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Way of Life in the Shadow of the Cross Ministry Links: Website: https://shadowofthecross.org/ Podcast: https://wayoflife.podbean.com/ Patron Page: https://patron.podbean.com/wayoflifepodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jthomasjohnson Bible Reading Plans: https://shadowofthecross.org/bible-reading-plans/   Books by J. Thomas Johnson: When God Doesn't Look Like God - Fourth Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GY8ZD2VF And the Word of the LORD Came... Fourth Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GY6GB66Z The gods of the West - Second Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX31ZR2J Babel Revisited - Second Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2HR3GK7 A Faithful Person, Who Can Find? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KNGCF9R

The very criteria by which many Israelites of the first century AD rejected Jesus, are criteria taught to them by God. This sermon was preached on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

How did Paul know that the storms on the Mediterranean Sea were going to get worse, and how might we learn from his example?  This sermon was preached on Saturday, September 5, 2026.

When Jesus confronted Paul on the road to Damascus, what did Jesus reveal to him about the true purpose of God for Israel and the Covenant? This sermon was preached on Saturday, August 29, 2026.

Is there any way in which the prosecution of Paul by the Jewish authorities might be seen as just, and what, if anything, might we learn from what was done? This sermon was preached on Saturday, August 22, 2026.

Why would God want the distinction between Jewish people and Gentile people to persist in Christian community until Jesus returns? This sermon was preached on Saturday, August 15, 2026.

How did both the Roman government and the Sanhedrin interpret Paul's message, and did their response make a difference? This sermon was preached on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

Is a belief in the active involvement of God, angels, and demons in human affairs essential to the Gospel of Jesus? This sermon was preached on Saturday, August 1, 2026. For additional information regarding the spiritual worldview of the Bible and the present involvement of spiritual beings in human experience, see the following: "Luke Series - Discussion 12: The Spiritual Forces" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ery8h-14a837d "Luke Series - Discussion 25: The Invasion" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-85cqh-1528122 "Luke Series - Discussion 63: Testing the Spirits" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2rdbd-16c6649 "Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 2: Fearing the Nephilim" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vxjxm-173f450 "Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 3: Displacing the Demonic" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-emdjd-174adcd "Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 7: The Intervention of God" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aeb8c-177c8fa "Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 9: No Other Gods" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8wzgy-1796811 "Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 13: Banished Nations" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dpxxt-17dde05   "gods of the West" series Podcast - Season 9 Books - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6GRP37C   "Babel Revisited Second Edition: The Day of the Lord is at Hand" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2GQYQYM   Dr. Michael Heiser's "The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible" https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Realm-Recovering-Supernatural-Worldview/dp/1683592719/

Of all the challenges the Gospel of Jesus posed to first century Jewish beliefs about God, what was the challenge that ultimately led to Paul's arrest in Jerusalem? This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 24, 2026.

When God sends a prophetic forewarning to His people, is it an opportunity to avoid something or a way of preparing them for something that is unavoidable? This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 18, 2026.

How might Paul's final exhortations to the church help to protect us from false teachers and from false teaching? This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 11, 2026.

Discipleship to Jesus should have a personal cost, an economic cost, and a social cost. What are these costs, and have Christians been willing to pay them? This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 4, 2026.

How can miracles be used both to establish faith and to deceive us? This sermon was preached on Saturday, June 27, 2026.

In today's Old Testament lectionary reading, the prophet Jeremiah cries out to God for rescue. Why did he need rescuing, and what does His prayer mean for us today? This sermon was preached on Sunday, June 21, 2026.

What is the distinction the Apostles have made between the baptism of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus? This sermon was preached on Saturday, June 20, 2026.