In Light of the Cross
Daniel Jepsen
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S1E33 Day 33: In Christ: Union with God
In our final episode of In Light of the Cross, we wrap the series around God’s long-standing desire to be with his people—an intimate union that doesn’t erase our individuality, but brings real…
S1E32 Day 32: Conformed to Christ: Resurrection, Transformation, and Yielding
We’re nearing the end of the podcast run and, on the resurrection side of the cross, we talk about God’s ultimate goal for us: living as resurrected beings who are conformed to the image of Jesus…
S1E31 Day 31: Resurrection Bodies: The Seed, the Oak, and Jesus’ Risen Life
In this post-Easter-season episode of In Light of the Cross, we continue reflecting on Jesus’ resurrection and what it means for those in Christ, focusing on 1 Corinthians 15:35–58 and Paul’s “seed…
S1E30 Day 30 Our Resurrection and Hope
We’re back on the In Light of the Cross podcast after missing a couple episodes due to a brief hospital stay, and we’re shifting from the cross to what new life means because Jesus is risen. We…
S1E29 Day 29: Forgiveness and Feeling
As we head toward Good Friday and Easter, we keep reflecting on God as Father and how his love transforms how we see ourselves and others, then we dig into the gift and difficulty of forgiveness. We…
S1E28 Day 28: Forgiving Others in Light of the Cross
We continue our conversation about living in light of the cross by moving from accepting each other to forgiving each other. We contrast “Karma Town” (retribution and bitterness) with “Graceland” (a…
S1E27 Day 27: Accepting Others in Light of the Cross
In this episode of In Light of the Cross, we continue exploring how the cross reshapes relationships by focusing on loving others through acceptance, with forgiveness to follow in the next episode.…
S1E26 Day 26: Loving Others in Light of the Cross
We’re beginning Holy Week by reflecting on Christ’s passion and what the cross teaches us about loving others. Using 1 John 3:16 and 1 John 4:7–12, we explore how love isn’t just acceptance,…
S1E25 Day 25: From Condemnation to Beloved: Receiving the Father’s Love
We continue our series by moving from merely understanding God’s fatherly love to receiving it in our hearts, asking the Spirit to make familiar truths fresh. Using the hymn “How Deep the Father’s…
S1E24 Day 24: Lavished Love: Living as God’s Children
In episode 24 of In Light of the Cross, we pray and reflect on God’s fatherly love through 1 John 3:1–3, marveling that sinners are called—not just servants—but children of God. We talk about the…
S1E23 Day 23: Adoption
In this Lent episode of In Light of the Cross, we continue reflecting on God as Father by focusing on the New Testament theme of adoption, using Romans 8. We talk about how being led by the Spirit…
S1E22 Day 22 Seeing God as Father
In episode 22 of In Light of the Cross, we transition from how the cross interprets the Old Testament to talking about God, ourselves, and our relationships in light of the cross, and we preview five…
S1E21 Day 21: Wrapping Up the Old Testament in Light of the Cross
We wrap up our Old Testament series by looking at how everything comes into focus when we read it in light of Jesus and the cross, like a mystery where the ending makes sense of all the earlier…
S1E20 Day 20: Wisdom Literature in Light of the Cross
In this episode we finish our Old Testament overview by looking at the wisdom books—Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon (sometimes Psalms is included)—as personal guidance for living in…
S1E19 Day 19: Understanding the Psalms Point Us to Christ
In this episode of In Light of the Cross, we pause to invite the Spirit and explore the Psalms as a unique part of Scripture: poetry that is largely people’s words to God, yet inspired for our good…
S1E18 Day 18: After the Exile: Haggai, Ezra & Nehemiah and God’s Long Faithfulness
We follow the story after Judah’s exile, focusing on God’s faithfulness in the post-exilic period through Haggai, Ezra, and Nehemiah. After Babylon falls to Persia, Cyrus decrees in 538 BC that a…
S1E17 Day 17: The Prophets and the Cross
In this episode of In Light of the Cross, we reflect on the role of the prophets in the Bible’s scarlet thread and invite the Spirit to speak as we begin. We discuss what a prophet is (God’s…
S1E16 Day 16: David, Goliath, and the Victory of God
In episode 16 of In Light of the Cross, we dig into David as a central Old Testament figure who powerfully points to Jesus. Using David and Goliath as our launching pad, we push back on the usual “be…
S1E15 Day 15: Ruth, Boaz, and the Scarlet Thread of Redemption
We pick up in the dark era of the Judges, where Israel’s repeated failure and idolatry are met again and again by God’s grace through deliverers, and we zoom in on Ruth as a “scarlet thread” leading…
S1E14 Day 14: God’s Desire to Dwell With Us: From Tabernacle to Jesus to New Creation
In this episode of In Light of the Cross, we keep tracing how the cross and resurrection illuminate the Old Testament by focusing on Exodus’s tabernacle (and later the temple) as God’s “tent/house”…
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In Light of the Cross has published 34 episodes since February 2026, covering topics in Christianity, Religion & Spirituality.
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