Digging Into the Word: Holy Spirit, Fire & Transformation with Brad Cummings │ BardsFM

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Scott Kesterson

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Episode 4139 │ June 7, 2026 The average person is talking to God through a closed door for 3.6 minutes a day. Brad Cummings explains what happens when you finally open it. Scott Kesterson and Brad Cummings return for Part 2 of their deep dive into Pentecost, pressing further into what the indwelling of the Holy Spirit actually means for daily life — and why most believers are living far below what God has made available. Brad draws on Romans 8, Hebrews, Luke 12, Daniel 7, Deuteronomy 29, and Acts 8 to build a connected case: that God's consuming fire is not punishment but refining transformation, that faith is a response to the living voice of Christ rather than a self-generated choice, and that the baptism of the Holy Spirit exists primarily to conform believers into the image of Christ — not to produce spiritual spectacle. The conversation moves through the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch as a model of Holy Spirit-led availability, the Sinai covenant as the prototype of Pentecost, and the sobering statistic that the average American spends 3.6 minutes a day with God against seven hours in front of a screen — 50 to 60 percent of it anxiety-driven content about money and food. The episode closes with Brad's argument that discipline and disciple share the same root for a reason: transformation requires the fire, and the only question is whether you choose it now or later. What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit actually for — and why does speaking in tongues miss the point? How does faith come by hearing, and what does hardening your heart really mean in practice? Why does God use ordinary, unnamed nobodies to advance His kingdom rather than the best and brightest? What is the baptism of fire — and is the lake of fire punishment or the final refining of all creation? How does spending only 3.6 minutes a day with God explain the current state of the church and the nation? BardsFM is a daily independent podcast covering faith, liberty, history, and information warfare. Hosted by Scott Kesterson — combat veteran, documentary filmmaker, and rancher. Over 4,100 episodes and 50 million lifetime downloads. New episodes every weekday. bards.fm #BardsFM_DiggingIntoTheWord#HolySpirit#BaptismOfFire Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939. EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS26: TreadliteBroadforks.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here If you wish to support this podcast directly you can donate here...DONATE: Click hereMailing Address:Xpedition Cafe, LLCAttn. Scott Kesterson591 E Central Ave, #740Sutherlin, OR 97479

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Good morning, Patriots, and welcome to digging into the word with Brad Cummings.
0:32.4	Today is the 7th of June in the year 26.
0:37.4	And today we're just going to continue that discussion that we had last week. the 7th of June in the year 2026.
0:41.9	And today we're just going to continue that discussion that we had last week,
0:43.3	which was on Pentecost,
0:47.6	but kind of take it to a whole new level and really digging into the indwelling of the Holy Spirit,
0:50.9	which I think you'll find really insightful, as always.
0:53.8	Brad's got a way of putting things in context.
0:56.6	It's really good. Before we get going,
1:02.0	thefoundersbibble.com, the foundersbibble.com. The founders bible is literally the Bible for our time.
1:08.1	I don't have any other things to say to that. It's like, it's real. It is the connection between our founding fathers, the founding of our nation, the root in Christ, and
1:12.8	the biblical word. And so within the Founders Bible, it's an NASB 1995 edition. And once you read
1:21.5	through that throughout the book, our articles in context of how our founding fathers were
1:26.5	thinking, what they were writing, it leaves it
1:29.5	undisputed that we were a country founded in the name of Christ. We were not a Judeo-Christian
1:33.6	country. In fact, that concept doesn't even come into political space until the 1930s. But we
1:39.0	began as a country rooted in covenant relationship with God and Jesus. And that's what the Founders Bible puts together as a whole.
1:46.6	It's a one shop stop for homeschooling.
1:50.0	It's literally everything you need to grasp both the biblical context of our nation and the Word of God.
1:57.0	So check it out.
1:58.0	The Foundersbibble.com.
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