Dewey Bertolini's podcast
643 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsBy harmonizing the four Gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- we will study the life of Christ in chronological order, from the first utterances of the angels heralding His birth, to His crucifixion and resurrection. It is our sincere hope and expectation that as we immerse ourselves in Jesus' life and ministry, we will fall more deeply in love with Him, and become more and more like Him.
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Peter in HD (Part 13) -- A Day in the Life of the (First) Early Church
July 02, 2017 18:51 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBThese were exhilarating times indeed for that original company of committed Christ-followers. In this PODCAST, and in the upcoming weeks, it will be our privilege to relive these salad days of the first ekklesia—in Jerusalem—as we join in a virtual sense these first precious believers, our ancestors in the faith. Last week, we looked at the four foundational dynamics that characterized this first early church. Foundational for them; foundational for us. You will remember that we consider...
Peter in HD (Part 12) -- God's Biblical Blueprint for Every Local Church
June 25, 2017 19:41 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBAfter a wonderful week ministering at Hume Lake, it’s so good to be home. And so glorious to be back in the amazing book of Acts. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, the elegant simplicity of what God intended His local churches to look like and how He intended for them to function, coupled with unencumbered sincerity of His biblical blueprint for every local church ministry, is breathtaking to behold. Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it ma...
Jesus in HD (Encore #21) -- Right Stage Thinking in a Left Stage World
June 18, 2017 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBWhile I am away speaking at Hume Lake, please enjoy this encore PODCAST. You are about to hear an amazing story about a remarkable man, AND an encounter with Jesus that includes one of the most important and practical biblical principles that you will find anywhere in the pages of the Bible. Quite a claim, I know. One that I will absolutely prove in this PODCAST. A principle that I will be presumptuous enough to suggest that you and I need to hear, and of which we need to be reminded, ...
Peter in HD (Part 11) -- Setting the Record Straight Re: Baptism
June 11, 2017 18:29 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBIt is an elegantly simple, straightforward, non-controversial statement (at least in original language). Yet, as you will hear in this PODCAST, one that has led to nearly 2000 years of confusion. Confusion over things like: What is the proper mode of baptism? (Sprinkling? Immersing?) Should babies be baptized? Is baptism a sacrament? An ordinance? What’s the difference between the two? And what does it matter? Must someone be baptized in order to be saved? And if you have not been bap...
Peter in HD (Part 10) -- A Day Unlike Any Other
June 04, 2017 17:43 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIt is time for us to celebrate. That’s the tone with which I want to share this PODCAST with you tonight. A tone of celebration. A celebration of a day unlike any other. A day that began so ordinarily; but one that ended so spectacularly, in the Holy City, on the southern steps of the Holy Temple Mount. So many miles from this place (McMinnville); so many years from this year (2017). Yet this was a day—the effects of which are so clearly manifested in the fact that you would not be...
Peter in HD (Part 9) -- Resolved!
May 28, 2017 18:59 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBAs you are about to hear in this PODCAST, to our Western sensibilities, Acts 2:23 plunges us into a theological quagmire of staggering proportions. The age-old debate between God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility. But trust me. When Peter introduced this indictment of that Day of Pentecost crowd, he didn’t even flinch. And therein lies the story. Consider this: It’s verses like Acts 2:23 that have given rise to literally centuries of endless (and may I humbly suggest, pointless)...
Peter in HD (Part 8) -- Proof Positive
May 21, 2017 17:40 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBIt was proof undeniable. A reality on the ground about which every person in that vast crowd on this most significant Day of Pentecost knew. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, Peter triumphantly trumpeted to that crowd, and to us, “As you yourselves know.” Boy, did they know. How could they not have known? Fact is, reports of this wonder-working man from Galilee had circulated far and wide throughout the whole of the Roman Empire. Eyewitness accounts of His “miracles, wonders, a...
Peter in HD (Part 7) -- A Minor Prophet with a MAJOR Message
May 14, 2017 17:54 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBWelcome to Peter’s first-ever sermon. As you will hear in this PODCAST, this fisherman-turned-preacher’s initial foray into the world of sermonizing is memorable in extreme. And whether you realize it or not, Peter’s first sermon out of the gate is all about… Grasshoppers. As in locusts. Lots and lots of locusts. A plague of locusts. A past-plague of locusts. A coming plague of locusts. And a future (even future for us) plague of locusts. See it there in Acts 2:14-16? Listen as I rea...
Peter in HD (Part 6) -- The Glorious Gift of Tongues
May 07, 2017 16:17 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBIt is one of the great ironies of Christian life. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, the Holy Spirit came to this earth in Jesus’ absence in part to bring a supernatural unity to committed Christ-followers throughout the world. For example, we read in Ephesians 4:3, “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” That phrase “the unity of the Spirit” notwithstanding, Christians throughout the world have arguably divided more over the gifts of Holy ...
Peter in HD (Part 5) -- THE Most Important Holiday That We (Sadly) Never Celebrate
April 30, 2017 19:08 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBReady to hit the ground running? This is so exciting. And just remember, I Love this stuff! As you will hear in this PODCAST, in the culture of Jesus’ day, the agricultural cycle of sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting, was absolutely central to the existence of the Jewish people. So much so that the agricultural calendar was an essential part of the day-in and day-out rhythm of their lives, including Jesus’. You can understand why. They could not simply go to Roths, Winco, Albers...
Peter in HD (Part 4) -- The Most Important Person of Whom You Have (Perhaps) Never Heard
April 23, 2017 17:50 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBHis name was Matthias. I wouldn’t blame you a bit if you had no recollection of this selfless servant of Christ. As you will hear in this PODCAST, Matthias is mentioned only twice in the NT, both times here in Acts 1 (verses 23 and 26). At first blush, Matthias may appear to be just a footnote in the ever-developing drama of redemption. But I can assure you that he is anything but. Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it may take up to 60 seconds f...
Peter in HD (Part 3) -- The Forgotten Half of THE Greatest Story
April 16, 2017 17:05 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBToday is Easter Sunday. BUT, as you are about to hear in this PODCAST, today is infinitely, eternally so much more than that. A day of incomparable significance. "Christ IS risen. He is risen INDEED." But that is only half the story. Ready to hear the other half? Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it might take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play. God bless you richly as you listen.
Peter in HD (Part 2) -- Heavenly Homecoming
April 09, 2017 18:11 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBSuch incredibly dramatic moment, on multiple levels. That is what you are about to hear in this PODCAST. Finally, the time had come for Jesus to go home. He had been away from home, more specifically, away from His beloved Father, for some thirty-three years. Jesus, who from eternity past was according to John 1:1 face-to-face with His Father, enjoying from eternity past an unbroken, undiminished intimacy with His Father that eclipses every possible human relationship. Thirty-three y...
Peter in HD (Part 1) -- Unhindered!
April 02, 2017 18:24 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBSo it is with a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye that in this PODCAST we bid adieu to Jesus in HD. Lest you regret that we will now no longer hear all-things-Jesus-related, fear not, my friends. For as we now break the seal on the amazing book of Acts and our study of Peter in HD, which of course will then pivot to Paul in HD somewhere around ch 13, and as I will demonstrate in mere moments, the book of Acts is very much a book all about Jesus primarily; Peter, Paul and other apostle...
Jesus in HD (Part 205) -- The Great Commission, AKA Jesus' Ministry Model
March 26, 2017 19:16 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBWelcome to the conclusion of Jesus in HD! It's been 205 podcasts in coming, but here it is. On deck, Peter in HD and the bright and beautiful book of Acts. That will be next week. But for now, it is universally referred to as “Great Commission.” As you are about to hear in this PODCAST… Yes, I will readily agree that Jesus’ words here at the tail-end of Matthew’s glorious gospel are indeed “great.” And yes, they do in fact contain a “commission.” Jesus’ final commission to His discip...
Jesus in HD (Part 204) -- Turning Point at Tabgha -- A Redemption Story
March 19, 2017 18:30 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThe angel said to the women, “But go, tell His disciples — and Peter…” As you will hear in this PODCAST, kudos to Peter for allowing Mark to include this rather inglorious detail about this darkest hour of Peter’s storied life. If the trajectory of Peter’s faith journey was filled with ups and downs, the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, here Peter hits rock bottom. What was the significance of the angel’s words to the women, “But go, tell His disciples — and Peter…”? More than ...
Jesus in HD (Part 203) -- The Third Day
March 12, 2017 18:59 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBAs you are about to hear in this PODCAST, Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 referenced what he called the single most important event of human history. And it all centers upon that one-telling-three-word-phrase, “the third day.” Quite a statement that: “I passed on to you what was most important.” Most: πρῶτος, a superlative in Greek. A word that means the best, the chief, the first and foremost of all. Meaning that Paul went over and above to point out in the most emphatic way possible that n...
Jesus in HD (Part 202) -- The Rip Heard 'Round the World
March 05, 2017 19:42 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBThink of it. As you will hear in this PODCAST… Promptly at 3 PM… Exactly at That.Very.Moment when Jesus breathed His last… Precisely to the second when Jesus exclaimed, “It is finished. Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit”… This happened: “Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.” Do you have any idea what that means? It will take the remainder of this discussion for us even to begin to understand What.That.Means. Why did God tear the veil? It was ...
Jesus in HD (Part 201) -- The Gold Standard of Our Faith
February 26, 2017 19:24 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBThey say that “For every sigh, there’s a psalm.” As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, they are 100% correct. What an absolutely, beautifully inspired collection of very real, honest, soul-soaring, gut-wrenching human expressions is contained within its 150 chapters. So many verses of its 150 songs are profoundly personal prayers that you and I can pray right back to God, giving us an immediate connection with the principle players in the biblical drama. Psalms, the single most emo...
Jesus in HD (Part 200) -- Dramatic Words of a Dying Man (Part 3)
February 19, 2017 19:43 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBCaiaphas, the high priest that year, must have been fit to be tied. Well, somewhat so. As you will hear in this PODCAST, it was Passover. The Holy City, Jerusalem, was teaming with pilgrims. The all-important 3 PM Passover sacrifice at the Temple was fast-approaching. It was arguably single most financially-flourishing day of the year (second only, perhaps, to the Day of Atonement) as far as the corrupt Temple Industrial Complex over which Caiaphas presided was concerned. There was mon...
Jesus in HD (Part 199) -- Dramatic Words of a Dying Man (Part 2)
February 12, 2017 19:50 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBWelcome back to the foot of the cross. In this PODCAST, we are now in that six-hour window of time — between 9 AM and 3 PM. 9 AM when the Romans nailed Jesus to His cross; 3 PM, that moment when Jesus finally succumbed to His brutal beatings, His massive blood loss, and the tortures of crucifixion — finally and mercifully to die. Within that six-hour window, Jesus spoke seven times. The final words of His earthly life pre-resurrection. As we noted last week, a complete, seven-sayings, ...
Jesus in HD (Part 198) -- Dramatic Words of a Dying Man
February 05, 2017 18:26 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB“Jesus said…” As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, the fact of the matter is this: Jesus said seven statements, this as His life was literally dripping out of Him drop by precious drop. Each one of the seven — when considered separately — tells a most-dramatic tale. All of the seven — when considered collectively — give us an unparalleled insight into the heart of Jesus. It was, after all, Jesus who much earlier in His ministry said this: “For whatever is in your heart determines wh...
Jesus in HD (Part 197) -- Jesus Walks the Way of Sorrows
January 29, 2017 19:31 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIt is called, appropriately enough, the Via Dolorosa, Latin for “The Way of Sorrows.” For Jesus, it absolutely was a way of sorrows — every single excruciatingly painful step of it, from the Antonia Fortress (where Pilate sentenced Him), to Golgotha (where Jesus’ execution awaited Him). In this PODCAST, we will walk that path together. Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it may take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play. God bless y...
Jesus in HD (Part 196) -- Jesus on Trial (Part 2)
January 22, 2017 19:42 - 57 minutes - 53 MBHis name is Pilate, as in Pontius Pilate — P-i-l-a-t-e, not p-i-l-o-t — even though Pilate did manage to fly himself right into middle of a maelstrom of religious and political corruption and compromise with devastating consequences. In this PODCAST, as we now approach Jesus’ impending crucifixion, the greatest irony of this entire sad saga is that the whole thing is motivated by one thing: self-interest. As we learned in last week’s podcast, on the Jewish side of things, the entire moti...
Jesus in HD (Part 195) -- Jesus on Trial
January 15, 2017 19:20 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBTo say that after “they” — to quote the Apostle John — “bound Jesus and brought Him first to Annas,” Jesus’ life would never be the same again would be a gross understatement and wholly inaccurate. Fact is, as you are about to hear in this PODCAST, only some 15 hours after this cohort of some six hundred elite Roman soldiers led Him away in chains, Jesus’ life would be over. The Roman leader principally responsible for Jesus’ execution? The Procurator Pontius Pilate, whom we will meet up...
Jesus in HD (Part 194) -- Gethsemane
January 08, 2017 19:06 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBThey say that “one picture is worth a thousand words.” Sometimes, on rare occasions, one word is worth a thousand pictures. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, this is one of those occasions. In this case, that one word is “Gethsemane.” As in the Garden of Gethsemane, that very garden to which John referred when he wrote, “On the other side (of the Kidron Valley) there was a garden, and Jesus and his disciples went into it.” I would not be overstating the case to suggest that ...
Jesus in HD (Encore 20) -- "Even Though He Was One of the Twelve"
January 01, 2017 18:30 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBNo matter how you cut it, this man was an enigma. As you will hear in this PODCAST, this man -- handpicked by Jesus and elevated to the rarified air of the apostles -- repaid Jesus’ generosity by betraying Him to His executioners. Is there any human emotion more painful than that of betrayal? Ever felt it? Betrayal? That midnight darkness of the soul that enshrouds us like an impenetrable fog when we have dared to trust someone -- with our deepest feelings, our most hidden secrets, ...
Jesus in HD (Encore 19) -- A Very Merry Christmas (and So Much More!)
December 25, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBIt's Christmas Day! And to our many precious Jewish friends, the night of December 25 marks the beginning of Hanukkah, 2016. With that in mind, I thought it appropriate to take a little trip, to another time and place -- specifically, to Jesus' final Hanukkah mere months before His crucifixion. As you will hear in this PODCAST, what is most remarkable to me is that Jesus went "up to Jerusalem" to celebrate this Hanukkah at great risk to His life. Why? As John observed in John 10, it ...
Jesus in HD (Part 193) -- Jesus' Unanswered Prayer
December 18, 2016 19:02 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBJesus’ final words here at the tail-end of the Upper Room Discourse connect directly with Jesus’ opening words at the very beginning of the Upper Room Discourse. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, Jesus began His parting words to His disciples with this promise: “When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.” That is the beginning of John 14. Jesus added one last exclamation point to it all with this parting prayer: “Father, I wa...
Jesus in HD (Part 192) -- THIS is Why.
December 11, 2016 19:16 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIf you have ever asked yourself any of the age-old questions like... What’s it all about? Why am I here? What is my purpose? If you have ever asked yourself these or similar questions, then you are in for a treat in this latest PODCAST. Because in this podcast, you will get the answer to these most-important questions. So let me start with a news-flash for you. One of considerable consequence. Yet one that you will not find to be surprising at all. Please remember that depending up...
Jesus in HD (Part 191) -- Of Slugs and Kings
December 04, 2016 18:28 - 56 minutes - 52 MBNot to be clichéd! But if the words, “Mission Accomplished” ever meant anything to anyone in any situation, they absolutely apply here in John 17. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, this is the moment, courtesy of John, now forever frozen in time. The singular moment toward which all of human history, going all the way back to the Garden of Eden, had been slowly but steadily building. The seminal moment from which the remainder of human history, down to our present day, has been...
Jesus in HD (Part 190) -- Jesus' One Worry Concerning YOU (and Me)
November 27, 2016 19:15 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBOn this Thursday night of Jesus’ final week, mere hours before the crucifixion, Jesus was worried about His disciples. And as you are about to hear in this PODCAST, He was worried for a very good reason. I don’t know if you have ever associated the word worry with Jesus, but as you will hear, in this case, at this time, in this place, that word worry is most appropriate. Don’t worry (pun intended). I’m not trying to get all psychoanalytical on you. I am not fluent in psychobabble. And ...
Jesus in HD (Part 189) -- Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine (and ALWAYS will be!)
November 20, 2016 19:49 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBGet yourself ready for a massive dose of encouragement. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, it’s amazing to me how a couple of significant storylines are coming full circle with Jesus’ words John 15. Specifically, last week we saw how Jesus’ assertion, “I am the vine,” is final of Jesus’ seven “I Am” statements recorded in the Gospel of John. Now, for this discussion, here’s a Bible Trivia Question for you: What was the very first parable that Jesus taught as recorded in the Go...
Jesus in HD (Part 188) -- A Now-Complete Picture
November 13, 2016 16:33 - 28 minutes - 26 MBOh how I love a good irony. That being said, how ironic in terms of timing is it that in this PODCAST, on this our fourth anniversary together as a Safe Haven family, we come to Jesus’ statement here in John 15, in the Upper Room Discourse, when He said to His men (and to us!), “I am the vine, you are the branches”? The irony to which I refer lies in fact that this statement completes John’s portrait of Jesus. You talk about Jesus in High Definition. How about seven layers of definition...
Jesus in HD (Part 187) -- The Mysterious Member of the Trinity (Part 3)
November 06, 2016 18:13 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBWelcome to Part Three in this 3-part mini-series within a series concerning the Mysterious Member of the Trinity, AKA The Holy Spirit. As you will hear in this PODCAST, here in the Upper Room Discourse, Jesus presented to His disciples the first extended discussion of the Holy Spirit to be found anywhere in the Bible. Yes, the Holy Spirit was very present and quite active in the Old Testament, making His first appearance in second verse of the Bible, Genesis 1:2. But not-so-strangely eno...
Jesus in HD (Part 186) -- The Mysterious Member of the Trinity (Part 2)
October 30, 2016 18:21 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBYou could call the Holy Spirit Jesus’ going away present, first to His disciples, and then, of course, to each of us. As you will hear in this PODCAST, we’re talking about The Third Member of Trinity, the Mysterious Member of the Trinity. Here in John 14-17 -- the so-called Upper Room Discourse, even though as we noted last week, Jesus taught the amazing truths of John 15-17 after He and the disciples-minus-Judas had hastily departed the Upper Room, steps ahead of the Judas-led-posse seeki...
Jesus in HD (Part 185) -- The Mysterious Member of the Trinity (Part 1)
October 23, 2016 18:43 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBWelcome to the Upper Room Discourse. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, we are now standing on the precipice of Jesus’ passion -- Judas’ betrayal, Jesus’ arrest, Peter’s denial, Jesus’ incarceration, His trials, His Crucifixion, climaxing of course in His glorious Resurrection. What should have been a night primarily of celebration -- of the Passover, and all of its rich meaning -- quickly morphed into an evening of last-minute and desperate instruction. Jesus had to prepare His ...
Jesus in HD (Part 184) -- A Steady Hand on the Wheel (of YOUR Life)
October 16, 2016 18:30 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBIt was an epic one-two punch to the gut. Jesus’ gut, not to put too fine a point on it. A brutal betrayal coupled with a devastating denial by two of Jesus’ handpicked and beloved disciples. In this PODCAST, I am referring of course to Judas’ betrayal and Peter’s three-time denial. If there is a silver lining to these increasingly billowing clouds, it is this: There is a clear pattern emerging here in John 13. A pattern that tells quite a tale, striking subtext to the entire crucifix...
Jesus in HD (Encore 18) -- His Eye is on the Sparrow
October 09, 2016 16:39 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBSo many things are going to become So.Very.Clear in this week’s PODCAST. You are about to hear something of… The precision of the Bible; What theologians call the “inerrancy” of the Bible; How the precious truths of the Bible sometime hinge on just one word; The relevance of the Bible; How a cultural reality from the time and place of Jesus speaks to us in real time, to our very real circumstances, even today. Most importantly: You will hear in unmistakable terms about the care a...
Jesus in HD (Part 183) -- Jesus' Leadership Manifesto
October 02, 2016 17:14 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBWelcome to the Upper Room, and Jesus’ farewell address to His beloved disciples. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, as we break the seal on this, Jesus’ final night before the crucifixion, I do so with something of a lump in my throat and the pinkish hue of embarrassment upon my otherwise rosy cheeks. This because this particular portion of the grand story of Jesus’ life and ministry hits me most personally. And if, as they say, “Confession is good for the soul,” then I make my conf...
Jesus in HD (Part 182) -- The Passover Plot
September 25, 2016 17:40 - 1 hour - 60 MBWelcome to the Thursday of Jesus’ final week. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, with these words, we are less than twenty-four hours from the crucifixion. Words wherein Jesus could just as well have said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare my final Passover meal together, so that we can eat it together.” Jesus will on this Thursday evening celebrate with His disciples THE singular observance on the Jewish calendar, from time of Moses (Exodus 12) even to today. Indeed, as Rabbi Josep...
Jesus in HD (Part 181) -- Judas the Betrayer
September 18, 2016 16:14 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBIt’s getting real. Real fast. As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, something in the last few days of Jesus’ final week triggered Judas to do the unthinkable. You talk about someone selling their soul to the devil, literally or figuratively? Well, Judas did both. Judas sold his soul to the devil, literally and figuratively. “Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.” Why here? Why now? Why this? In order to answer these and additional questions, let’s meet Jud...
Jesus in HD (Part 180) -- The Sheep and the Goats
September 11, 2016 17:32 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBLet me tell you! If you want to see in crystal-clarity the character and the heart of God, this is it. Right here, right now, in real time, in this PODCAST. This in a breathtaking public display for all the world to see, at which the whole world will marvel. The broken heart of our God whom Peter described as “not wanting anyone to be destroyed (a word that means to destroy fully, to bring to nothing) but (who) wants everyone to repent.” This portrait of our God -- Who persistently pursu...
Jesus in HD (Part 179) -- You've Got Talent. (You Really Do!)
September 04, 2016 18:41 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBSpoiler Alert: This PODCAST will not be paradigm-shifting. This podcast will be paradigm-shattering. There is so much going on here in Jesus’ conclusion to His landmark End Times Olivet Discourse that I hardly know where to begin. Last week, we saw that Jesus told a parable about ten bridesmaids, five who were wise and five who were foolish. This week, we’ll note that He told a follow-up parable about three servants, two who were faithful and one who was unfaithful. We are fast-windi...
Jesus in HD (Part 178) -- YOUR Wedding Day Approaches (Sooner Than You May Think!)
August 28, 2016 16:19 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBAs you will hear in this PODCAST, we are fast-approaching the end of our mini-series within a series, this one having to do with all-things End-Times related. We are, as you well-know, well into the Olivet Discourse. Jesus’ primary teaching on End-Times events, as given on the Tuesday of His final week on earth. In two weeks, we will pivot to the Thursday of Jesus’ final week, including His Upper Room Discourse. It is curiously intriguing to me in the first letter that the Apostle Paul...
Jesus in HD (Encore 17) -- Demystifying Church Discipline
August 21, 2016 14:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBI was away this week, sharing a precious memorial service for my dearly beloved mom with my family. Consequently, I have selected one of the MOST IMPORTANT podcasts that we have recorded in our Jesus in HD series. In this Encore PODCAST, as we continue in our chronological study of the life and ministry of Jesus, we come to Matthew 18:15-17 -- one of the most seriously significant passages in all of the New Testament, the so-called “Church Discipline” passage. Church Discipline, a teachi...
Jesus in HD (Part 177) -- The Second Coming of Jesus
August 14, 2016 18:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBAs you will hear in this PODCAST, with Jesus’ words here in Matthew 24, the climax of human history as we know it will occur. No one will miss it. No one will mistake it. Everyone will know exactly what it is that is happening and why it is happening! The “it” to which I refer and which I intentionally repeated in the above sentences is Jesus’ Second Coming. What did Jesus say? “Then all the tribes of the earth… will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and grea...
Jesus in HD (Part 176) -- The Great Tribulation
August 07, 2016 18:26 - 1 hour - 55 MBAs you are about to hear in this PODCAST, with Jesus’ words in Matthew 24:15, words that describe a singularly hair-raising event, the Great Tribulation will begin. A 3½-year period of unprecedented spiritual defection and oppression, along with its resultant worldwide suffering on a scale never seen before on this planet. Don’t take my word for that. Take Jesus’ word for that. In Matthew 24:21, “For then there will be great tribulation, greater anguish than at any time since the world ...
Jesus in HD (Part 175) -- The Signs of the Times (Part 2)
July 31, 2016 20:05 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBBirth pains. It’s all about the birth pains. As you will hear in this PODCAST, as we enumerate the final three of the six "signs of the times," both Paul and Jesus made it crystal-clear that we are to think of these signs in terms of birth pains. Paul, who borrowed this most-meaningful metaphor from Jesus, used it most-appropriately when he in Romans 8 declared, "For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time." It would not su...
Jesus in HD (Part 174) -- The Signs of the Times (Part 1)
July 24, 2016 19:51 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBWelcome to the Olivet Discourse. The End Times prophetic address that Jesus gave to His disciples high atop the Mount of Olives, immediately to the East of the Holy City, Jerusalem. As you will hear in this PODCAST, that lovely little land that we affectionately call Israel is the center of the world. Literally and metaphorically. Literally, because Israel is the place where the three major continents -- Europe, Asia, and Africa -- tenderly touch and affectionately kiss each other. Whi...