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Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For episode 900 join Adam Chapman as he celebrates 900 episodes and 9 years of the Comic Shenanigans podcast. After Adam takes far too long to introduce the show, the episode features the following four segments: Segment 1: Starts at 06:32.  Adam welcomes back to the show Dan Gvozden of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast, to discuss podcasting, the changes and evolution his show continues to go through, the upcoming Spider-Man Beyond storyline, and more! Recorded August 2 2021. Segment 2: Starts at 1:21:13. Adam welcomes back to the show Paul Skorez and Nathan S to discuss a variety of comic book tangents, talk about the podcast, and much more! Recorded August 1 2021. Segment 3: Stars at 2:56:30. Adam welcomes Tibor Mate back to the show, to chat a bit about Star Wars, Star Trek, and comic-related films that are due to come out between August 12 2021 and August 12 2022. Recorded August 11 2021. Segment 3: Starts at 3:35:36. Adam welcomes Eric Anthony of the Cave of Solitude podcast back to the show. We discuss podcasting, how we have evolved our shows over the years and much more. Recorded August 5 2021. Segment 3: Stars at 2:56:30. Adam welcomes Tibor Mate back to the show, to chat a bit about Star Wars, Star Trek, and comic-related films that are due to come out between August 12 2021 and August 12 2022. Recorded August 11 2021. Download it now! If you want to help support Comic Shenanigans, follow this link! https://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/mzvwg-3c

After Adam and Eve's sin, God did not hide from sharing the truth and delivering the consequences. Sin's effects on marriage are undeniable, but God's guidance is unmistakable.

It starts in Genesis. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth… God saw it all, and it was good! After Adam and Eve sinned, entropy began. Everything that has order, moves towards chaos. The only way to maintain that order is through an intelligent outside force. Just as a worn-out and wrecked […] The post The Answer to Separation from God and Hopelessness – Redemption appeared first on Bethel Mennonite Church.

After Adam decided to not continue TND on the platform, Celina went on a press run talking about it, which ultimately led to a falling out. Since then, the two have made up and she updates us about everything she's been up to! https://www.instagram.com/celinapowellduh/ ----- CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tesvmDS8h50LkjnSAWMOs?si=j6sJD6DkR4mk5NZZWnlK7g FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_Jumper/4874336901 CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/ SUBSCRIBE for new interviews (and more) weekly: http://bit.ly/nastymondayz Follow us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nojumper iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/no-jumper/id1001659715?mt=2 Follow us on Social Media: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_Jumper/4874336901 http://www.twitter.com/nojumper http://www.instagram.com/nojumper https://www.facebook.com/NOJUMPEROFFICIAL http://www.reddit.com/r/nojumper JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBm Follow Adam22: https://www.tiktok.com/@adam22 http://www.twitter.com/adam22 http://www.instagram.com/adam22 adam22hoe on Snapchat

This week our scripture can be found in Genesis, Chapter 1 - Verses 31 and Chapter 3 - Verses 1 - 24. Today's teaching is found in three simple words: "Creation, Catastrophe, Calvary." Creation - After God had created for six days and rested and pronounced that Creation was good. In fact, He used that description six times culminating with "very good". In short, Creation was perfect, pristine, without flaw or blemish. Catastrophe - In the midst of God's perfect Creation, there was a Fall and then there was a Fallout. God gave specific instructions to Adam and Eve, in fact, He poured blessing upon blessing but He put a fence around one thing. After Adam and Eve's sin, a curse was pronounced upon Creation and all of humanity. Sin infected all that God had created and ever since Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. Calvary - But wait, the good news FAR outweighs the bad news! Even in the first book of the Bible, God was preparing for Jesus to reconcile mankind to Himself. God made a way, a provision through Christ for all mankind to have a relationship with Him, despite the curse of sin and our rebellion toward God. In the first book of the Bible, God demonstrated His love for His Creation through the promise of the sacrifice of His only Son.

Join the RUNetwork to gain access to the experts. After Adam joined RU for an interview, he joined the RUNetwork for a peer mentoring session. Listen in! Adam joined The Meatball Shop in the spring of 2017 as Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company, managing operations, finances, brand work, cultural initiatives, and company resources. Previously Adam served as SVP of Global Operations of Flywheel,  and VP of Operations Patina Restaurant Group. The Meatball Shop is known for its team-first culture and aims to serve simple, sustainable, delicious food with no strings attached. The menu is both affordable and accessible to all guests and while the restaurants are similar in theme and design, each shop has a unique vibe, grown organically by the neighborhood and its team members.

Ever Forward Club's Ashanti Branch is joined by Adam Roa. Adam is a renowned artist, poet, and coach. Beyond his millions of YouTube views, Adam is known for being radically vulnerable and open with his emotions. In this conversation, Adam and Ashanti discuss fulfillment, discovering the "magic" of life, and how a giving people the right emotional tools can change perspectives and lead to healthier, happier lifestyles. (1:42) Ashanti's introduction. (5:55) Adam introduces himself and his purpose in life. (10:25) Ashanti and Adam recall how they met. And Adam shares how he came up with the idea for his poem “Masks”, a poem closely aligned with Ashanti's work. Check out the poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXO8qAaIESc (17:20) After Adam shares why it was hard for him to stay in an authentic relationship with an image conscious celebrity, the two men discuss what “fulfillment” means to them, and why “lifestyle” is more important than “accomplishments". (28:55) Adam and Ashanti share the fronts of their masks. Adam - smart, hard worker, caring. Ashanti - funny, caring, serious, hard working. (29:45) Adam shares the back of his mask - uncertain, fear of failure, anger. He shares how uncertainty and fear of failure are on his mind despite his success, and how he is learning to utilize anger. (31:55) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - fear of failure, sadness about death, brother's mental health. This leads Adam and Ashanti into a discussion about faith and “the magic” of life. They discuss how these concepts apply to themselves, as well as how they apply to the young people Ashanti works with. (38:48) Adam and Ashanti then explore the difference between being excited and being nervous. (42:05) Next, the two men discuss how poetry and art can simplify complex emotions for those that are struggling, and how creating art can give people tools to process trauma. (49:15) Adam shares a final message for young people, before sharing where you can find him and get in touch. --- Connect with Adam Roa Instagram: instagram.com/adam.roa; instagram.com/thedeepdive Facebook: facebook.com/IAmAdamRoa Websites: adamroa.com; surrenderedartist.org; thecreatecommunity.com --- Create your own mask anonymously at www.100kmasks.com If you are interested in being on the Face to Face podcast, email us at everforwardclub@gmail.com --- Connect with Ashanti Branch: Instagram: instagram.com/branchspeaks Facebook: facebook.com/BranchSpeaks Twitter: twitter.com/BranchSpeaks LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashantibranch --- Send in a voice message: anchor.fm/branch-speaks/message

After Adam tells of his travails in the recent Texas winter storm and ensuing power outages, the Munchie Boys get down to business, reckoning with the ghosts of series past while persevering through an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit featuring a robot child mimicking human emotion stuck in the strangest of custody battles in “Stolen” (S3E3). While dealing with a bonafide Cragenisode courtesy of his former partner Max Greevey’s cold case getting tossed in the microwave, Adam and Josh also dive into post-9/11 SVU credits, do some height detective work, walk the Appalachian Trail with Mark Sanford, and unearth a fictional Juris Doctor degree. They also follow up on last week’s promise to watch and talk about the late ‘90s truckin’ Swayze gem, Black Dog. Music: Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business” 13:27 - The Monkees - “Don’t Listen to Linda” from Instant Replay (1969) 23:31 - Cyndi Lauper - “The Goonies ‘r’ Good Enough” from The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985) 35:57 - Olivia Newton-John - “Heart Attack” from Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1982) 45:47 - Loverboy - “Working for the Weekend” from Get Lucky (1981) Next Week’s Episode: Season 7, Episode 9 “Rockabye”

According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, we are a new creation in Christ Jesus. After Adam’s fall, Gods’ intentions were to make us giants. It took God 6 days to make the first creation. It only took Him 3 days and 3 nights to establish new creations. Now for man to have a new birth, it only takes a few moments! Go on this journey of learning who you really are in Christ!

For this week’s episode of the Church Planting Podcast we are joined by Adam Muhtaseb. To talk about the 10 best choices to make in the first three years of church planting.Adam grew up in a Muslim family, and was a follower of Islam until he was radically converted to faith in Christ as a teenager. Since believing the gospel, he has had a consistent vision for church planting. Adam attended Salisbury University where he received a degree in communications. After Adam and Sherrie were married in 2013, Adam pursued his Masters of Divinity (M.DIV) degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated first in his class with a 4.0 GPA and was a recipient of the Joe B. Brown Preaching Award. They have two boys, Aiden and Judah. Adam and Sherrie dream of playing a part in a city-wide movement of church plants within the neighborhoods of Baltimore. In his free time, Adam loves playing basketball and spending time with Sherrie and friends on their rooftop deck. He is also an avid reader, especially of Tim Keller books. You can follow Adam on Twitter and Instagram.

If you haven't paid close attention to the US Senate race between Ed Markey, the Democratic incumbent, and Kevin O'Connor, the Republican challenger, you might assume O'Connor is coming from the same place as the Massachusetts GOP: staunchly pro-Trump, and steadfastly opposed to all things Democratic. And if you have assumed that, O'Connor's own messaging could be one reason why. As it turns out, though, O'Connor's political identity and philosophy are more nuanced than you might expect. In this episode of the Scrum, O'Connor makes his case to the unenrolled and Democratic voters whose support he'll need to beat Markey in November — offering, in the process, some unexpected biographical details and assessments of Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump. After Adam and O'Connor talk, Peter Kadzis weighs in with his assessment of O'Connor's pitch.

After Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden he immediately hid from God. Why? Why do we still hide from God today? Sunday morning Pastor Brian will take us through God's interaction with Adam after the first sin. What can we learn about ourselves from this interaction? What can we learn about God?

After Adam's sin, he was hiding in the garden, and the Lord said to Adam, "Where are you?" What about you? Are you trying to evade God? » View: Where Are You?

Proverbs In 365 Devotions For more go to braggingonjesus.com Proverbs 28:10 Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance. Solomon does a great job painting a picture of an evil person leading someone in a bad way. It could be this wicked person is simply exalting himself and trying to set himself up as a mentor to a righteous person. Some people thrive on having people like them and think they are cool… It makes them feel good when people see them as a leader… even a rebel who gets what they want and don't take no lip from anyone… and they want approval and acceptance for who they are. So many times they would likely be trying to lead someone down a road they were familiar with… their own territory if you will.. one they have traveled on many times. Evil men tend to exalt their own wickedness as a kind of exalted glory toward others. It could be that kind of leading. But it also could be that he is leading this righteous person astray into a snare with evil intentions. He could be actually setting a trap and trying to trip up the righteous person. This happens often as well. I think satan himself combines both of these tactics of leading mankind. Remember, he was the one who fell from Gods favor when he wanted glory equal to God.. and what did he do? He led Adam and Eve down that same path. They were righteous before they sinned… Satan told Eve that God was a liar and if she disobeyed God she would not die but would be like Him. The path for self glory would be an alluring temptation and it would serve two purposes… It would lead Adam and Eve to be like satan instead of God… And that would bring some kind of a feeling of glory to satan. They and their descendants would be his kindred spirits in a sense. But not only that… It would become their demise… you see… All mankind would would be one day cast into a pit for eternity because they believed satan and his promises for satisfaction instead of believing God. And the thing is… this trap satan set for these first two righteous ones will one day hold him as well. The devil will be thrown into a pit which God created for him and all the angels who followed him… Well, after Solomon says how this one who misleads the righteous will fall into his own pit he says “but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.” So the truth is that we are all wicked, bent towards sin… so, not blameless… we are all bent toward seeking our own glory in some fashion. But although we are not a righteous race, God has made a way for us to obtain a foreign righteousness and then what Solomon says will ring true for us… “the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.” After Adam and Eve sinned, God said in Genesis 3 how through the offspring of Eve one would come who would bruise or crush the head of the serpent… that is… the devil. So for generations there were men and women who believed God once again and waited for this Messiah to come and do what no one has or ever would do… live a perfect life so he might give his righteousness to all of fallen mankind who believe God with hope and delight. Gods only Son Jesus, the offspring of Mary did this very thing. And he also took the wages of our sin (which is death) by dying on the Cross. Then on the third day he broke the hold sin had through the law and was raised up from the dead. God will one day raise all who joyfully believe in him never to suffer the entropy that is associated with sin again… no pain, no arthritis, no covid-19, no death. And while here in this broken world God gives all who believe the power of the resurrection to have victory over sins power in life as we walk with him. This is good news to believe in and share with others… I hope you have a great day in the Lord

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For episode 800 join Adam Chapman as he celebrates 800 episodes and 8 years of the Comic Shenanigans podcast. After Adam takes far too long to introduce the show, the episode features the following five segments: Segment 1: Starts at 10:03.  Adam welcomes back to the show Dan Gvozden of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast, to discuss podcasting, the changes and evolution his show has gone through, the potential future of his show, and much more!  Recorded July 24 2020. Segment 2: Starts at 1:04:31. Adam and Paul Skorez discuss a variety of comic tangents while on vacation, with particular focus on the X-Men books of the past year. Recorded July 30 2020. Segment 3: Starts at 2:18:06. Adam welcomes Eric Anthony of the Cave of Solitude podcast back to the show. We discuss podcasting, how we approach interviewing creators for our respective shows, and end with a discussion of dream interviews to discuss particular characters and teams. Recorded August 9 2020. Segment 4: Stars at 3:21:54. Adam welcomes Kurtis Findlay to the show for the first time, to discuss his podcast, The Epic Marvel Podcast. We discuss the genesis of the show, the creation of the Epic Marvel Collection Facebook group, Kurtis' day job, For Better Or For Worse, and much more! Recorded August 10 2020. Download it now! If you want to help support Comic Shenanigans, follow this link! https://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/mzvwg-3c

After Adam and Eve rebelled against God, He had every right to destroy them and end human life. But that's not what He did. On this Renewing Your Mind Minute, R.C. Sproul sets the stage for God's gracious response to our sin.

Heather is the author of two novels. Her debut, The Lost Girls, won the Strand Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for an Edgar Award. The Distant Dead was published on June 9, 2020, and was named one of the Best Books of Summer by People Magazine, Parade, and CrimeReads. A former antitrust and intellectual property litigator, she traded the legal world for the literary one and earned her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars in 2011. She lives in Mill Valley, California, where she writes, bikes, hikes, and reads books by other people that she wishes she’d written.THE DISTANT DEAD- A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of a grisly discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day’s end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core by a brutal and calculated murder. Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he died. A quiet, seemingly unremarkable man, he connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. The two outcasts developed a tender, trusting friendship that brought each of them hope in the wake of tragedy. But it is Sal who finds Adam’s body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles’ compound. Nora Wheaton, the middle school’s social studies teacher, dreamed of a life far from Lovelock only to be dragged back on the eve of her college graduation to care for her disabled father, a man she loves but can’t forgive. She sensed in the new math teacher a kindred spirit--another soul bound to Lovelock by guilt and duty. After Adam’s death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him and finds a dark history she understands all too well. But the truth about his murder may lie closer to home. For Sal Prentiss’s grief seems heavily shaded with fear, and Nora suspects he knows more than he’s telling about how his favorite teacher died. As she tries to earn the wary boy’s trust, she finds he holds not only the key to Adam’s murder, but an unexpected chance at the life she thought she’d lost. Weaving together the last months of Adam’s life, Nora’s search for answers, and a young boy’s anguished moral reckoning, this unforgettable thriller brings a small American town to vivid life, filled with complex, flawed characters wrestling with the weight of the past, the promise of the future, and the bitter freedom that forgiveness can bring.

Adam and Dr. Drew open the show discussing Natalia's current frame of mind as the discussion in the media has shifted from Covid to the George Floyd protests. After Adam explains the cognitive dissonance that Natalia has been experiencing they turn to the phones and speak to a caller whose sister died in the midst of the Rodney King riots. They also speak to a caller who has thoughts on the George Floyd video. Please Support Our Sponsors: Credible.com/ADAMDREW TommyJohn.com/ADS LifeLock.com, promo code ADAM

Proverbs 20:30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts. What could Solomon be trying to tell us today? Well, I think we see Solomon giving an example of how discipline is to be used for the good in a person who is caught up in crime or and evil heart… sinful actions. We’ve touched on how one of the qualities of a good king should be mercy… but here the most merciful thing is discipline. We can see how this works when a child gets in a pattern of disobeying their parents. They don’t come to their parents and confess when they’ve messed up but they wait until they get caught to apologize... and then they disobey again and instead of repenting and confessing they hide their sin again until once again they are caught. These times clearly call for a spanking… but it’s a spanking for their good. Solomon may be alluding to criminals in Israel... thieves and murderers who break laws of the land… but this principle of discipline extends to others… for example we looked at how children need a firm hand at times… and likely it will be various discerning measures of discipline that can work for their good… But what about the people who don’t live under the authority of parents any longer… and they don’t actually break the laws of the land… Of course laws can’t regulate all the actions that flow from the heart… things like of not loving our neighbor or going about lying and cheating and gossiping... And these people are actually us sometimes… right? We can easily become cold and blind and dull of hearing… And we too need help and correction… an attitude adjustment if you will, for our good… our growth… But who will give us this discipline we need? Well, first off it’s interesting to ponder how kings and parents and others may use the same tools used by broken people like strokes (which might include spankings)… and they use them to cure brokenness. But the thing is… physical brokenness can be for our spiritual good. After Adam and Eve sinned and thus were broken spiritually God broke the world in that sickness and disease and depression and pain… so much more… all kinds of entropy and even death… God could have made things easy and removed all sickness and disease… He could have made a way for all to be rich and want for nothing physically… But of course that would not have helped the brokenness that our sin caused between man and God. But the brokenness of the world… every trouble we might face reminds us of our spiritual brokenness. Mans sin which brought about our separation from the fellowship of our Creator. And so yes, although we have the righteousness of Christ positionally, a broken world still works for our good practically… He is doing a work in us and so the brokenness still works for our good. And not only that but because he loves us personally, he corrects us individually… He knows what strokes and prods of love we need and even the blows that wound and leave scars that will be for our good. Hebrews 12:5 …“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” You know… although physical brokenness like pain and difficulty can point us to the cure for our spiritual brokenness in the promised Messiah, (this is important) one cannot fight spiritual brokenness with spiritual brokenness. For example when racial crimes as horrible as they can be are committed it does no good to fight hate with hate. Proclaiming truth with free speech is good but rioting and beating and destroying property… plundering and stealing… That is hate speech in action. This is not the discipline we’ve been speaking of today that is given out of a heart of love but bitterness. Though they may not know it, those who have hearts for these kinds of things have kindred spirits with those who’s hearts are racially charged with prejudice. Pray

Why did God implement the offering of sacrifices? After Adam and Eve was beguiled by satan, they were exiled from the Garden of Eden.  All of mankind was separated from God's presence.  God, in His infinite wisdom already had a plan in place for us to return to Him.  Bro. Ed also yields a few thoughts about our current events.

Pastor Josh begins a new series looking at "God's Provision" for our lives through our sinful nature and the seasons that we encounter. Genesis 3 is the infamous account of The Fall and how Adam and Eve's sinful nature allowed for it to hold power on earth, even in the modern-day context. This story, though, highlights important characteristics in God's nature. First, we see that God has a set standard for creation. Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent because of how he skewed God's character in their eyes. He painted God as a withholder, while negating all that He had given Adam and Eve. They were literally walking with God, and still chose to view him as a selfish God that wouldn't give them anything. They broke this rule and standard He had given them, which in turn brought shame. After Adam and Eve are found hiding from God, He questions them. He obviously knew what had transpired and watched as Adam and Eve both made excuses pointing the blame down the chain. This is when God reveals the punishments for man, woman and the serpent. These are both permanent (man and hard work, woman and painful childbirth, the serpent and sliding on its belly) and immediate (expulsion from the garden). God clearly is just in His punishments and judgement. Above all of this though, we see God still provide for Adam and Eve in how he crafts garments for them to wear. These leather pieces of clothing show that though God will not be upstaged and will hold people accountable, He will always be there to provide for them! Scripture References: Genesis 3

Pastor Ross preaches on Revelation 21. Easter 2020 Easter 2020 Ross Tenneson / General Easter / Resurrection; Garden of Eden / Revelation 21:10 Summary Sermon Main Point: Jesus’s resurrection opens the way for us to reach home. Connection (me) All of us desire to find true home. Home is the place where you feel complete acceptance, security, and hope for the future (most of us have experienced these things at some point in our lives, even if it was short lived). Inevitably, no matter how good your life gets, we feel a lack of those things: we feel alienation from others and a sense of discontentment or dread. Our COVID 19 situation has likely increased this sense as we feel a greater sense of isolation and less certainty about the future. We can try to cope with that feeling in a number of ways. I for one am a very nostalgic person. Often my thoughts will drift to a blue lake cottage in Northern Minnesota with the nicest grandparents you could picture and great friends next door and a seemingly endless stretch of summer days. Yet, there is no getting back there and dreaming of bygone days does not heal my heart in the present. Others of you may not have good days to be nostalgic about; maybe it would be a long stretch to call the house you grew up in a “home.” Perhaps you imagine how your past could be different or picture a future day where you finally have the family, the job, or the retirement you are looking for and will be able to be secure. All of us are on a common quest to find our true home, and the desire in our heart is the evidence of this truth. Tension (we) What does the Bible have to say about our desire to find true home and our difficult experience of not reaching it? What does the resurrection of Jesus have to do, if anything, with our desire for a place where we belong and are secure and happy? Revelation (God) The Garden In order to answer these questions, I want to tell you a story.[1] This story will span the entire length of the Bible and cover many thousands of years. As a result, it will be a universal, cosmic story that will appeal and relate to anyone from any background. In this story, I will draw connections with biblical imagery and focus on the pattern of finding home. The Bible begins with the story of God creating the world. He creates the first being Adam and places him in the home he made for him. What kind of home is it? Here is what Genesis 2:8-10 says, New Living Translation Chapter 2 8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. 9 The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches. Eden is apparently the name of the region God put the man because God planted the garden in Eden. The word “Eden” means “delight.” The verse says that “a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden.” Here is one important detail I want to share about the text even though it is not stated clearly here: Scripture suggests that Eden was a mountain. So, there is a river flowing down the mountain to water the garden that was upon it. The mountain is called “Eden” and the “Garden of Eden” sits upon it. Why would I make the point that I think Eden is a mountain? As the story progresses, we will see more mountain imagery that will point to Eden being a mountain and connect what God is doing in the future to Eden. Also, there is a verse in the the book of Ezekiel that suggests Eden was a mountain. It’s kind of a mysterious passage that we can’t fully explain right now, but I want to read part of chapter 28, verses 13 and 14: “You were in Eden, that garden of God..I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God.”[2] Did you catch that in verse 14? Ezekiel refers to Eden as “the holy mountain of God.” So, we have good reason to believe that Eden was a mountain. Now, there is another important piece of information I want to share. Gen 3:8 says, English Standard Version Chapter 3 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. This leaps a little ahead in the story, so don’t worry, we will catch up soon. I want us instead to focus on the verse describing “the Lord God walking in the garden.” His walking represents his “presence.” This exact language will describe the Temple later in the Scriptures. The author of Genesis is tipping his hat that the garden of Eden is the first temple. In the Bible, a temple is where God especially reveals his presence and makes himself known. This means that the highest purpose of this mountain garden is so that mankind could share a relationship with maker. If we put all of this together (I know this is going to sound a little weird), we find that the home God prepared for his first people was a garden... mountain... temple. This garden mountain temple was true home for humanity: it contained everything people could ever want or need. First, it is a garden. The garden shows that Eden was a place of abundant provision. God gave Adam everything he needed. The most spectacular moment of God’s provision is when he creates Eve in the garden and gives her to Adam. They would get to cultivate and rule over this delightful land God had created for them. There would be perfect smells, perfect taste, perfect sights all around. Second, it is a mountain. The mountain could show that Adam and Eve will encounter the greatness of God in this place. The height of the mountain points to this. Third, it is a temple. Adam and Eve will share intimacy with God in this place. On top of this, there was the complete absence of pain and death. God’s imagination and goodness is so great in creating this place for people! I could never come up with the idea of a garden mountain temple on my own. Yet God devised this place to meet everyone’s needs completely (most of all by sharing himself with people in this place). There was no possibility of lack or want in the garden of Eden; no one could create a better place than this for people to live. I know it can be a struggle to believe that God is good when our situation is painful. Yet, I just want to remind you that this was God’s original plan for our world: to give us the greatest home our imaginations can conceive of. After Adam and Eve sin and destroy our access to this place, God continues to act in the Scriptures to bring us back to it. How could a being who creates such a place and faithfully acts to bring undeserving people back to it be a bad person? It’s impossible; he could only be good. Yet, sadly we know that Adam and Eve did not remain in their true home long. God said in Gen 2:16, 17 that Adam and Eve could eat from any tree in the garden except for the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” He warned that “in the day they would eat of it, they would surely die.” God had surrounded them with a world of “yes’s”— they could eat from any tree. He commanded them not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They were to trust him to define what was good and evil instead of seizing that role for themselves. Yet, after the devil, a fallen angel, tempts them to take the fruit from that tree, they made the worst decision in history. They commit treason against God by disobeying his commandment. God responds by banishing them from Eden, since his holy presence was there and God cannot dwell with anything unholy. He sets two angels to guard the way back into the garden, called “Cherubim.” I want you to try to remember the word “Cherubim” because it is going to come up again. Since then, all of the human race has been born, lived, and died outside of the true home God had originally created for us. Did you remember what God said would happen to Adam and Eve in the day they ate of the tree of knowledge? He says, “in the day you eat of it you shall surely die.” Now Adam and Eve’s bodies didn’t die in that very same day like we might expect. Instead, they were cast out of the garden and out of God’s presence. Here is the point: the author depicts their removal from the garden, their separation from God’s presence and true home, as part of death. In other words, death is about more than just your body dying in the Scriptures, it also includes humanity losing access to the place you were designed to live. And if losing our home is part of death, then getting it back is part of resurrection. Jerusalem As the story of the Bible unfolds, we see generations pass who are looking for a return to true home and for the one who (unlike Adam and Eve) will be obedient and be able to open the way back into Eden. Yet, the sinful failings we see in each successive generation shows that they are not the one. One character named Abraham captures this sense of disappointment when he says in Genesis 23, “I am a foreigner and a stranger.” Do those words capture how you feel about this world, which, although it is so good in some ways, is also so broken in others? David and Solomon Expectation and hope in the Old Testament that God will restore his original design for creation reach their height in King David and his son Solomon. David becomes king in Israel which the Bible describes as “flowing with milk and honey,” which means that it is an Eden-like place where God will provide for his people. As part of his military conquest, he captures Jerusalem, a city situated on five hills. David rules over his kingdom from his mountain-city and his people flourish. His son Solomon builds a temple on the mountain of Jersualem. Is anyone making some connections here? Moreover, 1 Kings 6 describes some of the features of the temple: It should have engraved “Cherubim” and “Palm trees” and “open flowers” God had Solomon fill the temple with garden imagery. So, the city of Jerusalem is another garden mountain temple. It’s all pointing back to the true home that Adam and Eve forfeited and God means to restore. Yet, David and Solomon both failed their tests: Like Adam, they give into temptation rather than trusting God. They also could not be the ones who would restore true home. What do we learn from these stories? (1) By the repeated use of the imagery of a garden mountain temple, God is showing that even though his people are faithless, he is faithfully working to restore our access to true home. Jerusalem is not this true home, but the symbolism shows that God is taking steps toward it. (2) If you feel out of place, scared or alone, or like this world cannot fulfill the longings in your heart, your story confirms exactly what the story of the Bible is teaching us: you are not home; you are aching and longing for it. Jesus If none of these figures are able to open the way back to true home, who can? One person describes the Bible this way: “the Bible is a unified story that leads to Jesus.” Can we see clues in the story of Jesus that he is the one who will open the way for us to find home? (1) In the story of Jesus, unlike David and unlike Adam, there is no sin or flaw in Jesus’s life that prevents him from opening the way back into Eden. He is the exact opposite of Adam (in fact, he is a new and better Adam): Adam had all he ever wanted and still sinned against God. Christ lost everything, even his life, and never sinned against God. (2) In the gospel of John, he describes Jesus as a human temple. I know that sounds a little strange, but a temple was where God especially revealed his presence, and since Jesus was God in the flesh (and therefore bringing God’s presence where he went), he was a human temple. (3) In the night before Jesus dies for the sins of the world, the gospel author John points out a detail we should notice. John 18:1 says, English Standard Version Chapter 18 18 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Jesus, the night before he suffers and dies, spends his time in a garden. I’ve been to that garden when I visited Israel. You souldn’t be surprised to learn, at this point, that it sits on a mountain. The next day, Jesus dies an excruciating death by hanging on a cross (which is actually a tree). Just think about this: God provides Adam and Eve with trees that give them life, Jesus willingly hangs on a tree that gave him only suffering and death in order to give us life. After he dies, his disciples lay him in a tomb. It looks like Jesus, like all who had come before him, had failed. Death had conquered him. However, there is a detail about where is tomb is we should pay attention to. John 19:41 says, English Standard Version Chapter 19 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. Now on the third day, death does not have the final word: Jesus does. He rose from the dead and now lives forever! In light of what we have seen so far, what is one thing the resurrection teaches us? Think about it! You can put the pieces together! (1) When he comes back to life from the dead, he is in the midst of the garden. (2) He died and was buried in Jerusalem, so he is on a mountain. (3) Since Jesus was God in the flesh, God’s presence was with him where ever he was: he was a human temple. Jesus came back to life in the midst of a garden mountain temple. Jesus’s resurrection from the dead shows that he passed the test that so many before him had failed so that he is the one who is able to make a way for humans to return to their true home. Here is my main point in this sermon: Jesus’s death and resurrection opens the way for us to return home. Do you think I am stretching the meaning here and looking too much into these details? Let’s take a look at the book of Revelation that looks forward to the day Jesus returns to Earth. Toward the end of Revelation, John describes the home Jesus will create for his people. Here is what John writes in Revelation 21:10, English Standard Version Chapter 21 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, We can all see that John stands on a mountain and there is a city called “Jerusalem” descending to the earth. Okay, so we see the mountain, but what about the garden and the temple, Ross? Let’s see what else Revelation has to say about this city: Revelation 21:22 says, English Standard Version Chapter 21 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. So, there is no temple structure in this city, but there is a temple: it is the very presence of God and Jesus. And is there a garden in this city? Chapter 22:1-3 says, English Standard Version Chapter 22 22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Yes, we can see that there is the tree of life, which is from the garden of Eden. Everything that was in the Garden of Eden is here, only it’s better now: in fact, the garden mountain temple has progressed into a garden mountain temple city. It will be a place without tears, disease, loneliness, or fear. Instead, God’s people will find perfect provision, peace with nature, whole relationships, and a face-to-face relationship with the God who made them. This place will be so wonderful, that it escapes our ability to imagine it (although the Scriptures gives us these symbols as an invitation to try). This is the true home that God originally designed us for and that our hearts longs to enjoy again. The resurrection of Jesus is about restoring his people to their home. Application (you) How can someone receive access to reach this home? If you are listening to this sermon right now, and are not yet a follower of Jesus, as good as this home sounds, as of right now, it won’t be yours. Since you are a sinner like me, when you die you will not reach true home, but instead the Bible is clear that God will not allow in this city and you will face judgement. Friend, I want more than anything for you to reach this home when you die. I need to make something clear: reaching home with God does not come down to what you do; it comes down to what Jesus has done for you and how you respond to him. Jesus said in John 14:6 English Standard Version Chapter 14 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus is the way to reach home. He says he is “the way” and no one “comes to the Father except through him.” When he died in the cross, he was receiving the punishment his people deserved. Someone becomes part of Jesus’s people when they put their trust in him as their savior and surrenders to him as Lord. This is the precise opposite of what Adam and Eve did in that garden. They refused to trust God and instead tried to do it their own way. Now, through Jesus, God is inviting us to trust him and promising that if we do, he will restore everything we lost. If you desire to go to be with him in a place of provision and rest forever, then please turn from your sin and from trusting in yourself (or whatever else you have placed your trust in). Instead, place all of your trust and hope in him. Trust that God will welcome and accept you not an account of anything you have done, but only on account of what Jesus has already done in you place. I want to answer one final question: can we experience true home even though we have not yet arrived? One of the most amazing things of believing in Jesus is that even though we do not yet live in a world that God has restored yet, we already get the most important aspect of it that will mark it as true home. When you place your trust in Jesus, you get a new experience of his presence and intimacy with him that is the most important aspect of feeling like you are home. My best moments of joy and happiness are when I am experiencing Jesus’s presence. Even if my life is in shambles, or I am feeling lost or lonely, when God reminds me of his nearness and I seek him, I feel deep, enduring joy. In one sense, I am waiting for my home. In another sense, since I have Jesus’s companionship, I am already home. One of the best parts of believing in Jesus is that you don’t have to wait to experience him till after the resurrection when the world is made new. You get to have him now! Friend, please don’t go to bed tonight without having put all of your trust in him. I urge you now to receive him as your lord and savior. And now brothers and sisters, let’s join several billion other Christians around the world who will worship Jesus for opening the way for us to reach true home with him forever. [1] I was inspired especially by the following two resources for much of this sermon: (1) The BibleProject Podcast, especially their series on the biblical imagery of trees and their episode on the cosmic mountain (https://bibleproject.com/podcast/series/tree-life-podcast/). I especially borrowed the idea of Eden as representative of “true home” from the latter episode I mention (https://bibleproject.com/podcast/exile-cosmic-mountain/) (2) Beale, G. K. The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God. IVP Academic, 2014. [2] G.K. Beale, “Adam as the First Priest in Eden as the Garden Temple,” SBJT 23/1 (2019): 11.

After Adam has a jealous outburst, Jenna asks Georgia to be her buffer and lie to him about how they both slept with the same guy. Madison keeps her head down and works hard to earn back Jenna's trust and is barely on the episode. The Playboy guests get creative with seashells and a poor starfish during a photo-shoot on the beach. The beach picnic goes awry, and things get rocky for lack of better word. Parker gets frustrated with the whole boat, and might get fired. Hosted by Amir Yassai (@amiryass_), Nate Harris (@royalnate_) Follow us on http://www.Twitter.com/AfterBuzzTV "Like" Us on http://www.Facebook.com/AfterBuzzTV For more After Shows for your favorite TV shows and the latest news in TV, Film, and exclusive celebrity interviews, visit http://www.AfterBuzzTV.com

This episode is pretty much exclusively related to Casanova Valentine.  Adam recently had the chance to chat with The Hipster Heartthrob. After Adam's chat with Casanova, Hunter goes over a few things from the odd WrestleMania show over the weekend.

Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. 26 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Everyone surly agrees there is anxiety in the world… all the time no doubt but today as the corona virus tops 315,000 infected it’s clear as day. People are worried about getting sick… and for loved ones… and what will be the impact on their job and paycheck… if you have stocks… Do I have enough food, water, toilet paper? We are tempted to dwell on all the possible outcomes of the coronavirus. But in truth it’s just another day in the life of a broken world. People all over the world live our their lives in different kinds of suffering. Many live in unsanitary areas that are slums. For example you might google photos of the slums in India. There is just so much brokenness in this world. So many are diseased with things from leprosy to cancer to the coronavirus. Probably millions suffer with depression that is biological in nature… and likely billions suffer from depression related to brokenness in relationships and we all suffer in relation to sin in our lives. The point is that there is anxiety in a mans heart and it weighs us down. But Solomon says a good word makes him glad. “Good word” sends my thoughts to “Good News”. If you don’t know the Lord it’s still a good thing to listen to the gospel again… You see, many of us had heard the gospel lots and lots of times before God opened up our eyes to actually see Jesus as beautiful and good news. He is the good word that makes a person glad… one who is weighed down with the anxiety of a broken world… The original man and woman that God created; Adam and Eve, were tempted by satan who said God was a liar. They believed satan over God and followed satan’s advice. Adam and Eve fell out of fellowship with God who is perfect and has nothing in common with sin. All Adam and Eves descendants were born out of fellowship with God. God did not leave mankind without hope. After Adam and Eves sin God promised one of the offspring of the woman would come who would succeed where they failed. God kept reminding them of this promise down through the ages by Prophets and by direct revelation. He made this promise to Abraham, Issac, Jacob, has a Hezekiah and king Ahaz to name a few. Before this Messiah’s coming people could be accepted by God again by believing the words and prophecies concerning him and his coming… by placing their hope in him. Then God sent his only Son as a man born of a virgin. He lived a perfect life so where Adam and Eve and you and I failed, he succeeded. He imputes his righteousness to all who delight in him. He went further than that… he bore our sin in his body… He was paid the wages of our sin… Romans 6:23 says: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. But he was not done yet… he went further. He defeated death itself to give us power over the temptations of sin in our daily life as we walk with him. And there is more… he will one day raise us up as he was raised up, incorruptible to be with him and never experience death or any of the anxieties of brokenness brought on by sin again. So this is the gospel… If you are an unbeliever I hope you will whisper a prayer that if there is truth in these words God will open your eyes to see Jesus as good news… the greatest treasure in the Universe… worth turning away from seeking after the promises sin to delighting in Jesus the rest of your life. Lets close with the second verse in todays text: 26 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Todays verses point us to the two fold mission of every believer. To keep seeing more of Gods glory in Jesus and his word… In so doing he takes away all our hearts anxieties… and secondly to share his awesomeness with our neighbor.

Before Adam sinned, the future looked quite bright. After Adam sinned, his future changed. We are descendants of that future who are looking for a way to be restored. We see the hell all around us with pornography, drug use, shootings, cursing, lack of faith and morals, and a steep decline in people going to Church. It’s looking like the Adam’s mistake has dire consequences.

Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For episode 700 join Adam Chapman as he celebrates 700 episodes and 7 years of the Comic Shenanigans podcast. After Adam takes far too long to introduce the show, the episode features the following five segments: Segment 1: Starts at 13 minutes and 4 seconds. Adam and Zachary Chapman discuss Spider-Man The Animated Series from '94. Recorded August 8 2019. Segment 2: Starts at 18 minutes and 50 seconds. Adam and Paul Skorez discuss a variety of comic and movie-related tangents while on vacation. Recorded July 23 2019. Segment 3: Starts at 1hr 48 minutes. Adam welcomes Dan Gvozden of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast back to the show for his annual visit. Adam and Dan discuss podcasting, and then shine the light on some amazing yet overlooked Marvel Comics available now on Marvel Unlimited. Recorded August 5 2019. Segment 4: Starts at 3hr 4 minutes. Adam welcomes Nathan Struk back to the podcast, for the first time since episode 500 (!). They discuss the time that the animated X-Men crossed over onto Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Recorded August 7 2019. Segment 5: Starts at 4hr 42 minutes. Adam welcomes Eric Anthony of the Cave of Solitude podcast back to the show, as he closes out the anniversary episode with a free-flowing conversation with tangents aplenty. Recorded August 8 2019. Download it now! If you want to help support Comic Shenanigans, follow this link! http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/mzvwg-3c

On the latest episode of Dad Knows Best we're talking kids and holidays. After Adam returns from a week away with the family it seems the perfect time to discuss what holidaying with kids is really like. Should you avoid until they're 21 or are there some pop tips we can learn?

The beauty of the Church happens when different people from different backgrounds and different cultures come together under the name of Jesus. God has invited us into His will to bring unity to heaven and earth through Jesus. God’s will is that heaven and earth would be reunited. After Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, a gap was created between us and God. His will is for that gap to be removed, and that is exactly what Jesus did through His sacrifice on the cross. Now, we are invited into the story. As we grow closer to God and chase after His will in our lives, we get to participate in bringing unity to all things.

God did not plan sickness and disease to be on earth, He did not plan anything evil.  Sickness and disease did not originate with God. After Adam and Eve sinned against God, Satan took dominion over the earth from them. Since then sickness and disease began to fill the surface of the earth.  We believe […]

After Adam and Eve rebelled against God, He had every right to destroy them and end human life. But that’s not what He did. On this Renewing Your Mind Minute, R.C. Sproul sets the stage for God’s gracious response to our sin.

On the Monday March 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke answered your listener questions during the Monday Mailbag segment. After Adam discussed our content and the schedule for the show, he answered listener questions about college basketball futures, MLB projections, and live betting.Keep those listener questions coming, especially as we look ahead to the transition to The Bettor’s Box for the MLB season. Adam talked a little bit about baseball today from more of a fantasy standpoint with some thoughts on the player projection systems that are out there. Listener questions about Utah State and Iowa State futures were also covered.

On the Monday March 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke answered your listener questions during the Monday Mailbag segment. After Adam discussed our content and the schedule for the show, he answered listener questions about college basketball futures, MLB projections, and live betting. Keep those listener questions coming, especially as we look ahead to the transition to The Bettor’s Box for the MLB season. Adam talked a little bit about baseball today from more of a fantasy standpoint with some thoughts on the player projection systems that are out there. Listener questions about Utah State and Iowa State futures were also covered.

Adam Sand is an online marketer unlike many who operate in the trade space because he actually owns and assists in running a successful roofing company – Sargeants Roofing out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After Adam applied and perfected the 15 plus years of experience he gained marketing in a variety of industries which included building and selling an app for the Sunbed and tanning salon sector, to his company Sargeants Roofing, Adam has since begun helping other Roofing contractors automate their business and marketing processes. His main focus is now his current venture Roofing Business Partner where he is helping other roofing contractors. It's fair to say the marketing landscape has changed for every business owner across every industry. As Adam explains, just a few short years ago most businesses had only a couple of easy marketing decisions to make each year – the main one being what size is my ad in the yellow pages going to be along with a couple of options like a local newspaper for example. Then came the internet and virtually unlimited opportunity. During this chat, we covered: the future of trade businesses what has changed is the website space and how to climb to the top of Google so your customers can find you Facebook ads and how he has used them to grow his own business how tradesman and contractors should use Instagram, and simplifying and automating trade businesses    To find out more about Adam and his current work, head to https://roofingbusinesspartner.com. You can also find Adam on Instagram. If you enjoy Trench Talk, please remember to hit the subscribe button inside your chosen podcast player, more episodes can be found at xrm.com.au/podcast Enjoy Trench Talk Episode #047, with Adam Sand…   ---- Show notes and links for this episode can be found at xrm.com.au/podcast. Feel free to email me with any suggestions or feedback to podcast@xrm.com.au. You can find Matt Reynolds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on LinkedIn.

In life we have a lot of questions. We have questions about life. We have questions for God. We are not the only one with questions. God has some as well! After Adam and Eve committed sin in the Garden of Eden, God confronted them with some very serious questions. He wanted them to come […]

Will and Nora talk about the story of Adam and Eve. After Adam and Eve sinned, God reveals a little bit of his real plan of how people will come to know him. Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Support Will and Nora with a monthly donation to keep the episodes coming! Click iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Visit our sponsor: --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theology-fun/message

Andre Roberson is out for at least a couple more months, Kyrie Irving sounds committed to Boston and Jimmy Butler sounds committed to, well, anywhere but Minnesota. After Adam and Anthony discuss those things, they discuss the Lakers, who are experimenting with the evolution of basketball right before our eyes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Adam and I attended a Trump rally in Springfield, we took an impromptu recording that became this Pod. This episode doesn't follow the typical outline, and for that reason is mainly bonus material. There is a post on The Rundown to go along with it! Hope you enjoy!

After Adam and Eve broke God’s first covenant with them, a new covenant was required, the terms of which recognized that paradise was lost. Despite the devastating consequences brought on by their disobedience, we still see a gracious God giving hope for the eventual redemption of humanity

After Adam and Eve leave the Garden, sin causes havoc and chaos. It leads to God using a man named Noah to start over.

The GAD!Cast goons are back and they've brought with them their first guest, Jacob Ragan of Russian Love Machine, False Sons, Tiger Helicide, and countless other "Jacob-Core" bands. After Adam clears the air about his nefarious dealings with another band, the crew discusses several of Jacob's musical endeavors, argues about Pokemon, and remembers their friend and fellow artist, the late Cody Jackson. The house bands just keep getting worse, but stick around after the show for a couple of actual good tunes... The Sebastian Trials - "So Predictable" RUSHPUNK! - "White Diamonds"

The beauty of the Church happens when different people from different backgrounds and different cultures come together under the name of Jesus. God has invited us into His will to bring unity to heaven and earth through Jesus. God’s will is that heaven and earth would be reunited. After Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, a gap was created between us and God. His will is for that gap to be removed, and that is exactly what Jesus did through His sacrifice on the cross. Now, we are invited into the story. As we grow closer to God and chase after His will in our lives, we get to participate in bringing unity to all things.

After Adam gushes over LeBron James, he and Ricky break down Thursday's five-game early slate around the MLB.

This portion of Scripture opens up with optimism. After Adam and Eve’s fall in the Garden, God gave hope sharing that the Seed of Eve would crush the serpent’s head, speaking of Christ. This promise of God begins to unfold with the birth of Cain and then Abel. Although Cain was a farmer, and Abel was a shepherd, there was no difference between honorability of their professions chosen. Similarly, our physical and occupational differences don’t matter. We all have differences, and these differences are for the profit of all. Because our occupations, gifts, and conditions are all different, our sacrifices will also be different. This does not mean that one is better than the other. It is the heart of the offering that God cares about. Don’t compare your calling the that of others. There is nothing wrong with differences--we need each other and our differences! Cain was indifferent about his offering, but Abel brought his best to the Lord. Cain felt resentment and disgrace after God didn’t accept his offering, but instead of examining himself and repenting, he became angry with God. He allowed a root of bitterness to form in his heart. He refused to humble himself before the Lord. God told him there is no justification for his current state of heart. We can’t put the emphasis on outward things--we must self-examine ourselves and see the sin that is lying at the door. Direct your heart towards God and your faith towards the promised Messiah. Your worth is found in Christ, not in your calling, sacrifice, occupation, condition of your life, or spiritual gift, so don’t compare these things with other people’s. Offer your life as a sacrifice to the Lord and you will be accepted!

This is our third episode discussing the Biblical theme of exile. In this show Tim and Jon breakdown famous Old Testament stories and how the exile theme is often an overlooked aspect of many Bible stories. In part 1 (0-10:27), Tim begins in Genesis 1 and 2, explaining that Eden is depicted as a “cosmic mountain”. This is in reference to other ancient religions that believed their gods lived on mountains. For example, the Greeks believed in their storytelling that the gods lived on Mt Olympus. The Canaanites believed their gods lived on Mt Zaphon. The Hebrews believed in Mt Zion. (See Psalm 48:2 “Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.” ) Tim’s point is that the writers of Genesis 1 and 2 placed Eden and Zion as their idea of paradise which directly competed with their pagan neighbors religious ideas. In part 2 (10:27-29:15), Tim outlines the depiction of peace in the garden. There is peace with the created order, depicted as the fruit being abundant and easy to harvest. There is peace with animals and nature, depicted as man naming animals. Tim explains that in Isaiah 11, part of the vision of the new creation is when humans and animals will live at peace with each other. (A baby playing with a snake.) Tim outlines the history behind the two trees placed in the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. After Adam and Eve eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, they are banished to the East of the garden. Tim says this is the first use of exile language in the Bible. They are exiled to the East, which is later the direction where Babylon is placed. Then in the next story, Cain is also banished/exiled to the East after he kills his brother Able. In Genesis 11, all of humanity is depicted as migrating to the East, and then scattered from there. Tim’s point is that the biblical authors are intentionally developing a theme that humanity is banished/exiled to the East. Tim quotes from Joseph Blenkinsopp saying that biblical authors intentionally placed humanity’s story of fall from the paradise of Eden as a foreshadowing of the coming fall of Israel. In part 3 (29:15-36:56), Tim outlines the story of Abraham. Tim says Abraham is a wandering nomad originally from the geographical area of Babylon. Abraham is called and given a promise of his own land for him and his descendants. Tim explains that Abraham only owns one plot of land in the Bible when his wife Sarah dies and he buys a burial plot. Abraham refuses to be gifted the land and buys it outright. In the story, Abraham uses the phrase “I am a stranger and sojourner in this land among you.” That phrase is adopted in Psalm 31 and 1 Peter to describe the human experience of living in exile. The story of Abraham becomes an archetype that other biblical authors use to say that humanity is rightful home, meaning we are supposed to live on the earth, but it is not in its promised state of existence. In part 4 (36:56-end), Tim outlines the story of the journey of the nation of Israel. Israel inherited Abraham’s promise. But they chose to disobey God and not cross over the Jordan into the promised land. As a result, God exiled them to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. Resources: Joseph Blenkinsopp - Exile Show Music: Take Off With Me: JGivens So Fly: JGivens Faherenheit 99: JGivens Defender Instrumental: Rosasharn Music Produced by: Dan Gummel. Jon Collins. Matthew Halbert-Howen.

The best way to understand a country is to understand the person running it. That's my theory at least.  And with that in mind, we've got Adam Plowright in the studio. Now, Adam may not be the person running France, but he is the man who wrote the first book in English about France's President Emmanuel Macron He explains the "Macron handshake", the president's fascinating rise to power, and how he dreams of Macron after following him around for a year.  He also gives us a few tips on how to become successful, from what he's observed from Macron.  Find Adam's book - The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron – The Extraordinary Rise and Risk - here. After Adam, we have a new voice on the show, April Pett who runs the April in Paris tours. Due to a hilarious miscommunication, she didn't come with a story about Macron - but about macarons, the sweet meringue-based confection. Why not book a tour with April, your friend in Paris? Tell her The Earful sent you and you'll get a free tote bag on me :) If you want to support The Earful Tower, here's a link to buy a tote bag, and here's the link to the Patreon page I mentioned in the show. Thanks in advance, and maybe see you in Paris?

After Adam returns from the Bermuda Triangle, and before Patrick departs for the Keys - Dale brings the crew together to go over The Road, Admiral, and Johnny English: Reborn.We love to hear from you! Drop us a line: TheNetflixExplorers@gmail.comFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thenetflixexplorersTWITTER: @TheNetExITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netflix-explorers-podcast/id1200124353?mt=2Leave a comment on Facebook and review us on iTunes!

Marriages that Influence Future Generations - March 26, 2017 - Steve MillerStory: "Why the Old Man Planted Trees" by Dan MurdochOf all the things that we appreciate from those who have gone before us, and that we hope to give to those who come after us, what is the most important? Jesus expressed what really concerned Him:Luke 18:8 - However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? What is God's purpose for marriage? There are multiple good purposes for godly marriage, but perhaps the most important one in God's eyes is that through godly marriage we pass on the faith to future generations.In Genesis 1-2, God created man and woman to be one flesh. This union is imperative to God's purpose to fill the earth with godly offspring and rule it in righteousness, not only for biological reasons, but for spiritual ones as well.After Adam and Eve fell into sin, Genesis 4 and 5 show two genealogies: one for Cain's line and one for Seth's line. Between the two lists, it states that "At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord."According to Genesis 6, after the offspring who kept the knowledge of the Lord intermarried with the unbelievers, the whole human race became unbelieving, violent, and wicked to the point where God regretted making mankind and determined to destroy all but Noah's family.Genesis 6:1-8After the Great Flood, God chose Abraham's family to be His vehicle to preserve and spread the knowledge of Him and His ways to the future generations of the world.Genesis 18:18-19 - 18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.” God has always been concerned about passing on faith and knowledge of Him to the next generation. This was His main concern with Israel, and much of the responsibility of this he put on families.Deuteronomy 6:4-9When the Lord brought His people into the Promised Land, He commanded and warned them to constantly teach their children His laws and His ways, to rid the land of idols, and to not intermarry with unbelievers.Deuteronomy 7:1-6What are you, whether single or married, doing to pass on the faith to future generations?After Israel had occupied much of the Promised Land, Joshua again challenged the people and reminded them to serve God and keep His covenant.Joshua 24:14-15 - "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” In our western culture, we Christians sometimes underestimate the command for parents to disciple our own children. They are meant to have a spiritual advantage, a head start.Mark 10:14-15If we do not teach our children to know and love the Lord from a young age, the world will surely step in and lead them the other way.Judges 2:6-13Chip Ingram, in Effective Parenting in a Defective World: Children will learn most by seeing what we do and how we live. Our marriages will teach and influence our children's faith even more than our words.Malachi 2:10-16 - 15Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.We live in a society full of temptation and examples of selfishness. We are not immune to temptation. But as Christians, with the grace of the Lord Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit living in us, the thought that our response to temptation will influence the lives and eternal destiny of our children and grandchildren is a very sobering stop sign.Not only that, but our marriages present a picture of the relationship between Christ and His Church to our children. Husbands demonstrate who Christ is, and wives demonstrate how we respond to Him.Ephesians 5:21-27If we consider this message honestly, we will all find some point or another where we have failed. But there is good news. Godly marriage and parenting is another part of our lives that we must bring to the cross in repentance to seek forgiveness and grace from Jesus. It's not too late. If we humble ourselves before the Lord, and our spouses, and also before our children, He will lift us up and pour His grace upon us. Do not be afraid to repent to your family members; it's one of the most necessary and powerful things we can do.Finally, if you are a parent who is divorced or married to an unbelieving spouse, don't feel discouraged or condemned about your situation. For Paul writes that a believing parent brings a sanctifying influence over his/her children.1 Corinthians 7:12-14Just how great of an influence does God want to exert on future generations through your life, your marriage?

Part 2 of 2 (second book of Adam and Eve) - Power message about how Adam and Eve's life could have been like. Life of Adam and Eve, also known, in its Greek version, as the Apocalypse of Moses. Technically not Pseudepigraph Writing because doesn't claim authorship.  It covers after expulsion to their deaths. After Adam dies, he and all his descendants are promised a resurrection. Some believed it was compiled in 1 Century AD.  Learning you can take from this is - put yourself in their shoes, what would you do.

After Adam bags Matt for his invisible props, he raises a gripe he has with cards that are individually wrapped, meaning that he can't see what is inside a card until he buys it.

Learning you can take from this is - put yourself in their shoes, what would you do.  Part 1 of 2 (Book of Adam and Eve) - Power message about how Adam and Eve's life could have been like. Life of Adam and Eve, also known, in its Greek version, as the Apocalypse of Moses. Technically not Pseudepigraph Writing because doesn't claim authorship.  It covers after expulsion to their deaths. After Adam dies, he and all his descendants are promised a resurrection. Some believed it was compiled in 1 Century AD.

Most of us are aware of the story. Adam and Eve, in a moment of arrogance and rebellion, broke the heart of God. God’s grand vision for relationship was wrecked by the choice of one man. Sometimes the Bible seems very overwhelming to us, but we want to make it extremely simple today. From its opening pages you see the true vision of God. He just wanted to be with us. You see that grand vision destroyed by Adam’s choice. But then you see the Missio Dei begin to unfold. After Adam’s fall, the rest of the of the Bible is a story of God’s commitment to do whatever is necessary to get us back. The mission unfolds page after page, chapter after chapter, that tells us the story of how God gets us back. Watch the video at http://northplacechurch.com/watch

God has invited us into His will to bring unity to heaven and earth through Jesus. #God #unity I love messy church. The beauty of the Church is not when we are arguing about who is right or who Christians should vote for. No, the beauty of the Church is when different people from different backgrounds and different cultures come together under the name of Jesus. God’s will is that heaven and earth would be reunited. After Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, a gap was created between us and God. His will is for that gap to be removed, and that is exactly what Jesus did through His sacrifice on the cross. Now, we are invited into the story. As we grow closer to God and chase after His will in our lives (remember: It’s not one destination but the journey of growing closer to God), we get to participate in bringing unity to all things. About One Verse One Verse is a short, free daily devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Consistency trumps intensity. When it comes to working out, eating healthy, or managing our finances, consistency always trumps intensity. We reach our major life goals through small, purposeful steps taken daily. The same is true in our spiritual lives. I truly believe you will grow closer to God by spending just 5 minutes a day with Him versus cramming in an hour once a month. The One Verse Devotional is here to help take away the barriers of spending time with God. Now, during your workout, drive to work, or even shopping for groceries, you can invest in your spiritual life.   http://phosphorusproject.com/

Scripture: Genesis 3:9, After Adam and Eve sin and hide from God, this is God's question. He wants them to realize where they are because of their choices. What does this question tell us about us & God?

After Adam's willful disobedience in the Garden, God in His infinite love and mercy set forth the greatest rescue of all time. Jesus Christ, the eternal God, would come and save mankind from sin and restore eternal life to all those who would believe.

After Adam and Eve's choice to sin by eating the forbidden fruit, they are confronted by God in the garden. Pastor Steve covers the initial part of "the curse", but we note that there is even glimmers of hope in this dark time as the first prophecy of the Bible is given regarding the Messiah crushing Satan's head.

Advent – the beginning of the Christian new year and a way of marking new creation time ... After Adam 1.0's move towards autonomy from God, all creation, including time, began to move towards death and decay. In the renewal of all things in Jesus Christ, Adam 2.0, all creation, including time, began to move towards life. The liturgical cycle proclaims that Christ, the New Human Being, has come, has died and has risen for all. Advent is also a penitential season … identifying with the expectation and hope of cosmic transformation. We all know that something is wrong in our lives … personally, socially, globally … and we know why --- Death entered the world through Adam’s autonomy from his creator … Christ, the second Adam has come to destroy the curse, the enemy behind it and restore all things. We are living in between the times … the first Advent and the final Advent. Hear Isaiah’s groan in today's Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 64:1-9 God why don’t you do something? Rend the heavens and come down and do business with your enemies! Yet God remains on plan. In his Son, one day he would rend the heavens and come down to unite heaven and earth. This is a season where we face the fact that we cannot save ourselves … we need a savior … all our attempts are as filthy rags. Isaiah and Jesus, in the Gospel reading form Mark 13 are telling us the same message: Awake / arouse yourself to take hold of God. Isaiah was amazed that no one cared. God's people had fallen asleep. The cry is to wake up from spiritual slumber. Three Ways to be on Watch, to be alert, discerning the moment: 1. Prayer – letting go … to apprehend … living attentively and structured in our prayer life is helpful … to pray without ceasing is the goal. Prayer is a way of actualizing our communion and friendship with God. Prayer is therefore a call to participate with the Kingdom of God. 2. Fasting – letting go … to apprehend … ascetical practices are a means of taking up one’s cross to crucify an overactive ego, a demanding, compulsive false self in order to clear away the dross to better access the Spirit. When the Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity, a huge shift occurred where the unconverted masses started going to church. In an act to save themselves from the new, emerging culturalized Christianity, devout men and women fled to the Egyptian desert and established the foundations of monasticism. In order to escape the encroaching cultural compromise, they practiced a form of self-persecution … denying oneself in silence, solitude, prayer and fasting. People began to flock to the desert to seek counsel and prayer from these Desert Fathers and Mothers. An overly contexualized Christianity ceases to be counter-cultural. Ancient Christianity is Counter-Cultural, not because its old, but because it is based in living through a different life in a sacramental world – the Crucified, Risen Lord Jesus and maintaining changing forms and practices handed down to use from the beginning. An overly contexualized Christianity becomes more secular than sacred. This is not promoting a sacred – secular divide from the side of new creation. It all belongs to God. The unredeemed world has no grid for this marriage of heaven and earth. When we seek to emulate the secular without the sacred, we extinguish Advent speaks of the tension of the already-not-yet Kingdom; the now and not-yet work of conversion in our lives. Forms of fasting in order to crucify the false self is necessary for flowering in our faith; otherwise, we drift and collapse amid the wind, waves and floods coming our way. Jesus said to WATCH … Application: Let us examine ourselves where we have become secularized in tension with the sacred. Where might we be grieving the Holy Spirit? Resisting the Holy Spirit? Quenching the Holy Spirit? Where have habits crept in that are at cross purposes with our salvation, our spiritual health and transformation? Fasting is a way of denying those addictions, putting them to death by the cross of Christ. This is how we participate in our transformation. Put off the old man and put on the new … 3. Alms – letting go to … apprehend … Generosity is at the core of our salvation. God so loved the world that he gave … Paul quoted Jesus as saying, “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.” Application: Generosity, mercy, compassion, identifying with life on the margins is a key mark of true Christianity. We are asking you to consider giving more during this season and sacrificing a little less for the commercial side of Christmas. This is a way of taking back the true meaning of Christmas.

The Violet Race After the Days of Adam (868.1) 78:0.1 THE second Eden was the cradle of civilization for almost thirty thousand years. Here in Mesopotamia the Adamic peoples held forth, sending out their progeny to the ends of the earth, and latterly, as amalgamated with the Nodite and Sangik tribes, were known as the Andites. From this region went those men and women who initiated the doings of historic times, and who have so enormously accelerated cultural progress on Urantia. (868.2) 78:0.2 This paper depicts the planetary history of the violet race, beginning soon after the default of Adam, about 35,000 B.C., and extending down through its amalgamation with the Nodite and Sangik races, about 15,000 B.C., to form the Andite peoples and on to its final disappearance from the Mesopotamian homelands, about 2000 B.C. 1. Racial and Cultural Distribution (868.3) 78:1.1 Although the minds and morals of the races were at a low level at the time of Adam’s arrival, physical evolution had gone on quite unaffected by the exigencies of the Caligastia rebellion. Adam’s contribution to the biologic status of the races, notwithstanding the partial failure of the undertaking, enormously upstepped the people of Urantia. (868.4) 78:1.2 Adam and Eve also contributed much that was of value to the social, moral, and intellectual progress of mankind; civilization was immensely quickened by the presence of their offspring. But thirty-five thousand years ago the world at large possessed little culture. Certain centers of civilization existed here and there, but most of Urantia languished in savagery. Racial and cultural distribution was as follows: (868.5) 78:1.3 1. The violet race — Adamites and Adamsonites. The chief center of Adamite culture was in the second garden, located in the triangle of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; this was indeed the cradle of Occidental and Indian civilizations. The secondary or northern center of the violet race was the Adamsonite headquarters, situated east of the southern shore of the Caspian Sea near the Kopet mountains. From these two centers there went forth to the surrounding lands the culture and life plasm which so immediately quickened all the races. (868.6) 78:1.4 2. Pre-Sumerians and other Nodites. There were also present in Mesopotamia, near the mouth of the rivers, remnants of the ancient culture of the days of Dalamatia. With the passing millenniums, this group became thoroughly admixed with the Adamites to the north, but they never entirely lost their Nodite traditions. Various other Nodite groups that had settled in the Levant were, in general, absorbed by the later expanding violet race. (869.1) 78:1.5 3. The Andonites maintained five or six fairly representative settlements to the north and east of the Adamson headquarters. They were also scattered throughout Turkestan, while isolated islands of them persisted throughout Eurasia, especially in mountainous regions. These aborigines still held the northlands of the Eurasian continent, together with Iceland and Greenland, but they had long since been driven from the plains of Europe by the blue man and from the river valleys of farther Asia by the expanding yellow race. (869.2) 78:1.6 4. The red man occupied the Americas, having been driven out of Asia over fifty thousand years before the arrival of Adam. (869.3) 78:1.7 5. The yellow race. The Chinese peoples were well established in control of eastern Asia. Their most advanced settlements were situated to the northwest of modern China in regions bordering on Tibet. (869.4) 78:1.8 6. The blue race. The blue men were scattered all over Europe, but their better centers of culture were situated in the then fertile valleys of the Mediterranean basin and in northwestern Europe. Neanderthal absorption had greatly retarded the culture of the blue man, but he was otherwise the most aggressive, adventurous, and exploratory of all the evolutionary peoples of Eurasia. (869.5) 78:1.9 7. Pre-Dravidian India. The complex mixture of races in India — embracing every race on earth, but especially the green, orange, and black — maintained a culture slightly above that of the outlying regions. (869.6) 78:1.10 8. The Sahara civilization. The superior elements of the indigo race had their most progressive settlements in what is now the great Sahara desert. This indigo-black group carried extensive strains of the submerged orange and green races. (869.7) 78:1.11 9. The Mediterranean basin. The most highly blended race outside of India occupied what is now the Mediterranean basin. Here blue men from the north and Saharans from the south met and mingled with Nodites and Adamites from the east. (869.8) 78:1.12 This was the picture of the world prior to the beginnings of the great expansions of the violet race, about twenty-five thousand years ago. The hope of future civilization lay in the second garden between the rivers of Mesopotamia. Here in southwestern Asia there existed the potential of a great civilization, the possibility of the spread to the world of the ideas and ideals which had been salvaged from the days of Dalamatia and the times of Eden. (869.9) 78:1.13 Adam and Eve had left behind a limited but potent progeny, and the celestial observers on Urantia waited anxiously to find out how these descendants of the erring Material Son and Daughter would acquit themselves. 2. The Adamites in the Second Garden (869.10) 78:2.1 For thousands of years the sons of Adam labored along the rivers of Mesopotamia, working out their irrigation and flood-control problems to the south, perfecting their defenses to the north, and attempting to preserve their traditions of the glory of the first Eden. (869.11) 78:2.2 The heroism displayed in the leadership of the second garden constitutes one of the amazing and inspiring epics of Urantia’s history. These splendid souls never wholly lost sight of the purpose of the Adamic mission, and therefore did they valiantly fight off the influences of the surrounding and inferior tribes while they willingly sent forth their choicest sons and daughters in a steady stream as emissaries to the races of earth. Sometimes this expansion was depleting to the home culture, but always these superior peoples would rehabilitate themselves. (870.1) 78:2.3 The civilization, society, and cultural status of the Adamites were far above the general level of the evolutionary races of Urantia. Only among the old settlements of Van and Amadon and the Adamsonites was there a civilization in any way comparable. But the civilization of the second Eden was an artificial structure — it had not been evolved — and was therefore doomed to deteriorate until it reached a natural evolutionary level.* (870.2) 78:2.4 Adam left a great intellectual and spiritual culture behind him, but it was not advanced in mechanical appliances since every civilization is limited by available natural resources, inherent genius, and sufficient leisure to insure inventive fruition. The civilization of the violet race was predicated on the presence of Adam and on the traditions of the first Eden. After Adam’s death and as these traditions grew dim through the passing millenniums, the cultural level of the Adamites steadily deteriorated until it reached a state of reciprocal balance with the status of the surrounding peoples and the naturally evolving cultural capacities of the violet race. (870.3) 78:2.5 But the Adamites were a real nation around 19,000 B.C., numbering four and a half million, and already they had poured forth millions of their progeny into the surrounding peoples. 3. Early Expansions of the Adamites (870.4) 78:3.1 The violet race retained the Edenic traditions of peacefulness for many millenniums, which explains their long delay in making territorial conquests. When they suffered from population pressure, instead of making war to secure more territory, they sent forth their excess inhabitants as teachers to the other races. The cultural effect of these earlier migrations was not enduring, but the absorption of the Adamite teachers, traders, and explorers was biologically invigorating to the surrounding peoples. (870.5) 78:3.2 Some of the Adamites early journeyed westward to the valley of the Nile; others penetrated eastward into Asia, but these were a minority. The mass movement of the later days was extensively northward and thence westward. It was, in the main, a gradual but unremitting northward push, the greater number making their way north and then circling westward around the Caspian Sea into Europe. (870.6) 78:3.3 About twenty-five thousand years ago many of the purer elements of the Adamites were well on their northern trek. And as they penetrated northward, they became less and less Adamic until, by the times of their occupation of Turkestan, they had become thoroughly admixed with the other races, particularly the Nodites. Very few of the pure-line violet peoples ever penetrated far into Europe or Asia. (870.7) 78:3.4 From about 30,000 to 10,000 B.C. epoch-making racial mixtures were taking place throughout southwestern Asia. The highland inhabitants of Turkestan were a virile and vigorous people. To the northwest of India much of the culture of the days of Van persisted. Still to the north of these settlements the best of the early Andonites had been preserved. And both of these superior races of culture and character were absorbed by the northward-moving Adamites. This amalgamation led to the adoption of many new ideas; it facilitated the progress of civilization and greatly advanced all phases of art, science, and social culture. (871.1) 78:3.5 As the period of the early Adamic migrations ended, about 15,000 B.C., there were already more descendants of Adam in Europe and central Asia than anywhere else in the world, even than in Mesopotamia. The European blue races had been largely infiltrated. The lands now called Russia and Turkestan were occupied throughout their southern stretches by a great reservoir of the Adamites mixed with Nodites, Andonites, and red and yellow Sangiks. Southern Europe and the Mediterranean fringe were occupied by a mixed race of Andonite and Sangik peoples — orange, green, and indigo — with a sprinkling of the Adamite stock. Asia Minor and the central-eastern European lands were held by tribes that were predominantly Andonite. (871.2) 78:3.6 A blended colored race, about this time greatly reinforced by arrivals from Mesopotamia, held forth in Egypt and prepared to take over the disappearing culture of the Euphrates valley. The black peoples were moving farther south in Africa and, like the red race, were virtually isolated. (871.3) 78:3.7 The Saharan civilization had been disrupted by drought and that of the Mediterranean basin by flood. The blue races had, as yet, failed to develop an advanced culture. The Andonites were still scattered over the Arctic and central Asian regions. The green and orange races had been exterminated as such. The indigo race was moving south in Africa, there to begin its slow but long-continued racial deterioration. (871.4) 78:3.8 The peoples of India lay stagnant, with a civilization that was unprogressing; the yellow man was consolidating his holdings in central Asia; the brown man had not yet begun his civilization on the near-by islands of the Pacific. (871.5) 78:3.9 These racial distributions, associated with extensive climatic changes, set the world stage for the inauguration of the Andite era of Urantia civilization. These early migrations extended over a period of ten thousand years, from 25,000 to 15,000 B.C. The later or Andite migrations extended from about 15,000 to 6000 B.C. (871.6) 78:3.10 It took so long for the earlier waves of Adamites to pass over Eurasia that their culture was largely lost in transit. Only the later Andites moved with sufficient speed to retain the Edenic culture at any great distance from Mesopotamia. 4. The Andites (871.7) 78:4.1 The Andite races were the primary blends of the pure-line violet race and the Nodites plus the evolutionary peoples. In general, Andites should be thought of as having a far greater percentage of Adamic blood than the modern races. In the main, the term Andite is used to designate those peoples whose racial inheritance was from one-eighth to one-sixth violet. Modern Urantians, even the northern white races, contain much less than this percentage of the blood of Adam. (871.8) 78:4.2 The earliest Andite peoples took origin in the regions adjacent to Mesopotamia more than twenty-five thousand years ago and consisted of a blend of the Adamites and Nodites. The second garden was surrounded by concentric circles of diminishing violet blood, and it was on the periphery of this racial melting pot that the Andite race was born. Later on, when the migrating Adamites and Nodites entered the then fertile regions of Turkestan, they soon blended with the superior inhabitants, and the resultant race mixture extended the Andite type northward. (872.1) 78:4.3 The Andites were the best all-round human stock to appear on Urantia since the days of the pure-line violet peoples. They embraced most of the highest types of the surviving remnants of the Adamite and Nodite races and, later, some of the best strains of the yellow, blue, and green men. (872.2) 78:4.4 These early Andites were not Aryan; they were pre-Aryan. They were not white; they were pre-white. They were neither an Occidental nor an Oriental people. But it is Andite inheritance that gives to the polyglot mixture of the so-called white races that generalized homogeneity which has been called Caucasoid. (872.3) 78:4.5 The purer strains of the violet race had retained the Adamic tradition of peace-seeking, which explains why the earlier race movements had been more in the nature of peaceful migrations. But as the Adamites united with the Nodite stocks, who were by this time a belligerent race, their Andite descendants became, for their day and age, the most skillful and sagacious militarists ever to live on Urantia. Thenceforth the movements of the Mesopotamians grew increasingly military in character and became more akin to actual conquests. (872.4) 78:4.6 These Andites were adventurous; they had roving dispositions. An increase of either Sangik or Andonite stock tended to stabilize them. But even so, their later descendants never stopped until they had circumnavigated the globe and discovered the last remote continent. 5. The Andite Migrations (872.5) 78:5.1 For twenty thousand years the culture of the second garden persisted, but it experienced a steady decline until about 15,000 B.C., when the regeneration of the Sethite priesthood and the leadership of Amosad inaugurated a brilliant era. The massive waves of civilization which later spread over Eurasia immediately followed the great renaissance of the Garden consequent upon the extensive union of the Adamites with the surrounding mixed Nodites to form the Andites. (872.6) 78:5.2 These Andites inaugurated new advances throughout Eurasia and North Africa. From Mesopotamia through Sinkiang the Andite culture was dominant, and the steady migration toward Europe was continuously offset by new arrivals from Mesopotamia. But it is hardly correct to speak of the Andites as a race in Mesopotamia proper until near the beginning of the terminal migrations of the mixed descendants of Adam. By this time even the races in the second garden had become so blended that they could no longer be considered Adamites. (872.7) 78:5.3 The civilization of Turkestan was constantly being revived and refreshed by the newcomers from Mesopotamia, especially by the later Andite cavalrymen. The so-called Aryan mother tongue was in process of formation in the highlands of Turkestan; it was a blend of the Andonic dialect of that region with the language of the Adamsonites and later Andites. Many modern languages are derived from this early speech of these central Asian tribes who conquered Europe, India, and the upper stretches of the Mesopotamian plains. This ancient language gave the Occidental tongues all of that similarity which is called Aryan. (872.8) 78:5.4 By 12,000 B.C. three quarters of the Andite stock of the world was resident in northern and eastern Europe, and when the later and final exodus from Mesopotamia took place, sixty-five per cent of these last waves of emigration entered Europe. (873.1) 78:5.5 The Andites not only migrated to Europe but to northern China and India, while many groups penetrated to the ends of the earth as missionaries, teachers, and traders. They contributed considerably to the northern groups of the Saharan Sangik peoples. But only a few teachers and traders ever penetrated farther south in Africa than the headwaters of the Nile. Later on, mixed Andites and Egyptians followed down both the east and west coasts of Africa well below the equator, but they did not reach Madagascar. (873.2) 78:5.6 These Andites were the so-called Dravidian and later Aryan conquerors of India; and their presence in central Asia greatly upstepped the ancestors of the Turanians. Many of this race journeyed to China by way of both Sinkiang and Tibet and added desirable qualities to the later Chinese stocks. From time to time small groups made their way into Japan, Formosa, the East Indies, and southern China, though very few entered southern China by the coastal route. (873.3) 78:5.7 One hundred and thirty-two of this race, embarking in a fleet of small boats from Japan, eventually reached South America and by intermarriage with the natives of the Andes established the ancestry of the later rulers of the Incas. They crossed the Pacific by easy stages, tarrying on the many islands they found along the way. The islands of the Polynesian group were both more numerous and larger then than now, and these Andite sailors, together with some who followed them, biologically modified the native groups in transit. Many flourishing centers of civilization grew up on these now submerged lands as a result of Andite penetration. Easter Island was long a religious and administrative center of one of these lost groups. But of the Andites who navigated the Pacific of long ago none but the one hundred and thirty-two ever reached the mainland of the Americas. (873.4) 78:5.8 The migratory conquests of the Andites continued on down to their final dispersions, from 8000 to 6000 B.C. As they poured out of Mesopotamia, they continuously depleted the biologic reserves of their homelands while markedly strengthening the surrounding peoples. And to every nation to which they journeyed, they contributed humor, art, adventure, music, and manufacture. They were skillful domesticators of animals and expert agriculturists. For the time being, at least, their presence usually improved the religious beliefs and moral practices of the older races. And so the culture of Mesopotamia quietly spread out over Europe, India, China, northern Africa, and the Pacific Islands. 6. The Last Andite Dispersions (873.5) 78:6.1 The last three waves of Andites poured out of Mesopotamia between 8000 and 6000 B.C. These three great waves of culture were forced out of Mesopotamia by the pressure of the hill tribes to the east and the harassment of the plainsmen of the west. The inhabitants of the Euphrates valley and adjacent territory went forth in their final exodus in several directions: (873.6) 78:6.2 Sixty-five per cent entered Europe by the Caspian Sea route to conquer and amalgamate with the newly appearing white races — the blend of the blue men and the earlier Andites. (873.7) 78:6.3 Ten per cent, including a large group of the Sethite priests, moved eastward through the Elamite highlands to the Iranian plateau and Turkestan. Many of their descendants were later driven into India with their Aryan brethren from the regions to the north. (874.1) 78:6.4 Ten per cent of the Mesopotamians turned eastward in their northern trek, entering Sinkiang, where they blended with the Andite-yellow inhabitants. The majority of the able offspring of this racial union later entered China and contributed much to the immediate improvement of the northern division of the yellow race. (874.2) 78:6.5 Ten per cent of these fleeing Andites made their way across Arabia and entered Egypt. (874.3) 78:6.6 Five per cent of the Andites, the very superior culture of the coastal district about the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates who had kept themselves free from intermarriage with the inferior neighboring tribesmen, refused to leave their homes. This group represented the survival of many superior Nodite and Adamite strains. (874.4) 78:6.7 The Andites had almost entirely evacuated this region by 6000 B.C., though their descendants, largely mixed with the surrounding Sangik races and the Andonites of Asia Minor, were there to give battle to the northern and eastern invaders at a much later date. (874.5) 78:6.8 The cultural age of the second garden was terminated by the increasing infiltration of the surrounding inferior stocks. Civilization moved westward to the Nile and the Mediterranean islands, where it continued to thrive and advance long after its fountainhead in Mesopotamia had deteriorated. And this unchecked influx of inferior peoples prepared the way for the later conquest of all Mesopotamia by the northern barbarians who drove out the residual strains of ability. Even in later years the cultured residue still resented the presence of these ignorant and uncouth invaders. 7. The Floods in Mesopotamia (874.6) 78:7.1 The river dwellers were accustomed to rivers overflowing their banks at certain seasons; these periodic floods were annual events in their lives. But new perils threatened the valley of Mesopotamia as a result of progressive geologic changes to the north. (874.7) 78:7.2 For thousands of years after the submergence of the first Eden the mountains about the eastern coast of the Mediterranean and those to the northwest and northeast of Mesopotamia continued to rise. This elevation of the highlands was greatly accelerated about 5000 B.C., and this, together with greatly increased snowfall on the northern mountains, caused unprecedented floods each spring throughout the Euphrates valley. These spring floods grew increasingly worse so that eventually the inhabitants of the river regions were driven to the eastern highlands. For almost a thousand years scores of cities were practically deserted because of these extensive deluges. (874.8) 78:7.3 Almost five thousand years later, as the Hebrew priests in Babylonian captivity sought to trace the Jewish people back to Adam, they found great difficulty in piecing the story together; and it occurred to one of them to abandon the effort, to let the whole world drown in its wickedness at the time of Noah’s flood, and thus to be in a better position to trace Abraham right back to one of the three surviving sons of Noah. (875.1) 78:7.4 The traditions of a time when water covered the whole of the earth’s surface are universal. Many races harbor the story of a world-wide flood some time during past ages. The Biblical story of Noah, the ark, and the flood is an invention of the Hebrew priesthood during the Babylonian captivity. There has never been a universal flood since life was established on Urantia. The only time the surface of the earth was completely covered by water was during those Archeozoic ages before the land had begun to appear. (875.2) 78:7.5 But Noah really lived; he was a wine maker of Aram, a river settlement near Erech. He kept a written record of the days of the river’s rise from year to year. He brought much ridicule upon himself by going up and down the river valley advocating that all houses be built of wood, boat fashion, and that the family animals be put on board each night as the flood season approached. He would go to the neighboring river settlements every year and warn them that in so many days the floods would come. Finally a year came in which the annual floods were greatly augmented by unusually heavy rainfall so that the sudden rise of the waters wiped out the entire village; only Noah and his immediate family were saved in their houseboat. (875.3) 78:7.6 These floods completed the disruption of Andite civilization. With the ending of this period of deluge, the second garden was no more. Only in the south and among the Sumerians did any trace of the former glory remain. (875.4) 78:7.7 The remnants of this, one of the oldest civilizations, are to be found in these regions of Mesopotamia and to the northeast and northwest. But still older vestiges of the days of Dalamatia exist under the waters of the Persian Gulf, and the first Eden lies submerged under the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. 8. The Sumerians — Last of the Andites (875.5) 78:8.1 When the last Andite dispersion broke the biologic backbone of Mesopotamian civilization, a small minority of this superior race remained in their homeland near the mouths of the rivers. These were the Sumerians, and by 6000 B.C. they had become largely Andite in extraction, though their culture was more exclusively Nodite in character, and they clung to the ancient traditions of Dalamatia. Nonetheless, these Sumerians of the coastal regions were the last of the Andites in Mesopotamia. But the races of Mesopotamia were already thoroughly blended by this late date, as is evidenced by the skull types found in the graves of this era. (875.6) 78:8.2 It was during the floodtimes that Susa so greatly prospered. The first and lower city was inundated so that the second or higher town succeeded the lower as the headquarters for the peculiar artcrafts of that day. With the later diminution of these floods, Ur became the center of the pottery industry. About seven thousand years ago Ur was on the Persian Gulf, the river deposits having since built up the land to its present limits. These settlements suffered less from the floods because of better controlling works and the widening mouths of the rivers. (875.7) 78:8.3 The peaceful grain growers of the Euphrates and Tigris valleys had long been harassed by the raids of the barbarians of Turkestan and the Iranian plateau. But now a concerted invasion of the Euphrates valley was brought about by the increasing drought of the highland pastures. And this invasion was all the more serious because these surrounding herdsmen and hunters possessed large numbers of tamed horses. It was the possession of horses which gave them a tremendous military advantage over their rich neighbors to the south. In a short time they overran all Mesopotamia, driving forth the last waves of culture which spread out over all of Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. (876.1) 78:8.4 These conquerors of Mesopotamia carried in their ranks many of the better Andite strains of the mixed northern races of Turkestan, including some of the Adamson stock. These less advanced but more vigorous tribes from the north quickly and willingly assimilated the residue of the civilization of Mesopotamia and presently developed into those mixed peoples found in the Euphrates valley at the beginning of historic annals. They quickly revived many phases of the passing civilization of Mesopotamia, adopting the arts of the valley tribes and much of the culture of the Sumerians. They even sought to build a third tower of Babel and later adopted the term as their national name. (876.2) 78:8.5 When these barbarian cavalrymen from the northeast overran the whole Euphrates valley, they did not conquer the remnants of the Andites who dwelt about the mouth of the river on the Persian Gulf. These Sumerians were able to defend themselves because of superior intelligence, better weapons, and their extensive system of military canals, which were an adjunct to their irrigation scheme of interconnecting pools. They were a united people because they had a uniform group religion. They were thus able to maintain their racial and national integrity long after their neighbors to the northwest were broken up into isolated city-states. No one of these city groups was able to overcome the united Sumerians. (876.3) 78:8.6 And the invaders from the north soon learned to trust and prize these peace-loving Sumerians as able teachers and administrators. They were greatly respected and sought after as teachers of art and industry, as directors of commerce, and as civil rulers by all peoples to the north and from Egypt in the west to India in the east. (876.4) 78:8.7 After the breakup of the early Sumerian confederation the later city-states were ruled by the apostate descendants of the Sethite priests. Only when these priests made conquests of the neighboring cities did they call themselves kings. The later city kings failed to form powerful confederations before the days of Sargon because of deity jealousy. Each city believed its municipal god to be superior to all other gods, and therefore they refused to subordinate themselves to a common leader. (876.5) 78:8.8 The end of this long period of the weak rule of the city priests was terminated by Sargon, the priest of Kish, who proclaimed himself king and started out on the conquest of the whole of Mesopotamia and adjoining lands. And for the time, this ended the city-states, priest-ruled and priest-ridden, each city having its own municipal god and its own ceremonial practices. (876.6) 78:8.9 After the breakup of this Kish confederation there ensued a long period of constant warfare between these valley cities for supremacy. And the rulership variously shifted between Sumer, Akkad, Kish, Erech, Ur, and Susa. (876.7) 78:8.10 About 2500 B.C. the Sumerians suffered severe reverses at the hands of the northern Suites and Guites. Lagash, the Sumerian capital built on flood mounds, fell. Erech held out for thirty years after the fall of Akkad. By the time of the establishment of the rule of Hammurabi the Sumerians had become absorbed into the ranks of the northern Semites, and the Mesopotamian Andites passed from the pages of history. (877.1) 78:8.11 From 2500 to 2000 B.C. the nomads were on a rampage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Nerites constituted the final eruption of the Caspian group of the Mesopotamian descendants of the blended Andonite and Andite races. What the barbarians failed to do to effect the ruination of Mesopotamia, subsequent climatic changes succeeded in accomplishing. (877.2) 78:8.12 And this is the story of the violet race after the days of Adam and of the fate of their homeland between the Tigris and Euphrates. Their ancient civilization finally fell due to the emigration of superior peoples and the immigration of their inferior neighbors. But long before the barbarian cavalrymen conquered the valley, much of the Garden culture had spread to Asia, Africa, and Europe, there to produce the ferments which have resulted in the twentieth-century civilization of Urantia. (877.3) 78:8.13 [Presented by an Archangel of Nebadon.]

After Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, God pronounced the consequences to the serpent, Eve and then Adam. In Genesis 3:16, God shares a truth that impacts all women that live, have lived or will live. The degree that this bad news impacts a woman is directly related to how much a woman trusts herself and not God. God initiated this judgment on women, but He has provided the solution also.

 On this spectacular episode we are down one man because  Adam had a prior engagement to attend to. Our very special guest, the man the myth Mr. Joe Panno ( the real one ) finally graced us with his presence! We start off the show by having a special call in from Adam to mention a few things he is very excited about. After Adam left us we dive right into the show. Wayne brings up his wonderful time at the doctors, Rum relives his fight with the Penguin and his sidekick, then Joe tell us the story of him hitting on the Taco Bell girl. We also talk about bad tv, some new metal, Iron Maidens drummer passing, some of Joe's many bands present and past ( Resurrection Man , D.O.T. , C.O.G. ) and many other things that will confuse and insult ... Enjoy the madness. Music by: Resurrection Man Podcast produced and mixed by: Nutso187 If you are interested in hearing more from the band Resurrection Man you can find them on Facebook HERE!!!  Don't forget you can also hear us on http://www.coreofdestructionradio.com/ every Thursday night from 6pm - 7pm central time. Also we can be found on Stitcher .So if you have a smartphone download the free app and look us up on Stitcher. Also like us on Facebook, also please leave us comments on iTunes. Now we have an official M.H.O.G. Podcast webstie www.mhogpodcast.com  . Please go and check it out, like it and spread the word ... Thanks for all the support. Gamers can find Wayne and Justin under the tags "Nutso 187"and "The Rum Guy" on x-box live. Adam can be found complaining on his comic website Rebelcomix.com. And he has a comic book podcast on iTunes called Graphic Panels. 

After Adam and Eve rebelled against God, He told them that he would create enmity (or hatred) between Satan's "descendents" and humanity. Does this merely reflect the ongoing animosity that we see between good and evil? Perhaps this enmity refers to something much more significant - a divine intervention that was to protect the human race and to give them an opportunity to reject Satan and his kingdom. Get the powerpoint slides here - http://www.godscharacter.com/files/ppt/Genesis_3-4_enmity.ppt

2007-03-04-1030 Pastor Loran Livingston is the speaker this morning March 4th, 2007 in the 10:30 service.Scripture Ref: Genesis 1:1-3; John 1:1-9; John 8:12Topic: FearNotes:- God is the only eternal being, complete in Himself- Everything made by God, through Jesus, out of nothing- God made heavens and earth (space and matter), hovered over the deep- Man was created with no needs/wants, no shame or worry- After Adam’s sin, he lived long and saw the death, sickness, pain, childbearing of many, knowing he was responsible- Woman caught in adultery, Jesus’ mercy, light shown in darkness - Every man a unique creation of God- People fear being caught, that they have been caught, or that no one even cares- Story of 8 yr. old daughter’s note, running away but in the house- We all have past that we fear others finding out- He chooses sinful, scared people so He can show light in darkness

2007-03-04-0830 Pastor Loran Livingston is the speaker this morning March 4th, 2007 in the 8:30 service.Scripture Ref: Genesis 1:1-3; John 1:1-9; John 8:12Topic: FearNotes:- God is the only eternal being, complete in Himself- Everything made by God, through Jesus, out of nothing- God made heavens and earth (space and matter), hovered over the deep- Man was created with no needs/wants, no shame or worry- After Adam’s sin, he lived long and saw the death, sickness, pain, childbearing of many, knowing he was responsible- Woman caught in adultery, Jesus’ mercy, light shown in darkness - Every man a unique creation of God- People fear being caught, that they have been caught, or that no one even cares- Story of 8 yr. old daughter’s note, running away but in the house- We all have past that we fear others finding out- He chooses sinful, scared people so He can show light in darkness