A Stranger in the House of God
A Stranger in the House of God is the Podcast of award winning author John Koessler. Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outsider wondered about the God they worshiped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. John's podcast addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers.
Podcasting since 2019 • 99 episodes
A Stranger in the House of God
Latest Episodes
Simon the Bold
Most sermons that I have heard, including some that I have preached myself, that focus on Simon Peter tend to portray him as something of a buffoon. They present Simon Peter as a boaster and a blowhard. Peter, as the Gospels admit, said and did...
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Blue Christmas: The Cure for Christmas Melancholy
The cure for Christmas melancholia is not, as a popular song tells us, that we “need a little Christmas right now.” Nor is it necessarily Puritan austerity or renunciation of all observance of Christmas. The cure, strange as it may seem, is goo...
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Mary's Lullaby
I used to think that lullaby carols were odd. Why place so much emphasis on the baby Jesus? But this year, I began listening to Christmas carols in July in connection with a new book I was writing. I see them differently now.
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Fan Mail
Hi John...Melvin Hugans here, July and Larry Ray's Son-In-Law. I was listening to your podcast while exercising this morning. Great message.... “The truth of the Nativity is not just seasonal, it is Theological and we depend on it!”
Thomasville, Georgia