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459: Jesus is Our Peace (Ephesians 2:14) // Ephesians Bible Study 53 (Nathan Johnson) Speaker: Nathan JohnsonSeries: Ephesians Bible StudyStudy: 53 – Jesus is Our Peace (Ephesians 2:14) Jesus doesn’t merely give us peace, He is our peace. In this expositional sermon from Ephesians 2:14, Nathan Johnson walks through what biblical peace is and how Jesus becomes peace in our lives in three key areas.

458: The Submission of Winston // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 74 (Eric Ludy) Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2 Study: The Submission of Winston   This is the seventy-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he brings out a struggle in the late Summer months of 1944 between America and Great Britain over how they should handle the Mediterranean theater of war.  Eric showcases Winston Churchill’s deliberate choice to defer unto Roosevelt and Stalin in making the final decision on a key operation in order to keep the Allied forces united and together in the pursuit of defeating Hitler.  

457: Remember Liège // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 73 (Eric Ludy)   Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2 Study: 73: Remember Liège   This is the seventy-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he demonstrates, using amazing events from WW2 in August of 1944, how God turns all things to good for those that love Him and are called according to His purpose.  

456: Be Anxious for Nothing (Philippians 4:6) // The Christian Mindset 6 (Nathan Johnson)Speaker: Nathan JohnsonSeries: The Christian MindsetStudy: 6 – Be Anxious for Nothing (Philippians 4:6) As Christians, there is nothing in our lives that should cause fear, worry, or anxiety. Yet how can we live, as Paul declares, “anxious for nothing”? In this expositional message on the Christian Mindset, Nathan Johnson looks at Philippians 4:6 and examines four ways we can live without any anxiety or fear.

455: The Liberation of Paris // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 72 (Eric Ludy)   This is episode seventy-two in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he dives into the four year history of France in WW2 from mid-1940 through August 1944. First, we go back to June of 1940 and walk through the inner turmoil that is going to lead to the ousting and imprisonment of the nation's noble good guys and the French nation falling into he hands of Hitler and his evil regime.  And then we will jump to August of 1944, where we are currently at in our story, and realize afresh that good men can be silenced, imprisoned, and exiled for a season, but in the end the good guys always seem to return and prevail. That’s simply the storyline of the Kingdom of Heaven.   

454: Brought Near by the Blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13) // Ephesians Bible Study 52 (Nathan Johnson) Speaker: Nathan JohnsonSeries: Ephesians Bible StudyStudy: 52 – Brought Near by the Blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13) There is tremendous power in the blood of Christ! And while we may sing it, know it, and declare it, it doesn’t mean we actually live under this incredible reality. In this expositional sermon of Ephesians 2:13, Nathan Johnson talks about being brought near by the blood of Christ and the profound preciousness of the blood of Jesus in our lives.

453: Operation Pluto // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 71 (Eric Ludy)   This is episode seventy-one in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores a profound invention designed by the British during the war years 1942 to 1944 which enabled them to pump oil under the ocean to supply the fuel-needy Allied war machine in France, Belgium, and beyond. It’s a remarkable invention that parallels the extraordinary work of Jesus at the Cross supplying us (the Church) a pipeline of limitless Heavenly Oil for all things pertaining to life and godliness.  

452: Rushing the Bocage // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 70 (Eric Ludy)   Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2 Study: 70: Rushing the Bocage   This is episode seventy in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he brings us into the daily slog of the Allied infantry as they make their way across the French countryside. With the momentum of D-Day at their backs, who would have guessed that the next month would be so difficult and so taxing. Often, Christians are surprised by the enemy’s resistance and they underestimate his will to fight. The Allied perseverance through this slow-moving and harrowing slog in June and July of 1944 is an inspiring picture of the perseverance needed in our souls as Christians right here and right now.    

451: The Lord is at Hand (Philippians 4:5b) // The Christian Mindset 5 (Nathan Johnson)Speaker: Nathan JohnsonSeries: The Christian MindsetStudy: 5 – The Lord is at Hand (Philippians 4:5b) The Lord is at hand! This small statement made by Paul is loaded with depth and life-changing truth. In this expositional sermon of Philippians 4:5, Nathan Johnson looks at two profound ways we must understand this passage and the significance it holds for how we live today.

450: The Spoils of D-Day // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 69 (Eric Ludy) Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2 Study: 69: The Spoils of D-Day   This is the sixty-ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled, Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he joins Winston Churchill in his journey to the newly captured territories in France following the D-Day invasion. A profound spiritual parallel emerges in this story between the Christian surveying the wondrous Cross of Christ and Churchill surveying the wondrous victory at Normandy. A Day even greater than that of 1944’s D-Day unfolded 2000 years prior and the victory achieved on that Day, was not a result of the sacrifice of tens of thousands, but due to the sacrifice of One.