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In this episode, I sit down with well-known author and blogger, Tim Challies, to discuss his book Running to Win: The Lifelong Pursuits of a Godly Man. We dive into the spiritual disciplines and habits that shape a faithful life, exploring the parallels between the Christian walk and the discipline of running a race. Tim shares insights on marriage, doctrine, self-control and the importance of commitment to godly living in all seasons of life. Tim Challies is a pastor, noted speaker, author of numerous articles, and a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere. Tens of thousands of people visit Challies.com each day, making it one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs in the world. Tim is the author of several books, including Visual Theology, The Next Story, and, most recently, Pilgrim Prayers: Devotional Poems That Awaken Your Heart to the Goodness, Greatness, and Glory of God. https://www.ryleyheppner.com https://www.instagram.com/ryleyheppner/ For all collaboration requests (speaking, advertising, etc.) go to: https://www.ryleyheppner.com/collaboration
In this month's episode of The Connecting Podcast, we welcome Pastor Tim Challies. Tim is a pastor, noted speaker, author, and a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere. Tens of thousands of people visit Challies.com each day, making it one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs in the world. Tim is the author of several books, including his most recent book, Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History. Be prepared to be encouraged, challenged, and enlightened in this episode of The Connecting Podcast.
In this month's episode of The Connecting Podcast, we welcome Pastor Tim Challies. Tim is a pastor, noted speaker, author, and a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere. Tens of thousands of people visit Challies.com each day, making it one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs in the world. Tim is the author of several books, including his most recent book, Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History. Be prepared to be encouraged, challenged, and enlightened in this episode of The Connecting Podcast.
If an alien were transplanted to earth, it wouldn't take long scrolling any social media platform to realize humans don't want to age. In fact, they will spend a lot of money not to look like time is passing. I'm encouraged by the way my friend Maryanne talks about how we can age in wisdom when the promise of eternal youth rings hollow. This topic is coming at such an amazing time for me. I'm turning 35 this year, and our season has very much shifted. We went from being the youngest wherever we went to now moms with just toddlers asking me what it was like parenting for me when my kids were "little." I feel like I had come to terms with that, but I still very much feel myself freaking out. What encouragement would you have for me or women my age? When you look in the mirror... not how have you changed, but rather how has the way you've seen yourself changed over the years? What have your 40s revealed about what is important? How does it reveal who we are becoming when things we once defined ourselves by are stripped away? I think many people fear the way their marriage will shift as they get older. How have you seen marriage change as you and your husband have aged? You can find Maryanne Challies Helms on Instagram HERE You can find Elizabeth writing helpful hints on the blog Helping you love Jesus and disciple your kids on Instagram Or get access to the "Bible Study" by signing up with email! Original Music written and recorded by Jonathan Camenisch *affiliate links are used when appropriate. Thank you for supporting Sunshine in My Nest --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elizabeth-santelmann/support
Rose Challies is the CEO of Terra Nova Foundation. https://terranova.foundation/
Nik and Ruth Ripken welcome Tim and Aileen Challies in this moving episode, where they share their journey through the grief of losing a child and how they've found hope and redemption through their faith in Christ. Through raw and honest conversation, they discuss the challenges of navigating such deep sorrow and how their faith has sustained them through the darkest moments. Join us as we dive deep into topics that resonate with the heart of ministry—grief, hope, redemption—and discover how these themes are lived out on the mission field and within the church. This episode serves as a reminder that our deepest wounds can become the source of our most powerful ministry. Learn more about the work of Tim Challies at Challies.com Learn more about Nik Ripken ministries at NikRipken.com Follow us on our socials @nikripken on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nikripken/support
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In this 3-part series Costi Hinn interviews pastor and author, Tim Challies, about the loss of his son, Nick, in 2020. Nick was a young man on the pathway to ministry and deeply loved by his family. He was engaged to Ryn, enjoying life, and going to school at Boyce College (Southern Seminary) when the Lord called him home suddenly. Tim has always been known for his faithful teaching and writing ministry (www.challies.com), but the Lord has seen fit to add a "ministry of sorrow" to Tim's life. This series will take a deep dive into the Challies family story, the aftermath of losing Nick, big questions about God's goodness, sovereignty, grief, and suffering as a Christian.
Rumblings of Revival Among Gen Z? Challies on X: "There may not be times in your marriage when you stop loving your wife, but there may be times when you stop liking her. There may be times when you are easily irritated with her, when you just can't get along, or when a kind of despondency enters into the way you think of her…" Jason Kelce talking about the importance of fathers in his retirement speech The biggest problem with us is not that we want to be happy. It's that we're satisfied with inferior pleasuresSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, the fellas finish the Challies list of thoughts on the church and throw in a few of their own thoughts, as well.
Have you ever considered reading John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion but don't know where to start? Today's episode is a guide to help you begin that journey. In Relatione (relevant links) Eowyn's Recommendation: The Magician's Nephew (consider also the BBC Radio Dramas) Battle's translation | the current standard English translation Knowing God and Ourselves: Reading Calvin's Institutes Devotionally | a devotional guide by David Calhoun 1541 Banner of Truth Edition | smaller than the final 1559 edition and can also be read with Calhoun's guide. Beveridge's translation | an older translation and a more cost-effective version Truth for All Time | a booklet by Calvin that is often a distillation of his original 1536 edition of the Institutes. Guide to Christian Living | a translation from the French of five chapters from the full Institutes A Little Book on the Christian Life | a translation of the same five chapters above from the Latin version (You can also find my teachings on this book here) Ex Interrete (a hodgepodge of Internet items that I enjoyed)The Mundanity of ExcellenceShedding A worthwhile podcast episode to listen to. Tears Over Sorrows That May Never Come This post (from 2021 but was re-shared by Challies as a flashback this week) was instrumental in encouraging my wife to fight her anxiety of our eldest daughter's seizures. "How, then, can I let go of such anxiety? If I have learned any antidote it is this: deliberately submitting myself to the will of God, for comfort is closely related to acquiescence. As long as I fight the will of God, as long as I battle God's right to rule his world in his way, peace remains distant and furtive. But when I surrender, when I bow the knee, then peace flows like a river and “attendeth my way.” For when I do so, I remind myself that the will of God is inseparable from the character of God."
In today's episode we're chatting with Maryanne Challies Helms about how to glorify the Lord even in the midst of what we might consider to be the “mundane” everyday work of life and ministry. Maryanne is a wife, a mother of four, and a fellow member of Morningside Presbyterian Church in Georgia. Maryanne embodies so well what it looks like to faithfully live as a Christian, especially in the current online spaces, which we talk about some in this episode! We pray this episode encourages you to see your work—even if it is ordinary or mundane—as beautiful unto the Lord and glorifying to him. FULL SHOW NOTES REST FOR THE WEARY SERIES RESOURCES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What does ministry look like for you? This could be service in your home, service in the church nursery, service to aging parents, etc. Have you ever felt tired or weary as a result of your work? Explain. How (specifically) does Christ's humanity and life of everyday work encourage you in your own daily work? What are some passages of Scripture that encourage you as you serve in the unseen places? Consider memorizing one of these passages this week. What might you do or implement in light of what you learned in this week's episode? FOR MORE Support Journeywomen Ministries: Give Podcast Sponsors Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify Follow Us: Instagram | Facebook Leave a rating & review Interviews do not imply Journeywomen's endorsement of all writings and positions of the interviewee or any other resources mentioned. On the Journeywomen podcast we'll come alongside you in the seasons and challenges of life to move you to know and love God and his Word, to find your hope in the gospel, and to invest deeply in your local church as you go out on mission for the glory of God.
Filmmaker and author Tim Keesee challenges us to live well in this short life we're given. In his book A Day's Journey: Stories of Hope and Death-Defying Joy, Tim encourages us to embrace hope when we experience hardships until faith becomes sight. Tim is an author, a filmmaker, and the founder and executive director of Frontline Missions International (FMI), a ministry that advances the gospel in the world's difficult places. He has traveled to over one hundred countries, reporting on the church from the former Iron Curtain countries to war-torn Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Tim is also the executive producer of the Dispatches from the Front film series, and his writings appear in Desiring God, Tabletalk, and Challies.com. He and his wife, Debbie, live in South Carolina.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In so many moments throughout the day, little hands and hearts demand our time and attention, but we can't meet everyone's needs. With the flutter of noise, we grow impatient, our fuse is cut short. But it's not just these moments that try our long-suffering. Maybe it looks like wading through deep sorrow as you walk through suffering that won't let up. Maybe you're growing tired, because you expected your season of life to look different by now, but God still has you in the same place. If patience is a fruit of the Spirit dwelling in us (Gal. 5:22-23), why does it feel so hard to actually be patient? In this episode, Emily chats with her dear friend, Maryanne Challies Helms, on seeing the ways God is training us in patience through our everyday moments as moms. Be encouraged: whatever trial you're facing today, God has planned it for your growth and his glory—he will not leave you to fight this battle alone. This episode is brought to you by our generous donors. If you'd like to join them or learn more, click here. Find the free download (6 Prayers for When You Feel Weak in Motherhood), discussion questions, links, and related resources from our Abundance series here. R|M on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter
Blogger Tim Challies and his wife Aileen reflect on their passage through grief over the loss of their son, with thoughts for grievers and comforters alike. Show Notes and Resources Visit Tim's blog at challies.com Order Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God You can follow Tim on facebook: @challies Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network
Blogger Tim Challies and his wife Aileen received the call every parent dreads: That their young, healthy, engaged-to-be-married son had suddenly collapsed and died. The Challies speak openly about muscling through their individual paces of grief and seasons of sorrow. Show Notes and Resources Visit Tim's blog at challies.com Order Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God You can follow Tim on facebook: @challies Find resources from this podcast at shop.familylife.com. Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife's app! Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Check out all the FamilyLife podcasts on the FamilyLife Podcast Network
We've finished our 10 episode series on hymn writers and today we are going to talk about Matthew Henry, a British Nonconformist minister and author who wrote one of the most famous and influential biblical commentaries of all time. If you don't know him from his commentaries, you might know him from this famous quote: The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved. That's a beautiful sentiment and does much to demonstrate the character of this godly man.RESOURCESBanner of Truth: https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/matthew-henry/#:~:text=He%20began%20work%20on%20his,Henry's%20own%20notes%20and%20writings.Bible Study Tools: https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/Bible Portal: https://bibleportal.com/commentary/mhcMatthewHenry.org https://www.matthewhenry.org/about/who-is-matthew-henry/Quaker.org: https://quaker.org/the-inner-light/Challies: https://www.challies.com/articles/the-puritans-matthew-henry/Intro Music: Country Strumstick Mountain Hop, by Andy Slater
Today we are going to talk about Augustus Toplady, an Anglican clergyman and hymn writer who is best known for his classic hymn "Rock of Ages".RESOURCESHymnary: https://hymnary.org/person/Toplady_AugustusLeben: https://leben.us/augustus-toplady/Challies.com: https://www.challies.com/articles/hymn-stories-rock-of-ages/Evangelical Movement of Wales: https://www.emw.org.uk/2020/05/rock-of-ages/
In this week's episode, I am joined by Tim Challies, who for the past 15 years has been posting daily at the incredibly popular Christian blog Challies.com. Tim has also written several books including Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity. In this interview, we cover a variety of topics including calling, blogging, daily routines, and honoring Christ with our work even when facing health-related limitations. Get 30-Days Free of Covenant Eyes with Promo Code "ROSE" https://covenanteyes.sjv.io/DVL76n Check out Tim's blog at Challies.com Get my free weekly newsletter and morning routine planner, Reagan's Roundup Sign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Academy waitlist Support the show on Patreon
Some environmental patterns appear to be local - but upon closer inspection - then have a wider and larger spill-over and are actually driven by global actors. Based on a recent study by Veit et al. (2021) here a seabird example is presented - the Elegant Tern - and how its conservation management effects spill into the wider Pacific and the Atlantic, including western Europe (Spain and France). It turned global. Most individuals of this tern species breed on just one tiny island in southern California - Isla Raza. However, individual bird vagrants of Elegant Terns are found by bird watchers and researchers in areas far away from this source but directly affected by rodent/predator-removal and other factors - most of them man-made and cultural. The concept of telecoupling (=widely connected sources, sinks and spill-overs) can be applied here and it helps in the Anthropocene to understand how global economies, their cultures/attitudes and actions all affect oceans, species, prey and climate alike - including some of the associated El Nino patterns. References (selection) Liu J., Y. Dou, M. Batistella, E.Challies, T.Conno, C.Friis, J.DA. Millington, E. Parish, C. L Romulo, R.F.Bicudo Silva, H. Triezenberg, H.Yang, Z.Zhao, K. S. Zimmerer, F. Huettmann, M.L. Treglia, Z. Basher, M.G. Chung, A.Herzberger, A.Lenschow, A. Mechiche-Alami, J. Newig, J.Roch and J. Sun (2018) Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability. Environmental Sustainability 33:58-69 doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.009 Raya Rey A. and F. Huettmann (2019) Telecoupling analysis of the Patagonian Shelf: a new approach to study global seabird-fisheries interactions to achieve sustainability. Journal for Nature Conservation 3: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ article/pii/S1617138118301067 Raya Rey, A. N., J. C. Pizarro, C. B. Anderson, and F. Huettmann. (2017) Even at the uttermost ends of the Earth: how seabirds telecouple the Beagle Channel with regional and global processes that affect environmental conservation and social-ecological sustainability. Ecology and Society 22 (4):31. [online] URL: https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss4/art31/ Veit, R. R., E. Velarde, M.H. Horn, and L.L. Manne (2021) Population growth and long-distance vagrancy leads to colonization of Europe by elegant terns Thalasseus elegans. Front. Ecol. Evol, 9: 824. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/falk-huettmann/support
This is the podcast where we look at men and women from the age of the Church whose lives have had an impact for the Kingdom of God with the ultimate goal of finding inspiration and strengthening our faith. This is the second episode in season four of this podcast where we're exclusively focusing on hymn writers. The subject of today's episode wrote what is widely considered the most popular English-language hymn of all time - Amazing Grace. I'm speaking, of course, of John Newton. RESOURCES Christian History Institute: https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/amazingly-graced-john-newton Ligonier Ministries: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts/5-minutes-in-church-history-with-stephen-nichols/the-life-of-john-newton Christianity.com: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/john-newton-discovered-amazing-grace-11630253.html Banner of Truth: https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/john-newton/ Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/pastorsandpreachers/john-newton.html Challies: https://www.challies.com/articles/christian-men-and-their-godly-moms-physical-weakness-spiritual-strength/
Learn how grief impacts you and how you can deal with loss, especially during the Christmas season. Listen as host John Matarazzo speaks with author and pastor Tim Challies about how Challies grieved over the loss of his son in 2020 from his new book Season of Sorrow. For more on Tim Challies check out Website Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God Tim Challis Youtube
Every day we're bombarded with messages and ideas that vie for our attention and acceptance. And with the internet and social media dominating so much of our lives, the need for spiritual discernment, the ability to rightly evaluate those ideas through the lens of scripture, is critically important. And yet, it seems that many Christians, including many Christian leaders, lack spiritual discernment, constantly falling prey to the latest trend and sucked into the latest con. In this interview, Tim Challies defines and discusses the importance of spiritual discernment. Tim Challies is a self-employed web designer and a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere, having one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs, Challies.com. He is also the editor of DiscerningReader.com, a site dedicated to offering thoughtful reviews of books that are of interest to Christians. Tim lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his wife, Aileen, and their three children. To learn more from Tim Challies, check out his book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment. Read the full transcript of this episode. Submit your questions for Paul Tripp here. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show! Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!
TheoBros Podcast Episode 34. The love of money; Dwyane Wade and the exploitation of his son; David French wants amnesty; Challies on God's Sovereignty; Go check out the Farmer Theologian Podcast with Eric Dodson. Squirrelly Joe's Coffee guarantees that your order will be freshly roasted everytime and taste amazing! TheoBros get 25% percent off their first order when they use the promo code “theobro” at checkout at squirrellyjoes.com.
TheoBros Podcast Episode 34. The love of money; Dwyane Wade and the exploitation of his son; David French wants amnesty; Challies on God's Sovereignty; Go check out the Farmer Theologian Podcast with Eric Dodson. Squirrelly Joe's Coffee guarantees that your order will be freshly roasted everytime and taste amazing! TheoBros get 25% percent off their first order when they use the promo code “theobro” at checkout at squirrellyjoes.com.
Looking for a Reformed Church in Orange County? Check out Santa Ana Reformed (a United Reformed Church plant) meeting Sundays at 2 PM at Davis Elementary School in Santa Ana! Contact us: santaanareformed@gmail.com Please help support the show on our Patreon Page! Check out the ESBT Series & NSBT Series from IVP Academic! Get a copy of the Family Worship Bible Study, The Works of William Perkins, & the RHB Store! Sign up with Logos Bible Software to receive a Free Book every month! Go to logos.com/guiltgrace to begin. WELCOME TO BOOK CLUB! A pastor at Grace Fellowship Church, noted speaker, and author of numerous articles, Tim Challies is a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere. Tens of thousands of people visit Challies.com each day, making it one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs in the world. Tim is the author of several books, including Visual Theology and Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History. He and his family reside near Toronto, Ontario. We want to thank Zondervan for their help in setting up this interview and providing us with the necessary materials to interview Tim Purchase the book(s) here: Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God Have Feedback or Questions? Email us at: guiltgracepod@gmail.com Find us on Instagram: @guiltgracepod Follow us on Twitter: @guiltgracepod Find us on YouTube: Guilt Grace Gratitude Podcast Please rate and subscribe to the podcast on whatever platform you use! Looking for a Reformed Church? North American Presbyterian & Reformed Churches --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gggpodcast/support
Rose Challies and Vic Crockford both joined the latest Impact Call to share about what they are involved in. Vic Crockford shared with us about Community Housing Aotearoa and their work - for more info visit Community Housing | Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa Rose Challies shared about Terra Nova Foundation - for more info visit Terra Nova Foundation | Reduce and Reconnect To listen to earlier calls visit Aotearoa Impact Sector Updates | Parry Field Lawyers Lots more content www.theseeds.nz
Episode 17. Blake Long's work has been featured on Challies.com, For the Church, 9Marks, United We Pray, Servants of Grace, Gospel-Centered Discipleship, Monergism.com, and The Aquila Report. He has his own blog at theology-and-life.com. He is the author of an important book called 'Gospel Smugness.'
Episode 17. Blake Long's work has been featured on Challies.com, For the Church, 9Marks, United We Pray, Servants of Grace, Gospel-Centered Discipleship, Monergism.com, and The Aquila Report. He has his own blog at theology-and-life.com. He is the author of an important book called 'Gospel Smugness.'
Episode 17. Blake Long's work has been featured on Challies.com, For the Church, 9Marks, United We Pray, Servants of Grace, Gospel-Centered Discipleship, Monergism.com, and The Aquila Report. He has his own blog at theology-and-life.com. He is the author of an important book called 'Gospel Smugness.'
The first introduction episode discussing the reason behind the name of Grassfed & Graceled Podcast! Not only should we be desiring quality sourced food, but as Christians, we should be feeding on the Word of God, listen to hear more!Grassfed & Graceled is coming from a Particular Baptist background and seeks to be in step with the core Christian faith, and in particular the 1689 London Baptist Confession. (Read here https://founders.org/library/1689-confession/)The book I mention: "How to Eat Your Bible" by Nate PickowiczHow to Eat Your Bible: A Simple Approach to Learning and Loving the Word of God: Pickowicz, Nate, Challies, Tim: 9780802420398: Books - AmazonIntro & Outro Song:Lark in the Morning. The Atholl Highlanders by Sláinte | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/SlinteMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Tim Challies is a pioneer in the blogosphere, he's also a talented author and sought after speaker. Tim joins the show to discuss the rise of Challies.com, which has become one of the most widely read Christian blogs...Read more...>>>
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Jason sits down with author Tim Challies to discuss how to grow your faith in extraordinary ways, Challies' new book, "Knowing and Enjoying God," faith, life and plenty more.
By God's grace, we're back with another season to share with you! Today's episode is a conversation with author and blogger Tim Challies on "Means of Grace". God initiates and establishes a relationship with His people but how does he maintain the relationship and nourish it? And what ought our responses and responsibilities be in view of God's initiation and care for this relationship? What are some different views of means of grace and some common misunderstandings about this topic? Bethany talks with Tim about these topics, and he tells us about his newest book, Knowing and Enjoying God. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/womenencouraged)
“The teaching of the Bible is consistent, self-consistent, because it all comes from the unchanging God who cannot lie. So no passage of Scripture ever contradicts another passage of Scripture.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton are doing something different, they're taking a quiz! Specifically, Pastor Jeff will be quizzing Jen. [00:01] Introduction to This EpisodeTake the quiz with Jen and stay till the end for a possible prize! [04:47] Let The Test Begin!True or False: It is appropriate to say that God is the author of the BibleA: TrueTrue or False: Because God is the author of the Bible, it is not appropriate to say that the books in the Bible have human authors.A: False (2 Peter 1:21)True or False: Inspiration means that God dictated the words of the Bible to human beings who then wrote them downA: FalseTrue or False: The inspiration of Scripture was the particular work of God the FatherA: False (2 Peter 1:21)True or False: The words of Jesus, carry more authority than the other words of ScriptureA: FalseTrue or False: The word used to describe the complete list of all the books that belong in the Bible is the word covenantA: FalseTrue or False: There are 64 books in the canon of ScriptureA: FalseHow many books are there in the Old or New Testament? A: In the OT there are 39 books and in the NT there are 27Everything God requires of us as Christians is included in Scripture, either explicitly, or by implicationA: True Every passage in scripture is easy to understand perfectlyA: FalseScripture is the one and only means God uses to communicate truth about HimselfA: False One passage of scripture will never actually contradict another A: True It is possible that God will speak again, and add new books to the BibleA: False [33:27] Final ThoughtsFinal words Connect with us! Key Quotes“Since all of scripture is God-breathed and it's all God's speaking, all of Scripture then has ultimate authority.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Resources MentionedTake the full quiz! www.Challies.com Join the ConversationWe love your feedback! If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a review. If you have any questions or comments on today's episode, email me at pastorjeff@lowcountrycc.orgVisit my website https://www.jeffcranston.com and subscribe to my newsletter. Join me on Sunday mornings at LowCountry Community Church. Check-in with us on Facebook or Instagram @pastorjeffcranstonRemember, the real power of theology is not only knowing it but applying it. Thanks for listening!
More Than a Song - Discovering the Truth of Scripture Hidden in Today's Popular Christian Music
There is an account in the Bible of Jesus speaking to the wind and waves and calming them down. This idea often makes its way into our prayers and songs -- not unlike Jeremy Camp's song, "When You Speak." I think it deserves a deep look from us to see what we can learn from ALL of the words Jesus speaks in this scene. Join me in the Gospel of Mark, in a boat on the Sea of Galilee. In this episode, I discuss: Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include: Meditating on Scripture Completing a word study Defining words Reading Scripture out loud Imagining the scene Reading in context The 30 Day Music Challenge The Father initiates the plan of salvation, the Son accomplishes the plan of redemption, and the Spirit applies what has been initiated and accomplished Seeking the face of God before we seek His hand Studying the actual Word of God to more easily identify its counterfeit - James 1:25, Joshua 1:7-9 Completing a word study on the word meditate as found in Joshua 1:8 - BibleHub.com Looking up words related to meditate such as soliloquize, muse, and ruminate Our focus verses found in Mark 4:35-41 Imagining the scene in the context of the whole Examining the words of Jesus vs. the words of the disciples The words of Douglas O'Donnell, "Jesus is...addressing...their "excessive fear"...Fear that doesn't acknowledge who's onboard the boat." - "Matthew: All Authority in Heaven and on Earth (Preaching the Word)" by Douglas O'Donnell Additional Resources Lyrics - NewReleasseToday.com Story Behind the Song "When You Speak" - NewReleaseToday Article Fascinating articles on counterfeit detection and the spiritual parallels - Challies.com Article Part One and Part Two This Week's Challenge Read our focus passage in Mark 4 in the context of Mark 3-5. When you focus on Mark 4:35-41, be sure to make some observations and make time to meditate on the text. Let it roll around in your mind a bit. Ponder the text. Talk to yourself about it. Chew on it over and over again. There is much more to see here. I hope I've inspired you to spend some time here for yourself. And remember, when God speaks, the wind and the waves bow to His will.
I'm very excited about this episode because it's subject, RC Sproul, is my favorite modern theologian and teacher and I've learned so much from him through the years. And I continue to learn from him today through his recorded lectures and writings. RC Sproul served the Kingdom in many ways through his life - professor, pastor, leader, father, husband, administrator, hymnist, defender, and many more. But perhaps his most lasting and wide-spread impact is his commitment to teaching the laity. Sproul was without doubt one of the Giants of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.RESOURCES Ligonier.org: https://www.ligonier.org/blog/ligonier-valley-study-center-early-years/Ligonier.org: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/r-c-sproul-man-called-god/Ligonier.org: https://www.ligonier.org/blog/remembering-rc-sproul/The Gospel Coalition: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/rc-sproul-life-stephen-nichols/Challies: https://www.challies.com/book-reviews/rc-sproul-a-life/The Gospel Herald: https://www.gospelherald.com/articles/71727/20171214/dr-r-c-sproul-death-john-piper-russell-moore-reflect.htmSupport the show (https://paypal.me/rob4jen)
5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Ben Mandrell are joined by Tim Challies. Challies is a pastor, blogger, and book reviewer. He is also the author of Knowing and Enjoying God. They discuss learning how sorrow is a ministry and the decision to not pursue a large ministry. BEST QUOTES "God equips us for ministry in different ways and one of the ministries of the church is the ministry of sorrow.""If we can understand the hand of providence in it - whether God does things or whether God permits things - somehow God is involved in all the circumstances of our lives.""This is an assignment from God, I don't need to get hung up on the why it happened. I can just say this is what did happen and now I am going to take it as a gift of His grace, an assignment from His hand.""In the Christian world, there is intense pressure to grow.""I really want to be encouraging to people, to be able to continue to bring truth that will shore people up to face another day in a difficult world and help them commit more and more to dutifully serving the Lord.""Envy never does anybody any good, it primarily hurts the one who is envious, because it is a sin in which you are always comparing yourself to others. If you win the comparison you become prideful, if you lose the comparison you become despairing and you turn on God.""Godliness doesn't run in the family, but when you have three generations there is something that builds over time.""We can become very full of ourselves and think far too highly of ourselves and lose that awareness of how sinful we are and what our family tolerates.""As leaders, it is good to get a better assessment from time to time of our own leadership failures and then be willing to bear with our family as they put up with us.""When you are at your best, prepare for your worst.""Your most important leadership moments are probably going to come when you are in great difficulty." RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Challies.com Knowing and Enjoying God by Tim Challies This Episode's Sponsor: Downline Ministries' mission is to encourage a restoration of biblical discipleship in and through the local church by equipping men and women to know God's Word and make disciples. The primary way we partner with churches is through the Downline Institute, a 9 month biblical discipleship training program that walks students through the Bible (Genesis-Revelation), biblical manhood/womanhood, and key discipleship lessons. Listeners can receive $100 off tuition cost by using the code LIFEWAY when you apply at www.downlineministries.com.
This is a dedicated episode to Jen Tringale, "an internationally known speaker, author, and strategist on awakening destiny." She was mentioned in my book review on Kent Philpott's "False Prophets Among Us: A Critical Analysis of the New Apostolic Reformation." I received an email request inquiring of her. This episode is a response to that request. ***RESOURCES*** Here is the aforementioned book review on Philpott: https://earnestlayman.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/book-review-false-prophets-among-us-a-critical-analysis-of-the-new-apostolic-reformation-by-kent-philpott/ Here is the article from GotQuestions.Org (henceforth referred to as GQOrg) about God's being in control: https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-in-control.html Here is my post on why it is unbiblical to decree and declare: https://earnestlayman.wordpress.com/2020/08/20/bible-question-why-is-it-unbiblical-to-decree-and-declare/ Here is the GQOrg article on the purpose of angels: https://www.gotquestions.org/purpose-of-angels.html Here is the episode showing the origin of Lou Engle's "The Call": http://www.piratechristian.com/fightingforthefaith/2017/8/detour-to-your-dream?rq=Lou%20Engle This is the Justin Peters transcript I mentioned: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/TM13-10/the-devilish-puppet-master-of-the-wordfaith-movement-justin-peters Here is the Mike Winger video that exposes the "Mirror Bible": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tQiWdEt4ME Here is the GQOrg article on the "Mirror Bible": https://www.gotquestions.org/Mirror-Bible-Word.html Here is my movie review I did on "A Shack Of Lies": https://earnestlayman.wordpress.com/2020/08/01/movie-review-a-shack-of-lies/ Here is both the Tim Challies article that refutes William Paul Young's "Lies We Believe About God" and the Fighting For The Faith episode that both discusses the Challies article and links Che Ahn with the New Apostolic Reformation: https://www.challies.com/book-reviews/what-does-the-shack-really-teach-read-lies-we-believe-about-god/ http://www.piratechristian.com/fightingforthefaith/2017/3/lies-wm-paul-young-tells-about-god I mentioned an episode featuring lectures by Cairns and Charmley. Here it is: http://www.piratechristian.com/fightingforthefaith/2018/5/are-there-apostles-in-the-church-today I never did read that section from my book review I mentioned on David Cloud (substituting instead Jude 1-11). Here is that book review: https://earnestlayman.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/book-review-the-pentecostal-charismatic-movements-the-history-and-error-by-david-w-cloud/ Did I forget any links? If so, please let me know. Thanks for listening and your patience! Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
On this episode of The Bee Weekly, Kyle and Ethan are joined by Trevor Andersen to talk about bears crashing a pool party, atheists finding Jesus, and what blue checks are doing for Pride Month. Kyle and Ethan also talk to Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop about the cost of his faith and his fight for religious liberty. Intro Trevor Andersen joins Kyle and Ethan to guest host. Upcoming Interview Next interview will be Buddy Brown of YouTube fame. Get it a day early if you’re a paid subscriber. We Read Comments From Our Different Platforms Gaple comments on our John Cena article and we get a compliment on our upgraded equipment. Weird News Suspects Break Into Storage Unit, Steal Boxes Of Little Debbie Snack Cakes Mercedes Tumbles Off Jack, Kills Suspected Catalytic Converter Thief Ontario Principal Removed After Twice Wearing Hair Of Student As A Wig Flight From India To US Diverted After Crew Finds Bat In Business Class Backlash As Skin-Coloured “equality stamps” In Spain Priced Differently Video Shows Teen Girl Shoving Huge Bear Over Fence To Save Her Dogs Seven Bears Crash High School Pool Party In Tennessee Man Breaks Guinness World Record For World’s Tallest Spike Mohawk Faithful Counseling Get 10% off your first month using this link. Segment 1 Kyle and Ethan Take a Test on the Trinity as seen on Challies.com Segment 2 Real Stuff Blue Checks Say (and other happenings on social media) Segment 3 Kyle and Ethan talk to Jack Phillips from Masterpiece Cakeshop Hate Mail Eve didn’t like our rainbow logo. Subscriber Portion Subsriber Headlines of the Week Subscriber Email Question/ Love Mail Bonus 10 Questions We learn even more about Trevor!
A reader asked about women on stage during church services. During the service different churches allow women to do different things. This episode discusses some of the things women do on stage and which ones may or may not be consistent with what the Bible allows. Here are Challies' two articles Article #1- The Public Reading of Scripture Article #2 responding to push back, Men, Women & the Public Reading of Scripture Here is a blog post from Grace To You 2013 on the topic https://www.gty.org/library/Blog/B130904 This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/05/31/what-can-women-do-on-stage-during-church-services/
In this week's episode we are discussing what it means to be "reformed." Often there is confusion on what the term entails and what it doesn't entail. Hopefully this episode will give you some information to better navigate the topic. What is the Gospel? https://youtu.be/_0EFXpQUSlo Interested in learning the biblical languages in a rosetta stone like format? Check out biblingo.org! Don't forget to take advantage of the CITC discount, just use the discount code: CHRISTISTHECURE when signing up! Follow our new project on Instagram: historia_ecclesiastica Also check out some virtual ancient world tours here:www.ancient-world.co?affid=V624P4Y9 “All Creatures of Our God and King” Original words (v. 1-2) by St. Francis of Assisi, translated by William Henry Draper. Music, 16th Century German tune, adapted by Jonathan Baird and Ryan Baird. Add. words (v. 3-4) by Jonathan Baird and Ryan Baird. © 2013 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP). Used by permission. www.SovereignGraceMusic.org Further reading/sources: Reformed Arminianism? www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNTs_QC80Tc Olsen on Reformed Arminianism: www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson…nianism-reformed/ Reformed Theology: rts.edu/resources/what-is-reformed-theology/ Theocast: theocast.org/are-calvinism-and-…gy-the-same-thing/ Challies on being Reformed: www.challies.com/articles/what-it…-to-be-reformed/ Being reformed according to TGC: au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what…an-reformed/ Ligonier on Being Reformed: tabletalkmagazine.com/article/2018/1…o-be-reformed/
This episode elaoborates on the Seascape Ecology scheme and on the concept of defining a global sustainability science agenda without bias. It is based on the new publication of over 30 co-authors by Pittmann et al. (2021) which essentially tried to follow the Sutherland et al. (2009) approach to find and highlight research priorities for the so-complex world ocean scheme reaching sustainability (something that we are currently far away from, e.g. ocean crisis and based on a traditional reductionistic approach/oceanography/research vessels). In the meantime, the concept of Seascape Ecology is presented, e.g. (Pittmann 2017) -stemming initially from Landscape Ecology (e.g. Forman 1995) - allowing for more 'ecumenical' approaches to research and to obtain 'patterns and processes', usually being based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, deep models and more holistic concepts like telecoupling (Liu et al. 2018 ) that are urgently needed to better tackle global sustainability questions. References Pittman S.J. , K. L. Yates, P. J. Bouchet, D. Alvarez-Berastegui, S. Andréfouët, S. S. Bell, C. Berkström, C. Boström, C. J. Brown, R. M. Connolly, R. Devillers, D. Eggleston, B. L. Gilby, M. Gullström, B. S. Halpern, M. Hidalgo, D. Holstein, K. Hovel, F. Huettmann, E. L. Jackson, W. R. James J. B. Kellner, C. Y. Kot, V. Lecours, C. Lepczyk, I. Nagelkerken, J. Nelson, A. D. Olds, R. O. Santos, K. L. Scales, D. C. Schneider, H. T. Schilling, C. Simenstad, I. M. Suthers, E. A. Treml, L. M. Wedding, P. Yates and M. Young. Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science. Marine Ecology Progress Series 663: 1-29 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13661 Pittmann S. (ed) (2017) Seascape Ecology. Wiley Blackwell Forman R.T.T. (1995) Land Mosaics (The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions). Cambridge University Press. Liu J., Y. Dou, M. Batistella, E.Challies, T.Conno, C.Friis, J.DA. Millington, E. Parish, C. L Romulo, R.F.Bicudo Silva, H. Triezenberg, H.Yang, Z.Zhao, K. S. Zimmerer, F. Huettmann, M.L. Treglia, Z. Basher, M.G. Chung, A.Herzberger, A.Lenschow, A. Mechiche-Alami, J. Newig, J.Roch and J. Sun (2018) Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability. Environmental Sustainability 33:58-69 doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust. 2018.04.009 Sutherland W.J., W. M. Adams R. B. Aronson R. Aveling T. M. Blackburn S. Broad G. Ceballos I. M. Côté R. M. Cowling G. A. B. Da Fonseca E. Dinerstein P. J. Ferraro E. Fleishman C. Gascon M. Hunter Jr. J. Hutton P. Kareiva A. Kuria D. W. Macdonald K. Mackinnon F. J. Madgwick M. B. Mascia J. Mcneely E. J. Milner‐Gulland S. Moon C. G. Morley S. Nelson D. Osborn M. Pai E. C. M. Parsons L. S. Peck H. Possingham S. V. Prior A. S. Pullin M. R. W. Rands J. Ranganathan K. H. Redford J. P. Rodriguez F. Seymour J. Sobel N. S. Sodhi A. Stott K. Vance‐Borland A. R. Watkinson (2009) One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity. Conservation Biology 23: Pages 557-567 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/falk-huettmann/support
In episode 32 we're going to survey the life and impact of English Reformer William Tyndale. Tyndale is another one of those guys that has had an outsized impact on the course of English, and therefore Western, history. I'd always known Tyndale as the man that first translated the Bible into English. But it's much more than that. Tyndale's story is one full of intrigue, secrecy, bounty hunters, daring escapes, and above all a ferocious devotion to the Kingdom of God. I hope that this recounting of his commitment encourages you as it did me.RESOURCES Ligonier Ministries: https://www.ligonier.org/blog/prince-translators-william-tyndale/Challies: https://www.challies.com/book-reviews/william-tyndale-a-biography/Banner of Truth: https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/william-tyndale/5 Minutes in Church History: https://www.5minutesinchurchhistory.com/tyndales-only-surviving-letter/White Horse Inn Podcast: https://whitehorseinn.org/resource-library/articles/why-we-call-our-radio-program-white-horse-inn/The Tudor Society: https://www.tudorsociety.com/william-tyndale/Intro Music: Country Strumstick Mountain Hop, by Andy Slater
How can today's missional churches learn from the past? Should current mission-minded Reformed Churches in Canada (and the USA) reflect on lessons learned and taught in American Prestbyterian churches 40 and 50 years ago? Can we apply those lessons today in our gospel out-reach to our pluralistic post-Christian culture? This episode features Ron Lutz who worked with C. John (Jack) Miller. Jack Miller started a missional movement and network among Presbyterian churches in the USA in the 1970's and 80's. In 1986 he published Out-Growing the Ingrown Church, a landmark book in its day. You can read a book review by Tim Challies on his blog. Challies comments that since Miller's book was published, many more books have developed and expanded solid Reformed thought on church-planting and evangelism. But then, that is Miller's legacy! He was at the forefront of understanding the need for the church to contextualize the gospel for today's culture.As a guest host, this episode also features Pastor Phil Grotenhuis, pastor of the URCNA congregation in Phoenix Arizona. Pastor Phil is interested in promoting a missional ecclesiology. He, with his church, facilitates the annual Phoenix Mission Cohort, a gathering for pastors to grow in their understanding of a missional theology and strategy. Pastors Phil Grotenhuis and Bill de Jong interview Pastor Ron Lutz, a (somewhat) retired Presbyterian pastor, on his reflections on the life and ministry of Dr. C. John Miller, and on Miller's impact on his own understanding of Christ's Great Commission and the mission of the contemporary church.www.tyrannushallpodcast.cawww.facebook.com/tyrannushallpodcast
Through thirty-three objects, Tim Challies explores the history of what God is accomplishing in this world, whether through princes or peasants, triumph or trial and (notating his findings in a book and DVD set). Each object offers a tangible link between the present and the past, between the Christians of the 21st century and those who lived and died in centuries past. Join us as we sit down with Tim and discuss some of his comings and goings. You can watch a free episode of “Epic” here: “Epic Episode 8: India” NOTE: Since this recording, our brother Tim Challies lost his beloved son Nick, please do pray for the entire Challies family.
Please continue to lift up the Challies' family and fiancé Ryn as they mourn the loss of Nick Challies, a Boyce student who suddenly passed away. AJ is back behind the mic and is joined by the first mentor he ever had, Steve Crawford! They discuss the blessing of expository preaching in the church in a time when it is most needed today. Thanks for listening! Exciting topics ahead on the podcast! Rate and review!
In this episode we're zeroing in on W.A. Criswell. There's a good chance you aren't familiar with W.A. but he was a very important American evangelical leader in the 20th century who played a key role in defending the largest protestant denomination in the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention, from succumbing to an encroaching liberal theology.RESOURCESLifeway: https://factsandtrends.net/2016/05/23/why-should-we-care-about-w-a-criswell/Wacriswell.com: https://wacriswell.com/about-dr-criswell/Preaching.com: https://www.preaching.com/articles/past-masters/with-a-bible-in-my-hand-the-preaching-legacy-of-w-a-criswell/Challies: https://www.challies.com/vlog/the-message-that-moved-the-sbc/ Intro Music: Country Strumstick Mountain Hop, by Andy Slater
“I’ll pray for you.” How many times have we said this and neglected to follow through? Can we actually develop a habit of praying for others? Today, we are joined by Maryanne Challies Helms, and she reminds us that we can be people who faithfully pray for others. She shares practical advice on how we can develop a habit of praying for others, and she gives encouragement for those who wrestle with the role of prayer and God’s sovereignty, unanswered prayers, and more. Connect with us: www.dailygracepodcast.com www.thedailygraceco.com https://www.facebook.com/thedailygraceco/ https://www.instagram.com/thedailygraceco/ Questions? Email us! podcast@thedailygraceco.com _______________________________ Resources mentioned in this episode: Ep. 71 Teach Me to Pray by Daily Grace Prayer Aate - Christian Prayer App “Practicing Prayer An Invitation to Pester God” TGC Workshop by Jani Ortlund Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon by Ray Rhodes Jr. Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer by Francis Schaeffer Scripture mentioned in this episode: John 17 James 5:16 Ephesians 6:18 Isaiah 62:7 Proverbs 27:6 Connect with us: Subscribe to Daily Grace: on iOS, go to our iTunes page and click subscribe. On Android, click this podcast RSS feed link and choose your podcast app. If needed, you can copy this link directly into your favorite podcast app (like Stitcher or Overcast). Or follow us on Spotify! We would love if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Daily Grace! We want to invite more women into our conversations! Download The Daily Grace app: for iOS, click here to download. On Android, click here to download. Visit The Daily Grace Co. for beautiful products for the whole family that will equip you on your journey to knowing and loving God more. Subscribe to The Daily Grace Newsletter and receive free Bible study resources in your inbox. Like The Daily Grace Co. on Facebook. Follow on Instagram for the latest updates on the podcast and The Daily Grace Co. Engage with our Facebook community, “The Daily Grace Co. Communityt”. Read The Daily Grace blog for encouragement throughout the week that is steeped in biblical truths. **Affiliate links used are used where appropriate.** Thank you for supporting the products that support the production of this podcast!
Tim Challies visited 25 different countries in his memorable year. And I think he may have even eaten McDonald’s in each of these countries. He attended worship services on every continent. He searched high and low for the artifacts that would help him tell the story of 2,000 years of Christian history. And he brings us along that journey in his new book, Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History, published by Zondervan.I loved following along on social media as he traveled north and south, east and west. I admire his zeal to introduce us to long-lost heroes of the faith, and even to warn us against some wrong turns in the journey. This book matches what we’re doing with Gospelbound, searching for firm faith in an anxious age. Because he looks back on God’s faithfulness even as he looks forward to what God might yet do before Jesus returns.Challies writes, “If I learned anything from my journey around the world, it’s the simple truth that the Lord is always at work.”Indeed, he is. Challies is the noted blogger of challies.com and author of several books, including Visual Theology and The Next Story. He joins me on Gospelbound to share more about this remarkable journey around the world and how we might grow in faith by learning from the past. This episode of Gospelbound is brought to you by Southeastern Seminary. In a changing ministry landscape, Southeastern’s four-year master of divinity and master of business administration program was built on a foundation of rigorous theological training and practical vocational training. Learn more at sebts.edu.
Jonathan Leeman chats with Tim Challies about how pastors ought to preserve unity amid conspiracies and disagreements about COVID-19.Join the 9Marks community:GET THE APP: http://9marks.link/appTWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/9MarksFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/9MarksINSTAGRAM: https://www.instragram.com/9MarksBOOKSTORE: https://www.9marks.org/bookstore
Jonathan Leeman chats with Tim Challies about how pastors ought to preserve unity amid conspiracies and disagreements about COVID-19.Join the 9Marks community:GET THE APP: http://9marks.link/appTWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/9MarksFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/9MarksINSTAGRAM: https://www.instragram.com/9MarksBOOKSTORE: https://www.9marks.org/bookstore
In the first guest episode, Anthony talks with his good (best) friend Josiah discuss the recent Tim Challies article "Thankful for God's Good Gift of Government." Anthony also goes through the Wendy's drive thru in the second Breakfast Run episode.
On today’s episode I chat with Tim Challies. Tim is a best known for being a blogger, author, and book reviewer who blogs daily at challies.com. Additionally, he is a husband, father, and proud Canadian. His newest project, “Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History,” releases March 31 in book form, and as a 10 episode docuseries on April 14, and is the topic of our discussion. Now, without further ado, sit back, relax and Here we go… Music on today's episode: Intro/Outro - "Sweetness of Freedom" by Citizens Mid Episode - "Psalm 10" by Poor Bishop Hooper
The Rock and the Rockstar in attendance today bringing the fire to the Furnace! In today's episode we take another look at the upcoming elections but this time with a much more focused look at how this all affects the black community and black Christians more specifically. Now in order to get this done properly we reached out to the guys over on the Black Berea podcast whose main focus is actually black Christianity. They were gracious enough to agree and sent the inimitable @Marypromise who joined us on today's episode and brought a very interesting perspective and some Berean style biblical knowledge to our conversation. we hit on all the major talking points from how our community engages with politics in this country to whether things like Weed and Prostitution should be legalised and regulated by the government. Of course we also had some hookups for you, Robert suggested a book he's using called kakeibo which is a "budgeting" book that uses a Japanese style of saving to help you get into the habit of doing so, check that out here [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kakeibo-Japanese-Art-Saving-Money/dp/1405936134](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kakeibo-Japanese-Art-Saving-Money/dp/1405936134) Peter came with a public service announcement advising people take their digital security very seriously and switch on 2 factor authentication wherever they can and Mary suggested checking out the Challies reading challenge that challenges participants to reading a book every week, month, or couple of days . It definitely sounds like fun and if one of your new year resolutions will be to start reading more this will definitely be a great way to help you get there. This was this years list https://www.challies.com/resources/the-2019-christian-reading-challenge/ Massive massive thanks to the guys over at the Black Berea podcast make sure you check them out, and we al exceedingly grateful to Mary for taking the time and making the trip down and blessing us with her presence and insight. We hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please let us know in the comments and let your friends know by sharing, and if you don't, please let us know in the comments and let your friends know by sharing. We're big believers in the "win-win"Take care and stay blessed.Special thanks to RUDE (@itsrudeboy) for the intro and outro music.And to Calvin A Turner founder of Torra Media (facebook , @torramedia) and digital designer extraordinaire for [TheOrdinaryAmazing.com](http://theordinaryamazing.com/) logo design.
In this week's episode, I am joined by Tim Challies, who for the past 15 years has been posting daily at the incredibly popular Christian blog Challies.com. Tim has also written several books including Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity. In this interview, we cover a variety of topics including calling, blogging, daily routines, and honoring Christ with our work even when facing health-related limitations. Links Check out Tim's blog at Challies.comRead Tim's book on productivity: Do More Better: A Practical Guide to ProductivityAlso, if you want to start a blog of your own, check out Cloudways web hosting.
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Tim Challies, who for the past 15 years has been posting daily at the incredibly popular Christian blog Challies.com. Tim has also written several books including Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity. In this interview, we cover a variety of topics including calling, blogging, daily routines, and honoring Christ with our work even when facing health-related limitations. Links Check out Tim’s blog at Challies.comRead Tim’s book on productivity: Do More Better: A Practical Guide to ProductivityAlso, if you want to start a blog of your own, check out Cloudways web hosting.
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Tim Challies, who for the past 15 years has been posting daily at the incredibly popular Christian blog Challies.com. Tim has also written several books including Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity. In this interview, we cover a variety of topics including calling, blogging, daily routines, and honoring Christ with our work even when facing health-related limitations. Links Check out Tim’s blog at Challies.comRead Tim’s book on productivity: Do More Better: A Practical Guide to ProductivityAlso, if you want to start a blog of your own, check out Cloudways web hosting.
In this week’s episode, I am joined by Tim Challies, who for the past 15 years has been posting daily at the incredibly popular Christian blog Challies.com. Tim has also written several books including Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity. In this interview, we cover a variety of topics including calling, blogging, daily routines, and honoring Christ with our work even when facing health-related limitations. Links Check out Tim’s blog at Challies.comRead Tim’s book on productivity: Do More Better: A Practical Guide to ProductivityAlso, if you want to start a blog of your own, check out Cloudways web hosting.
Keith Getty, Tim Challies, Russ Crosson, Hope Helmuth, Carlos Evans, Linda Evans Shepherd
Keith Getty, Tim Challies, Russ Crosson, Hope Helmuth, Carlos Evans, Linda Evans Shepherd
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas suss out the following topics: Tim Challies tries to bring down Amazon. Who is the Eagle scout of the Calvinist Cadets and how do they do merit badges? Who was most offended by the Lunch Table Meme?
Hosted by pastor-scholar Hershael York, the Pastor Well Podcast offers a wellspring of wisdom from pastors, teachers and ministry leaders about the insights learned from a life of faithful ministry.Dr. York sits down with Tim Challies (writer, author of the popular blog Challies, and pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario) to discuss writing, teaching, the internet and the danger of pornography.
Keri and Carter talk to Samuel Sey about social justice convergence in the church. Samuel Sey is a Ghanaian-Canadian blogger and interviewer at slowtowrite.com. He has written extensively on the incompatability between social justice ideology and Christianity. His articles have been featured on Challies.com, StatementOnSocialJustice.com, EzraInstutute.ca, BooksAtAGlance.com, and Desiring God's Nightly Brief, and more. Samuel is also the community liaison at the Canadian Center For Bio-Ethical Reform, a pro-life group that uses pro-life apologetics and abortion victim photography to make abortion unthinkable in Canada. You can follow him on Twitter at @slowtowrite, or go to slowtowrite.com "Social Justice is a Threat to Human Rights and the Gospel:" https://slowtowrite.com/social-justice-is-a-threat-to-human-rights-and-the-gospel/ "Whiteness, Blackness, Christless:" https://slowtowrite.com/whiteness-blackness-christless/ YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/mdBSx1d0ApU About Deprogrammed Every Thursday at 11:00 Pacific, former SJW Keri Smith joins Unsafe Space to co-host "Deprogrammed." We'll explore the philosophy, strategy, and tactics that Marxist and postmodern nihilists use to program "Social Justice Warriors," turning otherwise thoughtful, critically-minded individuals into armies of extreme leftist NPCs. Each week, we'll talk about a different aspect of "social justice" culture, drawing both from Keri's personal experience as well as current events.
Keri and Carter talk to Samuel Sey about social justice convergence in the church. Samuel Sey is a Ghanaian-Canadian blogger and interviewer at slowtowrite.com. He has written extensively on the incompatability between social justice ideology and Christianity. His articles have been featured on Challies.com, StatementOnSocialJustice.com, EzraInstutute.ca, BooksAtAGlance.com, and Desiring God’s Nightly Brief, and more. Samuel is also the community liaison at the Canadian Center For Bio-Ethical Reform, a pro-life group that uses pro-life apologetics and abortion victim photography to make abortion unthinkable in Canada. You can follow him on Twitter at @slowtowrite, or go to slowtowrite.com "Social Justice is a Threat to Human Rights and the Gospel:" https://slowtowrite.com/social-justice-is-a-threat-to-human-rights-and-the-gospel/ "Whiteness, Blackness, Christless:" https://slowtowrite.com/whiteness-blackness-christless/ YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/mdBSx1d0ApU About Deprogrammed Every Thursday at 11:00 Pacific, former SJW Keri Smith joins Unsafe Space to co-host "Deprogrammed." We'll explore the philosophy, strategy, and tactics that Marxist and postmodern nihilists use to program "Social Justice Warriors," turning otherwise thoughtful, critically-minded individuals into armies of extreme leftist NPCs. Each week, we'll talk about a different aspect of "social justice" culture, drawing both from Keri's personal experience as well as current events.
Game, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. Sometimes one of those things doesn't get enough attention, so we're here to rub it in your face. Or maybe just remind ourselves of our need to take care of our bodies a little better. But before we get there we've got our typical slew of random conversations about the Avengers, trolls, Easter and egg hunts, and a possibly offensive joke. Maybe we really do need to take a rest. Here's some of the media we referenced in the episode: The Challies article on Netflix Crosswalk's reasons you need sleep An Infographic on the dangers of Sleep Deprivation And the book "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker You can contact us at thebacklogbreakdown@gmail.com or The Backlog Book Club on Facebook Catch Nate on PSN at Nate_McKeever or on Twitter, Facebook, and GG and Josh on Twitter, Facebook, and GG. The Opening and Closing theme we used for podcast is: "The Savior of Dream Land" ReMix by Juan Medrano, hosted by OCRemix.
Are you a reader? Do you want to be a reader? Do you wish you read more? Do you need some help and direction? Feel overwhelmed when you think about the words "challenge" and "reading" in the same sentence? Well fear not... we are here to help. Check out this 3 min bonus clip on how you can step up your reading game in 2019! Be sure to subscribe to get new episodes when they drop and check out our latest full episode at pastordiscussions.com/episodes.Tim Challies Reading Challenge: https://bit.ly/2SuKjRm2019 Reading Challenge Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/2CGn55xCheck out our episodes on reading: Reading and the Christian - https://bit.ly/2C0VtGPTips for Reading - https://bit.ly/2AmcdIsInfluential Books - https://bit.ly/2QdIPJlIf you want to help support Jon as he goes to Mongolia to train the first generation of Evangelical pastors there, visit jonhawkins.net/mongolia. You can also subscribe to the vlog on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/2CH19HiCome hang out with us while we are in Minneapolis, Mn. for the Bethlehem College and Seminary conference for pastors. You can sign up to meet up at pastordiscussions.com/meetup and we hope to see you in Minneapolis.Get your PDP swag by visiting pastordiscussions.com/gear. All proceeds go to support the show and you get to look cool.We are a part of The BAR Podcast network. Check out thebarpodcast.com for more great Biblical content for your ear holes. If you love coffee and haven't tried Resurrection Coffee Company coffee, you don't really love coffee. Go to resurrectioncoffeeco.com and order some today. Tell them the pastors sent you. Please take a second and rate/leave feedback on iTunes. CONTACT (give us feedback, show ideas, or just say hi)Call and leave us a message at (402) 732-7780Email: pastordiscussions@gmail.com Website: pastordiscussions.comSOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: http://bit.ly/2CUnPSjTwitter: https://twitter.com/RealPDPodcastInstagram: http://bit.ly/2mkCpLvLISTENiTunes: https://apple.co/2lKiHZrStitcher: https://bit.ly/2CxOszgSpreaker: http://bit.ly/2CHJzkU
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Introduction All over the world, thoughtful people of various cultures and languages take time to reflect on life, asking common deep questions. Questions of life and of origins: Where did the world and all that is part of life come from? Questions of meaning: Why are we here? Questions of purpose, direction and destination: Is there a purpose for my life and life in general? Is there an unfolding purpose in history, a bigger story that I am a part of? Where am I heading; where is humanity heading? Questions of suffering: Why are there natural disasters such as hurricanes that destroy even kill people? What about evil, like an individual, lone gunman shooting in crowds, or attacking nation states invading other countries? Why is there so much suffering? Questions of eternity: What about death and life after death? What happens when we die? All over the world, people who do not know Christ turn to religions or philosophical systems to find answers; often they find nothing and end up with feelings of depression and despair. As Christians, we believe the Bible has the answer to all of these ultimate questions. Regarding origins, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and personally, God knit us together intentionally in our mother’s womb. We are here for a reason; it is not a random accident. Regarding meaning, we were created to know and worship the God who made the universe. That purpose, that reason is enough. It is enough that we can know Him, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one that he sent. He gives meaning to life. Regarding evil, He brings to light the meaning and purpose of evil. We understand why there is evil and death in the world. God created the world beautiful and good. Sin entered the world, and death came in through sin, which has polluted the entire human race. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Regarding purpose and direction, we have a destination. There is a purpose to the history of humans who have led purposeful lives, who have handed the baton of the world to us. Now it is our time to lead purposeful lives. There is a story unfolding in our lives that is bigger than us; it extends to the nations of the world in every individual. We are heading somewhere. Eternity is real. It is appointed to each one of us to die once, and after that, to face judgment. Those who have faith in Christ will live eternally, filled with joy, free from all death, mourning, crying, and pain, that will be worth living. Those who have not had their sins forgiven are condemned to Hell, separated from God for eternity. The true answers to all these questions flow from Scripture. Other religions have prophets and teachers that answer these questions differently. There is a vast system of lies from the mouths of false prophets that people have believed to provide answers to these ultimate questions. False prophets and teachers have been a plague from the beginning of redemptive history. Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses during the time of the Exodus. Balaam the false prophet enticed Israel to sin with the Moabites and led many of them to death because of it. Elijah came against the false prophets of Baal who were leading Israel to worship false gods. Hananiah, the false prophet, contradicted Jeremiah’s clear prophecy of the exile of Babylon with false prophecies. There are many more than I can recount here. False prophets have plagued the people of God. In the church era, the church has been plagued by false teachers as well. All the famous religions and cults of our world have been started by false prophets and teachers. If you know what to look for, you can see a supernatural, demonic element to many of them. For example, Muhammad had visions of an angel in a cave in Hira in 610 that began the Koran. Joseph Smith was a con man, a dowser who used seer stones to try to find hidden treasure. He then used seer stones to write the Book of Mormon and begin the false religion known as Mormonism. Charles Taze Russell, a 19th century false teacher, retrieved Aryanism from Satan’s deep freezer, microwaved and re-served it through the Watch Tower of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, teaching that Jesus is a created being rather than God. Mary Baker Eddy, from my hometown of Boston (not proud of the fact), started Christian Science, denying that physical existence is real, including pain and death. She went so far as to have a phone installed in her mausoleum so she could call someone to get her out of there if she was ever falsely buried, because death is not real. My systematic theology professor Roger Nicole got the number and called it. Strangely, it was busy. Make of that what you will. Cults rise up, deceiving many. They have given rise to some expressions in our culture like “Do not drink the Kool-Aid,” which came from James Jones’ cult in Jonestown, in Guyana. 909 of his followers drank poisoned Kool-Aid and died. The effects of false teaching and false prophecy are horrific. Satan has three main fronts of attack on the church: false teaching, persecution, and pleasure, or sin. False teaching is the most common and most devastating single method of his efforts against the Gospel. It is worse than allurement to the flesh, worse than persecution. False teaching is the worst because it destroys the truth, the message that the church purports. That is why Peter says in 2 Peter 2, “…blackest darkness is reserved for them.” In the second half of Revelation 13, we meet the final false prophet, who will proclaim the final false religion. This will be the most successful false religion in history. We are in a sequential exposition of the book of Revelation. To sum up what we have experienced thus far, Revelation, the final book of the Bible, is so named from the Greek word apokalupsis, which means an unveiling, pulling back that which we could not see if God did not show us. First and foremost, the Apocalypse, the book of Revelation, reveals Jesus Christ and his greatness. As we read every section, it is helpful to ask, “How does this show me the greatness of Jesus?” Second, it is a revelation of the future. God gave the author, the Apostle John, these words to show His people “what must soon take place.” “Soon” means next in the order of redemptive history, not in the way we would measure the concept. “With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, a thousand years is like a day.” [2 Peter 3:8] Most of the events described were future to John’s era. and many are likely future to us as well 2000 years later. The events John describes find recapitulation in every era of redemptive history. 1 John 2:18 is a key text in eschatology. “You have heard that one, [an Antichrist] is coming and even now many antichrists have come.” We will have repeated attacks of antichrists, plural, that are not the final Antichrist, but there is one coming. The book of Revelation can generally be read sequentially, though not in every detail. We see a heavenly court with God seated on a throne; we see Jesus, the Lamb that was slain for the sins of the world, take a scroll sealed with seven seals from the right hand of God. He begins, in Revelation 6, to break open the seven seals. As he breaks open each seal, events occur on earth. The seals seem to be preparatory, as Jesus says in Matthew 24, “…the beginning of birth pains,” implying that will be increasing agonies and suffering — wars, rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes in various places — until the birth occurs. A set of judgments, the seven trumpets in Revelation 8 and 9, follows the seal judgments. It is a new and different set of events, not a recap of the previous events. The trumpets unleash assaults on planet earth that are definitely future to us. They are clearly not metaphorical — they are too specific. A third of the green grass and vegetation and trees burns up; a third of the sea turns to blood; and a third of the living creatures in the sea die; a third of the drinking water becomes polluted, unable to be consumed; and a third of the celestial beings are reduced in luminosity, or total celestial light is reduced by a third. A demonic plague follows, an assault of demons billowing up from the nether reaches of the earth, like smoke out of a furnace. They plague people for five months; people long to die, but are not able to. Then a demonic army, 200 million strong, runs roughshod over the earth and kills a third of the population of the Earth, up to two or three billion people. History has never seen anything of that nature or to that scale. Revelation 12 shows us behind the scenes, revealing the activities of Satan and his angels, warfare in Heaven, Satan’s banishment from Heaven, thrown to the earth, and his subsequent assault on the people of God on earth. He is portrayed as a dragon. He hates the children of God, those who believe in Jesus, following the testimony of Jesus and obeying God’s commandments, Jews and Gentiles both. Revelation 13 unveils Satan’s masterpiece, called the Beast from the Sea. Though the word Antichrist does not appear anywhere in the book of Revelation, he seems to be the same individual, a world ruler, who will come and dominate the earth, referred to as the Antichrist in 1 and 2 John, and the man of sin or the man of lawlessness in 2 Thessalonians 2. He will be given power over the entire earth. We have never seen that; the largest empire in history claimed a quarter of the earth’s surface. The Beast from the Sea was called up by the power of the dragon Satan and given power over the earth for a short time — 42 months, or a time, times and half a time, or 1260 days, or three and a half years. Today we consider a second beast. He is called in Revelation 16:19-20 the false prophet; here he is called the Beast from the Earth. Revelation 13 gives a grotesque parody of the Trinity — Father, Son, Spirit are mimicked by the dragon, the Antichrist and the false prophet. Together they parody the actions of God. The Person of the False Prophet We begin with verse 11 to learn about the Beast from the Earth. “Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth.” He is called a beast and is directly compared and connected with the Beast from the Sea. He is another of the same kind; his origin, however, is from the earth, not the sea. As a beast, he exercises a destructive effect on all who come under his sway. He comes to steal and kill and destroy. The words the false prophet speaks, more than anything else, is what is destructive. “He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.” This is most likely an individual, a person, not a system or a philosophy. Many who interpret this as a system see it as the Roman Catholic system. Certainly the Reformers battled against powers from Rome and Catholicism. But this is still future to us, not in the past. Also, a system or a philosophy cannot be thrown into the lake of fire, but this individual, like the Beast from the Sea and the dragon, is capable of being condemned to the lake of fire, and thus he will be when Christ returns. The Beast from the Sea had ten horns, but this one has only two. His appearance, like a lamb, points to an outward winsomeness and gentleness. He is not terrifying in appearance like the first beast, but he is a soul-killing monster. Jesus said in Matthew 7:15, “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” False teachers tend to appear beautiful and attractive on the outside, like their master Satan, who masquerades as an angel of light. We should not be surprised that his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. He is appealing, attractive, religious, perhaps gentle in some way, but like the Scribes and Pharisees whom Jesus condemns in Matthew 23 as white-washed tombs, he is righteous on the outside, but full of dead men’s bones, unclean on the inside. He may be appealing, but when he opens his mouth, he speaks like a dragon. His language is that of the dragon Satan; he speaks the devil’s words. He is a charismatic speaker and a skillful liar. The Purpose of the False Prophet Verse 12 says, “He... made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast.” Satan’s ultimate goal, as Isaiah 14 tells us, is to supplant God and be worshiped, so he was cast down. The ultimate purpose of the Antichrist is the same as Satan: to be worshiped as God. Many world-conquering tyrants have had the same megalomaniac tendency, yearning to be worshiped and adored by the people they dominate, to be seen as a god. Many rulers, such as Alexander the Great, have believed in incarnations, that gods took human form. He believed he was the descendant of gods. Roman emperors held the same polytheistic world view. They commonly sought to be worshiped, which was a major issue in that era in which the Apostle John was writing and would be for another century or more, because that is one thing Christians do not do. We see even with a small-time ruler like Herod in the book of Acts. Wearing splendid robes, he gives audience to people who want him to supply them with food and are willing to worship him for it. After he speaks, the people say, “‘This is the voice of a god, not of a man.’ Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.” He was a small fish, but he had megalomaniac tendencies. How much more will the final ruler, the Antichrist be. It is the job of the Beast from the Earth, the false prophet, to cause people to worship the Antichrist. In 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Paul paraphrase (nearly quotes) Daniel 11, but ascribes it to the man of sin who is coming: “He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” Therefore, the ultimate goal of the false prophet is false worship of the Antichrist. He will be the worldwide champion, advocate, mouthpiece of the beast from the sea, like the Holy Spirit is for Jesus. The Power of the False Prophet Political Authority The false prophet has power. In verses 12-14, we see the political, governmental coercive authority of the Antichrist, which he places at the false prophet’s disposal. Verse 12 says “He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.” The Antichrist is the first ruler in history to wield world-wide power; his power is described in verses 7-8: “…he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast-- all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.” The false prophet is instrumental in causing the worship to happen. He will use the full power of the state in all matters, including religion — no separation of church and state in that final system. The false prophet will use Antichrist’s governmental power to force the inhabitants of earth to worship the Antichrist. It will be illegal not to do so. He will be able to unleash the military to compel worship. Beyond that, he will be able to unleash the police state — local governing officials — to compel everyone in that community to worship the Antichrist. No one will be able to resist. The intelligence apparatus will also be available to search out who is resisting, who will not submit. False Miracles The second power is miraculous, supernatural, spiritual. The focus will be foremost the Antichrist’s miraculous recovery from the wound that he receives. Verse 3 says “One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.” The astonishment of the world is the root, the heart, of the worship. The people are not reluctant; rather, they are astonished and amazed and eager to follow the beast. Verse 12 says, “He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.” It is supernatural, a miracle in the world’s eyes. The false prophet will point “the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived” [verse 14] to seal the belief that the Antichrist is God. He will use false, satanic miracles and signs and wonders of this nature, as verse 13 says: “And he performed great and miraculous signs, [the false prophet] even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men." This calls to mind the contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. The nation of Israel was going after a false religion, the worship of the Baals. God raised up Elijah to confront these false prophets. He had them set up a contest between Baal and Yahweh the true God. Each set up an altar for sacrifice. The rules of the game were clear: the prophets of Baal should cry out to their god to send down fire to burn up the sacrifice, and Elijah would call out to the one true God to send down fire. The one who answered by fire would be acknowledged as God, The prophets of Baal cried and screamed and went on for hours, cutting themselves until the blood was flowing, but no one answered. No fire came down from heaven. Was it because Satan cannot do fire from heaven? No, he can do far more than that. Was it because Satan did not want to do it? No, he would have desired to do it. Why then? It was because God was showing grace to the nation of Israel, restraining Satan and his demonic power so that they would not be able to show that miraculous sign at that key moment, which would have the affections of the Jewish people. Elijah prayed a simple prayer, and fire fell down from heaven and burned up not only the sacrifice but the stones and everything on Elijah’s altar. The people all fell down on their faces and said “The Lord, he is God.” At the end of time, God will step back and allow Satan free reign for a time. He has been restraining these false prophets and the demons that they unknowingly represent from showing supernatural power that they possess. But at the end he will allow this false prophet to work signs and wonders. This is the very thing the Apostle Paul predicts in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, “The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.” He will allow Satan and the demons perform lying signs and wonders so that people will believe and follow that false system. Do you not see the grace of God throughout centuries in which he restrained the demons from doing this precise thing? How good God has been? But in the end, he's going to pull back and give them over to what they want. They will worship Satan in the end. Worldwide Effectiveness The false prophet is effective worldwide. Verse 14 says, “Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth.” We saw in verse 8 that “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast…” Statistically, this will be the most successful religion in history, with more followers than any other religion has had in history. More people will worship the Antichrist during that short amount of time than ever worshiped Christ or Buddha or Allah or any deity. The combination of the terror of coercive governmental power and a winsome attraction because of the Antichrist’s miracles and signs and wonders will guarantee success. He will set himself above every god. Every other religion — Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and even atheism and agnosticism — will be instantly obsolete and illegal. But they simply exchange one satanic lie for another more compelling one. But there is one group that will refuse to bow down. And I believe only one group. That is those whose names are written in the book of the lamb of God, who is slain from the foundation of the world. Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ will be empowered through the Holy Spirit to say no at the cost of their lives. They'll be given power to refuse, to stand up. The Elect Are Not Deceived Verse 8, again, says, “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast-- all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.” The elect will be able to resist, because, as 1 John 2:18, 20 tell us: “Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. … But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.” Praise God for that. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit of God, resulting in spiritual discernment of truth. 1 John 2:21 continues, “I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it.” This does not mean we have nothing more to learn. It means that when we hear the truth, we know it because of the anointing from the Spirit. In the same way, when we hear falsehood, we can identify it as such and determine not to follow it. Jesus said of his followers in John 10:4-5, “…[my] sheep follow [me] because they know [my] voice. … they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” He said in Matthew 24:24-26, “For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect — if that were possible [it is not because we are warned and we have the Spirit]. See, I have told you ahead of time. So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.” We will be able to resist and withstand the lies. This enrages the dragon and the Antichrist. Not satisfied with the majority, they will go after those remaining who will not bow down. The mind of the tyrant cannot allow even one to resist his orders, especially related to worship of himself. Nebuchadnezzar was not satisfied with the fact that all the officials in Babylon bowed down to his idol in Daniel 3 except Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He commanded them to bow down or be thrown into the fiery furnace. In his rage, he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual. Those who threw the three into the fire were instantly incinerated. Haman was not satisfied with all the honors and accolades given him in the empire of Persia. Because Mordecai the Jew would not show fear or bow in his presence, none of the honor meant anything to him. This mind of the tyrant is stirred up by jealousy for worship. Antichrist and the false prophet will have this mind. The Program of the False Prophet The Image of the Beast In verses 14-17, they enact a final solution to weed out resistance and compel all to choose worship or death. The final solution has two steps — the image of the beast that everyone must worship, and the mark of the beast, required for anyone who wants to buy or sell. Verse 14 says, “Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.” Throughout history, people following false religious systems have set up physical representations, idols, as a focus of their worship. This is forbidden to the Jews in the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20:4 says, “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.” This wicked final world religion will have an idol, the most compelling that has ever been made in history. An idol is an object of worship crafted by skill, ingenuity, and imagination; it is artistic. That is the problem: it makes God in man’s image or imagination in opposition to what God did when he made us in His image. The Image Comes to Life Verse 15 says, “He was given power [implying it was given by God] to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak [it comes to life to become the focus of this new perverted worldwide demonic religion in parody of God breathing life into Adam] and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.” This is the compulsion of the state, the threat of execution for all who will not worship, but also the control of all commerce on the earth. The Mark of the Beast We come at last to this detail, this number 666. I cannot preach a whole sermon about the mark of the beast without speculating. Some of you would like me to speculate about implanted chips and devices that will give off your GPS position to the government or scan your forehead or your hand. This is one of the most famous details in the whole book of Revelation. Verses 16-18 say, “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.” Six hundred sixty-six is a more accurate translation. This number is the source of endless speculation, but let us stick to the text and read it in context. It is in the context of the final era of history, when Antichrist is ruling the earth and the false prophet sets up a world religion compelling people to worship the beast and his image, seeking to weed out those who will not do so. Everyone must receive this mark of the beast. The requirement extends to everyone on earth, no matter what their socio-economic level, whether small or great, rich or poor, free or slave. It affects their bodies,; it is a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. Without it, people cannot buy or sell, especially food, most likely. The mark of the beast is the mark of his name. It is a brand, like on cattle, indicating ownership by the Antichrist. Those with the mark are his slaves. It is another unsettling parody of the sealing that we have of the Holy Spirit, as in Revelation 7:3, “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” Every time an individual buys or sells anything, he or she acknowledges loyalty to and worship of the Antichrist The Call for Wisdom “…the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.” An internet search on this topic will yield various theories of conspiracy and identity of the beast. I believe there is truth behind these theories, not as these websites posit, but in that Satan runs schemes and conspiracies as the unseen puppet master. As with any key issues in the book of Revelation. We must combine current events with exegesis. Scripture alone is not enough. Specific events must happen in space and time on earth for fulfillment of these things. Jesus gave us permission to do this; saying we need more information does not disparage Scripture. Jesus said, for example, in Matthew 24:16-17, “So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel-- let the reader understand — then [when you see that with your eyes] let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” He gives other examples and sums up in verse 33: “Even so, when you see all these things [starting, perhaps, with the seven trumpets], you know that it [Jesus’ return] is near, right at the door.” “This calls for wisdom. [It also calls for information.] If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast…” Those who attempt to make this calculation join a long line of people who have sought to do so. Using the practice of gematria, assigning numbers to letters to get a number, people have come up with Nero, Caesar, and even Ronald Wilson Reagan when he was president, because his three names had six letters in it. None of these qualify —anyone who is dead while the world continues is not the one. Isaac Newton tried — his treatises on the Book of Revelation are online — but he was not able to calculate it because he lacked information. If we are not living in that final generation, we will be missing information. But through John, one generation will have the information and will know what it means. It will be one more final clear proof that this man is the Antichrist. Furthermore, the mark will be voluntary. There will be no ninjas in the middle of the night, putting this thing in your forehead or your hand, sentencing you to eternal Hell without your consent. Revelation 14:11 says that anyone who receives the mark of the beast will be condemned forever. This condemnation is linked to receiving of the mark of the beast. It is a volitional act of will, an act of desire to worship Antichrist. The elect will never give in to it. Applications Thank God for His Grace Thank God for His grace in forewarning us, that you have been told ahead of time what to look for and that you will be ready. Thank God for his grace in restraining Satan and his demons from false religions and from supernatural displays. Thank God for His protection from following these. Realize that the ones who will be sucked in are those who refused to believe the truth and wanted to believe a lie. Do Not Be an Unbeliever Do not be an unbeliever. Today is the day of grace, the day of salvation. We are in the middle of one of the hardest chapters in the Bible to interpret. If you have no idea what this whole story is about, let me make it clear. Ultimate questions are answered in Jesus. The universe was made for his glory, by his intentional power, by his word. You were knit together in your mother’s womb so that you might have a relationship with Almighty God and love Him, and serve Him. Sin entered the world through Adam but we took on his nature, and as soon as we understood rules, we violated God’s laws. We deserve to die, not just a physical death, but eternal death. We deserve Hell, but God sent his Son to deliver us from condemnation. With the Lord’s Supper, we celebrate that deliverance, a foretaste of joy because Jesus delivered us from condemnation. All you need is to trust in Him, not by works, but by faith. Teach Your Children Teach your children. Spend time telling them what is coming. This is not the most important facet of theology, but it has been given us many, many times in many ways that we need to know about this. Be Discerning In the meantime, be discerning. Local churches are responsible for the kind of teaching they get. You are responsible to get rid of false teachers. Paul was put out with the Galatians that they put up with the Judaizers, he was put out with the Corinthians that they put up with people who pushed themselves forward, and slapped them in the face, 2 Corinthians 11. Be Bereans. Study Revelation 13:11-18 to see if I have been faithful to the text. I do not know the exact right interpretation, but there is a difference between stating an idea and false teaching. Go beyond that; look at the character and the life of your teacher. Jesus said, “By their fruits you will know them.” Grapes do not grow on thorn bushes. Tim Challies published an article on the Gospel Coalition website identifying patterns of false teachers to help us be aware of their presence. The Heretic teaches doctrine that blatantly contradicts essential teachings of the Christian faith. Cults like Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses or Oneness Pentecostals deny things clearly taught, such as the Trinity. Challies calls Pope Francis a false teacher. Every pope since the Reformation denies justification by grace alone through faith alone, but he advocates, beyond that, a mushy form of universalism. He said,“You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying—and this is the fundamental thing—that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience. Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience.” It is false teaching to say that one does not need Jesus or repentance or faith, that one’s conscience is an adequate guide. The Charlatan is only interested in the Christian faith to the extent that it can fill his wallet. Famous TV preachers like Benny Hinn and Creflo Dollar con people into sending them millions of dollars. The Prophet tells new revelations and insights from his or her mind. People end up following him or her more than anything else, even Scripture, looking for new revelations and insights. He warned Christians about Sarah Young, who wrote a daily devotional book, Jesus Calling, in words as if spoken directly by Jesus Christ himself directly to the reader. That is dangerous. It creates, in a sense, a new canon of Scripture, a new direct revelation of words of Jesus speaking through the prophetess Sarah Young. The Abuser uses his position of spiritual leadership to take advantage of other people, claiming he is tending souls. As in 2nd Corinthians 11:20, “…you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.” False teachers in general take advantage of people in various ways; the abuser manipulates and domineers women and children and even men to take advantage of and control them financially, sexually, emotionally. The Divider leaves a wake of factions and divisions, stirring up strife and controversy wherever he goes. The Tickler tickles people’s ears with things they want to hear. He keeps a positive so he does not offend anyone. When Joel Osteen was asked in an interview why there was no Scripture in his recent book, he answered, “I'm just trying to keep things positive.” When asked about the exclusivity of Christ, he would not assert that Christ alone is Savior. The Speculator is obsessed with novelty and originality, and loves to speculate about the end times, exact dates of the Lords return, and more. Be on your guard against such as these. Closing Prayer Father, I thank you for this time we have had in your Word. I ask that you would please enable all of us to be warned and aware of what Satan is trying to do. As we turn to the Lord’s supper, we pray that you would strengthen each of us to partake in a way that is honorable, in a way that feeds and strengthens us in our work with you. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
This week, we got to celebrate our 100th Episode! Can you even believe we made it this far? Richard and David got to sit down and chat with Tim Challies of www.challies.com to chat about his convictions regarding entertainment. - Is there a good reason for cultural engagement, or not? - Should a believer watch content which includes hyper sexuality or scenes of nudity? - What are some forms of entertainment Challies does enjoy? And more! We followed up the interview by having our 'Popcorn Theology Awards', or 'Poppies!' -- This was just a fun way for us to celebrate finally having hit triple digits. What is the most loved episode in our podcast's history? Who does the group think is the best admin, or best group member? We got to have a lot of fun with this and reminisce over the last few years of group and podcast. We hope you enjoy this episode! If you like what you are hearing and want to help support us, consider supporting us on Patreon! If you do, you'll be canonized as an official Patron Saint of Popcorn Theology and be given access to an exclusive Facebook group just for supporters, giveaways, polls to decide what films we discuss, and much more! Please take a moment to check out our sponsor, MissionalWear - Awesome T-Shirts, Posters, and more... Let them know Popcorn Theology sent you! Want to leave us a voicemail? 304-404-4005! www.popcorntheology.com www.reformedpub.com
It's all a part of the plan, folks. This episode has everything you've ever wanted for an audio diary of two preachers' friendship and some things you never knew you needed. Justin talks about how much he loves his squatty potty while Martin shares a war story from the middle east. They discuss their mutual love for Tim Keller and wish they had the buttery smoothness of his rhetoric. Justin claims to be funny in the pulpit and tells everyone why playing nice with the cable company is probably a good idea. Martin claims to be an angry preacher and complains about Bill Nye and his recent lunacy. The two talk about food, the best way to prepare shrimp, and why getting fatter makes body weight exercises better. They wrap up the episode wondering why Tim Challies thinks it's important for people to pay for their porn (trust us, it will all make sense in context). Oh, and somewhere in this heap of nonsense there's a Liar Liar reference so don't bust the fellers up about the cover art. Enjoy the show. Would you like to join the conversation? Call the Two Bearded Preachers at 951-472-3273 and you may just be chosen to be on an episode. Check out Justin's power failure video on our Facebook page and get the latest and greatest on our Twitter feed.
While some conservative groups may wait years for tax-exempt status, the IRS swiftly gave approval for a Satanic cult that sponsored an "After School Satan Club," according to records obtained by a watchdog group. Doug describes the trademarked Harry Caray Effect that should take place in churhces!Read More →
Truth.Love.Parent. with AMBrewster | Christian | Parenting | Family
Christian author and parent, Tim Challies is back to answer your parenting questions. You may not have been able to submit a question, but there’s still plenty to learn! Join us as we all strive to become intentional, premeditated parents. Read Tim’s work here: www.Challies.com Follow Tim on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/challies/ Follow Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/challies T.L.P. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthLoveParent/ AMBrewster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMBrewster Need some help? Write to us at Counselor@EvermindMinistries.com
Truth.Love.Parent. with AMBrewster | Christian | Parenting | Family
Christian parent, author, and pastor, Tim Challies is our guest today. He plans to discuss “parental blindspots” sometime after Aaron convinces him that they look too much alike. Read Tim’s work here: www.Challies.com Follow Tim on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/challies/ Follow Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/challies T.L.P. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthLoveParent/ AMBrewster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMBrewster Need some help? Write to us at Counselor@EvermindMinistries.com
This week on the B.A.R. we have the well known blogger/minister Tim Challies. We talk about today's digital world and the impact on youth. We had a really good time discussing his books and other things. www.challies.com Follow and Subscribe EVERYTHING THE B.A.R. PODCAST: Like us on Facebook: The Bar Podcast Follow us on Twitter: @thebar_podcast Follow us on Instagram:@thebar_podcast Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-b-a-r-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
There's only one person left from the 1800s! Are you unflappable? Doug reads from a post on Challies.com and this one is titled Growing in Your Unflappability. You can connect with Doug by sending an email to doug@myfamilyradio.com or on Instagram @dughardy
We were fortunate enough to get Tim Challies to sit down with us and talk life, online media, and productivity. Tim is a leader in his field and anyone wishing to be more effective with their time and online media should listen to this show.
Tim Challies is a Christian author, blogger, and speaker who writes for a large audience at Challies.com. He joins Jonathon to discuss how to keep homes and communities porn-free.
Joe and returning guest Tim Challies discuss ad blockers and porn blockers.
The Power of a Woman Episode 68 of The Gospel Friends Guest Host: Immanuel “The General” Marsh Bring the Funny Game: Worship or Worldly? The Main Event Path to Restoration – Tullian and R.C. Sproul Jr Tullian http://www.christianpost.com/news/too-soon-billy-grahams-grandson-tullian-tchividjian-lands-new-job-at-willow-creek-church-144352/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/willow-creek-church-says-no-rules-were-broken-in-hiring-tullian-tchividjian-144456/ Sproul Jr. http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-minister-r-c-sproul-jr-is-suspended-after-confessing-visit-to-ashley-madison-in-moment-of-weakness-144163/ Transition to Challies.com Article http://www.challies.com/articles/my-wifes-plea-to-christian-men Twitter: @mygospelfriends Facebook: facebook.com/groups/hallofdogma Email: thegospelfriends@gmail.com Voicemail: … Continue reading "“The Power of a Woman”, Episode 68 of The Gospel Friends"
“Shortest Show, Most Edits – The Mother's Day 2015 Edition” Episode 50 of The Gospel Friends The Cold Open WWYT?! The Main Event Christians and Social Media http://www.challies.com/christian-living/solomon-on-social-media http://www.challies.com/christian-living/a-social-media-heart-check http://www.challies.com/christian-living/owning-your-social-media-habit Challies in 2007: http://www.challies.com/articles/christians-and-social-media Listener Feedback Twitter: @mygospelfriends Facebook: facebook.com/groups/hallofdogma Email: thegospelfriends@gmail.com Voicemail: (205) 575-9735 or http://www.speakpipe.com/thegospelfriends Special thanks to Shawn … Continue reading "“Shortest Show, Most Edits – The Mother's Day 2015 Edition”, Episode 50 of The Gospel Friends"
Pastor and Author Tim Challies, the Cal Ripken of Christian blogging, joins our first international podcast (since the dude is from Toronto after all!). Nathan asks him questions on blogging, pastoring and how to battle pornography. Greg asks him some quick fire questions on Calvinism, Mark Driscoll and the good and bad of reformed Christendom. Also- pay attention to how you can get a free book authored by Tim.
You can watch a video of Extra Podcast #200! with Jeff, Ezra, Andy, Darcy and Greg here https://vimeo.com/124581199 The topics include: Favorite podcast moments TV shows 200 episodes News stories What's the big deal about Good Friday? / The resurrection Jesus being dead for 3 days Challies.com The Sovereignty of God / The Doctrine of Election
You can watch a video of Extra Podcast #200! with Jeff, Ezra, Andy, Darcy and Greg here https://vimeo.com/124581199 The topics include: Favorite podcast moments TV shows 200 episodes News stories What's the big deal about Good Friday? / The resurrection Jesus being dead for 3 days Challies.com The Sovereignty of God / The Doctrine of Election
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