How Do I Put Away My Desire for Praise?

The Internet is full of different teachers and various doctrines. So, how do we discern false teachers from true, and good doctrine from bad? 

As long as we sincerely love God, does it really matter if we have wrong doctrine? Pastor John shows what’s at stake in our knowledge of God and his ways. 

When we feel the pressure of worldly expectations, what should really matter to us? Pastor John defines true success in a world of conflicting advice. 

 Is it wrong to desire?  Can you heal yourself out of a desire through meditation, personal work or Shadow Work?  We often have desires within ourselves that we feel are wrong to have or that will cause us pain.  Perhaps the question is not whether the desire is good or bad but W ... Show More

How can we get people to do more good: to go to the polls, give to charity, conserve resources or just generally act better towards others? MIT research scientist Erez Yoeli shares a simple checklist for harnessing the power of reputations -- or our collective desire to be seen a ... Show More

Kabbalah teaches that the essence of our soul is desire. For, if we wanted for nothing, we would never fulfill our life’s purpose. Yet, society teaches us that there is shame in wanting and that we should apologize for our desires. Human desire is how we know we’re alive! Listen ... Show More

How does our attention turn from God to us? 

They say that perfection is the enemy of the good. But what is true goodness in a pursuit? What does excellence actually look like and consist of? Today, Fr. Mike urges us to practice two qualities that lie at the heart of excellence: promptness and preparedness. 

What does God really want from us? When you look at every religion, Christian or otherwise, you’ll find worship at the heart. No matter who or what our religion is calling us to, we are meant to worship. And even further, the heart of worship is sacrifice. In order to truly love ... Show More

This week on the podcast we are talking about God as our peace. No matter how famous, how rich, how popular, how satisfied one might appear, every single person has one simple desire and that’s permanent peace. But the question we are left with is how the heck do we experience pe ... Show More

We are children of Christ, but how should we treat one another? How can we unify better as a Church? What does it mean to love one another and to fish for men? In today’s episode, we will be discussing what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ and how we should stay uni ... Show More

Joshua and Ryan talk about our want for things, why we want what we want, and how we can free ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires with author and professor Luke Burgis, and they answer the following questions: What is mimetic desire? (00:00) Does it help to identify the o ... Show More

How do I love my enemies? How do I bless those who have cursed me? In this episode, we will be exposing the attack of satan of pinning loved ones against us, while we learn how to love those that may seem difficult to care about. If we must follow the example of Jesus, we must kn ... Show More