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Thinking, really thinking, is hard work—but vital at both individual and societal levels. Especially when it comes to the supposition of a God who created the universe and everything in it! It is my personal conviction that God is the Father of us all. And it is my earnest hope that each of us is o…

Michael Kimball

  • Jan 24, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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Love - The Antidote to Fear

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 8:55


Assuming the best takes effort. Lots of effort! It seems almost second nature to assume, in the absence of readily available evidence to the contrary, that the other shoe is about to drop at any moment. At least this is how it goes for me. I’m not saying I assume the worst. But I suspect mischief is always lurking about ready to pounce, cratering my happiness. Crushing my peace. Daring me to hold tightly to my intention to, as a default mindset, assume the best. Can you relate? 

The Atonement: A Foundation of Origins Not Consequences

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 22:57


Does the Atonement find its foundation in the introduction of sin into the world and the resulting consequences as found in Genesis 3? Or does its foundation precede the Fall and find its roots in goodness, the origin underlying creation as found in Genesis 1? ~m

The Hell That Love Made

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 28:14


What we believe about hell has everything to do with what we believe about God. Does the widely taught perspective square with God's character and his aspiration for the universe he created? ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 16)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 19:36


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 15)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 14:43


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 14)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 14:45


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 13)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 13:47


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 12)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 15:12


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 11)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 10:30


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 10)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 11:10


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 9)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 17:07


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 8)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 15:22


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 7)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 18:08


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 6)

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 9:56


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 5)

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 20:28


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 4)

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 7:35


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 3)

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 20:45


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 2)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 20:44


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

How God Inspired the Bible by J. Paterson Smyth (Part 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 22:44


In 1918, J. Paterson Smyth wrote at length about what he called the "disquiet" of some individuals concerning the matter of biblical inspiration.  ~m

The Sending Away

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 10:19


Forgiveness can be a tricky word. At least our understanding of it. Intrinsic to the common understanding of the word is the idea of pardon, of being excused from an offense. Is this what Jesus came to do? To offer humanity a pardon from sin? An absolution? To excuse us from sin’s offense and protect us from his Father’s supposed wrath? Or did the forgiveness he came to bring include something deeper and more wonderful: the sending away of sin itself! ~m

Miracles of Healing Unsolicited - Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 12:23


There are a group of individual cases of healing which, as far as we can judge from the narratives, our Lord gave the gift of restoration unsolicited...  ~m

Miracles of Healing Unsolicited - Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 15:18


There are a group of individual cases of healing which, as far as we can judge from the narratives, our Lord gave the gift of restoration unsolicited...  ~m

Miracles of Healing Unsolicited - Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 16:14


There are a group of individual cases of healing which, as far as we can judge from the narratives, our Lord gave the gift of restoration unsolicited...  ~m

Love - The Greatest Thing in the World (Part 3)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 21:12


First published in 1891, Henry Drummond's classic treatise on Love, based on 1 Corinthians 13, provides extraordinary insight into this greatest of virtues.  ~m

Love - The Greatest Thing in the World (Part 2)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 38:23


First published in 1891, Henry Drummond's classic treatise on Love, based on 1 Corinthians 13, provides extraordinary insight into this greatest of virtues.  ~m

Love - The Greatest Thing in the World (Part 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 11:32


First published in 1891, Henry Drummond's classic treatise on Love, based on 1 Corinthians 13, provides extraordinary insight into this greatest of virtues.  ~m

Answers to Questions on Christianity (Questions 11-17)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 11:18


Answers to questions about Christianity were given by Lewis at a "One Man Brains Trust" held on April 18, 1944, at the Head Office of Electric and Musical Industries Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex.Shorthand notes were made and a typescript was sent to Lewis. He revised it a little, and it was printed in 1944. Mr. H. W. Bowen was the question master.  ~m

Answers to Questions on Christianity (Questions 6-10)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 16:09


Answers to questions about Christianity were given by Lewis at a "One Man Brains Trust" held on April 18, 1944, at the Head Office of Electric and Musical Industries Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex.Shorthand notes were made and a typescript was sent to Lewis. He revised it a little, and it was printed in 1944. Mr. H. W. Bowen was the question master.  ~m

Answers to Questions on Christianity (Questions 1-5)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 13:10


Answers to questions about Christianity were given by Lewis at a "One Man Brains Trust" held on April 18, 1944, at the Head Office of Electric and Musical Industries Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex.Shorthand notes were made and a typescript was sent to Lewis. He revised it a little, and it was printed in 1944. Mr. H. W. Bowen was the question master.  ~m

The Creation in Christ by George MacDonald

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 23:23


"Let us look at the passage as I think it ought to be translated, and after that, seek the meaning for the sake of which it was written." George MacDonald speaking of John 1:3-4.  ~m

The True Gospel - A Father of light by George MacDonald

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 24:33


MacDonald expounds upon that which makes the gospel truly good news: "...that God is light and in him is no darkness at all."  ~m

The Yoke of Jesus by George MacDonald

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 23:43


Those who come at the call of the Lord, and take the rest He offers them, learning of Him, and bearing the yoke of the Father, are the salt of the earth, the light of the world.   ~m

The Gospel: Just What Is The Good News?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 3:23


It's hard to underscore the need to get a handle on just what makes up "the good news" that Jesus came to deliver to mankind, the core of his message. The conclusion each of us reaches has practical impact.  ~m

Followers of The Way

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 25:19


I think it a good idea for those who identify themselves as “Christians” to put ourselves in the shoes of our critics and gain what insight there is to be had from their observations and perspectives. Although we may not agree with everything they have to say—perhaps not even with the bulk of it—nevertheless, there is often truth enough in some of their criticisms for us to reflect on when viewed in the illuminating light of our Lord’s own words.  In his book, The Call, Os Guinness presents just such an insightful look in a chapter entitled Followers Of the Way.  ~m

Sorrow the Pledge of Joy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 15:10


While sorrow doesn't fall into the category of an essential good, George MacDonald makes a compelling case for sorrow being a harbinger of future joy.  ~m

Do You Want To Be Whole?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 19:11


Jesus poses this penetrating question to a man who has been ill for thirty-eight years. It is not rhetorical. It is a question put to us all–together with a warning!  ~m

Mercy to All

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 27:04


This writing, first published in June of 2011, flows from my deep-rooted conviction that every individual born is precious to God, his intention and desire being for their welfare, unwilling that any should perish and ultimately bringing home to his great heart of infinite love every one of his wayward children.  ~m

Know Christ

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 29:35


Preached in the West Croydon Congregational Church...  ~m

Mercy to Dogs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 15:53


The passage found in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 15:22-28, strikes many as one of the more harsh sounding pronouncements of our Lord. It almost seems as though he is relegating a Canaanite woman seeking his help to no more than the status of a dog! Nothing could be further from the truth...  ~m

Mercy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 14:33


I am a man in need of mercy. Of this fact I am ever more keenly aware… But to better appreciate the nature of mercy I have had to gain an understanding and recognition of mercy’s particular characteristics, its nature, to grasp how mercy differs from other virtues such as kindness and generosity.  ~m

The Friendship of Trials

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 16:39


Each of our lives is chock full of trials, some minor irritations and others hitting us like a personal earthquake! Our natural reaction is to wish for a carefree life absent of such discomforts. But what if trials were actually gifts allowed into our lives for our eternal good? Might we then welcome them as friends?  ~m

Walking with God

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 27:13


An excerpt from Bold Thinking Christianity by Michael Phillips.   ~m

The Beginning of Miracles

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 27:11


George MacDonald explores the first of Jesus' miracles, the turning of water into wine.   ~m

I Believe by William Barclay

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 11:13


Dr. Barclay is here quoted from Chapter Three (“I Believe”) of his autobiography entitled, William Barclay, A Spiritual Autobiography.   ~m

What the Children Deserve

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 12:24


Lately, I heard someone give voice to an all-too-familiar phrase in the Christian lexicon.  One that sounds piously self-defacing and is, I’m sure, intended to exalt God. However, on closer examination I believe it ends up doing just the opposite, stealing from God a goodly part of the glory of his Fatherhood!  The unfortunate expression is this: We deserve hell.  ~m

Dogma and the Universe

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 30:40


With simple, searing logic Lewis defends the unchanging truths of Christianity against the supposed thinking of those who would seek to discredit it on the basis of the expanding knowledge of the universe.  ~m

Love - The Greatest Thing in the World (Part 3)

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 21:12


First published in 1891, Henry Drummond's classic treatise on Love, based on 1 Corinthians 13, provides extraordinary insight into this greatest of virtues.  ~m

Love - The Greatest Thing in the World (Part 2)

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 38:23


First published in 1891, Henry Drummond's classic treatise on Love, based on 1 Corinthians 13, provides extraordinary insight into this greatest of virtues.  ~m

Love - The Greatest Thing in the World (Part 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 11:32


First published in 1891, Henry Drummond's classic treatise on Love, based on 1 Corinthians 13, provides extraordinary insight into this greatest of virtues.  ~m

Applying the Brain to Know God

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 3:30


Christianity requires both sound thinking and doing.  ~m

The Reward of Obedience

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 10:26


God's rewards are always in kind.  ~m

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