The first man was created complete and placed in God’s perfectly designed world. God created man to experience fulfillment in a quality relationship with Him, aware of his value and purpose, active and creative with power, with an eternal spiri

Your Eternal Spirit

Jun 1st, 2022 24m 22s

God has been and forever will be, humanity, on the other hand, is confined by time. Our only experience involves time. We have a birth date; we have a death date; we are defined and restricted by time. It is almost too much for our little brain

Spiritual Emptiness

May 25th, 2022 19m 58s

Are you exhausted and worn out? Has your life turned out differently than you expected? Have you run out of answers? Do you feel isolated? Has life lost its meaning? Are you confused? The chances are if you think this way, you are spiritually e

The Burden of Mortality

May 18th, 2022 21m 28s

Our eventual death is an issue faced by all human beings. For many, the subconscious anxiety caused by a fear of death is behind a lot of their daily anguish. This burden affects us all; we are all going to die.--- Support this podcast: htt

Made to be Creative

May 11th, 2022 31m 37s

With the first breath from God, a man received a portion of God’s creativity and power. Humanity is not content being passive. Our God-given nature is to be creative as we interact with the rest of God’s creation--- Support this podcast: ht

The Burden of Being Responsible

May 4th, 2022 22m 25s

Our life is filled with daily choices – too numerous to count. We choose a path, and the path leads to a result. The result is the consequence of the decision we have made. It is our choice – select the road leading to life or the road leading

Your Value

Apr 27th, 2022 33m 53s

What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? What is the purpose of my existence? We all struggle with the burden of meaninglessness. The struggle with meaning is a cry about our perceived value. The battle to find meaning is the battle to find

The Burden of Meaninglessness

Apr 20th, 2022 25m 29s

Hour after hour, day after day, we work our fingers to the bone to feed our hunger. A hunger that never seems to be satisfied. We end up exhausted and unfulfilled. We struggle to find meaning in who we are and what we do. We strive to find mean

Made for Relationship

Apr 13th, 2022 30m 20s

God’s completed creation was “very good.” Isolation is a heavy weight, and God did not create humans with the intent of carrying that weight. The experience of separation from God and our fellow man was not part of God's creation plan for human

The Burden of Isolation

Apr 6th, 2022 23m 52s

Do you feel like you are living in a shadow and lack substance? Do you think no one cares about you? So, what is this burden of isolation? How do we recognize it? How do we accept it, and how do we live, so we are not consumed by it?--- Su

No Contentment without the Cross

Mar 30th, 2022 18m 31s

Life is hard, confusing, troubling, and at times, feels impossible. We all struggle with the burden and pain of isolation, meaninglessness, responsibility, mortality, and spiritual emptiness. Our goal during these times of difficulty is not com

Humanities Burdens

Mar 23rd, 2022 14m 41s

We have this overbearing weight in our chest, that communicates that something fundamental is not right. This weight has the power to hobble us and prevent personal growth. This weight is experienced as intense boredom, the awful pain of loss o

Common Temptation

Mar 16th, 2022 12m 6s

We are all enticed by the same temptation, especially at times of discomfort. The temptation is to turn our backs on God and pursue self-attainable comfort. Unfortunately, contentment pursued is never satisfied; it results in intensified effort

Our Fractured Image - Introduction

Mar 9th, 2022 5m 5s

We live in an age of abundance. We have a wealth of food, distractions, entertainment, possessions, and an overabundance of information. We have all we could need, but we still want more. With all we have, you would think we would also have an

Deadly Roots - Epilogue

Mar 2nd, 2022 3m 37s

I almost drowned in a sea of bitterness, but for the grace of God!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-hindmarsh0/support

Living in a Bitter World

Feb 23rd, 2022 35m 5s

We live in a world awash with bitterness and misery. How do we survive? How do we keep it together? How do we protect ourselves against bitterness?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-hindmarsh0/support

Spiritual Emptiness

Feb 16th, 2022 19m 51s

Are you living in misery? Are you exhausted and worn out? Has your life turned out differently than expected? Have you run out of answers? Do you feel isolated? Has life lost its meaning? Are you confused? If you think this way, you are spiritu

Greed

Feb 9th, 2022 9m 48s

The power behind all of the roots of bitterness is greed and emptiness. Greed is the passionate pursuit of more, just for the sake of having more. It is an insatiable longing that cannot be satisfied. It is a loud, demanding hunger. A hunger th

Obvious Roots of Bitterness

Feb 2nd, 2022 9m 9s

In this category of bitterness, there is no subtleness. These roots of bitterness are seen by all to be expressions of active bitterness.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-hindmarsh0/support

Not-So-Subtle Roots of Bitterness

Jan 26th, 2022 5m 1s

The Not-So-Subtle Roots of Bitterness are more evident than the subtle roots, but they are still subtle in their presentation. With this category of roots, you can start to taste the bitterness.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s

Subtle Roots of Bitterness

Jan 19th, 2022 15m 20s

The Subtle Roots of Bitterness are the most difficult to associate with bitterness. These roots are often not associated with a specific agent of offense or injustice, but they are still early roots of potential bitterness, so we need to be awa

Roots of Bitterness

Jan 12th, 2022 6m 42s

If we would like to have any hope in stopping bitterness, we need to recognize it in its more subtle forms. By the time bitterness has fully developed, it has become a giant, well-established tree, impossible to bring down. At this point, you a

Bitterness

Jan 5th, 2022 6m 41s

Bitterness will steal your health, energy, and emotional stability. It will destroy your relationships, and rob your joy, peace, and contentment. It will kill your potential, purpose, plans, relationships, aspirations, and dreams. If this inter

Deadly Roots - Introduction

Dec 29th, 2021 4m 43s

Bitterness is the internalization and personalization of a real or perceived injustice with a persistent and intense rumination about the injustice or the agent of the injustice, resulting in more damage caused by the bitterness than could ever

Stress Undressed - Conclusion

Dec 22nd, 2021 4m 5s

In conclusion, take hold of stress, or it will take hold of you. Categorize your stressors. Is your stress caused by the fear or threat of imminent danger, or perhaps a threat to your sense of self, is it stress from ongoing uncertainty or conf