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What I mean by the statement, All dogs go to heaven, is really a question I have been asked numerous times by both young and old: Will my pet go to heaven when it dies? I want to do my best to answer that question, but I want you to know that my answer will also address a much broader question related to what Gods ultimate plan is for his creation. We know what His plan is for humanity, but do you know if Gods plan of redemption includes animals? Let me begin by stating some things that could not be any clearer from the Bible and then we will dive into Psalm 8. So, here is what I know beyond a shadow of a doubt: The Bible assures us that God is the giver of every good thing (James 1:17); what this means is that God is not the taker of every good thing. When Nathan was five years old, we got him a kitten because we believed that he would enjoy having a cat. You have given gifts to your children out of your love for them as well. Here is what Jesus said about what we do for our children: If you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him (Matt. 7:1011)! God is so good that there is no room for improvement for Him to be better. I already mentioned James 1:17 but listen to what the verse actually states: Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. In Psalm 106, we are told to give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy is everlasting (v. 1). According to Psalm 145, God is righteous in all His ways, and kind in all His works (v. 17). Because there is no room for improvement, God is not trying to get it right in the way He exercises His goodness. However, we live in a reality where the curse of sin is inseparable from our human experience and sorrow and sighing are like the compounds that come out of the curse that suck the joy out of life. You may even feel like Bruce from the movie Bruce Almighty in the way he described God: God is a mean kid sitting on an anthill with a magnifying glass, and I'm the ant. He could fix my life in five minutes if He wanted to, but he'd rather tear off my feelers and watch me squirm. So, lets walk through Psalm 8 together with the hope that there is enough in these verses to help us gain a fuller appreciation of what God is doing with this sin-cursed world. A Good God Created a Grand Creation I love the way the Bible begins: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was a formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters (Gen. 1:12). The earth was a formless and desolate emptiness until God spoke. He did not speak out of any need, for He was perfectly content within the fellowship of Himself in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God was not lonely or bored, nor was He obligated to speak and create. No, God created because He wanted to, and He wanted to create because He was motivated by love. Out of love, God desired to share that which nothing else could top or compare, which was Himself. God was motivated by love to share Himself with us. Our solar system is estimated to be about 12 trillion miles wide. The diameter of our sun is estimated to be 109 times the size of our earth, and if you were to drive from the Sun to Pluto, it would take an estimated 6,000 years to complete the trip. If that were not enough, you should know that our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains thousands of solar systems like ours. On our little planet, in our vast galaxy, lives just over 8 billion people. The renown astronomer, Carl Sagan, died believing that there was no compelling evidence for the existence of a Judeo-Christian-Islamic God, and said of our earth and the universe: If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space. David, in Psalm 8, answers Carl Sagans question, and if only Sagan could have opened his eyes to see what David saw: Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, You who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! If you are wondering if the universe is too big if life on earth is all there is, the answer is a resounding NO! The universe is the size that it is because it is testifying to the majesty and splendor of the One who spoke all of it into existence. The God who spoke all things into existence out of the overflow of His love and goodness is not only knowable but created us with purpose! A Grand God Created Mankind in His Image with Purpose There is only one creature of all the creatures created that was created in the image of God, and that creature is all of humanity. On the sixth day, after God created the animal kingdom and everything else, He created Adam and Eve: Then God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth (Gen. 1:26). To Adam and Eve, God gave them the responsibility to manage His creation as His image bearers. Humans were commissioned and commanded to care for creation and at the same time add to creation by filling the earth with humans like themselves. We are not a part of the animal kingdom; we stand above the animal kingdom as stewards of what Almighty God created! King David marveled over this magnificent reality in his psalm: When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place; what is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him (Ps. 8:34)? David does not stop there, for what he says in the following verses ought to be enough to answer what place your pet has in the universe: You have him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put everything under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the animals of the field, The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas (vv. 68). Adam and Eve were commanded to manage the Garden, to be fruitful and multiply, and not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. As you know, they ate the forbidden fruit from that one tree, and by eating the fruit they brought a curse upon Gods creation. As a result, all of creation was cursed as the Scriptures testify: Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned... (Rom. 5:12). There is only one creature who bears the image of God, and that creature is mankind. As image bearers of the living God, we were created to live forever. There is a part of us that lives on after death known as our soul which is also referred to as our spirit (not to be confused with the Holy Spirit).[1] Unlike the rest of creation, humans have a soul that only God is able to destroy. So, when it comes to death, our soul lives on even after our body dies, but death for the Christian is not the end as we are assured from the Bible: For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. (2 Cor. 5:14) So, when your pet dies, there is no immaterial part of them that lives on because they do not bare the image of God and therefore do not have a soul. What this means is that when your pet does eventually die, regardless of the behavior, there is no eternal punishment or eternal life waiting for them... they simply cease to exist. The only creature that is born and lives in active rebellion towards God are humans. Unlike the animal kingdom, sin is now a part of our nature. A Good and Gracious God Has Provided Redemption Through a Second and Perfect Adam Now, remember what I said at the beginning of my sermon: Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights... (Jas. 1:17). God is a good God who is the giver of every good thing, not the taker of every good thing! After Adam and Eve sinned, they were promised a Descendant who would reverse the curse of sin. A second and more perfect Adam was promised who would come to reverse the curse of sin: For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:17). The second and more perfect Adam was also promised to David who wrote Psalm 8! God assured David, When your days are finished and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Sam. 7:1213). What will this second and more perfect Adam do? According to Jeremiah 23:5-6, He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.... Oh, and the Name by which the Son of David will also be called will be, The Lord Our Righteousness. In Isaiah we are promised that when He reigns as King, He will judge between the nations, and will mediate for many peoples; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not lift up a sword against nation, and never again will they learn war (Isa. 2:4). The second Adam would, be born of a virgin as fully human and fully diving: ...a Son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. When the second Adam comes to reign as King, His reign will bring the kind of peace only God is capable of restoring: ...the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and fattened steer will be together; and a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.... They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:6-7, 9) When it was announced by the angels to the shepherds that the promised King was born, it was declared to them: Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:10-11). Jesus, as the second and better Adam, humbled Himself by, taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men.... He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross (Phil. 2:7-8). He was born to live the perfect life we could not live to die the death we all deserved. There is only One who is qualified to reverse the curse of sin, and it was and is Jesus! In Revelation 21:5, we are told that through His death and triumphant victory over death, that He is making all things new! This is what we all want and what all of creation is longing for! We long for a day without the dark cloud of the curse of sin. This is why Paul wrote, For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the eagerly awaiting creation waits for the revealing of the sons and daughters of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (Rom. 8:18-21) When Jesus entered into Jerusalem the week before He was to be crucified for the sins of mankind, the children in the temple area shouted something that irritated the chief priests and scribes. As Jesus entered into Jerusalem, the children shouted: Hosanna to the Son of David! (see Matt. 21:15-16). The chief priests and scribes said to Jesus, Do you hear what these children are saying? What were the children saying? They were celebrating the promised second Adam, the righteous Branch of David, and the One who is to be called The Lord our Righteousness (see Jer. 23:5-6). Guess how Jesus answered the irritated religious leaders who were concerned about what the children were saying? He answered them by quoting Psalm 8:2, here is what He said: Yes. Have you never read [chief priests and scribes], From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself? Do you realize what Jesus said to the chief priests and scribes? He was essentially saying that although Adam made a mess of creation through his sin in the Garden, there was a Son of Man who was made a little lower than the angels and God when He willingly took on human flesh to become fully human while remaining fully God at the same time! Jesus did this for the purpose of redeeming mankind through His cross for our sins, and by doing so, made redemption possible for all creation, and this is the point of Psalm 5, Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! Do you hear Philippians 2 in Psalm 8? And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil. 2:8-11) Now, against the backdrop of Philippians 2:8-11, listen what Psalm 8:7-8 promises: You have him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put everything under his feet, All sheep and oxen, And also the animals of the field, The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. All of creation, including your pets, are eagerly awaiting for the completion of our redemption because when it happens to us, creation will enjoy the good and faithful reign of the second Adam over them as well, and when He comes to do that, He will make all things new and it is what He will restore that all of creation is longing for: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new. And He said, Write, for these words are faithful and true. On the Day Revelation 21 becomes our reality, all that was lost, will be restored and it will be even better than the Eden the first Adam lost! I am not sure if that means He will restore and make new your pet that was lost to the curse, but I do know that it will be better! The glory we will be crowned with will be the glory of King Jesus when, There will no longer be any curse... (Rev. 22:3). We will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away (Isa. 51:11)! The great hope of our future is not who is in office as our president, but the King who is coming to restore all that was lost through the first Adam. Christian, because you belong to the second Adam, you can declare with David: Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! [1] Soul and spirit are used synonymously in the Bible (e.g. Acts 7:54-60; Matt. 10:28).

What I mean by the statement, All dogs go to heaven, is really a question I have been asked numerous times by both young and old: Will my pet go to heaven when it dies? I want to do my best to answer that question, but I want you to know that my answer will also address a much broader question related to what Gods ultimate plan is for his creation. We know what His plan is for humanity, but do you know if Gods plan of redemption includes animals? Let me begin by stating some things that could not be any clearer from the Bible and then we will dive into Psalm 8. So, here is what I know beyond a shadow of a doubt: The Bible assures us that God is the giver of every good thing (James 1:17); what this means is that God is not the taker of every good thing. When Nathan was five years old, we got him a kitten because we believed that he would enjoy having a cat. You have given gifts to your children out of your love for them as well. Here is what Jesus said about what we do for our children: If you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him (Matt. 7:1011)! God is so good that there is no room for improvement for Him to be better. I already mentioned James 1:17 but listen to what the verse actually states: Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. In Psalm 106, we are told to give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy is everlasting (v. 1). According to Psalm 145, God is righteous in all His ways, and kind in all His works (v. 17). Because there is no room for improvement, God is not trying to get it right in the way He exercises His goodness. However, we live in a reality where the curse of sin is inseparable from our human experience and sorrow and sighing are like the compounds that come out of the curse that suck the joy out of life. You may even feel like Bruce from the movie Bruce Almighty in the way he described God: God is a mean kid sitting on an anthill with a magnifying glass, and I'm the ant. He could fix my life in five minutes if He wanted to, but he'd rather tear off my feelers and watch me squirm. So, lets walk through Psalm 8 together with the hope that there is enough in these verses to help us gain a fuller appreciation of what God is doing with this sin-cursed world. A Good God Created a Grand Creation I love the way the Bible begins: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was a formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters (Gen. 1:12). The earth was a formless and desolate emptiness until God spoke. He did not speak out of any need, for He was perfectly content within the fellowship of Himself in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God was not lonely or bored, nor was He obligated to speak and create. No, God created because He wanted to, and He wanted to create because He was motivated by love. Out of love, God desired to share that which nothing else could top or compare, which was Himself. God was motivated by love to share Himself with us. Our solar system is estimated to be about 12 trillion miles wide. The diameter of our sun is estimated to be 109 times the size of our earth, and if you were to drive from the Sun to Pluto, it would take an estimated 6,000 years to complete the trip. If that were not enough, you should know that our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains thousands of solar systems like ours. On our little planet, in our vast galaxy, lives just over 8 billion people. The renown astronomer, Carl Sagan, died believing that there was no compelling evidence for the existence of a Judeo-Christian-Islamic God, and said of our earth and the universe: If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space. David, in Psalm 8, answers Carl Sagans question, and if only Sagan could have opened his eyes to see what David saw: Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, You who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! If you are wondering if the universe is too big if life on earth is all there is, the answer is a resounding NO! The universe is the size that it is because it is testifying to the majesty and splendor of the One who spoke all of it into existence. The God who spoke all things into existence out of the overflow of His love and goodness is not only knowable but created us with purpose! A Grand God Created Mankind in His Image with Purpose There is only one creature of all the creatures created that was created in the image of God, and that creature is all of humanity. On the sixth day, after God created the animal kingdom and everything else, He created Adam and Eve: Then God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth (Gen. 1:26). To Adam and Eve, God gave them the responsibility to manage His creation as His image bearers. Humans were commissioned and commanded to care for creation and at the same time add to creation by filling the earth with humans like themselves. We are not a part of the animal kingdom; we stand above the animal kingdom as stewards of what Almighty God created! King David marveled over this magnificent reality in his psalm: When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place; what is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him (Ps. 8:34)? David does not stop there, for what he says in the following verses ought to be enough to answer what place your pet has in the universe: You have him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put everything under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the animals of the field, The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas (vv. 68). Adam and Eve were commanded to manage the Garden, to be fruitful and multiply, and not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. As you know, they ate the forbidden fruit from that one tree, and by eating the fruit they brought a curse upon Gods creation. As a result, all of creation was cursed as the Scriptures testify: Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned... (Rom. 5:12). There is only one creature who bears the image of God, and that creature is mankind. As image bearers of the living God, we were created to live forever. There is a part of us that lives on after death known as our soul which is also referred to as our spirit (not to be confused with the Holy Spirit).[1] Unlike the rest of creation, humans have a soul that only God is able to destroy. So, when it comes to death, our soul lives on even after our body dies, but death for the Christian is not the end as we are assured from the Bible: For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. (2 Cor. 5:14) So, when your pet dies, there is no immaterial part of them that lives on because they do not bare the image of God and therefore do not have a soul. What this means is that when your pet does eventually die, regardless of the behavior, there is no eternal punishment or eternal life waiting for them... they simply cease to exist. The only creature that is born and lives in active rebellion towards God are humans. Unlike the animal kingdom, sin is now a part of our nature. A Good and Gracious God Has Provided Redemption Through a Second and Perfect Adam Now, remember what I said at the beginning of my sermon: Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights... (Jas. 1:17). God is a good God who is the giver of every good thing, not the taker of every good thing! After Adam and Eve sinned, they were promised a Descendant who would reverse the curse of sin. A second and more perfect Adam was promised who would come to reverse the curse of sin: For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:17). The second and more perfect Adam was also promised to David who wrote Psalm 8! God assured David, When your days are finished and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Sam. 7:1213). What will this second and more perfect Adam do? According to Jeremiah 23:5-6, He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.... Oh, and the Name by which the Son of David will also be called will be, The Lord Our Righteousness. In Isaiah we are promised that when He reigns as King, He will judge between the nations, and will mediate for many peoples; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not lift up a sword against nation, and never again will they learn war (Isa. 2:4). The second Adam would, be born of a virgin as fully human and fully diving: ...a Son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. When the second Adam comes to reign as King, His reign will bring the kind of peace only God is capable of restoring: ...the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and fattened steer will be together; and a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.... They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:6-7, 9) When it was announced by the angels to the shepherds that the promised King was born, it was declared to them: Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:10-11). Jesus, as the second and better Adam, humbled Himself by, taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men.... He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross (Phil. 2:7-8). He was born to live the perfect life we could not live to die the death we all deserved. There is only One who is qualified to reverse the curse of sin, and it was and is Jesus! In Revelation 21:5, we are told that through His death and triumphant victory over death, that He is making all things new! This is what we all want and what all of creation is longing for! We long for a day without the dark cloud of the curse of sin. This is why Paul wrote, For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the eagerly awaiting creation waits for the revealing of the sons and daughters of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (Rom. 8:18-21) When Jesus entered into Jerusalem the week before He was to be crucified for the sins of mankind, the children in the temple area shouted something that irritated the chief priests and scribes. As Jesus entered into Jerusalem, the children shouted: Hosanna to the Son of David! (see Matt. 21:15-16). The chief priests and scribes said to Jesus, Do you hear what these children are saying? What were the children saying? They were celebrating the promised second Adam, the righteous Branch of David, and the One who is to be called The Lord our Righteousness (see Jer. 23:5-6). Guess how Jesus answered the irritated religious leaders who were concerned about what the children were saying? He answered them by quoting Psalm 8:2, here is what He said: Yes. Have you never read [chief priests and scribes], From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself? Do you realize what Jesus said to the chief priests and scribes? He was essentially saying that although Adam made a mess of creation through his sin in the Garden, there was a Son of Man who was made a little lower than the angels and God when He willingly took on human flesh to become fully human while remaining fully God at the same time! Jesus did this for the purpose of redeeming mankind through His cross for our sins, and by doing so, made redemption possible for all creation, and this is the point of Psalm 5, Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! Do you hear Philippians 2 in Psalm 8? And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil. 2:8-11) Now, against the backdrop of Philippians 2:8-11, listen what Psalm 8:7-8 promises: You have him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put everything under his feet, All sheep and oxen, And also the animals of the field, The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. All of creation, including your pets, are eagerly awaiting for the completion of our redemption because when it happens to us, creation will enjoy the good and faithful reign of the second Adam over them as well, and when He comes to do that, He will make all things new and it is what He will restore that all of creation is longing for: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new. And He said, Write, for these words are faithful and true. On the Day Revelation 21 becomes our reality, all that was lost, will be restored and it will be even better than the Eden the first Adam lost! I am not sure if that means He will restore and make new your pet that was lost to the curse, but I do know that it will be better! The glory we will be crowned with will be the glory of King Jesus when, There will no longer be any curse... (Rev. 22:3). We will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away (Isa. 51:11)! The great hope of our future is not who is in office as our president, but the King who is coming to restore all that was lost through the first Adam. Christian, because you belong to the second Adam, you can declare with David: Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! [1] Soul and spirit are used synonymously in the Bible (e.g. Acts 7:54-60; Matt. 10:28).

Tuesday, 19th September 1944, was Black Tuesday for the 1st Airborne Division trying to take and hold the road bridge at Arnhem. It was the day Operation Market Garden failed. Comedian and historian Al Murray joins us to discuss the efforts of the RAF's 38 Group to resupply the Paras and understand why the defeat still grips us 80 years later.★Buy Arnhem: Black Tuesday by Al Murray at The Damcasters bookshop here (10% of each purchase supports the pod) UK only: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780857506566★Follow Al on Twitter/ X here: https://x.com/almurray★Follow Al on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thealmurray/★Check out the Walking The Ground YouTube channel here: @WW2WalkingTheGround ★Listen to Stanley Maxted's BBC report from Arnhem during the 3rd Lift here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5foDTOMqjvpSmb1a16IxyY?si=d3a8345a19cf4c86★Get your 909 Apparel now! https://www.909apparel.com/★Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseum★Become a Damcasteer today on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and a welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcastersThe Damcasters © 2024 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International00:00 Introduction02:03 Al Murray - Why Arnhem?05:40 Writing Black Tuesday14:08 Lack of Airpower Over Arnhem21:34 38 Group - RAF Transport Command26:07 Pima Visit Ad - VC-118 Liftmaster29:27 38 Group's War Con't33:37 The Failed 2nd Lift37:57 The 3rd Lift40:36 David Lord's VC52:35 The Book Escapes59:20 Wrap Up and Become a Damcasteer! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered in this episode: Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker Python Developer Survey Results Anaconda Code add-in for Microsoft Excel Disabling Scheduled Dependency Updates Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through Our courses at Talk Python Training Hello, pytest! Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Monday at 10am PT. Older video versions available there too. Finally, if you want an artisanal, hand-crafted digest of every week of the show notes in email form? Add your name and email to our friends of the show list, we'll never share it. Michael #1: Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker by Hynek Schlawack I was going to cover Production-ready Docker Containers with uv but decided to take this diversion instead. Spend a lot of time thinking about the secondary effects of what you do. venvs are well known and well documented. Let's use them. Brian #2: Python Developer Survey Results “… official Python Developers Survey, conducted as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains.” Python w/ Rust rising, but still only 7% ““The drop in HTML/CSS/JS might show that data science is increasing its share of Python.” - Paul Everitt 37% contribute to open source. Awesome. Favorite Resources: Podcasts Lots of familiar faces there. Awesome. Perhaps I shouldn't have decided to move “Python Test” back to Test & Code Usage “Data analysis” down, but I think that's because “data engineering” is added. Data, Web dev, ML, devops, academic, Testing is down 23% Python Versions Still some 2 out there Most folks on 3.10-3.12 Install from: mostly python.org Frameworks web: Flask, Django, Requests, FastAPI … testing: pytest, unittest, mock, doctest, tox, hypothesis, nose (2% might be the Python 2 people) Data science 77% use pandas, 72% NumPy OS: Windows still at 55% Packaging: venv up to 55% I imaging uv will be on the list next year requirements.txt 63%, pyproject.toml 32% virtual env in containers? 47% say no Michael #3: Anaconda Code add-in for Microsoft Excel Run their Python-powered projects in Excel locally with the Anaconda Code add-in Powered by PyScript, an Anaconda supported open source project that runs Python locally without install and setup Features Cells Run Independently Range to Multiple Types init.py file is static and cannot be edited, with Anaconda Code, users have the ability to access and edit imports and definitions, allowing you to write top-level functions and classes and reuse them wherever you need. A Customizable Environment Brian #4: Disabling Scheduled Dependency Updates David Lord Interesting discussion of as they happen or batching of upsates to dependencies dependencies come in requirements files GH Actions in CI workflows pre-commit hooks David was seeing 60 PRs per month when set up on monthly updates (3 ecosystems * 20 projects) new tool for updating GH actions: gha-update, allows for local updating of GH dependencies New process Run pip-compile, gha-update, and pre-commit locally. Update a project's dependencies when actively working on the project, not just whenever a dependency updates. Note that this works fine for dev dependencies, less so for security updates from run time dependencies. But for libraries, runtime dependencies are usually not pinned. Extras Brian: Test & Code coming back this week Michael: Code in a Castle event Python Bytes badge spotting Guido's post removed for moderation Joke: C will watch in silence

Flask is one of the most important Python web frameworks and powers a bunch of the internet. David Lord, Flask's lead maintainer is here to give us an update on the state of Flask and Pallets in 2024. If you care about where Flask is and where it's going, you'll definitely want to listen in. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Talk Python Courses Links from the show David on Mastodon: @davidism David on X: @davidism State of Pallets 2024 FlaskCon Talk: youtube.com FlaskCon: flaskcon.com FlaskCon 2024 Talks: youtube.com Pallets Discord: discord.com Pallets Eco: github.com JazzBand: jazzband.co Pallets Github Org: github.com Jinja: github.com Click: github.com Werkzeug: github.com MarkupSafe: github.com ItsDangerous: github.com Quart: github.com pypistats: pypistats.org Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy

Unlock the secrets to a customer service revolution with David Lord, GM at Nexa, as he joins me, Corey Barrier, to dissect the evolution of answering services into powerhouse CSR call centers. Our conversation is a goldmine for anyone looking to revamp their approach to customer interactions, as David imparts his wisdom on hiring for conversational intelligence, tailoring scripts, and utilizing technology to not just hit the mark but shoot it into the stratosphere. You'll get an insider's look at how Next is rewriting the script of customer service operations, turning common pitfalls into stepping stones for unparalleled success.Feel the pulse of your business's heartbeat through the lens of customer engagement and learn the true cost of missed calls—a lesson many learn the hard way. David and I tackle the critical need for quick lead follow-ups, integrating tech to bolster service quality and strategies to keep your lines buzzing even during the busiest seasons. Our deep dive into call-back rates and first-call resolution will leave you equipped with the strategies to turn every ring into a win for your customer base.As we peer into the crystal ball of AI in call center operations, we reveal how machine learning is set to transform mundane tasks into strategic interactions, freeing up agents to deliver exceptional service. We balance the scales of efficiency and empathy and dissect the tangible benefits of outsourcing to protect the lifeline of your business—its customer service. For networking aficionados, David sheds light on the power of LinkedIn and personal connections in fostering business growth. So, tune in and prepare to be inspired to elevate your customer service to heights you never thought possible.https://www.nexa.com/ Support the showhttps://www.amazon.com/Simple-Steps-Sell-More-Stereotypes-ebook/dp/B0BRNSFYG6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OSB7HX6FQMHS&keywords=corey+berrier&qid=1674232549&sprefix=%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-AI-Sales-Frankenstein-ebook/dp/B0BX6G5THP/ref=sr_1_3?crid=16J189ZUCE8K6&keywords=corey+berrier&qid=1678457765&sprefix=corey+berrier%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-3https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPl4lUyKV7hZxoTksQDsyghttps://www.facebook.com/corey.berrier https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysalescoach/

Topics covered in this episode: pycountry Does Python have pointers? ingestr Make your terminal nice Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesdays at 11am PT. Older video versions available there too. Michael #1: pycountry A Python library to access ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations. pycountry provides the ISO databases for the standards: 639-3 Languages 3166 Codes for representation of names of countries and their subdivisions 3166-1 Countries 3166-3 Deleted countries 3166-2 Subdivisions of countries 4217 Currencies 15924 Scripts Brian #2: Does Python have pointers? Ned Batchelder Turns out, this is really the description of “what's a variable in Python?” that helps to make sense of the “variables as names” model in Python, especially for people coming from languages that use pointers a lot. You can use id() to find out what a variable points to You just can't do the reverse of access it given an id. There's no “dereference” operator. See also Python Names and Values, also by Ned Should be required reading/viewing for all Python curriculum. Michael #3: ingestr ingestr is a command-line application that allows ingesting or copying data from any source into any destination database. Works on both MongoDB and Postgres and many more. incremental loading: append, merge or delete+insert Brian #4: Make your terminal nice David Lord David's switched to Fish and Starship I tried switching to Fish several times, and I guess I'm good with zsh. Although I admire the brave comic sans motto: “Finally, a command line shell for the 90s” But I'm finally ready for Starship, and it takes almost no time to set up Plus it's fast. (Has it always been Rust?) Extras Brian: Doing some groundwork for a SaaS project, using SaaS Pegasus I just talked with Cory from Pegasus for an upcoming PythonTest episode I haven't decided whether to save up SaaS episodes for one big series, or spread them out. But mostly I'm excited to get my project started. Michael: Excellent video about “cloud exit” uv - The Next Evolution in Python Packages? Python 3.13 a5 Target's Open Source Fund via Pat Decker Joke: Anti-social engineer

Topics covered in this episode: The many shapes and sizes of keyboards appeal - a CLI framework from Larry Hastings Graphinate: Data to Graphs A Disorganized List of Maintainer Tasks Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Scout APM Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesdays at 11am PT. Older video versions available there too. Michael #1: The many shapes and sizes of keyboards Many keyboards discussed Focus on health and safety (as it should!) I swear by Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic (which wasn't mentioned) More options still over at Wire Cutter Brian #2: appeal - a CLI framework from Larry Hastings “Give your program APPEAL!” Appeal is a command-line argument processing library for Python, like argparse, optparse, getopt, docopt, Typer, and click. But Appeal takes a refreshing new approach. Hello World example: import appeal app = appeal.Appeal() @app.command() def hello(name): print(f"Hello, {name}!") app.main() looks fun, no idea how to test with it “yet”. But I plan on looking into that. Michael #3: Graphinate: Data to Graphs via Eran Rivlis Graphinate is a python library that aims to simplify the generation of Graph Data Structures from Data Sources. Write a function to definite the edges as a generator, call materialize Based on NetworkX See the github page for visual examples Brian #4: A Disorganized List of Maintainer Tasks David Lord Plus, David Lord, lead maintainer of Flask, Jinja, Click, … on Pallets, also PSF Fellow, has a blog. Neat. TLDR; Next time you want to ask "When's the next release?", instead look at the project and see where you can start getting involved. The more help maintainers have, the more they can get done. Long list of stuff David thinks about when maintaining a project. My list is shorter, but it's still long, and my projects are tiny in comparison to his Extras Brian: Do you do enough testing? pytest to the Rescue! webinar from this morning The Complete pytest Course will be 16 chapters, 11 are released, the 12th is recorded and almost released, and the 13th should be next week, … I should be done with all 16 by the end of the year. Testing argparse Applications Python Test Podcast episode 109: Testing argparse Applications Blog post on pythontest.com: Testing argparse Applications Black Friday sale on The Complete pytest Course Use code BLACKFRIDAY for 50% off of The Complete pytest Course, Full Course + Full Access Michael: It's Black Friday at Talk Python Python 3.13.0 alpha 1 is now available Python Developers Survey 2023 Joke: The proper way to comment your code!

Find More Episodes on PCA Overdrive: https://www.pcaoverdrive.org/videos/the-one-door-to-customer-service PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy a 7 day free trial! Become a member: https://www.pcapainted.org/membership-resources/ On this episode of Rocket Your Business for Trade Contractors, David Lord from Nexa joins us to talk about how phone calls can be the most important step--and the first!--to a positive customer experience. We talk about why some businesses don't value call services, how affordable call companies have become, and how call services can help a company improve customer reviews. Every company learning to capture leads and create raving fans from the first interaction needs to listen and take notes! Learn more about Nexa call services at www.nexa.com

On this episode of Rocket Your Business for Trade Contractors, David Lord from Nexa joins us to talk about how phone calls can be the most important step--and the first!--to a positive customer experience. We talk about why some businesses don't value call services, how affordable call companies have become, and how call services can help a company improve customer reviews. Every company learning to capture leads and create raving fans from the first interaction needs to listen and take notes!Learn more about Nexa call services at www.nexa.com

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On today's episode, we have the pleasure of hosting David Lord, the EVP and General Manager of Nexa & Strike Healthcare. David has played a pivotal role in steering Nexa towards new horizons by broadening services and enhancing patient as well as client experiences since his onboard in 2022. Residing in the beautiful Park City, UT with his family, David is a fervent lover of the great outdoors. In this interview with David Lord, we delved into the rich history of Nexa, exploring its evolution and how it has grown to become a significant player in the healthcare sector. David shared insights about Nexa's geographical footprint and company size, shedding light on where Nexa operates and the extent of its reach. A fascinating part of our conversation revolved around what the customer experience is like when a patient calls into a dentistry and connects with Nexa instead; illustrating the seamless integration and the professional handling that eases patient interactions. David unveiled what sets Nexa apart from other competing entities, highlighting their top-notch process that ensures unparalleled service quality. We also had a chance to dive into the marketing philosophy of Nexa, showcasing how their unique approach in marketing has been instrumental in creating a strong and reputable brand. To learn more about how Nexa & Strike Healthcare is revolutionizing patient and client experiences in the healthcare sector, be sure to check them out at www.Strikehealthcare.com. EPISODE RESOURCES www.Strikehealthcare.com https://www.truedentalsuccess.com Dental Success Network Subscribe to The Dentalpreneur Podcast

What's up, dudes? Remember the Brit-pop group XTC? Well, in 1983 they released a Christmas single under the pseudonym The Three Wise Men in order to test out a new producer, David Lord. Ken Kessler from Sounds of Christmas joins me to talk all about “Thanks for Christmas” and its B-side “Countdown to Christmas Party Time!”The single had a few in jokes in the liner notes too! The writing is credited to Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar, the traditional Western names for the Magi. Credit was given to producer The Good Lord as well.Pseudonyms? Check. Modulations? A bunch. Adding a B-side just so the album doesn't warp? Definitely! So head to your local record store, pop on some headphones, and listen to this episode all about XTC “Thanks for Christmas!”Sounds of ChristmasFB: @SOCMusicTwitter: @SOCMusicIG: @socmusicCheck us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!

On today's episode, Chris and David Lord talk about the history of Nexa and what it takes to make a successful customer service call with your customers.   YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok 6:40 what did you come in and change to make Nexa so successful? 12:50 What all are you able to do for the contractor? 16:37 What is the size of Nexa? 18:20 Are your agents overseas or in the U.S? 22:22 How is your cost comparable to others? 24:21 What are some good averages? 29:22 Phone call with Nexa CSR 42:56 What are you seeing these home services companies that are the biggest pain points? 49:30 Do you have to go back and reschedule? 51:58 What are you doing with the out bounding calls? 54:30 Is text messaging apart of this?

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Today we bring you our evokeAG. x Food Futurists collaboration series with Professor Andy Lowe, exploring solutions today that will help drive sustainable food systems tomorrow.Here Andy speaks with Peter Wren-Hilton, the CEO of Wharf42 a consultancy specialising in connecting local and international partners – particularly NZ startups and early-stage agritech companies – to support the Trans-Tasman agritech sector scale its global presence.Peter is also the Founder of Agritech New Zealand, Convenor of the 2035 Oceania Summit and works closely with the AgriFutures evokeAG Steering Committee.Andy caught up with Peter back in May this year to learn more about the 2035 Oceania Summit, set to take place on 10-11 October 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand.The 2035 Oceania Summit has been designed to enable the region's scientific and research community, its industry leaders, agribusiness and agritech companies, farmers and growers, regulators and policymakers to meet and discuss how agrifood tech innovation and on-farm application can help address the existential threat posed by climate change.We hope you enjoy their conversation. You can listen to more Food Futurists podcasts here. And if you're interested in attending the 2035 Oceania Summit, please register at 2035.agThe 2035 Oceania Summit is offering special offer ticket prices for Australian delegates looking to attend the event from 10-11 October 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand (use the code AUS2035). Early-bird tickets end on 15 August. If you are interested in being part of an Australia delegation please contact AgriFutures growAG Engagement Manager, David Lord, via growAG.com

In the best of circumstances, an educator's role is a challenge. Throw in a pandemic, and the successful transformation of Staughton College is nothing short of remarkable. Thanks largely to Principal, David Lord and Vice Principal, Kristy Herridge. Both are talking to their Leading Teams Facilitator, Brendan Maher, who for the last seven years has helped guide them to strengthen communication amongst staff, parents and children and streamline hiring practices. All of which have improved the educational environment for the kids, who've delivered incredible results.   Leading Conversations is produced for Leading Teams by: SoundCartelsoundcartel.com.au+61 3 9882 8333See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 (3s): This morning. So I'm 100 says come before his cousins 1 (13s): With joyful. 2 (14s): He said this morning, 1 (15s): the passion. the cross at these? No, 3 (4m 29s): All right. Welcome. Welcome everybody. My name is Curtis. If we haven't met before, it's great to see you. I've got a couple of announcements, but before we do that, you can sit down and give somebody a high five while you're doing it. And also give the other person a fist bump and whatever else you can think of greet each other. All right. Awesome. As you can see, we've got these awesome kids lined up behind me. We've got a kids choir coming up right after announcements. So that's going to be super fun. Yeah. So if you're unfamiliar with this space, we've got restrooms behind this wall and then there's handicapped restrooms downstairs, more restrooms upstairs. 3 (5m 9s): We've got water back there as well. Water fountains and battlefield stations we have out on the courtyard. We have coffee and next week we've got graduation Sunday. So if you have kids that are sixth grade, eighth grade or 12th grade, we're going to be honoring them next week during the 11 o'clock service, it's going to be super fun. So we're excited to do that. So make sure you bring them here during the 11 o'clock service, and we're going to have a little thing for them. So it's going to be great as well. Just, just FYI for everybody. We're working on the chapel venue had some technical issues, first service. So we're not opening it, this service, but hopefully next week we'll have that all up and running and operating well. 3 (5m 53s): So with that, let's put our hands together for the kids. 2 (11m 41s): Awesome. Job choir. Let's give them another round of applause. Awesome. Church. Will you stand with us as we continue to worship this morning? 8 (12m 40s): How I love to breathe. it is God in mercy fields, the street to look upon the one who pled to save me, walk with . 1 (13m 10s): Yeah, we'll be heard today. When all little bow before him will be when death will be no more standing face to face with he who died and holy, holy And DeVry when he reads to why there will be Dawn that day we join the rest and Sam beside hear Rosa, the thing with one boys, a thousand shit seeing worthy is the lamb who was I just want to speak the name of cheese over every hot. 1 (17m 36s): Yes, I know there is please within your pres hi speak. Geez. Hey, just want to speak the name of Jesus. That'd be dark. Diction starts to Bray declaring. There is hope and there is freedom. I see. Jeez, your name is Shout Jesus from the mountain Jesus in the street. 1 (20m 5s): Jesus saying doc. So me. Jesus for my family. Hot speak, the whole name 10 (21m 47s): Lauren. It's great to celebrate your name, the name by which people are saved and sanctified, healed, and delivered and set free. God. It's your name? That is powerful and full of healing and grace and kindness. Lord God, it's your name? That challenges us to live differently and to live according to your plans and purposes, it's your name that gives us the power. It's your spirit that gives us the power to your grace. That gives us the power to do what you've called us to do to live the way that you've called us to live and to be who you've called us to be. So Lord God, we just continue to invite you. 10 (22m 28s): We invite you into this place, Lord, all over this campus, God is people are gathered online and watching and just in different venues around this place. Lord, we just invite you to download your grace and your truth and your power. God, for those of us who sing about it, but don't really fully grasp it. Lord, I pray that we would get it out on a whole new level. Lord for power, for deliverance, for freedom over addictions, Lord for a new faith for our marriages and for the people in our lives, Lord God, we want to have renewed faith and confidence that you're able to save and sanctify our kids and our grandkids and every future generation that we know, Lord God, that you would do a wonderful and mighty work. 10 (23m 10s): God, not just here at harvest, but in every church on the central coast, that lifts up the name of Jesus. God that we be United in one pursuing you, Jesus, going into all the world, making disciples Lord, that we would make disciples that we would, that we'd be discipled Lord. That would become the people that you've called us to be. So Lord that, I just know that we want to reflect you and honor you with our lives. So, so Lord, as we gather on a Sunday morning for corporate worship and to be equipped to go back into the streets and into the lives that you've called this into God empower us, equip us, give us what we need. Strength, hope, confidence, vision, and purpose. We pray. Thank you for who you are. 10 (23m 51s): We love you. We bless you Lord in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Attorney greet your neighbor. We will come back in just a moment. 11 (24m 5s): Jesus 10 (25m 23s): Alrighty, come on back. Grab a chair, grab a chair. How many it's your first time in this new venue here today. First time in the new venue today, I'm still getting used to it. Now, here we go. I'm still getting used to it. I'm so grateful. You know, for service, we're able to look out and see people that used to be kind of scattered in different venues. And now we get to look at a second service the same. It's just delightful to see your faces in person. And I'm so grateful for what God has given to us here. We're so, so excited about that. Hey, we're going to take a moment and pray for Eva. Is Eva here today? Eva Kessler. Come on up. 10 (26m 3s): Yeah. So Eva has been, how long have you been at this church? 8 (26m 10s): As long as I can 10 (26m 10s): Remember, as long as you can remember. So I remember when you came in our, so you're 21 now almost 21. So you were about to, I think when you showed up. Yeah. So you were about right here, right here. Yeah. And when you and Nolan and your parents showed up, it was just, just such a blessing. And so we've had a chance to watch you grow up. You're getting, you just graduated from quest to college. Congratulations. And now for summer missions. Yeah. Give her a damn that's awesome. And for summer missions, Eva's dedicating the next two months of her life to go to south lake Tahoe. 12 (26m 44s): I 10 (26m 45s): Know it's hard. It's a hard sell, right? Like support me. I'm going to south lake Tahoe to do the Lord's work. Right. It's a hard sell David is another guy that's going out about a month and he's going to Hawaii to do the Lord's work, but he's going actually, he's going to Kona, Hawaii to be a part of a submission standing there with why wham and then D Jacob Erdmann is in Juneau, Alaska. Yeah. So he's there doing where he's already left. He left so quickly. We didn't get a chance to bring up, up to pray for him, but we'd like to pray over him today. And so tell us what's going to be happening in south lake Tahoe. 12 (27m 23s): Yeah. So it's with crew, which also is called the campus crusade for Christ. And what's really cool is they've been doing this summer mission for, at south lake Tahoe for 50 years now. So they have a really awesome community in south lake Tahoe. And part of our missions there is holding a full-time job. So I will be working at heavenly mountain resort as a recreation attendance. Super exciting. And, but yeah, pretty rough. But the other part of our missions up there is going to be discipleship training and evangelism to the locals because there, there is a good like religion up there, but it's very much like new age. 12 (28m 12s): So not good in that sense, I guess, but 10 (28m 15s): Sorry. 12 (28m 16s): But so a lot of these people have a sense that there is a higher power and there is no greater things beyond our own life. However, they're putting their trust in the wrong things. So it'll be a really cool opportunity to serve in our own nation and yeah. Get a taste of that. 10 (28m 33s): Yeah. I'm excited. I heard that there's a possibility after south lake Tanya, that you might be going off to Spain as well. Is that a possibility your dad told me he whispered in my ear that Spain might be coming. So Hey, we just want to say thanks for going. Thanks for committing two months of your summer to this and possibly three months as you go to Spain to do some missions, work there as well. We just want to bless you. Have you raised all of your money, how much you need to raise? 12 (28m 57s): I have $598 left and I leave on Wednesday. So, and then Thursday is our official start date. So I am praying to be fully covered by the time I get up there 10 (29m 9s): And you will be. Yeah. Yeah. If you'd like to give to missions work that these three young people are going to do, just let us know on your check. If you say, Hey, harvest church and the memo, we just put missions and we'll make sure we get it out there. Jacob, Erdman raised all of his money. Eva's almost there. And David Salamanca has got a long way to go. So we will, if you want information about what David Solomon is doing on the info center, there's a flyer there that will help you understand what he's doing. And then in about three, four weeks before he goes, we'll bring him up and pray over as well. So let's, let's go ahead and stand up, extend our hands. And let's pray for this woman of God, Lord. We pray for Eva. She is. 10 (29m 51s): She is so awesome. Lord. So grateful for the years that we've known her really, since the beginning of harvest shirts, she's been here, Lord, her family I've been serving here had been a part of what we're doing here at Lord. So we bless her. Lord, God, we say, thank you for bringing her into this community of believers, Lord. And we believe in her Lord. We believe that you've called her for this purpose Lord to go be salt and light in south lake Tahoe. As she serves at heavenly ski resort, Lord, that she would be salt and light that people who are searching would be drawn to her, that she would have insights and wisdom, what to share. She would have versus a scripture to communicate and, and just the opportunity to pray powerfully for people and speak powerfully into people's lives Lord. 10 (30m 35s): So that the people that she comes in contact with with her whole team, Lord, that they would never be the same again, that they would have seeds planted into their lives and that they would be haunted by that truth in a good way, Lord, God, they'd be haunted by your goodness. And they would, would surrender and submit to you. So we bless her Lord, keep her safe from the schemes of the enemy. We pray God that she would be safe and productive and fruitful for the kingdom work that you've called her to do. And, and director steps regarding Spain as well. Lord, if that's an open door, I, we pray that you would direct her heart. Give her wisdom about that. Lord. We pray for David Salamanca. Who's going to be going to Kona, Hawaii. Lord bless him, Lord. As he's trying to raise money and he's going to be spending an extended amount of time there, we bless David Lord in his work there. 10 (31m 20s): We pray for Jacob Erdman as he's already in Juneau, Alaska Lord, we just pray that you would watch over him and for the things that he's about to do and is involved in, we just pray for fruitful, powerful kingdom type stuff. Lord God, that, and that each of these young people going out would never be the same again, they'd be impacted and that their lives would be marched for your work and that they would just move forward in life, whatever they do that they'd be salt and light. So bless them. We pray in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. We love you. Thanks. Yeah. So as we send out, people just make a note and remember to pray for them. You know, they're gone kind of, you know, the 10 tendencies, maybe it's out of sight out of mind. 10 (32m 2s): So just write their names down and then just remember to pray for them every day, they're really making a kingdom impact in the places that they're going, Hey, I was made aware of this Ukraine relief efforts. And so what we'll do is we're going to be teaming with brace, infra coast and a host of other churches. And so we're going to try to get containers of supplies out to people in Ukraine, people fighting on the front lines and that sort of thing. So we'll put this on our website and we'll make you aware of it. The they're trying to get stuff like right away. So if you'd like to be a part of that effort to bless the Ukrainian people in their time of need, then we'll make this available to you. So it'll be on the email updates going out this week and it'll also be on the website. 10 (32m 45s): So my team's like, what, what are you talking about anyway? So that's what, that's what we're going to do. So anyway, just like to encourage you to do that. So, Hey, we're going to be in James one 19 through 27. We're talking about becoming people with godly integrity, people with godly in Tegrity that's that sounds like a tall order, right? You're like, you don't know me. I've struggled with integrity and being a person of my word my whole life, but I just tend to look at people in scripture and I find encouragement there. You know, as we study the book of James, we realized last week that James couldn't even believe that Jesus was the Messiah until after the resurrection, James is the half-brother of the Lord, Jesus Christ. 10 (33m 32s): And so James watched his brother grow up and all of his perfection, I'm sure there was some competition there, some cat competitive brotherly sibling type stuff going on. And so when James finds out or has heard that his brother's the Messiah, he's like, whatever, right? I can't believe that's true. And so he just, he and most of his siblings, I think maybe all of his siblings just failed to get ahold of the reality that Jesus is the Messiah. And so James who doubted in the beginning until he saw evidence of the resurrection, that his brother was indeed the Messiah, he began to press in and begin to believe that Jesus is indeed who he claimed to be in. 10 (34m 14s): His life was completely transformed. We learned last week that they called him camel knees. James was called cam on these because he became such a man of prayer that he just wear his knees out and they look like little Campbell's knees. And so he became a man who was completely transformed. They called him James. The just because he was well in their estimation, the most righteous man that they've ever met. And so we see that transformation. We think through guys like Peter, and we think through Matthew, the tax collector, we think about all of these people who had their lives radically transformed by the gospel, the same gospel that we hopefully proclaimed the same gospel that we believe the same gospel that we have embraced and want to live out in our lives. 10 (34m 57s): And so there's this transformational process that's possible for each of us. Why? Because as we trust Jesus to be our savior, to be the one who forgives us, he's the one who sets us free. He's the one that fills us with this holy spirit. He's the one that empowers us for transformation. He's the one that empowers us for new life in Jesus Christ. We're actually born again, according to John three, three. So we're born a new born, a fresh, and God's given us fresh purpose, fresh identity. And part of that fresh purpose and fresh identity has godly integrity. Our lives need to be marked by godly integrity. 10 (35m 39s): You know, when we sin, we sin and either word thought or deed, these are the ways in which we sin and word, we say the wrong thing. We think the wrong thing, we do the wrong thing. And so James challenges us to allow the word of God to accomplish its intended purpose in our lives. This scriptures are written to give us God's story that written so that we might understand who God is and what he's accomplishing in the year. And so we get his story. Other otherwise known as history. We get the history of God in the pages of scripture. Also we get his plan, his desire for our lives. 10 (36m 21s): We get his blueprint as it were for our lives. And we get this plan for this world. He's got a plan for this world. He's got a plan for eternity. As we study the pages of scripture and the old and the new Testament, we get to see what God intends for his people. What he has designed us for James speaks to us in this section about God's plan for our personal integrity and really throughout the five chapters from the book of James, it's really much about our personal integrity, where James is just nailing us with some pretty sober truth, sober reality about how we are meant to live our lives. 10 (37m 2s): And so if you haven't done it yet, go back and re reread. All of James, it'll take about a half hour or so to read those five chapters, but just soak yourself in the book of James, as we teach through it these next 10 weeks or so, and just watch what God will do. What does integrity mean? Even? I mean, what if we're talking about integrity? What does that even mean? So I've got some definitions for us, integrity, steadfast adherence to a strict, moral or ethical code. The state of being unimpaired, soundness, the quality or condition of being whole or undivided completeness sounds like a heavy duty, heavy duty load, right? 10 (37m 47s): And it kind of is a heavy duty load, but listen, everything that God wants to do in us and with us and through us requires that we're empowered by the supernatural power of God. So we look at this, we think in our own strength, we'll never gonna, we're never gonna measure up, but I'm right there with you in my own strength. I'm never going to measure up, but with God as my source and my resource, God is the one who strengthens us to do this stuff that he's called us to do and give us the grace to be the people that he's called us to be. We can, we can measure up by his grace, God, we're called in the scripture to be perfect, even as God is perfect. So we have this responsibility and this opportunity to raise the bar in our own lives and not no longer settling for what we've maybe settled for along the way, person with integrity is the same in private as they are in person. 10 (38m 44s): Not interesting. That's a challenge, right? And by the same here in front of you, as I am in private, that's the challenge. That's the personal integrity that God has called us to step into by his grace. So it's overwhelming because there's a big tall order, but by God's grace, we can do it. And James encourages us because he has lived a life where he has seen transformational things happen, where he's become, he's become more and more like Jesus, the sanctification process, where it becomes less and less like his old man who is fearful and unbelieving and maybe jealous and angry. And now he's become a man of prayer, man of conviction, man of righteousness, a man of integrity. 10 (39m 28s): So being people with becoming people with godly integrity is the title of our message. Today. James one 19 gives us opened up here. Let's jump in to James chapter one verse 19. It says, understand this, my dear brothers and sisters, you must all be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to get angry. Why? Because human anger does not produce the righteousness, God desires. So number one in your notes, allow God to develop in you his righteousness. We have to cooperate allowing God to develop within us, his righteousness. 10 (40m 13s): What does the word righteous mean? Well, let's define the word righteous in a broad sense. It's the state of him who is assay ought to be righteousness, that condition acceptable to God. So God's got a standard, a condition for our living. He wants us to live a certain way. That is acceptable to him. The doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved by God. So we're saved by grace through faith. And we have the righteousness of God imputed to us. And we it's called the great exchange where we give God our sin. 10 (40m 54s): He takes our sin and our failures, any imputes to us righteousness. And so we have the righteousness of God. We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus for salvation, but then beyond that, he calls us to live righteous in our personal lives. And so we're given the righteousness of God that gives us an invitation into heaven that takes us into the family of God. But then we're challenged through these books of the Bible to live as righteous men and women in the faith. So this is the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved by God. It's speaks of integrity, bird shield, purity of rightness, correctness of thinking, feeling and acting. 10 (41m 41s): This is what we're talking about. Integrity. And in righteousness, we have a tall order before, but by God's grace, he gives us the ability. This is why we challenge people all the time. You gotta be in the word, you gotta be connected to who Jesus is. You gotta be filled with the holy spirit because in doing so, you will have the desire and the ability and the power and the grace to do the stuff that we're called to do in the scriptures. Verse 20 says human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. So God in his mercy gave us steps. He's given us steps to avoid anger and we see it right there in the scriptures. You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to get angry. 10 (42m 25s): I wrote this message, finished it up on Friday. And I live this message on Saturday because I was in a conversation with my wife on Saturday and things begin to get a little heated. She said something that I didn't like. And then I said something that she didn't like, I think it was kind of tense the rest of the day. Have you ever experienced? Not just me. Okay. For me. Let me just tell you firsthand experience. It was a little tense yesterday, right? So like you have these moments of disagreement, like, so all throughout the day, I'm like, Hey babe, are you mad at me? She's like, no, just thinking if she's still mad at me. So then we call them bed it last night. And I put on my C-PAP machine. 10 (43m 5s): So I look like an astronaut and I'm laying in bed and my dad feels like things are a little off between us ever since that conversation. Are we okay? You don't want the, you know, the sun go down on your wrath. And so I'm like, are we okay? And she's like, we're okay. We just need to talk some more or whatever. She's like, okay. We're okay. We're going to survive the night. So let's go to sleep. And so I read this and wrote the message on, you know, finished it up on Friday and then actually lived it on Saturday. I said, I wish I would have just listened. Right? Because once a word is spoken, you can't get it back. 10 (43m 45s): Mean it's like out there for all eternity. You can't get it back. It must be quick to listen. I believe this is the solution to anger, deciding to, to listen and just deciding to not speak until the time is right. It's a decision, right? It's and it's about self self control. And it's not. It's about wanting to honor the other and bless God and live in right relationship with people in our lives. And so if I would've just listened a little bit longer and waited just a little bit longer to speak, I would have spoken something that would have been more gracious and kind. 10 (44m 27s): So we need to practice what we preach and we need to practice what read, not listening, hinders our ability to understand fully the situation. So sometimes we hear something we're like, no, that's not it. Or we want to react or respond quickly. But if we'll just stop and just listen, God will give us the grace to respond in a kind and appropriate way. So holding your tongue is always a good idea. And James talks about it a little bit later in this chapter. Again, once a word is spoken, you can't, you can't get it back. So these two steps are a good remedy to help us keep our anger controlled human anger is to be rooted out of our lives. 10 (45m 12s): If we are to be people of integrity, we can't allow ourselves that permission to be angry people and still pursue integrity in our lives. We actually have to root it out. We have to prayerfully ask God for help. We have to slow down, not react to the circumstances of our life, but allow ourselves just to be prayerful. Lord, I don't like what's going on. Would you help me to respond to it with a humble way, Lord? I dunno. I don't like what was said. Would you help me to understand the heart of the person who communicated it? Lord, I don't understand the circumstances of my life. Would you give me grace to walk through this in a way that honors you on what? 10 (45m 52s): My, my words to be seasoned with salt, to be seasoned with grace, to be seasoned with compassion. And I want my life to be a life of integrity. You know, last week we talked about the testing of our faith and our faith is tested when things don't go our way, our faith is tested. When, when we don't get our way, w will we get angry or will we choose to trust the Lord in those circumstances where we get angry about it? Or will we take a place of faith and trust and say, Lord, I don't understand. I'm going to trust you. I don't know how this is all going to pan out, but I'm, I'm going to believe you. 10 (46m 33s): And I'm going to trust you. And I'm going to move forward as a believer, as a follower in the Lord, Jesus Christ it's is our trust in our is our trust in our ability to make things happen or in our ability to believe that God's plan is unfolding. It will change the perspective of your life. When you believe that you don't have to make everything happen, that you don't have to control everything or pressure people to make your plans on folder God's plans unfold. If we just believe that God is sovereign, he's omnipresent, he's omniscient. He knows everything. He's every word president. Once he knows exactly what is needed in every, in any and every given situation. So we can just rest in him. 10 (47m 15s): Will we respond to heart and maybe even unfair circumstances with human anger or supernatural faith and integrity. As we yield ourselves to God and his plans and purposes, as we allow the spirit of God to fill us in the word of God, to teach us, we will more and more, not with perfection, but more and more becoming more like Jesus, less like our old person will be well. We'll become people, men and women of integrity who properly reflect the person and work of the Lord. Jesus Christ human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desire. So verse 21 says, so get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts for it has the power to save your soul. 10 (48m 6s): So number one, allowed God to develop in you, his righteousness and part of allowing God to develop in you, his righteousness, his righteousness is by being proactive. So number two, in your notes, get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives. I told you, James goes right for the jugular, you know, so he uses a word filth and this word filth is actually not used in any other part of the Bible, not in the old or the new Testament. It's a word that is only used in this burst. And this is what it means. It's the word filth. And it means exactly what you think it means. There's actually no fancy definition for it. 10 (48m 48s): It just means to make filthy. It's talking about our anger and our sinful compromises. It's they use the word, be foul B E F O U L. And it means to make dirty or to pollute to defile or this honor. So we gotta be proactive in getting rid of any filth that is in our lives. Then, then there is the word evil in verse 21, get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives. He's, he's a bit being a little bit redundant, but the definitions of the two words are different. 10 (49m 29s): And so that second word evil actually has a definition, a deeper definition that will really challenge the way that we live our lives, the word evil. It means the wickedness remaining over in a Christian from his state prior to conversion. So whatever sins we dealt with and wrestle with and fought and enjoyed in our lives prior to Jesus, if those things are allowed to stand our lives after conversion, that's the evil that James is talking about. So he's challenging us to root out the filth and the evil. So sometimes we get saved and we go along as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. 10 (50m 14s): We give our lives to Jesus and a lot of things change in our lives, but then there's those sins. Those things that we're not quite ready to deal with, those things. And sin is just something that is, it separates us from God. And so really we don't want any kind of evil, sinful filthy things left in our lives. And it's God's plan that he would deliver us from all of those things as we were even singing about the name of Jesus. And so James is dialing in a little bit, the filth, but also the evil, those things that we've just allowed to stay in our lives. Maybe the, maybe the pet sins, you're like, man, I'm 90% better and I've done so good. 10 (50m 57s): And God's glorified in that. But what he's not glorified in is the permission that we're giving to that other 10% of our lives, the other areas of our lives, where we haven't fully surrendered and fully submitted to God. And so that other 10% is often the problem that the area that gives us the biggest problem, moving forward as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. So we need to get rid of the evil. In other words, God considers whatever residue, any wickedness remaining or leftover from our days before knowing Jesus, he actually calls it evil. He actually calls it evil. He challenges our purity by zeroing in on our lives, in the nitty gritty, the details of our lives. 10 (51m 48s): We must be intentional about removing any remaining wickedness from our lives. Peter grease first, Peter two, one through three says, so because you are born again, get rid of all evil behavior, be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy and all unkind speech like newborn babies, because we've been born again in the kingdom of God, like newborn babies, we must crave. You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. 10 (52m 28s): We don't grow into a full experience of salvation, the freedom, the joy, the peace, the relationship with Jesus until we work on this stuff, that's polluting our lives is filthy stuff. That's remained this evil stuff that's remaining in our lives. If you want to experience the full experience of salvation, you got to deal with like stuff. You've got to get rid of it. Some people say, I don't know why Christians are so happy and because they've been dealing with stuff and others are so sour and you didn't wonder why, why it's all because of the stuff that's left over in a person's life. We got to deal with that stuff. So like newborn babies, we must crave pure spiritual milk so that we will grow into a full experience of salvation cry out for this nourishment. 10 (53m 11s): It's like, there's a desperation there. We need to pursue it with desperation. Like I want this nourishment now that you've had a taste of the Lord's kindness. I'm, I'm kinda getting the feeling that Jesus wants his church to be like a bride without spot or wrinkle. He's actually got expectations for the way that we live our lives. He desires purity and humility and integrity from the people of God. And fusions five tells us that this is true. Ephesians 5 25 B through 27. He, Jesus gave up his life for her, the church to make her holy and clean wash by the cleansing of God's word. 10 (54m 1s): He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church, without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. You think about a bride on her wedding day, walking down the aisle with her white dress, everybody's dressed to the nines of his looking great Evers. And when the bride walks and everybody stands up, right, because she's just beautiful. And she walks down the aisle. This is a picture of the church. We are the bride of Christ, and we need to pay attention to the details. Even as a bride pays attention to every detail, every tiny little detail in her gown. 10 (54m 41s): There's just attention to detail because she's going to get married. So we've been married into the kingdom. We've been adopted into the kingdom. We become the bride of Christ. And now we need to make sure that our apparel, that our lives inside and out represents who it is that we're married to and who it is that we're serving. So James 1 21 tells us humbly, accept the word. God has planted in your hearts for it as a power to save your soul. So we have to humbly accept this word. It has the power to save our souls. Becoming people with godly integrity requires that you, number one, allow God to develop in you, his, his righteousness. 10 (55m 25s): So it's his standard. It's his plan. We've had our own standard, but it always falls short of what God's standard is. Number two, get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives. And number three, you must humbly accept the word. God has planted the word God has planted in your hearts. Why, why do we have to humbly accept it? Why is it has the power to save our souls? It's not just a good idea. The word of God. It's not just a thought that God had, but it's the power of God that has the ability to save our souls. What is your soul? Your soul is your mind, your will and your emotion. It's eternal. 10 (56m 5s): Your soul is actually E the eternal part of you that will live forever. Endeavor a man. The soul is the seats of the feelings, desires, affections, the versions. It's our heart. It's our soul. The human soul is in so far as it is constituted that by let me read that again. The human soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids, offered it by God. It can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness. The soul regarded as a moral being is designed for everlasting life or everlasting conscious separation from God in hell. 10 (56m 53s): So your soul is essentially who you are. The word of God has the power to save your souls, to redeem your life, to put you on a path of righteousness, a path of integrity that the word of God is the only thing that has the power to do that in your life. Your soul is essentially who you are. It differs from the physical body and is not dissolved by death. Your physical body will. We're all getting a little older. Aren't we, even if you're young, you're getting older and your body will begin to break down. And when you get after death, it will decay. And then you'll be given a new body, a glorified body in heaven, but you'll keep your soul, your mind, your will, and emotion. 10 (57m 37s): So when we are told to humbly accept the word, God has planted in our hearts for it as a power to save our souls. That's a powerful promise. I love Matthew 10 28, the king James version. I grew up reading the king James version. I memorize lots of the king James version, but we don't use it as much. It's just hard to read. And so, but I love what it says. And we're gonna look at a couple of verses in Matthew from the king James version. It says fear, not them, which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him, which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 10 (58m 19s): That word destroy means to give over to eternal misery in hell and Matthew 16, 26, it says for what is, what does a man profited? If he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? We, we decide, what will we give in exchange for our soul? Will we give well, it's, it's my own desire that I want. It's my own plans that I want. It's my own, whatever. And you fill in the blank. Well, when we give an exchange for our soul, it's the word of God, the transformational power of the word of God that has the ability to save our souls. This is why we must humbly accept the word. 10 (59m 0s): God has planted in our hearts. When we're wrestling with God's word it's because we've got some arrogance in us that says, no, I want my will to be done. And so that's why throughout the scripture, we're told to humble ourselves before God, it says that God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. So we're told to humbly accept the word that God has planted in our heart to summit. It's really a matter of spiritual life and death. We have a challenge before us, what will we do with God's word? Will we allow it to have its full impact in our lives? The apostle John understood this power of the word to be true. 10 (59m 41s): He writes in first, John, two 14 in the new living translation, he says, I've written to you who are God's children? Because you know the father I've written to you who are mature in the faith because you know, you know, Christ who existed from the beginning. I've written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. Why? Because God's word lives in your hearts and you have won your battle with the evil one. You want to win your battle with the evil one and stop wrestling with this flesh, the world, the flesh and the devil. You want to give up your old life, man, just allow humbly. 10 (1h 0m 22s): So the word of God to be planted in your life. So how do we humbly accept the word God has planted in our hearts? How do we humbly accept that? Let's look at verse 22 because it tells us James 1 22 James says, but don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Right? Pretty straight forward. Don't just listen. Don't just read it. But like listen and do do what it says. You must do what it says. Otherwise you're only, you're only fooling yourselves for, if you listen to the word and don't obey it, it's like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, you walk away and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free. 10 (1h 1m 8s): If you look into the law, God, that sets you free into the perfect law that sets you free. And if you do what it says, and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. If you claim to be religious, but don't control your tongue is another verse about the tongue. If you claim to be religious, but don't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself and your religion is worthless. So we've got this challenge before us through this half-brother of the Lord, Jesus Christ, to he to think soberly about our lives, to take a personal inventory of our lives in the begin to one by one, allow God to just take control of those areas and deliver us from sinful distractions that have plagued our lives maybe for ever and ever verse 27. 10 (1h 1m 58s): James says, this is what pure and genuine religion is pure and genuine religion in the sight of God. The father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupts you. So he's calling us into ministry, caring for widows and orphans, but then also refusing to let the world corrupt us. And we have to be intentional about that. 24 7 with all of the media and social media, all this stuff coming in our lives, 24 7, we're being bombarded with information, temptation distractions, hindrances. And so we just have to be careful that we don't allow the world to corrupt us, that we actually refuse it. 10 (1h 2m 40s): So it's an, it's a decision I'm refusing by God's grace to allow the world to corrupt me. That's what needs to be our decision. As we get up every day, I'm not going to allow the world to corrupt me. If I stumble, I'm going to keep short accounts with God, because we might stumble from time to time, right? We're all going to stumble throughout the day. So we just say, okay, Lord, I'm, I've stumbled there. I don't want to stumble there anymore. I'm giving you this area of my life. I'm refusing to let the world corrupt me, a guy in our church, Shane Koch read this. And a lot of, you know, Shane, he was reading James chapter one and he read this part pure and genuine religion. The sight of the father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress. 10 (1h 3m 21s): And so he goes online and he Google searches, orphanages that he might be able to serve in. So, you know, Shane's a single guy and he's got freedom and flexibility and he read what the scripture said and then wanted to do what the scripture says. So he's in Baja, California, about three hours south of the border for 10 to 14 days, just serving in an orphanage there. And so he emails me while he's already there. And he said, Hey, I didn't have a chance to say goodbye. I'll be gone just for a little bit. I'm serving in an orphanage in Baja. And the decided this verse says, perfect example. Now we can all uproot and go to Baja, but some of us can, we can do the work of God in other ways in our community and our culture. 10 (1h 4m 10s): But what are we going to do about the word of God? When we read something, how will we respond? And so the answer is, Lord, I AF what I want to do this. We just bring everything to the Lord and pray, Lord, I want to do this. I don't know what that looks like. Maybe I give financially. Maybe I go personally, maybe I pray for, and we participate in the kingdom work that God has called us to do not allowing, not allowing the world to corrupt us. In fact, refusing to let the world corrupt us, becoming people with godly integrity. Let's invite the worship team up, becoming people with godly integrity requires that you, number one, allow God to develop in you. 10 (1h 4m 52s): His righteousness that we get rid of all the filth and evil in our lives. Number three, that we must humbly accept the word God has planted in our hearts without it's going to stand up, we're going to worship some more. I would encourage you just to, as you worship, think about what has been communicated. Think about the message that God has spoken. Then ask the Lord. Okay, right now, Lord, what is it that you would have me to do right now? Lord, what is it that you're calling me to do? And then just be committed to begin to walk in that direction and watch what he will do. So Lord, we just avail ourselves to you this Sunday and every Sunday and throughout the weeks and months and years, Lord God for the rest of our lives. 10 (1h 5m 34s): We're committed to listen and obey become people who are filled with godly integrity. So Lord shape us, make us God, help us to honor you and glorify you with our lives. God, as we worship, help us to worship in spirit and in truth, watch over your people. We pray. Lord, we love you in Jesus name. Amen. 1 (1h 8m 1s): Jesus 15 (1h 10m 26s): Amazing. As you love for us, Lord, we just pray that this would be our song on our heart for the rest of this week. Horrifying you thanking you, praising you for how much you love us in Jesus name. Amen.

Episode 100! Marcus Edwardes speaks with Simon Mullins, Chief Facilitator at Executive Search Information Exchange (ESIX), the world's leading independent information source for corporate executive recruiting leaders.Simon has managed executive search from the outside at Korn/Ferry, and from the inside at Microsoft, where he led one of the most advanced internal executive recruiting functions as well as its largest experienced Staffing Group.He recently published a book on strategy, tactics, and tools for hiring organizations called Leadership Recruiting with co-author David Lord.Listen in as David shares his best practices for establishing a foolproof internal recruiting function and streamlining your process in order to get your team on the same page.He gives his take on minimizing subjectivity during the interview process and how best to go about painting the most vivid picture of your candidate by going beyond the actual interview—focusing the conversation on reference checks in particular.What You'll Learn in This Episode:●      [03:12] The case for managing search activity●      [09:21] How the internal recruiting landscape looks today●      [12:32] What to expect as a member of ESIX●      [19:16] Culture differences between internal and external recruiting●      [24:05] What to avoid when building an internal function●      [27:40] Standardizing your internal recruiting function●      [30:24] Reducing subjectivity during the interview process●      [35:14] Beyond the interview●      [37:14] Considerations regarding reference checks●      [47:25] About the recruiter's bizarre love triangle●      [50:09] How a recruiter can position themselves as a trusted advisorKey quotes:●      “Across the board, recruiting functions are now being built everywhere in the world.”●      “A lot of senior leaders are now looking at talent as a key, critical business challenge. [...] Without the lifeblood, the organization cannot move forward.”●      “It's not just about recruiting quickly. It's about thinking about the bigger and broader picture. It's about having all sorts of different leadership perspectives when we're having these conversations.”opzg8UWcZ4XrtSja4M7k

David Lord has spent every year of his adult life in the porn industry — and he has the stories to show for it! He takes us through the early days of his career, from being a porn telemarketer to becoming one of the first people to ever produce porn on DVD. Plus - he shares “the most fucked up story” he's ever heard on set! Support our show by supporting our sponsors! I'm thrilled to have my favorite (and longest!) client Twistys sponsoring the show! I've shot some of my best work for this website, so make sure you go and check out all the beautiful girl/girl scenes I've produced for them! Dipsea is an audio app full of short, sexy stories designed to turn you on. Get 30 days free access at DipseaStories.com/holly Spice up your sex routine! Get 20% off + free shipping on your first box at LikeAKitten.com/HOLLY

Psalm 139 closes with this glorious prayer of David - "Lord, search me and know me!" On today's podcast, Pastor Cameron encourages us to open our hearts to the Lord and allow Him to reveal anything in our lives that needs to change. 

Riverside's Sunday Worship Service from January 2nd, 2022 by Pastor Joe Earle

In his second appearance on Being LGBTQ writer David Lord discusses the final book in his fantasy series ‘The Figment Wars'. David also talks about a number of key issues impacting the LGBTQ community in 2021 including rising anti-trans rhetoric in the UK. from groups who want to separate the LGB from the T. David explains why he is a trans ally and the importance of solidarity in the community. Also – David shares his thoughts on the upcoming U.K. government consultation on Conversion ‘Therapy' abuse which could see a law banning the practice being introduced as early as Spring next year.Find out more about David's work: http://figmentwars.blog

Making the deal. In our criminal justice system, the majority of cases end with a plea bargain. Join us as we have a candid conversation with David Lord, a seasoned City of Alexandria prosecutor about plea negotiations. What information is considered? Do the individual circumstances of each defendant really matter? How does the prosecutor's ethical duty to do justice factor into the equation?  In this episode, we discuss these questions, the  inherent disparities in power between the prosecution and defense, and what factors into the process of copping a plea.LEGAL DISCLAIMER:If you are listening to this podcast, thank you!  We sincerely hope you are listening to this podcast for its entertainment value and not with the intention of acquiring legal advice for any individual case or situation.  I mean, come on! You wouldn't take advice from someone you have never met or spoken to directly, right?   If you were bleeding profusely, you wouldn't listen to a podcast in hopes of a bandage somehow materializing over the internet and onto your 3D printer.  Seeking actual legal advice can be just as important as a tourniquet.  The hosts of this podcast are in no way intending to create an attorney-client relationship with any listener.  Sorry.  We are sure you all are great people but we cannot stress enough how little we know of you and your case and rather than risk an awkward moment, let us just remember we have never met.  Nothing on this platform be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation!  We are just a group of friends with differing opinions and viewpoints which we will try to explore through discussions of current events, law changes, and whatever else floats our fancy.  

Flask is one of the most popular Python web frameworks. And they have huge news to share with us. Flask 2.0 just released after a ton of work. And it's as big of a deal as the version number suggests. Async changes are coming, Python 3.5 and below (including Python 2) support has been dropped and much much more. Join me as I discuss Flask 2.0 with David Lord and Philip Jones. Links from the show Pallets Team on Twitter: @PalletsTeam Reddit discussion on Flask 2.0: reddit.com Phil's Why is Flask not Async Talk: youtube.com Miguel Grinberg's Websocket Ideas: twitter.com Pydantic with Quart: gitlab.com/pgjones/quart-schema Open source goes to Mars

JOB: A Matter Of TrustIT’S NOT OVER - How God Turns Setbacks into Comebacks – Part 2SETBACK: A loss of progress, a defeat of a plan, or a reversal of good fortune. Anything that sets you back.JOB: Wealthiest, Powerful, Famous, Important, Influential5 Tragedies ONE DAY: 1) 1K Livestock Stolen All Workers Killed By Raiders… 2) 3K Camels Stolen and All Workers Killed… 3) 7K Sheep & Workers Burned... 4) 7 Sons 3 Daughters Wind Storm… 5) Incurable & Extremely Painful Disease Job 30:26-27HOW DO I TRUST GOD FOR A COMEBACK WHEN MY SETBACK SEEMS IRREVERSIBLE?     T.R.U.S.T. God Like Job Did!  “I’m never getting out of this?  I’m Never Coming Back From This?” TRUST God & DO 5 Things.TELL GOD EXACTLY HOW I FEEL   Start By Unloading All Your Emotions On God. Learn To Ventilate Vertically! Job 1:20 (GW)   4 Emotions 1) SHOCK: What’s Going On?  2) GRIEF: What Have I Lost?  3) ANGER: Why Did This Happen To Me?  4) FEAR: What Happen Next?Little Secret… God Can Handle Any Emotion You’ve Got.      KNOW WHY?      He Gave Them To You!      Emotional God… Made In His Image! Job 7:11(TEV)Lamentations 2:19 (NCV)    JEREMIAH: “Deceived Me, Lied To Me. Turned Out Like You Told Me - Angry”  NAOMI: “Call Me BITTER, Because God Has Made My Life BITTER.”DAVID: “Lord, I’ve taken the worst from you and I’ve taken all that you can give and I’m fed up. I’ve had it.”  GOD Says, “Hey, You’re a man after my own heart”Fear, Frustrations, Doubts, “I’m still trusting you Lord, even though I don’t understand going on, but I’m going to do exactly you’re telling me.”  Psalm 116:10 (NCV) REFUSE TO BECOME BITTER    Job 1:21-22 (LB) The antidote to bitterness is gratitude for God’s goodnessJob 5:11 Hebrews 12:15Habakkuk 3:17-18 (TEV)UNITE WITH PEOPLE WHO’LL HELP ME FOCUS ON GODNatural Tendency Withdraw, Walls, Barriers, ISOLATE…    No One Close, Deep Pain… Not Be Seen.(Elihu) “Don’t let your anger and the pain you endured make you sneer at God. Reputation and riches cannot protect you from distress, nor can you find safety in the dark world below. Don’t turn to evil as a way of escape. God’s power is unlimited… Job 36:18-24 (CEV)Job 12:13 (MSG) 1 Chronicles 16:11 (TEV)Psalm 69:32 (TEV)Psalm 63:2 (MSG)Philippians 1:19 (NCV) Job 2:9-10 (NLT) Job 13:15   Matthew 6:32a (CEV)  TRUST JESUS FOR EVERY DETAIL OF MY COMEBACK John 16:33 (MSG)   Psalm 75:6-7JOB’S COMEBACKJob 42:10 Pray through T.R.U.S.T.

Episode 47: A New Teaching Order of the Service – Welcome – Scripture Readings: Psalm Psalm 111, Mark 1:21-28 – Sermon – Prayer – Thought for the Week – Blessing – Hymn – Closing All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Author: Edward Perronet (Hymn will play in full at the end of the podcast.) All hail the power of Jesus' Name! Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all. Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, who fixed this floating ball; Now hail the strength of Israel's might, and crown Him Lord of all. Now hail the strength of Israel's might, and crown Him Lord of all. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God, who from His altar call; Extol the Stem of Jesse's Rod, and crown Him Lord of all. Extol the Stem of Jesse's Rod, and crown Him Lord of all. Ye seed of Israel's chosen race, ye ransomed from the fall, Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line, whom David Lord did call, The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all, The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all. Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget the wormwood and the gall, Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all. Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all. Let every tribe and every tongue before Him prostrate fall And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all. And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all. O that, with yonder sacred throng, we at His feet may fall, Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all, Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all!

Episode 36: Who’s the Boss? Order of the Service – Welcome – Scripture Readings: Ephesians 1:15-20, Matthew 25:31-46 – Sermon – Prayer – Thought for the Week – Blessing – Hymn – Closing All hail the power of Jesus' Name! Author: Edward Perronet (Hymn will play in full at the end of the podcast.) All hail the power of Jesus' Name! Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all. Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, who fixed this floating ball; Now hail the strength of Israel's might, and crown Him Lord of all. Now hail the strength of Israel's might, and crown Him Lord of all. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God, who from His altar call; Extol the Stem of Jesse's Rod, and crown Him Lord of all. Extol the Stem of Jesse's Rod, and crown Him Lord of all. Ye seed of Israel's chosen race, ye ransomed from the fall, Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line, whom David Lord did call, The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all, The God incarnate, Man divine, and crown Him Lord of all. Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget the wormwood and the gall, Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all. Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all. Let every tribe and every tongue before Him prostrate fall And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all. And shout in universal song the crownèd Lord of all. O that, with yonder sacred throng, we at His feet may fall, Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all, Join in the everlasting song, and crown Him Lord of all!

Oct. 9 sees the release of Forest Standards Vol.2, the new album from guitarist David Lord and his second collaboration with the BIG EGO label. As with its predecessor, Lord tracked the majority of the music in Los Angeles, then finished work at his own Air House Studios. Joining him on the sessions for the second Forest Standards collection is the core band of Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217) on guitar, drummer Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground Duo) and bassist Billy Mohler (Dolly Parton). Sam Hake adds vibraphone throughout. These two releases find Lord moving into new musical terrain, striking out on a path that is increasingly his own and increasingly singular. Veteran music critic Bill Milkowski ( DownBeat , JazzTimes ) wrote of Lord, in 2018, "This is an inventive player freed from convention, the peer pressure of conservatories or a need to fit into any competitive big town scene. He's creating on his own terms and what this rara avis comes up with here are subversive little

I asked people on twitter to fill in "How do I test _____?" to find out what people want to know how to test. Lots of responses. David Lord agreed to answer them with me. In the process, we come up with lots of great general advice on how to test just about anything. Specific Questions people asked: What makes a good test? How do you test web app performance? How do you test cookie cutter templates? How do I test my test framework? How do I test permission management? How do I test SQLAlchemy models and pydantic schemas in a FastAPI app? How do I test warehouse ETL code? How do I test and mock GPIO pins on hardware for code running MicroPython on a device? How do I test PyQt apps? How do I test web scrapers? Is it the best practice to put static html in your test directory or just snippets stored in string variables? What's the best way to to test server client API contracts? How do I test a monitoring tool? We also talk about: What is the Flask testing philosophy? What do Flask tests look like? Flask and Pallets using pytest Code coverage Some of the resulting testing strategies: Set up some preconditions. Run the function. Get the result. Don't test external services. Do test external service failures. Don't test the frameworks you are using. Do test your use of a framework. Use open source projects to learn how something similar to your project tests things. Focus on your code. Focus on testing your new code. Try to architect your application such that actual GUI testing is minimal. Split up a large problem into smaller parts that are easier to test. Nail down as many parts as you can. Special Guest: David Lord.

Belgic Confession, Article 23- The Justification of Sinners--We believe that our blessedness lies in the forgiveness of our sins because of Jesus Christ, and that in it our righteousness before God is contained, as David and Paul teach us when they declare that man blessed to whom God grants righteousness apart from works. And the same apostle says that we are justified -freely- or -by grace- through redemption in Jesus Christ.--And therefore we cling to this foundation, which is firm forever, giving all glory to God, humbling ourselves, and recognizing ourselves as we are- not claiming a thing for ourselves or our merits and leaning and resting only on the obedience of Christ crucified, which is ours when we believe in him.--That is enough to cover all our sins and to make us confident, freeing the conscience from the fear, dread, and terror of God's approach, without doing what our first father, Adam, did, who trembled as he tried to cover himself with fig leaves.-In fact, if we had to appear before God relying - no matter how little - on ourselves or some other creature, then, alas, we would be swallowed up. Therefore everyone must say with David- -Lord, do not enter into judgment with your servants, for before you no living person shall be justified.-

PyChat: PyData Festerval Amsterday Zen of Python song! pyOpenSci community call today Python Packaging Guide PyLadies Call for Speakers Python Ireland call for speakers Mid Meet - Hall of Fame: David Lord - lead dev Flask and related libraries on @PalletsTeam. Meetup organizer @SanDiegoPython Follow David on Twitter PyPI highlights: Make yourself a cartoon - They use this: face-alignment Create representations of large DS - datashader

Welcome to another episode of OFF-AIR with Carmen!  This week’s episode is a little bit different. For starters, it’s all about something very near to my heart – TEAM FREEDOM, and our fight against Human Trafficking. You are going to hear how it all came about almost ten years ago.   This weekend, thousands of runners will lace up to run the Gasparilla Distance Classic along the shoreline of Tampa Bay. Several hundred of those runners will be wearing a Team Freedom jersey and running for those not free to run… YET!   In this special episode, I am once again joined by my morning show partner Bill as well as Jacqueline Pastika and David Lord. Jacqueline has been with Team Freedom since Day 1. She is an OG member! David manages the US office of Hope For Justice, the organization that we partner with in this fight.   Human Trafficking is a tough subject. You will hear some hard stuff in this episode. But William Wilberforce’s words always echo in my head, He said, “having heard all of this you may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.   To learn more about the work of Hope For Justice, visit hopeforjustice.org Registration for Team Freedom is closed, but you can still donate to Team Freedom at themorningcruise.com To learn more about our Worship Rally on Saturday, February 22nd, with Natalie Grant, visit thejoyfm.com.

Contrary to some overly zealous Trinitarian preaching, to be “Lord” does not mean you are God. Otherwise the upper house of the British parliament would be the House of Gods. Sometimes LORD/Lord in the Bible does mean God, but there are many lords/Lords in the Bible who are not God. “Jesus is Lord” is not a claim to deity (Act 2:36, Rom. 10:9). The confusion over LORD/Lord/lord stems from the translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek. The title “Lord” kurios (“master, sir, prince, ruler”), an honorific title acknowledging authority, was substituted for God’s personal name, Yehovah יהוה . English translations of the Old Testament usually indicate Yehovah’s personal name with all capitals LORD. But God’s name Yehovah is very different from the replacement title “Lord”. Yehovah/Yahweh is God’s personal name but the title Lord is adon in Hebrew and kurios in Greek). Abigail distinguished between her Lord (David) and her God (LORD/Yehovah): “for the LORD will certainly make for my Lord an enduring house, because my Lord is fighting the battles of the LORD” (1 Sam. 25:28, Abigail called David “Lord” 13x in this chapter). In the Hebrew text there is no confusing Abigail’s LORD from her Lord, because they are two very different words. In the Greek text the words are exactly the same, and therefor confusing. Sometimes God is called “Lord” in the New Testament, using the Greek practice of substituting the title Lord/kurios for Yehovah’s personal name. Context can most often determine if kurios/Lord in the New Testament means God, or the Lord Messiah, or some other lord. Lord/kurios in the Gospel of John, for example, refers to God only in direct Old Testament quotations. Scriptures referred to in this podcast: Acts 2:36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ... Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 1 Samuel 25:28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. Matthew 17:4 And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good that we are here...." Mark 9:5 And Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here..." Luke 9:33 ...Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here..." Matthew 27:63 and said, "Sir (Lord/kurios), we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.' Acts 25:26 But I have nothing definite to write to my Lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa... Psalm 110:1 A psalm of David. The LORD (Yehovah) says to my Lord (adoni): "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool." Revelation 11:15 …"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."

Jesus' response to the Sadducees' trap last week ended with the statement, "And no one dared to ask him any more questions." Today we consider the few verses following that in which Jesus asks about verses from Psalm 110 that tie into the Messiah. Consider with us today what the lordship of Christ means.

A biblical study through the book of Luke with Dr. Bryan Payne

Guitarist and founder of Air House Music Academy David Lord on touring across the United States in a school bus, the best advice he ever received, cultivating his unique compositional voice in isolation, "Wichita Bubble Success", and overcoming the terror of working with his musical inspirations.

Drinking (near beer) with us this week is legendary adult film director/ producer David Lord (@davidlordxxx). We talk drinking stories, porno trainwrecks, getting fucked up abroad and Rock N Roll on this weeks podcast.    This Episode is brought to you by our awesome sponsors Dames N Games  July 17th come out to Dames N Games Van Nuys  14626 Raymer St, Van Nuys, CA 91405 For Topless Karaoke kicking off at 9:00 p.m.   Loot Crate trylootcrate.com/ANWD use the code Bridge10 to get 10% off new subscriptions    Vinyl Me Please Sign up today at www.joinvmp.com/anwd   Gamefly Sign up for your 30 day free trial www.gameflyoffer.com/ANWD     Ghost Tequila  Buy it here. Seriously, it's fucking good.  http://www.ghosttequila.com/   Laughable  IOS users get Laughable in the Itunes app store Android users get on the waiting list at www.laughable.com    Theme music  "And Now We Drink" performed by AS EARTH RECLAIMS US

Special guest Pastor David Lord from New Town, Jamaica delivers a powerful message from 1 John 2:15-17.   We all choose which master we are going to serve – either the world or the Father.  The paths lead to very different destinations, and there is a choice to be made.   Will you serve the world […]

Ben speaks to arable farmer David Lord in north Essex.

In 2016 we predict calypso will enter the mainstream, but who will/should lead the charge?

Process improvement is certainly not a new topic but we often need to be reminded of the impact it can have on our companies.  Today's guest, David T. Lord, helps a company identify the processes that need improvement, then, shows how to make the improvements a reality. David's particular area of expertise is visual management for enhancing communication and accelerating project completion. His method and tools show companies how to develop business cultures that continuously improve while being committed to employees and customers. David's book, The Visual System of Work: Help Your business Work Better, Make Money and Generate Cash, A 90 Day Implementation Guide, outlines the method and tools. Over 100 businesses have utilized David's method and tools in the past 25 years…many continuing their journey with him today. Created BY mortgage professional FOR mortgage professionals, Lykken on Lending is a weekly 60-minute radio program normally hosted by mortgage veteran, David Lykken.  However, this broadcast will be hosted by Alice Alvey.   Process improvement is certainly not a new topic but we often need to be reminded of the impact it can have on our companies.  Today's guest, David T. Lord, helps a company identify the processes that need improvement, then, shows how to make the improvements a reality. David's particular area of expertise is visual management for enhancing communication and accelerating project completion. His method and tools show companies how to develop business cultures that continuously improve while being committed to employees and customers. David's book, The Visual System of Work: Help Your business Work Better, Make Money and Generate Cash, A 90 Day Implementation Guide, outlines the method and tools. Over 100 businesses have utilized David's method and tools in the past 25 years…many continuing their journey with him today. Created BY mortgage professional FOR mortgage professionals, Lykken on Lending is a weekly 60-minute radio program normally hosted by mortgage veteran, David Lykken.  However, this broadcast will be hosted by Alice Alvey.  

Process improvement is certainly not a new topic but we often need to be reminded of the impact it can have on our companies.  Today's guest, David T. Lord, helps a company identify the processes that need improvement, then, shows how to make the improvements a reality. David's particular area of expertise is visual management for enhancing communication and accelerating project completion. His method and tools show companies how to develop business cultures that continuously improve while being committed to employees and customers. David's book, The Visual System of Work: Help Your business Work Better, Make Money and Generate Cash, A 90 Day Implementation Guide, outlines the method and tools. Over 100 businesses have utilized David's method and tools in the past 25 years…many continuing their journey with him today. Created BY mortgage professional FOR mortgage professionals, Lykken on Lending is a weekly 60-minute radio program normally hosted by mortgage veteran, David Lykken.  However, this broadcast will be hosted by Alice Alvey.

The sexy cast of stars of the upcoming 9 1/2 Weeks XXX; Capri Cavanni, Nikki Delano, Eva Karera, and director David Lord will join host James Bartholet and co-host Emy Reyes on Inside the Industry. The cast will be talking about this exciting new parody release that is sure to receive major attention come awards time. They will be taking calls live from listeners nationwide on the air. As always, the talk is hot, lively, and informative. Inside The Industry is continuing their weekly on air contests. this week's contests include a chance to win a free promotional item from Pipedream Products, an autographed DVD or an autographed 8X10 from the ladies.

The sexy cast of stars of the upcoming 9 1/2 Weeks XXX; Capri Cavanni, Nikki Delano, Eva Karera, and director David Lord will join host James Bartholet and co host Emy Reyes on Inside The Industry . The cast will be talking about this exciting new parody release that is sure to receive major attention come awards time. They will be taking calls “live” from listeners nationwide on the air. As always, the talk is hot, lively, and informative. Inside The Industry is continuing their weekly on air contests. this week's contests include a chance to win a free promotional item from Pipedream Products, an autographed DVD or an autographed 8X10 from the ladies.

The sexy cast of stars of the upcoming 9 1/2 Weeks XXX; Capri Cavanni, Nikki Delano, Eva Karera, and director David Lord will join host James Bartholet and co host Emy Reyes on Inside The Industry . The cast will be talking about this exciting new parody release that is sure to receive major attention come awards time. They will be taking calls “live” from listeners nationwide on the air. As always, the talk is hot, lively, and informative. Inside The Industry is continuing their weekly on air contests. this week's contests include a chance to win a free promotional item from Pipedream Products, an autographed DVD or an autographed 8X10 from the ladies.

As we approach the end of Mark 12, Jesus turns the tables as he asks a riddle. The answer to the riddle is the key to understanding who he is and what the Bible says.

Legendary performer Lexington Steele joins James to discuss his long and illustrious career and his upcoming projects, and taking calls live from listeners nationwide. David Lord joins the program.

Welsh beauty Sophie Dee and director David Lord drop by to discuss their new "A-Team" parody, her new Showtime series and take calls live on the air with hosts James Bartholet and Emy Reyes.

Fr. David Lord, MIC, rector of the Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, remembers Pope John Paul II