Welcome to Leaving Laodicea
The Survival Manual for the Coming Underground Church
Podcast 291: A Fresh Look at a Familiar Face
Often we only remember the bad things about someone and, when we do, that single memory eclipses whatever good a person's life might have stood for. Case in point: the disciple Thomas. Or, "Doubting Thomas" as we like to call him. Thomas is mentioned three times in...
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Podcast 290: Write Your Living Epitaph
In Colossians we are introduced to a man named Epaphras who was someone Paul proudly called a fellow bondservant (doulos) or fellow slave of Christ. His name is mentioned only three times in Scripture: Colossians 1:7, 4:12, and Philemon 1:23. But in those three...
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Podcast 289: When God Seems Unloving
Sometimes God, in His sovereignty, allows things to happen to us that are hurtful and difficult to understand. Our fervent prayers go unanswered, our finances continue to dwindle to the point of ruin, our closest family relationships remain estranged and broken, and...
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Podcast 288: How to Celebrate Being in Christ
It seems that one of the greatest blessings in the Christian life is found in being "in Him" (Col. 1:15-18). After all, Jesus has "raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:6). "Where and when did this take...
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Podcast 287: Returning to the Place of Pleasant Memories
Sometimes the Lord moves us from a place of marginal fruitfulness or limited success to a place of profound fruitfulness— and we often view it as a retreat, a failure, something akin to running away. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. It seemed Jesus faced...
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Podcast 286: I Ain’t Got No Body
There is a passage found in 1 Corinthians where the Lord Jesus is explaining the unity of His church, His body, by showing the many members of the body, the church, are actually one in Him. Consider the following: For as the body is one and has many members, but all...
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Is There Something I’m Missing?
One of the most glorious pictures of our Lord Jesus is found in the first chapter of Colossians. Here, in these few words, Jesus is revealed as God Himself. He is the imprint, the exact representation, the perfect image of the invisible God. Jesus is presented as the...
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Podcast 285: Calling the Father, Dad
When Jesus said, "I and My Father are one" (John 10:30), He revealed truth so exciting and profound that we dare not overlook it. When Jesus spoke these powerful six words, He was proclaiming that "All that God is, I am, and all that I am, the Father is." Again, "I...
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Don’t Confuse Me With the Truth!
Finally, it was done. He'd come clean and they had him trapped in His own words. The Pharisees accused Him of ducking the issue, of speaking in generalities, of not telling the whole truth. They said, "How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell...
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Podcast 284: Is This for Livin’ or Just for Preaching?
Consider the standard for the Christian life, especially in how we treat each other: Let nothing be done through selfish ambition (or, self-interest, rivalry) or conceit (or, empty pride, haughtiness), but in lowliness of mind (or, humility, meekness) let each esteem...
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Something About Us
This is a collection of the many questions I have struggled with and the answers I have found regarding the relationship between authentic faith in Christ and much of what is portrayed today as Biblical Christianity. Especially with the coming darkness looming over all of us, including the church.
Come with me. It should be a wild ride!
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