Category Archives: BIBLE

Passover Freedom and Liberty

This year, in honor of Resurrection Sunday, I am picking up themes from the Passover. Yes, God passes over us, while He judges wickedness. Yes, we passover from darkness to light. But have we thought enough about passing over from slavery to freedom to liberty?

God sums up the Passover story in Exodus 20:2 as “I took you out of the house of slavery.” Let’s think about that.

Freedom is freedom from. Yes, we have freedom from sin. (Even if some Christians deny it. None of us use that freedom to fullest extent.) But realize, please that liberty is greater. Liberty is freedom instantiated with discipline. So it becomes not just personal spiritual freedom but civil liberty.

Here is a basic gospel point. Here is a basic Civic point. Here is true freedom: liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Let us think on this this holiday season, and this year — especially this year as we celebrate the founding of our nation.

The passover is our primarly, singular, most important key to our liberty in Christ that we celebrate once again on Resurrection Sunday.

Defining The Great Shalom

Today, let’s go over what our aim is here. What do I mean by “great shalom”? Why is this podcast called “The Great Shalom”?

How does that fit in with salvation and life?

How is it that I have such confidence that we can solve all kinds of learning problems?

Today….. defining.

Please like and share — and tell your friends. The need has grown to all parents and all educators now.

A Great Testimony at Christmas

Years ago, when we were still in the radio studio, I think maybe 2009, Shelby Ring, then in high school, came to give us a testimony. It still rings today — if you will forgive the pun.

However, thank the Lord, we are seeing a great awakening/revival among our young people. They are hungry, thirsty, and serious.

And it is a good thing, because no joke, our young people are under assault. Drug usage we think is like our day, but in fact, it is seriously deadly. And it is an intentional attack, coordinated by a foreign power that has used drug as warfare for centuries, and brought in by cartels who are more sophisticated than you imagine.  Then, on top of that, if the faculty at their government school is not also drunk/addicted, they are pushing sexual depredation. The curricula and library selections are nothing short of grooming, and every week the news media records another faculty indicted for depredation. Given the pushback on political forays into common sense restrictions, one wonders what is NOT caught. Stories of the darkest kind can be found. Demons lurk among us.

But Jesus came as the light of the world, and Jesus Messiah shines in our world, if we open a window or door. Let’s celebrate the light that came in for Shelby — who, by the way, is still around. Thank God.

May the light of Christ Messiah light our lives, our families, our cities, and our nations. May both we and the spheres sing His praises. Thank God, we have a God who is salvation, who is hope, who is love and goodness.This is what we need! Amen!

The Importance of Forgiveness to Healing

We just completed a series on healing prayer.

Forgiveness is a real key to being sure our answers are not blocked.

Dr. Ted Edwards MD, Baptist layman, visited with us back when we were in the radio studio.

Enjoy.