Vintage Relevance

We all have been formed by things that have been said to us, done to us, or done around us. It's part of being human. Every event that has had an impact on our lives, whether positive or negative, is a type of trauma by definition. The Bible teaches us to come out of the conformity that we've experienced in the world to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

Our bodies tell the stories of our trauma. We often use our ...

I want to be blessed. Not like normal blessed. Supernaturally blessed. I want to be blessed so that all the people around me know that I'm blessed - I want that level of blessing. You know what I mean? Of course you do, because you want it too.

I was sitting in church when I read 2 verses in the middle of a larger narrative that made me zone out of the sermon for a good 15-20 minutes. The verses were 2 Samuel 6:11-12. I zoned ou...

Let's walk and talk! In John chapters 14-17, Jesus says a phrase over and over again sprinkled throughout the 4 chapters: "Ask the Father anything in my name, and He'll give it to you." He also adds to some of them, "so that you may glorify the Father in Heaven."

That sounds wonderful, and you may even believe it; but how often has that actually happened for you? And how often do you practice that princi...

You'll notice a rebrand starting with this episode. We're taking it all the way back to 2011 with the original ministry name: Vintage Relevance! Why? It's all about delivering vintage truth in a relevant way to today's world.

Today I'm out for a walk, and we're gonna just chat about something that seems relevant for this episode - rebranding. I'll reference 2 Corinthians 5:17, and we'll talk about wh...

This is a meditation on Colossians 1:15-20, which says:

'He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and by him all things hold together. He is also the head of the body, the churc...

Do you experience anxiety? Obviously, in our modern culture, EVERYONE experiences anxiety on some level. We've just learned to live with and self-medicate it instead of deal with it.

In this 5-part series, you’ll learn what the Bible says about anxiety. You will be equipped with the biblical tools to know where to go, what to know, what to do, and how to be. As a bonus, you’ll learn how to kill anxiety.

Here are the passages for ...

Do you experience anxiety? Obviously, in our modern culture, EVERYONE experiences anxiety on some level. We've just learned to live with and self-medicate it instead of deal with it.

In this 5-part series, you’ll learn what the Bible says about anxiety. You will be equipped with the biblical tools to know where to go, what to know, what to do, and how to be. As a bonus, you’ll learn how to kill anxiety.

Here's the passage for...

Do you experience anxiety? Obviously, in our modern culture, EVERYONE experiences anxiety on some level. We've just learned to live with and self-medicate it instead of deal with it.

In this 5-part series, you’ll learn what the Bible says about anxiety. You will be equipped with the biblical tools to know where to go, what to know, what to do, and how to be. As a bonus, you’ll learn how to kill anxiety.

Here's the passage for...

Do you experience anxiety? Obviously, in our modern culture, EVERYONE experiences anxiety on some level. We've just learned to live with and self-medicate it instead of deal with it.

In this 5-part series, you’ll learn what the Bible says about anxiety. You will be equipped with the biblical tools to know where to go, what to know, what to do, and how to be. As a bonus, you’ll learn how to kill anxiety.

Here's the passage for...

Do you experience anxiety? Obviously, in our modern culture, EVERYONE experiences anxiety on some level. We've just learned to live with and self-medicate it instead of deal with it.

In this 5-part series, you’ll learn what the Bible says about anxiety. You will be equipped with the biblical tools to know where to go, what to know, what to do, and how to be. As a bonus, you’ll learn how to kill anxiety.

Here's the passage ...

You can never know freedom if you've never been bound. You can never know healing if you've never been broken. You can never know forgiveness if you've never been hurt. There would be no resurrection if there were no crucifixion. We have to learn to live in the contrasting tension of what is and what we hope for.

In this episode, you'll learn how to live in the tension and learn what it means to actually *follow* J...

From the moment we are born into this world we are being marketed to. We never have a chance to actually see reality or understand it in order to make our own decisions, because we only see the illusion of what others want us to see, think, feel, and choose. These illusions use fear to create and feed habits, addictions, spending, understanding, and so much more. Industries profit from these illusions and prey on our fears to keep ...

This episode gives you a bit of an insight into my Baptist childhood and our Sunday rhythm as a family. From Sunday School to "Bus kids" and worship songs I despise to weird "Christianese" phrases, I talk about it all. By the end I unpack this phrase (also the title of a popular worship song some unnamed people despise): "honey in the rock" found in Psalm 81:16.

Here's the passage:

'But he would feed Israel with the best wheat. “I...

In John 2, Jesus gets angry and overturns the money changers' tables and drives out everyone and every animal in the temple - on Passover weekend, the biggest festival of the year in Jerusalem. Needless to say, he ruffled some feathers. But I think His anger has just as much to do with us as it did the religious leaders.

Here's the passage:

'The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found pe...

This chapter of Psalms gives all of us hope, because it points to how a perfect God embraces imperfect people.

Here's the passage:

'Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord ? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not appealed to what is false, and who has not sworn deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord , and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the gener...

I love how David writes this Psalm and uses imagery and nature to make a powerful point of how we should live our lives. It's such a great passage. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do talking about it.

Here's the passage:

'The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands. Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge. There is no speech; there are no words; the...

How do you go through life "unshaken"? Psalm 15 has some insight. Here's the passage:

' Lord , who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain? The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness, and acknowledges the truth in his heart — who does not slander with his tongue, who does not harm his friend or discredit his neighbor, who despises the one rejected by the Lord but honors those who fear the Lord , who k...

Have you ever felt like you were under attack? Not because you were in the wrong per se, but because you felt like the world was out to get you? This message is for you, my friend!

Here's the Scripture:

' Lord , how my foes increase! There are many who attack me. Many say about me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah But you, Lord , are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. I cry aloud to the Lord , a...