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More Than Bread
It's not enough to get into God's Word, we need to let His Word get into us. "More Than Bread" is a podcast featuring Pastor Dan Nold from Calvary Church in State College, PA. It focuses on simply reading the Bible (with a few comments) in the hopes that listening to God's Word, learning from God's Word and leaning into God's Word will shape our hearts, minds, and souls to bring us life. As Jesus said, "We do not live by bread alone, we live by every Word that comes from the mouth of God."
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Overflow #11 -- Matthew 26:1-13 -- Have you ever had a love-burst?
In this episode we are going to tell the generosity story of Mary. In the last few days of his life, she gave Jesus a gift that touched his heart. She had a love-burst. She had a moment of tender affection that gripped and expanded her heart so...
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Overflow #10 -- Matthew 25:31-43 -- Do it for Jesus!
In Matthew 25, Jesus tells a story. It's a story about helping or ignoring Jesus in need. Now at first glance I'm a little unnerved by this story. I don't like the idea of ignoring Jesus in need. I'm pretty sure that if I saw Jesus, (and ...
Overflow #9 -- I Timothy 6:6-19 -- Step into the overflow!
Why do we long to be rich? And is there a better way? Those are the questions I'm tackling in this episode, still looking at Paul's words to his young friend, Timothy. But in the end, rather than going after more stuff, we need to trust a bette...
A Life Refreshed Extra -- Psalm 67 -- Blessed beyond belief!
We have entered a week of 24/7 prayer at Calvary. Actually if you want to join us, you can sign up at www.calvarycwow.org/resources -- just look for the "Sign Up Here" button. If you sign up I'll send you a prayer guide!But we start the ...
Overflow #8 -- I Timothy 6:6-19 -- A great story of generosity!
In this episode, I just want to share with you a great story of generosity that might begin to shape our understanding and even future experience of "the good life." 1 I Timothy 6 contains some good, hard words that have helped me dig into the ...
Overflow #7 -- 2 Corinthians 9:5-15 -- God would you make me what you love?
It may seem a little bit weird, but I get a little bit emotional on this episode. I think in part it goes back to the idea that generosity is not about what God needs/wants from us, but about what He wants to give to us. And there are som...
Overflow #6 -- I Kings 17:7-16 -- I want to be an extraordinary giver!
You've heard me say it more than once during this series, and you will probably hear me say it a few more times before we are done. "God has an unlimited capacity to give, but we have a limited capacity to receive." So if we want to live ...
Overflow #5 -- I Kings 17:7-24 -- What is your name for God?
You may not be aware of this, but in the Old Testament, the one true name of God (sometimes pronounced Jehovah and spelled YHWH), the one true name of God was too holy for people to speak out loud. But even though they would not say the o...
A Life Refreshed #12 -- Psalm 139 -- A relationship with God is "more" than we can imagine!
One way evangelicals, love to describe our faith is that we say "We have a "personal relationship with God. Do you have a personal relationship with God?"Those four words slip off our tongues with ease; personal relationship with God. ...
Overflow #4 -- Malachi 3:1-10 -- It starts by giving God my heart!
Generosity is not about what God wants from us, it's about what God wants for us. He wants to pour out uncontainable blessings upon us. And there is no greater blessing than His presence. When the presence of God is inescapable, the blessings o...
Overflow #3 -- Malachi 3:1-17 -- The dream on my heart...open-heavens...
Just take a moment and imagine walking with Jesus out to the middle of nowhere, wherever you live. For me it's central PA, maybe climbing Mt. Nittany, walking to the middle of your town, or campus, or workplace and He begins to paint a picture....
Overflow #2 -- John 7:37-39 -- The offer is to anyone...are you part of anyone?
Here's where it starts. Overflowing life starts with Jesus offer to anyone. He said, "Anyone who is thirsty can come." That's Jesus' offer, anyone. And don't miss who is hearing his words. In John 7 the crowd is filled with doubters and d...
Overflow #1 -- John 7:25-39 -- Living in the Overflow!
So we are doing a macro series on four spiritual practices that put us in a life that is characterized by God's gracious hand being upon us. We've looked at the spiritual practice of scripture, the practice of sabbath keeping and this mini-seri...
A Life Refreshed #10 -- Psalm 121 -- Where can I find help?
Psalm 121 is one of the first of a small group (14) of psalms called the "Psalms of Ascent." They were songs for pilgrims on a journey to the holy place, the presence of God. It's a re-do. I first recorded it about 3 years ago during my top 40 ...
Press Pause #10 -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Do you only lack one thing?
One more moment to press pause and think about this one day a week that is meant to be a taste of heaven on earth. And I’m going to go at it in a little bit different way. I want to share a story of a moment in the life of Jesus. It doesn’t men...
Press Pause #9 -- Psalm 23 -- One day a week to taste-test heaven!
The good life does not start with activity. It starts with rest. We don't rest from our work, we rest into our work. The order is significant. We've turned the concept of the Sabbath into a day off, a much needed rest from our busyness, but the...
Press Pause #8 -- Hebrews 4 -- Stop striving and gain the gift...
We are strivers. Rather than finding our identity in who we are, we find it in what we do. At one time work was just a way that we got our family ahead, but now it's the way in which we find our value, determine our worth. We're...
Press Pause #7 -- Hebrews 4 -- Wouldn't you like to taste test heaven?
Over the course of these episodes and even more the course of the years, I have had multiple people ask me, so what should I do on the Sabbath? How is it different from any other day? What's the purpose? At some point the thought came to ...
Life Refreshed #9 -- Psalm 84 -- What if I only had one day?
What if I only had one day, one day to live, one day to give, or just one day to do whatever my heart desired to do? What would you do with one day to do whatever you wanted to do?The average lifespan in the United States is 29,200 days ...
Press Pause #6 -- Isaiah 29:13-14 & Zechariah 8 -- He is astounding!
What would you think if I told you that I believe "play" is in the very heart of Father God. I love how the prophet Isaiah describes this play-full God in Isaiah 29:13-14:"The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouth and ho...
Press Pause #5 -- Luke 18:15-17 -- The Kingdom of God is for kids who love to play!
We are going to talk about the spiritual practice of play. U knew this was coming, but still you’re tempted to ask, "Did he say play or pray?" Play? Why would we talk about play on the sabbath? Play is not really a spiritual practice is it? Goo...
Press Pause #4 -- Psalm 37 -- How do I have a "be-with-God" day?
God made "stop-day" (the sabbath) a rule, because He loves delight. He loves to delight us. I think I could even say, He loves to have fun. Sabbath is God saying, hey what I have made for you is so cool, I'm gonna insist that you en...
Press Pause #3 -- Exodus 31:13 & Isaiah 58:13-14 -- What is your best day of the week?
When it comes to keeping the sabbath, basically God has said, "Once a week I'm gonna to carve out a day for you. I'm gonna remove it from the curse; call it holy so that Satan can't mess with it and I'm going to fill it with blessings. Primaril...
A Life Refreshed #8 -- Psalm 63 -- Am I thirsty for the gift of God?
Far too often, I come to God to get something from God. But what the gifts of the giver, keep me from embracing the greatest gift? See there is nothing greater than Christ. Christ is the treasure of Christianity. Listen, I don't know why you go...
Press Pause #2 -- Exodus 20:8-11/Psalm 46 -- Hands up, I give up, I'm ready to receive...
The sabbath is a way of saying, "God it's not just a matter of time, if I had all the time in the world, I still wouldn't be able to finish. I need help. I'm limited." I think one reason we don't sabbath well is because we haven't accepte...