Turning Point Radio

A scribe agreed with Jesus about loving God and loving others, yet Jesus told him he was only “not far” from God’s kingdom. Agreement with biblical truth is not the same as wholehearted commitment to Christ. This message challenges us to move beyond “almost” into genuine devotion.

What if one of your greatest weapons in spiritual warfare is something you already do every Sunday? Scripture shows that worship redirects our attention from the enemy to the greatness and faithfulness of God. Jehoshaphat’s extraordinary battle reveals the surprising power of praise.

Jesus gave His followers a remarkably practical test of love: obedience. Devotion to God is more than words, emotions, or worship songs—it changes what we choose when His will conflicts with ours. Discover why loving God requires both totality and priority.

What does wholehearted devotion to God actually look like? Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. This message explores how that devotion shapes our priorities, obedience, and treatment of others.

Jesus, the giver of living water, cried “I thirst” from the cross. Scripture ultimately extends an invitation to everyone who thirsts to come and freely receive the water of life. The longing you cannot satisfy may be pointing you toward the Savior your soul was created to know.

David found himself in a literal wilderness while experiencing a spiritual one. Instead of settling for symbols of God’s presence, he longed for God Himself. His experience reveals what happens when hardship drives a thirsty soul toward the only One who can truly satisfy it.

Jesus describes His own heart as gentle and lowly. He welcomes guilty, grieving, fearful, exhausted, and struggling people rather than pushing them away. When life feels like carrying the weight of the world, Christ invites you to place that weight in His hands.

Jonah ran from God, Peter failed dramatically, and John Mark walked away from ministry—yet their stories did not end with failure. Scripture repeatedly shows God restoring people who stumble and giving them another opportunity to serve. Your failure does not have to become your final chapter.

Psalm 23:3 promises something every wounded believer needs to hear: “He restores my soul.” The Good Shepherd brings His people back from foolishness, failure, friction, fear, and faintheartedness. Whatever has knocked you down, God has not abandoned His work in you.

Burnout is more than working hard—it can come from striving toward expectations you can never satisfy. Jesus invites weary people to exchange the crushing burden of controlling everything for the well-fitted yoke of following Him. His way leads to a different kind of rest.

Are you physically, emotionally, or spiritually exhausted? Jesus offers a deeply personal invitation: “Come to Me” and find rest for your soul. Discover what His words in Matthew 11 mean for anyone carrying burdens that have become too heavy.

Satan has been tempting humanity since the Garden of Eden, and his basic strategies have not changed. This message offers seven practical responses, including prayer, Scripture, resisting the devil, fleeing certain situations, and replacing destructive influences. Victory begins by preparing before temptation arrives.

How can you praise God when you feel more like crying? David discovered that worship redirects the soul from its problems toward the greatness of God. When discouragement comes, remembering God’s faithfulness and filling your heart with worship can help hope rise again.

Temptation comes to every believer, but temptation itself is not sin. First Corinthians 10:13 promises that God limits temptation and provides a way of escape. Learn how to recognize that escape and choose obedience before the opportunity disappears.

Discouragement can convince us that our problems are personal, pervasive, and permanent. David’s experience reveals another reality: God remains faithful even when our emotions tell us otherwise. Remembering what God has already done can strengthen your soul for what lies ahead.

David knew the pain of betrayal, loss, and overwhelming discouragement. Yet in Psalms 42 and 43, he repeatedly commanded his troubled soul to hope in God. Discover three biblical principles for finding hope when everything around you feels hopeless.

You are more than a body—you are a soul with a body. Scripture reveals that your soul connects you to God and continues into eternity. Discover why something so valuable has become the battlefield in an invisible spiritual war.

We invest enormous amounts of time caring for bodies that will eventually die, while often neglecting souls that will exist forever. Jesus warned against gaining the whole world while losing your soul. This message challenges believers to reconsider what deserves their greatest attention.

The world, the flesh, and the devil are three enemies every Christian must confront. This conversation explores temptation, discouragement, materialism, jealousy, and other battlegrounds that can weaken the soul. Learn why believers fight not for victory, but from the victory Christ has already secured.

What do you do when you feel spiritually defeated? Dr. Jeremiah points to the armor of God, biblical truth, worship, courage, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Even after failure, God offers forgiveness, restoration, and another opportunity to stand.

Spiritual warfare is real, but believers are not helpless in the fight. Dr. David Jeremiah explains the battle around us, within us, and above us—and why the soul is at the center of the conflict. Discover how Scripture, the armor of God, and worship equip Christians to stand firm.

We weren’t intended to navigate life – or our faith – on our own. God wants His people to support one another and walk through this life together—in fact, this is a fundamental part of what the Church is supposed to be.

Unity. The apostle Paul pleaded for it. Christ Himself prayed for it. But Christians seem to be further from unity than ever. In this message, Dr. David Jeremiah explores a passage of Scripture that stresses the importance of unity by defining its access points and teaching us how to practice it with others. Covers Ephesians 4:1-6.

You may be self-reliant, but some things can’t be attained through your own efforts – including life’s greatest blessing of salvation. In this message, Dr. David Jeremiah explains what it means to be saved.

The Book of Jonah ends not with the great fish or the revival of Nineveh, but with a searching question about what matters most. This message challenges us to consider whether comfort is more important than compassion, the material more important than the spiritual, or the temporal more important than the eternal. God’s final lesson to Jonah reveals that obedience alone is not enough—He wants our hearts to share His compassion for people.

Life can be complex, leading some to complicate the beautiful simplicity of salvation. Thankfully, the book of Ephesians holds one of the most concise presentations of the gospel in all of God's Word. If you want to know what it means to experience the blessing of salvation, Ephesians 2:1-9 is the place to look.

Looking for security in worldly things is a recipe for disappointment. The book of Ephesians teaches us how to experience security now and for eternity. Covers Ephesians 1:1-14.

Wealth, power and prestige will never fulfill you. If you’re a Christian, all you need is what you already have! In this message, Dr. David Jeremiah walks through the opening verses of the book of Ephesians and reminds us of our true wealth, which we have in Jesus Christ. Covers Ephesians 1:1-14.

Jonah obeyed God and preached to Nineveh, but even after an extraordinary revival his heart remained far from God’s heart. This message follows God’s patient work through a plant, a worm, and a scorching wind to expose Jonah’s selfishness and teach him the value of compassion. Jonah cared deeply about temporary comfort while God cared about the eternal souls of an entire city.

Jonah 3 says God relented from the judgment He had announced against Nineveh, raising an important question: Does God change His mind? This message explains how Scripture can describe God as relenting while also teaching that His character is completely unchanging. When people change their response to God, He deals with them according to the same unwavering holiness, justice, mercy, and grace He has always

Justice and mercy are not contradictions: we can tell the truth about sin while still holding out hope for the sinner. Through Jonah’s resistance to Nineveh, this message challenges us to examine the lens through which we view people we dislike, distrust, or consider enemies. Because believers have received God’s mercy, they are called to extend that mercy and learn to see people as God sees them.

The transformation of Nineveh shows that revival is more than an emotional moment—it produces genuine repentance and visible change. This message traces the city’s response from hearing Jonah’s proclamation to believing God, turning from sin, crying out in prayer, and hoping in God’s mercy. It challenges believers to pray not only for widespread revival but first for personal renewal in their own hearts.

What happens when revival comes? Through Nineveh’s response to Jonah, this message identifies five marks of genuine spiritual awakening: hearing God’s Word, believing God, repenting of sin, praying earnestly, and hoping in His mercy. When God changes hearts, that transformation reaches beyond private belief and begins changing relationships, behavior, and entire communities.

Nineveh was one of the darkest cities of its time, yet it became the setting for one of Scripture’s greatest spiritual awakenings. This message shows how prayer, preaching, God’s Word, providential timing, and divine power came together as an entire city responded to God. Revival ultimately begins personally, as individuals ask God to renew their own hearts and then pray for Him to work in their homes, churches, cities, and nation.

The awakening in Nineveh demonstrates what can happen when God moves powerfully among a people. This message examines six elements surrounding that extraordinary event: God-appointed prayer, a preacher, a proclamation, a place, a period, and divine power. Jonah’s experience reminds us that genuine spiritual awakening begins with God and is fueled by prayer and the faithful proclamation of His Word.

Jonah finally obeyed God and traveled to Nineveh, but his heart still did not reflect God’s heart for its people. This message examines how prejudice, history, outward appearances, ethnicity, and anger can distort the way we see those around us. God calls His people to look beyond categories and offenses to see individuals and souls who remain within the reach of His mercy and grace.

Whether trouble comes through our own choices or through circumstances beyond our control, prayer gives us a way to bring our need directly to God. This message traces Jonah’s movement from desperation to honesty, remembrance, thanksgiving, and renewed obedience. His prayer culminates in a foundational truth for every difficult season: “Salvation is of the Lord.”

God’s grace does more than forgive past failures—it can restore people to usefulness and give them a new beginning. This message examines the path toward a genuine second chance while emphasizing that grace is never permission to continue deliberately in sin. God offers both restoring grace when we fall and restraining grace that helps keep us from falling in the first place.

After Jonah’s rebellion and failure, the Word of the Lord came to him a second time. This message explores the grace of a God who restores His people rather than discarding them, drawing lessons from Jonah, Moses, David, Peter, John Mark, and the Prodigal Son. Failure carries consequences, but through recognition, remorse, repentance, reflection, and reassignment, failure does not have to be final.

At the lowest point of his life, Jonah finally did what he should have done from the beginning: he prayed. This message uses Jonah’s prayer as a practical pattern for facing trouble—look up and cry out to God, look around honestly at your circumstances, look back at God’s mercy, and look ahead in obedience. Jonah discovered that even in desperate circumstances, God listens and responds to those who call on Him.