Pip: If you've been watching the news and thinking "this feels like a lot," preacherspoint has a framework for that feeling — and it involves Ezekiel, the UN, digital currencies, and a very specific cow.Mara: That's the territory we're covering today — how current geopolitical, economic, and religious developments are being read as convergent signs … Continue reading Podcast Episode: It’s All Coming Together
It’s All Coming Together
Over the years, I have noticed that when most Christians look at prophecy and the unfolding of end-time events, they tend to focus on one sign at a time. However, it is important to look at prophecy as a whole. Many things have been happening recently that are setting the stage for prophecy. When you … Continue reading It’s All Coming Together
6,000 Years. 48 Years.
Genesis 2:22-25, “And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave … Continue reading 6,000 Years. 48 Years.
Podcast Episode: Spiritual Maturity Stages
Pip: Preacher's Point asks the question most of us quietly avoid: are you still spiritually crawling, or have you actually learned to walk?Mara: That's the territory preacherspoint covers this week — the markers of spiritual immaturity, what growth actually looks like, and the two practices the Bible points to as the path forward. Let's start … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Spiritual Maturity Stages
Spiritual Maturity Stages
The Bible uses the terms babes, young men, fathers, elders, children, and several others to indicate where a person is in their spiritual maturity. As time goes by after a person’s salvation, God expects them to grow spiritually. Immediately after salvation, we are spiritual babes. We don’t know a whole lot; we do things we … Continue reading Spiritual Maturity Stages
Podcast Episode: What About The Children?
Pip: Welcome back to the digest — where this week, preacherspoint hands us a story about a church van, twenty-five hungry kids, and a deacon who thought that was too many.Mara: The post works through what it actually looks like to fight for children in a congregation — and what happens when you stop fighting … Continue reading Podcast Episode: What About The Children?
What About The Children?
Decades ago, while pastoring a previous church, some interesting things happened. A few weeks after starting at the church, I was there alone and decided to snoop around. There I was looking through closets and other storage areas. Everything was what you would expect stored inside a church. A lot of seasonal decorations, costumes, and … Continue reading What About The Children?
Podcast Episode: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Pip: Preacher's Point opens this week with a question that parking tickets, light sockets, and the Book of Luke apparently all agree on.Mara: That's right — preacherspoint's latest post works from everyday ignorance outward to the spiritual stakes of not knowing God. Let's start with what you don't know and why it matters.What You Don't … Continue reading Podcast Episode: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Years ago, I played in a church basketball league. For this particular game, I had the keys to the building in which we were going to play. I arrived about two hours early. It had snowed about an inch and a half that day, and the parking lot had not yet been plowed. I parked … Continue reading What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Podcast Episode: Reconciliation
Pip: Preacher's Point this week goes straight for the word that shows up five times in three verses — which, in biblical terms, is the equivalent of underlining something twice and circling it.Mara: That's a fair read. The post from preacherspoint works through reconciliation as both a theological concept and a personal call to action … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Reconciliation
