The Jesus Conversations Podcast

JAU Zoom Meeting 6-2-24 "Stop trying to be like Jesus"

After a three week hiatus, our group continues the conversation on what it means to be inside of Jesus, according to John 14:20. Today's focus is on Col. 2:10, knowing you are complete or who you are supposed to be. 

Listen how the pressure to be like the perfect, sinless Jesus has been a burden, leading to feelings of inadequacy and failure. We realize that we are already complete in Christ, without needing to strive for it. It has been a liberating revelation. The group emphasizes that the focus should be on our identity in Christ, rather than self-improvement.

 

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JAU Zoom Meeting 5-5-24 "How do I know?"

How do we know that we live in Jesus? Our group discusses how God opens our spiritual senses to realize this truth. 

NOTES 
Movies: "Little Bit of Heaven" 
Scriptures: Jn 14:20; Col. 2:9,10
Document: "Knowing Inside of Jesus" - (copy and paste link in your browser) https://nwmenscoalition.files.wordpress.com/2024/05/knowing-inside-of-jesus-5-5-24.pdf

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JAU Zoom Meeting 4-28-24 "I am free from death"

What does God mean when He says "in Jesus we are free from the law of sin and death"? (Rom. 8:2) In this episode, we try to define what this death really is. Is it free from dying physically or something else? How do we know if we are free from this death? 

NOTES 
Scriptures: Jn 14:20; Rom. 8:2-6; 1 Thess. 4:13,14; 2 Tim. 3:12. 
Song: "I am free", Newsboys
Video/movies: Freud's Last Session, Netflix; Sheep Among Wolves, You Tube. 

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JAU Zoom Meeting 4-21-24 "Am I really free?"

In this episode, our group continues to explore what it means to live inside of Jesus, as mentioned in John 14:20 "you in Me". We begin to explore the concept of freedom in Jesus and how we experience it. To get a better picture of this freedom, we first tried to define sin and how it enslaves us. 

NOTES 
Slave Bible - https://youtu.be/lvKUOuYn1-c?si=le7b1UtLb6vJ-v8Z

Scriptures: Rom. 8:2; Gal. 5:1; 2 Cor. 3:17

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JAU Zoom Meeting 4-14-24 "I am not a sinner"

Today, our group talks about what it is like to not be aware of sin. Living in Jesus means that one does not have any awareness of sin or guilt in their lives. How can this be true when our churches continue to teach that we are still sinners? 

Notes 
Scriptures: Rom. 6:11; 8:1; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Jn 3:6 
Book: NT Wright, Paul, a biography. 

 

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JAU Zoom Meeting 4-7-24 "Do I need to go to church?"

In this episode, one of our attendees, who has not attended church in awhile, announced he was going to church today. This opened up the question, should we encourage people to attend church today, knowing that the common narrative does not match our current perspective? Is there value in attending church, especially if we know so many people are leaving? 

NOTES 
Books: Wayne Jacobsen, So you don't want to go to church anymore, and He loves me. 
PDF: Dennis D, Spiritual Revelation Phases https://nwmenscoalition.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/spiritual-revelation-phases-.pdf

Scriptures: Jn 14:20; 17:3, 21; 1 Jn 2:12-14; 1 Cor. 4:15

JAU Zoom Meeting 3-31-24 "The Two-Edged Story"

David Fulton joins Dennis in this episode to discuss the subject of Easter and how it is portrayed in contemporary Christianity. David suggests from a quote by Philip Yancy that it is a "two edged story". What does he mean, and how is it that believers still have trouble losing their guilt and shame even after hearing the Easter narrative? 

NOTES 

Philip Yancey, The Jesus I never knew. 
Scriptures: 2 Cor 5:21; Isa. 53-55; Jn 14:20 
Great American Family - media channel 
Barbara Tuchman - historian, author 

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JAU Zoom Meeting 3-24-24 "Are you a palm waiver"

In this episode, our group discussed how traditions like Palm Sunday keep Christianity focused on the past, not the present reality of being in Christ and He in us.  While rituals have value, they unintentionally lead the church to see Jesus as a historical figure, rather than its living reality. Are you waving palms for Christ living in you now? 

Notes:
Mike Bickle: Passion for Jesus 
Heb. 10:19-22; Rev. 7:9,10
The Passion of the Christ 

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JAU Focus Session 3-20-24 "All will be reconciled"

In this episode of our focus sessions, our group reviews the last chapter in J Preston Eby's book Saviour of the World, "Reconciliation in the heaven". It may shock many to learn that even the Devil will humbly bow before the Lord in the final reconciliation of ALL things. 

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JAU Zoom Meeting 3-17-24 "You ARE in Jesus"

John 14:20 says we are in Jesus, but when did that occur? Our group today discusses the reality that we have already been placed in Jesus before the world was even formed. That means we have been in Jesus and He in the Father, and we didn't even know it! 

Notes on today's discussions: 

Book: Pagan Christianity, Barna and Viola
Movie: Peace River, Up Faith & Family Streaming channel 
David's Quote: "I could not, with a clear conscience, ask God to take me safely through this war, but I can ask Him for strength and courage to do my job." Soldier  Randel Harris from The Day of Battle by Rick Attkinson
Streaming Series: The Chosen, available on Netflix, Peacock, Up Faith and Family, Angel Studios. 
Scriptures: 1 Cor. 1:30; Eph 1:4 

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