Send us a text Holiness in this episode isn’t a bar you climb over but a home you’ve already been brought into. It’s a life defined by belonging to God, not by keeping score. In this rich conversation with Robert Canfield, we look at Ephesians 1, where there are no commands, only declarations of what God has already done: chosen, sanctified, accepted, and sealed in Christ. A new foundation for holiness We are promised Sanctification, not pressured to sanctify ourselves, as seen in Heb...

Send us a text What happens when you stop reading the Bible like a rulebook and start reading it like a love letter? That question guides our conversation today. We sit with four familiar passages from Genesis 3, Psalm 51, Luke 15, and John 8, and we walk through seven simple questions that help us see the heart of God instead of our own fear. These questions pull back the curtain on a God who seeks before we search, covers before we hide, and restores before we perform. We start in the gard...

Send us a text What if the loudest Christian voices were not the angriest, but the most loving? That is where today’s conversation begins. We slow down and examine how communities drift from grace into performance, from compassion into control, and how that subtle shift can erode what we are trying to convey to the world. Jesus said people would know us by our love. If that is true, the way forward will not come from stronger platforms but from softer hearts. We talk about grace as the frame...

Send us a text A broken world keeps telling us to try harder, fix ourselves, and be our own source. But in Ephesians 1, God speaks a better word. In Christ, we are redeemed, forgiven, and drawn into a restoration story that stretches from Eden to eternity. This episode explores three anchors: redemption, forgiveness, and restoration, and demonstrates how they transition from theology to lived reality. Redemption isn’t a slogan; it’s a purchase. We examine what “through His blood” truly means,...

Send us a text What if the answer isn’t more faith, but a better object for your faith? In this episode, we open Luke 17 and listen as Jesus redirects His disciples from measuring their belief to resting in the power and character of God. The mustard seed isn’t a quota to hit; it’s a picture of trust placed in Someone great. Then comes the parable of the unprofitable servant, a jarring reminder that even perfect duty can’t earn God’s favor, because grace isn’t a paycheck. It’s a gift. That tr...

Send us a text What if the cure for spiritual doubt isn’t trying harder but changing your focus? In this episode, we examine Peter’s letter to believers who’d lost almost everything: their homes, comfort, and normal life, yet were told to “greatly rejoice.” Their anchor wasn’t optimism. It was a living hope rooted in the resurrection of Jesus and an inheritance that can never decay or fade. Genuine assurance develops when you stop measuring your faith by your performance and begin trusting th...

Send us a text Mercy doesn’t wait for perfect people or perfect moments. It walks into forgotten places and meets us right where we are. In this episode, we open Luke 17 and sit with the ten men who cried out from a distance, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” All ten are healed as they go, but only one stops, sees what grace has done, and turns back to give thanks. That turn becomes our roadmap: notice the mercy you didn’t earn, pause long enough to feel it, and return praise to the One who ...

Send us a text A single verse misunderstood can shape your whole view of God for better or worse. “If you love me, keep my commandments” has often been used like a scoreboard, measuring who’s in and who’s out. However, in John 14, that line is set within a conversation filled with comfort, peace, and promise. When you hear it in that light, obedience stops being a price tag for love and becomes the natural response to love already given. In this episode, we trace how Jesus connects love and a...

Send us a text What if you stopped begging God to show up and started living as if He has already? In this episode, we dive into Psalm 46 with honesty and practical faith, tracing the path from anxious thoughts to a steady heart. From a late-night nudge to read the Psalms to the backdrop of a category-five hurricane, we explore how “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” becomes more than a verse. It becomes a way to move through hard days. We talk about the power of ...

Send us a text Still wrestling with old regrets even though you trust Jesus? This episode gets honest about that tension, the gap between what God declares over you and what your mind won’t stop replaying. Starting with Ezekiel’s picture of clean water, we trace how the Old Testament’s rituals pointed ahead to something far greater: not a temporary washing, but a once-for-all cleansing, finished at the cross and confirmed by the resurrection. We break down imputation in simple terms. Every ch...

Send us a text Jesus continues to eat with people the religious crowd avoids. That’s the scandal that starts this episode. From there, we open Luke 19:10 and Luke 15 to trace a single, relentless theme: God’s heart beats for the lost not as a label to condemn, but as beloved people missing from where they belong. We walk through three stories that reveal mercy in motion. A sheep that wanders without malice. A coin that’s valuable yet unaware. A son who rebels and walks away. Each story ends i...

Send us a text What if the most famous verse in the Bible has been hiding a radical truth in plain sight that God’s default posture toward the world is mercy, not condemnation? In this episode, we trace a clear line from Exodus 34 to John 3:16 to 2 Corinthians 5 and see the Father revealing His own heart: merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and rich in steadfast love. Psalm 23 becomes the lens through which we see that same Father lifting our heads when shame and fear weigh us down. We talk ho...

Send us a text We speak plainly about money, missions, and the hope that drives both: Jesus offers rest where religion piles on rules. From Matthew 11:28 and Psalm 23, we discuss how grace relieves guilt and how giving, praying, and going can flow from love rather than pressure. Across India, Latin America, and beyond, we’ve seen people try to earn peace through rituals, diets, candles, or daily checklists. Those scenes meet the words of Jesus: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy ...

Send us a text What if your identity wasn't based on your performance, your past, or your reputation, but rested on a verdict already spoken by the Father? He chose you, blessed you with every spiritual blessing, set you apart, planned your public adoption, and made you accepted in the Beloved. We start by confronting a familiar myth that the Father is a distant scorekeeper while Jesus runs interference. Paul won't allow that. Grace precedes peace because the Father moves first. That's why th...

Send us a text What if the most powerful force for real change isn’t pressure or fear but gratitude? In this episode, we open Galatians to discover why “faith working through love” is the heartbeat of the Christian life and how grace transforms duty into desire. Instead of chasing perfection, we explore a better way: walking with the Spirit so that Christ reproduces His life in us, one day at a time. We uncover the traps of legalism and license one crushes with demands, the other drains you o...

Send us a text What if the heaviness you feel isn't from sin but from spiritual striving that grace has already answered? In this episode, we walk through Paul's sweeping argument in Galatians using the vivid story of Hagar and Sarah to reveal why law and grace can't coexist in the same heart without conflict. Hagar represents Sinai's effort, rules, and slavery. Sarah embodies promise, faith, and freedom. Ishmael is what happens when we rush God's plan; Isaac is the joy born from trusting His...

Send us a text What if the freedom you crave doesn't come from trying harder but from trusting deeper? We walk through Galatians again, tracing how the law exposes our need while grace steps in to heal, adopt, and transform. This isn't a message about lowering the bar; it's about moving from checklists to a new heart, where obedience turns from burden to joy because love has taken root. In the story of Abraham, we see that faith came before law. Long before Sinai, he believed God and was coun...

Send us a text What if the relief you desire isn't found in doing more, but in trusting what's already done? There is a sharp line between the law that diagnoses and the grace that heals, swapping performance-based religion for a living for a steady walk of faith. From the x-ray and mirror metaphors to Paul's piercing questions, "Did you receive the Spirit by works or by hearing with faith?" we confront the drift from gratitude to grind and show how "It is finished" functions as a verdict tha...

Send us a text Freedom sounds different when you've been living on a treadmill. Paul shouts across the centuries to stop trying to earn what Jesus already gave. If performance-based religion has left you tired, ashamed, or numb, this conversation is a deep breath of grace. You'll hear why the law is a mirror that can show the dirt but never wash it off, and how the cross changes the verb tense of your story, delivered, redeemed, accepted, no first-class for rule keepers and coach for sinners;...

Send us a text What if "be holy" was never meant to sound like a shout from a mountaintop, but a Father's whisper of belonging? You need to shift your definition of holiness from a checklist to a relationship, from moral pressure to a life shared with the presence of God. Instead of chasing perfection: holy means set apart, spoken for, and filled with the life of Christ. We walk through vivid images that bring this home: tabernacle vessels made holy by purpose, a wedding ring that signals pro...