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The next time that you walk into your church lobby, pretend it's your very first time there. What does the room tell you about your church? Because it's telling people something. The question is whether it's the story that you meant to tell. Sean got the chance to sit down with Phil Taylor from PlainJoe Studios. Phil spent 20 years in lead pastor and executive pastor roles before joining PlainJoe, where he helps churches with building, design, branding, and web projects.  In this episode, Phil and Sean talk through what telling your story through design actually means. Why your kids' spaces need numbers instead of animal names How often your main spaces need an update  Phil & Sean's weirdest church lobby stories   This Episode is Sponsored by Tyndale House:  If Jesus walked into your church right now, would people recognize him? We've created a personalized Savior who exists primarily to meet our needs, bless our lives, and guarantee our spots in heaven. But here's the problem. That Jesus would be unrecognizable. In the book The Missing Messiah, bestselling authors Kyle Idleman and Mark More will help your church rediscover the Jesus based on Scripture, not on culture. Plus, check out the six-session companion study guide with free access to streaming videos. Learn more at missingmessiah.com.   Join the Conversation on Social Media Follow us on X and on Instagram. Tag us at @theunstuckgroup or use #unstuckchurch.

This week on The Breggin Hour, Peter and I sat down with one of the more wonderful men we know: Sheriff Richard Mack, founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, the Arizona sheriff who took the federal government all the way to the Supreme Court over the Brady Bill—and won. He has a new book. The title is deliberately offensive. He said so himself, and he meant it that way. The Democrat Murder of America: Demagoguery in the First Degree. The cover is a jackass in a patriotic hat, a knife in its hoof, stabbing the Statue of Liberty in the back. Sheriff Mack admitted it is horrible. That was the point. He wanted your attention. The book site is murderofamerica.com. There is an ebook at $14.92, an audiobook at $17.76, and a paperback at $26.76. They planned those numbers. Columbus. 1776. 2026. This is not a campaign pamphlet for a party. Sheriff Mack said it is not a pro-Trump book and not a pro-Republican book. It is a history book about what is being done to the country from within—and a manual for people who still believe the Constitution and the individual human being are worth defending. You cannot have communism and freedom That was the sentence he kept coming back to. Those philosophies are not cousins. They are not “different paths to the same good.” They are the antithesis of each other. Communism does not recognize civil rights. It does not honor the person. It tells you how many children you may have, what you may say, what you may own, and what you must obey. The promise of forced equality is a lie. The individual is erased. Peter and I have spent years saying the same thing in another language: collectivism—religious, political, or “scientific”—is the opposite of Christianity and of the American founding. The First Amendment begins with faith for a reason. A Creator who made each person in His image is not compatible with a state that claims ownership of the soul and rejects the individuality and unique qualities of each person. Sheriff Mack asked a question the media will not ask the new crop of openly socialist and communist candidates: What will you do with the people who refuse to cooperate? We already know part of the answer. We lived it. COVID was the rehearsal On the show, we talked about the last few years as if they were ancient history. They are not. Children locked inside. Playgrounds closed. Churches shuttered. Babies staring at masked faces for the first years of life. Australians held for months in camps. Planes on which you could remove the mask only to eat—so Sheriff Mack ate peanuts for hours, until they changed the rule to force the little ritual of pull-down, bite, pull-up. Control for control's sake. They learned that a “crisis of the day” can make Americans surrender schools, businesses, worship, and the Constitution. Justice Scalia, in the very case Sheriff Mack won, wrote that the Constitution protects us from our own best intentions. It divides power so we will resist the temptation to concentrate it as an expedient solution to the emergency of the moment. Never let a crisis go to waste. That is not wisdom. That is a method. If you think that chapter is over, Sheriff Mack's warning is simple: wait until the people who admired that machinery hold still more offices. **History they hoped you would forget** The book is full of names younger Americans were never taught. Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, told Americans they were gullible. You will not accept communism outright, he said. We will feed you small doses of socialism until you wake up and find you already have communism. We will not need to invade. We will destroy you from within. We will bury you. Sheriff Mack's argument is that a political movement inside the Democrat Party is fulfilling that threat—not because every Democrat is a villain, he said, but because the party's dominant direction is to replace the Constitution with something closer to Marx. He talked about Dorothy Kilgallen, the What's My Line television game show panelist and journalist who interviewed Jack Ruby and then died the same night her JFK notes disappeared—barbiturates and alcohol, ruled an accident, the same pattern as Marilyn Monroe. Vince Foster. The sudden expansion of Vietnam after JFK was gone. The deep state is not a new invention. He talked about CNN's Sarah Sidner, who came to his daughter's house, recorded eighty-five minutes, heard again and again why they were even talking—his Supreme Court victory against the Clinton Justice Department—and then went on Anderson Cooper and mentioned none of it. Peter and I know that pattern. We have been walked out of buildings we were invited into. YouTube banned us for life after we announced *COVID-19 and the Global Predators*. The media is not a referee. It is a participant. Elections, cities, and the Senate Sheriff Mack described a country in which a tourist from Buenos Aires can walk into a New York polling place, register without ID and without English, vote, and fly home to brag. He described the open talk of abolishing or neutering the Senate and packing the Court—so that a handful of giant cities decide the fate of small states. Destroy the Constitution, he said, and you destroy the country. He also said something we hear too rarely: there are good Democrats, including Christians, who have been lied to. The book is written to be handed to them. Start with the epilogue, he suggested. Then talk. That is not hatred. That is an invitation to wake up from indoctrination. The smartest person in the room, he said, is the one who can recognize his own brainwashing. A peaceful manual, while peace is still possible Peter's closing on the hour was short: buy the book. You are not only buying pages. You are supporting one of the great living voices for constitutional liberty in this country. Sheriff Mack and co-author Dan Perkins talked, while they were writing, about what happens if the book actually gains traction. They have already been smeared. They know the next step. Perkins told him he hoped their wives would be taken care of. That is not melodrama. That is what it costs now to say plain things in public. The alternative they offer is still peaceful: know the history, refuse the next crisis-of-the-day, restore local accountability, protect the sheriff's oath to the Constitution rather than to Washington, and come together as good people who still love this country. We are of a generation that did duck-and-cover, that watched people shot trying to leave East Germany, that saw COVID used as a nationwide obedience drill. Younger people have been propagandized in school and have not seen the same failures with their own eyes. That is why a book like this matters. It is a history lesson and a warning in one. Christmas will be here before we think about it. Give this book as a gift of freedom—one for you, one for the family member who still believes the slogans. The website again: **murderofamerica.com** *The Breggin Hour* airs on America Out Loud. We will keep talking. We refuse to stop. The truth still sets people free. But first they have to hear it. — Ginger, with Peter       ________   Learn more about Dr. Peter Breggin's work: https://breggin.com/   See more from Dr. Breggin's long history of being a reformer in psychiatry: https://breggin.com/Psychiatry-as-an-Instrument-of-Social-and-Political-Control   Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, the how-to manual @ https://breggin.com/a-guide-for-prescribers-therapists-patients-and-their-families/   Get a copy of Dr. Breggin's latest book: WHO ARE THE “THEY” - THESE GLOBAL PREDATORS? WHAT ARE THEIR MOTIVES AND THEIR PLANS FOR US? HOW CAN WE DEFEND AGAINST THEM? Covid-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey Get a copy: https://www.wearetheprey.com/   “No other book so comprehensively covers the details of COVID-19 criminal conduct as well as its origins in a network of global predators seeking wealth and power at the expense of human freedom and prosperity, under cover of false public health policies.”

My name is Ray, and I really want to say thank you to everyone for listening in as we continue to explore what it means to have a regular rhythm of worship.  CreditsOpening PrayerChristine SineBible verseHosea 8:7Thought for the dayRay BorrettBible PassageHosea 8New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.Prayer Handbookprayer handbook WTW 2026.pdfSupporting Walking the WayIf you want to support Walking the Way, please go to: https://ko-fi.com/S6S4WXLBBor you can subscribe to the channel: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkingtheway/subscribeTo contact Ray: Please leave a comment or a review. I want to find out what people think and how we make it better.www.rayborrett.co.ukwalkingthewaypodcast@outlook.comhttps://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/8782930952435243719

When Masculine Rules Stop Helping Keep the Value. Loosen the Rule. A lot of the rules men inherit about masculinity were not created to hurt us. Be strong. Handle it yourself. Provide. Do not show fear. Never back down. Most of those rules point toward something valuable: courage, competence, responsibility, dignity, loyalty, protection, or belonging. The problem begins when a useful value becomes a rigid rule. Strength can become emotional hiding. Independence can become isolation. Providing can become proof of worth. Dignity can turn into needing to win. So this is not a conversation about rejecting masculinity. It is about asking a better question: Which masculine rules still serve us, and which ones have become too rigid? Why These Rules Stick With Men Masculine rules come from a lot of places. Our fathers. Mothers. Coaches. Friends. Churches. Workplaces. Sports. Media. Relationships. Regional culture. Family expectations. And often, following those rules worked. They may have helped us fit in, avoid ridicule, gain respect, feel competent, or stay connected to the people around us. Sometimes the rule was really about belonging. A boy may learn very early that certain parts of him are acceptable and others are not. Maybe strength gets rewarded while fear gets mocked. Maybe achievement gets noticed while uncertainty gets ignored. Maybe being self-sufficient earns respect while needing help feels embarrassing. Over time, those lessons can become an invisible audience we carry with us. Even when no one is actively judging us, we can still feel like we are being graded on whether we are "man enough." That raises an important question: When does a useful value stop being a choice and start becoming a requirement? And maybe another: What masculine rule made sense for us at 18 that needs to look different at 30, 40, or 50? Not every traditional masculine expectation needs to disappear. Some are worth preserving. The goal is not to throw away the value. The goal is to loosen the rule enough that we can choose how to live it. Rule 1: Be Strong Value underneath: courage, endurance, steadiness, protection. Healthy side: tolerating discomfort, staying present in hard situations, and doing what needs to be done when life is difficult. Rigid side: fear, grief, tenderness, uncertainty, or pain become evidence that a man is weak. There is a major difference between regulating emotion and hiding emotion. Sometimes holding emotion temporarily is exactly what maturity requires. There are moments when we need to remain steady for our children, spouse, coworkers, or people who are depending on us. But temporarily containing an emotion is different from pretending it does not exist. Healthy strength is not the absence of emotion. It is having enough internal capacity to decide what to do with what we are feeling. That may mean talking about it. It may mean waiting until a better moment. It may mean asking for support. It may mean simply acknowledging to ourselves that something hurt. One of the traps men can fall into is allowing anger to become the only emotion that feels masculine enough to express. Fear becomes anger. Hurt becomes anger. Shame becomes anger. Sadness becomes anger. Anger itself is not the problem. The question is whether anger is telling the whole story. What does healthy strength look like with a spouse, friend, child, coworker, or group of men? Have we ever appeared strong on the outside while actually avoiding something internally? And this does not mean men should always be vulnerable or share every feeling. That would simply become another rigid rule. Landing idea: Strength is having enough capacity to choose how to respond, not having no emotion. Rule 2: Handle It Yourself Value underneath: competence, independence, agency, and self-trust. Healthy side: learning skills, carrying responsibility, solving problems, tolerating frustration, and not expecting someone else to rescue us. Rigid side: support feels humiliating, receiving help feels like failure, and problems stay hidden until they become much larger. A lot of men are very comfortable helping someone else. We will show up. Fix the problem. Move furniture. Give advice. Lend money. Help a friend through a crisis. But being on the receiving end can feel completely different. Why are so many of us comfortable helping but uncomfortable being helped? There is an important distinction here. Receiving support does not mean handing someone else responsibility for our life. Support can strengthen agency rather than replace it. The question is not whether independence is good or bad. The question is whether independence is still a choice. Where is the line between healthy independence and isolation? When does asking for help actually increase our agency rather than reduce it? What would we gladly help another man with but struggle to ask for ourselves? There is also a danger in swinging too far the other direction. If "ask for help" becomes another rule, we can accidentally communicate that men should never solve things themselves. That is not the point either. Landing idea: Independence is useful when it remains one option among several. Rule 3: Provide and Achieve Value underneath: responsibility, contribution, discipline, protection, and purpose. Healthy side: working hard, building something, contributing financially, creating security, and serving the people we care about. Ambition, work, achievement, and providing are not the problem. Those things can be meaningful expressions of love. The problem begins when providing becomes the only way we know we matter. Rigid side: income, productivity, status, or usefulness becomes proof of a man's worth. A man can genuinely love his family through provision and still unintentionally become disconnected from the people he is providing for. Can a family deeply appreciate what a man provides and still feel emotionally disconnected from him? How do we know when work is meaningful contribution versus hiding, proving, or escaping? That question becomes especially revealing when something changes. Income drops. Work slows down. Someone else earns more. A promotion does not happen. Our achievement is not recognized. If our identity is built entirely around usefulness, those moments can feel like much more than disappointment. They can feel like a threat to who we are. There are also seasons of life when sacrifice is necessary. Building a business, raising young children, navigating financial pressure, completing school, or pursuing a major goal may require temporary imbalance. But temporary sacrifice and permanent neglect are not the same thing. How much sacrifice is reasonable during a demanding season? What should not be repeatedly sacrificed in the name of success—health, integrity, marriage, meaningful connection, emotional stability, or the very relationships we say we are working for? Landing idea: Providing can be love, but it should not become the only way a man knows he matters. Rule 4: Never Back Down Value underneath: dignity, courage, self-respect, and boundaries. Healthy side: standing up for ourselves, resisting mistreatment, protecting others, holding a boundary, and refusing intimidation. Those are important capacities. There are times when backing down would mean abandoning something that genuinely matters. But there is another version of this rule. Rigid side: disagreement feels like disrespect, apology feels like losing, changing our mind feels weak, and conflict becomes a test of status. Sometimes we begin a disagreement about one issue and keep arguing long after that issue has disappeared. At that point, we may not be protecting the boundary anymore. We may be protecting our image. How do we know whether we are protecting a boundary or protecting our pride? When is refusing to yield courageous, and when is it defensive? Have we ever kept arguing after the original issue was no longer the real issue? Being wrong can feel strangely threatening when we believe our masculinity is being evaluated. If being wrong means being weak, apologizing becomes dangerous. If changing our mind means losing status, curiosity becomes difficult. But dignity does not have to work that way. Landing idea: Dignity does not require somebody else to lose. Keep the Value. Loosen the Rule. There is a common thread running through all of these masculine rules. The value underneath them is often worth keeping. Strength matters. Independence matters. Providing matters. Dignity matters. The question is whether we still have freedom inside those values. Can we be strong and admit something hurts? Can we be capable and still receive help? Can we provide without making productivity the measure of our worth? Can we defend a boundary without needing to defeat the person on the other side? That is where flexibility becomes maturity. The goal is not to become less masculine. It is to become less controlled by rigid definitions of what masculinity is supposed to look like. At AMG, we want to help men develop enough self-awareness to recognize the rules we inherited, enough courage to question the ones that no longer serve us, and enough wisdom to preserve the values underneath them. Keep the value. Loosen the rule.

After a four-year hiatus, Law Meets Gospel returns to celebrate 2026's International Podcast Day with a common issue religious organizations deal with: restricted gifts. In this episode, Josh goes over restricted gifts, unrestricted gifts, and internal designations. He discusses how restricted gifts arise, how to evaluate and process restricted gifts, and why it's important to handle restricted gifts carefully. In future episodes, we'll discuss gift policies and what to do when it becomes impossible to fulfill a gift's conditions.

An episode from Liberty Behind Bars Ministry, a ministry serving the incarcerated across America located in Belfast, New York.“I spent half of my life in and out of jails, prisons, rehabs, and other facilities.  Unfortunately, the programs that were offered did not help me to become a productive member of society, it just made me a better inmate.  What changed me, was a new life in Jesus Christ and reading/studying a King James Bible.Many prisons, jails, and other institutions have heard from many of their inmates that they are changed due to religion. However, most are seen back within the next year or two. As God gave Moses a burden for the Children of Israel, so God gave me a burden for those in jails and prisons. Churches send missionaries to foreign countries, in support, hopes and prayers, they can win the nationals to Jesus, train them and then send the nationals back to their own people. This is what Jesus has done for me. He saved me out of this life of crimes and addiction, and now sends me back to my people who are in jails/prisons, to win them to Christ and send them back to their own people.This is where Liberty Behind Bars Ministry steps in.  Not only do we minister to those behind the jail walls we help them transition into society; differently than they did in the past.  The goal is to break the cycle of recidivism and help people have a changed life in Jesus Christ.  I have my Doctorate in Christian Biblical Counseling and use this knowledge to not only help those within the jail/prison walls, but also to support their family members. You may also write to us at:Life Behind Bars MinistryP.O. Box 264Belfast, NY 14711 Have A Blessed Day, Life Behind Bars Ministry” This message is part of the KJV Bible Preaching Churches Podcast, a ministry dedicated to making faithful, King James Bible preaching available to all; especially those who may have limited access to sound biblical teaching.Our purpose is simple: to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ, uphold the authority of the Holy Scriptures, and point souls to the truth of God's Word. Every message shared through this podcast comes from likeminded, Bible-believing churches and ministries that hold firmly to the King James Bible as the final authority in faith and practice.This podcast is used as a Gospel resource and teaching tool, including outreach efforts to individuals who are incarcerated. We believe God's Word is living, powerful, and able to work in hearts wherever it is heard.If you are a pastor, preacher, or church that faithfully preaches from the King James Bible and would like to learn more about being part of this podcast, or if you have questions about this ministry, you are welcome to reach out.The KJV Bible Preaching Churches Podcast is directly supported by Doss Metrics LLC | Ministry Services based out of Cleveland Texas. If you have any questions regarding this podcast, or the churches hosted on the podcast, please reach out to us directly at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dossmetrics@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or write to us at the address below.Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠if you wish to give towards the ministry God has given us.Doss Metrics | KJV Bible Preaching Churches Podcast1451 McBride Rd.Cleveland, TX 77328 God Bless#dalemorey #Libertybehindbars #Christianpodcasts #KJVPodcasts #BiblePreachingChurches

It's Tuesday, September 29th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed Chinese communists shut down churches while Jin ping in America While Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting the United States, Communist police were still arresting pastors and shutting down churches in China. Pastors and church workers from Jiaquan Church in Beijing have been arrested in raids occurring over the last week.  This follows another mass arrest of more members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu in southwestern China. Send a polite, 4-sentence letter to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell the Communist party officials to stop arresting pastors and shutting down churches. Send it to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008. Supreme Court continues to affirm parental rights Over the past year, parental rights advocates are winning cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. By law, the state of California was requiring school officials to conceal information concerning children's gender transitioning behavior from their parents.  Thankfully, the high court struct down the law earlier in the year.  In a separate ruling last June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another Maryland law that prohibited parents from opting their kids out of homosexual/transgender indoctrination classes, reported CBS News. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito argued on the basis of religious rights. He wrote, “A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining' the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.” Ebola virus killed 4,000 people in Congo The World Health Organization reports 8,000 cases of Ebola in the latest outbreak in Congo, Africa — and now, almost 4,000 deaths. This is the worst outbreak of this deadly disease since 2013.  Mortgage rates at 7.5% The U.S. 30-year mortgage rate hit 7.5% yesterday, reports Mortgage News Daily.  That's the highest rate since December 2000.  Trump criticized United Nations President Donald Trump took to the stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, heavily criticizing the organization, but also praising it in some aspects as well. Trump stated, “There is no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation.” He added that the United States “totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control artificial intelligence.”  The president also said, “The United Nations has great, great potential” and he encouraged the U.S. Ambassador to the UN “to implement the most sweeping UN reforms in history.” Canadian doctors kill more people than American murderers do Canada now kills more people by "assisted suicide" than the United States does by homicide. United States Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah detailed this fact in a now viral post on X, stating, “State-administered death is now more common in Canada than gun homicide is in the U.S.  That didn't happen by accident.” He also said, “The intersection of assisted suicide and socialized medicine results in state-led horrors, treating the young, old, infirm, and distressed as disposable people. We must never allow this barbarity to spread in America.” Jeremiah 8:3 gives a stark warning. The Lord of hosts said, “Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them.” Gen Z more religious than older generations A new update from the Harris Report revealed that Gen Z is more religious than older generations. Per the report, “Gen Z is not abandoning faith, they are the generation most likely to identify as religious. Gen Z is not just identifying with faith, they are actively practicing it. For Gen Z, spirituality is one way to build agency in an uncertain future.” However, many in Gen Z continue to observe harmful religious practices, and dabble with the occult and manifestations.  Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Planned Parenthood gave Joe Biden their baby killing award And finally, abortion giant Planned Parenthood handed out its 2026 Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award to former President Joe Biden, one of the biggest supporters of abortion in United States history, reported LifeNews. Biden recalled his historic murderous work. Referring to Sonny Sloan, the late president of Delaware's Planned Parenthood, Biden said this. BIDEN: “In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as president, I tried to do what I knew Sonny would have been on the phone telling me to do. We took action. We signed executive orders to protect access to reproductive health care, including emergency medical care.”  Since former President Biden is quite difficult to understand, this is what he said. “In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as president, I tried to do what I knew Sonny would have been on the phone telling me to do. We took action. We signed executive orders to protect access to reproductive health care, including emergency medical care.”  (Watch the soundbite at the 17:07-mark in this video of Biden's speech) Steven Ertelt of LifeNews explained, “The abortion business killed a record number of babies in abortions last year thanks to Biden's help with tax funding and pro-abortion executive orders.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, September 29th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Brian shares the emotional moment of pitcher Justin Verlander's final game with the Detroit Tigers, when his daughter ran onto the field as he was pulled from the mound, reflecting on how a parent's priorities shift from personal ambition to family. He digs into a Gospel Coalition piece on "looks maxing," a toxic online trend among young men pursuing extreme body-altering beauty standards, calling the church to fill the discipleship gap with authentic mentorship. Brian discusses Tim Challies's explanation for why his church avoids singing songs associated with Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation over theological and financial concerns tied to those ministries. He shares a fascinating trend piece on "sleep tourism" — people paying thousands for luxury hotel sleep retreats — arguing it's essentially commercialized Sabbath rest that Scripture offers for free, and a striking sociological finding that married couples who regularly attend church are the only demographic that has avoided the broader cultural "sex recession." He closes reflecting on Romans 8:28 and Ephesians 3:20, encouraging listeners to trust God's ability to work good even through present suffering.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I have typically read Paul's letter to Rome like it was an essay written for the church at large for all times and for all places.  In fact Paul, Jesus' apostle to the nations, in about 57 A.D., wrote a pastoral letter to several house churches in Rome. He mentions 26 members of the Roman church by name in chapter 16.  He knew a lot about the churches and he was very concerned with simmering divisions within those churches.  The churches were composed of a great diversity of folks, Jews and Gentiles, slave and free, as well as male and female.  A dispute was heating up in the church between a group that Paul called the "Weak," primarily Jewish believers, and a group that Paul called the "Strong," primarily Gentile believers.  Neither group had much use for the other and that was the problem!  He had strong words for both groups. The issues have to do with the place of circumcision, sabbath keeping, and the Jewish food laws in the life of the Churches.  Paul used eleven chapters to give the churches a solid Christ centered foundation on which to live together as "One People of God."  His overriding message was that one church, composed of Jews and Gentiles, living to the Glory of God, is the will of the LORD God.  He declared in chapter 12, "All of us are members one of another."  He followed up this declarative in chapter 15 with the imperative:  "Welcome each other as Christ has welcomed you, for the Glory of God." Tom Wright was recently asked, "What about today's church would most disturb the apostle Paul?" To which he replied. "Our many, many divisions and our LACK OF CONCERN about it." Come on this journey with us through Paul's wonderful letter which invites us to rediscover the "Power of Oneness."

If Revelation is largely concerned with first-century events, why was it addressed to seven churches in Asia Minor instead of Jerusalem?This episode explores why Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea were not random congregations, but strategically placed churches living at the center of Roman power, emperor worship, military roads, trade routes, political chaos, and rumors surrounding Nero's death.By placing Revelation in its first-century context, we see why the book spoke directly to believers facing imperial pressure and why its message remains clear: empires rise and fall, but history belongs to Christ.Watch all of our videos and subscribe to our channel for the latest content >HereHere

When America abandoned the truth decades ago, it set this nation on a moral pathway to destruction. As a result, today's America is vastly different. Churches that once heralded the Word are entertainment centers, filled with fluff. A demonic influence has shadowed this city on a hill. What can be done to stem the tide of evil flooding this land? Two well-qualified men, Dr. Greg Patten and Jon Ruetz, discuss the problems and solutions on today's Watchman on the Wall episode.

In this video, church planting director (Northeast U.S. and Canada) Gary Smith shares insights on reaching people with Christianity through innovative methods with host Eric Bryant. Gary emphasizes the importance of adapting to cultural contexts and the role of church revitalization in today's world.Gary discusses the significance of a flexible approach in church revitalization, allowing leaders to tailor their methods to local needs. This adaptability is crucial for the effective presentation of the gospel in diverse communities. By listening to the Holy Spirit, the context, and the people they are trying to reach, church planters can discern the best ways to engage with their surroundings.The video highlights stories of success in reaching people with Christianity in challenging areas. Gary shares examples of church planters who have embraced unique strategies, such as prayer driving and community engagement, to foster church revitalization. These efforts demonstrate the power of listening to the Holy Spirit in guiding their mission.Practical steps for reaching people with Christianity include understanding local cultures and being open to new methods. The presentation of the gospel should be relevant and relatable, ensuring it resonates with the audience. By listening to the Holy Spirit, leaders can find innovative ways to connect with their communities.✳️ Resources mentioned:

What if your business isn't something you own, but something God has entrusted you to steward? In this second conversation with Chad Everett, Co-Founder and CEO of Purpose Factory, we explore what it means for business owners and marketplace leaders to see their work as ministry. Chad and Leo discuss the freedom that comes from exchanging ownership for stewardship, why faith and business were never meant to be compartmentalized, and how success changes when the focus shifts from controlling outcomes to faithfully stewarding what God has entrusted to us. They also explore a much bigger definition of legacy, one that includes not only financial wealth, but marriages, children, employees, influence, character, and faith. And for church leaders, the conversation offers a practical challenge: rather than seeing successful business leaders primarily for their financial capacity, intentionally disciple and equip them to become ministers in the places God has already called them to serve.Key Takeaways Stewardship is a lifestyle, not simply a financial practice. Business leaders are stewarding their companies, influence, families, personal development, abilities, and resources.The shift from owner to steward can bring tremendous freedom. The business belongs to God; the leader's responsibility is faithfulness with what has been entrusted to them.Stewards aren't responsible for producing the outcome. Their responsibility is to faithfully “plant and water” while trusting God with the growth.Business can be a genuine expression of ministry. Marketplace leaders have opportunities to be salt and light among employees, customers, vendors, and communities that church staff may never reach.Churches don't need to pull business leaders out of the marketplace to put them into ministry. They can equip and release them to minister where God has already planted them.Compartmentalizing faith and work creates a fragmented life. Discipleship helps leaders become the same followers of Jesus on Monday that they are on Sunday.Legacy is much bigger than inheritance. A faithful legacy includes the character, wisdom, faith, relationships, and spiritual influence passed to children, employees, and others.Financial success alone is an incomplete measure of success. Chad's story of a billionaire who would trade almost all his wealth for Chad's family life illustrates the importance of recognizing what is truly valuable.Churches should not build business-leader ministries as a strategy for increasing giving. Business leaders will recognize the wrong motive. The purpose should be to serve, disciple, and equip them.Effective ministry to business leaders requires leaders who understand their world and can create trusted communities where they can honestly discuss the pressures and challenges they face.Transformation happens from the inside out—beginning with a leader's relationship with God and extending into marriages, families, businesses, and relationships.Community matters. Business leaders need relationships with people who understand the unique pressures of leadership and provide a safe place to be known.For churches considering this kind of ministry, Chad recommends beginning with prayer, identifying the right leader within the congregation, and then taking the next faithful step.ResourcesConnect with Chad Everett on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-s-everett/Email Chad - chad@purposefactory.coLearn about Purpose Factory Remnant - purposefactory.co/remnantBecome a CSN member - https://membership.christianstewardshipnetwork.com/Learn about the Christian Stewardship Network - https://www.christianstewardshipnetwork.com/Are you a pastor or church leader?At Christian Stewardship Network, we are passionate about teaching the biblical perspective on finances so that you can teach your church with authority, confidence, and integrity. Our network is a group of passionate Christ-followers with a burden to teach and equip God's people in stewardship and generosity. Sign up for our mailing list to get new content directly to your inbox! Become a member of our network to access our entire library of online courses, participate in monthly network calls, and more! CSN is a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Help us reach more churches with the message of stewardship and generosity. Support our mission through giving.

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What happens when a congregation knows its current path isn't sustainable? Scott Giger, Greg Griffith, and Tom Pfotenhauer join Zach to talk honestly about church mergers, multisite ministry, revitalization, pastoral shortages, and how struggling congregations can find new life instead of simply closing their doors. To access show notes, visit www.redletterpodcast.com.

Welcome to Walking the Way. My name is Ray, and I really want to say thank you to everyone for listening in as we continue to explore what it means to have a regular rhythm of worship.  CreditsOpening PrayerThomas à Kempis c. 1380-1471Bible verseHosea 7:14Thought for the dayRay BorrettBible PassageHosea 7New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.Prayer Handbookprayer handbook WTW 2026.pdfSupporting Walking the WayIf you want to support Walking the Way, please go to: https://ko-fi.com/S6S4WXLBBor you can subscribe to the channel: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkingtheway/subscribeTo contact Ray: Please leave a comment or a review. I want to find out what people think and how we make it better.www.rayborrett.co.ukwalkingthewaypodcast@outlook.comhttps://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/8782930952435243719

We are motivated to live for Christ as we think about the power of God, which is understood by faith in Jesus Christ. Old Testament Lesson: Exodus 24:9-18 https://media.urclearning.org/audio/uploader/tm-life-09-27-2026-20260928002135.mp3

A sermon of what the Communion of Saints is. Scripture Lesson: Ephesians 4:1-16 https://media.urclearning.org/audio/uploader/tm-saints-09-27-2026-20260928002235.mp3

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Antioch Norman is a community church located in Norman, OK. We are a spiritual family with a global mission to make disciples, plant churches, and work for the peace and prosperity of our cities. As part of the Antioch Movement of Churches, we all share a passion for Jesus and His purposes in the earth.Website | https://www.antiochnorman.comInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/antiochnorman/1330 E Lindsey St Norman, OK 73071‎

Churches can feel sturdy right up until something underneath finally gives way. That tension is exactly why we return to Acts 20, where Paul gathers the Ephesian elders for a last, unfiltered set of words about what the Church of Jesus Christ is meant to be and how it stays healthy over time.We read Paul's charge closely and pull out two essential marks of an authentic church. First, the church appoints godly leaders. The New Testament uses overlapping terms like elders, overseers, pastors, and shepherds because the core task is spiritual care: guarding the flock, teaching God's Word, and watching for threats that harm people from the inside out. We also talk through why character matters more than talent, and how passages like 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 shape a biblical view of church leadership.Second, we confront the heart-level question: who is the church for? Paul's ministry is centered on serving Jesus “with all humility and tears,” and that pushes us to examine our own motives, agendas, and attitudes. We connect Acts 20 with key themes from Philippians 2, Colossians 3, and the call to “help the weak,” building a church culture marked by compassion, forgiveness, unity, and generosity. We also keep the mission in view: Jesus came to seek and save the lost, so a gospel church cannot drift from evangelism and the good news of grace.Video available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXo2niE1wt8

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Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsBIBLIOGRAPHYBrown, Peter. The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity. University of Chicago Press, 1981.Brown, Peter. The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. Columbia University Press, 1988.Brown, Peter. The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200–1000. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.Wiśniewski, Robert. The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics. Oxford University Press, 2019.Yasin, Ann Marie. Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean: Architecture, Cult, and Community. Cambridge University Press, 2009.Saxer, Victor. Morts, martyrs, reliques en Afrique chrétienne aux premiers siècles. Beauchesne, 1980.Trout, Dennis E. Paulinus of Nola: Life, Letters, and Poems. University of California Press, 1999.Rapp, Claudia. Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity: The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition. University of California Press, 2005.Hahn, Cynthia. Strange Beauty: Issues in the Making and Meaning of Reliquaries, 400–circa 1204. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012.Hahn, Cynthia. “Seeing and Believing: The Construction of Sanctity in Early-Medieval Saints' Shrines.” Speculum, vol. 72, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1079–1106.Geary, Patrick J. Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages. Princeton University Press, 1978.Vikan, Gary. Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art. Dumbarton Oaks, 1982.Vikan, Gary. Sacred Images and Sacred Power in Byzantium. Ashgate, 2003.Bitton-Ashkelony, Brouria. Encountering the Sacred: The Debate on Christian Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity. University of California Press, 2005.Hunt, E. D. Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire AD 312–460. Clarendon Press, 1982.Wilkinson, John. Jerusalem Pilgrims Before the Crusades. Aris & Phillips, 1977.Wilkinson, John. Egeria's Travels to the Holy Land. 3rd ed., Aris & Phillips, 1999.Egeria. Egeria: Diary of a Pilgrimage. Translated by George E. Gingras. Newman Press, 1970.Egeria. The Pilgrimage of Egeria: A New Translation of the Itinerarium Egeriae with Introduction and Commentary. Translated by Anne McGowan and Paul F. Bradshaw. Liturgical Press, 2018.Sivan, Hagith. “Who Was Egeria? Piety and Pilgrimage in the Age of Gratian.” Harvard Theological Review, vol. 81, no. 1, 1988, pp. 59–72.Biddle, Martin. The Tomb of Christ. Sutton Publishing, 1999.Coüasnon, Charles. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Oxford University Press, 1974.Gibson, Shimon, and Joan E. Taylor. Beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem: The Archaeology and Early History of Traditional Golgotha. Palestine Exploration Fund, 1994.Ousterhout, Robert. “Architecture as Relic and the Construction of Sanctity: The Stones of the Holy Sepulchre.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 62, no. 1, 2003, pp. 4–23.Krautheimer, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture. Yale University Press, 1986.Grabar, André. Martyrium: Recherches sur le culte des reliques et l'art chrétien antique. Collège de France, 1946.Jensen, Robin M. Understanding Early Christian Art. Routledge, 2000.Jensen, Robin M. Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions. Baker Academic, 2012.Webb, Matilda. The Churches and Catacombs of Early Christian Rome: A Comprehensive Guide. Sussex Academic Press, 2001.Bowes, Kim. Private Worship, Public Values, and Religious Change in Late Antiquity. Cambridge University Press, 2008.MacCormack, Sabine. Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity. University of California Press, 1981.Bradshaw, Paul F. The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy. Oxford University Press, 2002.Bradshaw, Paul F., and Maxwell E. Johnson. The Origins of Feasts, Fasts and Seasons in Early Christianity. Liturgical Press, 2011.Taft, Robert F. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Liturgical Press, 1986.Mango, Cyril. Byzantine Architecture. Electa/Rizzoli, 1976.Ousterhout, Robert. Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands. Oxford University Press, 2019.Useful Primary and Late Antique SourcesEgeria. Itinerarium Egeriae, also known as The Pilgrimage of Egeria. Essential for Holy Land pilgrimage, Jerusalem liturgy, Good Friday veneration of the Cross, and the relationship between Scripture, ritual, and place.Cyril of Jerusalem. Catechetical Lectures. Useful for fourth-century Jerusalem, initiation, baptismal theology, and the sacred environment of late antique Christian teaching.Jerome. Letters. Useful for pilgrimage, sacred geography, ascetic networks, and Christian devotion to the Holy Land.Paulinus of Nola. Letters and Poems. Useful for relic devotion, saintly patronage, shrine culture, and the cult of Felix at Nola.Augustine. City of God. Useful for Christian interpretations of paganism, sacred history, relic miracles, and the theology of the heavenly and earthly cities.Augustine. Sermons. Useful for martyr feasts, relic devotion, Christian memory, and the pastoral handling of saint veneration.Theodoret of Cyrrhus. The Cure of Pagan Maladies. Useful for late antique Christian arguments against paganism and for understanding the Christian replacement of older sacred forms.Gregory of Nyssa. Life of Macrina and related writings. Useful for Christian death, sanctity, holy bodies, and late antique attitudes toward ascetic holiness.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. 

In this episode, Wes Crawford joins me to talk about his new book, One Nation Over God, and why faith and patriotism have become so tangled in American life. We explore Robert Bellah's idea of American civil religion, how a nation without an established faith came to treat its flags, anthems, and founders as sacred, and why that stirs so much anger in our churches and families. We trace the roots of the religious right, question the myth of a Christian nation, and consider what it looks like to love our country while keeping our allegiance to Jesus first. When those loyalties collide, which one wins?Wes Crawford is the Vice Provost at Abilene Christian University. He also is an Associate Professor of Church History. His research interests center on American religion generally and the intersection of race and religion specifically. His books, Shattering the Illusion: How African American Churches of Christ Moved from Segregation to Independence (2013) and Courage in the Sheer Silence: Challenging Racism in 20th Century Churches of Christ (2025), examine the relationship between white and black members of Churches of Christ throughout the twentieth century. His forthcoming book, One Nation Over God, explores the implications of American civil religion. In addition to his academic pursuits, Wes also served twenty years as a Preaching Minister within Churches of Christ and maintains a passion for local congregational ministry. Through his work with the Siburt Institute, he spends most weekends preaching for various congregations across the country. Wes has been married for twenty-nine years to his wife, Kim, and they have four children.Wes' Book:One Nation Over GodWes' Recommendations:From Bible Belt to Sun BeltTheo of GoldenConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@shiftingculturepodcast.comGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky or YouTubeSupport the podcast and the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link belowListen to The Good, The True, and The Cinema anywhere you get podcasts. Support the show

Imagine if a church thought like a jazz group! That's the premise of Brian Fraser, a thinker and pastor in British Columbia. In the first of two conversations, our co-hosts talk with him about the dynamics of sideways leadership, where all group members bring their gifts and abilities to the moment with equality and creativity. It's a refreshing perspective, and suggests how a thriving community would flourish. Dr. Fraser  discusses the origin of his new book, What the Church Might Learn from Jazz: Drawn into the Swing of Sanctifying Significance (Resource Publications, 2026). The conversation was so rich that we are extending it into the next episode.Music: “Another Unnamed blues” from the album, “This Is for Albert” by Bill Carter and the Blue Note Jazztet. Used by permission from Presbybop Music (BMI).Theme music: "All Thumbs" from Faith in a New Key, Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet Music used by permission from Presbybop Music (BMI) Announcer: Chris Norton (c) Presbybop Music Support the show

Last week, the Festival of Preaching welcomed around 300 clergy and lay preachers. The event brought together inspiring talks and workshop from well-known preachers from around the world. In today's episode, we're bringing you one of the lectures from the festival: Colin Heber-Percy asks: Is writing a sermon like caging a bird? The Revd Dr Colin Heber-Percy is Team Vicar of Savernake in Salisbury diocese. He is the author of Lost in the Forest: Finding joy in losing your way (Octopus Books £10.99 (Church Times Bookshop £9.89). You can read our review here: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/11-september/books-arts/book-reviews/book-review-lost-in-the-forest-notes-on-not-belonging-from-the-english-countryside-by-colin-heber-percy He is also a writer and screenwriter, and has written numerous articles on faith and film, the philosophy and theology of cinema. Read this week's featured headlines here: • Muslim scholar in awards débâcle deserves apology from Lambeth Palace, says Moderator of Church of Pakistan: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/25-september/news/uk/muslim-scholar-in-awards-d%C3%A9b%C3%A2cle-deserves-apology-from-lambeth-palace-says-moderator-of-church-of-pakistan • End ICE deal, say faith leaders: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/25-september/news/world/end-ice-deal-say-faith-leaders • Churches spear US lawsuits: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/25-september/news/world/churches-spearhead-us-lawsuits • Good Money Week: Better ways to spend – from housing schemes to microfinance: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/25-september/features/features/good-money-get-a-home-to-call-your-own https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/25-september/features/features/good-money-from-small-seeds-to-nurturing-growth If you enjoyed today's talk, you can also listen to Colin Heber-Percy in conversation with Dr Andrew Rumsey, now Bishop of St Albans, from the 2023 Festival of Faith and Literature: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/14-april/audio-video/podcast/colin-heber-percy-in-conversation-with-andrew-rumsey-at-the-festival-of-faith-and-literature Music for the podcast is by Twisterium. Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to www.churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader

In this episode, we are continuing our series examiningdifferences in beliefs from different churches and groups! This time, we are evaluating the Presbyterian Churches against some primary Biblical doctrines.

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Two years after Hurricane Helene, the headlines have moved on. Western North Carolina is still dealing with what Helene left behind. And some of the consequences are things most of us would never consider until they happen to our own property. What happens when the river moves? What happens when the tree, rock, stream or other landmark people have relied on to understand a property boundary is gone? What happens when land itself has been washed away—and a family that has lived there for generations is trying to figure out what they own, what they can rebuild and how they stay? In this special episode of Real Talk with Leigh Brown, I sit down with my friend and One Community Real Estate partner Starr Franklin to talk about what we saw after Hurricane Helene and what Western North Carolina is still dealing with two years later. We talk about The chaos of those first days Churches and volunteers becoming relief hubsBuilding temporary shelter so people could stay on their land Rivers changing course and property markers disappearing The surveying and real estate questions that followed Families who are still working to get home   Resources mentioned https://www.patriotrelief.org/ https://www.onecommunity.realestate/ A Million Miracles: Life After Hurricane Helene by Stephanie Johnson | Paperback   Join the Conversation Live Thanks for spending part of your day with me. Every Thursday at 9:00 AM ET, I go live on YouTube to talk through the week's biggest housing and real estate headlines. The best part is hearing your questions and perspectives while we're live. I'd love for you to join the conversation. Subscribe and turn on notifications here:

The modern church can become a machine that takes a lot of money to keep running—large salaries, mortgages, buildings, maintenance, and even worship music that has become a business of its own. But does this remotely look like the early church? The answer is no. Today we'll look at why it might be time to get back to our roots. The early Christians met in homes with no overhead. They prayed together, used their spiritual gifts, cared for one another, and shared life together. Maybe going back to the early church model is an option worth considering.

In this video I talk about an oft-ignored way to make music income that is likely available to you in your own town: The local church. Churches need music directors, players, singers, sound people, and they often pay for all of this positions.Plus we talk about BMI/PRO Income and the new personal projects we both have going on.#churchmusic #musicroyalties #churchworshipWORK WITH ME:Work directly with composer and producer Eric Copeland and his sync production company Positive Spin Songs to develop albums of music for pitching to sync licensing for TV, Film, Ads, and Gaming. Weekly Partner Zoom Meeting, Monday Morning Updates, and work on an album monthly directly with Eric.https://positivespinsongs.com/partners/Get FREE stuff at https://makemusicincome.com/free/DISTROKID:Get your music to Spotify, Apple, Youtube, and more for one yearly price.Get 7% Off: https://distrokid.com/vip/seven/911910Get 50% off if you are a student or educator! https://distrokid.com/student/911910NEED GEAR?SWEETWATER SOUND: Support the channel by using this link to find the latest deals and get the gear you need at our favorite music store, Sweetwater Sound!https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q4JEB5DISCO: Show off your amazing portfolio and be where the music supervisors and music buyers are!Click here: https://disco.ac/signup?b=2095&u=34391IDENTIFYY: Get paid when your music is used on YouTubeClick here: https://identifyy.com?referral=MTMzMjc2POND5: Get into Music Licensing easily! Use this referral code to sign up and get started selling YOUR music with Pond5!Click here: https://www.pond5.com?ref=FromtheMomentMusicJOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD:https://bit.ly/3fYDSVdMY SYNC LICENSING MUSICPositive Spin Songs - https://positivespinsongs.comMY PERSONAL MUSIC:https://www.ericcopelandmusic.com0:00 - Eric & Shane Intro4:12 - Music Life Relationships6:16 - Eric's New Music Income13:10 - Church Music Income?17:00 - Faith Based Music in Sync, Sales20:39 - Church Music Jobs in Europe22:07 - Traditional vs. Modern Church25:50 - Why a Church Music Job?32:44 - Paying Pros vs Volunteers38:11 - The Importance of Good Music in Church42:10 - Our BMI/PRO Income44:44 - Being a Well Rounded Musician51:00 - Our Recent Personal Projects56:40 - Licensing Music for Release

What if UFO disclosure, UAPs, NHI, church apostasy, occult symbolism, and the coming great deception are all pieces of a much larger spiritual war?Jamie Walden joins David Lee Corbo “The Raven” and Top Lobsta on Nephilim Death Squad for a wide-ranging conversation about UFO disclosure, spiritual warfare, biblical prophecy, the modern church, and what Walden calls “warrior-class Christianity.” Drawing from his work with Omega Dynamics, Jamie explains why he approaches subjects like Genesis 6, Nephilim, occultism, geopolitics, UAPs, and non-human intelligence from a macro biblical worldview rather than getting trapped in endless debates over terminology.The discussion examines whether UFOs, cryptids, alleged extraterrestrials, and other anomalous phenomena can be understood broadly as powers of darkness—and why identity in Jesus Christ matters more than perfectly categorizing every entity.Jamie also addresses the controversial pastors-and-UFO-disclosure meeting involving Tony Merkel, Pastor Larry Ragland, Paul Bach, and Congressman Burlison. He explains what he says actually occurred at the gathering and contrasts that with the narrative that later developed around it.The conversation moves into 2 Thessalonians 2, church apostasy, the restrainer, Romans 1, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13, worship, deception, and the spiritual condition of the professing church. Jamie argues that the “great deception” may not look identical for everyone because different deceptions appeal to different desires of the heart.Raven, Top Lobsta, and Jamie also discuss the New Apostolic Reformation, Bethel, Hillsong, Elevation, worship music, 501(c)(3) churches, Christians living in “Mystery Babylon,” COVID-era church responses, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the divinity of Christ.Finally, the conversation returns to UAP disclosure, Elizondo, whistleblower testimony, Jake Barber, Skinwalker Ranch, Project Blue Beam, propaganda and influence campaigns, “Golden Age” and Apollo symbolism, intellectual terraforming, and whether disclosure could function as part of a larger spiritual deception or distraction.The ultimate question is not simply, “What are the entities?” but who has the throne of your heart?What do you think: is UFO disclosure the great deception, a great distraction, or only one piece of something much larger?► Subscribe for more Biblical analysis, Christian worldview discussions, and conspiracy research through a Biblical lens.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere podcasts are available.00:00 NDS Intro02:23 Jamie Walden Joins Nephilim Death Squad03:00 Jamie's Macro Biblical Worldview05:38 Omega Dynamics & Warrior-Class Christianity07:08 Aliens, Demons, Cryptids & Powers of Darkness15:19 Influence Campaigns, Propaganda & Definitions19:53 The Pastor Meeting & UFO Disclosure Controversy28:10 Church Apostasy & the End Times31:12 Who Is the Restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2?33:57 The Great Deception & Desires of the Heart38:14 Worship, Devotion & the Beast System46:36 Why NDS Moved Beyond Nephilim Research51:01 Should Every Christian Evangelize?56:24 New Apostolic Reformation, Bethel & Hillsong59:07 Can Christians Sing Bethel & Hillsong Songs?01:05:12 501(c)(3) Churches, Politics & Courage01:10:10 Christians Living in “Mystery Babylon”01:13:17 COVID, Church Compliance & Fear01:17:45 Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism & Christ's Divinity01:19:43 UFO Disclosure, Elizondo & the Apparatus01:21:43 UAPs as the “Great Distraction”01:26:22 Whistleblowers, Jake Barber & Skinwalker Ranch01:28:18 Are They Manufacturing a Prophecy?01:28:56 Intellectual Terraforming & the Golden Age01:32:04 Shared Trauma & the Coming System01:33:01 Identity in Christ Is the Solution01:37:13 What Is Warrior-Class Christianity?01:39:48 Omega Dynamics & Final ThoughtsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nephilim-death-squad--6389018/support.Hear it first, hear it ad-free, and watch us live: join the Death Squad on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/NephilimDeathSquadMembers also get 10–30% off merch.If this episode made you laugh, think, or pray for us, leave a 5-star rating and a review. It's the #1 way new listeners find the show.Seen something you can't explain? Shadow people, Dogman, demons in cans… send your story to NDS Chronicles and we might read it on air: chroniclesnds@gmail.comWear the uniform: https://www.toplobsta.comWatch every episode: https://www.youtube.com/@NephilimDeathSquadX: @NephilimDSquad · @TopLobsta · @DavidLCorboChrist first. Crude humor. No apologies.Nephilimdeathsquad.com 

Contributors Anna DeShawn and Adora Namigadde join us with picks from the Chicago Underground and International Film Festivals. Plus, we discuss E3 Radio's 12th annual Purple Tie Affair, the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, and Good Neighbor Week  Good News: Palestine Film Showcase Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our daily newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about the sponsors of this Sept. 23 episode: Steppenwolf Theatre Broadway In Chicago - Jekyll & Hyde Chicago Architecture Center - Open House Destination Madison Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE 

What does it take to stay faithful in ministry for decades, and continue reaching new people in a rapidly changing world?In this episode, we are joined by Kent Elliott, pastor of Faith Tabernacle in Manchester, Connecticut, and founder of FaithWorks. Kent has served at the same church for 34 years, including 26 years as senior pastor, and shares lessons from decades of Apostolic ministry, church growth, leadership, evangelism and perseverance.We talk about Kent's calling to ministry at 16, the importance of staying when ministry gets difficult, the disciplines that have sustained him, and the remarkable growth Faith Tabernacle has experienced in recent years.Kent also shares practical advice for pastors leading churches that feel stuck or stagnant. We discuss creating a church culture that genuinely expects guests, preparing for growth before it happens, involving new believers and understanding the pastor's role in shaping church culture.Finally, we dive into digital evangelism and the story behind FaithWorks and Faith Funnels. Kent explains how churches can use digital marketing, social media advertising and intentional follow-up to reach people they might never encounter through traditional outreach.Kent's challenge is simple: the message never changes, but methods do.Extended show notes -

**The Clay Edwards Show — Zach Servis & Creston Berch** Another arrest in the Tasia Fortune case. Jackson police now have 25-year-old Ernest Lloyd Jr. charged with murder and a warrant out for a third suspect. The “roving band of white supremacists” story that some people were banking on is dead. Two Black men are in custody for a hanging death on Road of Remembrance. Clay, Zach, and Creston walk through why the original narrative never added up — the street, the physical questions, the lack of screaming, and the people who actually live around there. Two Ole Miss students found dead. Packaged kratom at both scenes. Parent-group rumors of a new synthetic called Cyclorfin (or cyclorphan) supposedly stronger than fentanyl and coming up from Louisiana. Clay's been a long-time kratom user and isn't ready to pin two deaths on it without tox. He wants it regulated and sold like medical marijuana, not banned and left to gas-station chemists. Mental health gets real: we used to put the severely ill in asylums. Now we put them on the sidewalk or in jail. Churches that won't even knock on the house across the street. Personal stories from Zach's family and Creston's wife. Clay's line stays the same — wicked hearts don't get fixed by another law. Zach drops a new record, “From Here,” written after one too many “you ain't from Jackson” comments. He also gives the Positive Jackson minute: Lock Ward, Roger Parks, and the crews still pressure-washing and picking up trash the city won't; Timothy White's work on homelessness and youth; and his wife's $10 screening of *Allowed to Birth* on October 17. Nolan Wells grand jury: no criminal activity. Ben Crump still talking about a hidden truth. Clay issues an open invitation — come have the conversation about culture, crime, and personal accountability. Slavery and 1619 stay off the table. Last 50 years only. No station IDs. No sponsor reads. Just the show.

In a country splitting apart over so much, three words point toward a better way to live: attention, agency, and power. David French returns to Conversing to take up all three. A New York Times opinion writer since January 2023, French writes from a conservative theological background about law, culture, religion, and armed conflict, and has found himself writing directly into the middle of divided hostilities. French comments on how attention, agency, and power took shape in him, and how each gets distorted by partisan fundamentalisms (on both the right and left) built to shut conversation down rather than open it up. He and Mark discuss the courage required to seek out the strongest version of an opposing view, the ways we extend ourselves grace we deny to everyone else,  the spiritual danger of believing you must hold power before you can do any good, and the Civil Rights Movement's commitment to "reconciliation over victory" as a promising model for Christian public life today. Episode Highlights "One of the things that was so damaging … was that humility was often seen as inconsistent with conviction." "A lot of life is … embracing agency and … becoming more and more aware of the tidal forces that brought us to a particular point." "Curiosity and openness requires courage because you're told what to think about everybody, and if you … question that, you can be thrown out of your tribe. You can lose your community." "We must pursue justice, but when we think we have to have power to pursue justice, then we're on the road to perdition." About David French David French is an opinion columnist for The New York Times writing on law, faith, and politics. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he spent much of his career as a constitutional litigator and once led the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. He grew up in the Churches of Christ in Kentucky, studied at Lipscomb University—where he now teaches—and served in Iraq as a US Army judge advocate, earning a Bronze Star. With Russell Moore and Curtis Chang, he created The After Party, a curriculum for Christian political engagement. His most recent book is Divided We Fall. Helpful Links and Resources David French's New York Times column, where he writes on law, faith, and politics: https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-french David French on X: https://x.com/DavidAFrench The After Party, the Redeeming Babel curriculum for Christian political engagement French made with Russell Moore and Curtis Chang: https://redeemingbabel.org/the-after-party/free-course Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation, French's book on American polarization: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250836731/dividedwefall Habits of the Heart by Robert Bellah, a study of American individualism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520254190/habits-of-the-heart-with-a-new-preface Show Notes Three words to guide public life: attention, agency, power A born contrarian shaped by a fundamentalism: "collectively contrarian" yet "individually very conformist" Harvard Law exposed how "contingent and place-based my own beliefs are"; experiencing a pull toward "the story behind the story" Attention as discipline—seeking "the best expression of opposing views," never the other side's worst Partisans slander rather than engage: "language designed to shut off conversation, not to invite it" Reading the Bible cover to cover in sixth grade, arriving at the lesson that "we're way too dogmatic about stuff" How to embody a faith that can hold conviction and humility side by side Agency according to Gandalf: "It's not up to us to determine the times in which we live," only how we respond Curiosity requires courage, since dissent threatens loss of community Power's real peril—"the spiritually corrupting power of power" and fooling yourself into virtue The undermining of justice by seeking to hold and maintain power; examples in Rosa Parks and Jim Crow segregation / Jesus and the Roman Empire Christian nationalism as "for the nation to be good, Christians must rule" Restoring the Civil Rights Movement's commitment to the way of Jesus: reconciliation, not victory #DavidFrench #Conversing #FaithAndPolitics #ChristianNationalism #Attention #Agency #Power #Curiosity #CivilRights

I have typically read Paul's letter to Rome like it was an essay written for the church at large for all times and for all places.  In fact Paul, Jesus' apostle to the nations, in about 57 A.D., wrote a pastoral letter to several house churches in Rome. He mentions 26 members of the Roman church by name in chapter 16.  He knew a lot about the churches and he was very concerned with simmering divisions within those churches.  The churches were composed of a great diversity of folks, Jews and Gentiles, slave and free, as well as male and female.  A dispute was heating up in the church between a group that Paul called the "Weak," primarily Jewish believers, and a group that Paul called the "Strong," primarily Gentile believers.  Neither group had much use for the other and that was the problem!  He had strong words for both groups. The issues have to do with the place of circumcision, sabbath keeping, and the Jewish food laws in the life of the Churches.  Paul used eleven chapters to give the churches a solid Christ centered foundation on which to live together as "One People of God."  His overriding message was that one church, composed of Jews and Gentiles, living to the Glory of God, is the will of the LORD God.  He declared in chapter 12, "All of us are members one of another."  He followed up this declarative in chapter 15 with the imperative:  "Welcome each other as Christ has welcomed you, for the Glory of God." Tom Wright was recently asked, "What about today's church would most disturb the apostle Paul?" To which he replied. "Our many, many divisions and our LACK OF CONCERN about it." Come on this journey with us through Paul's wonderful letter which invites us to rediscover the "Power of Oneness."

An Unchurched Man Visited 33 Churches in One Year. What He Found Explains Why We're So Lonely. Why are so many people lonely despite living in the most connected age in human history? Richard Riccardi set out to answer that question through an unusual experiment. Over the course of a year, he visited 33 different churches and places of worship to discover what they offered newcomers and what modern society may be missing. In this conversation, Lenny Esposito and Richard discuss community, belonging, church attendance, online worship, hospitality, apologetics, and why meaningful relationships remain essential for human flourishing.

**Pride Orgs Keep Getting Busted and Nobody's Allowed to Notice** Alabama Pride president Desmond Turner is in cuffs on sexual misconduct and child abuse charges. Again. The thing they swear never happens just happened again. We draw the line everybody pretends doesn't exist: being gay is not the same thing as running kid-friendly drag shows on museum lawns, putting half-naked adults next to children, and calling it “inclusion.” Pattern recognition isn't hate. It's pattern recognition. Jackson Pride does this every year on the two museums' property with Capitol Police standing there and UMMC and the usual suspects writing checks. Photos that look like they belong in an evidence bag get published like it's a family festival. If a straight white men's group did 10% of this they'd be labeled a terrorist organization before lunch. Churches that stay quiet, pastors who won't call it what it is, and businesses that sponsor it all get the same question: how many more arrests before you admit what the agenda actually is? No lectures. No “love is love” slogans. Just the receipts.

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Peter Wilson returns for another wide-ranging conversation covering the Checkmate the Matrix community updates, the reality of supermarket food and what's actually in your meat, crypto market manipulation, the new UK digital ID employment rules coming into force, why jobs are modern slavery, school violence and narcissistic education environments, targeted censorship across social platforms, underground cities and data centres, frequency and vibration, the Tartarian era, electric car safety risks, and why Skool communities are becoming the infrastructure for sovereign digital enterprise. About Peter Wilson Ex Royal Navy gunner and armourer, turned professional fighter. Owned and ran his own martial arts gym for about 30 years. Always been aware of something not being right in the world, went deep into it after losing over £1 million of property in one week including his own home. Been up and been down, including living in a car for a while with his wife Janine and 4 dogs. Timestamps 0:02 Welcome and intro — the Authority Alliance announcement 1:02 Checkmate the Matrix updates — allotment classroom, growing your own food 5:07 Human resonance spikes and the awakening shift 6:31 Creating a new system rather than fighting the old one 7:44 Supermarket food — the taste difference and what's really in your meat 9:53 Starch injected into chicken and beef — what's draining out in your pan 12:07 McDonald's burger volume — where is the meat actually coming from 14:43 KFC, Subway, and what those products legally qualify as 15:28 Chocolate with virtually zero cocoa — what corporations are replacing it with 17:00 Crypto — Richard Hart's community, four-year cycles, and BlackRock's influence 20:47 Bitcoin, Vanguard, and why the market is manipulated like everything else 22:19 Solar panels, micro-inverters, and powering your home off-grid for £20 a month 23:25 Water collection, distillers, and why turning off the internet changes everything 29:00 Allotment lessons — eggshells, companion planting, and soil quality 34:21 New UK digital ID employment rules — why even self-employed contractors are affected 35:07 Jobs as total slavery — destroying the family unit from 18 months to 18 years 38:28 School bullying, narcissistic environments, and the rise in anxiety and depression 42:09 Staff in nurseries forcing tablets and TV over books and physical activity 43:36 School violence in the 70s and 80s — physical torture normalised 48:56 The AI Income Crew — three businesses you could start within a week 51:46 Prison planet, vibration, and the Tartarian era before modern civilisation 52:48 Churches as healing centres — frequencies, organs, and what was destroyed 58:49 5G rollout during COVID, underground cities, and what data centres are actually for 1:00:16 Underground cities — already built, way bigger than what's above ground 1:04:37 Targeted censorship — YouTube, TikTok, WhatsApp, and StreamYard interference 1:10:26 Roy's censorship experiences — channels removed, emails going to bin 1:15:03 Kicked off TikTok for talking about growing your own food 1:16:16 Electric cars — turning off the bonnet, losing control, fire risks 1:17:14 Self-driving taxis in Austin, Texas — trapped passengers and battery fires 1:20:01 Jaguar breakdown — automatic gears, no neutral override, and what to carry 1:22:45 Skool reviews system — accountability for negative reviewers 1:30:43 Nipping corruption in the bud at every level — Trustpilot and community action 1:34:33 Skool advertising, currencies, affiliate commissions, and why it works How to Contact Peter Wilson

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Gregory Richardson. A cybersecurity expert and AI consultant. The conversation explores cybersecurity best practices, the rise of AI, and how Gregory is helping churches and nonprofits leverage technology to spread the gospel.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Gregory Richardson. A cybersecurity expert and AI consultant. The conversation explores cybersecurity best practices, the rise of AI, and how Gregory is helping churches and nonprofits leverage technology to spread the gospel.

How can churches become places of healing for people navigating trauma and mental health challenges? And how can those who care for others avoid compassion fatigue and burnout?Laura Howe is a mental health clinician and community development strategist who equips churches to care well for their communities without burning out. Through her work with Hope Made Strong, she helps ministry leaders build sustainable care ministries, prevent burnout, and cultivate churches that become beacons of hope for people who are hurting.In this episode, Davey sits down with Laura to talk about how churches can become healing spaces for those navigating trauma and mental health challenges, how to recognize and prevent compassion fatigue in ministry, and what it looks like to create a sustainable culture of care that brings hope to both caregivers and those they serve.If you've ever felt the weight of caring for others, wrestled with ministry burnout, or wondered how your church can better support people in pain, this episode is for you. Website: https://www.hopemadestrong.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hope_made_strong/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063596195711# Davey's Affiliate link for Church Mental Health Summit: https://www.hopemadestrong.org/a/2148266118/74PVvopLNot living the story you expected? Pain changes us but doesn't have to define us. Discover where you are on your healing journey and get a personalized pathway for your next steps: nothingiswasted.com/starthere Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: nothingiswasted.com/coaching SEEDS: Download the free SEEDS app (https://tinyurl.com/RONSeedsApp) and take one small step today: plant your first seed and see what God can grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WarRoom Battleground EP 1085: German Catholic Bishops Have Something To Worry About Other Than Empty Churches: The AFD