Best Glenn Erichsen Podcasts (2024)

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S4 E4: The Goodness of God 16:25

4h ago16:25

16:25

Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology, from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn looks at the goodness of God. Glenn discusses how God sets the standard for goodness and that he always acts true to his nature. This episode also discusses that sometime…

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S4 E3: God is Spirit 17:21

14d ago17:21

17:21

Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology, from a Spirit-led perspective. 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 t…

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S4 E2: The Knowability of God 16:57

1M ago16:57

16:57

Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology, from a Spirit-led perspective. 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…

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S4 E1: Season 4 Prelude 12:29

1M ago12:29

12:29

Send a one-way encouraging text to Spirit-Led Hope! Season 4 of Spirit-Led Hope is covering the Doctrine of God, or theology, from a Spirit-led perspective. 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 listeni…

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S3 E9: Head-Led and Spirit-Led 16:02

6M ago16:02

16:02

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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S3 E8: The Consequences of a Closed Canon 18:34

6M ago18:34

18:34

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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S3 E7: The Canon of Scripture 18:12

7M ago18:12

18:12

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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S3 E6: Manuscripts and Translations 19:43

7M ago19:43

19:43

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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S3 E5: The Preservation of Scripture 18:59

8M ago18:59

18:59

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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S3 E4: How Did We Get the Bible? 18:28

8M ago18:28

18:28

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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S3 E3: The Bible is God-breathed 18:17

8M ago18:17

18:17

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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S3 E2: What is the Big Deal About the Bible? 21:12

9M ago21:12

21:12

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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S3 E1: The Courage to Study 15:04

9M ago15:04

15:04

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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S2 E17: Responding in Humility 18:10

12M ago18:10

18:10

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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S2 E16: Creation Points to God 18:22

1y ago18:22

18:22

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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S2 E15: How to Share Your Beliefs About Creation 16:21

1y ago16:21

16:21

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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S2 E14: The Creation Dilemma of Time 24:56

1y ago24:56

24:56

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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S2 E13: Naturalism and Biblical Creation Compared--Part 5 19:37

1y ago19:37

19:37

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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S2 E12: Naturalism and Biblical Creation Compared--Part 4 20:16

1y ago20:16

20:16

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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S2 E11: Naturalism and Biblical Creation Compared--Part 3 15:57

1y ago15:57

15:57

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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S2 E10: Naturalism and Biblical Creation Compared--Part 2 18:01

1y ago18:01

18:01

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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S2 E9: Naturalism and Biblical Creation Compared--Part 1 17:08

1+ y ago17:08

17:08

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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S2 E8: The Beginnings According to the Bible 16:30

1+ y ago16:30

16:30

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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S2 E7: The Beginning of Life According to Science 19:51

1+ y ago19:51

19:51

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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S2 E6: Earth Formation According to Science 15:32

1+ y ago15:32

15:32

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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S2 E5: The Beginnings According to Science Part 2 18:54

1+ y ago18:54

18:54

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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S2 E4: The Beginnings According to Science Part 1 20:53

1+ y ago20:53

20:53

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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S2 E3: The Big Questions 18:23

1+ y ago18:23

18:23

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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S2 E2: Worldviews and the Human Spirit 17:44

1+ y ago17:44

17:44

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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S2 E1: The Courage to Be Humble 17:34

1+ y ago17:34

17:34

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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S1 E29: A Spirit-Led Adventure 17:03

2y ago17:03

17:03

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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S1 E28: Trust and Obey 18:55

2y ago18:55

18:55

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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S1 E27: The Working of Miracles 16:09

2y ago16:09

16:09

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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S1 E26: God, Human, or Demonic? 18:34

2y ago18:34

18:34

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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S1 E25: Faith When We Need It 18:17

2y ago18:17

18:17

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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S1 E24: Gifts of Healing and the Froggy Dance 18:39

2y ago18:39

18:39

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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S1 E23: Can Good Things Come from Cancer? 19:58

2y ago19:58

19:58

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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S1 E22: God is Love, But Bad Things Happen 19:34

2y ago19:34

19:34

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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S1 E21: We All Need Wisdom 19:43

2y ago19:43

19:43

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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S1 E20: How to Use the Holy Spirit's Gift of Knowledge 19:52

2y ago19:52

19:52

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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S1 E19: Experiencing God 19:09

2+ y ago19:09

19:09

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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S1 E18: How Should the Gift of Tongues Be Used in Public? 19:50

2+ y ago19:50

19:50

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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S1 E17: Why Would We Want to Speak in Tongues? 18:26

2+ y ago18:26

18:26

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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S1 E16: Speaking in Tongues and the Elephants in the Room 19:38

2+ y ago19:38

19:38

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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S1 E15: The Results of Baptism with the Holy Spirit--Part 2 19:59

2+ y ago19:59

19:59

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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S1 E14: The Results of Baptism with the Holy Spirit--Part 1 19:20

2+ y ago19:20

19:20

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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S1 E13: Super Plus Natural Equals Supernatural 18:02

2+ y ago18:02

18:02

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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S1 E12: How Do We Receive a Prophetic Word? 18:05

2+ y ago18:05

18:05

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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S1 E11: What Principles Help Us Give a Prophetic Word to Others? 16:43

2+ y ago16:43

16:43

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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S1 E10: How Do We Hear a Prophetic Word for Others? 19:50

2+ y ago19:50

19:50

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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