PODCAST · religion
Powerline Church
by Mike Curtis
Transforming lives by the power of the cross.
Episodes
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A Throne of Honor
The truth is most of us have many enemies. They can be enemies of our own doing or enemies all of their own doing. Regardless, Scripture declares we can have...
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When Our Enemy Surrounds Us
Every extraordinary event has an extraordinary cause. Samuel the prophet was no exception. Born for great purposes, his birth was fraught with struggle, grief, and pain, only to set the...
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Reflecting Him
After Moses spent 40 days and nights in the presence of God and His glory, he came down from his mountaintop experience radiating the glory of God. Though in a...
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Our Good Shepherd
As the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness and finally came into a land “flowing with milk and honey” they were to inherit, God had been a very good Shepherd to...
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The Big Picture
Jesus did not save us just for us to go to heaven. As important (and necessary) as this is, God is crafting us for other reasons as well—in this lifetime....
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Rolled Away
When Israel had finished their 40-year roundabout journey through the wilderness, learning the necessary lessons about complete reliance upon God, they entered the promised land, ready to take it as...
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God’s Blessing and Cursing
Canceling out acts of witchcraft and curses spoken against us has become somewhat faddish in our day and has been for a while. But when Scripture is closely examined, we...
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Finding Faith
The Moses Generation and the Joshua Generation were similar in many ways in how they complained against the Lord. But there was a crucial difference we will look at today...
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Wilderness Training
Even as Jesus wilderness training prepared and tested Him for ministry, so each of us will need to embrace similar training and testing for a life of ministry God has...
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BUT!
God desires that we learn from our experiences. They can teach us valuable lessons, like don’t go up against enemies larger and stronger than yourself. Unless, of course, God tells...
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Destination
Even as God took Israel from Egypt and intentionally brought them to Himself at Mt. Sinai, God brings us to purposeful destinations in our Roundabout Journey. It was there at...
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Leading Our Emotions
It’s not hard to be led by our emotions, to lash out in anger or recoil in discouragement. And it all comes down to the deposit in our hearts. The...
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Choices
As the Israelites came out of Egypt, they were faced with numerous tests at the Red Sea with the Egyptian army and in the desert, lacking water and food. The...
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Strength in the Wilderness
God chose the longer route to Canaan for the newly released Israelites and not the direct route, which would mean head-on battles with the Philistines. God’s agenda was very sensitive...
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Our Declaration of Independence
Even as today we celebrate 250 years of freedom from political tyranny under our Constitution, marked by our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, so the Israelites began their roundabout...
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The Roundabout Way
Jun 27, 2026 – As the Israelites were released from their bondage in Egypt, God led them in a roundabout way to Canaan, the Promised Land. Much of their journey...
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VIP Access
Jun 20, 2026 – The ark of the covenant in the Old Testament was God’s residing place on earth. It was placed in the Holy of Holies, and once a...
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So You Can Love Others
Jun 13, 2026 – When asked how one might gain eternal life, Jesus acknowledged that the twin commands to love God and love others was key. But how do these...
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Giant Consequences
Jun 06, 2026 – When we see Genesis 6:1-8 through the proper lens of “context,” we are much more able to understand the two sins that mankind committed, and the...
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Relying Upon Giant Tales
May 30, 2026 – The Book of Enoch has gained tremendous notoriety over recent years. It’s story of fallen angels and their giant offspring has even captured the minds of...
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The Perfect Set Up
May 23, 2026 – At first glance it appears that Satan has set God up to allow him to destroy Job’s life, but nothing could be further from the truth....
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Our Grand Inheritance
May 16, 2026 – An inheritance is a guaranteed blessing from the testator to the beneficiaries. This concept is well captured in the New Testament in God’s covenant with believers....
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The Never-Ending Job
May 09, 2026 – A mother’s job seems never done. Actually, it lasts a lifetime… and its impact is felt as long as well! Paul uses an interesting metaphor to...
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The Test in Our Testimony
May 02, 2026 – We continue with David’s proclamation of God’s deliverance, testifying to His mercy and good purpose—and it wasn’t to discipline him. In this psalm we’ll see the...
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God’s Pierced-Ear Slave
Apr 25, 2026 – David has waited patiently for God to deliver him. When he is finally lifted out of the slimy pit of his treacherous circumstances, God continues to...
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On Mission
Apr 18, 2026 – The apostle Paul was zealous before he encountered Christ and his life changed. But his zeal lacked knowledge and so was misdirected. Upon surrendering his life...
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Fueling the Fire in Opposition
Apr 11, 2026 – Opposition can tend to discourage us. We understandably grow weary. The early church, however, grew stronger, refusing to allow their zeal for the Lord to dwindle....
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A Nice Story?
Apr 05, 2026 – Many in churches today are content simply believing the Easter story is “true” (at least in varying degrees). But is this the extent of what we...
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When Zeal Fails
Mar 28, 2026 – When Jesus foretold Peter’s future denial of Him, this scrappy disciple adamantly brushed aside such prophetic and pathetic lack of devotion. Never! Surely, Jesus was mistaken....
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Bold Zeal
Mar 21, 2026 – Recently, we’ve been tracking zeal in the Old Testament. Now we turn to the New Testament, specifically Peter in the book od Acts as he defends...
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Persevering Zeal
Mar 14, 2026 – Though “hope deferred makes the heart sick,” zeal manages to persevere because it is birthed from a devotion not an emotion. Follow Abraham as his zeal...
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A Lot of Compromise
Mar 07, 2026 – Recently, we have seen great examples of godly zeal in those like Jesus, Phineas, and David. Today, however, we will take a close look at how...
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A King’s Zeal
Feb 28, 2026 – King Asa was a king with a fully devoted heart to the Lord as David’s was. Though he never faced a giant almost 10’ tall, he...
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Opposing the Intimidator
Feb 21, 2026 – Zeal clearly punctuated David’s confrontation with Goliath. It was expressed both in his words and in his actions. Unfortunately, for most of us, we read of...
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We Have a Calling to Hard Things – Evangelizing!
Feb 07, 2026 – Evangelism is HARD, yet God calls us to do hard things, things sometimes we don’t want to do. God called Jonah to take a message to...
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Zeal Ignited!
Jan 31, 2026 – Zeal is not emotion; it’s devotion. And must be rooted in truth. Phinehas, grandson of Aaron the high priest, defended the Lord’s honor with a zeal...
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Resilient Zeal
Zeal is not an emotion but a resolute conviction. Though it impacts emotion and emotion may intensify it, it’s flames can be doused. What did John mean when he said...
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On Fire!
Jan 17, 2026 – As we seek to live out our mandate to seize divine opportunities to grow, impact others, and extend Christ’s kingdom, we must do so by “never...
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Seizing Opportunities
For many, the month of January is a month of assessing the past year, setting goals for 2026, and finding ways to succeed. Jesus gives us His definition of “success”...
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What Are We Giving Ourselves To?
In Jesus’ teaching about the judgment of all the nations (Matt. 25), He focuses on what genuine faith has produced. What follows is a list of six things the righteous...
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When Hardship Makes Heroes
Both Jesus and John the Baptist encountered the tragedy of loss growing up. Both were shaped by it. Both became the greatest of heroes. Both died for their mission. Jesus,...
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A Christmas for the Herdmans
The Baby of Bethlehem wasn’t born just for certain people. The famous greeting card quote says, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given” (Is....
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Perfect Timing!
It’s amazing that Jesus was born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. Many times, I’ve wished I could have experienced it all. But what’s equally amazing is the perfect timing...
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God’s Answer is a River
The world “thirsts” for a remedy to the brokenness of this world and the resulting disconnect from our original God-given purpose. It knows something is wrong. It just can’t really...
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What’s Your T-Shirt Say?
Our perspective on life determines much for each of us. When we focus on magnifying our problems, God appears so small. Yet when we magnify our God and make much...
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The Yoke That Pulls The Burden
Being led by the flesh is a defeated lifestyle. Being led by the law is a powerless Christianity. But being led by the Spirit is altogether different. To help discover...
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The Weakness of the Law
The world’s answer to sin is the law. But the law lacks power to restrain evil. God’s answer, however, is powerful. Today, let’s lean in to understand the place of...
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Be Filled
Paul lays out for us several ways we can posture our hearts to be controlled by the Spirit. These will be key as we seek to walk in God’s Spirit...
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A Bad Bully
Sin’s strangle hold on the believer has been broken. Unfortunately, this does not mean that sin cannot bully us and control us, should we yield to its power. Let’s begin...
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Who’s Leading You?
As followers of Jesus, we can be led by the flesh, by the Law, or by the Spirit. Which one leads you will determine your many things in your Christian...
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Transforming lives by the power of the cross.
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