Hope can be a desperate wish for some impossible results.Hope can be the wondering about some improbable outcome.But real hope is the confident anticipation of the positive consequences of my faith.Even that hope fades. So what do

The Nature of Man: Part 2

May 12th, 2022 30m 3s

"What is man that Thou art mindful of him? The son of man that You care for Him?" Even the Psalmist struggled with the basic questions of the nature of man. This is the second half of the Systematic Theology lesson on The Nature of Man.---

The Nature of Man

May 4th, 2022 26m 21s

What do we believe about the nature of man? How is our personality, our temperament, our character, shaped by the person God made us to be? And, how does all of that shape our relationship with God? This is a two-week segment from a longer Syst

5/1/22 Monday Matters: Communication with Adult Children

May 2nd, 2022 9m 4s

It’s not easy staying in touch with our adult children, but with a little work and a little sensitivity, it can be done. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 36: Be An Andrew

Apr 11th, 2022 9m 39s

Day 36 of 40 days finds us in the begging of the Passion Week. Each day as we conclude our adventure, we will meditate on what Jesus was doing that day, 2000 years ago. Today, the day after His triumphal entry, He engaging the crowd with one mo

Going Deep Day 31: By His Wounds

Apr 7th, 2022 7m 52s

When there is nothing else to look to, we look to the hands and feet of Jesus. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 30: Strangely Warmed

Apr 5th, 2022 6m 25s

Take a minute to day and look out on that moment when God came to you for the first time as your Lord and Savior. Wesley said, “My heart was strangely warmed.” At that moment you became a priest.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.

Going Deep Day 29: Look Out

Apr 4th, 2022 9m 43s

We enter in to week leading up to Palm Sunday. Today is my son, Jacob’s, birthday. It is also day 29 of our 40 days. The theme for this week is Look Out, trouble is going to come. But, we can be made better and stronger for it. --- Support

Going Deep Day 26: Do Good Stuff

Apr 1st, 2022 7m 56s

What you do matters. Our walk with God is as much about our hands as it is our heart. Wake-up and live as God would have you live. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 25: Remember The Mountains

Mar 31st, 2022 8m 18s

Wake up to the cities, the mountains, and the stories that God has given you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 24: The Skin Horse

Mar 30th, 2022 9m 43s

When we finally wake up to what God has done for us, we will love others like never before. That might be painful but we won’t care because we will be real. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepod

Going Deep Day 22: Waking Up

Mar 29th, 2022 11m 48s

More than halfway through our 40 Day Adventure. This week we look at the what, why, and how of waking up. To go deep you have to wake up. The scripture is Psalm 32 and Matthew 11.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/

Going Deep Day 23: The Popeye Verse

Mar 29th, 2022 7m 58s

Wake up today to the marvelous grace of God in your life and then determine to make the best of that grace for Him.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 19: You Walk Talks

Mar 25th, 2022 8m 17s

The power of our testimony is not in the words we say but in the life that we live. Testify everyday by Godly living. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 18: Speak Up for the Needy

Mar 24th, 2022 9m 52s

Your testimony is never more important than when you are speaking up for the disenfranchised. Today we talk about how to speak up and speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.

Going Deep Day 17: Testify

Mar 23rd, 2022 7m 43s

There is such power in our testimony, especially when it’s done in the right way, about the right things, and for the right reasons. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 16: Speak Up

Mar 22nd, 2022 9m 5s

Testify. Tell your story. Witness. Whatever you call it, going deep requires us to speak up about what we believe.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatdifferencepodcast/support

Going Deep Day 11: It's My Lunch

Mar 17th, 2022 7m 41s

In John 6, the reading for today, we see the story of a little boy who has his lunch used by Jesus to perform one of the most iconic miracles in Christianity. The wisdom of this little boy to hold on to his lunch until it was time to let it go

Attachment Styles and Holding On To Who You Are

Mar 16th, 2022 17m 30s

In this episode of What Difference Does That Make? we combine the bi-weekly podcast with the daily, Lenten Bible study, Going Deep. Regan Harlow is a bright graduate intern at Branches. She teaches Attachment Theory and uses the wonderful illus

Going Deep Day 9: Promises

Mar 15th, 2022 8m 49s

Off all the things we hold on to, perhaps the most important is the promises of God. Isaiah 55 is one hefty list of promises and this bride podcast is a reminder of what the promises are about. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s

Going Deep Day 8: Holding On to the Hand of God

Mar 14th, 2022 9m 13s

There is both blessings and technique to hold to the hand of the Almighty. Today is Day 8 of a 40 Day Spiritual Adventure, Going Deep. This episode not only encourages us to hold on, us but instructs us on how to hold on to God’s RIGHT hand. If

Going Deep Day 4: Letting Go of Righteousness

Mar 10th, 2022 7m 23s

I John 1 has a letting go theme as well. It is letting go of the notion that somehow I have worked out my own salvation, that I can figure out a way to be righteous enough. We saw and heard Him. He appeared to us. He was light. It has never bee

Going Deep Day 3: Letting Go of Our Own Agenda

Mar 9th, 2022 7m 18s

Day 3 we read John 15. The theme that plays over and over is that we let go of our agenda, our plans, our desires, in order to be connected to the agenda of the Father. But when we do, oh my, the reward is unimaginable. --- Support this pod

Going Deep Day 2: Letting Go of Self-Dependence

Mar 8th, 2022 6m 48s

Day 2 of a 40 Day Spiritual Adventure. Matthew 10 is a challenge to give up those things that we normally depend on to make us feel safe, money, home, family. Going deep may require us to sacrifice what helps us to feel self-dependent in order

Going Deep Day 1: Giving Up the Right to Hold a Grudge

Mar 7th, 2022 7m 12s

As we begin 40 Days of Going Deep, John 13 starts us off with a gasp. We watch the Savior of the World kneel and wash the feet of His betrayer. How could I ever hope to match such depth? I begin by giving up.--- Support this podcast: https: