Epic Life Podcast

What is the Biblical understanding and response to trials and adversity? In this guest message at Yountville Community Church, Eric teaches on where trials come from, what their purpose is, and our response. The main emphasis of the message is that you are equipped in Christ to overcome and conquer the adversity that comes in your life. Trials and hardship are NOT from God and this message gives you the Biblical understanding of trials and tribulations. 

Do you know what happened to you when you gave your life to Jesus? Sure, you got saved to heaven and redeemed from the path to hell, but you also got transformed. In this message Eric covers the unfathomable truths in the Bible about our transformation in Christ and the new life we are able to live. This sermon was preached at Yountville Community Church in April 2023.

This is part 2 of a message series that began with the question, "How could a good God allow evil in the world?" This message is how to be victorious over trials and tribulations that come against you. Contrary to popular belief, God is not the author of your pain and trial. God is equipping you and calling you to overcome the trials in victory. Listen to this message to learn how to defeat what Satan is orchestrating against you.

Note to the listeners - very sorry for the poor audio quality in this recording - this was an outdoor event with wind that caused problems with the audio quality. 

One of the most vexing problems of the faith is explaining and understanding how a good God could allow evil in the world. If God is really good, how do we understand all the pain, suffering, trials, and tribulations in the world? Listen in to this message to hear Eric's Biblical insight. 

Note to listeners -- sorry about the audio quality, this was an outdoor venue with poor recording. 

Perhaps the greatest lie ever believed in Christianity is the reason that Jesus had to die and who killed him. The conventional view is that Jesus was punished in our place for our sins by the Father. The theological term for this view is called Penal Substitution. 

But is that the truth? Was Jesus actually punished in our place? This punishment paradigm is problematic for several reasons. Discover what is really going on. 

**Apologies for the audio quality - the wind caused a lot of interference.**

One of the biggest lies we believe about God is that He separates from us when we sin. We believe a Holy God cannot even look upon sin and therefore separates from us. We tear down the narrative many of us have believed from the Garden of Eden and then also seemingly proven on the cross when Jesus cries out, "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?"

Repair one of the most toxic lies you believe about God in this session. 

This session is from Epic Life Tahoe and the power of the lies we believe about God and how they kill our ability to have right, intimate, and powerful relationship with God. Our view of God more closely resembles the an angry and capricious God instead of a loving Father. 

We included some of the Q&A from the group that followed. 

Christians don't know how to explain the pandemic, recession, political turmoil, wildfires, and civil unrest in light of God's nature. These are crazy times with the pandemic and Christians are missing the opportunity to be salt and light in a hurting world. If you want to live powerfully despite the pandemic, you need to know how to respond and understand God's good nature in the midst of a hurting world. If you need an encouraging message about how to get through trials, tribulations and suffering, listen to this message.

This message is from William Jessup University where Eric Knopf shared on the greatest lie he ever believed — choosing between ministry or marketplace. Learn about Eric Knopf’s journey in pursuing both marketplace as a co-founder of a software company as well as leading the ministry Epic Life.

This is part 2 of Eric's message on Stepping Into Your Spiritual Authority. If you want to live a powerful life that brings the Kingdom to every area of your life, you need to hear this message.  Jesus made available vastly more than what we even think is possible. How do we access that? Listen to learn how to develop yourself to be ready and available for what God wants to do through you.