The Preaching of the Cross

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  NIV Part 5: Why It Matters 29.07.2026 28min

  A Bible can sound more modern and still move you farther away from what the text actually says. We make the case that the fight over Bible translations is not academic nitpicking, because the words you trust shape the doctrine you live, the church culture you build, and the kind of spiritual fire you can sustain. We start with a hard look at the current spiritual condition of churches: on one side, fundamental convictions with little life; on the other, high energy with practices we believe ...
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  NIV Part 4: Under the Microscope 28.07.2026 28min

  Some Bible debates sound like they’re about preferences, but what happens when the words themselves change and the reader is never clearly told where or why? We take a hard, detailed look at the New International Version and explain why we believe it crosses the line from Bible translation into Bible rewriting, especially in the Old Testament. If you care about biblical authority, inerrancy, and whether your English Bible reflects the Hebrew text or an editor’s best guess, this conversation i...
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  NIV Part 3: When Bible Words Disappear 27.07.2026 28min

  The words on the page shape the God you picture, the gospel you preach, and the courage you bring to temptation. That’s why we take a hard look at the New International Version (NIV) and ask a simple question with enormous consequences: are we reading a translation that preserves God’s words, or a rewrite that smooths them into something else? We start in the Old Testament with concrete, checkable examples. We talk about Hebrew terms often rendered “I pray thee” and “behold,” and why droppin...
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  NIV Part 2: Textual Errors 24.07.2026 28min

  If you’ve ever been told a modern Bible version “says the same thing, just easier,” we put that claim under a microscope with a blunt, verse-by-verse critique of the New International Version. We’re not arguing taste, style, or personalities. We’re asking a sharper question: what happens when a translation repeatedly changes wording tied to the virgin birth, the atoning blood of Christ, and the way the New Testament quotes Old Testament prophecy? We walk through specific passages where the N...
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  NIV Part 1: Words Change Doctrine 23.07.2026 28min

  One word can carry a century of theology, and one “helpful” replacement can quietly move the meaning. Brother James wraps up a five-part series from the Preaching of the Cross Radio Broadcast by arguing that the New International Version does more than modernize English. He says it repeatedly substitutes less precise synonyms and adds interpretive phrasing that functions like commentary, not translation. We walk through specific examples where familiar Bible terminology is replaced: grace be...
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  Heroes of the Faith: John Hambleton 22.07.2026 26min

  A runaway teenager becomes a theater man, then a gold rush drifter, then a near-corpse under a tree while his so-called friends dig a grave. That’s the road John Hambleton walks before the gospel finally moves from something he “believes” to Someone he trusts. We mark the 100th Heroes of the Faith broadcast by telling his full, surprising story and why it still speaks to anyone trying to fill the heart with success, adventure, or self-effort. We talk about Hambleton’s upbringing in Liverpool...
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  Heroes of the Faith: Henry Moorhouse 21.07.2026 26min

  A bedridden woman calls to ask for a visit and one small question opens a huge door: what should you call a Christian preacher, and what does that name say about who we are? We talk candidly about why “reverend” belongs to God, why titles can feel hollow, and why “Brother” points to something real a shared Father, a shared new birth, and a spiritual family that spans places we’ve never been and people we’ve never met. From that personal moment, we move into a story with surprising weight: He...
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  Footprints of the Savior: Part 6 20.07.2026 28min

  A night of hard work ends with empty nets, and then a voice from the shore asks one painful question: “Have ye any meat?” That moment in John 21 is where we start, because it exposes something timeless about the Christian life. We can believe Jesus is risen and still live as if He is far away. As we trace the final steps in The Footprints of the Savior, we watch the risen Christ step right into ordinary routines, bring weary disciples back to simple obedience, and turn failure into a doorway ...
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  Footprints of the Savior: Part 5 17.07.2026 28min

  Fifteen words can carry a whole world of meaning. We follow a simple but unforgettable outline of Jesus’ final hours, tracing a path from “silver” and betrayal to the “stone” at the tomb, stopping at Gethsemane, the trial, the scourging, the cross, and the moment Scripture records as darkness at noon. If you’ve ever wanted a clear, Bible-rooted meditation on the suffering of Christ, the crucifixion, and why the resurrection is not a symbol but a victory, this message is built to help you see ...
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  Footprints of the Savior: Part 4 16.07.2026 28min

  A snowcapped mountain, a shoreline of miracles, and one question that still divides public opinion from personal conviction. We follow Brother James through two unforgettable gospel settings: Mount Hermon near Caesarea Philippi and the Sea of Galilee. Surrounded by pagan temples and rival claims to authority, Jesus asks, “Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” Then He turns the question toward His disciples, and Peter’s confession lands with weight: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the ...
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  Footprints of the Savior: Part 3 15.07.2026 28min

  The Mount of Olives isn’t just a hill outside Jerusalem. It’s a place where the life of Jesus comes into sharp focus, where prayer gets real, tears are shed, prophecy is spoken, suffering begins in Gethsemane, and the sky opens at the Ascension. We walk through Olivet as a “mount of prayer” and listen for what it teaches us about quiet communion with the Father when religion feels loud, busy, and empty. Then we cross the ridge into Bethany, the village where Christ is welcomed when the world...
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  Footprints of the Savior: Part 2 14.07.2026 28min

  A wedding runs short on wine, and Jesus chooses that quiet moment in Cana of Galilee to launch His miraculous ministry. That detail isn’t random. We follow the “Footprints of the Savior” into John 2 and slow down long enough to see what the first sign actually reveals about Jesus Christ and about us. Why Cana, not Jerusalem? Why a wedding feast, not a festival crowd? The answers point straight to grace, and to a Savior who loves to use small places to display great glory. From the wate...
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  Footprints of the Savior: Part 1 13.07.2026 28min

  Bethlehem shows us how small a place can carry a world-changing promise, and Nazareth shows us how God can put His Holy One in the middle of a town everyone looks down on. We open a new series called The Footprints of the Savior and start where the gospel story gets painfully specific: a real journey, a real birth, and a real fulfillment of prophecy that no human planner could have staged. As we trace Jesus’ steps, we keep coming back to one steady truth: God’s purposes always come to pass.&n...
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  The Church and the Tribulation IV: Jacob's Trouble 10.07.2026 27min

  People throw around the words “tribulation” and “end times” like they automatically describe whatever is happening in America right now. We slow that down and ask a sharper question: when the Bible talks about the Great Tribulation, who is God talking to? Once you see the difference between the Old Testament nation of Israel and the New Testament Church, whole sections of prophecy stop feeling foggy and start reading plainly. We walk verse by verse through major prophecy anchors: Jerem...
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  The Church and the Tribulation III: Two Separate Events 09.07.2026 26min

  If you’ve ever heard someone speak with total confidence about the Great Tribulation but struggle to find the same certainty in the actual text of the Bible, this teaching is for you. We open by calling out a common problem in Christian life: repeating catchphrases like “God said it” while never doing the hard, careful work of showing what God said and where He said it. Doctrine gets fragile when it’s built on personalities, not passages, and end times teaching is one of the fastest places fo...
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  The Church and the Tribulation II: Delivered from the Wrath to Come 08.07.2026 26min

  The Great Tribulation isn’t just a scary phrase from Revelation. It’s a Bible-defined period tied to the wrath of God, and what you believe about it shapes how you read the rapture, the Second Coming, and the hope Christ gives His church. I’m Brother James, and we’re concluding our series by walking straight through Scripture to explain why we believe the church will be taken out before that wrath breaks loose. We start with the promise that Jesus “shall deliver us from the wrath to co...
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  The Church and the Tribulation I: Rapture Before Wrath 07.07.2026 26min

  The fastest way to get distracted in Bible prophecy is to stare at “signs” until you stop looking up. Brother James continues part three of a four-part study on the Great Tribulation and the church, making a focused, verse-by-verse argument that the New Testament church is not appointed to the seven-year outpouring of wrath often called Jacob’s trouble, and that the rapture comes before that period begins. We walk through 1 Corinthians 15 and the meaning of “the end,” tying it to Daniel 12 a...
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  Heroes of the Faith: The Scottish Covenanters 06.07.2026 26min

  If you’ve ever wondered what “salvation is of the Lord” looks like when it’s tested by real power, real fear, and real death, this message goes straight there. We start with the heart of the gospel: people sin and try to cover it, but God moves toward us in love, sending His Son to suffer and die so we can be forgiven, cleansed, justified, and made new. That’s not a small idea, it’s the kind of truth that has carried believers through flames, prisons, and public executions. From there, we st...
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  Heroes of the Faith: George Wagner 03.07.2026 26min

  A man is tied to a stake, a bag of gunpowder hung around his neck, and the flames lit all because he won’t say water can save his soul. That’s the true story of George Wagner, killed in Munich in 1527, and we use it to ask a hard question: what do we actually believe about salvation when comfort is no longer on the table? We walk through the historical backdrop of persecution and the danger of church and state acting as one authority, then lay out the convictions that brought Wagner to...
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  Mistakes God Did Not Make: Part 4 02.07.2026 23min

  Some sermons don’t try to sound polite, they try to be clear. Brother James keeps moving through an old, worn booklet he loves, “Mistakes God Did Not Make,” and uses it to challenge evolution, agnosticism, and atheism with a simple question: can your worldview stay consistent when you follow it all the way to the end? From population control and planned parenthood arguments to the logic of “survival of the fittest,” we press on the places where modern certainty starts to wobble. We als...