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Life Lessons with Dr. Steve Schell
by Steve Schell
For twenty years Dr. Steve Schell’s 30-minute radio program, Life Lessons, was heard throughout the United States. Now, Pastor Steve’s thorough, well-studied sermons can be heard again. Committed to comprehensively teaching through entire books of the Bible, Pastor Steve pulls out the deep, eternal truths in each section of Scripture without skipping over the challenging passages. He applies what is learned clearly and practically so that listeners are inspired to not just be hearers of the Word, but doers. You’ll greatly enjoy the depth of his teaching, the transparency of his stories and the humor of his preaching style as the Holy Spirit uses each sermon to transform your heart and mind. These sermons will help foster true discipleship for the committed Christian, both young and old. Dr. Steve Schell served as a pastor for over 45 years and has spent a lifetime studying the Word of God. He has served as the chairman of Foursquare’s Doctrine Committee for 20 years and has written f
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Ep 59 Signs and Wonders, Ro 15:14-19
Neither Jesus, nor the eleven apostles, nor Paul asked people simply to believe the message they proclaimed. Listen to Jesus: "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but If I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the...
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Ep 58 Morning Mind, Ro 7:24-8:17
My body has a mind of its own. And it's not a happy mind. It worries; it fears; it grows angry; it looks for comfort in all the wrong places. It replays unpleasant memories over and over again. It fixates on whatever's negative, and I can find myself getting upset before I even recognize what's...
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Ep 57 The Work of God, Ro 14:19-15:7
There's a secret to having God's power that only a few seem to understand. The secret is this: He only blesses what He initiates. When we speak His words, there's anointing; when we do what He asks us to do, the miracles flow. No one understood this more deeply than Jesus. His all-absorbing…
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Ep 56 Letting People Grow, Ro 14:13-19
What condition were you in when you got saved? For some of us that's an easy question to answer because we've only known the Lord tor a few weeks or months. But for others that encounter took place so long ago we hardly recognize the person we once were. We've changed so much over the years it's...
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Ep 55 Feed My Lambs, Ro 14:1-12
If asked, most Christians will say they want to see people born again and gathered into the church. But when those newly saved actually arrive, some with rough histories and much brokenness, few seem to want to be involved in healing and teaching them. Most long-term Christians prefer to gather...
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Ep 54 Preparing to Meet Him, Romans 13:11-14
Anyone who violates God's moral standards as flagrantly as was apparently being done in Rome (v13) has lost most or all of their fear of God. Any real expectation that they will be held accountable for their actions must have receded in their thinking so far into the future that it no longer had...
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Ep 53 Real Love, Romans 13:8-14
Why I do something is more important than what I do, and there is only one reason that pleases God: love. I could do the most noble thing in the world, and if I do it for the wrong reason, it means nothing to Him. I may have benefitted someone else but spiritually I haven't pleased God. If I've...
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Ep 52 Seek Peace, Romans 12:14-13:7
Paul is teaching the churches In Rome how to live successfully In a non-Christian society. Most of their neighbors and family were not believers and many were growing suspicious or even hostile. And with Nero as emperor, the government was certainly no friend. In a few more years it would become…
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Ep 51 Rejoicing in Hope, Ro 12:12
Hope is an amazing quality. In a moment I can go from being tired, discouraged, aimless and withdrawn to being energized, focused, grateful to be alive and engaged with others. It all depends on whether or not I have hope. And unfortunately hope is not constantly present in me at the same level.…
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Ep 50 Pursue Hospitality, Ro 12:13
It's only natural that most of us came to the Lord because we have needs. In some way we needed Jesus to help us. Our focus was on ourselves. We were lost or hurting, so we came to the Savior. And that's the way it should be. But as we grow in Christ that inward focus turns outward off of...
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Ep 49 Radical People, Ro 12:10-16
We often refer to joining the military as "answering the cali to serve our country." Every person who hears that call is forced to make a very serious decision. The very act of putting on a uniform means that person has accepted the possibiiity that they might die defending us. They choose to put...
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Ep 48 Don't Pretend to Love, Ro 12:9
Having just encouraged us to fulfill God's call on our lives (Ro 12:1-8), Paul immediately turns to address the quality of our relationships because if we can't work together harmoniously, everything he has just taught us falls apart. Yes, each of us must discover our calling, and yes, we need to...
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Ep 47 Renewing the Mind, Ro 12:2-8
It takes time and serious exposure to the Word of God to change the way we think. It also requires a new skill: the ability to listen to the Holy Spirit. We usually come to Christ with some pretty deep programming. Old values, perspectives and attitudes don't just fall away overnight. In fact…
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Ep 46 The Worshipful Heart, Ro 12:1
Paul urgently appeals to every believer who understands the mercy we have received from God, to respond by completely devoting themselves to His service. This, he says, is the only appropriate way to thank Him. We surrender our lives to Him as completely as if we had placed our bodies on an altar...
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Ep 45 Hearing God's Call, Ro 11:29
When God calls us to salvation, He also summons us to serve Him. The great task of winning lost people is simply too urgent to allow anyone to sit on the sideline and watch. Jesus shows us God's view of this situation when He says, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore...
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Ep 44 The Next Revival, Ro 7:24-8:17
What is a revival? It's a move of God which draws people to Himself with such power that it cannot be explained by human activity. What's taking place is not the result of some well-run ministry. Past revivals saw large numbers of people return to the faith in which they were raised; they came…
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Ep 43 Waiting for Slow People, Ro 11:16-25
It's so easy to give up. We may start out with high hope that a family member or friend will soon receive Jesus, but as time passes, those expectations weaken and may even die completely. We've prayed and tried to share our faith, but ail our attempts have been rebuffed repeatedly. The fact is…
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Ep 42 Restoring Our Reputation, Ro 11:11-15
God is so great He can use even human sinfulness to serve His purposes. During the time of the Exodus, He used Pharaoh to spread His reputation throughout the ancient world (Ro 9:17), and here in Paul's day He was using Jewish hostility to spread the gospel to the Gentiles. The rejection of Jesus...
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Ep 41 Disarming Justice, Ro 11:7-10
Spiritual ignorance is one thing; refusing to believe is another. Every time someone says "no" to God, a change takes place inside. There are decisions that must be made every day, but most occur at merely a mental level. But refusing to surrender during one of those moments in which the Holy...
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Ep 40 Praying for Unbelievers, Ro 10:14-21
Have you ever heard someone say, "I wish I had faith like you do. For some reason I just can't seem to believe." They may sense something inside that prevents faith. For them it's a struggle to believe God exists or that they could have a relationship with Him. Faith is a remarkable quality. For...
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Ep 38 The Stumbling Stone, Ro 9:30-10:4
To some people their need for God's mercy is obvious. They've lived a terrible life. They've done many things of which they are ashamed, so no one needs to convince them they are in trouble with God. They know their spiritual condition only too well. For these the challenge of the heart is to...
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Ep 39 Confess and Believe, Ro 10:5-13
What must I do to be saved? That question is the subject of much debate and much confusion as you might expect. But in our lesson today Paul answers that questionwith plain, unmistakable clarity. He says, "...if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised…
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Ep 37 The Remnant, Ro 9:27-29, 11:1-5
Following Jesus can be very lonely sometimes. His moral standards and attitudes toward people are so different that the more we obey Him the more we find ourselves at odds with our culture. Awkward moments increase when we have to say "no" to something or "yes" to something others think is crazy....
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Ep 36 The Patience of God, Ro 9:22-26
Some people, even after genuinely becoming a Christian, are not content in the Lord. They still hunger for the world. There's a feeling about them. They're restless and see their commitment to the Lord as a collar around their neck. They may be outwardly obedient, but inwardly they wish they were...
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Ep 35 Potter and Clay, Ro 9:19-21
In the middle of an explanation about why so many Jews were rejecting the gospel Paul echoes one of the deepest questions that comes out of the human heart: "God, why did You make me like this?" For some reason most of us are displeased with what we see when we look at ourselves. This is true...
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Ep 34 Trusting God's Heart, Ro 9:19-20
God plays by the same rules He sets for us. When He created and ordered the universe, He established not only physical laws; He also established moral laws. And His moral laws are absolute and unchanging because they express His unchanging character. God isn't simply asking us to behave a certain...
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Ep33 Softening Hard Hearts, Ro 9:14-18
The Bible clearly teaches that God is good, and there is nothing evil in Him at all (Jas 1:17), so when we come across a passage that seems to suggest He is responsible for hardening a person's heart, we naturally find the idea troubling. It reopens the question of God's character. Is He pure...
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Ep 32 Sovereign or Savior, Ro 9:6-13
Does God love all humans and want to save them, or does He love certain ones and hate others? This portion of chapter nine which we are reading today is a central passage to which people will turn to "prove" that God chooses who will or will not be saved. According to that doctrine, the most...
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Ep 31 Unreasonable Love, Ro 9:1-5
Paul opens this new section of his letter to the Romans with a revelation about himself so shocking he feels the need to assure them he is not lying or self-deceived. He says, "I am telling the truth in Christ," meaning he is conscious that Jesus will judge the truthfulness of what he is saying...
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Ep 30 Answering Doubts, Ro 8:31-39
Paul pictures someone in Rome responding to his gospel this way: "As I listen to you, I hear you assuring me that God has provided all the resources I need to live a life that pleases God, but I'm such a weak person, and the forces that want to pull me away from Him are so strong that I don't…
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Ep 29 Foreknown, Ro 8:28-30
In these verses and in the chapters ahead of us, Paul shows us the mind of God. It's as though he had lifted us up into the heavenlies to observe the world from the perspective of eternity. As we read, time drops away, and all history lies before us, and we watch as God sets into motion His plan…
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Ep 28 Chosen and Called, Ro 8:28-33
The word "elect" sounds cold and doctrinal, and it certainly has been used that way. The way some people use the term it refers to those few, happy, dare I say "lucky" souls who have been arbitrarily picked by God for salvation based on absolutely nothing in their lives. Those who teach this type...
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Ep27 Creation Groans, Ro 8:17-28
The road to the promised land travels through a wilderness of suffering. And there’s no getting away from that reality. We aren’t in heaven yet. This planet is still cursed, and our bodies are still dying, so indeed suffering in one form or another comes to all of us – not because we’ve done...
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Ep 26 Heirs of God, Ro 8:14-29
God had a special goal in mind when He created the human race. It was no accident that we were made "in His image" (Ge 1:26,27), rational, spiritual beings who exist forever after begin conceived, persons who share enough of His personhood to interact with Him as friends. His great, loving heart...
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Ep 25 Healing Memories, Ro 8:5-8
I would be surprised if anyone could grow up in this sinful world without emotional scars. There's too much cruelty, selfishness, lust, anger and fear to escape. And even those who do grow up in a safe family sooner or later engage the larger society, and the damage begins. Not only are we…
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Ep 24 Two Minds, Ro 8:3-15
My flesh has a mind of its own, and becoming a Christian does not stop the flow of thoughts coming out of that mind. Sadly, it keeps generating bad attitudes, passions and images as long as I live. The good news is it won't be there after I'm resurrected into my new body. The bad news is I'll…
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Ep 23 Setting the Mind, Ro 8:1-5
One of the greatest crises of Christianity is that we've lost our understanding of how to actually do what Paul Is teaching in this passage of Romans. I'm not exaggerating! By and large over most of the past 2,000 years church leaders have tried to make God's people holy by warning them not to do...
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Ep 22 The Change Agent Ro 8:1-4
This episode was originally recorded on the first weekend of Advent, that season of the Christian calendar when believers all over the world begin preparing their hearts to celebrate the "comings" of the Lord, both His first and second coming. For thousands of years believers waited for Messiah…
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Ep 21 Thanks Be to God, Ro 7:24-8:4
This episode was originally recorded around Thanksgiving! Paul describes his own frustrating experience as a believer who wanted to obey God but couldn't because the temptations of his flesh were too powerful to resist. And then he suddenly explodes with thanksgiving. Immediately after crying…
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Ep 20 When God Speaks, Rom 7:1-25
This portion of Paul's letter is specifically addressed to the Jewish members of the churches in Rome. He is explaining to them a spiritual truth based on their common experience as Jews in reading and trying to obey the Law of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy). Today two thousand years later…
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Ep 19 Choosing Masters, Ro 6:12-23
Sin wraps us in chains and drags us places we don't want to go. It truly turns us into slaves, people held in bondage unable to do as we please. But becoming "God's slave" is a very different matter. He who gave us a free will so we could choose to love and obey Him in the first place does not…
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Ep 18 Dying with Jesus, Ro 6:3-7
In communion (the Lord's Supper) Jesus gives Himself to us: "This is My blood shed for you," and each time we partake we receive those precious gifts afresh by faith. But in water baptism we give ourselves to Him; we offer Him our old sinful self so it can die with Him on the cross and be buried...
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Ep 17 The War Within, Ro 5:12-6:6
Good intentions aren't enough. Wanting to please God and live a clean life isn't enough. The incessant pressure we face is simply too much to withstand. It's like swimming against the tide. I may be able to hold on for a while, but sooner or later I'll grow weary and be carried along against my...
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Ep 16 Unshakable Faith, Ro 5:1-5
Just as Abraham's faith brought him righteousness and great blessings, those who have faith in Jesus Christ also receive righteousness and great blessings. Yet as Paul reminds us in this passage, our faith doesn't always protect us from suffering. In fact, some times we suffer because we have...
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Ep 15 Abraham's Faith, Ro 4:16-22
Just as faith is a choice, so is unbelief. Both begin and are sustained by a decision. I decide to believe, or I decide I will not believe; I decide to look for evidence of God, or I decide to look for evidence there is no God. In effect, faith and unbelief are both forms of faith and require...
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Ep 14 Just and Justifier, Ro 3:21-26
There are realities within God's own heart, ingredients in His eternal nature, which cannot be ignored or changed, even by Him. They are essential elements of who He is, and who He is forms the foundation of all creation, of the spiritual and the physical worlds. Justice and love are both...
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Ep 13 Being Honest with Myself, Rom 3:9-24
God's grace sets people free to be honest... honest with Him... honest with ourselves... and honest with others. And the reason is simple: I no longer have to be afraid. Because of Jesus Christ, I no longer have to lie, or blame, or deny, or hide, I can let God shine His light into the deepest...
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Ep 12 Released from Religion, Rom 2:1-29
Like a doctor diagnosing a disease, Paul in chapter one revealed the process by which the human heart rejects God. Then he showed us that rebellion doesn't lead to freedom but rather to deeper and deeper forms of slavery. Now, in chapter two, he shows us that people can remain rebellious while at...
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Ep 11 Dwelling with God, Rom 1:18-32
People often run away from God because we want to be free, but instead of freedom we find ourselves captured by our own passions. Appetites, fears, temper, envy, ambition, greed, lust, etc. rise up and take control. Every area of our personality is affected, but one of the deepest and most…
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Ep 10 The Road Home, Rom 1:18-32
In this remarkable passage, Paul explains how people walk away from God. He lays out the tragic sequence of steps that carry us away from our Creator. And the main point of Paul's blunt analysis is clear: God didn't move away from us; we moved away from Him. He didn't reject us; we rejected Him...
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For twenty years Dr. Steve Schell’s 30-minute radio program, Life Lessons, was heard throughout the United States. Now, Pastor Steve’s thorough, well-studied sermons can be heard again. Committed to comprehensively teaching through entire books of the Bible, Pastor Steve pulls out the deep, eternal truths in each section of Scripture without skipping over the challenging passages. He applies what is learned clearly and practically so that listeners are inspired to not just be hearers of the Word, but doers. You’ll greatly enjoy the depth of his teaching, the transparency of his stories and the humor of his preaching style as the Holy Spirit uses each sermon to transform your heart and mind. These sermons will help foster true discipleship for the committed Christian, both young and old. Dr. Steve Schell served as a pastor for over 45 years and has spent a lifetime studying the Word of God. He has served as the chairman of Foursquare’s Doctrine Committee for 20 years and has written f
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