When You Are Scared to Hope Again - Romans 5:5

When You Are Scared to Hope Again - Romans 5:5

Hope is one of the most fragile things we carry. We have hoped before and been let down. And so Paul's claim lands with surprising force — this hope does not disappoint. And the reason why changes everything. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Feel Like You're the Only Thing Holding It Together - Colossians 1:17

There are moments when everything feels as though it might come apart. Not always dramatically. Sometimes just the quiet accumulation of things that are not resolved. Paul places one of the most extraordinary statements in the New Testament right into that feeling. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Need to Be Sent Into the Day With God's Blessing - Numbers 6:24

These are among the oldest words in the Bible. Older than most of the psalms. Older than the prophets. Three thousand years of use in worship, and still they land with the same weight. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Wonder If Your Life Has a Purpose - Ephesians 2:10

The verse before this says we are saved by grace through faith, not by works. Then this verse adds the rest of the picture. Salvation is not by works. But it is for works. And the works were prepared before you arrived. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Need a Peace the World Cannot Give - John 14:27

Jesus says this on the night before he dies. He is hours from the garden, from the arrest, from the cross. And what he gives his disciples in that moment is not comfort about circumstances. It is peace. His peace. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]