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Allow me to reintroduce myself, My name is Doesn't Matter. I have a Dozen Donuts And you don't want to Talk About it But Talk About you must Who let out Cheshire?! Cheshire let out himself! It's Cheshire! Well, that's no comfort, we've lost the cat! Lost the cat, says hatter, and so then, at most—- You've lost the brunt whole of all the things you need to go home, dear Alice! Since when am I Alice? Whence before were you not? {Enter The Multiverse} These are not my songs. No? This is not my songbook. No? No! Something is wrong, You're corrupt, You don't belong here So abruptly stopped from having our design A convex, Nothing doesn't come at once, And sudden making nonsense, To talk and walk as if you've won, But you've been feeling lost since. Nothing ever works, Does it, When you don't want nothing But love And love is coming up from Bubbles in the tar pits Tar pits— That's what I thought of godless, So you miss your mark You want to strike the plaza with a rock, But looking one way, You haven't just a run long, You're surfing on your starving— Long and homeless Molly; Never was, and sugarcone and waffles? Hah, for sure to suffer. Stronger, furthermore I walked back, Paperplanes are airborne at the office— I'm all effect but brown and tender, Or suspenders Since impendium, I'm christening your Christians Listen, module one, I'm subtle after sunset I'm dealing her monster, Oh Mortimer, I lost your asphalt on the curb You're conscious? Unlawful. I'm consciousness, but deconstructed Unobstruct the conduct code— You wanted hosts, You bought them up. The bottle polish staring at your floor, As if it doesn't conjure up another lover As it does before Cause you don't even want that. Hahaha. Chasing Dragons EP is the wall-to-wall fragments of a broken mind, escaping narrowly through the void of darkness amidst destruction and chaos—a leaking neon mind seeping through the cracks of a desolate lack-of-being intuitively by the force of light. In a volatile palette of colors and swelter of subtle and shrill pinpoints that pierce through the veil of high ceilings, the drastic breathlessness of a place that is nowhere bows deeply below its own depths in the lows in the unknown sorrows of a seemingly bottomless spiral of a spirited death, and not long after calling in itself an awakening to that which is ‘other'. Chasing Dragons, though short in its articulate concept, is a mind on the brink of an eruption amidst betrayal and unending subconscious tragedy abruptly applied by unknown forces—at its core, a realization of the Godot factor in effect; an unjust seeking but never to find, and becoming of what is unfamiliar in form and taste. Chasing Dragons is the cat-and-mouse of large-scale calamity that is both knowing and needing—without satisfaction nor escape from the constructs which bound all material forces to life itself. Copyright © The Complex Collective 2025 The Festival Project, Inc. ™ All rights reserved. Chroma111. Copyright © The Complex Collective 2025. [The Festival Project, Inc. ™] All rights reserved. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY LAW. INFRIGMENT IS PUNSHABLE BY FEDERAL LAW

Allow me to reintroduce myself, My name is Doesn't Matter. I have a Dozen Donuts And you don't want to Talk About it But Talk About you must Who let out Cheshire?! Cheshire let out himself! It's Cheshire! Well, that's no comfort, we've lost the cat! Lost the cat, says hatter, and so then, at most—- You've lost the brunt whole of all the things you need to go home, dear Alice! Since when am I Alice? Whence before were you not? {Enter The Multiverse} These are not my songs. No? This is not my songbook. No? No! Something is wrong, You're corrupt, You don't belong here So abruptly stopped from having our design A convex, Nothing doesn't come at once, And sudden making nonsense, To talk and walk as if you've won, But you've been feeling lost since. Nothing ever works, Does it, When you don't want nothing But love And love is coming up from Bubbles in the tar pits Tar pits— That's what I thought of godless, So you miss your mark You want to strike the plaza with a rock, But looking one way, You haven't just a run long, You're surfing on your starving— Long and homeless Molly; Never was, and sugarcone and waffles? Hah, for sure to suffer. Stronger, furthermore I walked back, Paperplanes are airborne at the office— I'm all effect but brown and tender, Or suspenders Since impendium, I'm christening your Christians Listen, module one, I'm subtle after sunset I'm dealing her monster, Oh Mortimer, I lost your asphalt on the curb You're conscious? Unlawful. I'm consciousness, but deconstructed Unobstruct the conduct code— You wanted hosts, You bought them up. The bottle polish staring at your floor, As if it doesn't conjure up another lover As it does before Cause you don't even want that. Hahaha. Chasing Dragons EP is the wall-to-wall fragments of a broken mind, escaping narrowly through the void of darkness amidst destruction and chaos—a leaking neon mind seeping through the cracks of a desolate lack-of-being intuitively by the force of light. In a volatile palette of colors and swelter of subtle and shrill pinpoints that pierce through the veil of high ceilings, the drastic breathlessness of a place that is nowhere bows deeply below its own depths in the lows in the unknown sorrows of a seemingly bottomless spiral of a spirited death, and not long after calling in itself an awakening to that which is ‘other'. Chasing Dragons, though short in its articulate concept, is a mind on the brink of an eruption amidst betrayal and unending subconscious tragedy abruptly applied by unknown forces—at its core, a realization of the Godot factor in effect; an unjust seeking but never to find, and becoming of what is unfamiliar in form and taste. Chasing Dragons is the cat-and-mouse of large-scale calamity that is both knowing and needing—without satisfaction nor escape from the constructs which bound all material forces to life itself. Copyright © The Complex Collective 2025 The Festival Project, Inc. ™ All rights reserved. Chroma111. Copyright © The Complex Collective 2025. [The Festival Project, Inc. ™] All rights reserved. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY LAW. INFRIGMENT IS PUNSHABLE BY FEDERAL LAW

Allow me to reintroduce myself, My name is Doesn't Matter. I have a Dozen Donuts And you don't want to Talk About it But Talk About you must Who let out Cheshire?! Cheshire let out himself! It's Cheshire! Well, that's no comfort, we've lost the cat! Lost the cat, says hatter, and so then, at most—- You've lost the brunt whole of all the things you need to go home, dear Alice! Since when am I Alice? Whence before were you not? {Enter The Multiverse} These are not my songs. No? This is not my songbook. No? No! Something is wrong, You're corrupt, You don't belong here So abruptly stopped from having our design A convex, Nothing doesn't come at once, And sudden making nonsense, To talk and walk as if you've won, But you've been feeling lost since. Nothing ever works, Does it, When you don't want nothing But love And love is coming up from Bubbles in the tar pits Tar pits— That's what I thought of godless, So you miss your mark You want to strike the plaza with a rock, But looking one way, You haven't just a run long, You're surfing on your starving— Long and homeless Molly; Never was, and sugarcone and waffles? Hah, for sure to suffer. Stronger, furthermore I walked back, Paperplanes are airborne at the office— I'm all effect but brown and tender, Or suspenders Since impendium, I'm christening your Christians Listen, module one, I'm subtle after sunset I'm dealing her monster, Oh Mortimer, I lost your asphalt on the curb You're conscious? Unlawful. I'm consciousness, but deconstructed Unobstruct the conduct code— You wanted hosts, You bought them up. The bottle polish staring at your floor, As if it doesn't conjure up another lover As it does before Cause you don't even want that. Hahaha. Chasing Dragons EP is the wall-to-wall fragments of a broken mind, escaping narrowly through the void of darkness amidst destruction and chaos—a leaking neon mind seeping through the cracks of a desolate lack-of-being intuitively by the force of light. In a volatile palette of colors and swelter of subtle and shrill pinpoints that pierce through the veil of high ceilings, the drastic breathlessness of a place that is nowhere bows deeply below its own depths in the lows in the unknown sorrows of a seemingly bottomless spiral of a spirited death, and not long after calling in itself an awakening to that which is ‘other'. Chasing Dragons, though short in its articulate concept, is a mind on the brink of an eruption amidst betrayal and unending subconscious tragedy abruptly applied by unknown forces—at its core, a realization of the Godot factor in effect; an unjust seeking but never to find, and becoming of what is unfamiliar in form and taste. Chasing Dragons is the cat-and-mouse of large-scale calamity that is both knowing and needing—without satisfaction nor escape from the constructs which bound all material forces to life itself. Copyright © The Complex Collective 2025 The Festival Project, Inc. ™ All rights reserved. Chroma111. Copyright © The Complex Collective 2025. [The Festival Project, Inc. ™] All rights reserved. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY LAW. INFRIGMENT IS PUNSHABLE BY FEDERAL LAW

When it comes to movies, music and media, what are some boundaries that Christians should put up? Are we free to listen to whatever? What are the impacts if we do? We talk all that and more in this episode!

When it comes to movies, music and media, what are some boundaries that Christians should put up? Are we free to listen to whatever? What are the impacts if we do? We talk all that and more in this episode!

The number of people on psychotropic drugs is high nowadays. The world around is in constant need of catharsis, via drugs, music, and entertainment. What is the role of music in a Christian's life? The Bible encourages Christians to admonish each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, but what about secular music? Is it okay for Christians to listen to this kind of music? Even when rejecting the lyrics, can a Christian be overcome by the milieu that surrounds pop and folk culture?

A new MP3 sermon from Generations Radio is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Should Christians Listen to Secular Music? - What Does the Bible Say About That Speaker: Kevin Swanson Broadcaster: Generations Radio Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 9/3/2025 Length: 21 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Generations Radio is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Should Christians Listen to Secular Music? - What Does the Bible Say About That Speaker: Kevin Swanson Broadcaster: Generations Radio Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 9/3/2025 Length: 21 min.

I want to piggyback off the final two verses from the first chapter in James that we looked at last week, which states: If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this persons religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world (1:26-27). From these two verses, I have two questions that help us make more sense of the verses that follow in James 2:1-13. The first question we need to ask is this: What makes faith worthless? The person who says that he/she believes and follows Jesus yet has not bridled their tongue. The second question is this: If undefiled religion is to visit orphans and widows in their distress, what is defiled religion? It is a person of faith who claims to follow Jesus but ignores the most vulnerable of society: Widows and orphans. In the first century, widows and orphans were vulnerable. Widows faced economic hardships without a male in the home to provide. Orphans lacked the protection of a father. Widows without children were at times isolated and ostracized. Orphans often were without the tender care of their mothers. In many ways, widows and orphans were marginalized in society. For the first century church, the care of widows and orphans was a social justice issue that the first century church understood needed to be address as we are all commanded to address: Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, obtain justice for the orphan, plead for the widows case (Isa. 1:17). Because the needs of the widows and orphans grew, and were beginning to be overlooked, the leaders in the first century church charged a group of men with the task of looking after such people (see Acts 6:1-6). So why is this important when our text this morning is James 2:1-13? Because a faith that rests in Jesus is one that responds to the needs of the marginalized. When a person goes from spiritual death to spiritual life and is born again, there are two levels of love that begin to flow through the spiritual veins of the one who is now a living and breathing child of God, and that is a love for God and a love for ones neighbor. When you are born again your new love for God begins to flow to the point of overflowing to the point that it is expressed in the Christians horizontal relationships. This is why when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, He said: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment (Matt. 22:37). However, Jesus did not stop there, He continued: The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets James was no doubt aware of Jesus answer to the Pharisees question concerning the greatest commandment. The first four commandments concern our love and relationship with God and the final six commandments concern our love and relationship with our neighbors. Jesus begins with the greatest commandment because how we treat our neighbor reflects the condition of our relationship with God. This is why James wrote in verse 10, For whoever keeps the whole Law, yet stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. The NLT translates this verse in a way that ought to help you get the point James is making: For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of Gods laws. In other words each of the Ten Commandments are inter-connected. It is not segmented or impartial just like genuine and saving faith is not impartial. Impartial Faith is Gracious (vv. 1-5) I am not sure what was going on in these churches of the Christians James was writing to, but it seems that something was off relationally concerning how they treated one another. Apparently, the rich were treated with some level of favoritism over the poor. We know this because of what James writes in verses 1, My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James did not write this to keep these Christians from showing favoritism but was forbidding them from doing what they already were doing. If you are a Christian, then you are a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ (v. 1). To be a bond-servant is to be a slave of Christ; the bond-servant of Jesus means that you are neither free nor hired, but property of your Master. Dont think of slavery to Jesus as something degrading, for in slavery to Jesus is where true freedom is known. However, to be a bond-servant of Christ and to show favoritism by treating one person more valuable than the other is a contradiction especially the kind of favoritism James was addressing related to the way the rich were treated over the poor. We know this because of the verses that follow: For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in bright clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in, and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the bright clothes, and say, You sit here in a good place, and you say to the poor man, You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool, have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives? (vv. 2-4) The gold ring on a persons finger was worn by the upper-level Roman equestrian class. Those with a gold-ring were not only wealthy, but were highly influential. Now think of what it would have been like if you were a marginalized Christian Jew, who had an upper-level Roman citizen walk into your church service who also claimed to be a brother or sister in Christ? You might be tempted to think that if you could just get close to this person, that may help in your standing in society! Surely close friendship with the person who wore the gold-ring would be a better use of your time than friendship with another poor and marginalized Christian. To treat one person with more honor than the other because of their social status in this world is to discount the fact that regardless of their social standing, all people bear the image of God and should be treated as such. What made the situation even more grievous is that this kind of favoritism was going on among Christians whose salvation had nothing to do with their standing in society. The apostle Paul addressed some of the same issues within the Corinthian church when he wrote the following: For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the insignificant things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no human may boast before God. So in response to this kind of favoritism, James admonished these Christians: Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: did God not choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? In other words, the rich and the poor, the weak and the strong, all have the same thing in common from the moment of birth: We are all born alienated from God and are by nature dead in our sins. Yet, Jesus found us and died for us, and it is through His redeeming work that regardless of your social status, your tribe, or what part of the world you were born in or currently live... He died for sinners such as us! Impartial Faith is Loving (vv. 5-9) The same grace the rich are in dire need to receive, is the same grace available to the poor. The same grace that is available to the Jew is also available to the Gentile! The thing that the apostle Peter had a difficult time wrapping his mind around initially was that salvation was equally made available to Gentiles, and that Jesus is equally the Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah, and the Messiah to the Jew as He is to those who grew up eating ham sandwiches, peperoni pizza, Italian hoagies, fried shrimp, and even pork feet. A Jew would not even go into the home of a Gentile because they were considered unclean. Peter was one such Jew until God rebuked him and told him not to label unclean what God has made clean (see Acts 10:9ff). After Peter was sent into the home of a Gentile and witnessed Gods saving work in the entire household of Cornelious, he responded: Opening his mouth, Peter said: I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him (Acts 10:34-35). Peters issue was that he could not see how the God of the Hebrews could love and save unclean Gentiles. Peters sin was really not that different than the favoritism that was shown for the rich over the poor in the churches James wrote his epistle to. It is nothing new that the poor are marginalized or forgotten in the world. Consider the Netflix documentary titled Gone Girls; Rex Heuermann was able to murder scores of prostitutes because they were not treated with the same value as other women. It is estimated that 50 million people live in slavery in our world on this very day. Consider the following statistics related to the 50 million slaves that exist in our world today: 6 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. 23% of these victims (roughly 6.3 million people)are trafficked forcommercial sexual exploitation. 78% of those trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation are women and girls and 22% are men and boys. 92% of sex trafficking victims are adults, and 8% are children. Add to this that in 2024, there was an estimated 1.14 million abortions in the United States alone! We live in a world that that does not value human life. Regarding the partialism that James addressed, he was not surprised that it was happening in a fallen world, he was heartbroken that it was happening among those who claimed to follow Jesus. Why? Because of all people, we who are the redeemed of the Lord Jesus, ought to understand that we bear the image of the living God. To dehumanize a person based on their social or economic status is not only evil, but such behavior blasphemes the Name of the God whose image we reflect (v. 7-8). You can say that you love God all that you want, but according to James 2:9, if you show partiality, you are committing sin by violating the commandments concerning the way we must love our neighbor. In James view (as is true in the rest of the Bible), if you do not love your neighbor, can you really say that you love the God who sent His son to die for that person? Can James be any clearer: But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as violators (v. 9). Impartial Faith is Merciful (vv. 10-13) Christian, we are a people who have received mercy, and it was not ordinary mercy you received. The mercy you received is not like the mercy a police officer may have shown you by refraining from writing you the ticket you deserved. The apostle Paul described the kind of mercy you received in this way: But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)... The mercy we have received is rich and it is a mercy we did not deserve, nor could we earn. Now, just so you know, verse 10 was written within the context of dehumanizing, ignoring, or treating as less important the poor because they do not have the influence that the wealthy have. I have and will continue to use verse 10 when I share the gospel with others, which states: For whoever keeps the whole Law, yet stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. In other words, if you are feeling good about not violating the first and second commandments because you do not bow down to any idol in worship and claim to worship God alone, but break any of the other commandments, you are guilty of being a commandment breaker. What does it mean to break any one of Gods commandments? James tells us in verse 11, For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. Now if you do not commit adultery, but do murder, you have become a violator of the Law. Jesus said that if you look at another woman with lust, you are guilty of adultery (see Matt. 5:27-28), and He also said that if you hate or verbally abuse another person, you are also guilty of murder (see Matt. 5:21-22). Whats the point? The point is that we have sinned, still sin, and will sin; it is for all our sins that Jesus was crucified, bled, and slaughtered. The prophet Isaiah wrote of Jesus: But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings; the punishment for our well-being was laid upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed (Isa. 53:5); the apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 3:13, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for usfor it is written: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a Tree... We have been forgiven of so much, and the price paid upon His cross was, is, and will always be enough! Because of the rich mercy we continue to receive, James issues a command in verses 12-13, So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom. For judgment will be merciless to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. What is the law of freedom? It is the royal law of love! Why did you receive mercy? You received mercy and now you are born again Christian, ...because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (Eph. 2:5). Conclusion Because of the mercy we have received, the fruit of our faith is to be saturated by the grace, love, and mercy we received in the way we treat our neighbors. In case you are not clear on what that looks like, Jesus could not have made it any clearer: I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another (John 13:34-35). The sin of partiality is not only in how we treat the wealthy over the poor. The sin of partiality comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. It can come in how we value a person based on the color of their skin or ethnicity. It can also come in how we rightfully stand against abortion while remaining silent regarding the sexual exploitation of children. We ought not to be surprised when the sin of partiality is present in our world, but it ought to grieve our hearts when it finds its way into Christs church. We who have received the grace, love, and mercy of God through Jesus Christ ought to be known as a people whose words and actions embody the essence of the grace, love, and mercy we freely received.

I want to piggyback off the final two verses from the first chapter in James that we looked at last week, which states: If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this persons religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world (1:26-27). From these two verses, I have two questions that help us make more sense of the verses that follow in James 2:1-13. The first question we need to ask is this: What makes faith worthless? The person who says that he/she believes and follows Jesus yet has not bridled their tongue. The second question is this: If undefiled religion is to visit orphans and widows in their distress, what is defiled religion? It is a person of faith who claims to follow Jesus but ignores the most vulnerable of society: Widows and orphans. In the first century, widows and orphans were vulnerable. Widows faced economic hardships without a male in the home to provide. Orphans lacked the protection of a father. Widows without children were at times isolated and ostracized. Orphans often were without the tender care of their mothers. In many ways, widows and orphans were marginalized in society. For the first century church, the care of widows and orphans was a social justice issue that the first century church understood needed to be address as we are all commanded to address: Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, obtain justice for the orphan, plead for the widows case (Isa. 1:17). Because the needs of the widows and orphans grew, and were beginning to be overlooked, the leaders in the first century church charged a group of men with the task of looking after such people (see Acts 6:1-6). So why is this important when our text this morning is James 2:1-13? Because a faith that rests in Jesus is one that responds to the needs of the marginalized. When a person goes from spiritual death to spiritual life and is born again, there are two levels of love that begin to flow through the spiritual veins of the one who is now a living and breathing child of God, and that is a love for God and a love for ones neighbor. When you are born again your new love for God begins to flow to the point of overflowing to the point that it is expressed in the Christians horizontal relationships. This is why when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, He said: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment (Matt. 22:37). However, Jesus did not stop there, He continued: The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets James was no doubt aware of Jesus answer to the Pharisees question concerning the greatest commandment. The first four commandments concern our love and relationship with God and the final six commandments concern our love and relationship with our neighbors. Jesus begins with the greatest commandment because how we treat our neighbor reflects the condition of our relationship with God. This is why James wrote in verse 10, For whoever keeps the whole Law, yet stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. The NLT translates this verse in a way that ought to help you get the point James is making: For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of Gods laws. In other words each of the Ten Commandments are inter-connected. It is not segmented or impartial just like genuine and saving faith is not impartial. Impartial Faith is Gracious (vv. 1-5) I am not sure what was going on in these churches of the Christians James was writing to, but it seems that something was off relationally concerning how they treated one another. Apparently, the rich were treated with some level of favoritism over the poor. We know this because of what James writes in verses 1, My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James did not write this to keep these Christians from showing favoritism but was forbidding them from doing what they already were doing. If you are a Christian, then you are a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ (v. 1). To be a bond-servant is to be a slave of Christ; the bond-servant of Jesus means that you are neither free nor hired, but property of your Master. Dont think of slavery to Jesus as something degrading, for in slavery to Jesus is where true freedom is known. However, to be a bond-servant of Christ and to show favoritism by treating one person more valuable than the other is a contradiction especially the kind of favoritism James was addressing related to the way the rich were treated over the poor. We know this because of the verses that follow: For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in bright clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in, and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the bright clothes, and say, You sit here in a good place, and you say to the poor man, You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool, have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives? (vv. 2-4) The gold ring on a persons finger was worn by the upper-level Roman equestrian class. Those with a gold-ring were not only wealthy, but were highly influential. Now think of what it would have been like if you were a marginalized Christian Jew, who had an upper-level Roman citizen walk into your church service who also claimed to be a brother or sister in Christ? You might be tempted to think that if you could just get close to this person, that may help in your standing in society! Surely close friendship with the person who wore the gold-ring would be a better use of your time than friendship with another poor and marginalized Christian. To treat one person with more honor than the other because of their social status in this world is to discount the fact that regardless of their social standing, all people bear the image of God and should be treated as such. What made the situation even more grievous is that this kind of favoritism was going on among Christians whose salvation had nothing to do with their standing in society. The apostle Paul addressed some of the same issues within the Corinthian church when he wrote the following: For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the insignificant things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no human may boast before God. So in response to this kind of favoritism, James admonished these Christians: Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: did God not choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? In other words, the rich and the poor, the weak and the strong, all have the same thing in common from the moment of birth: We are all born alienated from God and are by nature dead in our sins. Yet, Jesus found us and died for us, and it is through His redeeming work that regardless of your social status, your tribe, or what part of the world you were born in or currently live... He died for sinners such as us! Impartial Faith is Loving (vv. 5-9) The same grace the rich are in dire need to receive, is the same grace available to the poor. The same grace that is available to the Jew is also available to the Gentile! The thing that the apostle Peter had a difficult time wrapping his mind around initially was that salvation was equally made available to Gentiles, and that Jesus is equally the Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah, and the Messiah to the Jew as He is to those who grew up eating ham sandwiches, peperoni pizza, Italian hoagies, fried shrimp, and even pork feet. A Jew would not even go into the home of a Gentile because they were considered unclean. Peter was one such Jew until God rebuked him and told him not to label unclean what God has made clean (see Acts 10:9ff). After Peter was sent into the home of a Gentile and witnessed Gods saving work in the entire household of Cornelious, he responded: Opening his mouth, Peter said: I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him (Acts 10:34-35). Peters issue was that he could not see how the God of the Hebrews could love and save unclean Gentiles. Peters sin was really not that different than the favoritism that was shown for the rich over the poor in the churches James wrote his epistle to. It is nothing new that the poor are marginalized or forgotten in the world. Consider the Netflix documentary titled Gone Girls; Rex Heuermann was able to murder scores of prostitutes because they were not treated with the same value as other women. It is estimated that 50 million people live in slavery in our world on this very day. Consider the following statistics related to the 50 million slaves that exist in our world today: 6 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. 23% of these victims (roughly 6.3 million people)are trafficked forcommercial sexual exploitation. 78% of those trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation are women and girls and 22% are men and boys. 92% of sex trafficking victims are adults, and 8% are children. Add to this that in 2024, there was an estimated 1.14 million abortions in the United States alone! We live in a world that that does not value human life. Regarding the partialism that James addressed, he was not surprised that it was happening in a fallen world, he was heartbroken that it was happening among those who claimed to follow Jesus. Why? Because of all people, we who are the redeemed of the Lord Jesus, ought to understand that we bear the image of the living God. To dehumanize a person based on their social or economic status is not only evil, but such behavior blasphemes the Name of the God whose image we reflect (v. 7-8). You can say that you love God all that you want, but according to James 2:9, if you show partiality, you are committing sin by violating the commandments concerning the way we must love our neighbor. In James view (as is true in the rest of the Bible), if you do not love your neighbor, can you really say that you love the God who sent His son to die for that person? Can James be any clearer: But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as violators (v. 9). Impartial Faith is Merciful (vv. 10-13) Christian, we are a people who have received mercy, and it was not ordinary mercy you received. The mercy you received is not like the mercy a police officer may have shown you by refraining from writing you the ticket you deserved. The apostle Paul described the kind of mercy you received in this way: But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)... The mercy we have received is rich and it is a mercy we did not deserve, nor could we earn. Now, just so you know, verse 10 was written within the context of dehumanizing, ignoring, or treating as less important the poor because they do not have the influence that the wealthy have. I have and will continue to use verse 10 when I share the gospel with others, which states: For whoever keeps the whole Law, yet stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. In other words, if you are feeling good about not violating the first and second commandments because you do not bow down to any idol in worship and claim to worship God alone, but break any of the other commandments, you are guilty of being a commandment breaker. What does it mean to break any one of Gods commandments? James tells us in verse 11, For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. Now if you do not commit adultery, but do murder, you have become a violator of the Law. Jesus said that if you look at another woman with lust, you are guilty of adultery (see Matt. 5:27-28), and He also said that if you hate or verbally abuse another person, you are also guilty of murder (see Matt. 5:21-22). Whats the point? The point is that we have sinned, still sin, and will sin; it is for all our sins that Jesus was crucified, bled, and slaughtered. The prophet Isaiah wrote of Jesus: But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings; the punishment for our well-being was laid upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed (Isa. 53:5); the apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 3:13, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for usfor it is written: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a Tree... We have been forgiven of so much, and the price paid upon His cross was, is, and will always be enough! Because of the rich mercy we continue to receive, James issues a command in verses 12-13, So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom. For judgment will be merciless to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. What is the law of freedom? It is the royal law of love! Why did you receive mercy? You received mercy and now you are born again Christian, ...because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (Eph. 2:5). Conclusion Because of the mercy we have received, the fruit of our faith is to be saturated by the grace, love, and mercy we received in the way we treat our neighbors. In case you are not clear on what that looks like, Jesus could not have made it any clearer: I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another (John 13:34-35). The sin of partiality is not only in how we treat the wealthy over the poor. The sin of partiality comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. It can come in how we value a person based on the color of their skin or ethnicity. It can also come in how we rightfully stand against abortion while remaining silent regarding the sexual exploitation of children. We ought not to be surprised when the sin of partiality is present in our world, but it ought to grieve our hearts when it finds its way into Christs church. We who have received the grace, love, and mercy of God through Jesus Christ ought to be known as a people whose words and actions embody the essence of the grace, love, and mercy we freely received.

In this topical series, we walk through various passages in the Bible that bring clarity to certain Christian common practices. In this message, our Lead Pastor, Tim Wolf, teaches on why Christians should listen to sermons and how these practices can help in our walks... The post Weird Stuff Christians Do – Part 5 – Why do Christians Listen to Sermons? appeared first on United Church.

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Christians are called to be set apart from the world. Does that mean they shouldn't listen to any secular music? What about other art forms? Other businesses? Where are Christians supposed to know where to draw the line? Mackenzie tackles this question by diving into what Scripture teaches on how we are to live our lives as Christians to still be in the world - but not of it.    Show Notes: Mackenzie's music: https://open.spotify.com/album/0WLHZ37WuG8PU3Z4B1Rta5   (I quoted 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 - not chapter 8

Max was raised in a secular home, but at a young age he found Christ. As a teenager Max found himself lying to his parents and sneaking out to go to church. Now an atheist Max wants his story to be heard by young Christians. more at dogmadebate.com

As Christians there is a heavy emphasis on the written word of God. We should be reading it, obeying it, desiring to the living in submission to it. But we live in a day in age with many amazing advances in technology and ways to consume the written word. For todays episode Pastor Mike and Connor answer a listener submitted question, about reading the bible and listening to the bible.

As Christians there is a heavy emphasis on the written word of God. We should be reading it, obeying it, desiring to the living in submission to it. But we live in a day in age with many amazing advances in technology and ways to consume the written word. For todays episode Pastor Mike and Connor answer a listener submitted question, about reading the bible and listening to the bible.

As Christians there is a heavy emphasis on the written word of God. We should be reading it, obeying it, desiring to the living in submission to it. But we live in a day in age with many amazing advances in technology and ways to consume the written word. For todays episode Pastor Mike and Connor answer a listener submitted question, about reading the bible and listening to the bible.

Should Christians listen to Taylor Swift? In this episode, you will hear about the difference between conviction and sin, and why it's important for believers to ask the Holy Spirit for guidance on the content they consume. Learn More About Young Adults

Is rock music demonic? Can Christians listen to rock or heavy metal music in good conscience? How do we determine what music is 'okay' to listen to? Special guest Cody Fields from Westminster Effects shares some insight on what qualifications make music permissible and beneficial for the Christian listener. There can be a lot of misconceptions over this issue, but through the help of Scripture we are able to know the answer. We also dig into different genres of music and reminisce over our emo days. If you're already reminiscing about Warped Tour, this is the conversation for you.    Westminster Effects: https://westminstereffects.com/ Find Cody: https://linktr.ee/codyfields   Hi, I'm Mackenzie. I'm a music artist, worship leader, wife, mom (I wear a lot of hats), and host of the Godly Whistleblower podcast. I seek to shine a light on popular teachings and music in the church today and share what Scripture teaches on how we are to worship in spirit and in truth within the church gathering. My desire is to learn together with my listeners how Christians are to live lives ultimately as a pleasing worship to God. If you enjoyed this episode, I'd appreciate so much if you left me a review!   Thank you for listening! - Mac   Website: https://godlywhistleblower.podbean.com/   Sign up for the newsletter: https://rb.gy/huteir   Socials: https://www.facebook.com/godlywhistleblower https://www.instagram.com/godlywhistleblower https://www.tiktok.com/godlywhistleblower   Follow Mackenzie at: https://www.instagram.com/themackenziemorgan https://facebook.com/themackenziemorgan https://youtube.com/mackenziemorgan   Email: godlywhistleblower@gmail.com

Should Christians listen to Taylor Swift? The Dangerous Life Team dives in.Website: www.dangerousfaith.netYouTube: Dangerous FaithRumble: Dangerous FaithInstagram: nwdangerousfaithTwitter: @FaithDangerousFacebook: @NWDangerousFaith

Brother Ewell conversate about the current Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar battle and should Christians be entangled with it.

We back at the park! Podcast In The Park has made its way back to Charlotte, NC. Kevin and guests answer a wide range of questions in this Q&A episode. In this episode, we tackle:Is secular music innocent?How do I deal with disappointment?How do we navigate relationships with people that aren't Christians?Controlling the fleshand more!Thank you for all your support and for listening to another episode of A Christian Podcast with Kevin Wilson!Make today worth living

What is the God-intended purpose of music? Should it be solely for worship or can it be for entertainment as well? What about lyrics and content - can they negatively affect Christians? Let's take a closer look at how we can engage with music of all types.

This is an episode from our YouTube exclusive segment called "Sessions" that we are releasing for our audio listeners at your request! We release sessions in breaks between seasons. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@thehandlebarpodcast In this session: Aaron and Raffi answer the question: Should Christians listen to secular music? (Submitted by Marion and Matilde, Switzerland) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/handlebar/support

This show proof that leaders of the church purposely mistranslated Hebrew to portray a monotheistic religion of one God, when according to a more accurate translation, there were many gods! So-called gods. Actually as Billy Carson points out they masqueraded as a god to other humans that they genetically manipulated; Maxwell, rip uncle! Jordan Maxwell, a formidable scholar and author whom we will sorely miss, points out that according to a proper translation of the Hebrew, Elohim or fallen Angels whatever you want to call them, turned, transformed, genetically manipulated hominids that existed already on planet Earth, to create humankind. Correct translations of #Genesis also show that long ago, there were cities leveled by this jealous God in the Bible known as #Yahweh; his other names are many including #satan, Lord of Eden! So stop saying #amen and #hallelujah you are praising satan. #christiandems Tucson please get me on the ballot for sheriff: go.azsos.gov/xww9 thank you & pls share this link if you want a sheriff who will respect everyone's civil rights and never ever allow your house and family to be raided like mine was! First person I fire

Now this is a question that many people, especially Christians have different opinions about. However, have we ever stopped an asked ourselves, what does the bible say about such things? What is the Holy Spirit leading me to do about such things? Join us as we debunk these practices and answer these questions from a Christian's perspective.Xo Enna & LolaYou can now find FULL video episodes on our YouTube channel. Visit https://www.youtube.com/c/EnnaAmedome to watch. We hope to see you there. Don't forget to like and subscribe while you are there! And leave us a comment to say hi!We would love to hear your input on this episode! So please email us with questions, comments, and/or topic ideas: info@unravelinghiddentreasures.com or leave us a comment on the video on YouTube.Visit our website https://www.unravelinghiddentreasures.com/ for faith-filled, power packed blog posts that will empower, encourage, and edify you! Annnnnd some free downloads!Thanks for watching! Follow us on our social media platforms for more!

Tim and Kate join me to discuss the entertainment and media we consume as Christians. We start by discussing entertainment in general, and how Christians should decide whether or not to engage with books, movies, music and video games. Then we specifically discuss Taylor Swift, her perceived associations with demonic imagery and witchcraft, and how Christians should thoughtfully engage with her music.

Join Chloe and Mattingly for a short and insightful summer discussion on how Christians should approach both secular music and the media culture in general.

Watch part one if you haven't already so that this makes sense!   Sorry for the wait! I wanted to be present and enjoy my honeymoon with my new amazing husband.   Here is part two, my final episode in "Should Christians Listen to Taylor Swift?" series - which, if you can't tell already, is intended for Christians. Christians who don't just call themselves Christians, but have a real desire to walk the narrow road that leads to life and give all glory to God.   When you yolk yourself to idol worship, you're not only yolking yourself to sin, but to the spirits in which that idol is yolked ti, By biblical definition, Taylor Swift is a witch.   By biblical definition, Taylor Swift carries the spirit of disobedience that is present within all children of wrath whom (knowingly or unknowingly) obey the devil.   She doesn't need your thousand dollars per ticket, she doesn't need you screaming & crying at the sight of her and feeding her flesh, she doesn't need you defending her against the gospel -- she needs you to be interceding for her.   She needs to be number one on your prayer list, not your play list.   --   Deliverance prayer at the end for Christians who have yolked themselves to spirits that infiltrate the mind via music.   -   Sow into Heaven & Healing Podcast ministry @ www.donorbox.org/heaven-healing-podcast-ministry   Partner with me financially via Venmo @angelamarieucci Follow me on Instagram @angelamarieucci

In part one of this two-part series, “Should Christians Listen to Taylor Swift?” on Heaven & Healing Podcast, I discuss an uncomfortable truth — it's time to give up secular music, beloved.   Topics of this episode include: -how a main goal of music is to satisfy desires of the flesh contrary to romans 12:14 -a vulnerable testimony of my own, describing my 15 year obsession with Taylor Swift and how the continued indulgence of her music contributed to my being more sexual than ever and having an emotional affair with my “twin flame” -how in this culture, the definition of love has been formed by Taylor Swift songs/lyrics rather the Bible; how young women are forming their perception of love based on Taylor's perception rather than God's -Taylor's recent break up with Joe Alwyn and how it proves her demonic, feminist lifestyle has gotten her nowhere because she banks on her fame keeping her warm at night instead of the strand that shall never be broken described in Ephesians 4 -speaking of that split: how Taylor has continuously dissed marriage throughout he career -not only her constant, blatant diss of marriage — but her constant, blatant rebellion of God's Word in not only her lifestyle but her lyricism — and comparing her lyrics against the Bible since there are so many Christians who defend the addiction to her music -mk ultra (I'll let that speak for itself) -the consent celebrities gives to demons to infiltrate their persona and thus... the consent we give demons to infiltrate our persona through the constant lack of guarding our ears/eyes/hearts as Scripture commands   Part two, where I dive into the reality that Taylor Swift is an actual witch, will be out next week so make sure you're subscribed to have first access to the release!   You can find Heaven & Healing Podcast on Youtube, Apple and Spotify.   +sow into H&H @ www.donorbox.org/heaven-healing-podcast-ministry +another option to partner w/ the ministry financially is a donation via Venmo @angelamarieucci +INSTAGRAM: @angelamarieucci

Today we are talking about Christian masculinity, Godly masculinity and Godly manhood - what it should and should not look like. Is there a template we can model our lives after as men or is it vague? Is it subjective? Is it to each his own? It wasn't until I started having sons that I really started caring about Christian masculinity and what that looked like. As time has gone on and I've wanted to put my finger on what leading my sons in a Godly way should look like, it's become more and more difficult to find role models or teaching that are both Biblically sound and practical. We need to realize what God has for men. What is the Godly standard? I have been going to the Proverbs recently and it has been so enlightening as to what God wants men to be. It was so empowering to see God's wisdom on display here in such practical way. All of the Proverbs are so good in regards to being a godly, masculine man, good husband, good church member, and a good father. Men of God love instruction. They love being taught. They love being given wisdom. They love learning. They love finding knowledge and seeking it as hidden treasures. Going to the Proverbs and seeing God's wisdom is so practical and applicable. This has been a huge blessing! I encourage you to go and start reading it today! -ElishaMentioned in this podcast: The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger - https://amzn.to/3IBZbdQ Episode 159: Why Every Christian Family Should Homeschool with Retired Navy Seal, Bill Rapier - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2147736914 Sign up for The Growth Initiative here - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiative Top 5 Tuesday: Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/site/about Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's: https://getitalldoneclub.com

On this week's episode of Drinking & Thinking, we made a Twisted Gimlet and talked about Christian vs. Secular music with our guest, Ben Gertz. If you'd like to view the recipe for this drink (alcoholic and NA), head to our website at https://www.letsdrinkandthink.com. Also be sure to check out our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNM7xVaGSmY-gab0iaBEang) for the full visual experience of the show. Please do not consume alcohol if you are underage, if you are or think you may be pregnant, or if you have struggled with alcohol or addiction. We do not condone drunkenness in any form. Please choose the non-alcoholic version of this beverage if you have any hesitations. We encourage everyone to drink responsibly in all situations. If you'd like to purchase the stuff we use on the show, here's a list of affiliate links to do so: https://www.letsdrinkandthink.com/affiliate-links. We appreciate any support you throw our way! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letsdrinkthink/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letsdrinkthink/support

This week, Pastor J.D. talks about whether or not Christians should listen to secular music. 

In this episode, Mike Charleston is joined with his wife Sarah, Chuck Tate, and Larry Grim. They start a series of podcast on music. This episode they give their backgrounds on the subject, and then discuss whether a christian should listen to secular music. What is the point of music? If you want to ask a question or make a comment: Talk@fellowshipofbelievers.org Or record a voice message https://anchor.fm/mike-charleston/messag Check out the website at www.fellowshipofbelievers.org To watch Every Step go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh8dX0VUPJw&t=s&ab_channel=RebekahCharleston Subscribe on YouTube Or watch it here https://youtu.be/bYepEH_YWd0 Find the show on: Apple, Spotify, Anchor, Breaker, Google, Pocket Cast, RadioPublic, Audible, and now on YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mike-charleston/message

If you take a stroll through the major podcast listening platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcast, you are able to see the top podcasts in each area of life, including Christianity. To help you think through what type of podcast you create, a took a look at the top charts for all of Christian podcasts and found that there are 7 styles of podcasts that Christians LOVE (besides sermons), and in this episode, I list those 7 styles of popular Christian podcast, how you can create a podcast to match that style, and why you should use that style for your own show!A big part of growing a successful church podcast is getting started on the correct direction for your show. This episodes aims to help you do just that!Leave your thoughts on the show: Click hereSmall Church Media Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:How Do You Grow Your Newly Started Podcast?How to Start an Online Ministry for Your Church CongregationThe Best Way to Get First Time Visitors to Your Church Using Social Media (Proven Method) with Chris Abbott of Church Marketing UniversityConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

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In a culture full of diverse music where do Christians draw the line?

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Today Reagan and Victor sit down and debate some of the most hotly discussed issues in modern culture. Is Ranch that good? Is syrup a condement? and Can Christians Listen to Kanye? All these answers and more in today's episode.    Welcome to Season 2

Paul and MorganMaverick City Music - Some Concerns We Havehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00Fq53RpTo&t=2449sSpencer Smithhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOoH5vqogLY&t=607sThis conversation is about individual consumption of worship music NOT should churches play it or should you use it for a conference you're hosting? But rather, can I listen to a biblically accurate, non heretical song, regardless of artist and still practice John 3:30 and exalt the LORD God Almighty? What is Worship?Romans 12:1-2John 4:24  John 3:30Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary)

Wretched Radio | Air Date: March 07, 2022 https://media-wretched.org/Radio/Podcast/WR2022-0307.mp3 Segment 1 Let the politics begin. We should always watch news and view politics with our Bibles open. We should not read the book of Revelation with social media in our hand. Case in point – Ben Shapiro, a brilliant political news source, but not a believer […] The post SHOULD CHRISTIANS LISTEN TO BEN SHAPIRO? appeared first on Wretched.

Joe Rogan is the biggest podcaster on the planet and his platform is only getting bigger, but should christians and conservatives really lend him an ear?Listen to the Not Gospel podcast on all streaming services!Spotify -- shorturl.at/egET0Stay up to date on our website: www.wordsbycliff.comFollow me on:Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/NotGospelbyCliffWilliamsInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/not_gospel/Twitter @ https://twitter.com/Not_Gospel_#notgospel#keepbeingawesome

Tune in as the Tastemakers discuss Ja Rule verzuz Fat Joe, Why don't Christians listen to CHH and the CHH trade wire. The Tastemakers also take a little time to honor a CHH pioneer. Happy Birthday DJ Official! Quote, Trisha, Brina and C.Goss make up the Tastemakers. Tune in as they give you a taste of the culture. Make sure to Like & Subscribe! Twitter: @tastemakerspod Instagram: @tastemakerspof Check out the best in Christian Hip Hop, Pop and R&B on Apple Music and Spotify: http://hyperurl.co/7gbf2z #CHH #CHHMedia #Culture #Tastemakers #Verzuz #Jarule #Fatjoe #DJOfficial --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tastemakerspod/support

What kind of music should Christians listen to? Can it really effect us and our relationship with Jesus? If you have ever questioned those things before or just don't know how to go about this topic, we want you to join us for this great conversation! We share our thoughts about secular music, how powerful it is, and how to stay accountable when it comes to what you're listening to. Scripture: Colossians 3:1-2 & Philippians 4:8  LINKS... Check out our blog here: https://thefew.blog/ GO subscribe to our NEW VLOG Channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-469395 Email us @ thefew.blog@gmail.com   Connect with us on Instagram & Parler @thefew.blog

we discuss whether it is okay for christians to listen to explicit music, interpret a religious meaning into secular songs, and how art influences us.