Gospel Rant

Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. What if the shepherds of the Christmas story were cowboys from the late 1800s? How might that shine some light on things? Enjoy, and Merry Christmas.   Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Merry Christmas! This year we have three Christmas podcasts, each designed to tell the story of the Christ child. Do us a favor and spread them around to friends and family. You will be glad you did.  Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  What would it look like if Jesus was born today in one of our major cities? What might it feel like? Can changing the context of a very familiar story help us see something that we might have missed in the birth story? Check it out. This is another oldie but goody in our repertoire. Gather the family around the computer or smartphone listen and then discuss. You may be surprised what people will say. Enjoy A Modern Parable

Merry Christmas! This year we have three Christmas podcasts, each designed to tell the story of the Christ child. Do us a favor and spread them around to friends and family. You will be glad you did.  Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  Here is a Christmas sketch that we’ve done before. It has been rewritten and put under a new name, but the power of the gospel story should still resonate. What difference does God’s love for the unlovable really mean to real people living in the real world? You’sll see. Enjoy Farrah. Pass it on to someone this Christmas season.    Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE

Today is a real treat, I hope. I want to read a chapter from the third book in my award-winning Christian fantasy series for 10-16-year-olds, The Garden Tale. It has been favorably compared with Chronicles of Narnia. It is a fun and adventurous story but it also contains wonderful life-changing spiritual truth, or spiritual formation for children that age—and for any adult who might read it.  In The Garden Tale, a dicey corporation GKP has developed a powerful social media device and strategy that has captured the attention of the entire country. Girls, boys, men, and women are addicted to the thing. But who can stop them?  A task force headed by a programmer teen girl, Hui is having a conversation with one of the programmers at GKP, Marv, who is also concerned about the power of the algorithm.  The idea behind my book, The Garden Tale is to offer 10-15 year olds an explanation of the dangers of social media in 10-15 year old language.  Currently some project that 2 out of 3 tweens and teens are technically a

Vagabond Diaries #13: The Builder  Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, I want to present to you an allegory, a christian allegory, or more to the point an allegory of Jesus. Its a fresh approach at the singular gospel of Jesus, enjoy.   Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  Today is a real treat, I hope. I want to read a chapter from the second book in my award-winning Christian fantasy series for 10-16-year-olds, The Storyteller’s Tale. It has been favorably compared with Chronicles of Narnia. It is a fun and adventurous story but it also contains wonderful life-changing spiritual truth, or spiritual formation for children that age—and for any adult who might read it.  Beneath the story line, the tale is about the journey of a troubled girl who had to endure parental abuse and has not moved past it. How do you deal with early wounds? How do you forgive? Our protagonist Berenice will need help. So many teenage

Vagabond Diaries 11: Elizah  Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  What should a father say to his adult daughter whose life seems to just be on a downward spiral? You want to be a good father. You want to ‘fix’ things, but honestly, there is a stark difference at times between being ‘right’ and being ‘loving.’ You’ll see what we mean. You’ll see what I mean. Enjoy.   Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Vagabond #10 Tale of the Unlikely Prince clip- November 10 Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  In today’s Vagabond Diary, I want to read a teaser from my children’s fantasy for young readers 10-15 Tale of the Unlikely Prince. The unlikely prince, Yeled has convinced his adopted father, the King that he needs a quest to prove his enoughness and princeliness to the King and the people of Garden City. –and of course, himself. The King winked at Nomos the Royal Vizier and ordained a quest that is harder than any other quest ever, one that would be impossible for any prince-- including Yeled. Why? You’ll have to read it to find out. But in this chapter, the Prince heads out on his

Vagabond Diaries #9: Judas Face  Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  Judas Face is a tip of the hat to John Bunyan’s wonderful allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress. Enjoy.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Vagabond Diaries: Sheila Vagabond Diaries Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Sheila. She’s dead, a horrible violent abusive death following a horrible, violent and abusive life. What does she look forward to? You might be surprised—and troubled.    Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Oct 20 Vagabond Diaries: Charlie Vagabond Diaries Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Charlie, a successful pastor by most measurements, at least until he is exposed as being an addict. What now?   Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Oct 13 Vagabond Diaries: Robert Vagabond Diaries Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Robert, a cynical professional journalist who is always looking for an angle, for a story. Hey, it's his job. So when he hears about some company actually doing something good, he is suspicious and is convinced there is a story behind the story. Does he find one? We will see.   Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Oct 6 Vagabond Diaries: Jude Vagabond Diaries Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Jude, a young man who despises his brother and blames his father for his mess. We pick up the trial against the father with Jude on the stand. .    Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.   Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Vagabond Diaries Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Shula, a royal who has gone to counseling to deal with some relational intimacy issues related to her marriage.    Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Vagabond Diaries Welcome Back to our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Michelle Angel. She is running a Heavenly Press briefing in front of reporters from Reuters, CNN, ABC, and Fox. What could go wrong?   Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Top 10 Old Testament Prayers #1: Song of Songs 1:2-4. OK, OK… so this is on nobody's Top 5, or 10, or even 50 list. It should be. I hope that I will convince you of how powerful, relevant, and personal this proclamation of the bride of Christ’s desire for her groom. I know, it is likely not what you heard about the Song of Songs. Let me change your mind. Enjoy. It truly deserves to be #1. Next time, we get into my new avant-garde series, Vagabond Diaries. Something new, fun, and different. I can’t wait to get your feedback.  You'll see what I mean. Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.   Top 10 Old Testament Prayers #1: Song of Songs 1:2-4.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This prayer has been so poorly understood and translated so badly, that it is no wonder that it has been largely overlooked. It is perhaps the greatest prayer of faith by someone who has been subjected to arguably the greatest injust in the history of the world, at least before the Cross. What difference does a God-born faith actually mean to someone who has lost it all? What does Heaven sourced faith feel like to beat-up, abused people? Here it is. Let me know what you think. Should it be #2?  You'll see what I mean. Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW. Top 10 Old Testament Prayers #2: Job in Job 42:5-6.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Teaser: Vagabond Diaries I am taking a short one week break in my summer series, Top 10 prayers of the Old Testament to give you a teaser for my new Gospel Rant Series beginning on Sept 15. It is called Vagabond Diaries. Each week, I will tell a story, a tale, a colorful account of some Biblical character or principle, but not done in the usual way—line by line, precept by precept. No, this will be more like a storyteller, more Chronicles of Narnia-esque—you get the idea. Why? I am passionate about proclaiming the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely anyway I can. Let me know how we do.  In this first Vagabond Diary, meet Veronica. Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.  Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This prayer has been often labeled the black psalm. You will see why. It ends, “Darkness is my closest friend,” clearly a slap in the face of the God who loves the unlovable. Can we really say such things to God? Isn’t that a sin? Yes and yes. But such imprecatory psalms have been given to us because they most effectively give us our heart’s real unvarnished words—not careful, theologically accurate and whitewashed words. In this groaning creation, we are going to need such prayers. I just call this my psalm.  You'll see what I mean. Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.   Top 10 Old Testament Prayers #3: Ps 88.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Vagabond Diaries 2 This is the actual beginning of our new Gospel Rant series called Vagabond Diaries. We are finding fun and creative ways to proclaim the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved, and the unlovely. To accomplish that, we will use every trick in the book: story, drama, satire, comedy, mystery, and even a fun visit to a counselor’s couch to help unpack some biblical truth and application.  You’ll see what I mean. This week, meet Jana. What would happen if God tells a woman that he’s going to crash an airplane—unless?  Enjoy! Love feedback, Bill@gospel-app.com. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW.Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.