Free Range Preacher on Prayer

October 7, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on Prayer.Way back in season 6 of our podcast, we took an extended look at “A Call to Prayer” by J. C. Ryle; those episodes turned out to be some of our most popular. For the next few days, we want to revisit a sampling of those episodes. If you find them encouraging, as I do, this review might spur you back to our 2022 and 2023 episodes to hear everything Pastor Ryle has to say about our call to prayer. Thank you for listening.The extended

October 2, 2022 - Inspired by J.C. Ryle’s treatise on prayer.The extended introduction for our October episodes ends at the 7:20 mark, and while there is some benefit (I believe) in listening to it again, if you would like, you can fast forward to that mark and begin the episode.J.C. Ryle boldly asserts:“This is one of the common marks of all the elect of God, “They cry unto him day and night” (Luke 18:1). The Holy Spirit, who makes them new creatures, works in them the feeling of adoption

Joyful. Intimate conversation comes when we reveal ourselves to one another, as it is with God, when the Holy Spirit unveils to our eyes a treasure we failed to notice before.It took me years to notice when the rich young ruler made a very foolish assertion. “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.” Mark 10:29Instead of chuckling at his claim to perfection, Mark tells us: “And looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him,” Mark 10:21aFor the sake of love, Jesus tried again; in

In my culture, forgiveness and its importance grow every day.This episode is a repeat of our episode on forgiveness. This episode was well received, and as you will hear, praying that 2023 will be a year of Jubilee and Forgiveness, and revisiting just how serious God is about His children forgiving as we have been forgiven, seems like a good idea.Thank You, Jesus!The host is weak, faltering, and wholly inadequate for the task, but the word of God is none of those.The call for the childre

Psalm 139 displays our interaction through prayer and the necessity of the dark time for the Christian life.David shows us how to struggle with the nature of the Almighty, the wonderful, uplifting results of drawing close to the God of the universe, and the Savior, the cornerstone rejected,, and His comforts to our hearts, minds, and souls.Contemplating the nature of God and our distresses in the dark times, when we bring them to God, lifts our souls.“O Lord, Thou hast searched me and know

Today, in our nuts-and-bolts section, we see that Vietnam has moved ahead of all our listeners, save China and the United States. Thank You, Jesus, for the spread of the gospel! The episode ends at 11:30.We introduce the conversation Jesus has with a man at the pool of Bethesda. In this introduction, we see that Jesus' conversations take unexpected directions.Leaders were called to follow John 1.Nathanael learns that good does come from Nazareth.Nicodemus learns he must be born again. Jo