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Beliefs of the Heart

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  • About
    • About Beliefs of the Heart
    • Giving
    • Comment Policy
  • Articles
  • Books
    • Hearing God in Conversation
    • Is Sunday School Destroying Our Kids?
    • Study Guides
  • Resources
    • Podcasts
    • Sermons
    • Video Blogs
  • Speaking
    • Hearing God Online Course
  • Contact

Podcasts

Beliefs of the Heart: Reflections

Available on all the major podcast Apps, including Apple or Google Podcast, Spotify, Overcast, Stitcher, Amazon Musicm iHeart Radio, and ten more. Go to your favorite podcast App and search for: Beliefs of the Heart Reflections, or CLICK HERE and press “More” to see all the options.

Or you can listen to it here on this page. Check it out my recent episodes by clicking on the image below:

Alert and Oriented: Conversations about God between Friends

My friend Gary Barkalow and I have been creating an online podcast since 2010. Originally we called it “Campfire Conversations” (to reflect the style of our dialogue). Since then we’ve renamed it. The topics have been stored on Facebook and elsewhere, but I am slowly migrating them to my website. Stay tuned for more topics.

Here is an introduction to the hosts. Below is the new podcast format, followed by introductions to us, followed by videos of the old format.

Below is the list of our past podcast series (and we are adding more weekly). Simply click on the series title (like “Nurturing the Life of God in Us“) and the list of videos will appear.

Exposing Counterfeit Answers

All humanity has faced questions about life: Who am I? Why am I suffering? What is my purpose? And scores of people are ready to offer answers. The world delights in offering answers that don’t need God. The answers aren’t atheistic as much as agnostic: they don’t need God.

But Christianity offers answers that rest on Him. Worldly answers look good, and they work … for a while. But like Psalm 115 says, “They have eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.” The answers of the world work for a bit, but in the long run they fail to live up to their promises.

God calls us not to trust in the “horses and chariots” of counterfeit answers, and to trust in His. Below are podcasts on Exposing Worldly Counterfeit Clams.

Nurturing the Life of God in Us

To grow as a believer is not a growth in a religious or moral lifestyle; it is to grow in oneness with our Lord. We are reborn when we become believers, and that means the Holy Spirit lives in us, we are His temple. So, how do we nurture His life in us?

Living A 4th Quarter Life; An Elder in the Gate: Podcast

God calls us to greater and greater spiritual maturity? But what are we to do when institutions want to put us to pasture? How does God call us to act?

Personal Stories: Podcast

Just personal stories of God acting in our lives; always for our good; not always to our understanding.

Dealing with COVID: Podcast
Finding a “Transcendent Pursuit” 2019: Podcast

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I write Beliefs of the Heart to grow our intimacy with God, to help us all examine our deepest heart-beliefs. I am an orthodox believer, meaning my theology is consistent with Christian beliefs through the centuries. In fact, I believe that our current cultural moment clouds our beliefs, so we must continually examine our current,

 fashionable beliefs–which are often unquestioned–in light of scriptural truth. I live in Brooklyn, MI, USA, with my wife. We have four grown children and an ever increasing number of grandchildren.

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