Leaving Laodicea

By Steve McCranie

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Have you ever felt like your spiritual life is lukewarm and lacking? If so, this podcast is for you. In Leaving Laodicea, we will explore truths that will allow us to embrace the Higher Christian Life or experience the "abundant life" (John 10:10) as Jesus called it. You'll find practical tips and tools on how to live a more victorious life in Christ. Leaving Laodicea is a podcast by Steve McCranie for those who are dissatisfied with the lukewarmness of their own spiritual lives and desire to grow spiritually by walking through Scripture with fresh eyes and discovering new insights into God's Word. So what do we do? We change, we commit, we refocus, we refuse to allow yesterday's failures to define our relationship with Christ today. So join us as we strive for the Higher Christian Life while we learn how to Leave Laodicea behind.

Episode Date
598 - The Gospel in One Verse, Actually One Word
Jul 14, 2024
597 - The Implications of Being “Accepted in the Beloved”
Jul 12, 2024
596 - Obtaining an Inheritance or Becoming an Inheritance
Jul 08, 2024
595 - The Dependent Relationship of Jesus With His Father
May 04, 2024
594 - How Should We Live in the Face of Persecution?
Apr 22, 2024
593 - How to Hear God’s Voice When He Speaks
Apr 04, 2024
592 - Embracing the Call to Radical Christianity
Mar 26, 2024
591 - How to Prepare Yourself to Meet With God
Mar 22, 2024
590 - How to Experience God When You Pray
Mar 12, 2024
589 - The God-Ordained Way to Increase Your Faith
Mar 06, 2024
588 - Be Encouraged by the Small Words in Scripture
Feb 15, 2024
587 - The Purpose of the Christian Life – Experiencing God
Feb 06, 2024
586 - Experiencing True Repentance from Psalm 51
Feb 02, 2024
585 - Our Identity — Stop Striving, Start Abiding
Jan 23, 2024
584 - “Uh, My Bad,” Doesn’t Really Cut It Anymore
Jan 15, 2024
583 - 1 John 1:9 – One Condition and Two Promises
Jan 04, 2024
582 - Abraham’s Journey of Faith in God’s Promises
Dec 30, 2023
581 - Gog and Magog and Israel, Gaza, and Hamas
Dec 01, 2023
580 - Our Salvation – It’s More Than You Ever Imagined
Nov 19, 2023
579 - True Signs of a False, Counterfeit Salvation
Nov 17, 2023
578 - Gog and Magog Invasion: Who, What, and When?
Nov 14, 2023
577: - Abiding – The Key to Lasting Surrender and Joy
Nov 14, 2023
576 - The Seventh Step: Don’t Leave Home Without Him
Nov 04, 2023
575 - Why Did Jesus Pray for His Church to be One?
Nov 03, 2023
574 - Turning Church from an Institution into a Family
Nov 02, 2023
573 - The Deconstruction of Your Faith Equals Apostasy
Nov 02, 2023
572 - The Sixth Step – Surrendering to the Holy Spirit
Oct 31, 2023
571 - The Fifth Step – Surrendering to God’s Sovereignty
Oct 28, 2023
570 - The Fourth Step – Presenting Yourself as a Sacrifice
Oct 26, 2023
569 - The Third Step: Dying to Self to Gain Him
Oct 24, 2023
568 - The Second Step – Confession and Repentance
Oct 23, 2023
567 - The First Step in Surrendering Your Life to Him
Oct 22, 2023
566 - Embracing a Full Understanding of Salvation
Oct 10, 2023
565 - Experience Freedom and Power in Your Christian Life
Oct 04, 2023
564 – Letting Go and Letting God – Steps for Total Surrender
Oct 03, 2023
563 - How One Person Can Bring About Lasting Change
Jul 09, 2023
562 - Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going
Jun 18, 2023
561 - Church Ain’t Working, Its Got No Power
Jun 12, 2023
560 - If He’s the One Who Builds It, He Will Come
May 07, 2023
559 - Apostasy and Deception are Key Signs of the End
May 01, 2023
558 - The Most Important Prophetic Scriptures
Apr 23, 2023
557 - Hermeneutics – The Rules for Biblical Interpretation
Apr 17, 2023
556 - How to Surrender Your Thought Life to Christ
Mar 26, 2023
555 - Are You Going to Church or Being the Church?
Dec 11, 2022
554 - Solomon's Life: "Stupid Is as Stupid Does"
Nov 27, 2022
553 - Don’t be Like King Solomon, Choose Wisely
Nov 14, 2022
552 - The Importance of Finishing Life Well
Nov 01, 2022
551 - Trying to Serve God Without Even Knowing Him
Oct 23, 2022
550 - There is Nothing New Under the Sun… Really?
Oct 09, 2022
549 - The Problem is We Make Our God Too Small
Oct 03, 2022
548 - Keeping First Things First... Always
Sep 28, 2022
547 - Regeneration: The Greatest Deception in the Church
Sep 21, 2022
546 - Spiritual Preparation for the Lord’s Supper, Revisited
Aug 30, 2022
545 - You Do or Don’t Do, There is No Try
Aug 25, 2022
544 – Desire Without Effort Equals Nothing
Aug 20, 2022
543 - Remember the Warning - Conformity Kills
Aug 18, 2022
542 - How to Get Answers to the “How” Questions
Aug 03, 2022
541 - Connecting Narcissism and the Debased Mind
Jul 27, 2022
540 - We Have Asked God to Judge Our Nation
Jul 25, 2022
539 - The Timeless Wisdom of Oswald Chambers
Jul 24, 2022
538 - "What Do I Truly Believe About...?" Revisited
Jul 04, 2022
537 - How to Hear from God Through His Word
Jul 01, 2022
536 - Evaluating Our Priorities in These Dark Times
Jun 22, 2022
535 - What We Know to be True About Christ
Jun 16, 2022
534 - Whatever the Problem, the “Lord is Near”
Jun 15, 2022
533 - Is There Something Better than Answered Prayer?
Jun 03, 2022
532 - Pulling Back the Curtain of the Kingdom of God
Jun 01, 2022
531 - What Jesus Said About His Coming Kingdom
May 20, 2022
530 - What Does it Mean to be a Child of Royalty?
May 19, 2022
529 - Paradigm Shift: Embracing Power Evangelism
May 11, 2022
528 - Living as a Cherished Child of the King
May 10, 2022
527 - The Worst Thing for a Christian… Getting Civilized!
Apr 06, 2022
526 - Unclog the Drain and Let His Living Water Flow
Apr 02, 2022
525 - How Do We Remain “On Fire” When the Church is “Under Fire”?
Mar 31, 2022
524 - For His Mercy Endures… Uh, How Long?
Mar 24, 2022
523 - Looking for Truth in All the Wrong Places
Mar 16, 2022
522 - The Difference Between Living or Just Being Alive
Mar 10, 2022
521 - How to Know the Will of God When We Pray
Mar 07, 2022
520 - Faith, Revival, and the Example of George Muller
Feb 22, 2022
519 - Immanuel and the Higher Christian Life
Jan 28, 2022
518 - Living in the Kingdom, While Living on Earth
Dec 16, 2021
517 - Something More Powerful Than Your Faith
Dec 14, 2021
516 - School’s Out— Time to Do Something
Dec 07, 2021
515 - How to Experience Freedom From Your “Besetting Sins”
Dec 07, 2021
514 - Religion = Serving God Without Power
Dec 04, 2021
513 - Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve
Nov 20, 2021
512 - COVID Mandates and the Cost of Doing Nothing
Nov 17, 2021
511 - What Can We Learn from the Early Church?
Nov 16, 2021
510 - What is the Will of God for All Believers?
Nov 03, 2021
509 - Do We Actually Believe What the Word of God Says?
Oct 28, 2021
508 - The Wonder of Being a Child of God
Oct 13, 2021
507 - What Do I Do When _______ ? (fill in the blanks)
Oct 08, 2021
506 - How to Grow Your Faith During Dark Times
Oct 07, 2021
505 - “Take My Yoke Upon You and Learn From Me”
Oct 04, 2021
504 - God Uses Ordinary Men in Extraordinary Ways
Sep 27, 2021
503 - How to Respond During Dark Times
Sep 21, 2021
502 - The Lord’s Supper and the Higher Christian Life
Sep 17, 2021
501 - To Reckon or Not Reckon, that is the Question
Sep 01, 2021
500 - I Believe God is Able, But is He Willing?
Aug 02, 2021
499 - “There is No Tomorrow!” – Apollo Creed
Jul 27, 2021
498 - Do You Believe the Promises of God?
May 05, 2021
497 - Did You Receive the Holy Spirit When You Believed?
Apr 01, 2021
496 - Do You Know the Holy Spirit... for Real?
Mar 27, 2021
495 - The Church and the Higher Christian Life
Mar 15, 2021
494 - What Can Man Do To Me? Not a Whole Lot
Mar 11, 2021
493 - How to Prepare for the Coming Persecution
Mar 03, 2021
492 - What Happens at the Bema Seat Judgment of Christ?
Feb 24, 2021
491 - Embracing the King and His Kingdom
Feb 24, 2021
490 - Salvation and the Kingdom of God
Feb 19, 2021
489 - The Forgotten Gospel of the Kingdom
Jan 26, 2021
488 - What Can We Learn About Church From the Early Church
Jan 21, 2021
487 - You Can Always Begin Again Tomorrow
Jan 17, 2021
486 - Ask Yourself, “What Do I Truly Believe About…?”
Jan 14, 2021
485 - How Can We Recover What We Have Lost
Jan 04, 2021
484 - Some Questions I Really Want to Ask Joseph
Jan 01, 2021
483 - Hey! Where Did All Our Leaders Go?
Dec 31, 2020
482 - How to Experience God... Personally
Dec 17, 2020
481 - Learning How to Pray to the Holy Spirit
Dec 03, 2020
480 - How to be Filled by the Holy Spirit, Revisited
Dec 03, 2020
479 - The Stages of Our Commitment to Christ
Nov 04, 2020
478 - It's More Than Just Stumbling Forward
Oct 15, 2020
477 - Right Now, Where Are We In Prophetic History?
Oct 15, 2020
476 - What is the Condition of the Church Today?
Oct 14, 2020
475 - How to Understand the "Why" Questions
Oct 03, 2020
474 - It's Time to Call a Sacred Assembly
Sep 30, 2020
473 - The Link Between Self-Examination and Salvation
Sep 24, 2020
472 - Have You Experienced Regeneration or Conversion?
Sep 21, 2020
471 - How to Truly Experience the Peace of God
Sep 01, 2020
470 - Seeing Scripture Through the Theater of Your Mind
Aug 31, 2020
469 - What’s the Point of the Lord’s Supper?
Aug 14, 2020
468 - Learning How to Follow Jesus in Real-Time
Aug 13, 2020
467 - We are Now Living in Bonhoeffer’s Germany
Aug 10, 2020
466 - How to Seek God’s Face and Not Just His Hand
Aug 07, 2020
465 - The Important, Yet Forgotten Discipline of Fasting
Jul 22, 2020
464 - Who Were the Disciples of Jesus and John?
Jul 17, 2020
463 - Learning From the Prayer Life of Jesus
Jun 23, 2020
462 - Learning How to Truly Humble Yourself
Jun 20, 2020
461 - Praying For Our Last Great Awakening
Jun 19, 2020
460 - What Does it Mean to "Abide in Christ"
May 24, 2020
459 - Jesus Said, “Abide in Me, and I in You”
May 21, 2020
458 - “I Am the True Vine”… But What Does That Mean?
May 21, 2020
457 - The Prophetic Implications of COVID-19
Apr 30, 2020
456 - Fully Embracing the Kingdom of God
Apr 20, 2020
455 - Exactly What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
Apr 19, 2020
454 - How Does God Respond to Repentance?
Apr 18, 2020
453 - How Can We Increase our Faith?
Apr 12, 2020
452 - Learning How to Hear the Voice of God
Apr 03, 2020
451 - Make No Mistake, Everything Follows Faith
Apr 02, 2020
450 - How to Prepare for the Coming Apostasy
Feb 19, 2020
449 - The Inherent Limitations of Apologetics
Feb 19, 2020
448 - Narcissism: The Ultimate End-Time Personality Disorder
Feb 15, 2020
447 - The Two Invitations Offered by Christ
Jan 23, 2020
446 - Experiencing the Fullness of the Holy Spirit
Jan 20, 2020
445 - What it Means to Follow Jesus
Jan 17, 2020
444 - It All Comes Down to Self-Denial and Surrender
Jan 10, 2020
443 - Ultimately, It All Comes Down to Desire
Jan 09, 2020
442 - How to Surrender Your Life to Him
Dec 16, 2019
441 - Faith is Justified by Actions, Not By Mere Words
Dec 10, 2019
440 - Having Faith to Take God at His Word
Dec 08, 2019
439 - Praying for Things Pertaining to the Kingdom
Dec 07, 2019
438 - How to Have the Confidence to Pray God’s Word
Nov 27, 2019
437 - Our Position in Christ and Our Union with Him
Nov 26, 2019
436 - Exercising Faith: No Pain, No Gain
Nov 25, 2019
435 - How to Become a Faith Prepper
Oct 31, 2019
434 - Preparing for the Invite to the Lord's Table
Oct 31, 2019
433 - Our Natural Reaction to Seeing Him
Oct 02, 2019
432 - The Importance of Trust in Dark Times
Sep 24, 2019
431 - How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit
Aug 20, 2019
430 - Above All Else, He is Sovereign!
Jul 04, 2019
429 - The Primary Sign of the End: Deception
Jul 04, 2019
428 - The Forgotten Discipline of Remembering
Jun 26, 2019
427 - Are You In? Or Are You Out? Time to Choose
Jun 18, 2019
426 - What Does Personal Revival Look Like?
Jun 11, 2019
425 - Is Real Revival Possible? Even for Us?
May 10, 2019
424 - Realizing Our Greatest Gift is From Him
Jan 24, 2019
423 - Experiencing a Breathtaking View of Christ
Jan 22, 2019
422 - Christ + One = More Than Enough
Nov 02, 2017
421 - Beware of the Wicked Witch of Thyatira
Oct 31, 2017
420 - Make No Mistake, Faith Always Has a Cost
Oct 30, 2017
419 - Thyatira - The Church of Sin and Corruption
Oct 25, 2017
418 - What Happens When Our Prayers Go Unanswered
Sep 18, 2017
417 - Want Some Advice? Do the Next Right Thing
Sep 18, 2017
416 - Pergamos: The Church in a Bad Marriage
Aug 26, 2017
415 - The Horrible Curse of God's Abandonment
Aug 24, 2017
414 - The Unbelievable Blessings of Persecution
Aug 20, 2017
413 - The Importance of Baptism in Our Spiritual Life
Aug 17, 2017
412 - The Unbelievable Pain of Leaving Your First Love
Aug 04, 2017
411 - We Will Not Be Equal in the Kingdom of God
Jul 10, 2017
410 - Standing at the Judgment Seat of Christ
Jul 02, 2017
409 - The Real Reason Why We Study Prophecy
Jun 26, 2017
408 - The Next Event on God's Prophetic Calendar
Jun 17, 2017
407 - When it Comes to Worship, We're Clueless
Jun 16, 2017
406 - The Discipline of Remembering When
Jun 06, 2017
405 - Christ Calls a Man to Come and Die
Jun 02, 2017
404 - Can You Say You Truly Enjoy God?
May 28, 2017
403 - God Never Waste an Experience, Good or Bad
May 27, 2017
402 - Are You a Murderer? Probably So
May 21, 2017
401 - How Life Changes in a 100 Yard Swim
May 20, 2017
400 - You Must Count the Cost, Pay the Price
May 08, 2017
399 - Signs (or Not) of the Kingdom of God
Apr 30, 2017
398 - When Our Blessings Become Curses
Apr 23, 2017
397 - It Was Evening, the Same Faithful Day
Apr 13, 2017
396 - The Holy Spirit in the Early Church
Apr 10, 2017
395 - What Does it Mean to Live by Faith? - Part 2
Apr 05, 2017
394 - What Does it Mean to Live by Faith? - Part 1
Apr 02, 2017
393 - Right Thing + Wrong Time = Wrong Thing
Apr 01, 2017
392 - The 240 Hour Prayer (and Fasting) Meeting
Mar 24, 2017
391 - Some Questions from the Infant Church
Mar 13, 2017
390 - You Know, Sometimes History Hurts
Mar 13, 2017
389 - What is it Like to Live in the Kingdom?
Mar 10, 2017
388 - What is the True Intent of the Law?
Feb 26, 2017
387 - What is the “Baptism of the Spirit” Thing?
Feb 22, 2017
386 - What Does “Praying in the Spirit” Mean?
Feb 13, 2017
385 - The Whole Tongue Controversy Explained
Feb 05, 2017
384 - Prophecy and Tongues - Two Sides of the Same Coin
Jan 23, 2017
383 - Where Do All the Miracles Hide Today?
Jan 15, 2017
382 - How the Holy Spirit Expresses Himself
Jan 10, 2017
381 - Could This Year Be The Year of Sanctification
Jan 04, 2017
380 - Trust Me, Fear is Not Your Friend
Jan 03, 2017
379 - The Incredible, Painful Cost of Christmas
Dec 25, 2016
378 - What Exactly is the Gift of Faith?
Dec 18, 2016
377 - “Another” — The Seven-Letter Solution
Dec 13, 2016
376 - Stupid is as Stupid Does
Dec 06, 2016
375 - Why the Holy Spirit Gives Us Gifts
Nov 28, 2016
374 - In Everything Give Thanks... Why?
Nov 21, 2016
373 - The Love of Women and the Apathy of Men
Nov 16, 2016
372 - The Myth of Biblical Objectivity
Nov 14, 2016
371 - What Gifts has the Spirit Given You?
Nov 07, 2016
370 - When Our Saved Life Looks Like Our Lost Life
Oct 31, 2016
369 - Vote for Those Being Led to the Slaughter
Oct 24, 2016
368 - You Will By No Means Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Oct 20, 2016
367 - The Difference Between Receiving and Entering the Kingdom
Oct 11, 2016
366 - The Downside of Revival
Oct 04, 2016
365 - Revival, God's Way
Sep 28, 2016
364 - Why Did God Choose to Save You?
Sep 27, 2016
363 - A Fully Surrendered Man
Sep 26, 2016
362 - Forever vs Flash and Fade
Sep 17, 2016
361 - What is Truth?
Sep 02, 2016
360 - Everyone Has a Story to Tell
Aug 23, 2016
359 - The "You Are" Versus "You Do" Passages
Aug 08, 2016
358 - Will You Face Persecution?
Aug 08, 2016
357 - Being a Peacemaker is More than You Think
Jul 26, 2016
356 - Is Your God Too Small?
Jul 18, 2016
355 - Can Jesus’ Words be Taken at Face Value?
Jul 13, 2016
354 - The Heart of the Law is Mercy
Jul 11, 2016
353 - To Hunger and Thirst for Christ
Jul 11, 2016
352 - The Blessings of Meekness
Jun 20, 2016
351 - Our Greatest Mission Field is the Church
Jun 14, 2016
350 - What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
Jun 06, 2016
349 - Blessed are Those who Grieve and Wail and Lament
May 30, 2016
348 - Did You Worship Last Sunday?
May 26, 2016
347 - Living in the Midst of Fear
May 18, 2016
346 - The Blessings of Being a Beggar
May 11, 2016
345 - The Sermon on the Mount
May 02, 2016
344 - Steps to Freedom in Christ
Apr 25, 2016
343 - The Spiritual Hat Trick: Mark, Luke and Demas
Apr 11, 2016
342 - Understanding the Times in Which We Live
Apr 04, 2016
341 - The Resurrection Story in Philemon
Mar 28, 2016
340 - A Man Abandoned to God
Mar 23, 2016
339 - Being Vigilant in Prayer
Mar 16, 2016
338 - Take this Job and Love It!
Mar 07, 2016
337 - What is the Prayer of Faith?
Feb 22, 2016
336 - Tough Words to Fathers and Children
Feb 10, 2016
335 - The Power of Persistent, Overcoming Prayer
Jan 26, 2016
334 - Put On, Put Off, and Put to Death
Jan 25, 2016
333 - Are You Chosen, Holy and Beloved?
Jan 25, 2016
332 - The Deeper Things of God
Dec 14, 2015
331 - The Stuff Life Throws at Us
Dec 07, 2015
330 - "Will You Meet With Me?" - God
Nov 30, 2015
329 - How to Approach the Lord
Nov 23, 2015
328 - Your True Nature = Your First Thought
Nov 16, 2015
327 - Without Me, You Can't Do Squat!
Nov 04, 2015
326 - The Two Calls of Christ
Nov 02, 2015
325 - He is De-Vine and We are De-Branch
Oct 28, 2015
324 - Complete in Him or Christ is Not Enough
Oct 05, 2015
323 - How to Survive the Great Deception
Sep 21, 2015
322 - Sending Me to You in the Form of Him
Sep 14, 2015
321 - Are You a Faker?
Sep 05, 2015
320 - How to Receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Sep 02, 2015
319 - The Riches of Full Assurance
Aug 17, 2015
318 - We Are Not Alone... Even if it Feels Like it.
Aug 10, 2015
317 - How to Rejoice in Suffering
Aug 03, 2015
316 - What Happens When We Want More Than Jesus
Jul 31, 2015
315 - True Comfort in the Midst of Horrific Pain
Jul 30, 2015
314 - How to Exalt Jesus More Than Ourselves
Jul 27, 2015
313 - "He Must Increase, But I Must Decrease"
Jul 20, 2015
312 - Why Should I Give My Life Totally to Jesus?
Jul 14, 2015
311 - How to Prepare for the Coming Persecution
Jul 06, 2015
310 - Is it Possible to Love Like Jesus?
Jul 02, 2015
309 - Living in Two Kingdoms, Revisited
Jun 29, 2015
308 - Going to War in Your Underwear
Jun 15, 2015
307 - Are You Dependent on You or on God?
May 25, 2015
306 - Does God Really Keep People From Believing in Him?
May 22, 2015
305 - How to Love Those Who Hurt Us
May 18, 2015
304 - Come, Kingdom of God!
May 07, 2015
303 - Our Bonhoeffer Moment
May 04, 2015
302 - God's Name = His Nature and Character
Apr 20, 2015
301 - How Can We Know the All-Knowing One?
Apr 18, 2015
300 - The Cleansing of Your Temple
Apr 08, 2015
299 - How Can God Love Us as Much as He Says He Does?
Apr 02, 2015