Episodes

Episode 209: 3 Prophetic Questions Jesus once asked his closest followers three vital questions. From those three questions found in Mark 8:18, we are able today to draw out three priorities that all modern believers should b...

Episode 215: When Holy Spirit Gifts Cease In this final look at spiritual gifts, we delve into the heart of a controversial topic that challenges our understanding of God's ongoing work in the world. The debate revolves aroun...

Episode 214: How Is Prophetic Ministry Released? In this episode of mavericks & misfits, we delve into the fascinating world of New Testament prophecy, exploring its purpose and proper use within the church. The key message i...

Episode 213: Prophecy- What It Is & What It Isn't In our journey of faith, we often encounter the profound mystery of spiritual gifts and, particularly, prophecy generates much debate among Christians. This episode of Maveric...

Episode 211: Supernatural Powers of Healings & Miracles In this exploration of spiritual gifts, we delve into the complex and often misunderstood realms of healing and miracles. Today’s episode challenges us to examine our be...

Episode 210: Words of Wisdom, Knowledge & Faith Today, we jump back into three powerful gifts of the Holy Spirit: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, and the gift of faith. These gifts are not meant for personal gain o...

Episode 210: Private, Personal Praying in Tongues In this exploration of the gift of tongues, we delve into the profound spiritual practice of praying in the Spirit. The apostle Paul's teachings in 1 Corinthians 14 illuminate...

Episode 209: The Fight Over Tongues In this powerful exploration of the gift of tongues, we delve into the heart of a controversial yet vital aspect of Christian life, discipleship, and ministry. Today’s episode emphasizes th...

Episode 208: What If We Were Taught Error About the Gifts? As we continue to explore the gifts of the Holy Spirit on Mavericks & Misfits, we are challenged in this episode to reconsider our understanding of the Holy Spirit's ...

Episode 207: The Gifts of the Spirit In this latest episode of Mavericks & Misfits, we are challenged to reconsider our understanding of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The core teaching comes from 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul ...

Episode 206: The Waiting Season In this exploration of waiting seasons, we are reminded that God's timing is often different from our own. This episode emphasizes that waiting isn't about inactivity, but about faithful servic...

Episode 205: Why I Vote Conservative Neither political party in America perfectly represents Christian values. We won’t be electing a Messiah in 2024. Yet, to vote is to give expression into the direction our nation is headin...

Episode 204: How To Repent In this episode of mavericks & Misfits, we are challenged to examine our understanding of true repentance. It's not just a one-time event, but a lifestyle for Christians who value intimate fellowshi...

Episode 203: To Wrestle With God If you are unsure as to whether or not you have ever wrestled with God, it is likely that you already have done so, but you likely did not know it was Him. Jacob had the same experience, and o...

Episode 202: Understanding Suffering If there is one area where it seems that Christians have strong opinions, it is the topic of suffering in the life of a believer. There are, as I mentioned, strong opinions…but who has a s...

Episode 201: Protecting Your Personal Peace Most of the world thinks of peace as the absence of conflict. Beyond that, many of those same people assume that peace is unattainable unless that absence of conflict is their curre...

Episode 200: Turn Up Your Volume Celebrating 200 episodes of Mavericks & Misfits, Jeff goes for the jugular in this episode. Without apology, the listener will be called into a radical commitment to Word & Spirit, which was t...

Episode 199: Knowing Your Calling Most Christians sincerely want to know what their life-purpose is. The American Dream is not satisfying for the Spirit-filled believer. We know we are here for more than success, pleasure, mo...

Episode 198: Receiving What God Is Releasing It may surprise you to learn that many followers of Jesus do not live with an actual awareness of who they are in Him. When we are foggy about this key piece of what it means to be...

Episode 197: The Silence of God One of the greatest challenges for believers occurs when we find ourselves in a season where we cannot hear God’s voice. We read His written Word, and we know He speaks there, but Jesus did not...

Episode 196: Ignorance & Impotence in the Church The first Christians operated with two primary forces in the Church: truth and power. Apostolic doctrine (truth) and the gifts of the Holy Spirit (power) characterized all that...

Episode 195: What It Takes to Endure When a Mavericks & Misfits listener reached out via email and confessed her desire to quit everything in her life, Jeff felt like he was supposed to honor her request to dedicate an episod...

Episode 194: Knowing What Season You Are In As we mature in the faith, we gain the ability to discern the type of season we are in as we follow Jesus. Not every season is the same, therefore there are differing challenges, op...

Episode 193: Confronting the Religious Spirit Jesus wasn’t always polite. He did not always speak with gentle tones. He was not committed to making conversations easy on people. Jesus said the hard things…and sometimes He sai...