I’m Jason Graham, and I’m grateful you’re here. This blog is where I share biblical teachings, podcasts, and occasional updates with you. Here’s what you can expect.
Teaching Audio & Notes: Listen to messages from my church, Vineyard Christian Fellowship.
Two Podcasts:
Experiencing Grace Podcast –Teaching audio from my sermons.
Experiencing Grace AI Podcast – AI-synthesized conversations about those teachings.
Updates & Exclusive Content: News, book previews, and ways to stay connected.
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Welcome to Episode 2 of the Experiencing Grace AI Podcast! In this episode, the AI hosts revisit a message I first taught in 2014 on what it truly means to walk in darkness. Using Google’s NotebookLM AI, I generated this podcast by having it analyze my notes and audio of the original message that I taught, and I continue to be blown away at how well AI can construct a natural conversation that truly expresses the core points from my teachings.
In my original message, which you can find HERE, I explain that my misunderstanding of walking in darkness led to personal struggles in grasping my security in God’s love and grace. However, diving deeper into the Apostle John’s writings—particularly John 3 and the entire epistle of 1 John—shed new light on this concept that brought so much clarity.
Spoiler alert: If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you can’t walk in darkness. Join me as we explore this truth and uncover a refreshing perspective on grace!
Exciting news for all my Experiencing Grace readers! I’ve made a significant update to the way you can engage with my messages. To make it easier for you to listen to my teachings, I’ve integrated a new audio player into all my blog posts that pulls my messages from the new Experiencing Grace Podcast. Now, you can listen to my messages not just on my website, but from your favorite podcast platforms!
Note: This is not the AI Podcast that I updated you about last week. This podcast is for the original audio from my messages as I taught them at church.
What’s New?
Embedded Audio Player – Each post now features a built-in player that streams directly from the Experiencing Grace Podcast.
Downloadable Notes – Need a copy of the message notes? Simply click the “Download Notes” button right under the player.
Screenshots Incoming! – I’ll be sending some screenshots out to my Newsletter Subscribers to show you exactly how it looks on both mobile and desktop.
Listen Anywhere, Anytime!
This update is all about making my messages more accessible. Whether you’re commuting, relaxing at home, or taking a walk, you can tune in from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or your favorite Podcast App—whichever platform suits you best!
I encourage you to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode. Your support means so much, and I hope this update makes it even easier for you to engage with Experiencing Grace in a way that fits your lifestyle.
Let me know what you think of this new format—I’m excited for you to try it out!
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Experiencing Grace AI Podcast. This episode was AI generated based off the notes and teaching audio from The Disciples Prayer Series: Our. For a better explanation of what these podcasts are, feel free to check out the explanation on Episode 0.
I hope you enjoy Episode 1 of the Experiencing Grace AI Podcast.
I’ve been playing around with Google’s NotebookLM Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality. It has been very fun, and I’ve gotta say–I’m really impressed. As many of you may know, I’m not just a teaching pastor at my local church, I’m also a professional software developer, and have been for 17+ years.
I work with AI on pretty much a daily basis at this point, and when I first saw what NotebookLM could do with generating 100% AI Podcasts based off of user input, I had to give it a try.
So, I’ve decided to generate some podcasts based on the audio and notes from the messages that I’ve taught at church. What you will hear in these podcasts is 100% AI generated. These are not real humans talking about my message. Rather, it is a conversation that AI software generated about the contents of my message after processing the audio and my written notes.
It is pretty impressive, and I hope you enjoy them. I think they did a great job. You should see episode one posted soon on “The Disciples’ Prayer Series: Our.” I plan on making more of these in the future. So, keep in touch to hear more.
When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he intentionally used the word “Our” in the opening line – “Our Father in heaven…” This wasn’t an accident.
By using “Our” instead of “My”, Jesus was encouraging a spirit of unity and community among his followers. In John 17, he prayed for his disciples to be one, just as he and the Father are one.
The message is clear – Jesus wants his followers to approach God together, with a shared sense of purpose, rather than as isolated individuals. Unity is at the heart of the Christian life.
As the body of Christ, we’re called to a profound oneness. When we achieve this oneness, it brings glory to God and empowers us to boldly further the gospel without fear.
The benefits of unity are immense. It allows us to better declare the second coming of Christ, just as John the Baptist did for the first. It brings corporate blessings like God’s anointing. And on an individual level, it fosters love and humility.
By maintaining one mind and one voice, we can more effectively glorify God and advance His kingdom. Unity is essential for experiencing the fullness of what God has for us – we can’t attain it alone, but must do so together, through humility and submission.
So let’s hold fast to the unity of the Spirit. When we do, we’ll never be alone. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are always with us, and so is the family of believers.
Agree? Share your thoughts below.
I hope you enjoy the notes and audio of the message available on this post.
If you’re familiar with this blog or attend my local church, where I serve as a teaching pastor, you may recall my teachings on The Disciples’ Prayer Series in 2014-2015. Although I taught the entire series, much of the audio was lost, and I couldn’t update the site beyond the ‘Forgive Us Our Debts’ message.
New Notes & Audio Coming
I’ve started teaching through the series again at my local church, and all new notes and audio will be archived here under the “New Disciples’ Prayer Series” category.
We are working very hard this time to ensure that none of the audio gets corrupted or lost, but of course there is no guarantee that there will be no technical difficulties.
Either way, I invite you to Subscribe to My Newsletter for updates to stay in the loop about all of this information. When you confirm your subscription, you will immediately be given download links for the Notes and Audio for the first lesson “Our” that I have not published yet on my site.
The Disciples’ Prayer Series Book
I have been updating the lessons in the series and working on turning them into a book. Though there’s no set publication date, I’ll occasionally update this site as I work on the manuscript. You may even see some sample chapters here. So, stick around.
Why are these lessons so important to me?
Every part of the prayer Jesus taught His disciples unveils profound truths about God’s character and our relationship with Him. These teachings are not just for information—they’re for transformation, helping us become more like Christ in our daily walk.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on these teachings. What insights have you gained from studying The Disciples’ Prayer?
I’ve recently updated the site and had to use a new way to put audio and notes directly on each post. While I was working on that, I decided to add separate pages to list all of the Audio and Teaching Notes together in one place. I’ve since updated the posts to include the audio player and notes download link again. However, I’ve decided to keep the Audio and Teaching Notes pages under “Free Resources” in the navigation bar at the top of the site. You can download or listen to the teaching audio files from the new Audio page. You can download the teaching notes files from the new Teaching Notes page. Enjoy!
When I taught my message again on “What is Love,” I added a short section at the end to discuss how it is not the goal of the Christian to fulfill the Old Testament Law. I decided to emphasize this fact because of how often I’ve heard it said, and how often I’ve said myself, that Jesus explained that the first and greatest commandment along with the second commandment (to love God with everything and love your neighbor as yourself) are what the Law and the Prophets hang on. In saying this, he conveys the idea that if any individual had been able to do those two things perfectly–loving God and loving man–then they would have been able to fulfill all the Law and the Prophets.
My concern is that those hearing this may walk away with the misconception that we must love God and love man so that we can fulfill the Law. Jesus made it clear that he came to fulfill the Law. So, we don’t have to. In this short clip (just over ten minutes), I walk through the scriptures to explain how it is not the goal of the Christian to fulfill the Law of Moses. I believe that it is worth your time to take a listen.
In 2014 I posted a message that I taught at my church called “What is Love?” This message has remained in my heart. Now, a decade later, I taught it again with some updated notes.
If God is Love, then what does 1 Corinthians 13 tell us about the character of God? It shows us 16 distinct characteristics of God as it describes what true love is: Patient, Kind, etc.
In this lesson I do a “mini-deep-dive” into each of these ideas from scripture. I hope you enjoy listening to what has become a favorite lesson at my local church and download the notes to guide you to dig in deeper into your own Bible study time.
