Jesus Changes People
A weekly podcast that seeks to uncover the real Jesus and what it means to be a modern-day follower of him. Our goal is to help you know Jesus better and to become more like him.
Episodes
142 episodes since 2022
The Flesh
Following the description of the war between the flesh and the Spirit, Paul transitions to a list of the acts of the flesh. This list isn’t to be kept legalistically, but to understand what kind of life the flesh produces. It’s important to und...
September 16, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 142
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2:09:26
This Is War
In 2 short verses, Paul succinctly describes the interplay between the flesh and the Spirit. He follows that up by once again describing the either or relationship between living by the Spirit and living under the law. Follow along with Mike an...
September 09, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 141
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2:09:10
The Self Indulgent, The Cannibal, And The Free
Verse 13 begins the high point of the Galatian letter, which will continue until verse 26. In 13-26, Paul will describe how the Holy Spirit enables us to live free. In this episode, Ken and Mike will only tackle verses 13-15. Focusing on what P...
September 02, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 140
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1:53:21
The Troublemakers
In this next section, Paul uses visual descriptions to drive his point home to the Galatians. One about running, one about baking, and one about a surgical procedure. From these, Mike and Ken discuss running well, what keeps us on track and get...
August 26, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 139
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2:10:12
It Is For Freedom
Galatians 5 starts off with a bang. Paul declares, it is for freedom that Christ has set us free. And for that reason he says stand firm and don’t be burdened with a yoke of slavery. Ken and Mike discuss being free, how that’s possible through ...
August 19, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 138
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2:10:12
Like The Brother From The Free Mother
Paul concludes his allegory by telling the Galatians who they are in the story. And based on who they are, how they are to live and act both personally and as churches. Mike and Ken discuss what it means to be children of promise; that we can’t...
August 12, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 137
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1:54:23
Who’s Your Mother?
Paul continues on with his allegory of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Hagar, and Ishmael. Ken and Mike discuss which people in this passage are pictures of the things that Paul has been writing about in this letter. From understanding the who’s who, th...
August 05, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 136
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2:09:12
Brothers From Different Mothers
In the next verses Mike and Ken discuss, Paul, a spiritual parent, shares his broken heart over the Galatians. He longs for Jesus to be formed in them, which reveals his pastor’s heart for these congregations. Following this concern, he uses mo...
July 29, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 135
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2:03:05
Family or Enemies?
As Paul has done in this letter, he continues to show concern for the Galatians. But he fears that his work with them has been in vain. Ken and Mike discuss Paul’s warning to the Galatians to not return to their old ways; he reminds them of how...
July 22, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 134
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2:08:52
The Adoption
Mike and Ken venture into chapter 4 of Galatians and they bite off a sizeable chunk of verses, seven in all. Paul has used many illustrations in Galatians and he includes another one here. It’s the picture of an underage child who is no differe...
July 15, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 133
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2:13:20
Best of Did You Knows Vol. 1
You’ve been treated to four volumes of Best of Listener Questions, now it’s time fora new series of best of volumes. These will be from the Did You Know segments ofJesus Changes People. The time in the show when the guys share facts abo...
July 08, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 132
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28:40
Children Of God
Mike and Ken wrap up chapter 3 of Galatians. In this last section, Paul uses the illustration of a child guardian to demonstrate what life was like under the law. He then reminds the Galatians, they are not under the guardian any longer, but ar...
July 01, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 131
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2:14:22
Why The Law Is Not Greater
In this next section of Galatians, Paul asks why, then, was the law given at all? Up to this point, he’s been proving that what was promised to Abraham is all that is needed. So why have the law then, would be the next logical question someone ...
June 24, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 130
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1:46:46
An Example From Everyday Life
Paul returns to Abraham, and the promise made to him. According to the Judaizers, the way to receive Abraham’s blessing from the promise was by obeying the law. Paul uses an everyday example to show that the law is not attached to the promise. ...
June 17, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 129
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1:49:55
Best of Listener Questions Vol. 4
It’s been a bit since the guys released a mix tape like best of episode. Actually, the last one was at Christmas time. So it’s time for volume four of the Best of Listener Questions. They really dug in the archives for this set of questions and...
June 10, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 128
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35:53
The Curse, The Polar Opposite, And The Purchase
After using Abraham as a witness against the Judaizers, Paul next shows how those who rely on the law aren’t blessed but are under a curse. They also aren’t living by faith. Their only hope is not through the law, but through Jesus. Ken and Mik...
June 03, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 127
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1:42:34
Father Abraham
Mike and Ken tackle the next section of Galatians 3, where Paul shifts from a subjective argument to an objective one. The Judaizers held up Abraham as the standard for their religion. Paul takes Abraham and uses him as a witness against the Ju...
May 27, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 126
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2:04:09
The Two Ways To Live
Ken and Mike are back in the book of Galatians and starting chapter 3. Paul’s attention shifts from relating elements of his story to now dealing directly with the issues that exist in the Galatian churches. Verses 1-5 is a personal argument th...
May 20, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 125
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1:51:55
Pentecost
Mike and Ken conclude their 2 week intermission from Galatians, which has focused on the Ascension and Pentecost. In Acts chapter 2, the gift Jesus promised was being sent from the Father arrives. The Holy Spirit comes with the sound of violent...
May 13, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 124
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2:10:05
Ascension
Ken and Mike take a 2 week intermission from Galatians to focus on the Ascension and Pentecost. Following His death and resurrection, Jesus spent 40 days with the apostles, as is covered in the opening verses of Acts chapter 1. During this time...
May 06, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 123
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2:06:03
A Matter Of Life And Death
Mike and Ken wrap up Paul’s confrontation with Peter over his separation from the Gentile Christians in Antioch. In these three remaining verses, Paul repeatedly uses forms of death, life and the personal pronoun I. Ken and Mike discuss what di...
April 29, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 122
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2:12:52
How Are We Right With God?
The confrontation Paul has with Peter continues in these next four verses. Peter had been separating himself from the Gentile Christians, which was to say they weren’t right with God. It also said the Jews were better than the Gentiles. But the...
April 22, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 121
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1:57:03
The Confrontation
Paul’s narrative of how his message was approved and everyone was together shifts to a scene where Peter pulls back from associating with the Gentiles. Peter’s actions as a leader draw even Barnabas, Paul’s close friend, to separate from the Ge...
April 15, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 120
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2:02:35
Same Message To Different Groups
Mike and Ken tackle the next 5 verses of chapter 2. In these verses, Paul continues his narrative, which he started in verse 1, about what happened during the meetings in Jerusalem. In them, we learn that the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem a...
April 08, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 119
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2:02:50
The Good News At Stake
Ken and Mike are back in the book of Galatians after their Easter intermission. They begin in chapter 2, which in Paul’s account was fourteen years since the end of chapter 1. And Paul is back in Jerusalem, along with Barnabas and Titus. He’s s...
April 01, 2024
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Season 8
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Episode 118
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1:43:08