Living Water Radio: For Today's Christian Life
Living Water Radio is designed to bring encouragement, reflection and a sense of relationship to Christians and others looking for Christian community in the Los Angeles area during the pandemic and in the "new normal" that follows. It is co-produced by Pastor David Berkedal and Reverend Sally Welch.
Episodes
348 episodes
346 Changing Wine Into Water
Summary: Jesus turned water into wine. Are we doing just the opposite? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: John 2:1-11; Genesis 1-2; John 14:6; John 1:14; Psalm 46:1
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345 Baptism in a Drought
Summary: Messiah drought? Prophet drought? God ended them with Baptism. Spiritual drought? God’s promise is Baptism. Today, we’re going to find out how that works. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew...
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344 It's New!
Summary: We’ve begun a new year! So what? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 5:14-15; John 1:1-18; Romans 8:28; John 3:5-8; 1 Peter 2:9-10; 2 Corinthians 5:17 <...
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343 An Irrelevant Christmas
Summary: We are celebrating a birth today that launched the most important events in human history, and it happened through a young woman whose place in human history was otherwise irrelevant. Today, we’re going to find ou...
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342 Drones
Summary: Lots of people are looking up these days. For drones. There is a better reason to look up today, and it promises a much better outcome. Today, we’re going to find out what it us. Referenced Bibl...
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341 The Present
Summary: The gospel reading that will be shared in the vast majority of churches in the world this coming Sunday contains one of the funniest verses in the Bible. At least I thought so. And then I didn’t. Today, we’re goin...
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340 No Fairytale
Summary: How do we dig below the fantasyland that the world’s celebration of Christmas occupies? How do we prepare the foundation for something that’s real? Today, we’re going to find out. ...
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16:32
339 Thanks for Nothing
Summary: Bart Simpson’s Thanksgiving prayer included the words, “thanks for nothing.” Today, we’re going to see why those are good words for a Day of Thanksgiving. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 5:26-...
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21:37
338 Past Due
Summary: What’s the difference between debts and trespasses? And what does that have to do with Christ the King Sunday? Or not? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: John 18:33-37; Jo...
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337 Every Thing is Temporary
Summary: Everything is temporary. Every-thing-is-temporary. The sooner we realize that the sooner we can get prepared for what’s coming. That’s our primary reason for optimism. Today, we’re going to find out why.&nb...
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336 Who Do You Trust?
Summary: There is said to be a lot of concern today over who we can trust. Today, we’re going to consider our answer. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 12:38-42; Genesis 1:27; Romans 8:31-39; Galatians 5:22...
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335 Past Present Future
Summary: Oscar Wilde wrote in one of his plays, “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future”. Today, we’re going to find out why both may be true and how both the past and the future shape the present.&nb...
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334 One Third of Eternity
Summary: One day really bothered me, and it bothered me for a few days. Another day made all of us new, and it made us new forever. Today we’re going to find out what they both have to do with Halloween. ...
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333 How To Be The Greatest
Summary: We all think we should run the business to be the greatest. But what if the lowest paid worker is the greatest? Does that seem right? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Ma...
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332 Who's In and Who's Out?
Summary: When it comes to heaven, who’s in and who’s out? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 10:17-31; Psalm 14:2-3; 1 Timothy 6:10; Mark 8:36-37; John 3:16; John 16:33 ...
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331 What We Offer
Summary: We’re going to see two sides of what the Church offers the world this Sunday, and both of them are offensive. Or not. Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 10:2-26; Matt...
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330 Spiritual Maturity
Summary: It’s been said that growing old is required. Growing-up is optional. I’ve said it. But, is it? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 9:38-50; Matthew 16:25; Galatians 5:...
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329 Transformed, Not Conformed
Summary: Everybody likes the stories of Jesus and the children, but what are they intended to teach us? Nothing. They are meant to transform us. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible vers...
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328 A Good Question
Summary: We sometimes say, “That’s a good question” whether we know the answer or not. Jesus once asked a question when he knew that the answer was not the answer. What? Today, we’re going to find out. ...
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327 God's Work
Summary: The official tagline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, my home denomination, is “God’s work. Our hands.” It’s too long. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses:...
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326 Clean Food
Summary: We can’t earn our way into heaven, but we can eat our way there. Today, we’re going to find out how. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; Romans 4:13; John 6:51; Galatians 5:22-23...
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18:06
325 Staff of Life
Summary: What image comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “The Staff of Life”? Today, we’re going to learn a new one, and what it has to do with the renewal of the Church Referenced Bible verses: Hebr...
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324 Bread That Lives
Summary: If you wanted to describe what Jesus did for us on the cross, you couldn’t find a more difficult way than the way Jesus describes it in John 6. Today, we’re going to find out why that’s a good thing. ...
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