Deeper Christian Podcast

While Jesus does give us life (eternal life!), the beautiful reality of Scripture is that the life He gives is not "something" but Himself.He is our life, as Paul declares in Colossians 3:4 …and John goes on to write that we are to live through Him (1 John 4:9).In this episode, we talk about what it means for Jesus to not merely give us life, but to be our life. I also mention a new series that has launched "Life in the Word" on the Daily Thunder Podcast as I walk through a study on our life in the Word—the living Word (Jesus) and the written Word (Scripture).Join me in my new Daily Thunder series Life in the Word.-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 308View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/308

God gave Himself for us to showcase His marvelous redemption in our lives. He bought us out of captivity to sin and darkness and has purified us for Himself. And just as God is our inheritance so too we have become His. In this study, we examine God’s grand redemption which Paul wrote about in Titus 2:14 and we discover that God wants to use us to showcase His life, love, and Gospel to the world around us … He wants to work the “poetry” of the Gospel through our lives and use us to once again be image bearers of Himself to the world.-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 307View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/307

Scripture makes it abundantly clear that the attitude, mindset, and language of a Christian is to be marked by thanksgiving.While we as a culture may celebrate a day of thanksgiving once a year, the life of a believer is always marked by it.-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 306View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/306

Jesus Christ is returning soon. While we patiently await His return, how are we supposed to live now?In this fourth study from Titus 2:11–15 we talk about how to "look for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" and give nine biblical ways we can practically “hope” and have an eager expectancy for the Lord's Return.-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 305View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/305

Christians have been radically transformed and conformed to the image of Christ. We are brand new creatures in Christ who are now to live completely different than the world around us.And the amazing reality of the Gospel is that God’s grace, through His Holy Spirit, enables us to live as we ought – even in the present day in which we live.In this third study from Titus 2:11–15 we talk about how God’s grace is training, disciplining, and enabling us to walk as genuine Christians – with self-control, righteousness, and godliness.-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 304View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/304

In this podcast, they discuss the importance of denying and rejecting ungodliness as Christians, focusing on living differently from the world. They explore how God's grace enables us to resist worldly desires and live as new creations in Christ. The episode highlights the transformational power of being born again in Christ and the need to embrace a distinct Christian life.

Exploring the profound gift of grace beyond mere mercy in modern culture and the church. Delving into the transformative power of God's grace in believers' lives. Discovering how God's grace empowers believers to abound in good works and serve in ministry. Highlighting the concept of God's grace as a guiding force for instruction and correction. Embracing God's grace for empowered living, overcoming challenges and embodying love, joy, and faith.

With all that is going on in Israel the past two weeks, here are seven key ways we can pray:1. Pray for peacePsalm 122:6 reminds us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem2. Pray for protection3. Pray for comfort4. Pray for the furtherance of Gospel5. Pray for the repentance of the terrorists6. Pray for hostagesClick here to get a list of the names of the hostages that we know of so far7. Pray for leadership and wisdom-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 301View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/301

For many believers, we have become distracted from what Paul calls the "simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:3). In short, we are too easily preoccupied with everything but Jesus … even if it is good and godly things.As we celebrate our 300th episode, we talk about the single most important thing—the truth that Jesus is all and He is to preeminent and first place in our lives.-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 300View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/300

As Christians, we are called to be image bearers of the Living God — we are to showcase His life to the world. In short, we are to bear His Name well.In Scripture, there are two critical passages concerning what it means to bear God's name—the Ten Commandments and the command to not take God’s Name in vain, and Jesus’ model prayer to “hallow” the Name of God. In this episode, we listen to a portion of the final study in my "Behold Our God" series, looking at the majesty and loveliness of Christ through the Names of God. In the second half of the message, we discuss what it means to bear God’s Name rightly in our lives (and the secret to do so), how to “hallow” (keep His Name holy), and what it actually means to not take His Name in vain (it’s far more than swearing).Listen to the Behold Our God (Names of God) Daily Thunder series on the Ellerslie websiteBook mentioned in episode: Bearing God's Name (by Carmen Joy Imes)-----------------» Join the Deeper Christian community and receive the Deeper Digest each Saturday, which includes all the quotes, articles, podcasts, and resources from Nathan and Deeper Christian from the week to help you grow spiritually.-----------------Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 299View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/299