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The Jamal Bryant Podcast "Let's Be Clear"Faith Expert Debunk Bible Myths on Fornication, Homosexuality & Explained Modern Monetary Theory | Dr. Delman Coates S3 Ep. 19Join our Membership or Support our Channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yEY95beOqcUz5TUqxqVgQ/join🎙️ Dr. Jamal Bryant sits down with Dr. Delman Coates for a bold conversation on sex, scripture, and economic truth. Known for his sermon series Faith Experts Debunk Bible Myths on Fornication, Homosexuality & Wealth, Coates challenges the church’s teachings on divorce, sex outside of marriage, and homosexuality—arguing they’ve been misinterpreted for too long.They also unpack Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the truth about Black spending power, and why the government doesn’t nee...2025-07-3149 min
Holy Smokes: Cigars and SpiritualityThe Truth About Fornication w/ Dr. Delman CoatesWhat if we told you fornication is not what we have been traditionally taught? What if we told you there are more responsible ways to do sexual ethics? What if we told you to release the shame and guilt of safe and consensual unmarried sex? As Dr. Delman Coates will share later, "Sex is not a problem to be solved. It is an appetite to be managed." Subscribe to Patreon Here: https://www.patreon.com/c/tfcvirtual Purchase full-length, uncensored episodes of the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com...2025-05-281h 14
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastNo Wire Hangers Today we are going to talk about the importance of having a humble heart that is open to God’s work. In our key passage of Scripture, Jesus is talking about the religious leaders of the day and how they were so focused on appearing spiritually strong on the outside, but they didn’t focus at all on their internal spiritual strength. We can’t neglect what’s going on inside of us because we’re too distracted by how we are perceived by others. In order to make sure we don’t make this mistake, there are four steps we can2025-02-0943 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastDon't Count Me Out We have perfected the art of discarding people when they are no longer deemed useful. We have mastered the art of disposing of people once their value has been extracted. But I want to challenge us to become countercultural in this regard. In today’s key text, Mary makes it clear that when others try to disqualify you, you don’t have to let them count you out. There is another path to take. 2025-02-0245 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt's All Good We live in a world that constantly pressures us to pursue more— more success, more money, more validation, more status. The problem with this relentless chase is that it often leaves us feeling empty, unfulfilled, and never truly satisfied. Like a hamster on a wheel, we keep running, hoping to reach a destination that always seems just beyond our grasp. But what if the secret to peace wasn’t in achieving more, but in learning to be content with what we have? In Philippians 4:8-14, the Apostle Paul shares his secret to contentment, not from a place of comfort, but...2025-01-2658 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastCheck Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself In today’s key passage in Ephesians, Paul is doing some cognitive restructuring. He is trying to reframe anger in our minds. He’s trying to tell people then and us now that anger is a gift that God has given us. It’s the fuel that God puts in our emotional tank to help us advocate for what matters to us. It’s to prompt us to speak up for ourselves, for the less fortunate, and for our values. And so, Paul says, “Be angry” and learn to have a healthy relationship with this God-given emotion. For this to happen, y...2025-01-1950 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastYour Eyes Are Your ID Fear is a universal emotion that can either alert us to danger or paralyze us completely. In Inside Out 2, fear is depicted as focused on what we can see, contrasting anxiety, which focuses on the unseen. Paul writes to Timothy, who is facing real fear— persecution, leadership challenges, and an uncertain future. In this letter, Paul reminds Timothy then and us now that God has equipped us to overcome fear, not by denying it, but by managing it through His power, love, and sound judgment. 2025-01-1253 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastGo For What You Know Anxiety is a pervasive reality that impacts so many lives. In the movie Inside Out 2, the character "Anxiety" seeks to prepare the protagonist for what could go wrong—an all-too-familiar reality for many of us. Like Anxiety, our minds fixate on the unknown and choke out today's joy with tomorrow's fears. In today’s passage, Peter offers a remedy for anxiety: shift your focus, release your worries to God, and anchor yourself in what you know to be true about Him. 2025-01-0549 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Move Forward Without Looking Back Moving forward in life often means stepping out of our comfort zones, confronting the unknown, and letting go of the familiar. History and Scripture both teach us that clinging to the past can cause us to miss opportunities and even lose the blessings God has prepared for us. As we stand on the brink of a new year, we must learn to embrace what lies ahead with faith and determination, trusting God to lead us higher. 2024-12-2942 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt’s Going To Be Lit The prophet Isaiah in today’s key passage is saying that no matter how long the night has been or how protracted the suffering has been, the Messiah is coming, and it going to be lit. He is bringing an end to the darkness that’s in the world, and things are about to change for the better. The word of the Lord for us this Christmas is, “It’s about to be lit.” That just means that things are about to turn around for your good; that you are about to start seeing things clearer than you ever have; that...2024-12-2248 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Know What I Heard Simeon was a man who received a promise from God that he would not see death without seeing the birth of the Lord’s Messiah. And it was that promise that moved him to get his life in order. That promise led him to get in the right position, to get to a place of peace, and to develop and maintain the right spiritual and moral posture to see Jesus. Take note of those three things I just mentioned: He had a promise, he gets in position, and he maintains the right posture. He hears God’s voice, he puts...2024-12-1544 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastOh, I Want To See Him I am fully confident that God wants each of us to experience the joy that comes from having our hopes realized. God wants us to experience the fulfillment that comes from having our dreams actualized. God wants us to experience the satisfaction of having our ambitions fulfilled and our aspirations achieved, and to express that joy by breaking out in spontaneous praise to God for all He has done. Simeon has that exact experience in today’s key text because his soul’s desire was to see Israel’s Messiah for himself, and it finally happened. He did not know w...2024-12-0839 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt Is Well With My Soul If you listen to many Christian preachers, the impression is given that if you can just come up with the right formula in prayer, God will grant you the blessing you want and the health and healing that you need. And while I certainly believe in healing, I do not believe that God’s divine healing ought to be the starting point for thinking about a healthy lifestyle. To optimize good health and to live the abundant life that Christ offers, we must practice what we pray for. After Jesus forgave, freed, or healed the woman caught in adultery, He...2024-12-0147 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThere's Plenty Of Good Room God is preparing a feast, and whether we like it or not, God reserves the right as the host, and convener, and furthermore, as the one who has paid the price to invite whoever He desires to sit down at His table. None of us has a say in who God invites to His table. In fact, when we get to heaven, many of us will be surprised by who we see there. There will be some we thought would make it who won’t be there, and others we didn’t think would who’ll be sitting right there...2024-11-2440 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastStaying Joyful in Joyless Times Joy is often confused with happiness because both evoke feelings of positivity and contentment. However, joy is unique; it’s not based on circumstances but rather a steadfast sense of inner peace and assurance rooted in God. This distinction allows believers to experience joy even in hardship. The Bible illustrates this in James 1:2, "Count it all joy when you go through various trials," emphasizing that true joy can be experienced even in the midst of life's difficulties. Just as the children of Israel rediscovered joy amidst their struggles, we too can choose joy, find joy-nourishing places, and surround ourselves wi...2024-11-1751 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Doing The Work From The Inside Out The work of transformation is an inside job, wherein we yield our emotions and our emotional lives to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. That’s the point of today’s key Scripture passages; there’s a work that Christ performs on us, and there’s a work that God is doing in us. And if we want to experience all that God has for us, then we must bring our impulses, our attitudes, our ways, and our behaviors in line with the will of Christ. 2024-11-1045 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt's Time To Level Up It’s time to "level up"—to become better versions of ourselves by not settling for the status quo, but instead, taking intentional steps toward growth and transformation. With this in mind, we are going to explore how we can avoid stagnation and live lives that reflect God’s desire for us to grow, progress, and reach new heights. Just like Jesus’ parable of the fig tree, we are encouraged to examine ourselves, seek improvement, and take action toward becoming all that God has called us to be. 2024-11-0351 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWhen The Church Has More Than Enough From today’s key passage, we can learn some things about the spirit of contagious generosity in the congregation that made that exact thing possible. By reading about the Israelites, we can glean principles that can help us in our own efforts to further God’s work on the earth. 2024-10-2744 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Handle Toxic People Have you ever found yourself dealing with a toxic person? They are abusive, they bring you down, they stress you out, cause you harm, bring you distress, and sometimes they downright get on your nerves. If so, the question becomes what should we do about the presence of a toxic person or toxic people in our lives? In 1 Samuel 25, there’s a story about a woman named Abigail who was married to a toxic man, and she models for us how to handle the toxic person in our lives, whether it’s a spouse, a family member, friend, co-worker, or c...2024-08-2542 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Heal Toxic Emotions Christians dealing with toxic emotions and exhibiting toxic behaviors wasn’t just a problem in the first century. It’s still a problem now. Whether it’s road rage on the highway, angry parents at a child’s game, or people fighting in church, at work, or in the home, people dealing with toxic emotions is a serious problem. And Paul says we need to stop it. Stop letting bitterness, rage, and slander dominate your spirit. Stop getting so heated that you can’t control yourself any longer. And so, the question becomes how do we heal these toxic emotions...2024-08-1842 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Keep Looking Up When You're Feeling Down In our text today, we are delivered to the scene in the life of King David during a time when he had much to look down about. David learns for the first time of the passing of his child. He must have felt down, mortified, and broken. There’s no doubt he was suffering under immense pain, but we get a glimpse at what he does to rebound when he must have been feeling down. He has a family to provide for, he has a nation to protect and lead, and he has enemies to fight and defeat. And in...2024-08-1144 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Heal A Wounded Heart While having your heart broken may not be preventable, it is conquerable. You can make it after disappointment, and today’s key Scripture passage shows us what makes it possible to move through, rise above, and thrive after disappointment. It’s like what Paulo Coelho once said, “Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.” What determines whether you move on or whether you shut down after heartbreak depends upon how you assess the situation. If you view the event positively, seeing it as an opportunity for growth, versus viewing it negatively and seeing i...2024-08-0453 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Ain't Going Out Like That If you’re looking for healing, you have two options. You can either give up hope, or you can pursue healing by seeking out your Heavenly Father. In today’s message, we’re going to look at the story of two blind men who needed healing and reached out to Jesus for help. They were healed by their faith and their persistence, and you can experience healing too if you follow their example. Let’s look at what it looks like to live out that example. 2024-07-2851 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastDon't Take It Too Far As you read today’s key verse, you’ll see that Paul’s counsel to the church then, and us now is “to cleanse ourselves of anything that might damage, distort or defile the flesh or the body.” One of the things I find as a pastor is that many people’s journey with God has been damaged by distorted perspectives, twisted views, and false theories about the body. Throughout the history of the Church, many well-intentioned Christians have endeavored to live their lives for Christ in a religious culture that has placed an unbiblical and unrealistic moral hedge around the b...2024-07-2144 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastKeep It Clean You’ve probably heard of a “detox” in the context of health and wellness. Many people will perform a detox cleanse in order to rid their bodies of all of the impurities and unhealthy substances so that they can be healthier. Well, I believe that detoxing is not only necessary for our natural lives, but it’s also necessary for our spiritual lives. In order to fulfill the mission, the purpose, and the assignment that God has for all of us, we must remove impurities, pollutants, and contaminants that keep us from having that kind and the quality of life tha...2024-07-0748 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThe Struggle Is Real Today’s key passage, written by the Apostle Paul, is designed to let us know that baptism and giving our lives to Christ is not the end of the struggle. We do not arise from the waters of baptism free from the struggle between what we want to do and what we end up doing. And Paul explores here the contours of this struggle and shows us how to navigate life despite the struggles we will inevitably face. 2024-06-3052 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThe Signs Of A Spirit-Led Church Today’s key passage, the second chapter of the book of Acts, is very significant because it is the primary text that tells us what happened at the inception of the New Testament Church. The first church was a spirit-led church, and we get a glimpse here of what characterizes a spirit-led church. 2024-06-2343 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastJesus Take The Wheel When Jesus takes the wheel of our lives, we shift from allowing the wounded parts of our lives to control and govern how we treat people, handle situations, and make decisions. Instead, we allow the God-image and Christ’s consciousness within to lead the way. When we allow our hurts, our wounds, and our baggage to dictate, determine, and direct the course of our lives, things go astray. Instead, as followers of Christ, our goal should be to live a spirit- filled life. But what does that look like? Well, Paul shows us very clearly in today’s key pass...2024-06-1642 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWho's Driving Your Car? If you want to experience true joy, if you want genuine peace, if you want to be more connected to God, you need to make sure that the vehicle of your life, that is how you show up in various situations, is being driven by the Spirit and not the flesh. But how do you figure that out? That’s exactly what we’re going to discuss in today’s message. 2024-06-0946 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt Hurt Me, But It Helped Me When we consider what the Gospels tell us about Judas and Jesus, I think God is trying to tell us something about life and about people so that we can find a way to heal not if we get hurt, but when. I think Jesus selected Judas to be a disciple to let us know that life does not always deliver perfect circumstances to our door, but we can still be helped by those imperfect circumstances. 2024-06-0252 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Going All The Way When I think of distractions, I think about speed bumps. We really don’t like them when we encounter them because, quite often, we want to hurry up and get where we want to go. Sometimes, we become frustrated because they’re in our path, but they are there for a purpose. They are there to help us slow down and remind us of where we are in that moment so we can proceed without causing harm to ourselves and problems for others. The speed bump is not there to keep us from reaching our destination. It’s only there...2024-05-2645 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Ain't Never Scared Over and over again in Scripture, we are told “Do not fear.” I think the Lord knew how often we would need this reminder considering all that we face during our lives on this earth that could cause us to be afraid. However, because we have a relationship with Almighty God, we don’t have to fear, because He has made us more than conquerors. In today’s key text, we are given advice on how to approach life with fearless faith. Let’s dive in together. 2024-05-1246 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastLiving and Leaving A Legacy of Wealth Managing your money well is no small task. It is easier than ever to find yourself in debt these days, leaving you not just struggling financially in the present, but also struggling with leaving a strong financial legacy. In today’s message, we’re going to learn from our key text four steps we can take so that we can live and leave a legacy of wealth and avoid financial downfall. 2024-04-2851 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt's Paid In Full Every child of God needs to know and needs to hear that they are forgiven, for when you come into fellowship and communion with Jesus, and begin cultivating and nurturing your relationship with Him, the Lord’s forgiveness means that no matter what you have done, no matter how horrible your past, and regardless of your moral transcript and profile, the good news today is that “you are forgiven.” You are officially pardoned from your past, and the devil and no one else can hold you hostage to what you’ve done. From today’s text, we’re going to see Mary...2024-04-2147 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastShine Bright Like A Diamond Light is the first entity that God created. This suggests that the darkness we are in should not cause us to feel resigned to futility; it should not cause us to throw up our hands in surrender. For when things are at their darkest, God is just starting to move. When things are at their worst, God is just beginning to turn things around. We can trust that there is something on the other side of darkness, and what’s on the other side is going to be better, brighter, and bigger than what existed before. 2024-04-1444 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Salty When Jesus called His followers “salt,” He actually bestowed upon us a badge of honor. He was giving them then and us now a sense of our identity, purpose, and function in the Kingdom. He was saying that when people ask who you are as a believer, you should be able to tell them, “I’m salty.” Being salty is not something bad, it’s something good. When we’re salty, we’re living the way Jesus commanded us to in His Word. But how do you know if you’re living a salty life? Well, that’s what we’re going to look...2024-04-0744 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThe Greatest Comeback Of All Time Jesus Christ orchestrated the greatest comeback in the history of the world. And there is no event in history more memorable and none more life-changing. And as we read the story of His comeback, we can learn so much about what it will take for Him to help us with the comeback we’ve been waiting for in our own lives. So in light of that, we are going to look at three things that need to happen if we want to experience a God-sized comeback. 2024-03-3142 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWrongly Dividing The Word Of Truth As followers of Christ, we have a very important responsibility to uphold the Word of God. Unfortunately, many people fall short in doing this all the time. It is absolutely possible to wrongly divide the word of truth. In today’s message, we’re going to look at the reasons why this happens so that we can be aware of how to avoid this danger ourselves. 2024-03-1050 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Changing My Mind Each one of us sees life through our own unique lens, a set of assumptions and expectations that govern how we see ourselves, our lives, and the situations around us. It’s that mindset, according to research, that plays a significant role in determining life’s outcomes. With this in mind, I want to suggest that an unhealthy, ungodly, unholy, and unproductive mindset can adversely affect our lives. The solution according to today’s key text is to rid ourselves of any thought, any belief, any perspective, or any philosophy that does not line up with God’s will for our...2024-02-0440 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWhen The Saints Go Marchin' In Coming to grips with death is no easy task. When someone close to us passes away, we often find ourselves caught in the tension of mourning their loss but also feeling the pressure to move forward with our lives because we know that’s what our loved ones would have wanted us to do. But that’s much easier said than done. So how do we walk through such circumstances? How do we grieve the loss of those we love and know when it’s time to move on with life? Well, that’s what we’re going to learn from...2023-12-3127 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI've Come Too Far Are you struggling with finding the strength to keep waiting on God? Are you starting to grow weary in your attempts to persevere? If that’s you, then I have no doubt that today’s key passage will encourage you and help you right where you’re at. In Luke 2, Simeon shows us that the passage of time does not cancel God’s plan, and that if you can just hold on, you can make it. You can make it through the grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one. You can make it past the financial uncertainty that com...2023-12-2442 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastFinding Jesus If we’re being honest, many people are drifting further and further away from God every day. Life has caused many to stop praying, to stop reading the Word, and to stop giving. This is a spiritually dark time, therefore we need a light that’s going to help us find what God has for us. In the same way, the wise men followed the light of that star until they found Jesus, we too need to find Jesus. Finding Jesus is about strengthening your faith in faithless times. Finding Jesus is about reaching your next level in life. Find...2023-12-1743 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt's Turning Around For Me Nobody likes to wait. We live in a society that centers around instant gratification. So when we have to wait for something for any length of time, our reaction usually isn’t positive. However, if we’re waiting for something we really want, our perspective on the wait seems to change. In other words, when the object of your waiting is deemed valuable, you don’t mind waiting because you tell yourself, “It’s worth the wait.” That is exactly why it is so important that we wait on God. What God wants to give you is more valuable than the thi...2023-12-1039 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastLord, Help Me To Hold Out When frustration, discouragement, and disappointment grip your heart and your mind, it can cause you to consider giving up. Maybe that’s where you find yourself today. Maybe you’re considering giving up on life, giving up on your marriage, giving up on your career, or even giving up on God. If that’s you, then this message is for you, because James, in today’s key passage, gives a dose of encouragement to those who are on the brink of giving up. 2023-12-0339 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastStop Cheating On God Spiritual infidelity is rooted in the idea that God is a God of exclusivity. He is not spiritually polyamorous. He does not allow us to love other idols or gods other than Him. He wants our time, our attention, and our devotion. The moment we got saved, we entered into an exclusive monogamous relationship with God; a God who is going to be faithful to us, and wants us to be faithful to Him in return. We are to no longer seek our will, we’re to seek His will. We no longer prioritize our wants, our ways, and ou...2023-11-2641 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThe Foolishness of Favoritism Today’s key text invites us to consider what happens in the church when favoritism goes too far. At the time of our text, it would be perfectly normal for people in church and society to show favoritism and preferential treatment to people with means and money. Society was structured and ordered around giving those of a certain class, in a certain tax bracket, and with access to power the highest privileges that society had to offer. James opens this chapter by confronting this worldly mindset and addressing the dangers of bringing it into the house of God. James sa...2023-11-1946 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastYou Can Handle It The beginning of the book of James offers us great encouragement but also a big challenge when it comes to how we handle the trials life throws at us. Jesus guaranteed that we would have hard times and tribulations while we were on this earth, but He also promised that He would help us every step of the way because He had already overcome the world. Today, we are going to look at what we can learn about handling trials according to the book of James, Jesus’ half-brother, and see the steps we need to take when life gets ha...2023-11-1242 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastRescuing The Church From Religious Malpractice In today’s message, we are going to talk about a subject that isn’t often associated with the church. When we think about malpractice, we tend to think about legal, medical, or even financial malpractice, but rarely do we think about religious malpractice. However, this is a sad reality of many churches today. Therefore, this is a topic worth discussing and studying Scripture for so that can make sure we avoid religious malpractice and instead follow Jesus the way we are commanded to in God’s Word. 2023-11-0544 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Become A Better Communicator I would venture to say that at some point in your life, you’ve had moments in which a breakdown in communication led to division, misunderstanding, and flat-out confusion. Breakdown in communication is a real thing, and it’s an issue we need to address in a way that honors the Lord and aligns with His Word. In this message, we’re going to look at the book of James and see how Jesus’ half-brother hones in on a few tips to help bridge the many gaps that impact communication. If we apply these tips to our own lives, we will...2023-10-2934 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastStay Woke In today’s key passage of Scripture, we read about a young man who takes the time to come to church, to try and do the right thing, and to hear the Word, and ends up losing his consciousness and falling to his death. He came to church looking for a life- changing, life-giving, and life-affirming word, but can’t stay woke in the process, and consequently loses his life. What a tragic story that Luke tells us, but sadly it is one that is all too familiar, for there are people today just like this young man who come...2023-10-2242 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastA Transfer Of Power In today’s key passage, James warns those who have been using the levers of power to economically abuse and politically exploit God’s people that their time is winding up. He wants them to know that their hold over the financial fortunes and future of the people is coming to an end. Their wealth is rotting and being eaten by moths, and their precious metals are turning to rust as they enter their last days. It was a word of inspiration for people who had been suffering at the hands of the rich and the powerful. And it is a...2023-10-1545 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastRescuing The Church From Religious Malpractice In today’s message, we are going to talk about a subject that isn’t often associated with the church. When we think about malpractice, we tend to think about legal, medical, or even financial malpractice, but rarely do we think about religious malpractice. However, this is a sad reality of many churches today. Therefore, this is a topic worth discussing and studying Scripture for so that can make sure we avoid religious malpractice and instead follow Jesus the way we are commanded to in God’s Word. 2023-09-1044 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Become A Better Communicator I would venture to say that at some point in your life, you’ve had moments in which a breakdown in communication led to division, misunderstanding, and flat-out confusion. Breakdown in communication is a real thing, and it’s an issue we need to address in a way that honors the Lord and aligns with His Word. In this message, we’re going to look at the book of James and see how Jesus’ half-brother hones in on a few tips to help bridge the many gaps that impact communication. If we apply these tips to our own lives, we will...2023-09-0334 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHe Can Handle It We should all be able in relationships where we can communicate what we like and what we don’t like without fearing that doing so will cause the other person to abuse us, abandon us, or walk away. That stood out to me as I reflected on Jeremiah’s conversations with God in today’s key texts, where the prophet expresses his grief over the conditions that had befallen God’s people and the feelings he has about a God who oversaw it all and permitted it to happen. Jeremiah lays it all on the line and puts it all on t...2023-08-2738 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastYou Can Live With It When we look at today’s key passage, we learn a lot about the life of Tamar. She suffered quite a bit, but her story is one of strength and hope, even in the midst of pain, loss, and struggle. She didn’t like that these things happened, she didn’t endorse them, but she didn’t let them keep her from living. Despite the succession of losses she sustained, she survived. Think about it—she lost her virginity, dignity, sense of decency, virtue, innocence, and confidence. She had been preserving herself for the distinct privilege of presenting herself as pure to...2023-08-2048 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThe Other Reason I Had To Go Back When Paul finished preaching in Derbe in Acts 14:21, he realized that while he made it out of Lystra, there were others who did not. While he was able by the grace, goodness, and power of God to move up, move on, and move out, there were others who saw what happened to him. In their minds, they were stuck with the last image of Paul that they saw. And they were left wondering, “Whatever happened to that preacher who went through all that? Is he crippled? Is he in a mental institution? Is he dead? Has he given up on...2023-08-1338 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastLeaning On The Everlasting Arms There is a poetic proverb that states, “If religion were something that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die.” We all know that religion falls far short of what is required if we are to enjoy a healthy relationship with God, and rather than trying to appease God through performance, let us find comfort in the capacity to be at peace with God. Rest is a remedy for spiritual anxiety. It is a remedy for religious striving and feeling that we have to prove our fidelity to God and hold on so tight out of f...2023-08-0634 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThat's Not Me We live in a world where people feel the pressure to act like they have more going on in their life than they really do, and to pretend that they are something they are not. However, as followers of Jesus, we’re called to live differently. In today’s key passage, John teaches us that we all must have the capacity within ourselves to resist inauthenticity by knowing who and what we are not. 2023-07-3046 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWho's In Your Corner In today’s key passage, Jesus tells the formerly paralyzed man that he got better because of the people in his corner. Their faith, their commitment, and their determination was the anecdote that enabled him to come out of his state of immobilization. This is confirmation that in the same way that your relationships can hurt you, they also have the power to heal you. In the same way that people can bring you down, people can bring you up. This man got a breakthrough not because of anything he does for himself, but because of what others on hi...2023-07-2343 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastTake Me To The King In today’s message, we are looking at a few verses in Esther chapter 4, where we find the story about a young Jewish woman who lived along with her people in captivity in Persia. The King of Persia, King Xerxes I, was not the most thoughtful king. He was an impulsive leader who influenced by hateful, vengeful, racist, spiteful, bloodthirsty advisors to act upon their hatred of Jews, and here in our text, it all comes to a head. The king’s lead advisor Haman devises a scheme to have every Jew in Persia killed, and he convinces the king...2023-07-1635 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Can See Clearly Now If you wear glasses or contact lenses, then you know what it’s like to go from having blurred vision to being able to say, “Wow, I can see clearly now!” It’s also important to note that that declaration, I can see clearly now, applies not just to reading words on a page, but also for navigating your way through life. Just as this statement applies to the natural world, it also applies to the spiritual. It’s hard to function when you can’t see. It’s difficult navigating your way through life when you don’t have a clear und...2023-07-0938 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Under The Influence As much as you want to be in control of your life, there comes a time when you have to give up control and yield to a higher power. Once you get saved and begin to live your life for Jesus Christ, you relinquish control and then let the Holy Spirit take control because you’ve been bought with a price. Greater victory comes for Christians when we learn to walk in the authority and by the power given to us in Jesus Christ. That life giving, life sustaining, life changing power is the power of the Holy Spirit. An...2023-07-0236 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Wish The Church Was Christian According to one study almost 70% of people who came up in church leave it by the time they are young adults. 32% said it’s because the church is too judgmental, 29% said it’s because they didn’t feel connected with the people in the church, and 25% said it’s because the church’s political and social views on matters such a sexuality, gender identity, justice and poverty were not in not in keeping their values, beliefs, and understanding of God. But whatever the reason, more and more people find their love for the church eclipsed not by the Savior for whom t...2023-06-2541 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Love My Church There’s probably no experience more thrilling for a parent than to experience the birth of a child; to see them come into the world, to watch them grow up and mature, is certainly one of the joys of every parent’s life. I imagine that same thrilling feeling is similar to what God felt as He observed the birth and growth of His creation, the Church, as is recorded in the opening chapters of the book of Acts. The birth of the Church was no small matter. After facing so much adversity, the Church still prevailed, and in doin...2023-06-1842 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastBury The Hatchet Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy once said, “Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.” Forgiveness, which means to release, to dismiss, or to let go is the required remedy for a heart that has been made cold and callous by the hurts, heartaches, and disappointments of life. I’m sure you know what it’s like to have someone hurt you, betray you, cheat on you, lie to you, or talk about you behind your back. You understand the feeling of your heart being taken over by bitterness and your mind consumed with revenge because the pain o...2023-06-1150 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWhen The Saints Go Marchin' In Coming to grips with death is no easy task. When someone close to us passes away, we often find ourselves caught in the tension of mourning their loss but also feeling the pressure to move forward with our lives because we know that’s what our loved ones would have wanted us to do. But that’s much easier said than done. So how do we walk through such circumstances? How do we grieve the loss of those we love and know when it’s time to move on with life? Well, that’s what we’re going to learn from...2023-06-0426 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWhen The Church Shows Up The 14th chapter of the book of Acts gives us a picture of what is perhaps the greatest role the church can play in people’s lives. And that is the ministry of PRESENCE. This chapter reveals a perfect picture and ideal image of the role of the church in the lives of people who have been beaten, battered, and bruised by a cold and callous world. The response of the disciples during the time of Paul’s greatest need suggests that the ministry of presence is perhaps the greatest role that the church can play in people’s lives...2023-05-2846 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThis Is The Start Of Something Big In our text, we are looking at the end of the story of Elijah’s great showdown at Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal. Baal was the Canaanite God of rain who had miserably, publicly, and embarrassingly failed to come through by creating rain. Yahweh, on the other hand, the true and living God, came through on Elijah’s behalf and exceeded all expectations. He set the altar on fire even though Elijah drenched the altar with water leaving no doubt in the minds of people that God did this. Elijah prayed, and God opened the portals of heav...2023-05-2143 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow to Remain Connected to God We all hate when we’re trying to use our cell phone, talk on a zoom call, or stream a movie or TV show and we lose connection. It’s frustrating. It’s annoying. And it’s inconvenient. It’s a disruption that you’d rather not have to deal with. But as frustrating as that type of disruption can be, experiencing a spiritual disruption is much worse. Maybe you’re currently experiencing a disruption in your spiritual life. You’ve been experiencing an interference of sorts. Your spiritual signal has grown dim. You’re struggling to hear and obey what God is s...2023-05-1438 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastAnother Way Home In today’s key passage of Scripture, the disciples and the followers of Jesus are trying to understand from Jesus what is the best way to get to God the Father. It starts with Jesus telling them in John 13:33 that He is going someplace that they cannot go as long as they keep thinking the say way. He then proceeds to unfold for them then and us now another way to get home to God the Father. I like this because people tend to think that the way they know or the way they’ve been taught or the way...2023-05-0740 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow to Keep Looking Up When You are Feeling Down Life has a way of dealing us one difficult blow after another. And when we feel down, it is not unusual to find ourselves looking down. We look down by falling into despair. We look down by worrying about the future. We look down by contemplating giving up and throwing in the towel, not just on the problem, but for some, on life altogether. But we don’t have to keep looking down. Instead, we can choose to keep looking up. For if we continue to up, we are refusing to let what we’re going through get to us...2023-04-3039 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWhat Happened To You Trauma is the most significant factor that shapes and informs why we do what we do, and yet it is something that many of us fail to consider because when we’ve experienced something bad, something painful, or something that hurts us, the mind tries to protect us by forgetting about it. But even when the mind suppresses it, the body records it. It’s stamped in our nervous system and even as we move on from the moment, the sights, sounds, smells, and encounters can trigger the same responses, the same fears, the same thoughts, and the same anxi...2023-04-2343 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Plan To Do Better Did you know that the plans God has for your life are BETTER than anything you have planned for your life? That is right. Even if you have the highest dreams and hopes for yourself, they cannot even compare to God’s plans for your life. Since we serve a God who wants us to succeed, who wants us to be better, do better, and have better, it is possible that rather than discarding us, He will put us on a plan to develop us. He doesn’t want us to be average, mediocre, or ordinary. And so, when He s...2023-04-1644 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastBack In Stride Again There is a lot of hope to be found in the story of Nehemiah. As you read through this particular book of the Bible, you’ll see that even though the walls of Jerusalem have been torn down and destroyed, they could rebuild and rebound. And we are given a template in the book of Nehemiah for how to rebuild our lives after a season of great suffering, disappointment, and shame. There are three specific steps Nehemiah and the others took as they moved forward with rebuilding, and those three steps are what we’re going to look at toda...2023-04-0238 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastGod Will Take Care of You As a follower of Christ, you have a special assurance. In the face of life’s uncertainties and in the midst of life’s ups and downs, you don’t have to worry because God will take care of you. After all, Jesus described Himself in Scripture as “the good Shepherd.” And as our good Shepherd, Jesus promises to take care of us in three specific ways. Let’s look at those three ways now. 2023-03-1941 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastIt's Still Possible Does life have you down and discouraged? Are you anxious or worried about how your current circumstances are going to play out? If so, I want you to know something today; Your problems, no matter how great, cannot cancel God’s promise. Your problems cannot nullify His purpose and plans for your life. What God has in store for you is still possible because with Him all things are possible! In today’s message, we are going to look more closely at that truth and unpack three ways you’ll know God can make all things possible. 2023-03-1243 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastChoose Hope You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Don’t get your hopes up too high.” The point of the expression is to discourage people from becoming too confident in a particular outcome or else they run the risk of being very disappointed should things not turn out the way they thought they would. And while the expression means well, the problem is that it derives us of that which is the lifeblood of life and living. For without hope, we lose our reason for being. Hope is to life what oxygen is to breathing. You can’t make it without it. As bel...2023-03-0535 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHe Can Handle It We should all be able in relationships where we can communicate what we like and what we don’t like without fearing that doing so will cause the other person to abuse us, abandon us, or walk away. That stood out to me as I reflected on Jeremiah’s conversations with God in today’s key texts, where the prophet expresses his grief over the conditions that had befallen God’s people and the feelings he has about a God who oversaw it all and permitted it to happen. Jeremiah lays it all on the line and puts it all on t...2023-02-2638 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastYou Can Live... With It When we look at today’s key passage, we learn a lot about the life of Tamar. She suffered quite a bit, but her story is one of strength and hope, even in the midst of pain, loss, and struggle. She didn’t like that these things happened, she didn’t endorse them, but she didn’t let them keep her from living. Despite the succession of losses she sustained, she survived. Think about it—she lost her virginity, dignity, sense of decency, virtue, innocence, and confidence. She had been preserving herself for the distinct privilege of presenting herself as pure to...2023-02-1949 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThe Other Reason I Had To Go Back When Paul finished preaching in Derbe in Acts 14:21, he realized that while he made it out of Lystra, there were others who did not. While he was able by the grace, goodness, and power of God to move up, move on, and move out, there were others who saw what happened to him. In their minds, they were stuck with the last image of Paul that they saw. And they were left wondering, “Whatever happened to that preacher who went through all that? Is he crippled? Is he in a mental institution? Is he dead? Has he given up on...2023-02-1239 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastLeaning On The Everlasting Arms There is a poetic proverb that states, “If religion were something that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die.” We all know that religion falls far short of what is required if we are to enjoy a healthy relationship with God, and rather than trying to appease God through performance, let us find comfort in the capacity to be at peace with God. Rest is a remedy for spiritual anxiety. It is a remedy for religious striving and feeling that we have to prove our fidelity to God and hold on so tight out of f...2023-02-0535 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastYour Access Has Been Granted As followers of Christ, we have an all-access pass to the presence and power of God. The image of a door or gate that is described in today’s key verse is not the same as a door in your house with hinges and a handle to open and close them and lock them for security. No, this door is a stone enclosure or gate that provided access to the entrance of a stockade where sheep were kept. A shepherd would sit at the opening of the entrance to allow sheep to come in and go out. Jesus here is...2023-01-2943 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Still Lit One of the greatest challenges we face as humans is figuring out how to keep the torch of our lives lit while we are trying to run our race. So many people, start this race filled with hope, optimism, and determination, but then somewhere along the way, the flame that lights their lives goes out. Extinguished by hardship, trauma, or racism. Extinguished by trying to survive in a world of diminishing finances. Their light gets snuffed out of them by violence, depression, addiction, and a lack of proper support. In many ways, the world in which we live has...2023-01-2235 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI Know Who I Am Do you know who you are? Do you know where your identity is rooted? If you’ve been asking yourself these questions, I want to help you answer them. You are not your past mistakes, you are not a relationship you were (or are) in, and you are not the sin you struggle with. If you have given your life to Christ. You are His. Your identity is found in Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us, “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” When you give y...2023-01-1545 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Pray For Results One of my favorite things to talk about is prayer, specifically, the power of prayer. When we pray, we access the power of Almighty God. We can see amazing things we’ve only dreamed of come to fruition through prayer. But in this message, I want us to look at how exactly we get results through prayer. There are three specific things you must do if you want to see your prayers bring results. Let’s look at those three things now. 2023-01-0833 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastLets Do Church Differently Our world has changed so much in the last few years. Technology has changed. Traveling has changed. Communication has changed. Even the way we order food and go grocery shopping has changed. It is important that we realize that all of this change is going to affect the church, and we might need to be willing to do church differently if we’re going to exist in such a different world. I believe based on Acts 2, there are three steps we can take to do church differently so that people will want to come to know Christ and the lo...2023-01-0144 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastWhen The Church Shows Up The 14th chapter of the book of Acts gives us a picture of what is perhaps the greatest role the church can play in people’s lives. And that is the ministry of PRESENCE. This chapter reveals a perfect picture and ideal image of the role of the church in the lives of people who have been beaten, battered, and bruised by a cold and callous world. The response of the disciples during the time of Paul’s greatest need suggests that the ministry of presence is perhaps the greatest role that the church can play in people’s lives...2022-12-1147 min
No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow To Be A Church Girl Based on today’s text, I want to suggest that Gomer models for us what it means to be a church girl. She is a strong, beautiful woman who didn’t let society, men and institutional religion put constraints and limitations on how to live her life. That’s what it means to be a church girl. Church girls have a voice and use it, even if it makes others uncomfortable when they see your strength. This sermon is about who gets to define what it means to be a church girl. And Gomer shows us that a church girl a...2022-12-0451 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastThis Is The Start Of Something Big In our text, we are looking at the end of the story of Elijah’s great showdown at Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal. Baal was the Canaanite God of rain who had miserably, publicly, and embarrassingly failed to come through by creating rain. Yahweh, on the other hand, the true and living God, came through on Elijah’s behalf and exceeded all expectations. He set the altar on fire even though Elijah drenched the altar with water leaving no doubt in the minds of people that God did this. Elijah prayed, and God opened the portals of heav...2022-11-2744 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow to Remain Connected to God We all hate when we’re trying to use our cell phone, talk on a zoom call, or stream a movie or TV show and we lose connection. It’s frustrating. It’s annoying. And it’s inconvenient. It’s a disruption that you’d rather not have to deal with. But as frustrating as that type of disruption can be, experiencing a spiritual disruption is much worse. Maybe you’re currently experiencing a disruption in your spiritual life. You’ve been experiencing an interference of sorts. Your spiritual signal has grown dim. You’re struggling to hear and obey what God is s...2022-11-2039 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastAnother Way Home In today’s key passage of Scripture, the disciples and the followers of Jesus are trying to understand from Jesus what is the best way to get to God the Father. It starts with Jesus telling them in John 13:33 that He is going someplace that they cannot go as long as they keep thinking the say way. He then proceeds to unfold for them then and us now another way to get home to God the Father. I like this because people tend to think that the way they know or the way they’ve been taught or the way...2022-11-1341 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastHow to Keep Looking Up When You are Feeling Down Life has a way of dealing us one difficult blow after another. And when we feel down, it is not unusual to find ourselves looking down. We look down by falling into despair. We look down by worrying about the future. We look down by contemplating giving up and throwing in the towel, not just on the problem, but for some, on life altogether. But we don’t have to keep looking down. Instead, we can choose to keep looking up. For if we continue to up, we are refusing to let what we’re going through get to us...2022-11-0640 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastYour Access Has Been Granted As followers of Christ, we have an all-access pass to the presence and power of God. The image of a door or gate that is described in today’s key verse is not the same as a door in your house with hinges and a handle to open and close them and lock them for security. No, this door is a stone enclosure or gate that provided access to the entrance of a stockade where sheep were kept. A shepherd would sit at the opening of the entrance to allow sheep to come in and go out. Jesus here is...2022-10-3043 minNo Limits with Pastor Delman Coates PodcastI'm Still Lit One of the greatest challenges we face as humans is figuring out how to keep the torch of our lives lit while we are trying to run our race. So many people, start this race filled with hope, optimism, and determination, but then somewhere along the way, the flame that lights their lives goes out. Extinguished by hardship, trauma, or racism. Extinguished by trying to survive in a world of diminishing finances. Their light gets snuffed out of them by violence, depression, addiction, and a lack of proper support. In many ways, the world in which we live has...2022-10-2336 min
Conservatives' GuideOur Money with Dr Delman CoatesRev. Dr. Delman Coates sits down with Conservatives’ Guide to discuss his idea for Modern Monetary Theory adoption. His program, Our Money Campaign, is working to promote a system that provides a guaranteed job by the federal government, free healthcare, and free education. The program also seeks to abolish all student debt.  This episode was supported in part by Zenith Exhibits Studios. Visit www.zenithexhibits.studio to learn more about how Zenith Exhibits Studios is helping Kootenai County and Conservative Issues.2021-08-1055 min
Macro N CheeseKnowledge is Power with Rev. Delman CoatesThe last time Delman Coates was a guest on Macro N Cheese, the Our Money campaign was still fairly new, this podcast was on its 20th episode, and none of us had heard of COVID-19. Now, almost two years and 100 episodes later, it was long overdue for him and Steve to get together again.Delman believes the federal response to the pandemic has been an eye-opener. People saw the government use the public purse to provide economic stimulus. New money was created through deficit spending without the need for new taxes to pay for it. It’s out in...2021-02-2057 min
Great Things God Has DoneDr. Delman CoatesIn this episode Dave speaks with Dr. Delman Coates, Senior Pastor at Mt. Ennon in Clinton, Marlyland. Delman talks about growing up in Richmond when his life revolved around church, acamdemics and sports. He also reflects on his high school years when he led an early morning prayer meeting and a continued theme that was formative to his leadership (4:30). Dave asks Delman about his time at Morehouse College, his journey through higher education and how he came to Mt. Ennon (16:15). Delman shares the history of Mt. Ennon and how he believes his leadership has impacted the congregation (20:44). 2020-12-0345 min
Carolina Church RewindDr. Delman Coates - Water From The Church 6.28.2020Dr. Delman Coates - Water From The Church 6:28:2020Â Support the show2020-06-2941 min
Growing Down: A Progressive Integral Podcast#8. Reclaiming the Power of Money Creation ft. Rev. Delman CoatesIn this episode, the Growing Down podcast is deeply honored to interview Rev. Delman Coates on reclaiming the power of money creation, the integral connection between liberation theology, social justice, and spiritual traditions, and how we can transform the public imagination around money.
Dr. Delman Coates has served as Senior Pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland for over 16 years. Under his leadership, the church has been recognized as one of the fastest growing congregations in the country and now has over 15,000 members. Delman is the founder of the Our Money Campaign. He has...2020-05-081h 28
Money on the LeftFrom Liberation Theology to Public Money Creation with Delman CoatesReverend Dr. Delman Coates joins Money on the Left to discuss why the politics of public money creation are essential for social and spiritual liberation. Dr. Coates holds a Master’s in Divinity from Harvard and a Ph.D. in New Testament & Early Christianity from Columbia University. He currently serves as Senior Pastor at Mount Ennon Baptist church in Clinton, Maryland, and is founder of OUR MONEY, an organization fighting to restore democratic control over public money. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Coates about how he teaches Modern Monetary Theory to the over 10,000 members of his congregation; ab...2020-02-1659 min