God Is Just Like Jesus

Jesus - Avoid Rage & Passivity

Want to avoid unhealthy anger and rage that destroys your own life and those you love? Want to avoid twisted and sick compassion and empathy that turns those you love into cripples and victims? Take a look at Jesus healthy anger that protects the people and his healthy compassion and empathy that heals the lame and the blind! Then, develop your Worship Life! Learn to savior the goodness of Jesus so you have something more than crappy Bad Religion to share with others! Resources: Please fee...

Why Book 1? Protection From Cults Part 1

Protection from Cults or even controlling dysfunctional Christian leaders can be accomplished by understanding not just the words of Jesus but "Who Jesus Is" and understanding... the "kind of person" that He is. Cult leaders use the words of Jesus but "detached" them from the person and character of Jesus! Beware. The best and only context for the Words of Jesus is the person and character of Jesus. You absolutely have to know who a person is, to understand what they are saying. Let me say ...

Why Book #1? The Future & Building Our History with Jesus

As we are looking at the alignment of Russia & China, the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence and bizarre developments in human gene editing, the future looks beyond comprehension for most of us. Like never before our "history" or connection w/Jesus is no longer negotiable due to busyness or distraction or mere neglect. I look at 3 steps to build our personal connection w/Jesus... 1) the knowledge of God's raw goodness as seen in the life of Jesus relating to imperfect people, 2) th...

Old Testament Prophesies or "Movie Trailers" of Jesus the Messiah Part 1 of 3

Here are the Biblical Passages so you can look them up yourself and mark up your Bibles during Worship! 1.      Did you know Micah predicted where Jesus would be born? (about 700 years before Jesus arrived) “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2 2.      Jesus could not have controlled His lineage and who His most ancient ancest...

Peter, Follow Jesus vs Your Expectations : )

Take a quick look with me at the unspoken expectations we form of what God should do, when He should do it and how He should do it verses actually listening to God and following Him. You will be astonished to see Peter trying to control and manipulate Jesus and also be delighted with Jesus' good response to Peter over the course of his entire life - but especially at the Sea of Galilee when Peter meets Jesus again on the sea shore! Jesus takes fallible, imperfect broken people and makes qual...

AI, Gene Editing, China-Russia Alliance & When God Came Through #2

I use the backdrop of some modern technology and the current China-Russia alliance to urge us to develop the different layers and depth of our connection with Jesus. Lastly I focus on 1 layer called "When God Came Through" and give an example of one of my When God Came Through stories and how to use them to fight battles against fear! Resources: Please feel free to email me at [email protected] if you like an episode or you have suggestions how to improve an episode. Search for...

Artificial Intelligence, Gene Editing, China-Russia Alliance & When God Came Through #2

I use the backdrop of some modern technology and the current China-Russia alliance to urge us to develop the different layers and depth of our connection with Jesus. Lastly I focus on 1 layer called "When God Came Through" and give an example of one of my When God Came Through stories and how to use them to fight battles against fear! Resources: Please feel free to email me at [email protected] if you like an episode or you have suggestions how to improve an episode. Search for...

Jesus' Radical Compassion for Us, The Sermon on the Mount & His Protection & Prosperity for Us

We get really confused by the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus gave us the commandments and the Sermon on the Mount, not to earn anything or to try to be "good enough" to get saved but because He saw us like Sheep without a Shepherd and He had radical compassion on us!!! He knew that going to heaven and being saved was free! Jesus knew it was by grace through faith. He gave us the commandments to protect us from destroying our own lives and the lives of others around us. But the devil know the b...

Jesus, the Tree of Life vs the Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil

Human beings have existed in an agricultural and farming culture and context for 1,000s of years but now after a brief interlude though the Industrial Revolution we exist in the Information Age. Therefore , isn't it interesting that Genesis records the beginning of suffering, pain and death with the Tree of Knowledge? And specifically the knowledge of what "we" think is good and evil? And what about that beautiful tree,.. the Tree of Life? What is that tree about? Come think with me and drin...

God's Goodness & Noah's Flood part 2 with Egypt, Roman Conquest AD 70 and Revelation

This is the 2nd half of the podcast on Noah's Flood. I wanted to summarize and look at Sodom and Gomorrah, the Exodus from Egypt, the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in AD 70 and the book of Revelation relative to people's free will desire to respond to God or cling to evil. It's wonderful seeing that any who are willing to listen and learn will be protected, cherished and saved. Resources: Please feel free to email me at [email protected] if you like an episode or you have suggesti...

God's Goodness & Noah's Flood part 1

I have heard so many people ask (and I have asked myself), "If God is so loving, why did He kill people in Noah's flood? Why does God seem so mean?" I've gone back to re-read the history of Noah's flood and there are a number of things I missed when I first read this. Consider listening and you will discover God's goodness in this time of history and find some satisfying answers to out doubts and fears about God's character. This will enhance our ability to trust Him! Resources: Please fee...

The Goodness of God & Sodom and Gomorrah

So often I hear people accusing God of evil saying, "Why did God smite people in the Old Testament? Why did God kill people?" Take a few minutes and come discover the goodness of God in this ancient piece of history and find answers that will satisfy you about God's goodness and resolve unfair accusations against God. Here are 4 Links about Historical articles of human sacrifice and why God might assess a culture/nation as evil.   Aztec - Human Sacrifice https://www.bbc.com/culture/article...

When God Came Through

Listen to this episode and be encouraged to reclaim your stories of "when God came through" from the "pit of forgetfulness." Try remembering when God answered a prayer, helped a broken relationship or changed the course of events in your life. Reframe your internal narrative about life and existence. Don't let your identity be defined by the World News, popular opinion on Social Media or even your own wounds. There is more to life than just the negatives. We all have stories with God, but mo...

When God Came Through - 7 Swords

Listen to this episode and be encouraged to reclaim your stories of "when God came through" from the "pit of forgetfulness." Try remembering when God answered a prayer, helped a broken relationship or changed the course of events in your life. Reframe your internal narrative about life and existence. Don't let your identity be defined by the World News, popular opinion on Social Media or even your own wounds. There is more to life than just the negatives. We all have stories with God, but mo...

Politics or Jesus: What Will You Give Your Life To?

What do you want to fill the majority of your thinking? Politics for Jesus and His Goodness? What do you want to give the majority of your emotions to? Politics or Jesus and His Goodness? On your deathbed what will you value the most? 100,000 hours obsessed with Politics or with Jesus and His Delightful Goodness?

What Does Jesus Value? The 4th Soil

I always thought I knew what the 4th Soil was. But I think I was very mistaken. Think with me for a few minutes and discover the goodness of Jesus! You will love this one! Too often we go down the route of Bad Religion and conclude that the 4th soil is the "morally perfect life." Well, the Bible shows that there is no morally perfect life. From Moses to King David to Peter - none are morally perfect. (Of course God wants us to grow in goodness but WITHOUT becoming  a Pharisee / self-righteo...

"Knowing" God - Why I Wrote The Book!

This a good one! This is the entire context of creating the book! Want to know why I spent 20 years digging through not only what Jesus said, but really focusing on "how" He related to different people? He is wonderful and He's amazing - but few people really know his goodness and "savior" Him! It's one thing to come to the scriptures and every passage about Jesus to "extract a mental framework of Theology" but it is another thing to come and interact with Jesus as a person. One leads to st...

Remastered: Day 17 Jesus' Ultimate & Wonderful Response to Peter's Long List of Failures & Sins!

My Story & Overview of Jesus' Goodness

Here is a little of my story plus 5 events of Jesus that shows you His goodness! Resources: Please feel free to email me at [email protected] if you like an episode or you have suggestions how to improve an episode. Search for “God Is Just Like Jesus” on these Platforms: Podcasts: Spotify | Apple Music | Pandora Web Site: http://www.godisjustlikejesus.com/ Concept Video: https://youtu.be/Hi6kknKWjCw You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFy1XIDN1N-Poe9Xj_VrggQ

Day 17 Jesus' Ultimate & Wonderful Response to Peter's Long List of Failures & Sins!

This is the Capstone of Days 1 -17 (which try to reveal Jesus' good character to imperfect people)!  Day 17 is also my very favorite episode because you see so much of Jesus' goodness to help Peter over come failure, grow and succeed! Peter has an epic journey of successes, failures and sins while walking with Jesus. However, the wonderful thing is that Jesus never rejects Peter or pushes him away like a religious Pharisee would. Jesus constantly instructs, strengthens, challenges and even...

Day 16 What Was On Jesus' Face When Peter Denies Even Knowing Him? Prepare Yourself for Wonder!

This episode is for everyone who has an earth shattering failure or horrific sin and you "think" you know that God/Jesus is looking at you with shame, rejection, condemnation or "I told you so" on His face.... but He isn't! Peter commits the ultimate sin of totally betraying His friend and Lord (Jesus) because he is afraid the Romans will kill him. But what is really on Jesus' face? Discover the hints and clues that Jesus planted in Peter before His great fall into sin. Discover what Peter ...

Day 15 They All Fall Asleep in the Garden - Jesus' Wonderful Response of Self-Control and Challenge

Wow, right when Jesus needs the disciples the most,.... what do they do? It's painful to realize but they fall asleep. But even here Jesus doesn't get moody or lash out. He is so emotionally healthy that He intensely challenges them to grow, to become more for their own good and for the good of others, even though they are failing Him! Jesus never "reacts" like we do. But, often we misinterpret his words and ways. If you can constantly see that He never rejects the disciples but is always tr...

Day 15 They All Fall Asleep in the Garden - Jesus' Response of Self-Control and Challenge

Day 14 Is Peter The Greatest? Jesus Epic Goodness!

The sinful argument of "Who Is the Greatest" is continuing in Peter's mind : ) In as sense this is the 4th time we read about this conflict with the Disciples. Peter is absolutely confident that the other 11 disciples might fall away and betray Jesus, but that he, Peter, will remain loyal to the very end. Jesus has some very simple but profound things to say to Peter to strengthen him against despair and self-loathing once he fails Jesus more deeply that Peter can even imagine is possible. O...

Day 13 The Disciples Pride & Jesus' Humility - Epic!

This episode is completely amazing in my mind because of what Jesus does right in the middle of this 3rd time the disciples are fighting with one another about "Who Is the Greatest!" Have you combined Luke 22 and John 13 and seen what Jesus does? It will change your whole view of Jesus and therefore it will change your whole view of God because, "If you have seen Me [Jesus], you have seen the Father [God]." Understanding Jesus' emotional health enables us to see God's emotional health in a ...

Remastered: Day 15 They All Fall Asleep in the Garden - Jesus' Response of Self-Control and Challenge

Remastered: Day 16 What Was On Jesus' Face When Peter Denies Even Knowing Him? Prepare Yourself for Wonder!

Remastered: Day 14 Is Peter The Greatest? Jesus Epic Goodness!

Remastered: Day 12 Peter Wants to Control Jesus - Don't We All?

Day 12 Peter Wants to Control Jesus - Don't We All?

I love this one because we see that Peter wants to control Jesus for his own goals and expectations! This is so important to see this so that we can understand that we are doing the same thing with Jesus (often) and that we aren't the only ones. Peter and the disciples wanted to control God as much as we do and probably even more! However, the wonder of this situation is that Jesus, although with significant intensity, doesn't reject Peter even for this sin but uses it as sharp correction to...

Remastered: Day 13 The Disciples Pride & Jesus' Humility - Epic!

Remastered: Day 11 The Disciples Are Afraid of the Storm - Epic Training!

Day 11 The Disciples Are Afraid of the Storm - Epic Training!

This event with Jesus crushing the furious storm on the Sea of Galilee and His intense challenge to the disciples was the first time I began to see that I had misinterpreted Jesus' intensity and fierceness. I thought (in my more broken and warped image of God) that He was frustrated and angry with the disciples and taking it out on them. Some years (or a decade) later I figured out that Jesus knew He would soon die. He knew the disciples would have to lead the church and face the Roman perse...

Remastered: Day 10 Peter Screws Up and Get's All the Attention on Himself!

Remastered: Day 8 Thomas Doubts Jesus is Alive, but Jesus Encourages, Instructs & Challenges!

Remastered: Day 9 James & John Want to Kill the Samaritans But Jesus Responds With Correction Without Rejection!

Day 10 Peter Screws Up and Get's All the Attention on Himself!

This one is almost comical given the amazingly holy moment of Jesus' earthly disguise being put aside for a moment and the disciples actually being able to see and perceive a little bit of Jesus' true identity, power and divinity. During this Peter offers to make Jesus, Moses and Elijah each a dirt hut or shelter out of branches. It's hilarious ... and quite sober at the same time! Once again the truly amazing thing is that Jesus, as powerful and eternal as He is, doesn't criticize Peter or ...

Day 9 James & John Want to Kill the Samaritans But Jesus Responds With Correction Without Rejection!

In this episode we can clearly see the sin of the disciples. James & John are offended with the Samaritans who will not offer hospitality to Jesus for food for an over night stay so they suggest burning down the entire village with a lightening bolt! It is a fit of anger and rage and is blatantly sinful. James and John are probably thinking of Elijah in I Kings 18 where he confronts the 450 prophets of Baal and God provides a lightening bolt to prove to everyone that Yahweh is the good God o...

Day 8 Thomas Doubts Jesus is Alive, but Jesus Encourages, Instructs & Challenges!

I love this episode because we see 1 of the 12 Disciples that are the closest followers of Jesus struggle with Doubt! Many people wrestle with feelings of doubt and lack of belief in Jesus/God. And sometimes people get under condemnation about it or feel like they aren't good enough. We need to get away from those feelings and look at how Jesus responded to Thomas and his doubt. When Thomas was failing to believe Jesus words that He would rise from the dead, Jesus appears and He doesn't re...

Day 7B Jesus Is Intense with the Disciples in a Wonderful Way

Strangely, this is a great passage for learning more about Jesus' emotional health and consequently understanding God's healthy emotions. Right in the middle of Jesus receiving the little children and babies, the disciples decide that this isn't the best use of Jesus' time or that He is too important for this or kind of thing... and they start running off the parents and kids. And guess what, Jesus get's hot! Now, make no mistake, Jesus never get's angry in an unclean or dysfunctional way....

Day 7A Jesus' Compassion with the Little Children & Parents

This is an absolutely beautiful event in Jesus' life where parents are bringing children and babies to Jesus to touch them and bless them! And Jesus does! In fact as you read the text in Mark 10 (and also about the 1 child in Matt 18) you can see that Jesus tenderly takes the children in His arms and holds them as He prays for them. Jesus enjoys the children and interestingly they come to Him. Don't you wonder what His attitude, eyes and face conveyed to these little girls and guys? And ple...

Day 6 "What's In This For Me?" Peter's Raw Question!

This is a great event of Jesus' life. I know, I say that every time, but it is! Here we have an excellent event where Peter is worrying about his own sacrifices to follow Jesus compared to this rich guy Jesus has just talked to. It is possible that Peter is sinning in self-pity and feeling sorry for himself. I don't know about you but this is one of my least favorite sins to admit. Right? Just feeling sorry for myself and then justifying my sin about how I act out. Regardless, Peter says b...

Day 5 Peter Fails and Sinks but Jesus Rescues Him!

This episode is one of the best for truly understanding what Jesus is saying and getting rid of our old works-based image of God that is mostly rooted in condemnation, fear, rejection and generally just feeling like we "aren't good enough." Peter has a huge success and actually gets out of the boat and truly walks on water towards Jesus! It is amazing! Note, the other 11 disciples are NOT getting out of the boat ; ) However on the way to Jesus, Peter takes his eyes of Jesus, because of the...

Remastered: Day 7B Jesus Is Intense with the Disciples in a Wonderful Way

Remastered: Day 7A Jesus' Compassion with the Little Children & Parents

Remastered: Day 6 "What's In This For Me?" Peter's Raw Question!

Remastered: Day 5 Peter Fails and Sinks but Jesus Rescues Him!

Day 4 Are James & John the Greatest?

This is the continuation of the "Who Is the Greatest" argument which is blatant sin in the disciples lives. At this point James and John actually get their mom in on the argument and try to get her to manipulate Jesus to give them the greatest honor of human history. They want to sit at the right hand and the left hand of Jesus the God-man when He enters human history to assess the nations and review peoples hearts one by one. If Jesus was anything like me, or anything like a religious Phar...

Remastered: Day 4 Are James & John the Greatest?

Remastered: Day 3 - The Disciples Are Confused But Jesus Explains Everything