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When did slavery end? Did you know that it hasn't? In fact, more people are enslaved in the world than at any time in history. We've talked with my friend, Derek, a couple of times on this podcast. I want you to hear about his journey into the world of enslavement and how God is using All People Free to do just that.

There has been a lot of religious rhetoric with the outbreak of military action against Iran, as well as from Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth. As followers of Jesus, who told us to love our enemies, who laid his life down for his enemies (us!), how are we to think of the language being used to support military action? Let's explore.

My friend and mentor, Bob Ekblad, recently wrote an article on the Church in North America and its support of the agendas and actions being promoted by the present administration. Bob quotes Romans 2, where Paul writes that "the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you," and directs this prophetic critique toward the American Church and ties it to idolatry. Ready or not, here we go!

After more than three years, we are back with Willow Weston, as she talks about her book, "Collide, Running Into Healing When Life Hands You Hurt." Willow shares about how Jesus met her when she was hiding in the closet with her pain and brought her out into healing. This book is a permission slip for people to name their pain and begin courageously saying Yes to letting God heal it. Join us and begin to experience the power and healing found in Jesus.

"The God of the Universe wants me alive!" This realization changed everything for my friend, Caleb Epps. Join us as he tells his amazing story of the powerful work Jesus did in him and is doing through him as he lives from a place of being desperate for God to show up.

In this episode, I share a family story of restoration. I'm not going to tell you more, so I don't give it away. But I believe God wants to restore what has been lost in families in this season. Get ready for a miracle!

The end of the year offers us the opportunity for a calendar-specific spiritual exercise of the year-end examen. The examen is a relatively simple practice, often done daily or weekly, to pause and take note of God's presence throughout the day, as well as where we missed Him. The year-end examen offers the opportunity to reflect with Jesus on 2025, and be in conversation with Him about the year to come. After we set it up, we will take time to go through the questions as they guide us in our reflection. If you would like to partner with me in making this podcast possible by giving a year-end donation, please go to www.church-withoutwalls.org and click on Donate. All donations are tax-deductible. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Meet my friend, Bethany Dearborn Hiser. We've known each other for a long time and worked together for several years at Tierra Nueva. It was there that she experienced burnout and began her journey into healing and belovedness, learning to sit beneath God's gaze of love. As you hear her share about her journey, I know you will receive, as well. If you'd like to give a year-end gift to help support the work of Church Without Walls, please go to www.church-withoutwalls.org and click on Donate. All donations are tax-deductible and must be processed by December 30 to count toward the 2025 tax year. Thank you so much for your partnership!

It is Advent, when we celebrate the arrival of Jesus. John sees about him that "the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us." Today we explore how the tabernacle and the Temple were the place where heaven and earth met, how this is true of Jesus, and (spoiler alert) that it is true of each of us! If you'd like to support the work of Church Without Walls with a year-end donation, please go to www.church-withoutwalls.org and click on the donate link. All donations are tax-deductible and must be processed by December 30 to count toward the 2025 tax year. Thank you for your partnership!

I'm excited to have Aidan on today as he shares his journey from a bored church kid obsessed with football to a passionate lover of Jesus obsessed with telling others about Him. Get ready to, as Aidan likes to say, get lit.  If you'd like to make a year-end gift to support this podcast, please visit www.church-withoutwalls.org/donate. All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you!

We are joined by my friend Wendy Bents Patterson as she returns from her seventh trip to Brazil with Global Awakening. Wendy has prayed for and witnessed the Holy Spirit perform amazing healings on these trips, and she shares testimonies, as well as the five-step prayer model they use. You will be encouraged and equipped! Check out my new book on the Holy Spirit: A Longing for More: Deeper, Wider, Further with the Holy Spirit. Now available through Amazon.com

What are your thoughts or even practices when it comes to Sabbath? Join me on this journey of exploration with my friend, Brian Steele, as he takes us back to what we were created for - delighting in God and experiencing his delight. We already practice all sorts of disciplines that are driven by what we value. What if we stepped into the discipline of delight? Enjoy this refreshingly new invitation into an ancient practice that is from the very heart of God. Also, my new book, "A Longing for More: Deeper, Wider, Further with the Holy Spirit" is out! Available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com

What does prayer look like for you these days? How do you pray about global and national things? Are you overwhelmed? Have you stopped praying altogether? Romans 8:26-28 tells us that "the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought..." Do you feel like you don't know how to pray as you ought? You qualify! The Spirit wants to help. But it may not look like how prayer has been modeled for us. Let's explore.

Welcome back to part two of my conversation with Eric Stelter about hearing God and stepping out in risk. Eric lays a great foundation for hearing God, telling us to "get empty," to live in the expectancy of God speaking, and to commit ourselves to 100% obey what God is telling us to do! He tells us to practice in the little things to train ourselves to be ready when the big stuff comes. To support this podcast, go to www.church-withoutwalls.org and click on donate. All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you!

Welcome to Season 4! Along the way, I want to share and explore some of the more "out there" ways the Holy Spirit leads us. I want to start with a story of my own about how the Holy Spirit led me to give up alcohol. Here we go! If you'd like to partner with me to help support this podcast, you can go to  www.church-withoutwalls.org and click on donate.  All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you!