God has always spoken through dreams. From Joseph in a pit to Daniel in a palace, from the magi rerouted by night vision to Paul redirected toward Macedonia, the witness of Scripture is clear: the dream life is part of the spiritual life.

In this episode, we take up that ancient thread. We explore what the Bible says about dreams and night visions, how to recognize the symbols God tends to use, and how to begin interpreting them with discernment rather than superstition. Two real-life stories—one strange and disorienting, one quietly devastating—show us how this actually works.

If you have ever woken up from a dream and wondered whether God was trying to tell you something, this episode is for you.

Peace & Grace,

Pastor Scot

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This is Episode 4 of The Furnace Podcast. If you are new here, we recommend starting with Episode 1 and working through the series in order — each episode builds on the one before it.

Also from The Furnace: be sure to check out the Kingdom Architecture Podcast, our companion series exploring the invisible realms, angelic ministry, and the architecture of the heavens (also from Pastor Scot). Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.

In Episode 1, we explored the Inner Room as a literal, interior space where encounter with God happens. In Episode 2, we unpacked the Imago Dei and the biblical revelation that you are not three parts but three distinct intelligences—spirit, soul, and body—each with its own mind, will, and emotions.

Today we take the next step: If the spirit is a distinct intelligence, how does it perceive? How does it receive information? How does God speak to it?

The answer is what the Church Fathers called the interior senses—spiritual capacities of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell that mirror the physical senses but operate in the invisible realm. Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine all taught that the human spirit has these capacities. Scripture confirms it throughout, from Elisha’s servant seeing chariots of fire to Paul’s prayer that “the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.”

For most Christians, these senses are dormant. We’ve been taught that the only valid way to know God is through the intellect. We’ve prioritized the rational over the experiential, and in doing so, we’ve shut down the very capacities God gave us for encountering Him directly.

In this episode, we walk through Scripture to see how God engages each of the interior senses, explore why these capacities have atrophied in the Western Church, and offer a practical exercise for awakening interior attention this week.

The Inner Room isn’t theoretical. Encounter isn’t rare. The senses are already there—waiting to be awakened.

Peace & Grace,

Pastor Scot

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In this episode, you’ll discover:

- Why the common “three-part” model of the human person is biblically shallow

- How Scripture reveals mind, will, and emotions operating in spirit, soul, and body

- The hidden meaning of Psalm 42 and the dialogue between spirit and soul

- How the Imago Dei reflects the triune nature of God

- The divine order: spirit leads, soul processes, body follows

- How the Fall inverted that order—and how modern culture reinforces it

- Practical ways to discern whether your soul or your spirit is leading

- Why only the spirit can enter the Inner Room

Scripture References:

Genesis 1:26

Psalm 42:5

Proverbs 20:27

Matthew 26:41

1 Corinthians 2:11

Galatians 5:16–17

James 3:15

Coming Next — Episode 3:The doctrine of the two bodies: your natural body and your spiritual body—and why this forgotten truth changes everything.