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A leadership and faith podcast from E. Derrik Porter—where ministry meets education and presence becomes practice. Level up how you show up. ederrikporter.substack.com

  1. Three words can change everything...

    May 4

    Three words can change everything...

    Three words changed everything. “But Daniel resolved...” Not performed. Not announced. Not posted for applause. Resolved. Before the pressure arrived. Before the offer was on the table. Before the empire had a chance to rename him, reshape him, or sand down the parts of him that didn’t fit the system — Daniel made a quiet, internal determination about who he was going to be. And I think that’s the word a lot of us need right now. We are living in a moment that is asking us to be more polished than we are honest. To clean up the edges. To make ourselves more legible to rooms that aren’t sure they want what we actually carry. To trade the real version of ourselves for a version that creates less friction and takes up less space. But Daniel 1 says something different. It says the thing that qualified Daniel wasn’t his conformity. It was his refusal. It was the quiet, costly decision to stay recognizable to God even when the empire was doing everything it could to make him unrecognizable to himself. Don’t pressure yourself to be more polished than you are honest. That’s the thesis. That’s the word. And in this clip from Sunday’s Elevate broadcast, we get into exactly what that means — and what it costs — for anyone trying to stay faithful in a moment like this one. Watch the clip below. And if this is the kind of word you want every week — rooted, honest, built for the moment we’re actually in — subscribe to Elevate on Substack. Every Sunday message, every Refined Friday drop, every piece of content we build lives here first. Real. Rooted. Ready. — EDP This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    8 min
  2. They don't even know how to blush.

    Mar 24

    They don't even know how to blush.

    Facebook flagged this video. A Bible study on Jeremiah 6:15. A 2,600-year-old text about corrupt leadership, seared consciences, and the cost of silence. I'll let you sit with that for a moment. They Don’t Even Know How to Blush An Expository Bible Study — Jeremiah 6:15 · SALTY Series What happens when our inner alarm stops sounding?Jeremiah 6:15 contains one of the most confrontational verses in the prophetic tradition — and one of the most relevant to where the Church finds itself right now. God looks at a community of leaders, priests, and prophets and asks a question that has been following me ever since I read it: "Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush." This is not a word about deliberate rebellion. It is a word about drift. About the slow, quiet process by which wrong starts feeling normal — until the internal signal that says something is off here simply goes quiet. In this MasterClass Bible study, we walk through three prophetic points that emerge from this single verse: 01 — The question is the warning.God asks what He already knows — to give you a chance to hear yourself answer. The feeling of conviction is not condemnation. It is mercy. 02 — Shamelessness is not strength.A person who can still blush is a person who can still be restored. Guard the mechanism. Guard the internal witness. 03 — You cannot fall alone.But you cannot rise alone either. The direction you choose right now has a radius that reaches farther than you know. This session is part of the SALTY series — a study of legacy, character, and what it means to be salty in a world that keeps losing its flavor. Salt that cannot sting has lost its function. A conscience that cannot blush has lost its witness. If this landed — share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if something stirred in you while you were watching, drop it in the comments. We are doing this work together. That is why this community exists. Substance Matters · The Presence Collective MasterClass real. rooted. refined. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    50 min

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A leadership and faith podcast from E. Derrik Porter—where ministry meets education and presence becomes practice. Level up how you show up. ederrikporter.substack.com