Forgivin' Livin' Daily Podcast
Our podcasts are 5-8 minutes in length. We create these messages using one or two brief verses from the Bible that come from a devotional book. Our purpose is to help you hear the grace of Jesus in these verses so that your life may find its grounding in Christ alone. It is this grounding in grace that makes forgivin’ livin’ your way of freedom.
11/06/2025
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00(Theta) Your Name (Isaiah 48:9 & Matthew 1:21) (Sovereignty)
Martin Luther knew Jesus by name. He wanted all people to know Him by name. For He is the One who took our sins on Himself and gave us in exchange His holiness and innocence. This is the Happy Exchange. Luther also knew that this salvation would lead us into fighting the good fight of faith. So he wrote hymns like “A Mighty Fortress“ to be sung in the midst of any battle we are in. We are not alone. Jesus is with us. The victory is HIs. He will win. “Did we in our own strength confide, Our striving would be losing; Were not the right Man on our side, The Man of God’s own choosing. Dost ask who that may be? CHRIST JESUS, it is He; Lord Sabaoth is His NAME, From age to age the same, And He must win the battle.”
11/05/2025
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00(Discipleship) Testing Restores Relationships ( Lamentations 3:40; Phil 1:9 10) (Sanctification)
The Discipleship House presents today’s podcast. These four young adults, Samuel, Anna, Savannah, and Jenna, are living in housing provided by the World Mission Prayer League in Minneapolis. Their ministry is part of the Greenhouse Collective which includes Awaken in Mount Carmel, Theta in San Pedro, CA, Canada Lutheran Bible Institute in Camrose, Alberta as well as other church locations. These young adult communities make up the “greenhouse” which is the environment where seedlings grow into ministers for fruitful service in the Kingdom of God. We ask you to pray for these young people and to pray for any young adult you may know who might be called to join one of these greenhouse communities next year.
11/04/2025
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00(Irishcast) Alive In Christ (Ps 116v9 Romans 6v11) (Justification)
“ I’m dead to that” was a phrase. I learned years ago from a Bible study teacher. It connects to this message in Roman 6:11, which says “ consider your self dead to sin.” I would say this out loud to myself when I started to fall into some temptation of self-pity. I made the mistake of sharing this insight with my three sons. Now, when I fall, prey to that feeling of being a victim, one of them will say to me, “Of course you’re dead to that aren’t you dad?” So how do we let our sinful thoughts and desires be buried so they can rest in peace (RIP) and not trouble us? You may find it possible to use this little phrase, “I’m dead to that.” And if you share this new habit with others, some of them will gladly assist you in reminding you of your need to be dead to yourself but alive to God in Christ.
11/03/2025
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00(Floridacast) Jesus Is Our Advocate Who Watches Over Us (Job 16:19; Hebrews 4:14) (Peace)
Our FLORIDACAST of Liv, Elsa and Solveig join their parents Nels and Alissa in sharing the promise of how our Lord Jesus is the one who watches over us, cares for us and makes our needs His own. He is the advocate who becomes one with all those of us whom He is defending and supporting. Trust Jesus. Let His peace surround you in every circumstance of every day.
11/02/2025
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11/01/2025
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00(Missioncast All Saints’ Day) We Fix Our Eyes Upon Jesus (Psalm 119:6; Luke 8:15) (Sanctification)
Jeff and Mim discuss that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law. In Christ, there is no condemnation for all who believe. So, we fix on eyes upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. They also consider the missional implications of these texts. All Saints Day is not only a time of commemorating the saints who have gone before us, but also to envision future saints yet to join the great crowd of witnesses. The fields are ripe unto harvest. It is our joy to sow God’s word to present and future generations. Mim tells stories from her recent visitations in churches to raise “mission consciousness” and “mission zeal.” Jeff retells the story of the Good Samaritan from the aspect of Jesus’ question: “Who was the good neighbor?” May we be good neighbors to the world with Christ’s love, mercy, grace, and compassion.
10/31/2025
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00(Tacomacast) All Rebels Saved By The Grace Of Jesus (Jeremiah 2:29; Romans 3:22 24) (Justification)
The posting of the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church marks the beginning of the Reformation. However the theology behind the Reformation began years before in the obsession Martin Luther had with satisfying the righteous demands God placed on all people. He could not meet the expectations that God placed on him. Because he failed at doing this, the Holy Spirit could break through to him so that he could see that he even though he was a rebel…that he had fallen short…that he would always try to make distinctions between how hard he tried to satisfy God and what others were doing…he was saved. The Holy Spirit revealed to him that it was impossible for him to believe…to trust..to have faith…All this came as a gift of Jesus Christ as today’s Romans’ text declares. Once this truth laid hold of Luther, he could not stop talking about how it is all God’s work and we just get to receive God’s goodness…for faith comes to us…through the word proclaimed to us…so that we live under grace alone…given to us by Christ alone…and now our lives become a daily witness living freely to the glory of God alone.
10/30/2025
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10/29/2025
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00(Awaken) Christ’s Commands Connect Treasured Possessions (Exodus 19:5; John 15:10) (Promise)
The Awaken Project, pictured above, is the young adult community that meets at Mount Carmel from September to May. These people are partners with the Greenhouse Collective that includes our Thursday Theta community from San Pedro, CA. The Awaken community will be leading our Wednesday podcasts every other week through May. Pictured above are Steven, the director of Awaken, then Noah, Jayden, Alex, Zoe and Alexa. Keep these people in your prayers.
10/28/2025
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00(Irishcast) Pride Versus Humility (Proverbs 16v18 Mark 7v20) (Humility)
In Luther’s commentary on “The Magnificat,” he has this line about anyone who is truly humble. They have no clue that they are humble. It’s impossible to be conscious of your humility without becoming proud that you are humble. For us to be free from pride and to experience humility, Dietrich Bonhoeffer has another answer. He connects humility with confessing our sins personally to another person. Our Table Talk ministry invites people to start the process of confession and absolution. We shared this in Honolulu on Sunday and will speak on Wednesday in California and again on Sunday in Washington. To learn more about Bonhoeffer’s insight into humility that corrects pride, download the prayer journal for today. And pray for Sonja and me that those who hear us proclaim this gift of confession and absolution may join the priesthood of all believers to bring the healing of absolution to guilty and angry people.