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Spirit-Led Hope
Hosted by Glenn Erichsen · EN
Spirit-Led Hope is a sequential teaching podcast for Christians who want to grow in hope, peace, and everyday life with the Holy Spirit. Each episode in a season builds on the last, offering clear, practical guidance for following Jesus in a complicated world.
Season 5 explores the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective.
Season 4 examines the doctrine of God and what it means to know our Creator.
Season 3 focuses on understanding the Bible.
Season 2 looks at the tension between the biblical creation story and modern science.
Season 1 introduces the activity, gifts, and fruit of the Holy Spirit in a believer’s life.
For a given season, themes build on each other. For each season the episodes are best experienced in order.
Hosted by Glenn Erichsen — a licensed and ordained lay pastor in the Foursquare movement, with a background in physics and a passion for the intersection of faith and science. (His employer is not involved in the content.)
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S5 E16: Spiritual Beings in the Unseen Realm
2w ago00:18:24Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn takes a high-level look at spiritual beings other than God and humans. When were beings like angels created? Do angels have wings? And what about the possibility that Bigfoot or aliens can be fallen angels? Glenn answers what he can, and acknowledges that in some areas we can only speculate.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E15: You Were Made for a Supernatural Life
4w ago00:18:04Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn steps back from paranormal topics and explains that humans were made for a supernatural life in God. Glenn gives three tips to help anyone live a supernatural life. The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E14: How Does Telepathy Work?
Apr 1200:18:03Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn discusses possible ways that telepathy "works." He looks at this from the perspectives of materialism, universal consciousness, and Christianity. This episode discusses spiritual gifts as a possible way that Christian non-speakers seem to know what others are thinking.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E13:The Telepathy Tapes Overview
Mar 2900:19:35Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn discusses "The Telepathy Tapes Podcast" from a brief scientific and Biblical perspective. Glenn explains what the first season of "The Telepathy Tapes Podcast" is about, and some of the controversy surrounding its claims of telepathy by non-speaking autistic children.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E12: Should We Always Blame Demons?
Mar 1500:17:45Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn discusses the demonic and offers an approach to viewing situations where people perform practices prohibited by God. These practices are things like fortune telling, speaking to the dead, and necromancy. Glenn explains why these practices are to be avoided by Christians.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E11: Ghosts
Mar 100:20:18Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn discusses how Christians and believers in universal consciousness think differently about ghosts. Glenn looks at how the Bible addresses ghosts and some very strange verses about a medium calling up Samuel from the dead.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E10: Remote Viewing and Astral Projection
Feb 1500:17:11Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn discusses remote viewing and astral projection. These two practices will become more common as more people come to believe in universal consciousness. Of most importance, Glenn discusses the practice of self-induced out-of-body experiences. Glenn recognizes that, technically, remote viewing does not involve an out-of-body experience like astral projection, but the extreme cases of remote viewing often blur the lines.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E9: Visits to Heaven
Feb 100:18:50Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn continues looking at NDEs, specifically ones that involve going to heaven. Glenn shares his own skepticism about all accounts of visits to heaven, but emphasizes that they can happen based on the Bible. Even though visits to heaven are possible, Pastor Glenn cautions that any experience of heaven must be secondary to what God has already given us in the Bible.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E8: Near-Death Experiences (NDE)
Jan 1800:19:08Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn looks at near-death experiences and discusses the difficulties in verifying what really happens. He points out that the Christian view of consciousness does allow for near-death experiences, while the materialistic view does not. The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
Transcribe →S5 E7: Consciousness and Near-death Experiences
Jan 400:20:07Tap to summarizeSend a text or voicemail to Spirit-Led Hope!Season 5 covers the supernatural and paranormal from a Spirit-led perspective. In this episode, Glenn looks at three different views of consciousness and their relationship to the supernatural and paranormal. Glenn then shows the importance of how these views of consciousness relate to near-death experiences.The Bible will be the source of truth for this season, even though extra-biblical books and podcasts will be discussed. As discussed in Episode 1, Glenn will be kind to the authors and podcast hosts discussed throughout the season.This episode has a transcript. If your podcast player does not support transcripts, please go to the Transcripts section of https://spiritledhope.com/ These transcripts have been edited for accuracy and are typically of higher quality than those produced automatically by many podcast apps.
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