99 episodes
Real Truth Matters Podcast Michael Durham
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- Religion & Spirituality
Walking and communion with God are not automatic. How then do you experience the reality of a personal relationship with God, or read your Bible and experience God’s presence? Put simply, how do you know God? These are huge questions that need serious discussion. Every Tuesday, Michael Durham of Real Truth Matters Ministries will lead in such a conversation. This podcast tackles the experiential side of Christianity with teaching, interviews, and question and answer episodes. If you want to grow in fellowship with God in the biblical manner known by the orthodox and sound men of God of the old paths, then tune in each week to the Real Truth Matters Podcast.
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TRANSFORMING KNOWLEDGE INTO EXPERIENCE
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, Michael Durham continues to show how a biblically informed mind needs to think for doctrine to become experiential, meaning real and felt. Too many Christians think that learning doctrine is the goal. The more information they learn about God, the more they assume they know God. But that is only half of the process of knowing God personally and spiritually. Please listen and learn that you can have a real, intimate relationship with the Lord, which will...
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KNOWING GOD AND ASSURANCE
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, we resume our examination of the assurance of salvation. The lack of assurance is from a lack of knowing God on a personal level. Assurance is based, in large measure, on how accurate one's knowledge of God is, and how the doctrine of God is translated into a felt conviction. In this episode, Michael Durham begins to show the mental work commanded in Scripture that converts the truth in the brain to the truth that the heart knows and feels. This will be...
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THE ONGOING WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Send us a Text Message.In this final episode, guest associate evangelist Nathan Freeman and Michael Durham discuss the ongoing work of the Spirit in the believer's life. Is there more of the Spirit for each believer to experience? Please listen and discover that you can have more of His gracious influence in your life.
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THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN SEALING
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, join RTM evangelist and director Michael Durham alongside RTM associate evangelist Nate Freeman as they discuss the sealing work of the Holy Spirit as distinct from the baptism with the Holy Spirit.This is the third installment of a discussion between the evangelists on the work of the Spirit, which started as a review of Martin Lloyd-Jones' position on the sealing of the Spirit being the same thing as the baptism of the Spirit.While the two works of th...
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CONFUSION OVER THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Send us a Text Message. In this episode, join RTM evangelist and director Michael Durham alongside RTM associate evangelist Nate Freeman as they try to unravel the intricacies of the Holy Spirit's works in the Christian life.The focal point of their discussion lies in Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones's teachings on the baptism of the Spirit and the sealing of the Spirit. Dr. Lloyd-Jones, a renowned theologian, taught that these two works of the Spirit were synonymous. Amidst the myriad of int...
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DIFFERING VIEWS OF THE BAPTISM WITH THE SPIRIT
Send us a Text Message.Welcome to the Real Truth Matters Podcast with your host, Michael Durham! Joining Michael in the studio for the first time is special guest Nate Freeman, RTM associate evangelist, bringing a fresh perspective to the conversation.In this episode, we take a break from the current study of the assurance of salvation and embark on a journey through the teachings of the esteemed Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a towering figure in 20th-century evangelicalism. Dr. Lloyd-Jones, a Wels...