Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart
A place to consider God’s voice in the old familiar stories and find how those ancient words still speak into our lives today. Here we will explore history, themes, candid thoughts, messages, and generally celebrate the bible being alive! Each episode will have a slightly different flavor!
Episodes
23 episodes
S2 Easter-The Love That Returns
Easter doesn’t always land like fireworks. Sometimes it shows up before the day gets loud, while grief is still in the air and the questions haven’t loosened their grip. We sit with that honest edge of the resurrection story where the tomb is o...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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10:58
S2 Good Friday-The Love That Does Not Leave
Good Friday doesn’t ask us to understand everything. It asks us to stay. When the road grows quieter and the story turns toward the hill and the cross, we face a moment that feels heavy, honest, and strangely important for the modern heart....
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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10:58
S2 Maundy Thursday-A Table, A Towel, A Command
The loudest day of Holy Week gives way to the quietest kind of power: a shared meal, a simple cup, and a towel in the hands of Jesus. I’m Steve Pozzato, and this reflection lingers with Maundy Thursday, where faith isn’t performed in a crowd bu...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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12:20
S2 Palm Sunday: Hosanna! Peace Comes Home
Hosanna is a beautiful word until you realize how much you’re loading into it. When the crowd welcomes Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, they’re not clueless, they’re desperate for change. And if we’re honest, so are we. We want the breakthr...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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16:58
S2 Ep. 8-Who Are You Becoming On The Road
The road you’re on is doing more than carrying you forward, it’s changing you. Lent begins with walking, but it keeps going until it reaches something most of us both want and resist: transformation. I’m Steve Pizzato, and I’m inviting you to s...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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14:18
S2 Ep.7-Sheep Are Bad At Relaxing And So Are We
Psalm 23 is everywhere, but we often hear it at the one moment it was never meant to be limited to. I’m Steve Pizzato, and I want to sit with this psalm as a companion for the middle of life, when the road stretches longer than we expected and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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23:18
S2 Ep. 6- "Will you give me a drink?"
A hot noon, an empty jar, and a question that disarms: “Will you give me a drink?” We walk to Jacob’s well and linger there, not to rehearse a scandal but to face the ache we recognize in ourselves—thirst that keeps returning no matter how ofte...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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17:30
S2 Ep.5 When Faith Begins In The Dark
Questions tend to show up after dark, when the noise fades and honesty has room to speak. We step into that quiet with Nicodemus—respected, thoughtful, and unsure—who meets Jesus at night and leaves with a reimagined path to change. Instead of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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15:38
S2 Ep.4 Bread Isn’t Bad, But It’s Not The Point
Start where few of us would choose: the wilderness. We open Lent by tracing Jesus’ path through hunger, power, and the urge to demand a sign—and we discover why these same temptations stalk modern life through quick fixes, control, and certaint...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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14:30
S2 Ash Wednesday: Ashes And Honesty
A smudge on the forehead can feel small, but it opens a wide door. We explore Ash Wednesday as a truthful beginning to Lent—less about performance, more about presence—drawing on the ancient use of ashes as signs of grief, humility, and honest ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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21:58
S2 Ep.3 Where God Waits: Inside The Work Of Mercy
What if the fast God desires looks less like somber faces and more like shared bread, loosened yokes, and mended relationships? We open Isaiah 58 and let it reframe Lent from private sacrifice to public love, from spiritual mood to concrete mer...
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27:18
S2 Ep.2 Give Up? Nah...Give Out!
What if Lent isn’t about subtracting pleasures but adding presence? We open our hearts to a gentler, braver path into the season by sitting with Matthew 25 and its plain, searching vision of faithfulness: feeding, welcoming, clothing, visiting....
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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30:38
S2 Ep.1 When God Feels Quiet
What if the quiet you’re hearing isn’t absence, but invitation? We open season two by stepping into 1 Samuel 3 and the tender moment God calls a sleepy apprentice by name. The word was rare, the lamps were still lit, the rituals kept going—yet ...
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18:12
S1 Ep. 10- I Am Making All Things New
Greetings, Friends!Welcome to Episode 10 of the podcast, and I hope you are all well. In this final episode in the "In the Beginning...Again" series, we look into Revelation a little bit. Revelation is a book filled with so man...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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18:13
S1 Ep. 9- Go, and Begin Again
Friends, welcome back to Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart!! I am thrilled you are here once again! This week we look further into God's beginnings...into freedom, justice, and peace. This week we look at how Rev. Dr....
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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19:02
S1 Ep.8- "From Now On"
Welcome, friends, to Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart! In this week's installment of our "In the Beginning...Again" series, we're having a look at some familiar fishermen who found a new road when they chose to follo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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15:11
S1 Ep. 7- But Now, Says the Lord
Greetings, All!Thank you for joining once again and for listening to Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart! Here in week 2 of our "In the Beginning...Again" series, we are exploring words from the prophet Is...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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14:05
S1 Ep. 6-In the Beginning...Again
Hello, Friends! In all ways and in all days, God is creating new beginnings for us. Where do we need those new beginnings in our own lives? how can we trust that God is listening? In this episode, we will talk about how Go...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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15:48
S1 Ep. 5 Christmas Eve!!
Shalom, Shalom Friends!We have arrived at Christmas Eve and the Holy Night on which Jesus is born! Thank you for joining Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart here today in celebration! Today, we light the C...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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10:20
S1 Ep. 4: Advent Candle of Love
Welcome back! We are in the fourth week of Advent, the week of Love!! If you would like, you may follow along in your own bible with the scripture this episode is based on. In this episode, we will be speaking to the love which God gifts to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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14:16
S1 Ep. 3: Advent Candle of Joy
Welcome back to the Podcast in this Week of Joy!! In this episode, we will explore the third theme of Advent and the message of Joy. If you would like, you may follow along in your own bible with the scripture this episode is based on. In th...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:49
S1 Ep. 2: Advent Candle of Peace
Welcome back to Ancient Truth for the Modern Heart! Thank you so much for returning and for all who listened to the podcast in week one of Advent! If you missed it, pop on back and have a listen anytime you'd like. In ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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15:12
S1 Ep. 1: Advent Candle of Hope
Welcome to the Podcast! What a great place to begin...Advent 2025!! In this episode, we will explore the beginning of Advent and the message of Hope in this season. If you would like, you may follow along in your own bible with the scripture...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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10:30