Courageous Conversations

Steve Berger

What are Courageous Conversations? They're a series of fearless conversations tackling tough issues in politics, church and culture.
Hosted by Steve Berger, pastor, father and international spiritual leader, this podcast presents challenging topics facing our culture and our country offering truth in a time of fake news and misinformation. Truth, has the power to set us free!

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Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 6
3d ago
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 6
Heavenly RelationshipsIt has been an AWE-some 6 weeks diving into the realities of Heaven. This week Pastor Steve tackles the questions we all have about relationships in Heaven. Heaven will not be void of family, in fact we will be one big family. Heaven is where all family members are friends, and all friends are family; we will experience maximized relationships! Key Scripture:Luke 8:19-21Mark 10:29-30Matthew 22:23-33Ephesians 5:31-32Hosea 2:19-202 Corinthians 11:2Revelation 19:6-10Matthew 8:11Matthew 22:2-4Luke 12:37Matthew 26:29"No inhabitants of that blessed world will ever be grieved with the thought that they are slighted by those that they love or that their love is not fully and fondly returned. There shall be no such thing as flattery or insincerity in heaven, but there perfect sincerity shall reign through all and in all. Every expression of love shall truly come from the bottom of every heart and all that is professed shall be really and truly felt." Jonathan Edwards---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 5
Apr 19 2024
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 5
Sinless Forever... But Let's Get Real.All of us have varying degrees of sin in our lives. And though we are all sinners, we can live a sanctified life. However, if your sin doesn't bother you on earth, you wont appreciate the sinless nature of Heaven!This week, Pastor Steve unpacks the reality of a SINLESS HEAVEN where we will all experience complete deliverance from sin. Key Scriptures: 1 John 1:8-10Romans 7:18-25Revelation 21:4,5Romans 6:231 Corinthians 15:51-58Romans 8:23,24Revelation 20:10, 21:8, 21:27, 22:15Dante's inferno describes the entrance to hell as having a sign, "Abandon All Hope, You Who Enter In."Steve imagines Heavens welcome as, "Enter Into the Fullness of Hope For All Eternity!"Ultimately, you decide. ---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 4
Apr 12 2024
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 4
Heaven Ain't BoringAren't you glad? This week Pastor Steve looks at the facts surround 7 NOT boring aspects of Heaven:1. Singing 2. Music 3. Creativity ⚓︎ Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:2,3; Revelation 15:3 & Exodus 15:24. Laughing⚓︎Luke 6:21; Psalm 16:11"If you can't laugh in heaven, I don't want to go!" -Martin Luther5. Animals⚓︎Isaiah 11:6-9; Revelation 14:2,36. Work/Activity ⚓︎Revelation 7:15; Revelation 22:37. Reigning with Christ!⚓︎ Revelation 5:10; Revelation 21:224; Luke 19:11-26"Heaven is the "ah" of deep satisfaction and the "aha" of delighted surprise meeting and kissing." Pastor/Author Mark BuchananBeloved, God never intended our experience here to be boring, certainly our experience in heaven won't be either. ---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...
You Must Be Born Again!
Apr 9 2024
You Must Be Born Again!
Listen in as Pastor Steve examines the story of Nicodemus' late night visit with Jesus in John 3:1-12.Being born again is a Necessity- we cannot establish our own righteousness.⚓︎ Ezekiel 36:25-27, Romans 10:2-4Being born again is a Need- we cannot redeem ourselves. ⚓︎ James 2:10, Galatians 2:16& 21, John 3:18The Nature of being born again is the sacrificial love of God. ⚓︎ John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:17The Neglect of being  born again, men love darkness more than light: pride, arrogance, doubt, self-righteousness.  ⚓︎ Jn 3:19-21Beware of being an almost christian: a person who goes to church, maybe has even been raised in church, who walks the walk but has never been born again. (Acts 26:24-29) Be an all together christian! -Repent -Believe -Receive -Confess ---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 3
Apr 5 2024
Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, week 3
Heavenly Bodies!⚓︎ Colossians 3:1, 2- set your minds on things above and not on earthly things.In this episode of Things Above: Mankind's Ultimate Hope, Pastor Steve walks us through the reality of our what our heavenly bodies will be like.Pastor Steve explores this reality and hope of heaven by pointing us to Jesus' resurrected body, the Truth of what our resurrected bodies will be like, & when we will receive our heavenly body.Heaven is above and beyond ... exceedingly, abundantly above all we could imagine!Key Scriptures:John 20:19Luke 24:31Luke 24:36-43Luke 22:29-30Acts 1:9-111 Corinthians 15:42-49Philippians 3:20-211 John 3:21 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Isaiah 11:6-9---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...
Ultimate Obedience | Corruption, Crown, Crucifixion, & the Corpse
Mar 29 2024
Ultimate Obedience | Corruption, Crown, Crucifixion, & the Corpse
In the final day of Holy Week: Ultimate Obedience, Steve addresses the events Good Friday.How does He endure all this? Hebrews 12:2 tells us to look into Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God .The joy- of redeeming mankind from the most lawless, heinous, shameful, sick, self-serving sins. For the joy of redeeming and saving sinners from a  certain hell and allowing them heaven instead- He endured the cross! Key Scripture:John 18:12–14, 19–23; Matthew 26:59–68; Mark 14:55–65; Luke 22:63–71; John 18:19–24Matthew 27:1–2, 11–14; Mark 15:1–5; Luke 23:1–5; John 18:28–38; Luke 23:6–12 Matthew 27:15–30; Mark 15:6–19; Luke 23:13–25; John 19:1–16 Matthew 27:31–56; Mark 15:20–41; Luke 23:26–49; John 19:16–30 Matthew 27:54 Matthew 27:57–60; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–55; John 19:31–42 2 Tim 4:7-8 Start strong, stay strong, and finish strong by remembering why you started in the first place ---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...
Ultimate Obedience | Conflict
Mar 26 2024
Ultimate Obedience | Conflict
In today's episode Pastor Steve unpacks the Conflict Jesus experienced during Holy Week.Tuesday was a day filled with Jesus' teaching. Steve runs us through 11 different aspects of conflict Jesus pushed through: 1. Challenge His authority - Mk 11:27-282. Rejection- Matt 21:33-46 3. Parable of Wedding Banquet- Matt 22:1-14 4. They try to trap Him… make him violate law of Moses or Caesar.5. Taxes- Matt 22:15-226. Resurrection- Matt 22:23-337. Greatest Commandment- Matt 22:34-408. Jesus’ response…9. Who is the Christ? - Matt 22:41-4610. Woes to Pharisees, destruction of Temple- Matt 2311. Return of Christ and signs of times- Matt 24Maybe you feel like throwing the towel in on your calling, but remember, the enemy will throw last-ditch attacks to discourage you-- DON'T QUIT!HOLD ON TO JESUS NO MATTER HOW TOUGH OR HOW LONG YOUR TUESDAY IS!💪🏼---------SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Receive our latest videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve...ABOUTPastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and four grandchildren.LEARN MORE💻 Website: https://steveberger.org/🇺🇸 About ASI: ...