The Jesus Conversations Podcast

In this episode the Sunday morning Jesus As Us Zoom fellowship discussed the challenge of knowing the truth of Jesus living as us. What can we do to better know this truth practically and experientially? We realize that much of the hindrance is due to the very teachings of Western Christianity. We need to speak and ask that God will open the eyes of our understanding to this reality.

By the way, we apologize for the pesky crow that wanted to be a part of our conversation.

Dennis is joined again in this episode with Scott Wakefield to take on a very controversial topic - if we live as Jesus does that mean when we make mistakes Jesus is also imperfect? We invite you to listen with a curious and open mind. What really is perfection? Does God expect us to be perfect?

We invite your comments or questions:

scot-wak@hotmail.com 

dennis.deardorff@gmail.com

In this episode Dennis is joined once again with his friend Scott through a Zoom conference. Scott's recent posting on his blog about the issue of sin lead to a very deep discussion on what really is sin and how it effects the human conscience. Be ready for a rather different view from Romans 6 than what you may have heard before. 

Scott's Blog is at https://myscottpage.blogspot.com/

Drop us a line at dennis.deardorff@gmail.com

In this episode Dennis is joined by his long time friend David Fulton in one of their regular phone conversations. In this discussion David refers to his experience of being excused from an institutional church because he dared to asked the question "Why do you believe what you believe?". It brought out the fact that this group of believers had no desire to explore more about their faith. Dennis and David agree that to know Jesus more intimately you need to be "thirsty".

The book David refers to is NT Wright, Paul, A Biography, Harper One, 2018.

The reference to "Chapter 2" is an article by Dennis entitled "Paradigm Shift".

 

In this episode Dennis and Scott discuss a statement Dennis heard on a recent television broadcast, "God is shaping us through this current crisis". The recording starts during their earlier discussion on different theological paradigms but quickly focuses on the question of what God is really doing with our lives in these challenging days. 

Here are the links to the blog posts referred to: 
Who is a "Real" Man?
Man Down
You'll Be A Man

Book reference: John Eldredge, Wild At Heart

Dennis and Scott begin this episode by following up on Scott's latest blog post entitled, "Paying Our Dues ", but it quickly transitioned into the Scott's question to Dennis, "How do you see God in this crisis?". They discuss how we hear and see God depends on our world view of God, either we live separate from Him or He lives in us.

We hope that you are encouraged to see this current world crisis in a different light.

Dennis and Scott Wakefield discuss Scott’s latest blog post “Fingerprints upon an Failed System” and why Christianity has not helped us understand the truth of Christ living as us. What is hindering us from actually believing and living out the truth of Gal. 2:20 and Jn. 14:20?

Dennis and Scott sit down again to further discuss his journey in discovering who he is. This discussion is based on one of his recent blogposts entitled “The Sum of My Own Measure” . Listen in as they unpack about how Scott has become more certain of his identity in and as Jesus. 

Knowing Jesus Conversations is a discussion with men (and women) on learning what it means to live as Jesus. This podcast features one of our brothers sharing how discovering his life as Jesus freed him from a common temptation for men.
Listen as Scott Wakefield and Dennis Deardorff talk about Scott’s experience hearing the words “This isn’t who you are”.
You may contact Scott at scot-wak@hotmail.com . He also writes a blog at https://myscottpage.blogspot.com/

In this edition of Knowing Jesus Conversations Scott Wakefield interviews Dennis Deardorff on how he has come to understand that Jesus is his life. You will hear Dennis talk about how his religious heritage kept him confused as to what is salvation, how the sin issue was resolved, and how he came to know that Jesus lives in Him. We hope that you listen to the whole conversation even if it may be contrary to what you have always been taught by your church. We hope this brief summary of Dennis’ journey will encourage your own pursuit of knowing Jesus lives as you.

Scotts blog: https://myscottpage.blogspot.com/
Contact Scott: scot-wak@hotmail.com
Contact Dennis: dennis.deardorff@gmail.com