
The Line Upon Line Podcast
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Ep 201Opposition to Christmas • Christmas No. 3
The devil doesn't want to get his head crushed by the Coming One. He's doing all he can to oppose it.

Ep 200The Seed of the Woman • Christmas No. 2
Who is the Coming One who will save man? Here's how we know he's the most important human being ever born.

Ep 199God Gives Hope • Genesis 3
Christmas is important because it fulfils promises, covenants, and prophecies that God made to give hope. We need hope because He made everything perfect and one man ruined it.

Ep 198Recognise God • Luke 13:31-35
It’s possible to resist God because you don’t recognise Him. Realise who you are fighting against, and let Him bless you.

Ep 197Worth Every Effort • Luke 13:22-30
Everyone must enter the kingdom by a narrow door, through Jesus the Messiah.

Ep 196Knowing the Times • 2 Thessalonians 2-1-12
Paul calms a church upset by unbiblical teaching about the day of the Lord. Here are the signs to look for.

Ep 195Godly vs Ungodly • Jude
What to watch out for, what to embrace, while we wait for Jesus to return.

Ep 194One Life at a Time • Luke 13:10-20
Jesus isn’t fighting to conquer the millions who reject Him. He’s changing those millions into followers, one life at a time.

Ep 193Hurry to Repent • Luke 13:1-9
You are going to die, unless you repent. And you don’t have a lot of time to waste.

Ep 192Love and Zeal • Luke 12:49-59
Jesus wants to cast fire on the earth to save, not destroy.

Ep 191Keep the Plot • Luke 12:35-48
If you listen to Jesus and believe Him, you’ll be ready and waiting when He comes.

Ep 190Obeying God When It Doesn't Make Sense • Acts 8:26-40
God takes a man from a thriving urban work to walk a desert road no one uses, because He knows what He's doing.

Ep 189Think About Soul - Luke 12-13-34
If you ignore your soul you will definitely lose it. Unless you start thinking.

Ep 188Walk in the Light - Luke 12:1-12
When you consider the judgment to come and salvation from that judgment, confessing Jesus makes sense.

Ep 187Longing For Jesus' Return • Revelation 22:6-21
Rob looks at the last chapter of the Bible, a very good hope.

Ep 186Such Fatal Confidence • Luke 11:37-54
Religion gives you such fatal confidence in yourself that God Himself can’t tell you a single thing.

Ep 185Eyes Full Shut • Luke 11:27-36
Jesus is obviously the Messiah but His critics remain in doubt. They have shut their eyes to remain in the dark.

Ep 184Giving and Blessing • Malachi 3:8-12
Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." The devil has worked hard to bring in fear and confusion about giving. Here is a personal practice of giving with biblical reasons and a 40-year testimony of God's faithfulness.

Ep 183Thinking Very Little • Luke 11:14-26
Unreasonable men reject Jesus as demonic, He shows only God can defeat the devil.

Ep 182Say "Father" • Luke 11:1-13
It turns out that everything in prayer is based on one foundation, who that Person is in heaven. Jesus said, “When you pray, say, “Father”.

Ep 181That One Important Part • Luke 10:38-42
Martha believes in Jesus but she's overwhelmed and angry. What's missing?

Ep 180The Expert and the Neighbour • Luke 10:25-37
An expert in the law of Moses is going to debunk Jesus once and for all and finds out that Jesus is more than an expert.

Ep 179God's Blessings Are Your Success • Luke 10:17-24
Jesus steers His disciples' focus away from their success to the blessings God has given them, a sure foundation.

Ep 178Start Small: Pray • Luke 10:1-16
You don't start off saving the world. Start small and grow from there.

Ep 177Jesus First • Luke 9:57-62
Jesus's answers don't sync with His hearers' pretexts because He's addressing their real concerns.

Who Shapes Your Heart? • Deuteronomy 6
The priority of everyday family life is the means by which God spreads His covenantal love.

Ep 175Concerning Skin and Sin • Leviticus 13-14
God gives direction how to diagnose diseases and what to do when sufferers are healed.

Ep 174He's Patient • Luke 9:37-56
The good news is that through Jesus you can become like Him, and receive His patience.

Ep 173Follow Him Gladly • Luke 9:23-36
Jesus knows He is heading to the cross, but He is clearly not a gloomy character. He knows He is going to eternal glory.

Ep 172Death Reveals Christ • Luke 9:10-22
Death and resurrection makes Jesus the Messiah. Therefore death and resurrection makes His followers Christians.

Ep 171Limited and Unlimited • Psalm 131
Maturity is knowing your limits and trusting the unlimited God.

Ep 170The Way, the Truth, the Life and the Spirit • John 14:1-18
You will never make it on your own righteousness. You need Jesus in every way.

Ep 169Treasure You Cannot Lose • Luke 9:1-9
Waste is when a person stays where he’s at. He doesn’t do anything and he becomes nothing. The only valuable life is the one lost for Jesus.

Ep 168Don't Be Afraid, Only Believe • Luke 8:40-56
Jesus agrees to heal a dying daughter, then everything hinders and delays until it's too late for everyone except Jesus.

Ep 167Love and Obey • Luke 8:22-39
When you realise God is good, you’re not afraid of Him. You obey Him.

Ep 166How To Deal With Giants • 1 Samuel 17
We look at God's deliverance of Israel by His chosen one.

Ep 165One Important Thing • Luke 8:1-22
You know you have received Jesus because you love His word and fill your life with it.

Ep 164Many Infallible Proofs • Acts 1:1-3 • Easter
People don’t reject Jesus because the resurrection is unbelievable. They disbelieve because they don’t know and they don’t want to know.

Ep 163You Need Forgiveness • Luke 7:36-50
Jesus doesn’t hate rude people. He knows what they need because He knows everyone is a sinner. You need to be loved, you need to be clean. You need forgiveness.

Ep 162Trust His Character • Luke 7:18-35
Even John the Baptist could falter. Jesus gives him the tools to live right without understanding.

Ep 161Helpless but Hopeful • Luke 7:1-17
It’s natural to think that God is like us, only better. But we don’t expect God to be good to us. Jesus isn’t helpless, He is good to us beyond our knowledge.

Ep 160In Contact with Bedrock • Luke 6:36-49
The point of the Sermon on the Plain is Jesus wants His disciples to base their lives fully upon Him.

Ep 159Absolutely Like God • Luke 6:27-36
Following Jesus is more than trying to be nice. You receive eternal life, and you love your enemies, like God.

Ep 158True Disciple, True Comfort • Luke 6:20-26
A true disciple receives the only true comfort that overcomes all the suffering in this life.

Ep 157Trust, Acknowledge and Inherit • Psalm 37
Fretting is no help, because the righteous and the wicked have different inheritances & judgment

Ep 156You're Human, You Pray • Luke 6:12-19
Jesus experienced really bad opposition as He served the Father. Because Jesus is human He prays. And God gives Him orders and the strength to do them.

Ep 155The Arrogant Can't Believe • Luke 5:27-6:11
Jesus divides the world into humble and arrogant, those being saved and those being condemned for rejecting Jesus. You can’t believe in Jesus if you’re arrogant.

Ep 154Choose Life • with Dean Gavaris
Speak the truth in love about abortion because silence allows people to suffer.

Ep 153Working Against Christ • Luke 5:12-26
If you get the gospel wrong it can’t save you; it’s no longer good news and it has no power. If you get the gospel wrong you’re working against Christ. Fortunately Jesus gets the gospel right.

Ep 152In My Lifetime • Study in Prophecy
God works in history. Jesus' return will be historical. We can't set times but we must know the signs and be ready now.