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
365 episodes
363 Where God Is
Summary: Where is God? Not where you expect. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 3:13-27; John 16:12-15; John 3:8 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch ap...
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19:35
362 Clean Air
Summary: Fire season in Southern California means bad air. Christians celebrate a day when fire began a season of clean air. Today, we’re going to find out what that day is. Referenced Bible verses: Act...
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19:35
361 Do What You Will
Summary: What is the path to Christian unity? It’s the path less taken. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: John 17:20-26; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 ...
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19:08
360 Be Prepared
Summary: Have you ever felt that something terrible was going to happen and that you were totally unprepared? Today we’re going to find out why that could be a good thing. Referenced Bible verses: John ...
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15:10
359 True Love
Summary: What is true love? It’s nothing that the world can prepare us for, and today we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: John 13:331-35; John 3:16; Matthew 18:20; 1 John 4:16&n...
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16:44
358 Eternal Resonance
Summary: What makes a Christian a Christian? Eternal resonance. Today, we’re going to find out how. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 3:21; Mark 13:1; John 10:22-30; John 20:29; Mark 4:9; Romans 10:8-11;&nb...
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20:23
357 The Death of Death
Summary: We celebrate lots of things with a meal. One of them is the death of death. Today, we’re going to find out how that works. Referenced Bible verses: John 21:1-19; 1 Corinthians 11:17-24; Philipp...
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17:39
356 Why the Bible
Summary: This coming Sunday, most churches will experience both the biggest disappointment and the most important message of the year. Today, we’re going to find out what they are. Referenced Bible vers...
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17:35
355 Seven
Summary: I have a t-shirt that says, “Body Piercing Saved My Soul”. Today, we’re going to find out why that’s the most important message in history. Referenced Bible verses: John 18-19:42; Isaiah 55:3; ...
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19:23
354 Shouting Rocks
Summary: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 19:28-40; Zechariah 9:9; Philippians 2:5-11 <...
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19:49
353 Another Prodigal
Summary: We heard about two prodigals last Sunday and this coming Sunday we’ll hear about another. The prodigal woman. Today, we’ll hear about what a weird story has to teach us about God. Referenced Bi...
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20:14
352 Prodigal
Summary: What has three main characters, two Prodigals, and is found in only one Gospel? And is about you? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32; Luke 5:32; J...
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20:50
351 The Problem of Good
Summary: We have been asking some big questions lately. In Lent, we ask some even bigger ones. Today, we’ll find out what they are and how God answers them. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 13:1-9; Romans 6...
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19:50
350 Empathy Dies
Summary: Jesus had things to do. Mainly, he came to die. Today, we’re going to see how that became a blessing, and a model of living for us. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 10:45; Luke 13:31-35; Luke 10:2...
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15:45
349 The Plane Truth
Summary: What scares us? And what gives us power over fear? Today, we’re going to fund out. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 4:1-13; Matthew 4:1; Deuteronomy 8:3, 6:13, 6:16; Psalm 91:11-12; Matthew 28:20;...
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19:20
348 The Quality of Mercy
Summary: Mercy has been in the news lately! Or has it? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 2:22-40; Luke 4:21-30; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Genesis 2: 7; 1 John 4:19 &nbs...
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17:43
347 Not Always What They Seem
Summary: There’s a lot going on in the world right now, but what does it mean, really? How can we know what’s appearance and what’s reality? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Luke...
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18:20
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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19:32
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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18:08
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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14:00
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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13:34
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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13:06
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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