Episodes

Episode 125: Out... But Not In Most Christians know what it feels like to be stuck for a season. The in-between moments are not always easy to understand for those who are on their personal faith-journey. Others around us seem …

Episode 124: What Happens When We Won't Forgive? In the days wherein Christianity has been consistently presented as a relationship solely between God and an individual, we have all but lost the concept that to be a Christian is not …

Episode 123: The Impossible Love The ways, works and words of Jesus are repeatedly revealed in Scripture in such a way that we feel compelled to both learn and emulate all that He says and does. Jesus’ sermons...

Episode 122: Why Closed Doors? It can be a challenging thing when the zeal inside of you is not matched with opportunities outside of you. The closed-door season can become one of the most frustrating episodes in a believer’s life …

Episode 121: Milky: Stunted Spiritual Growth Perhaps one of the most eroding forces in the Church today is the issue of prolonged spiritual infancy and adolescence. If a fourteen-year-old was known to still be breast-feeding, we would all discern that...

Episdoe 120: Jeff & Amy Lyle Discuss End-Time Courage In this episode of Mavericks & Misfits, Amy Lyle joins her husband, Jeff, in the studio to discuss what we need to live with courage and endurance in the end of …

Episode 119: Four Essential Words You Must Receive From time to time, people will ask a spiritual leader what the keys are for a victorious, satisfying life that brings glory to God. Often this type of question comes from a …

Episode 118: Beating Bitterness & Overcoming Offense Here is something that few will tell you: God will allow things in your life that are potentially offensive and embittering. That is right – God will permit injustice, mistreatment,...

Episode 117: Getting Promoted One of the intentional ways in which God moves involves Him facilitating an internal promotion within the Christian’s spirit while not yet offering an external circumstance that matches it. God works and moves within...

Episode 116: Your Window Of Opportunity It is important that all of grasp some level of discernment about how God is presently moving among His people, and also what He is preparing in the unbelieving world. While none of us …

Episode 115: Our Ignorance At The Altar When people come forward during altar calls at the end of Christian gatherings, most come seeking something which they need from the Lord. They come in faith. They often come in desperation. Some …

Episode 114: Why Your Opposition Will Fail Christians living for the glory of God will be assigned territory to claim for His glory. Sometimes this territory is geographical. Sometimes it is relational. Sometimes it is cultural. Regardless of how the...

Episode 113: Anointed... But Waiting A great moment in the Christian’s life occurs when he or she understands what God has gifted and called them to do in the Kingdom. Everyone desires to know their purpose, and life takes on …

Episode 112: Peace Instead Of Fear Most Christians would recognize the words of Jesus in John 14:27 where He promises His peace to all His followers. When He commands us to “let not your hearts be troubled”, we tend to …

Episode 111: The Unwavering Voices The Church in America has a speech impediment. It is not that Christians are not talking. In fact, we seem to talk quite a bit. We have the ability and vocabulary to speak. The issue …

Episode 110: Killing The Victim Mentality Christians typically live with one of two possible mindsets towards life: I am a victim who is helpless. I am a conqueror and overcomer. Our culture today feeds the instinct in most humans to …

Episode 109: Deep Concerns About The Sinner's Prayer For close to 80 years, most church attendees have been invited into an eternal relationship with God via the repeating of what is commonly known as the sinner’s prayer. The motivation behind …

Episode 108: Prophets In Hiding In Elijah’s day, he once complained to God that he was the only true prophet. Have you ever wondered why he felt so alone and isolated in prophetic ministry during the days of wicked Ahab …

Episode 107: How The Baptist Guy Met The Holy Spirit In today’s episode of #MavericksAndMisfitsJeff shares two powerful accounts in his own story which God imparted to him in order tobring Jeff into a fuller experience and expression of what …

Episode 106: Getting Free From The Fear Of Man Most of us prefer to be liked than disliked. We would rather experience acceptance than rejection. Normal and reasonable is the desire for us to fit into a larger community and …

Episode 105: Permission To Be & Do As God Says Well, this episode went quickly in an unexpected direction. While Jeff Lyle was planning to unpack some helpful verses on the fear of man, Holy Spirit appointed a different direction …

Episode 104: What Is Going On Inside Of You? There is a certain representation of Christianity that almost focuses exclusively focuses on our behavior. While the bible is clear on what it means to live outwardly in alignment with the …

Episode 103: Straight Talk About Sexual Appetites Any of you who are 45 years and older can remember a time when the American culture had some form of sexual boundaries that were (at least loosely) framed by Scripture. We all …

Episode 102: Navigating Relational Conflict With the culture around us remaining in a state of being perpetually inflamed, how do Christians recognize and respond to the conflicts that they themselves cannot avoid? The Bible actually hasmuch to...