Meditations on Genesis 25:34

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 15th July 2020. We read at the end of Genesis 25 a story about Jacob and Esau, the sons of Isaac. On a particular day, we find Jacob cooking food and Esau returning from the hunt hungry. The famished Esau pleads…

Meditations on Matthew 11:28–30

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 8th July 2020. Religion. It’s such a loaded word. Yet, try as we may, we can’t escape it. Even if you say to people, “Jesus isn’t about religion,” that’s not entirely true. The very definition of religion…

Meditations on Matthew 10:40–42

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 1st July 2020. What can you afford to give away? Do you give regularly to charity, church, and missions? What do you do with your possessions? Are you generous with what you have? Or do you think that you can’t…

Meditations on Romans 6:1-2

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 24th June 2020. Sin. What thoughts start to form? What emotions do you begin to feel? What memories enter your mind? What guilt fills your heart? Does it discourage you? Burden you? Overcome you? If you’re discouraged… If you’re…

Meditations on Romans 5:1

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 17th June 2020. Peace. How unreal does it seem in our present day. COVID-19. Black Lives Matter. Political unrest in various parts of the world. When you think about what’s going on, it can seem like a dream. What about…

Meditations on Psalm 8:2

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 10th June 2020. How do you respond to challenges and difficulties in life? A child might throw a tantrum, run to a parent seeking comfort, or scream as they struggle to communicate their frustration. But us, mature adults, we don’t…

Meditations on 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 3rd June 2020. What are you good at? What secret talents do you harbour? Do you think you have any gifts? Do you instead look at other people and compare yourself to them? Do you see the gifts and talents in…

Meditations on Ephesians 1:19b–21

Transcript of Midweek Meditations podcast episode aired on Wednesday, 27th May 2020. Power. We all want it. We might not want absolute power or political power. But we all want power over some aspect of our lives. In most cases, power to achieve good things. It might be power over…