The eighth audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #8: Beginning At the End, The Gospels – Luke-Acts is one continuous narrative that bridges the life of Jesus while he was on earth with the life of [...]

“We finished up our retreat in Malaga on Sunday afternoon with a bit of sharing. If you’d like to see some pictures from our time with a smaller group under a fig tree, you can see it here. This discussion began with a small group of women under a fig tree who wanted to ask [...]

The seventh audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #7: The Gospels, Part II – Begin in Mark with a quick overview of the life of Jesus then view more of the details in Matthew and John. [...]

Yesterday we drove from Madrid to the south coast near the city of Malaga for a weekend retreat. (The picture at left is from our tour in downtown Madrid.) We are on the Mediterranean Sea, and even got to dip our feet in last night. This morning we had one of those amazing discussions about [...]

The sixth audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #6: Beginning At the End, The Gospels – Getting to know the Jesus of Scripture through the Gospels is critical to understanding the rest of the Bible. See [...]

We apologize for a glitch that caused people to either get the wrong download from iTunes (Jesus Lens 4 again) or not get the fifth file at all. We have rebuilt that file and it should be working now. You can go to your iTunes account and hit the “get” button and it should download [...]

Sara and I landed safely this morning in Madrid, Spain. This is our first trip here and yet we got off the plane to familiar faces—people we met in the States a little over a year ago. We’ll be gathering with people tonight and tomorrow in Madrid, even though people have come from all over [...]

The fifth audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #5: The Word of God – When we started calling the Bible the “Word of God” we unwittingly substituted a book and its principles for a vibrant relationship [...]

I’d like to invite you to visit our new Lifestream home page, which has just been redesigned to give visitors a quick overview of what’s going on in my life. Originally designed to be a welcome page for new visitors, it now includes the most important information coming out of Lifestream. You’ll find a section [...]

During our recording sessions, Wayne paused to answer questions from those in attendance. This is some of the dialog that followed sessions 3-4. The Jesus Lens: Second Dialog Session – Here is some of the interaction that followed Wayne’s teaching. If you’d like to add your questions to some of the material you’re hearing in [...]

The fourth audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #4: The Jesus Lens – The climax of Scripture is found in the person of Jesus and only be reading all of it through his eyes can we [...]

The third audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #3: The Story of Redemption – We can understand the shifting insights of Scripture only as we read it as a progressive revelation of God to people who [...]

Students sharing a meal at the Living Loved Children’s Centre in Eldoret, Kenya I interrupt The Jesus Lens for a special new bulletin: East Africa has been hit with incredible food shortages this spring and our brothers and sisters there are asking for our prayers and our help. I just wanted to put the word [...]

During our recording sessions, Wayne paused to answer questions from those in attendance. This is some of the dialog that followed our first two sessions. The Jesus Lens: First Dialog Session – What were people thinking after the first two sessions? Here is some of the interaction that followed. If you’d like to add your [...]

The second audio in our new series about the wonder of Scripture and how to read and interpret it through the revelation of Jesus. The Jesus Lens #2: The Jesus Lens – The climax of Scripture is found in the person of Jesus and only be reading all of it through his eyes can we [...]

Today we’re beginning to release the audio from my recent recording in Indianapolis about how he engages Scripture in his own personal journey. Culminating forty years of study and devotional reading, The Jesus Lens is designed it help people understand how to read and interpret Scripture as the story of God’s unfolding revelation of himself [...]

I received this question in my email box today and thought many others might care about my answer: What I would like to know from your perspective, is there a clear and growing warp in the teaching on grace that is, overtly or covertly, connotatively or emotively, saying that behavior does not matter? I realize [...]

Transitions 8: The Transformed Life – How do people live who are growing in the freedom of relationship instead of the bondage of religion, and what impact do they have on the world? Wayne offers seven attributes that he has seen in people who live this journey. For more information on this series you can [...]

Transitions 7: Processing the Journey – Questions and discussion from the previous sessions as to how we can each live in the reality of Father’s affection for us. For more information on this series you can check the Transitions page at Lifestream. You can also subscribe to any new audio postings via iTunes.

Transitions 6: How God Changes Us – Living in the reality of his love gives us a new focus that frees us from sin, grows our trust in him and shapes our lives to reflect his glory in the world. For more information on this series you can check the Transitions page at Lifestream. You [...]

Transitions 5: Walking In the Reality of the Cross – A look at how Jesus translates his incredible work on the cross to the freedom in our own lives of living in relationship with him and his Father. Download the Getting It handout will help you follow some of the dialog here. For more information [...]

Transitions 4: The Cross, Cure Not Punishment – the cross was not the sacrifice God needed to love you, but the cure we needed to live a peace in him. As we look at the cross from God’s perspective, we will see that his work was so much greater than mere punishment of sin could [...]