This episode contains only one story, but the details show that it isn't about what it seems.  The Sanhedrin have begun their investigation that will result in a decision; is Jesus the Messiah or not?

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021: Mathew 9:1-8 Healing While Under Investigation

We begin to emphasize the teachings as a progression of consciousness. We use the second part of Matthew Chapter 8 to describe a process that people go through after hearing the message in the Sermon on the Mount. These are building blocks for action, not just stories.  It's all just a bit different than it seems on the surface...

020: Excuses, Costs, Storms, and Misunderstandings

One of the most controversial,  misunderstood, abused and exploited teachings in Christianity is about healing. A person who has a need for healing is also one of the most pressing reasons that people want to be able to speak with the Holy Spirit directly.  This has led to many people being misled or exploited by all sorts of people in the church, in the medical community, and through many other avenues.  Being in the need of healing is normal because we have human bodies that are not perfect.  Although needing healing is what brings many people to God, it's much better to know and understand healing before you need it.  The Holy Spirit can and will heal you, but there are things that you have to understand about this type of healing, and its not usually an understanding that comes instantly.

019: Three Healings

This episode concludes the Sermon on the Mount and gives us the final understanding of how to make the words of Jesus practical. Choose the right road, build your house upon the rock, watch out for those who are pretenders, and you will withstand the storm!

018: Sermon on the Mount Part 6: The Road and The Rock

The middle section of the Sermon on the Mount contains a way out of the vicious cycles that the normal life offers. It gives us transforming initiatives to get to the extraordinary life!

017: Sermon on Mount Part 5: The Way Out

This is a history lesson to help understand the intersection of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Zealots with one another as well as with the Roman government. It helps us see why each group had the concerns that they did about Jesus.  We will discuss how the disputes between the written Torah and the oral Torah would ignite the world’s first religious war, the Maccabean Revolt.  The oppressive rule of the Greeks and Romans over the Jewish people led to the building of the magnificent Holy Temple and also its destruction less than 100 years later. I hope to show you more deeply why the peaceful message from Jesus was not what the people were looking for in a Messiah, and additionally, the signposts as to why listening to him at that time might have changed the world.  It still can.    

016: The Context of Jesus's Teachings

The end of Matthew Chapter 6 includes warnings about the way of the world, possessions, our tendency to be hypocrites, and worry. There is direct information about the good news that can come if we can keep our natural selves in check!

015: Sermon on the Mount Part 4: Hypocrisy, Possessions, and the World

In this section of the book of Matthew, Jesus gives us guidance on three pillars of Christian practice, giving to charity, praying, and fasting, with an emphasis on not being a hypocrite!

014: Sermon on the Mount Part 3: Giving, Praying, Fasting

We dig deeper into the Sermon on the Mount and find out how this collection of words has changed our world.

013: Sermon on the Mount Part 2: Salt & Light & the Antitheses

This is a special episode where I outline some of the processes I have experienced while being changed by the Holy Spirit.

012: How We are Changed and Judgment

The beatitudes are the very first part of the Sermon on the Mount. They provide us with a list of eight things we should try to achieve within ourselves to begin the process of understanding how God wants us to act.

011: Sermon on the Mount Part 1: The Beatitudes

This episode on the elements of spiritual transformation clarifies the process and the landmarks on the path to true communication with the Holy Spirit.  It explains why we need faith, where we can get the courage and energy to change, and how the process of sacrifice alters our experience once we have the vision of where we are going and the diagnosis of what has gone wrong.

010: Spiritual Transformation

The power of evil is one that we have to investigate in our spiritual transformation. Where does temptation fit in? Is this a power outside of us or in us or both? In this episode, we go both to the Bible's story of Jesus's temptation in the wilderness and to the understandings of evil by a Jungian genius, Robert Moore, PhD to look at this pervasive issue: Evil, the Opposition to God.

009: Evil

The book of Matthew presents the story of Jesus from the perspective that he was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. This commentary will shed light on the life of the most influential person in history.

008: Commentary on Matthew 1-4

The New Testament begins with the book of Matthew and the birth of Jesus. These stories provide the basis for the commentary that follows. Its perfect to start with Matthew rather than Mark, which was written first. Matthew's message is the Jesus really is the Messiah. This is the first understanding we need to truly believe in His life as our example.

007: Matthew 1-10

Working With The Voice is about tuning in to the Holy Spirit to bring about the extraordinary life! Experience God’s guidance and direction to find and act on your purpose.

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