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
358 episodes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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