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Spirit-Led Hope

Glenn Erichsen

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Spirit-Led Hope IS A SEQUENTIAL TEACHING SERIES which looks at the essentials of Christian discipleship and discusses practical ways to live a life of hope and peace led by the Holy Spirit. Spirit-Led Hope is challenging, yet offers hope to all who wish to follow Jesus. Season 4 (underway) examines the doctrine of God and how we can have relationship with our Creator. Season 3 is all about the Bible. Season 2 looks at the tension between the Biblical account of Creation and science. Season 1 ...
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology. In this episode, Glenn begins to discuss the nature of God, with an emphasis that God is spirit. Glenn points out our limitations in fully understanding God, and how the human spirit helps us to understand God in addition to…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology. In this episode, Glenn discusses that we can know God, and not just know about him. Also discussed, are the limits of intellectualism when it comes to knowing God. This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does n…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology. In this episode, Glenn gives a prelude to Season 4 by covering the principles which will guide Season 4. The content of this episode is not essential for Season 4, but it is recommended listening because it sets the framewor…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible and this is the last episode of the Season. In this episode, Glenn paves the way for Season 4, which will begin diving deeper into systematic theology. However, the tendency for most people who study systematic theology is to place an over-relianc…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn looks at the consequences of a having a closed canon where nothing can be added to or subracted from the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. One of the consequences is that a closed canon means Christians will disagree with s…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn discusses the canon of Scripture, the list of books that rule the Church. He looks at how and when the canon was decided for both Catholics and Protestants. The role of people and the Holy Spirit in determining the canon ar…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn looks at some of the more important manuscripts and translations of both the Old and New Testaments. He explains what is meant by the Masoretic text, as well as gives more insight into the preservation of Scripture as discu…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn looks at how the Bible has been preserved over time. He looks at the art and science of lower textual criticism, and why copies of copies do not suffer the same fate as expressions in the "telephone game." Finally, Glenn lo…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn discusses some of the mechanics on how the Bible was made. This episode examines when writing began, and the ancient methods and materials of writing. Glenn also discusses what we can learn from the early Bible writers in t…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn goes into more detail into what it means that the Bible is inspired by God. He discusses that the Bible is self-attesting...in other words, it declares itself to be from God. This episode also examines how fallible humans w…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope is all about the Bible. In this episode, Glenn gives a high-level view of the Bible which is helpful for those who know nothing about it. He then discusses what sets the Bible apart from other books. This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 3 of Spirit-Led Hope launches a multi-series teaching which will ultimately cover the breadth of systematic theology. Do not let that scare you! Each topic will be broken down into manageable episodes and seasons. In this episode, Glenn introduces the long term goals of the following season…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. This is the final episode of the Season. In this episode, Glenn discusses that we were made for relationship with God. But if we were made for relationship with God,…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn talks about how Creation points to God. He stresses that God is not hiding, as some would say, but boldly uses Creation to draw us into relati…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn talks about some of the nuances in sharing personal beliefs about Creation. He stresses that the most useful conversations are born out of rel…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. One area of debate between the two perspectives is that Genesis describes Creation as taking place in six days. On the other hand, scientific naturalism proposes tha…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn completes the comparison of the Genesis and naturalistic accounts. This episode draws heavily on the prior episodes. This is a sequential teac…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues the comparison of the Genesis and naturalistic accounts. This episode draws heavily on the prior episodes. This is a sequential teac…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues the comparison of the Genesis and naturalistic accounts. This episode draws heavily on the prior episodes. This is a sequential teac…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues the comparison of the Genesis and naturalistic accounts. This episode draws heavily on the prior episodes. This is a sequential teac…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn begins the comparison of the Genesis and naturalistic accounts. This episode draws heavily on the prior episodes. This is a sequential teachin…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues with the Biblical perspective for the beginning and development of life on Earth. He puts the book of Genesis in context and reads G…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues with the naturalistic perspective for the beginning and development of life on Earth. Because this is a high-level view, only basic …
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life from both the naturalistic and Christian perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues with the naturalistic perspective of how the Earth was formed. Because this is a high-level view, only basic scientific principles a…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life. In this episode, Glenn continues with the naturalistic perspective of how the universe began. This episode looks at the Big Bang theory from a high-level view. Glenn points out the basics and the predictive power of sc…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life. In this episode, Glenn begins explaining how the universe started from the naturalistic perspective. This episode looks at the foundational work done by Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, and Einstein. Based on the work by thes…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Episode 3 continues a comparison of the Christian and naturalistic worldviews of the Creation account. In this Episode, Glenn looks at three big questions that people asks themselves. 1. How did the Universe begin? 2. How did life begin? 3. What is my purpose and value in life? Glenn points out th…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! In Season 2, Spirit-Led Hope looks at the origin story of our universe and life through the worldviews of naturalism and Christianity. In this episode, Glenn describes these two worldviews and points out that the indwelling Holy Spirit affects how Christians see the world and interpret data. In th…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode kicks off Season 2 of Spirit-Led Hope. In this episode, Glenn gives a quick recap of Season 1 and introduces the topic for Season 2. In the following episodes, Spirit-Led Hope will look at the tension many Christians experience when they compare the Biblical account of Creation to the…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This is the final episode of Season 1! In this episode, Glenn points out that following the Holy Spirit leads to a life of adventure. He explains that we choose our level of adventure by the way we answer these questions: How much do I pursue intimacy with Jesus? How humbly to I pursue changes to …
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! With Season 1 winding down, Glenn covers two important principles in the Christian faith: to trust and obey. Glenn shares some of his failures and points out how God uses our failures in a way that helps us increase in our trust and obedience. If you worry that you have failed God, this episode is…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! As Season 1 winds down, this episode looks at the ninth and final gift of the Spirit discussed...the working of miracles. Glenn defines a miracle and also ponders on the frequency of miracles. Also discussed, are the emotions we can feel when the miracle we long for does not occur. This episode ha…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! According to the Bible, the spiritual world includes not only God, but angels and demons. In this episode, Glenn discusses the discomfort we may have when talking about this world view. The episode then examines a gift of the Holy Spirit which gives us the ability to distinguish the spiritual forc…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! The gift of faith is one of the nine gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12. But what is this type of faith? In this episode, Glenn discusses the gift of faith and looks at the bigger picture of how God wants our faith to grow. If you struggle with your faith in God, be encouraged that God…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode continues with a systematic teaching on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Here, Glenn discusses the gifts of healing and gives an interesting example from his own life. With the example, we see what happens when imperfect people work with a perfect God. This episode includes a transcript.…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This is a special episode. Monica Erichsen joins her husband Glenn for a candid talk about her journey with cancer. Monica is a mother of three, a homemaker, an artist, a Jeopardy! champion, a licensed therapist, and has been living with Stage 4 cancer for over 5 years. Monica shares some of her p…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! In this episode, we look at one of the biggest questions asked of Christianity...If God is love and all-powerful, why do bad things happen? Or similarly, why is there evil in the world? While that is a question way beyond a 20-minuite podcast, Glenn gives a glimpse into how bad things began, and w…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode continues a discussion on gifts of the Spirit with an emphasis on the gift of wisdom. Glenn looks at the bigger picture of wisdom and God's willingness to share his wisdom with all. This is an encouraging episode for all who desire wisdom. With respect to the gift of wisdom, Glenn dis…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode covers the spiritual gift called the message, or word, of knowledge. Glenn explains what the gift is and talks about how the gift is used in faith and love. Glenn also gives two examples from his own life to show practically how the gift may be used. If you have ever felt that you wer…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! In this episode we look at the experiential nature of Christianity. In other words, we are not meant to just know something "about" God, but rather to experience his Presence and activity in our lives. Glenn gives four simple ways that every believer can follow to experience God. This episode incl…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! The gift of speaking in tongues is surrounded by controversy and disagreement. In this episode, Glenn examines the way this gift should be used in public. By looking at Paul's writings in 1 Corinthians, we try to find the balance between the extremes of "out of control" and "forbidding speaking in…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Previous episodes tackled some of the controversies and harder questions about the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues. In this episode, Glenn gives reasons why we would want to exercise this spiritual gift. In addition, Glenn make recommendations for those who wish to speak in tongues as part o…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode begins to look more closely at the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues, or glossolalia. Specifically, Glenn looks at some of the elephants in the room...those awkward things about speaking in tongues that many Christians do not want to talk about. This episode has a transcript. If y…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode is Part 2 of a 2 part mini-series on baptism with the Holy Spirit. The listener is encouraged to first listen to Episode 14, which is Part 1 of the series. In this episode, Glenn shares part of his personal story about baptism with the Holy Spirit. If you have questions or comments, p…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode is Part 1 of a 2 part mini-series on baptism with the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Glenn explains the two main views of what baptism with the Holy Spirit means. He points out that both views are supported in Scripture and looks at the results of baptism with the Holy Spirit. A recomm…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! This episode continues teaching on the gift of prophecy and how it relates to the equation of Super + Natural = Supernatural. In this episode, Glenn also discusses five tips for giving a prophetic word. Tip 1: You will generally feel some area of discomfort or uncertainty when giving a prophetic w…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! What do you do if someone gives you a prophetic word? In this episode, we look at three simple ways to respond. In addition, Glenn also tackles the "elephant in the episode," the fact that people have been wounded by the abuse of the gift of prophecy. This episode has a transcript. If your podcast…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! In this episode, Glenn speaks to the principles that help us give a prophetic word to others. He points out that we are called to give a prophetic word by faith, in love, with humility. When we do this, God is honored and we get the privilege of seeing God bless others through our obedience. This …
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! In this episode, Glenn begins teaching how we receive a prophetic word, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, for someone else. In the process, he discusses the spiritual discipline of Lectio Divina. This ancient practice can be very helpful in growing a personal relationship with God through readi…
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Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! The gifts of the Holy Spirit are often misunderstood. In this episode, Glenn tackles some of the misconceptions surrounding the gift of prophecy. Does prophecy involve a prediction of the future? Must you be a prophet to function in this gift? Who can give a prophetic word? These are some of the q…
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