often selected.

264-WHY IS THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH SO AFRAID OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

June 25, 2022 13:07 - 23 minutes - 25.4 MB

All Christians have the Holy Spirit, but you would never know it. And most have no interest in any friendship with the Spirit or in being filled with the Spirit. Why? Why is that? And what exactly is the FULL message of Jesus the Christ anyway?

263-DO YOU HAVE THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT CHRIST HAS?

June 18, 2022 13:41 - 18 minutes - 20.5 MB

You may believe in Christ, but do you actually have the same consciousness that Jesus the Christ has? Believing in Christ and having the consciousness of Christ are two entirely separate matters!

262-IS UNION WITH GOD POSSIBLE?

April 16, 2022 12:43 - 27 minutes - 28.4 MB

I also discuss how we overcome the crucifixions life brings our way, and how we don't have to try to do things, but simply allow God to do things through us. 

261-CONCLUSION, 7 RULES TO DISCERN THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

April 09, 2022 13:10 - 27 minutes - 29.6 MB

I discuss all seven rules, how to have a healthy relationship with a spiritual mentor, and the surprisingly tough love the Holy Spirit brings to help us all. 

260-KIDNAPPED, ESCAPED, IMPOSSIBLE FLIGHT IN DARK TO FREEDOM

April 02, 2022 15:44 - 30 minutes - 32.5 MB

This is the most amazing true story I have ever heard. Listen as I tell Paul Dye's real life  Impossible Flight to freedom. Here is a man who knew and obeyed the voice of God, and did what no pilot can do. 

259-GREATEST SPIRIT-LED DIET IDEA I'VE EVER SEEN

March 26, 2022 14:45 - 31 minutes - 33.9 MB

This exercise will teach you to both hear from and obey the Holy Spirit. If you can do this, you can do just about anything, because stopping when eating something tasty is one of the hardest things in life. Once you can do that, there are no limits in your life.

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