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The Dilemma of Christmas Expectations
John and Stasi address ways to take the pressure off Christmas day and refocus on what it really signifies—the arrival of the King. Music Used: Handel: Messiah - Part 1 - 1. "Comfort Ye, My People" (Live In Dublin / 1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHxa7yZN14 Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFIPizGZYw
The Season of Advent
In today’s podcast, we delve into the meaning and history of Advent, a season of hope, expectation, and waiting. Stasi shares stories from her own family traditions, showing us that Advent means so much more than a countdown to Christmas. It is a time to reflect on faith, hope, joy, and peace. It is a time to remember how Christ came and all that he has done for us—while looking forward with great anticipation to the promise that he will come again and make all things new.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV) — Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) — Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.Matthew 2:1 (NIV) — Incarnation: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to JerusalemJohn 1:29–31 (NIV) — Baptism: The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! …John 2:1–10 (NIV) — Jesus’ first miracle: …On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, …Acts 2:17 (NIV) — In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.Hebrews 1:2 (NIV) — but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.Isaiah 9:2–7 (NIV) — Week of HopeIsaiah 40:1–11 (NIV) — Week of FaithLuke 2:1–21 (NIV) — Week of Joy (the Christmas Story)John 2:13–14 (NIV) — Week of PeaceJohn 3:16 (NIV) — Love: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.John 1:17–18 (NIV) — For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote: “The Celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward ot something greater to come.”Matthew Kelly quote: “God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you.”Karl Barth quote: “Unfulfilled and fulfilled promise are related to each other, as are dawn and sunrise…then it is precisely in the light of the coming of Christ that faith has become Advent faith, the expectation of future revelation. But faith knows for whom and for what it is waiting. It is fulfilled faith because it lays hold on the fulfilled promise.” Renee Swope from Proverbs 31 Ministries Poem: The Manger of My Hearthttps://reneeswope.com/christmas-prayer/…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ
John Eldredge on why Understanding Isn't Healing & Jesus Is The Integrating Force of the Universe
John and Allen talk about how to see Jesus as he really is this Christmas season. He isn't simply the baby in the manger but the integrating force of the universe and the Co-Creator who has come to recreate us. Show Note: Sign up to receive John's free weekly video updates at wildatheart.org/weekly
The Noble Experience - Part 2
John Eldredge invites Sam Eldredge to talk about the ways to heal, connect, and grieve our past scars that we carry into the present.For more about Sam Eldredge's Noble Workshops, visit nobleworkshops.com
Loyal Love
Join Stasi as she unpacks the book of Ruth, highlighting Naomi as well as the treasured characteristic of God's hesed. Stories like Naomi’s help us be honest with God about our own lament. Even in our deepest suffering, we are always seen, loved, and held, and our faithful God promises that He will never turn His face away. In fact, we can trust that even when we don’t see or understand, our God is always working on our behalf. He invites us to trust Him and to rest in His loyal love for us no matter how our story seems to be unfolding. Jesus is the great Hero of every story, including our own, and we can trust that our story has a very good ending.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Ruth 1:13 (NIV) — “…It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!”Ruth 1:8 (NIV) — Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. Ruth 1:16 (NIV) — But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — …because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Romans 8:28 (NIV) — And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Finding God in the Margins: The Book of Ruth by Carolyn Custis James https://amzn.to/44JKKf5…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ
Sam Eldredge’s Experience with Experiential Therapy
John Eldredge invites Sam Eldredge and Laurie Lokey to talk about the ways to heal, connect, and grieve our past scars that we carry into the present.For more about Sam Eldredge's Noble Workshops, visit nobleworkshops.comWatch on YouTube!
Men and the Holidays
John, Morgan, Alex, and Allen swap stories about holiday hopes and challenges from a guy's perspective. This also marks the launch of the Wild at Heart video podcast! Now you can watch or listen to every episode!
Men & The Holidays
John, Morgan, Alex, and Allen swap stories about holiday hopes and challenges from a guy's perspective. This also marks the launch of the Wild at Heart video podcast! Now you can watch or listen to every episode! Watch on YouTube
The Paradise King with Blaine Eldredge
Stasi invites her son, author, and teacher, Blaine Eldredge, onto today’s podcast to talk about his new book The Paradise King. Blaine first shares a few stories of how he became a committed, passionate and “in process” follower of Jesus, and how his life’s journey led him to write this book. The Paradise King is a product of Blaine’s curiosity and quest to recover the story of God in the Bible, as well as his longing to share it with others in a relatable and historical narrative. Blaine reads an excerpt from his book, which transports us into a beautiful experience of the heart of Jesus.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 46:5-7 (NIV) — God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.Daniel 2 — In it’s entiretyMatthew 15:21-28 (NIV) — Story based on excerpt read from The Paradise KingBLAINE ELDREDGEWebsite: blaineeldredge.comBOOKThe Paradise King: The Tragic History and Spectacular Future of Everything According to Jesus of Nazareth https://amzn.to/49rPJVaBLAINE ELDREDGE BIOBlaine Eldredge is a writer and teacher from Peyton, Colorado. For the past ten years he's built teaching platforms to help the Church thrive in late modernity.Blaine likes to read, write, and talk about culture, history, and theology. In particular, he loves to contemplate the Gospel of Jesus and make resources to convey its astonishing beauty.For those of you wondering about Blaine's church engagement and education, he's a part of Kindred Church in Colorado Springs and holds a Master’s degree in Language from the University of British Columbia. Mainly, Blaine loves to read and follow Jesus in community as Jesus makes it on earth as it is in heaven.Blaine also likes bowhunting, chopping wood, and poetry readings.…..OTHER RESOURCES:A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry L. Sittser https://amzn.to/47kqtOPTeachers/authors mentioned in this podcast:Pope Ratzinger Jerry SittserRon RolheiserKenneth BaileyNT Wright…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ
Women & The Holidays
The next two podcasts reveal the unique ways men and women view and navigate the holiday season. This week, the women share their thoughts.
The Paradise King - Part 3
Blaine Eldredge's new book, The Paradise King, is available now! To celebrate, he reads key excerpts and shares his journey of writing the book with John and Allen. Get your copy of The Paradise King on Amazon. For more about the book and author, visit BlaineEldredge.com.
Redemptively Known with Lisa Harper
Stasi is delighted to have Lisa Harper—speaker, author, scholar, and passionate follower of Jesus—on today’s podcast. With humor and honesty, Lisa shares her journey with Christ and the gracious unfolding of learning to be delighted in by God. God is a “with” God; he loves us so much that he chooses to be close to us no matter where we find ourselves and invites us to lean into him with confidence that we will be held and adored by the King of kings. We are divinely wired to be in intimate relationship with the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The enemy has tried to separate us from that union from the beginning, but God’s story is all about bringing us back to his heart through the redemption that has already been woven in.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 34:4-5 (NIV) — I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.Song of Song 4:9 (NIV) — You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace.Hosea 2:9 (NIV) — “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine I generously provided each harvest season. I will take away the wool and linen clothing I gave her to cover her nakedness.LISA HARPERWebsite: https://www.lisaharper.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisadharper/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLisaDHarper/Podcast: https://www.lisaharper.org/backporchtheologyLISA HARPER BIOLisa Harper is an engaging, hilarious communicator as well as an authentic and substantive Bible teacher that many enjoy hearing in person, or on countless TV and radio platforms. She holds a Master of Theological Studies from Covenant Seminary, and a doctorate-in-progress at Denver Seminary. She’s been in vocational ministry for 30 years and has written 19 books and Bible study curricula but says her greatest accomplishment by far is becoming Missy’s (her adopted daughter from Haiti) mama! They live on a hilly farmette south of Nashville, Tenn., where they enjoy eating copious amounts of chips, queso and guacamole. Her latest devotional hit the shelves on September 19, 2023.JESUS: A Scandalously Devoted, Conspicuously Uncool, Super-Transparent Homage to Who Our Savior Is and How Much He Loves Us Devotional https://amzn.to/45CBHwU…..OTHER RESOURCES:Aiden Wilson Tozer Quote: “For millions of Christians, nevertheless, God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian. They go through life trying to love an ideal and be loyal to a mere principle.”Yada` (יָדַע ; yâda) Hebrew: To be made known, be or become known, be revealed — to make oneself known — to be perceived — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing)…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ
The Paradise King - Part 2
John and Allen continue the conversation with Blaine Eldredge about his new book, The Paradise King: The Tragic History and Spectacular Future of Everything According to Jesus of Nazareth.Show Note: The Paradise King is available on Amazon.com November 15th in book and audio formats. For more about the book and author, visit BlaineEldredge.com.
The Paradise King - Part 1
John and Allen invite Blaine Eldredge into the studio to discuss his new book, The Paradise King: The Tragic History and Spectacular Future of Everything According to Jesus of Nazareth.Show Note: Visit BlaineEldredge.com to read an advance excerpt and find out more about The Paradise King (releasing November 15th on Amazon.com).
Come Out with Nancy Carmichael
Stasi welcomes Nancy Carmichael back for an engaging conversation on the power of Christ in us. Through the pressures of life and outward circumstances, Nancy noticed herself shrinking back and losing focus on God’s deeper truths. God began to strip things away, bringing Nancy to a very vulnerable place, and it was there that she saw Christ in her. Friends, Christ dwells in us and remains with us. And we desperately need his life to infuse ours, to pour out of us, so that we can live the lives we were meant to live. Hiding is a form of self-protection, and Jesus is asking each of us to Come Out.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — …because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Galatians 2:20 (NIV) — I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. …John 6:68 (NIV) — Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.NANCY CARMICHAELInstagram: https://wahe.art/3LcrGiwWebsite: https://isleofmisfits.com/Podcast: https://wahe.art/3PaoCVzBlog: https://isleofmisfits.com/blog/Song: Come Out written by Nancy Carmichael – https://wahe.art/3Z8HcloNANCY CARMICHAEL BIO:Nancy Carmichael is the Proprietor and Chief Misfit of the IsleofMisfits.com, a blogging and podcasting Oasis for self-proclaimed square pegs, far and wide. Through it, she hopes to build a community of people who own their awkward, love their fellow misfit and embrace beauty and truth in the weirdness of life. Aside from this, one of her main claims to fame is being merely 1 degree separated from Kevin Bacon, thanks to a friend who once played a stand-in for his leading lady in the 80’s classic “She’s Having a Baby”. As if it could get any better, Nancy is married to a man so good it took EHarmony to help her find him, and a daughter she will obnoxiously brag about if given even half a chance. She has spent her life communicating good news wherever in the world the door opens, through writing, singing, speaking, coaching, counseling and advocating for those whom society often overlooks.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Nancy’s previous Captivated episode: Owning Your Awkward https://wahe.art/3PvjQD7Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge https://wahe.art/3L9tLMc…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ
Even More Jesus Stories - Part 2
John, Bart, and Allen share more amazing testimonies about Jesus in this conclusion to the series.Show Notes: Share your Jesus story with us at wildatheart.org/testimony. And if you'd like to receive John's weekly video updates, sign up at wildatheart.org/weekly.