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Episodios

  • Joy's Crucial Ingredients (Colossians 1:9-12)

    06/07/2022 Duración: 17min

    Joy is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) and one of the many gifts that the Holy Spirit graces to us through sanctification. So how does a Christian improve their joy? Well, because joy is a fruit of the Spirit, the source of joy is God. No one can fake joy or produce it by themselves.  Still, Colossians 1:11–12 tells us something interesting: that joy has specific ingredients. Yes, joy is a fruit, but the tree that produces the fruit of joy takes root in particular soil. That soil has two crucial ingredients: perseverance and patience. So you can’t have joy without its crucial ingredients. In this episode get a clear biblical understanding what joy is, how God cultivates it, and how faith is the instrument by which God strengthens us with joy.

  • The Power of the Promises (II Peter 1:1-4)

    01/06/2022 Duración: 29min

    John Owen once wrote, "Be killing sin or sin will be killing you." So, every true Christian will be killing sin. But how? How does a Christian kill sin according to the Scriptures? These are the questions Dr. Sadaphal will provide answers for in this episode. The hope for any child of God is that after Yahweh saves a person, He does not leave them alone. He stays with them and perseveres them until the end. Some of the wonderful treasures the Lord has provided for your sanctification are the promises of God. The Holy Spirit works through the divine promises and cooperatively enables and empowers you to mortify sin. Hence, a crucial key to a believer’s sanctification are the promises of God. The power of the promises are made manifest when a Christian trusts the promise-Maker, God, who has sent the Holy Spirit who work in and on us to fulfill those promises, making us more like Jesus.Our Scripture focus will be II Peter 1:4.

  • Ahab and Jezebel (I Kings 21:1-17)

    04/05/2022 Duración: 16min

    King Ahab and Queen Jezebel are two historical monarchs who appear in the narratives of the Old Testament. Ahab is best known for his failure to lead and his open endorsement of idolatry. Jezebel is best known for her bad behavior unbecoming of a queen, so much so that calling a woman a “Jezebel” is equivalent to using profanity in Christian circles. Now, why is it important for us to study Bible characters who have been dead for thousands of years? Because the spirits of Ahab and Jezebel are alive and well today whenever we see power acting with an arrogant, presumptuous security in which in which it treads beneath its feet all divine and human rights. In this episode gain a biblical understanding of these two spirits and how this wisdom applies to your everyday life in the family, in the world, and in the church.

  • The Beautiful Love of God, Part Two (Genesis 3:1-5)

    20/04/2022 Duración: 09min

    The serpent tempted our first parents (Adam and Eve) by nudging them to doubt the love of God. Satan overthrow all of humankind in Adam, and he continues to try and overthrow you one by one. What is one way to resist? Do not doubt the love of God. No one loves humanity like the Lord, and no one will care for His children like our Heavenly Father. God is good, gracious, tender, kind and loving to His children.

  • The Beautiful Love of God, Part One (Jeremiah 31:3)

    06/04/2022 Duración: 16min

    This episode offers encouragement for the weary Christian: always remember the beautiful, magnificent and eternal love of God. Allow your mind to be saturated with the memories of the kind, good works that God has continually wrought for His people. Allow your heart to be warmed by the hopeful truth that all human history will culminate in the triumph of the Lamb and that all those for whom He died will reign with Him in an unshakeable, eternal kingdom. In that kingdom, we won’t forget the tears we shed in the past. Instead, the elect will experience such a weight of glory that all our former troubles will feel like a feather in comparison (II Corinthians 4:17). Those who mourn will be comforted, because it is God Himself who will wipe away all the tears from our eyes (Revelation 21:4). Never forget the beautiful love of God, because all those whom loves, He will love forever and His love is unchanging forever. This heart-warming realization has three practical applications for our everyday lives.

  • Good Medicine Follows God's Prescriptions (Leviticus 13:1-6)

    09/03/2022 Duración: 25min

    Now, in the spring of 2022, the world is a very different place compared to where it was before the worldwide outbreak of a novel virus two years ago. For many individuals the way they think about public health, personal health, sickness and personal hygiene has radically changed. The question now becomes, is that change in thinking a good thing or a bad thing? Is that change in thinking closer in line with God’s truth or farther away from divine principles? Good medicine follows God’s prescriptions, so learn how to think and act biblically when it comes to taking responsibility for your health and the well-being of those whom you love.

  • Scripture Interprets Scripture (II Peter 1:20)

    09/02/2022 Duración: 26min

    The Reformation axiom, "Scripture interprets scripture" speaks to the idea that when interpreting the Bible, we allow God to speak for Himself by using His own words. This is a faithful approach that enables the Christian to rightly handle the Word of Truth. If Scripture does not interpret scripture, then something else will: for example, personal desire, a political ideology or ignorance. This is an unfaithful approach that emboldens the wicked to pervert the Word of the Truth.How then can a Bible student be faithful and discern what God is trying to say in His Word? By sticking close to three basic principles of Bible interpretation. In this episode, Dr. Sadaphal will discuss all three.

  • God Never Wastes Pain (James 1:2-4)

    12/01/2022 Duración: 27min

    Scripture teaches us that God never wastes pain. Meaning, the Lord always uses the pain of trials and adversity to accomplish His purposes. And what are His purposes? His glory and our good. Yes, pain hurts, but only a gracious God who is in complete control of all things can bring out a transcendent good from pain, hurt and sorrow. We therefore do not rejoice because it hurts; instead we rejoice over what God is going to do with that hurt.Our Scripture focus will be James 1:2-4.

  • The Son of the Most High (Luke 1:26-33)

    22/12/2021 Duración: 38min

    In this special Christmas edition of WCSK, you will hear a sermon from Dr. Sadaphal preached in December 2018. In this message, learn what Christmas is really about. Our Scripture focus will be from Luke 1:26-33. There, the angel Gabriel tells the virgin Mary that she will conceive a baby boy in her womb. The angel also makes five prophecies about baby Jesus that look into His life, His public ministry and to the end of time. Jesus is the Son of the Most High then, now and forever.

  • The Day Joy Was Born (Luke 2:8-14)

    08/12/2021 Duración: 34min

    In this special Christmas edition of WCSK, you will hear a sermon from Dr. Sadaphal preached in December 2017 titled, "The Day Joy Was Born." Christmas is a time where many things are celebrated, but the real meaning of Christmas is bigger than trees, gifts or any natural festivities. In this sermon, learn who the Prince of Peace is, why He was born, what He came to do, and why the birth of the Messiah was the day when true heavenly joy was born. Our Scripture Focus will be Luke 2:8-14

  • The Power of Providence (Esther 4:13-14)

    24/11/2021 Duración: 30min

    In today's episode we define and unpack the biblical doctrine of providence, or the fact that God provides for His creation. Our launching point for this discussion comes from the Old Testament book of Esther where the Lord orchestrates a marvelous deliverance for His people despite the threat of their extermination. The power of providence is that a proper understanding of this doctrine solidifies hope, strengthens perseverance and opens the Christian's eyes to God's perfect timing and all-sufficient provision in fulfilling His plans. Specifically, the Book of Esther illuminates three points about the power of providence: one, that in His providence, God places His agents in suitable situations for doing His work. Two, in His providence, God restrains His enemies so that His work is accomplished. Three, in His providence, the Lord tests His people.

  • When My Freedom Conflicts With Your Conscience: On Bodily Autonomy & Vaccine Mandates (I Corinthians 10:29)

    06/10/2021 Duración: 40min

    In this episode, Dr. Sadaphal continues to provide listeners with a biblical framework on how to think about innate human freedom.Here, he develops biblical answers to the questions: What happens when one person’s freedom to choose comes in conflict with another person’s conscience? What is the amicable solution? In particular, he applies the answers to these questions to the issue of individual autonomy and vaccination. That is, cognizant that all people have bodily autonomy and freedom to choose, what is the loving thing to do when my choice bothers the conscience of my neighbor? If given the option to vaccinate, would it be loving to sacrifice my medical freedom for the sake of my neighbor? How can a person who declines vaccination (against anything) respond to being called irresponsible, selfish, foolish and a threat to others? Are those who decline arrogantly and brazenly exercising their “freedom” at the expense of those around them? And, if my free choice conflicts with the will of an organization or t

  • All People Are Free Because God Made Them So

    15/09/2021 Duración: 01h44s

    This episode makes a theological argument for the inherent freedom of all human beings: this includes, but is not limited to, freedom of thought, freedom of speech and freedom of choice.A proper biblical understanding of human freedom is necessary cognizant of many sweeping changes in our world where people have lost (or are losing) their ability to think critically with the full breadth of information, to speak out in dissent or to make their own uncoerced life choices. Dr. Sadaphal provides clarity for believers who need a biblical framework to understand how God made people to live and how that plays out in the midst of living under a godless secular authority that forces people to live how it wants.What is at stake is more than (for example) freedom to refuse a vaccine or to congregate as a church; what is at stake is everything: an attempted de-Christianization of the West and the rise of Satanic totalitarianism. What is not exceptional is that authorities are trying to grab more power by force. What is

  • Repentance is Not Behavior Change (Mark 1:15)

    01/09/2021 Duración: 33min

    Repentance is not behavior change because biblically speaking, repentance is a change of mind. What you do results from what you think and therefore repentance affects not the symptom (works) but the disease (thinking). Of course, all Christians are not called to delight in sin but to pursue holiness. A proper understanding of repentance is crucial for Christians to have because if they equate repentance to "performance" they will suffer from a joyless life crushed by undue burden of guilt, shame, misery and despair. It is not man who atones for his own sin; only Christ's sacrifice at Calvary is sufficient to do that. Our Scripture focus will be Mark 1:15.

  • How to Opt-Out of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates (the Religious Exemption)

    25/08/2021 Duración: 09min

    In this practical "how-to" episode, Dr. Sadaphal explains how you can use a religious exemption to opt-out of COVID-19 vaccine mandates at your job or school. He provides three lines of biblical reasoning that may help to support an individual's decision not to consent. Links mentioned in the show: Religious Exception Letter Handbook: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16b5I7XKmu2j79WuX16tu4D46-uUaRC_5 Attorney Peggy Hall's FAQ: https://awakenny.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/b3d07-q26aaboutvaccinesandexemptions.pdf Patricia Finn: http://www.patriciafinnattorney.com/

  • Why Modern Judaism is Not Biblical Judaism (John 5:45)

    14/04/2021 Duración: 27min

    The Judaism of the modern world is a religion separate and distinct from the Judaism of the ancient world, pre-Christ.  The former is an idolatrous faith that rejects Jesus while the latter anticipated the coming Messiah. The former is based on the traditions of men, the latter was based on the Word of God. Accordingly, in this episode, Dr. Sadaphal provides three reasons why modern Judaism is not biblical Judaism. Being aware of such distinctions will equip you with the clarity needed to cultivate a discerning, biblical worldview. Our Scripture focus will be John 5:45. Get Jewish History Jewish Religion by Israel Sharak: https://amzn.to/3tdYxbV

  • Special Episode: On the COVID Vaccines (March 2021 Update)

    17/03/2021 Duración: 19min

    In this special episode of WCSK, Dr. Sadaphal provides an update to the episode that originally aired on December 15th, 2020. Here, he analyzes new information on the COVID vaccines that have accumulated over the past 2-3 months. He still cautions listeners who are thinking of getting any of the vaccines because the so-called prevention may be more dangerous than the disease. Be informed so that you can make a wise decision. You may refer to the written version of this episode in order to view and read the original article plus the update and all of the references: http://what-christians-should-know.org/why-not-to-get-the-covid-vaccine/

  • Fear Not (Matthew 10:28-31; I John 4:18)

    10/03/2021 Duración: 30min

    Many people today are afraid. They hear messages of fear and are encouraged to fear those around them. This fear is irrational because it is not grounded in reality and trumps faith in the Lord. Fear has even birthed a new faith: the cult of COVID, complete with its own code of morality and signals of virtue. With all this to consider, this begs the question: what does the Bible teach us on how the Christian is called to "fear not" and act Christ-like in an environment that is Christ-less? This episode provides clarity and meaningful answers. Our Scripture focus will be Matthew 10:28-31 and I John 4:18. Written version (with citations): http://what-christians-should-know.org/how-to-fear-not-love

  • If God, Why Evil? (Isaiah 45:7)

    10/02/2021 Duración: 10min

    Since God is good, then how can He allow evil to exist? Since God is sovereign, is it inescapable to conclude that the ultimate cause of evil rests in the Lord? "If God, why evil?" is one the the most difficult questions to wrestle with. Yet, God's Word provides clarity and meaningful answers. Our Scripture focus will be Isaiah 45:7.

  • Contra Caesar II: Live Not by Lies (Romans 13:1-7)

    06/01/2021 Duración: 51min

    Part I searched for a biblical answer to, "When is it permissible for the Christian to disobey civil authorities?" Part II explores why Christians may come to different conclusions as to when (or if) it is biblically permissible for the Christian to act contra Caesar or against the State. The possible answers to this inquiry are numerous, but one response is that many Christians may uncritically obey Caesar because their idea of secular authority comes from the world, not the Bible. Subsequently, this episode searches the Scriptures to develop a biblical perspective on what authority looks like and how it ideally operates in reality. This examination is necessary cognizant that in the West, we are facing the rise of "soft totalitarianism" or a godless form of total State control that seeks to root out the Christian faith under the guise of helping and healing. Our Scripture focus will be Romans 13:1-7. As mentioned in this episode: Live Not by Lies (2020) by Rod Dreher and Live Not by Lies (1974) by

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