ReDiscovering God

In this episode we conclude the last five of the ten miracles that Matthew incudes to indicate that Jesus is the New Moses. Moses came with ten plagues and now Jesus is the New Moses with ten miracles that validate his ministry as the Messiah who delivers his people from the grasp of the enemy. As we conclude the episode we review the many times Matthew includes the statement that

As Moses gains credibility by the ten plagues, Jesus is now validated as the Messiah with ten miracles that Matthew includes immediately following the Sermon on the Mount. He seems to be refuting the communally held belief that to be eligible for the Kingdom you needed to the a Jew, a Man, kept ceremonially clean and would be healthy and wealthy. Jesus now intentionally includes pe

We conclude the Sermon on the Mount in this podcast and look at the Solid Foundation upon which to build our lives. That Solid Rock is Jesus and what he has just taught in the previous chapters of Matthew 5 to 7. We conclude with a look Peter's declaration about Jesus and the risk of rejecting the Rock - the chief cornerstone. Jesus was God sent to this world to teach us about God

Today's episode is on being a true disciple. We delve into what it means to actually have a relationship with someone and ultimately with God. Ian shares four facets of a relationship that make it very practical and easy to know it you actually have a relationship or not. Jesus states it is essential to do more than just good things but to be in relationship with him. The pdf docum

In this episode of ReDiscovering God we talk about four more of Jesus's Wisdom sayings in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7. We begin with Prayer and shed light on a verse that is often misapplied with the idea that if we pray and keep asking, seeking and knocking God will answer. When that doesn't happen people often get discouraged and give up on prayer and God. The Golden Rul

We now move to Chapter 7 in Matthew and the eight wisdom sayings of Jesus. The first being the warning not to judge. This can mean to evaluate or to condemn. The context determines which translation should be applied. For this one it would be not ti condemn. The second wisdom saying applies to not throwing our pearls to pigs. It is important to understand who you are talking to and

Today we talk about the passages in the New Testament that teach about prayer and fasting and discovered the idea of fasting was not included in the older manuscripts but was no doubt included by a scribe later. Money and possessions are the next subject Jesus addresses and then concluded with a teaching not to worry. His teachings were very practical and designed to help us live a

As we continue in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus talks about generosity and then prayer. It is very fascinating that in his prayer to the Father he prays for the Father and what is no doubt heavy on the Father's heart. The second half of the prayer when the pronoun "you" is added it becomes a prayer of gratitude for what God is doing for us. This is a very inspiring perspective of p

In this episode we look at the central teaching of Jesus and that God's love is unconditional. Which means it is for absolutely everyone, the good and the bad. He calls us to truly be His children and mirror the same practice of loving everyone - even our enemies. This teaching was revolutionary then and is still today. May God give us the ability to understand and imagine how

We continue in our series of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus now begins his 11 teachings that supersede that of Moses. This is more than amplifying the teaching of Moses because of the strategically placed "but" in each teaching. As we study them I think you will agree that Jesus teaching does in fact supersede these teachings of Moses. Particularly the fifth one where Jes