CHRISTIANITY WITH AN EDGE-WITH SCOTT E. ROKELY
492 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHave 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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258-THE BALANCED WAY BETWEEN CHARISMANIACS AND CHARISPHOBICS
March 20, 2022 10:32 - 30 minutes - 33.3 MBAvoid the extremes in spirit-filled life. Don't put out the Spirit's fire, but don't act like an idiot either! I discuss Paul's suggested balance between extremes, and I share a lifetime of experiences, good and bad, I've had as a Spirit-filled Christian.
257-SEVEN SIMPLE RULES TO KNOW THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
March 12, 2022 15:50 - 30 minutes - 33.9 MBIs that thought just my idea or is it from the Holy Spirit? We've all been there. I discuss 7 simple rules that can help you find out whether the idea you just got is from God. Also, why the fire of the Spirit is a good thing.
256-WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT?
March 05, 2022 15:53 - 31 minutes - 33.5 MBTired of the way you've been feeling lately? In this episode I attempt to describe what it feels like to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The understatement of the year is: It feels wonderful! The good news is that you also can regularly experience this life changing event.
255-GO WITH THE FLOW-A NEW PARABLE
February 26, 2022 15:10 - 27 minutes - 29.7 MBThe Spirit has given me a new parable to tell. The "Universe" is one gigantic flow of energy. Through the Spirit, we can be carried where we need to be. All we need to do is "Get in the Flow of the Spirit" and remain there.
254-HOW TO SOW TO THE SPIRIT
February 19, 2022 15:46 - 30 minutes - 32.3 MBScientists tell us everything in the Universe radiates energy. The Holy Spirit radiates energy to anyone who remains in His Presence. Discover a way to remain tapped into and filled with the Spirit's energy. You can access the energy God uses to create and maintain this world. This way is called "Sowing to please the Spirit," and it can literally re-energize your life.
253-TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO BEFRIEND THE HOLY SPIRIT?
February 12, 2022 16:32 - 29 minutes - 30.6 MBIt takes a little effort to remain in the Spirit's presence. Most Christians won't pay the price. Listen to the story of a church that didn't befriend the Spirit. Don't make their mistake.
252-CHRIST'S GIFT 82% OF CHRISTIANS DON'T WANT
February 05, 2022 15:46 - 31 minutes - 33.4 MBWhat if God wanted to give you the most awesome gift imaginable. This gift would make you happy, and be an endless source of guidance and provision for your life. Tragically, 82% of the Christians in the U.S. don't want anything to do with this gift. I discuss God's incredible gift to every Christian, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit!
251-WICCA, TAROT CARDS, MEDIUMS, DRAWING LOTS, CRYSTALS, ASTROLOGY?
January 29, 2022 15:13 - 28 minutes - 29.8 MBWouldn't it be nice if the Universe was working for you and not against you? I discuss many ways people have sought to know God's will and to harness some of God's power. I know such a way and I'd like to tell you about it.
250-CHRIST FOUGHT TO LIBERATE WOMEN FROM OPPRESSION
January 22, 2022 16:22 - 31 minutes - 34.6 MBNo one in 1st Century Judea did more to treat women equally than Christ, so it's ironic that many in the women's liberation movement have rejected Christianity because of it's historical attitudes towards women.
249-NIETZSCHE WAS RIGHT, THE GOD OF MANY CHRISTIANS DOES SEEM TO BE DEAD
January 15, 2022 15:43 - 28 minutes - 30.9 MBFriedrich Nietzsche once famously said, "God is dead." And if you look closely at the powerlessness of many churches today, it seems he may have been right considering how irrelevant bad religion seems to make Him. But it doesn't have to be this way for you. Listen as I discuss the Life giving, creative genius of God.
248-HOW TO STAY IN TUNE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
January 08, 2022 18:07 - 31 minutes - 34.7 MBHow many ways can the Spirit of Christ speak to us? I also discuss how incredibly sensitive the Spirit is and how to avoid hardening your heart towards the Spirit's voice.
247-THE PRICE OF POWER
January 01, 2022 16:04 - 29 minutes - 33 MBEveryone wants more power, but few are willing to pay the price to get it. I discuss the basic thing every Christian must do for a victorious life, however, this price is too high for most people.
246-ESCAPE FROM MENTAL HELL, IN THIS LIFE
December 25, 2021 15:19 - 30 minutes - 32.8 MBHell in this life is refusing to cooperate with the Spirit of Christ who lives inside of you. And when you resist this Spirit, you experience Hell's half acre in this life! Good News, it's not hard to get out of your self-made Hell. Simply start cooperating with the Spirit of Christ inside of you, instead of resisting him.
245-TWO CHRISTMAS MIRACLES FOR MY FAMILY
December 18, 2021 15:51 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBMy family has had two miracles so far in this Christmas season, and I share how you too can have miracles in your life. Also, I discuss King Louis XIV of France contrasted with Jesus the Christ, King of Kings.
244-THE PASSION OF BLAISE PASCAL
December 11, 2021 16:02I discuss Blaise Pascal's passionate plea to Christendom and his famous wager. Also why "Cheap Grace" so enraged Pascal. In addition, I offer a wager to you the listener, which will revolutionize your life.
244-THE PASSION OF BLAISE PASCAL
December 11, 2021 16:02I discuss Blaise Pascal's passionate plea to Christendom and his famous wager. Also why "Cheap Grace" so enraged Pascal. In addition, I offer a wager to you the listener, which will revolutionize your life.
243-ADVENTURES WITH THE SPIRIT
December 04, 2021 14:59 - 30 minutes - 33.4 MBWe begin telling Luke's fascinating stories about what happens when Christians are filled with the Holy Spirit. Ordinary people do extraordinary things such as starting with only 120 people and less than 300 years later becoming the religion of the Roman Empire.
242-THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS NOT TO GO TO HEAVEN
November 27, 2021 15:05 - 29 minutes - 32.1 MBLuke strongly emphasizes certain themes in his gospel and in the book of Acts. The problem is, the Christian Church in America largely ignores his teaching. We also discuss why God bothers resurrecting Christians into physical bodies.
241-THE REAL EQUALIZER
October 23, 2021 13:23 - 23 minutes - 26 MBWouldn't it be wonderful if we had an omniscient, omnipotent, all-wise helper that could help us in everything we endeavor to do? This isn't Hollywood, it's Spiritual Reality, and his name is the Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Spirit of Christ. He is the Real Equalizer.
240-THE CRAZIEST NUNS IN THE WORLD
October 16, 2021 16:20 - 35 minutes - 37.7 MBI was introduced to this way of being filled with the Spirit by what I thought at the time were the craziest nuns in the world. Since then I have learned that they were not crazy, but that I was uninformed.
239-WORDS ARE SPIRITS, AND THROUGH WORDS, SPIRITS BECOME FLESH
October 09, 2021 18:22 - 30 minutes - 32.8 MBAccording to Jesus, Words are Spirits, and by simply speaking, we all create spirits that go out into the world, sent by us. These spirits will work to incarnate themselves into your world according to their nature. These spirits always bring something back to you. This Word-Spirit-Incarnation Machine works 24-7-365.
238-DID YOU KNOW THAT WORDS ARE SPIRITS?
October 02, 2021 16:52 - 34 minutes - 38.7 MBJesus once said His words are Spirit. So not surprisingly, your words are spirits too which either tear you down or give more Life to your life. Your words are more than you've ever realized.
237-SPIRITUAL POWER: HOW TO GET IT AND HOW TO KEEP IT
September 25, 2021 13:31 - 27 minutes - 29.3 MBSome people try to get more power in their life through crystals. But Jesus tells us the key to wisdom, power, and good fortune. And not one Christian in ten believes what Jesus said!
236-THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF SUBMISSION
September 18, 2021 16:18 - 30 minutes - 33.1 MBI talk about the "S" word in Christianity, the Submit word. I talk about the only way to submit to others and keep your sanity. And I discuss how submitting to others the wise way actually helps to fill us, and keep us filled, with the Holy Spirit.
235-GOD'S WILL? THE ANSWER WILL SURPRISE YOU
September 10, 2021 18:39 - 30 minutes - 31.2 MBEver wrestle with a decision trying to discern God's will for your life? We all have. But no matter how important the decision you have before you, it is not nearly as important to your life, as what I'm going to talk about in this podcast.
234-THE NEGLECTED PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
September 04, 2021 14:38 - 21 minutes - 22.6 MBWould you like to receive personally tailored instructions for your life from Jesus the Christ? You can, through "The Friend" of Jesus, the Holy Spirit. Listen to the surprising words of Jesus concerning his ultimate solution for your life's problems.
233-DOES THE BIBLE SAY WE SHOULDN'T LOVE OURSELVES? NO!!!
September 04, 2021 11:27 - 28 minutes - 30 MBI was taught by the Christian Church not to love myself. I was told loving myself was sinful. But I've learned over decades of experience that Biblical verses seemingly condemning loving yourself are not viewed in context and are often dangerously distorted by unloving interpretation.
232-ARE CHRISTIANS TO LOVE THEMSELVES? YES!!!
August 21, 2021 15:44 - 25 minutes - 57.4 MBJesus said "Love others as you love yourself." In reality, you will inevitably treat other people the way you treat yourself. And John says if you hate your brother, you are a murderer. So if you dislike yourself, you are treading dangerously close to murder.
231-SCIENCE EMBRACES THE POWER OF FAITH
August 14, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBScience is now proving the power of Human Consciousness, Human Faith, over matter. Listen as I talk about six astonishing scientific studies that show the amazing powers of the Human Mind.
230-MIND OVER MATTER? ASTOUNDING NEW SCIENCE
August 07, 2021 16:44 - 32 minutes - 75.6 MBScience is proving the concept of mind over matter over and over again. I discuss amazing scientific studies that demonstrate the power of human consciousness to affect matter.
229-JESUS DID NOT ASK FOR BLIND FAITH
July 31, 2021 14:36 - 30 minutes - 69.8 MBSometimes organized religion has the notion that believing in Jesus requires a leap into the uncertainty of faith. Actually, Jesus asked for no such thing.
228-THE WITNESS (PART 2)
July 24, 2021 16:16 - 31 minutes - 71.2 MBJesus the Christ is the only great religious leader who ever claimed to have lived in Heaven and then agreed to be incarnated into this Earth to tell us what he saw there. No other great religious leader ever made that claim. Jesus is: THE WITNESS.
227-THE WITNESS
July 17, 2021 16:01 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBNo great religious teacher in history ever said what Christ said of himself: "I, Jesus have lived in Heaven, I agreed to be incarnated and I came into this world to tell you what I learned in Heaven." No one, not Muhammed, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius, or Lao Tzu ever said that.
226-DO NDE's MEAN GOD DOES NOT JUDGE US?
July 10, 2021 15:20 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB16 million people in the US have likely had a Near Death Experience. Yet both psychiatrists and pastors routinely view them as psychosis or mere hallucinations. The fact is that NDEs almost always lead to greater mental health, not worse.
225-DID THE APOSTLE PAUL HAVE A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE (NDE)?
July 03, 2021 16:31 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBNear death experiences are fascinating. I've listened to hundreds of them, and I can tell you that when people experience the immensity of God's love for them, they are never the same again. Paul was completely surprised how different God really was compared to what religious people told him about God.
224-ARE YOU A WORRIER? HERE'S HELP
April 17, 2021 14:44 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBI discuss: how immaturity is the inability to see the bigger picture, why people worry, how to stop worrying in general, especially concerning your children, and why people who love refuse to worry.
223-LOVE DOES NOT COUNT, LOVE DOES NOT KEEP SCORE
April 03, 2021 14:41 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBI discuss the ultimate level of maturity, a level of life where you stop counting and keeping score. I also discuss: the immature vs. graduate level of Christianity, quality vs. quantity in your life as a Christian, and how unforgiveness kills.
222-GOD BELIEVES IN YOU BECAUSE HE IS IN YOU
March 27, 2021 16:02 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBJesus Christ told his friends just before his death that they would do greater good works than he did! He made this claim because he knew God was in them. And God is in you too. I also discuss strong evidence from the New Testament that God's Spirit is in unbelievers as well.
221-HOW GOD HAS TOTALLY UNITED WITH THE HUMAN RACE
March 20, 2021 16:59 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBThe Spirit of Christ is in everyone and everything. The implications of this astounding fact are endless, and they affect every relationship you have in your life. Listen as I describe how God thinks, from the words of Jesus the Christ himself.
220-DUALISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS, UNITIVE CONSCIOUSNESS BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS
March 13, 2021 18:19 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIt's not your fault. Everyone is born with a dualistic mind that naturally damages and even destroys relationships. Listen how you can shift from dualistic to unitive consciousness, and thereby stop shooting your relationships in the foot. Listen how to stop emotionally crucifying others.
219-GOD HAS UNITIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, DO YOU?
March 06, 2021 16:51 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBEveryone is born with a Dualistic Consciousness. A Dualistic Consciousness is great for survival and solving problems in the material world. But use it in your relationships and it will destroy them. And everyone does use it in their relationships. I discuss how to shift from Dualistic Consciousness to the Consciousness that God has, Unitive or Monistic Consciousness.
218-WIN/LOSE IS A LOSER, WIN/WIN IS A WINNER ATTITUDE
February 27, 2021 16:27 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThe so called Zero-Sum Game in which there is one winner and one loser arises from a distorted view of reality, called by some as a Scarcity Mentality. I discuss how the Abundance Mentality that emanates from God's very Consciousness, helps both sides in any interaction.
217-THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF INTENSELY LISTENING TO OTHER PEOPLE
February 20, 2021 15:32 - 31 minutes - 22 MBWe discuss: the power of intensely listening to others, the most surprising trait of a humble person, a medical doctor who made one of the greatest contributions to human health you've never heard of, and the unexpected benefits of being a lifelong learner.
216-TAKING LISTENING TO THE NEXT LEVEL
February 13, 2021 16:35 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBI discuss what people really want, to be listened to. Also, how to actively listen to others, how to progressively love your life, and how to live your life at 40,000 feet just looking down on it all.
215-THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
February 06, 2021 16:19 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBI also discuss the widespread, but insane definition of Freedom (that will imprison you), why really listening to others is the smartest thing you can do, and why being humble will get you much farther in life.
214-HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT DECISION
January 30, 2021 16:04 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBAre you facing a difficult decision? If so, this podcast will give you all important perspective concerning your plight. Often the decision we face is not the most important decision we will make that day.
213-WHAT IS HUMILITY?
January 23, 2021 16:37 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBHumility is not what people commonly think it is. Listen as I discuss what humility really is. I also discuss: how veterans can be healed of the emotional scars of war, why Love is not envious, and why businesses run by humble people do better than those run by the arrogant.
212-SHUTTING DOWN THE XEROX BRAIN
January 16, 2021 15:12 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBWe all want to avoid suffering, but we often create horrible suffering for ourselves and those around us until we learn the difference between necessary and unnecessary suffering.
211-DR. LARRY NASSER HELPS ME TO WALK AGAIN
January 09, 2021 17:12 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBAmerica has one hope to get off the insane path we are presently on. We must begin to realize that no one is 100% good, and no one is 100% bad. I give my testimony of how Dr. Larry Nasser the former Doctor to the US Woman's Gymnastic team and internationally known pedophile, helped me to walk again.
210-THE 13 BIASES OF LOVE (PART 1)
January 02, 2021 16:26 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBI've already covered the default operating system of the 13 Biased Brain. But much of what you get from this brain is hatred and fear. I now discuss the 13 Biases of Love, and exactly how to install the Love Biased Brain that reflects how God operates.