In this special bonus episode, Nathan talks about why we aren't releasing a "normal" study in the series this week, gives a quick reflection on the series thus far, and talks about two profound quotes on the Gospel from Charles Spurgeon.

This is the fourteenth installment of Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this installment he discusses the unique phrase in Scripture, “He who has an ear let him hear.” It’s an odd statement and responsively many of us think, “Wait a minute! Don’t we all have an ear?” Yes, we do have physical ears, but not all of us possess spiritual ears. And spiritual ears are what is necessary to be able to hear and understand what God is saying to His Church. To understand and comprehend the mysteries of Scripture demands the presence of the “Bionic ear.” 

This is the thirteenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he gives an overview of the arduous task it is to understand and make sense of the Book of Revelation. Many scholars have concluded that it is a waste of time to even try to comprehend the meaning of this apocalyptic masterpiece. But the Book itself declares that there is a blessing waiting for anyone that dares to read it, hear it, and keep its words. If we genuinely believe in the purposefulness of every single word in the Scriptures, it only makes sense that at the far side of this tangled jungle, is a glorious reward—a greater understanding of the Person of the Jesus Christ. 

This is the twelfth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he puts out on the table his most important puzzle piece for the series. It’s the puzzle piece that most clearly demonstrates his goal in putting this all together and the one that has given him passion to actually systematically address all these awkward and difficult matters pertaining to the End. It’s all summed up in what he describes as the Principle of the Here-and-Now. 

The Gospel offers a great exchange: my life for Christ’s. Because of the Gospel, I have been bought with a price, and my life is now hid in Christ Jesus. As such, I am to live not merely for Christ, but through Christ. In this study, Nathan examines the “exchanged life” and what it means to practically abide and abound in our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is the eleventh installment in Eric’s summer series. In this episode he discusses the historical agenda of the Devil to distort the working of God, to twist the words of God, and to obscure the Good News from clear sight. The Devil works to bury the amazing accomplishments of God while the Holy Spirit works to reveal them. But who is going to win? It is a well known fact that when Light and Dark battle it out head-to-head, that Light always comes out the victor. 

This is the tenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he discusses the “culture of silence” that religious communities are prone to establish as the means of protecting the integrity of their denominational identity. Like caution tape, certain topics or ideas become “roped off” and “inaccessible” to the laymen. “We don’t talk about that in this church” or “we don’t ask those questions around here” become either the spoken or the unspoken messages. But, inevitably, cordoning off these topics leads to a weakening and never a strengthening of the Body of Christ. Like Nicodemus, we must go to Jesus with our questions, even if it be “sneakily” at night.For more information on the theatrical production, Dragon Mountain: Click Here

The modern “gospel” has often been reduced to a true/false test — a simple prayer at the end of a sermon. But biblical salvation requires you to repent and believe … to make Jesus Christ Lord and Savior of your life. And this response to the Gospel is not something we do once but is an ongoing lifestyle and response we live everyday. This is why Christians are called “believers” — we are the ones who continually believe (put our hope, trust, and faith in Jesus Christ and His Word).

This the ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this message he takes us one step further into the puzzling territory of the End, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the Son of Man coming in the clouds. This message will send both a holy thrill and a holy trembling through your spiritual being. There is a “golden chariot” described in and throughout Scripture upon which God rides. And, it is on this chariot that the Almighty comes to bring judgment. But, this same chariot that should elicit awe and fear in those soon to be trampled beneath its wheels—elicits awe and joy in those that have gained the amazing privilege of actually sitting with the Almighty Charioteer when He comes in power. 

This is the eighth episode in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this installment he explores the concept of “The End.” There seem to be two kinds of ends mentioned in Scripture—1) The ends of eras, times, and temporary systems of government, and 2) The end of all things. This distinction matters. And it’s very easy to confuse the two—unwittingly thinking that an ending which refers to the conclusion of a particular epoch of history is instead a proclamation of the end of the heavens and the earth. This message is, like its name, a puzzle—and a rather fun one at that.