More Than Bread
It's not enough to get into God's Word, we need to let His Word get into us. "More Than Bread" is a podcast featuring Pastor Dan Nold from Calvary Church in State College, PA. It focuses on simply reading the Bible (with a few comments) in the hopes that listening to God's Word, learning from God's Word and leaning into God's Word will shape our hearts, minds, and souls to bring us life. As Jesus said, "We do not live by bread alone, we live by every Word that comes from the mouth of God."
Episodes
581 episodes
A Psalm Pause #5 -- Psalm 51 -- A prayer for the mess of life...
I'm taking a bit of a break as a reward for 100k downloads and as a pause during my vacation. But during this week+ break, I'm reposting some Psalms that I've chosen, specifically to hit some themes of our current series, "A Life of Prayer." Th...
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A Psalm Pause #4 -- Psalm 37 (part 2) -- Do you have enough meek?
I'm taking a bit of a break as a reward for 100k downloads and as a pause during my vacation. But during this week+ break, I'm reposting some Psalms that I've chosen, specifically to hit some themes of our current series, "A Life of Prayer." Th...
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A Psalm Pause #3 -- Psalm 37 -- The essence of a life of prayer?
I'm taking a bit of a break as a reward for 100k downloads and as a pause during my vacation. But during this week+ break, I'm reposting some Psalms that I've chosen, specifically to hit some themes of our current series, "A Life of Prayer." Th...
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A Psalm Pause #2 -- Psalm 5 -- A Hopeful Lament?
I'm taking a bit of a break as a reward for 100k downloads and as a pause during my vacation. But during this week+ break, I'm reposting some Psalms that I've chosen, specifically to hit some themes of our current series, "A Life of Prayer." Th...
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A Psalm Pause #1 -- Psalm 1 -- How do I live a blessed life?
I'm taking a bit of a break as a reward for 100k downloads and as a pause during my vacation. But during this week+ break, I'm reposting some Psalms that I've chosen, specifically to hit some themes of our current series, "A Life of Prayer." Th...
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A Life of Prayer #26 -- James 2:14-26 -- How about a little CPR for your faith?
Over and over again in the last part of James 2, we hear something like, "faith without works is dead." Faith that does not lead to action is useless. Faith is as faith does and if it doesn't, it probably isn't. I think what James is trying to ...
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A Life of Prayer #25 -- James 2:8-13 -- Mercy beats judgement every day!
"Love your neighbor like you love yourself." Paul, James and Jesus all echo that challenge, that way of life. "Let the way that you love yourself set the standard for the way that you love your neighbor." In other words, ask yourself, What if m...
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Episode 574
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21:00
A Life of Prayer #24 -- James 2:5-13 -- Do you want a love that soars?
Did you know that there's a royal law in the Bible? James calls it the royal law of love. Love your neighbor as you love yourself; the royal law. The Bible makes it incredibly clear that nothing matters more than relationships--nothing--first w...
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Episode 573
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A Life of Prayer #23 -- James 2:1-7 -- What's so good about being poor?
I can't get away from James' words, "God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith." It reminds me of Jesus' words in the Beatitudes, "Blessed are the poor in Spirit." Blessed are the broken, the desperate. Blessed are those standing without pret...
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Episode 572
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A Life of Prayer #22 -- James 2:1-5 -- Would God choose me for His team?
Remember elementary school and choosing teams? Does this still happen today? What a nerve wracking deal. This week the NBA draft has been occuring. Teams spend millions of dollars to get the right person. And if you are chosen, what does that m...
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Episode 571
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19:48
A Life of Prayer #21 -- James 1:26-27 -- Looking for some real religion?
I love the way James hooks me with his statements. I don't know if he has such a way with words or if it's just the Spirit of God planting the seed in my soul. But from "Consider it pure joy with troubles come your way" to "Be quick to listen, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 570
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23:06
A Life of Prayer #20 -- James 1:19-25 -- You can trust God, can He trust you?
In the last episode I said that James is really describing a life of trust in his letter to those who are scattered. A life of trust listens to, learns from and leans into the word of God, and a life trust not only breathes in those words, but ...
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A Life of Prayer #19 -- James 1:16-25 -- One of God's greatest gifts is...
My goal through this podcast and my prayer for all of us is that we would be drawn to the Words of God, that we would develop a hunger to hang out with Jesus and listen to the whisper of His spirit through our hearts and out our ears....
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Season 6
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Episode 568
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A Life of Prayer #18 -- James 1:16-17 -- Do you know your Dad?
Sometimes we get scattered and distracted, we walk through difficult paths in life, in part, because we didn't have a good guide to life. Or maybe you had no guide; no one to show you the sights in the daylight; how to journey to all the good p...
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Season 6
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Episode 567
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A Life of Prayer #17 -- James 1:5-8 -- Are there any prayers that God always answers?
One of the questions that comes up frequently in regards to prayer is simply, "Does prayer matter?" I often receive some version of that question in relationship to unanswered prayer. Every death, every war, every cancer, every season of depres...
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Season 6
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Episode 566
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20:01
A Life of Prayer #16 -- Mark 1:2-13 -- Making an impact, and leaving a legacy!
In this episode, we will ponder for a few moments how our lives can make an impact and leave a legacy. An impact is what we make while we're still living. A legacy is what that impact leaves behind when we are gone. Remember Hebrews 12:4, we re...
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Season 6
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Episode 565
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22:07
A Life of Prayer #15 -- James 1:1-18 -- A story of overflowing joy!
James says that you are a kind of first-fruits of God's creative work. His work in you, in the midst of the trouble, His work in you is a first-fruit of His creative work. Think about that for a moment. You are a first-fruit. You're not a remna...
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Episode 564
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A Life of Prayer #14 -- James 1:2-18 -- Hard times bring the good life?
We will miss the thriving life God has for us if we believe that the best way to find life is to avoid suffering at all costs. Isn't that James message in the first words of his letter to the scattered? See I wonder, if the question that people...
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Season 6
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Episode 563
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22:20
A Life of Prayer #13 -- James 1:2-12 -- Can I choose joy?
The bible talks so much about joy. It's all over Jesus' words just before the cross, in John 14-17. He talks about bringing joy as part of his overall purpose. Paul talks a lot about joy. And James leads with it in his letter to those who are s...
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Season 6
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Episode 562
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A Life of Prayer #12 -- James 1:1-4 -- Pure Joy?
If I told you there was a way to experience pure joy, 100% pure joy, would you believe me? Would you ask me to show you the way? In 35 years of ministry, one of the most significant convictions, I've gained is that we have a deep, deep need for...
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Season 6
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Episode 561
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21:26
FOR REAL NOT A COPY -- the real "A Life of Prayer #11
I will explain in the next episode, but #10 and ( the first) #11 were one and the same deal. This is the real #11. Sorry! :)==================================The book of James is written, "To the Scattered..." They aren't j...
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A Life of Prayer #11 -- James 1:1-4 -- To the scattered...
The book of James is written, "To the Scattered..." They aren't just scattered from home, they're scattered from each other, and scattered from God. They've lost their way. There's sin in the camp, the rich are avoiding and even ...
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Season 6
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Episode 560
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21:49
A Life of Prayer #10 -- James 1:1 -- All about James...
As we dive into the book of James, let's start by asking, "What do you know about James?" The author of the book of James was James the brother of Jesus. So ask yourself, "What would it have been like to grow up as the brother of Jesus? How man...
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Season 6
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Episode 559
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21:49
A Life of Prayer #9 -- Hebrews 12:1-2 -- Don't give up. He's not done yet!
What if God brough you to this episode, just so He can say one thing to you: "Don't quit! Don't give up! I'm not done yet." Your story isn't finished, because Jesus is the author of your by-faith story and He's not done yet! Let me ask you, wil...
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Episode 558
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A Life of Prayer #8 -- Hebrews 11:1-16 -- Uncertainty might be your friend?
I used to say that the greatest opportunities we have for spiritual growth are to either go on a short-term mission trip, or go through a time of suffering. Which is a great advertisment for mission trips! Who wants to schedule in some sufferin...
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Season 6
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Episode 557
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