PODCAST · religion
Church On The Edge
by Dan Armistead
A podcast focused on helping you to recognize and follow the person and lifestyle of Jesus in today's world.
Episodes
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S08E12: For An Age of Outrage
“Either God outgrows our present, limited understanding and we grow with God, or we regress due to our inability to love and trust what is happening.”Richard Rohr, The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom in an Age of Outrage. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at:...
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S08E11: The American Way and The Jesus Way
“What they wanted, he would not give; what he offered, they would not receive.” F.F. Bruce (On Jesus’s rejection after his refusal to allow the people to crown him their earthly king.) “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 14:12) For more from Dan...
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S08E10: Prophets are Political
“Any social analysis is still called by some 'mixing politics with religion.' But that’s exactly what the prophets do.” - Father Richard Rohr, The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom in an Age of Outrage. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com
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S08E09: MAGA Christianity’s Insatiable Lust
Donald Trump didn’t need to grab MAGA Christians by the "you know what"; they chased their strongman-lover down. “In her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.” Jeremiah 2:24 “She carried on her prostitution openly and...
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S08E8: MAGA’s Broad Road to Destruction
"Each culture is dominated by its own set of idols." Timothy Keller Golden Calves, Bronze Serpents, and Earthly Kings The history of idolatry among God's People explains the worship of Donald Nehushtan Trump. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at:...
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S08E07: The Scandal of MAGA Christianity’s Roots
“The theological sin of idolatry inevitably leads to the ethical sin of injustice.” Reinhold Niebuhr Is the zealous Christian support for MAGA idolatry? Let’s see what the Bible says. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com
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S08E06: Whitewashing Political Corruption
“Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations.” Ezekiel 22:28 The power-broker, celebrity Christian leaders in America are covering up a multitude of MAGA sins. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com
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S08E05: Beware of Monster Hunters
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” Friedrich Nietzsche Christians are “Good News” people, but MAGA Christianity, with its “enemy at the gates” message is anything but. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at:...
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S08E04: Who me? (Unlikely Prophets)
“God calls all kinds of people to be prophets.” John Eckhart, Prophet, Arise Prophets are seers. They live on the “edge of the inside” seeing what the majority do not. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge
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S08E03: Road to Ruin
“The crowd is untruth.” Soren Kierkegaard Surprised by American Christianity’s support of Donald Trump? Don’t be - the religious majority always follows the broad road to destruction. Just ask Jesus. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com...
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S08E02: Rotten Roots, Rotten Fruit
“Donald Trump is not the betrayal of evangelical values; he is the fulfillment of evangelical values.” Kristen Kobes Du Mez The rotten roots of American evangelicalism are eye-opening, but crucial to understanding evangelical support for Donald Trump. For more from Dan check out his website…
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S08E01: You Are Not Alone
It’s easy to feel alone and cut off from people and churches that we love and belong(ed) to. Militant MAGA Christianity is corrupting the church, and it is heartbreaking to see. But you are not alone. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com...
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S07E10: Temple
The temple for the Jews was the place where God dwelt. From the tabernacle or tent of meeting in the wilderness to Solomon’s great temple, and later the temple in Jesus’s day, worship centered around the temple. But when Jesus came all that changed. For more from Dan check out his website, medium...
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S07E09: Idols
Idols. Not just carved images from wood or stone. The idols commanding the worship of many Christians in the United States today are prompted by well-known Christian leaders. taken from Dan's book, Prophets or Patriots: How Evangelicals are Giving to Caesar What Belongs to God. You can find that...
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S07E08: Freedom
We can live in a “free” country, amass great wealth, and emphasize our personal rights without ever experiencing the freedom God offers us. True freedom is internal. Like the oxygen in our blood, it is woven into the very fabric of our being. For more from Dan check out his website, medium...
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S07E07: Life
Three words in the New Testament describe the various dimensions of life experienced by people in our world. How would you describe your life? Listen to find out what Jesus has to say about the best life. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com...
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S07E06: Babylon pt.2
The word "Babylon," appearing approximately three hundred times in our Bibles, and finding its ultimate meaning in the book of Revelation, is a word we would do well to understand in our day when so many Christians are choosing the way of the Beast over the way of the Lamb. In this episode, Dan...
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S07E05: Babylon pt.1
Beginning in the book of beginnings, the book of Genesis, the roots and history of the word “Babylon” evolves into a dramatic symbol for the dehumanizing and broken world in which we live. In this two-part podcast, Dan traces the origin and fall of Babylon, as he warns followers of Jesus to “come...
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S07E04: Multicolored
The Christian faith was never meant to be a "one size fits all" religion. Just the opposite. In this episode, we will be examining what the apostle Paul refers to as the "multicolored wisdom" of God. It is a term he used to describe the church. A community composed of people from various...
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S07E03: Confession
Like repentance, confession is a word for which the meaning has been drastically reduced in a large portion of the church in our day. In this episode, we look at the larger concept of confession and its powerful effect on our growing self-awareness as followers of Jesus. For more from Dan check…
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S07E02: Repentance
We tend to associate the word "repentance" with sin. While this is not exactly wrong, it does a disservice to the message of Jesus as he calls us to see our lives and world from the perspective of God's kingdom. As followers of Jesus, we are called to a lifelong process of repentance. For more…
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S07E01: Word
We often refer to the Bible as "The Word of God." The Old Testament writers spoke of the scriptures in this way. But when Jesus entered our world, God's Word became completely associated with him. Jesus is the Word of God. In this episode, we examine the powerful impact God's Word, Jesus, had…
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S06E12: Legacy
What kind of follower of Jesus will you be? Will you be led astray by the lying preachers and politicians in our day, or will you take a stand and speak out against the corruption and deceit in our churches and our nation? What legacy will you leave behind? For more from Dan check out his…
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S06E11: Grapes of Wrath
Confronting the wickedness of Israel’s king, Elijah announces the inevitable judgment that will come to Ahab and his family. While the other so-called prophets in the land were busy sucking up to Ahab, Elijah wasn’t afraid to confront this wicked leader. Are you willing to do the same? For more...
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S06E10: Rise of the Prophets
Moses expressed his desire that all God’s people would be prophets. Jesus answered Moses when he promised his disciples that they would be talked about, lied about, and rejected like “the prophets before you.” If you are one who clearly sees the spiritual drought in the wayward church of our day,...
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S06E09: Another Mountain
Elijah expected immediate results after the fire fell on Mount Carmel. Instead, Queen Jezebel vows to end his life. Questions and doubts fill the prophets heart and mind. He takes those doubts to God. And God honors Elijah’s transparency and vulnerability. He will do the same for you. Don’t walk...
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S06E08: Confrontation
The confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal is a turning point in this great story. The drought will end, the rains will fall, and God’s Living Word will return. It won’t be all at once. In fact, it will be a process that takes several years. But it begins when one man courageously...
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S06E07: Trouble Makers
Ahab called Elijah a troublemaker. And so he was! Today’s comfortable, drought-stricken church needs more troublemakers. More followers of Jesus who refuse to go along with the crowd. More willing to question the authority of leaders whose track record in our day demonstrates how far from the way...
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S06E06: Breaking Religious Rules
Carrying a dead Gentile boy up to his room wasn’t exactly kosher for a Jewish prophet. Neither was placing that boy on his bed and laying his body over the boy’s dead body. Clearly prohibited according to God’s Word in Leviticus. But mercy trumps sacrifice, and religious rule keeping contradicts...
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S06E05: Out of the Frying Pan
Jesus’s parable of the “Good Samaritan” is not unique. It is anchored in the teaching of Scripture. God sends Elijah to Zarephath, the stronghold of Baal worship, to be cared for by a Gentile widow with an orphan. When Jesus implied that this was because there were no widows in Israel with this...
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S06E04: The Cutting Place
“The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.” These are the words of Jesus to the Roman politician, Pilate. Pilate responded cynically, “What is truth?” In these days of alternative facts and conspiracy theories, of high paid lawyers who know how to “work” the…
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S06E03: The Written Word and the Living Word
I’ll be back. Until then just read the Book. That’s not what Jesus said, but you wouldn’t know it by the way many teach in today’s American church. The worship of the Bible has replaced the worship of God. God’s Living Word is desperately needed. For more from Dan check out his website, medium...
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S06E02: Passing the Mantle
Passing the living flame of God’s presence and power is how Christianity works. That’s not happening today and the church in America is dying as a consequence. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge...
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S06E01: Spiritual Drought
Unlike physical drought, spiritual drought often goes unnoticed. Churches and denominations dry up, wither, and experience slow deaths. But no one seems to notice. Welcome to the twenty-first century church in America. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at:...
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S05E10: Final Thoughts
Dan ends this season with some final thoughts on God's wisdom, rejecting the Martha model of ministry, and learning to walk in the unforced rhythms of God's grace. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge...
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S05E09: Lady Wisdom
The way of God has always been opposed by institutionalized religion. In this episode Dan explains that if we follow in the ways of a prophet like John the Baptist, and our Lord and Teacher Jesus, we can expect criticism and opposition by the insiders. But Lady Wisdom proves us right by our deeds...
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S05E08: God's Hidden Wisdom
John the Baptist stood directly on the dividing line of history. He was the greatest servant of God born of women. But unlike those of us born of God's Spirit, and living on this side of the cross, John was unable to see and comprehend the wisdom and ways of God's kingdom found in Jesus. For more...
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S05E07: The Fear of the Lord
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom? What does that even mean? Is it “reverential respect”? In this episode, Dan tries to steer us away from the religious jargon and helps us understand in plain words what “The Fear of the Lord” really means. For more from Dan check out his website,...
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S05E06: Pearls and Pigs Pt.2
As followers of Jesus, we are to be as crafty as serpents, and as innocent as doves in dealing with those who are guided by the wisdom and ways of the world rather than God's kingdom. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com...
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S05E05: Pearls and Pigs Pt.1
The smoke screen of the world hinders us from seeing the reality of God's Kingdom all around us. In this episode Dan points to Jesus' message to stop casting your pearls before pigs. Jesus calls us to reorient our thinking and priorities from those of the world and the smoke screen that keeps us...
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S05E04: God's Kingdom and My Kingdom
Each of us has a kingdom over which we exercise personal authority. In this episode Dan explains that as we manage our kingdoms in accordance with God's will and ways, we will become a blessing to those around us. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at:...
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S05E03: Tear Drop Pearls
As we grow in God's wisdom, Dan explains that two inevitable things will take place in our lives: we will grieve over the brokenness of our world, and those who are suffering, while at the same time experiencing the inexpressible joy that comes from our entering into God's eternal kingdom. For…
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S05E02: What Do You Want From God?
If you could ask God for anything, what would you ask for? In this episode Dan explains that when we make God's wisdom the priority of our lives, we can be certain that along with it, God will grant us the desires of our hearts. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books...
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S05E01: Pearls of Great Price: On the Hunt
Like the merchant on the hunt for the pearl of great price, you and I must diligently seek God's Kingdom. But where do we begin our search? In this first episode of the season, Dan explains that the answer is found in the greatest sermon ever preached. Jesus's Sermon on the Mount has been called...
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S04E18: The Israel of God (Part 2)
As we conclude our study of "Galatians: Confronting Cultural Christianity," we look at the final characteristic of those who are called to be the Israel of God in our day - they are dead to the world and the world is dead to them. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and…
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S04E17: The Israel of God (Part 1)
Who are the true members of God's family? Who are considered children of Abraham and members of Israel? That's the question Paul answers throughout this letter, and as he concludes he describes the markers of those who are truly the Israel of God. For more from Dan check out his website, medium...
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S04E16: Freedom: Use It, Don't Abuse It!
As Christians, we are free from living according to the law, that is, rules and regulations governing our behavior. In this episode, Dan points to Galatians 5:16-25 to show that to do that successfully, we must live according to the Spirit. As we walk in the Spirit, we inherit more of God's…
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S04E15: Social Pariahs
Expectations that have nothing to do with God's grace that comes to us in Christ are the bane of the church in our day. Those who stand firm against these expectations are labeled social pariahs. We need more social pariahs as we serve together as God's church on the edge. For more from Dan check...
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S04E14: Children of Promise
How does the average non-Bible scholar church member learn to distinguish false teaching from those whose Bible knowledge far surpasses their own? Listen to this week's podcast and find out. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com...
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S04E13: Friends and Enemies
Using well-known Greek teachings on friends and friendship, Paul draws a stark difference between his relationship with the Christians in Galatia, and the unhealthy relationship they have with the Jewish teachers ministering among them. In doing this, he demonstrates the incarnation truth of…
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A podcast focused on helping you to recognize and follow the person and lifestyle of Jesus in today's world.
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