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Uncommon Christian

Uncommon Christian

By: Mark John
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Uncommon Christian is a conversation about the narrow path. Broad is the way to common Christianity and many will walk that line. Narrow is the way of true life and that is what makes us uncommon.
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  • What’s Words Got to Do With It? Do Ask God About Our Problems or Speak to the Problems?

    What’s Words Got to Do With It? Do Ask God About Our Problems or Speak to the Problems?
    Jun 14 2026
    In this episode, we explore the biblical balance between praying to God and speaking directly to the obstacle under God’s authority.Yeshua did not only teach His followers to pray about mountains. He said, “Say to this mountain, be removed.” In Luke 17, He said faith like a mustard seed could speak to a sycamine tree and command it to be uprooted. In Mark 11, He connects faith in God, speaking to the mountain, believing prayer, and forgiveness.The episode compares these passages with Yeshua rebuking the storm, speaking to sickness, commanding demons, and calling Lazarus from the tomb. It also follows the same pattern after the resurrection, where Peter tells the lame man to rise, prays and then commands Tabitha to arise, and Paul commands a spirit to come out in the name of Jesus.We also look back to the Old Testament: Moses crying out at the Red Sea before God tells him to speak to the people and stretch out the rod, Moses being told to speak to the rock, Joshua commanding the sun and moon, Elijah speaking concerning rain, Elisha speaking healing over the waters, and Ezekiel prophesying to dry bones.The core point is simple: words are not magic, but words spoken in faith under God’s authority matter.Prayer is communion, surrender, wisdom, and dependence. Command is faith acting under delegated authority. When we do not know God’s will, we pray. When God’s will is clear, we speak and obey. When unsure, we pray first, then command only what agrees with God’s revealed will.Main takeaway:
    Faith does not replace prayer, and prayer does not erase authority. Speak to God, then, when He leads, speak to the mountain.

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    18 mins
  • Artificial Theology: When AI Preaches Another Gospel

    Artificial Theology: When AI Preaches Another Gospel
    May 30 2026
    Artificial Theology: When AI Preaches Another Gospel. As artificial intelligence becomes more involved in sermons, Bible studies, devotionals, and online teaching, a serious question emerges: what happens when AI begins to sound spiritual but slowly drifts from truth?In this episode, we examine the rise of “artificial theology”, religious language generated by machines, shaped by data, trends, and popular opinion rather than Scripture, conviction, and the Holy Spirit. The danger is not that AI can talk about faith. The danger is that it can sound biblical while subtly preaching another gospel.We explore how believers can discern truth from imitation, why technology must remain a tool and not a teacher above Scripture, and how the Church should respond when convenience begins to replace conviction.This is not an anti-technology conversation. It is a call to spiritual discernment in an age where even error can sound polished, compassionate, and convincing.

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    15 mins
  • Jesus Vs Paul’s Gospel. Responding To A Bible Professor’s Qualm!

    Jesus Vs Paul’s Gospel. Responding To A Bible Professor’s Qualm!
    May 29 2026
    A very prominent Bible professor recently raised the issue of “Jesus' gospel versus Paul’s gospel” by using Matthew 19 and the account of the rich young ruler. His argument is simple: when the rich man asks Yeshua what he must do to inherit eternal life, Yeshua points him to the commandments. But if that same man were to ask Paul the same question twenty years later, Paul’s answer would be, “Confess and believe.” According to the professor, these are two different gospels. In this episode, we respond by going back to the same passage and showing why context matters. Matthew 19 is not a simple proof text for a works-based gospel, nor can it be separated from where it sits in redemptive history.The Gospels are transition books. They are not merely “New Testament” in the later doctrinal sense. They record Yeshua ministering under the Law, to Israel, before the Cross, before the Resurrection, before Pentecost, and before the full apostolic proclamation of Messiah’s finished work had gone out to the nations.That does not mean Yeshua and Paul preached contradictory messages. It means they spoke at different moments in the unfolding plan of God.In Matthew 19, Yeshua exposes the rich man’s heart. The man claims to have kept the commandments, but when Yeshua presses further, He reveals the idol beneath the man’s outward obedience: his possessions. “Sell what you have, give to the poor, and follow Me” was not merely another command added to a checklist. It was a direct confrontation with the man’s true master.Paul’s message of confessing and believing does not contradict Yeshua. Paul proclaims the same Messiah after the Cross and Resurrection, explaining the meaning of what Yeshua accomplished.The issue is not that Yeshua taught one gospel and Paul taught another. The issue is that the professor flattens the timeline and ignores the transitional nature of the Gospel accounts.Matthew 19 must be read in its covenantal and historical context. Yeshua is speaking before the finished work of the Cross. Paul is preaching after the finished work of the Cross. The difference is not contradiction. It is progression, fulfillment, and revelation.
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    14 mins
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