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June 1st, 1998. Slide Mountain, Nevada. Peter Bergna and his wife Rinette were involved in a deadly accident on Slide Mountain, near Reno, Nevada. The truck they were traveling in fell 800 feet down the mountain, killing Rinette upon impact. Miraculously, Peter survived, somehow managing to jump out the driver's side window. Immediately crash site investigators noticed that the evidence didn't match Peter's story, leading to a criminal investigation and Peter's conviction for first-degree murder. Did Peter intentionally crash to kill his wife when he grew unhappy with the marriage, or was it a tragic accident that led to a wrongful conviction?Want bonus episodes of Generation Why? Visit: patreon.com/generationwhyListen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/generationwhy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.  “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”  At once they left their nets and followed him.” (Matt 4:18-20) Discipleship. First of all, what is it? Mirriam-Webster says that a disciple is “one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another.”  Discipleship is so much more than simply accepting and helping to spread information about Jesus to others.  There's a distinct difference between “informational discipleship” and “transformational discipleship.”  The former is about head knowledge and the latter is about heart knowledge. Our society today is all about the quick fix, the instant knowledge we can get from google, the instant gratification we crave and often give into with our buying habits, text messages that need to be answered and social media use.  In a passage like today's, we read that Peter and Andrew dropped their nets when Jesus said ‘come' and they followed Him.  And so, it seems like an easy extension to believe that many of the first disciples dropped everything and simply followed Jesus with no question on their lips or doubt in their hearts.  As we will see in the next few weeks though, the call to follow Jesus isn't exactly that simple.  Jesus teaches us and sinks His truth into us whether we are willing participants or not.  I wonder though what Peter and Andrew were thinking when Jesus said to them “I will send you out to fish for people”?  Did a surge of excitement run through their veins?  Or anticipation?  Or fear?  Did they consider their friends, their livelihood, their families before following after Jesus?  What was going through their heads?  And moreover, what was happening in their hearts? The call to follow Jesus is rarely a straight line.  It's often filled with curves in the road, zig zags, retracing our steps and even well trodden paths through the same forest and around the same mountain until we finally get the picture that the Holy Spirit has been trying to reveal to us.  The call to discipleship is different for each one of us.  But for every disciple of Christ there is an element of trust in God, His ways, and His timing.  There is also an element of transformation as we abide more with Christ and less with the things of this world.  And there is action that is needed.  God calls us and asks us to trust Him. Here is part of the more detailed account of the call of Peter and Andrew found in Luke 5, “When [Jesus] had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch. Simon answered, “Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” (v.4-5).  Did Peter (called Simon here) have any reason to listen to Jesus or to believe that there might be a possibility that they would catch any fish that day?  Nope.  Yet he put down his nets anyway.  And the resulting catch filled their nets so full that when they called their partners over to help load up the catch both boats began to sink!  Their trust seemed unfounded, yet they trusted anyway and took action according to their faith. Trust in God is the beginning of discipleship.  Not knowing where Jesus is leading, but following Him anyway, and trusting that He will do what is good and right in our lives.  That He will protect us and provide for us abundantly.  Because we trust that Jesus is who He says He is.  The One that we will always be able to rely on. 

Argumentum ad Repetitium When I get into discussions with people over the liturgy and traditional hymnody (over and against so-called “contemporary worship,”) a lot of the same arguments and assertions pop up. First is the charge that I just want traditional worship because it is “just what I like.” In other words, it's a matter of personal preference and taste. This accusation is more a revelation about what the one making the accusation believes, for “contemporary worship” is typically based on pop-music forms that are, well, popular. People want pop music because it is what they like, not because of its theology or particular confession, not because it reflects what God prefers from the Scriptures, or because it promotes the Word of God. No, people like pop music in worship because they like pop music elsewhere. If it's good enough for listening to while driving to work, it's good enough to listen to in the church service. So the charge that traditional church music is “just what you like” sounds like a projection. For are there any people arguing that they don't really like pop music, but it is the best music for worship? Is there anyone who champions guitars and drums in the chancel who leaves church and turns on the radio to listen to organ music and chorales? Admittedly, this is just a hunch, but I suspect that most proponents of “contemporary worship” actually prefer those music forms, and listen to them outside of the church service as well. In other words, “It's what they like.” One finger pointed at me, three fingers pointing back at thee. To the contrary, my desire to uphold the traditional liturgy and hymnody of the church has nothing to do with my musical tastes. In fact, the vast majority of the music that I listen to is pop music. I like what is today called “classic rock.” I like hard rock and 1980s heavy metal. I do listen to some classical music as well, but the vast majority of my musical tastes are the very types of music that I would loath in the Divine Service, and would consider its use to be blasphemous against the Lord and a degradation to rock and roll. As the cartoon character Hank Hill famously told a Christian rocker, “You're not making Christianity better, you're making rock and roll worse.” I'm a stickler for traditional liturgy and hymnody for several reasons. One of them is that this is what God likes. He is a God of order. He is a God of dignity. He is a God of beauty. He is a God of sacrifice, atonement, and forgiveness. One would be hard-pressed to find the self-serving desire to be entertained in Biblical examples of worship. In fact, after recording God's worship style preferences over the course of seven chapters (Exodus 25-31): the beautiful tabernacle covered in magnificent fabric, an altar of bronze followed by a courtyard also outfitted with beautiful textiles and precious metals, exquisite priestly garments (as well as rubrics for ordination), the altar of incense, the bronze basin for ceremonial washing, the anointing oil and incense, and specific instructions for fine craftsmanship, we come to chapter 32: the rejection of all of this for a more entertaining worship style around the golden calf, “and the people sat down to eat and drink and rose of to play.” They played at their worship. There was no indication that God wanted the priests to “play” in the holy of holies, or that the laity should “play” while sacrificing animals as a type of the Lamb to come. Some believe the word translated as “play” may be a euphemism for erotic overtones in this worship service - something that comes to the fore in many popular “praise and worship” songs, many of which that can be embarrassing to read the lyrics out loud or to watch the gyrations of the often-female performers - or “ministers of music", “worship leaders”, or “worship pastors” as they are sometimes called. By contrast, we see the Israelites who worshiped the true God repeating their ritual and liturgical actions of remembrance each year - and they were commanded to keep various feasts as a memorial. And to be a memorial, there must be continuity, both in ritual, and in the passing along of those rituals through the generations. Every year, a lamb was slaughtered and it was cooked with bitter herbs. It was eaten on the same day each year, and the same ceremony was repeated again and again, century after century. There were readings, there were hymns, there were psalms to be chanted. Why? Because God commanded that it should be done each year. Why should it change, since ultimately, the Passover meal was a type of Christ, pointing us to the Eucharist and to the cross? The message doesn't change, and therefore the rubrics of the meal do not change. For if they were to change even a little every year, in a hundred years it would look nothing like what it was supposed to remember. And when God interacts with mankind, there is a coming of heaven down to earth. Something otherworldly, something holy is happening. “Holy” means “set apart.” So when Jacob saw the vision of the angels ascending and descending on the ladder, he set apart that place as holy, and marked it with a pillar that was anointed with oil. That place was no longer just a spot to bed down for the night, it was the gate of heaven. God is also a God who is concerned with esthetics. He is the author of beauty. He is not indifferent about matters of style. For again, when God tabernacled with the children of Israel, he commanded a tent to be made up to His standards, with magnificent furniture, with gold and silver and fine-twined linen, beautifully woven fabrics of purple and scarlet. His tabernacle, and later his temple, was epitomized by exquisite beauty beyond what one normally had in his house and daily life. God ordered the priests to be vested, also in beautifully crafted textiles, rare jewels, and fine detailed ornamentation. This is not my idea or preference. This was not the preference of the priests or architects of the House of the Lord. This was done according to God's order. And God likes beautiful art - the cherubim above the mercy seat, the intricate carvings of almond flowers, palm trees, and pomegranates. Why? Because God likes this design. It's what He wanted. It is not because the congregation liked it, or the priests, or the leaders. God also likes bells and incense. Why? I don't know. He just does. He likes craftsmanship and high art. And this level of ornateness was not how ordinary people lived in their day to day life. The place where God made Himself present for, and with, mankind, this holy place, was set apart and beautiful. How anyone can actually read the Bible and come away thinking that God prefers people to just “come as you are” and “don't go to any trouble to make things nice” when they come into His presence? Or how can anyone conclude that God's attitude is “do whatever makes you happy, whatever you like,” or “do whatever is cheap.” This is not the God of the Bible. And related to this idea of God becoming present with His people, this is one major difference we have with Protestantism. We, along with the historic communions of Christianity, confess that a miracle happens on our altars when we celebrate the Mass, that Christ, the living God and King and Creator of the Universe, the Man who is perfect, comes to us literally and in incarnate form, as the bread and wine that are blessed by His Word are truly His body and blood. And so, that Presence takes us out of our ordinary, pedestrian existence and places us at the table with God. So is informality called for in times like these? Did Isaiah behave casually when he found himself in the throne-room of God, when the angels purged away his sin by bringing him a coal from the altar and placing it upon his lips? Did Peter, James, and John behave the same as they always did when Jesus transfigured before them on the mountain? Do military men behave differently around an officer than when they are hanging out with their fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen, or marines? What about when a general enters the room? How about the president? Are there different protocols and ways of behaving around one's superiors? And how would it be received if a soldier did not treat officers differently than their friends? Do these rituals and ways of carrying oneself communicate something? Are they for the good of the entire corps, the whole body of men united in service? What if you were invited to a banquet at Buckingham Palace? Would you comport yourself the same as if you were at home in front of the TV with a bucket of KFC? Or would you maybe be more formally dressed, perfectly groomed, more aware of those around you, especially those of high social rank? Would you like to know what the rubrics for such an important meal are? Or would you be content to carry on the same way that you do at home? Our formality in worship as Lutherans is crucial, because it is a confession that we do confess that Christ is miraculously present with us. We do not confess, as do many Protestants, that the Lord's Supper is a symbol, or that our Lord's flesh is far off in the heavens, leaving us with mere tokens that are at best some kind of “spiritual” presence. No, we confess that this is the eternal banquet that Jesus is always talking about, or at least a foretaste of it. The Divine Service is eschatological and brings us into contact with eternity. He is present under our roof, though we are unworthy. He says the Word, and we are healed. The King, God Himself, deigns to dine with us! This is not watching TV with KFC eaten out of a plastic container with a spork. Rather, this is the Holy of Holies, and Christ incarnate is present with us. And we not only eat with Him, but we feed miraculously on the true Passover Lamb, even as His blood is poured into us to mark us as His own, protected and saved from condemnation, from the Angel of Death. And so, our worship is different than our day to day lives. The hymnody comes from our rich tradition and is unbounded by fads or notions of what is popular today, but may well fall out of favor tomorrow. Our hymns not only praise God, but confess our faith rigorously and boldly. Our worship is dignified, and like the liturgical actions of remembrance of the children of Israel, it doesn't change again and again, becoming unrecognizable in just a few years. Nor is it play - whether motivated by a desire for fun, or even tinged with eroticism. Jesus said, “Do this in memory of Me.” He did not order us to change the liturgical action to bend it to our standards of entertainment, or to prevent it from not being “special.” And this is why the Church's liturgy remains the same. It is a remembrance, just as the liturgical actions of the Old Testament Church were. Any changes are not made to reflect theological change, but perhaps to accommodate linguistic or technological shifts. And over the centuries, we have developed a corpus of the very best that the Church has in terms of liturgy and hymnody, not subject to fads and fashions. Our progressive culture routinely gets rid of the old in search of the ever-new. Our church's heritage is a blend of the old and the new, not subject to “chronological snobbery” or Critical Theory that denigrates our own forbears. And as a pastor, I want people to be taught (as ceremonies teach the people what they need to know about Christ, as our confessions teach us). I want my parishioners to have no doubts about what it is that we Lutherans confess about Jesus, and about what He Himself says in Scripture. This is communicated verbally in what is said, and nonverbally in what is done. Research suggests that 60% of what is communicated between people is non-verbal - meaning what we do and how we speak is as important, and perhaps even a bit more, than what is said in words alone. An informal liturgy belies what is really happening: the miracle of heaven meeting earth and of Christ tabernacling with us. Pop music lowers the level of dignity, perhaps to the depths of frivolity and impropriety. And when we have centuries of magnificent hymnody, to settle for what is sung in Pentecostal or non-denominational churches is like choosing to eat cold Vienna sausages instead of the luxurious spread of delectable delicacies that you have been invited to partake of at the feast. So far from being a matter of personal taste, the traditional liturgy and hymnody is what God wants, is a confession of who Jesus is and what He does, and is good pastoral care in terms of teaching and confessing our faith. And this is why our forbears included Article 24. They did not just say, “Do whatever you like.” For while our Roman opponents were lumping us in with radical reformers that abolished the Mass, we vociferously deny such a scurrilous charge. To even suggest it is a gross insult, and resulted in an angry retort by Melanchthon, as well as a master class on what real worship is all about in the Augsburg Confession and the Apology. It all boils down to Jesus, and what you believe about Him. Do you believe the Bible when it confesses that Christ is present with us? Do you take Jesus at His word when He says, “Do this in memory of Me?” Are you humbled at the Lord's miraculous presence with us, like Moses, like Isaiah, like Peter, James, and John? Do you believe, teach, and confess that the presence of Jesus is the fountainhead of holiness, and so our worship in the holy place must itself be holy - as opposed to common and ordinary? Are you willing to sacrifice your own personal tastes and desire to be entertained in the style to which you were accustomed in order to submit to Him and to receive His gifts - and to give Him thanks in return in the setting of His choosing? Do you actually believe what He says, and what the Church says about Him? Or do you hold the faith of another tradition, whose informal and casual worship is more fitting?

Did Peter and John break the law by repeatedly preaching on temple grounds or private property, despite official regulations prohibiting them- How much can we Monday-Morning Quarterback churches suffering from persecution- The key passages examined here are 1 Corinthians 7-21-23 and Acts 5-29 in light of the ever-expanding Orwellian tyrannies descending on the Western states. --This program includes---1. The World View in 5 Minutes with Adam McManus -Biden's -60 million for baby-killing, Canadian church charged with -30 million fines, Texas and Florida ban vaccine passports- --2. Generations with Kevin Swanson

A new MP3 sermon from Generations Radio is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Fighting Off the KGB in Canada - Did Peter & John Break the Law? Subtitle: Did Peter & John Break the Law Speaker: Kevin Swanson Broadcaster: Generations Radio Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 4/14/2021 Length: 34 min.

11 April 2021 - 8:30am ServiceJesus Foretold: ServantThis Sunday we start our new preaching series Resurrection + Restoration with a message from Ben Lilford on ‘Restored Life’. Following on from Easter, our series Resurrection + Restoration will help us grasp what Jesus’ resurrection means and the hope we carry in our everyday lives. Rather than wave quickly goodbye to Easter, we’re taking some time to look at Bible passages from the Gospels after Jesus was resurrected. We’ll be looking at scriptures which address personal restoration, the great commission, and how we can bring hope into the world. Each week, we’ll be trying to earth these stories in our own lives and call as a Church today.Remember, later today at the 11am and 7pm services we’ll hear Rob Scott-Cook and Dave Mitchell speak on the same topic. Go check it outDISCUSSION NOTESINTRODUCTION | John 21Key thought: Have you ever felt you have completely blown it?It’s bad enough with human relationships - what if we have ‘blown it’ with God? John 21 is the tender story of Jesus threefold re-commissioning of Peter after his threefold denial.STUDY QUESTIONSWhat did Peter feel after his threefold denial of Jesus when he was arrested? (Read John 18v15-27) Did Peter feel guilt or shame? What is the difference between guilt and shame? How can we find freedom from guilt and shame?In the encounter with Jesus in John 21, what details in the story remind you of situations earlier in Peter’s life? Are there triggers for you that bring back painful memories? How can those be healed?Why did Jesus ask Peter ‘Do you love me’ three times?Have you ever felt disillusioned when leaders or people you trust have ‘blown it’? What does restoration look like for people in places of leadership and ministry?

What can we learn from ‘both/and’ characters in the Bible? 11 April 2021 - 11am ServiceResurrection + Restoration: Restored LifeThis Sunday we start our new preaching series Resurrection + Restoration with a message from Rob Scott-Cook on ‘Restored Life’. Following on from Easter, our series Resurrection + Restoration will help us grasp what Jesus’ resurrection means and the hope we carry in our everyday lives. Rather than wave quickly goodbye to Easter, we’re taking some time to look at Bible passages from the Gospels after Jesus was resurrected. We’ll be looking at scriptures which address personal restoration, the great commission, and how we can bring hope into the world. Each week, we’ll be trying to earth these stories in our own lives and call as a Church today.Remember, our 7pm service will be looking at the same topic and Dave Mitchell will be sharing with us. Check it out!DISCUSSION NOTESINTRODUCTION | John 21Key thought: Have you ever felt you have completely blown it?It’s bad enough with human relationships - what if we have ‘blown it’ with God? John 21 is the tender story of Jesus threefold re-commissioning of Peter after his threefold denial.STUDY QUESTIONSWhat did Peter feel after his threefold denial of Jesus when he was arrested? (Read John 18v15-27) Did Peter feel guilt or shame? What is the difference between guilt and shame? How can we find freedom from guilt and shame?In the encounter with Jesus in John 21, what details in the story remind you of situations earlier in Peter’s life? Are there triggers for you that bring back painful memories? How can those be healed?Why did Jesus ask Peter ‘Do you love me’ three times?Have you ever felt disillusioned when leaders or people you trust have ‘blown it’? What does restoration look like for people in places of leadership and ministry?

Did Peter preach alone on the day of Pentecost? I have seen this question asked in several different places lately. This is one of the most easily answerable questions I have heard. Take a listen as we look at the text and see what it says.  If you like what we do and want to help us out, www.patreon.com/nearchurches 

The big idea of this message comes in the form of one big question: how will we stand when we under trial? When Peter denies Jesus, the gospel writers show that he was put under trial at the same time Jesus was on trial. This sermon worked through three questions: 1) Did Peter stand when was on trial?; 2) How did Peter stand after failing his trial?; and 3) How will we stand when we are on trial?

"Today is a historic day as it is every four years on January 20th. A new administration took office in the United States. For some this was a great day and for others not so great. But let's look at the top ten things that haven't changed. 1. Jesus is the Great I Am. John 5:8 2. He is supreme over all. Colossians 1:16 3. He holds all creation together. Colossians 1:18, Hebrews 1:3 4. The love of Jesus Christ remains. Romans 8:31-39 5. His purpose: He came that you might have life. John 10:10 6. His work: He continues to build His church. 7. Your sins are still forgiven. 8. Your identity is unchanged. 9. Christ continues to dwell in your heart. 10. Your hope remains solid and sure. * Did Peter, James, and John have a different Gospel than Paul? Please explain Ephesians 3:5 "which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit." Who are the "apostles and prophets"? * Aaron calls to say how much he appreciates Basic Gospel, Bob Christopher, and Andrew Farley. * Do we put our armor on everyday? * When Satan was in Heaven, was he in charge of music?

Based on the Biblical stories, Did Jesus have SuperPowers? Did Peter, Moses, Samson, and so many others mentioned in the scriptures as doing miraculous things? Today, without question reading the Bible with new eyes, these characters definitely have superpowers. An the Bible says in Psalms 82:6 "I have said Ye Are gods and children of the Most High God." Will Gods' children have Powers? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leoisrael/support

This week we wanted to test how well we know and listen to each other! We decided that the best way to do that was to play a classic game of Two Truths, One Lie. Did Jen really receive a drumstick from Harry Styles? Did Peter really take a dump on a roundabout? You’ll have to listen in order to find out!Slowly by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/s-t-mr-slowlyMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/b4p9TiftgJY

This week we wanted to test how well we know and listen to each other! We decided that the best way to do that was to play a classic game of Two Truths, One Lie. Did Jen really receive a drumstick from Harry Styles? Did Peter really take a dump on a roundabout? You’ll have to listen in order to find out!Slowly by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/s-t-mr-slowlyMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/b4p9TiftgJY

Jeff and Dave lead you on a tour down into the Scavi below St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome. We take a look at some of the historical and archaeological evidence for the martyrdom and burial of the Apostle Peter. Did Peter die in Rome? Was he buried there? What is the long history of this site, from the reign of Nero, Constantine the Great, and Pope Julius II, right down to the mysteries and intrigue of Pope Pius XII and the brilliant Italian archaeologist Margherita Guarducci? What is so important about the 'graffiti wall'? Also, tune in for the special coupon code from our fabulous new sponsor, Hackett Publishing. 

Episode 19 coming at you! Presidents making video game maps.....Making a side hustle out of someone else's products....Did Peter and Dan start a business mid podcast?This was a weird one, but a fun one! Dan talks about the magical Animal Crossing map known as Biden Island. An island that was put together by the Biden campaign to, by our understanding, connect with voters. We talk about what this could mean for this campaign, but also for future campaigns!https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/business/biden-animal-crossing-island-trnd/index.htmlPeter is talking about what seems to be everyones new passion- Side Hustles! During the pandemic it seems as though everyone delivered their own side hustle. We're talking about e-commerce on this episode and how people are quitting their full-time jobs to start "retail arbitrage" and "drop shipping" businesses. We highlight a few resources:ShopifyOberloSalesHooCorrection - the article mentioned in the podcast was from Business Insider and not Bloomberg:https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-make-money-reselling-on-amazon-retail-arbitrage-2020-10DISCLAIMER:This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes. Please consult with an attorney, CPA and financial professional prior to starting any corporation. Ensure that you are reviewing all state guidelines and completing the proper paperwork. Social Media (We Love Engagement!) Facebook PageLinkedIn Page(Feel free to connect with Peter Rukis!) Twitter@PeterRukis@ninjasurprise59@RockingTheBizInstagram@rockingthebizBlog with us on Medium!@Peter.Rukis@ninjasurprise As always, we will rock with you next time!

Episode 549 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. How do we reconcile the Lord’s Prayer, where it says, “Lead us not into temptation,” with James 1, where it says, “no one should say, ‘God is tempting me’”?  2. Recently I refused to give money to a panhandler, and I feel guilty about it. Should I feel this way, or was I justified in refusing him? 3. Did Peter teach Jesus delivers to us the Spirit, forgiveness, and salvation in Acts 2:38 and 1 Peter 3:21? Didn’t the earliest Christians in church history hold to baptismal regeneration? 4. 2020 has felt like a really emotionally exhausting year. It seems like in every area of life there is a conflict between people, and though I have never dealt with depression before, that is the only thing that makes sense of what I am feeling throughout this year. How can people like me persevere and hang on when it feels like one thing after another is weighing life down?   Resources 9 THINGS EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT DEPRESSION Offers Request our latest special offers here or call 1-833-THE-CORE (833-843-2673) to request them by phone. Want to partner with us in our work here at Core Christianity? Consider becoming a member of the Inner Core.

In the Green Room after Episode 37, Peter and Paul discuss their podcast discussion, most notably that it was Peter’s first ever experience being interviewed on a podcast.  Peter and Paul found their conversation to flow in a sense of calmness, and that continues through to this episode where they touch on topics like: What’s the sign of a good conversation? Did Peter learn anything through the podcasting experience? Introversion in the boardroom, and how it can be beneficial Why board diversity can be so difficult to achieve How to deal with dominant boardroom personalities   Are ‘board buddies’ a good idea? How do global boards operate? Connect with Peter: LinkedIn Connect with Paul: LinkedIn  Future Directors Join Future Directors Group on LinkedIn If you enjoyed the show, we'd love to know!  Leave a quick review here: Boardroom Hustle on iTunes

Many Christians believe the Christian life should be happy, healthy, and wealthy. But, did Jesus preach such a gospel? Did Peter or Paul teach a carefree Christian life? No! James wrote: "Brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations {or trials}. Temptation and trials are the hallmarks of genuine Christian conversion. Pastor Singh teaches on the necessity of understanding the trials we face and their purpose in our sanctification process. (Taught to the saints in Mississauga, and those following internationally, via live streaming during the COVID crisis June 17, 2020)

Introduction Well, last week we introduced our summer series entitled "Love the Commandment." And we said last week that this series was connected both to our study of Ecclesiastes and our theme for the year. Last week we mostly talked about how this series related to Ecclesiastes. We described how Solomon was this lusty stallion that wanted it all. He was the great hedonism experimenter who left us his conclusion, the last page in his journal, and at the very end of his life, he said, "Want to be happy? Fear God and keep his commandments." You can't improve on God's way. Solomon confessed, "I did it all wrong. I used to look at the commands of God as fences to prevent my joy and freedom. Now, I have a totally different outlook. Now, I look at the commands of God as rails upon which I ride as the path of least resistance to happiness. And those rails are set at the perfect grade, they avoid all the impossible obstacles, they span the deadly gorges, and the destination is joy, heaven, and Jesus Christ. God's commands are for our good. Fear God and keep his commandments. So that's how our series "Love the Commandment" relates to Solomon. Change What You Love But our series also relates to our theme for the year, "Change What You Love." This connection is important as well. Here's the thing about our theme. Most of us, when we hear "Change What You Love," our reaction is, "Well, that would be nice, but how? Don't I just love what I love? How can I change that?" Well, the first thing to say here is that it must be possible. Why? Because we have many examples of direct commands to love or not love certain things. So we have commands to stop loving in this direction and other commands to start loving in this direction. The most famous of course is the great commandment. Here's what's interesting about the great commandment. It's not a commandment to do anything. It's a command to love. So apparently it's possible to change what we love! But how? How do I choose to love differently? Let's say I love the world and now I want to start loving God. What's the first step? How do I make that shift? How do I love differently than I am currently loving? Well, that's the point of this series. The super-short answer is that if you obey all the commands of God, then God's Spirit will take that obedience and you will be moved into a love for him. The commandments of God are like railroad tracks that, if you stay on them, they will lead your heart straight into a desire and love for Jesus Christ. That's the short answer. The next four weeks represent the slightly longer answer. I want to break down how this process works into four steps. So, I've got a chart that looks like this and I'm going to fill in this chart slowly over the next four weeks. Basically what this chart does is group all the commands of the Bible into four basic dispositions of the heart - maybe even better four seasons of the soul. These four seasons of the soul represent a cycle we constantly go through that either deepens our current love or changes our love. Here are the four seasons: - A Season of Belief - A Season of Pursuit - A Season of Experience/Cultivation - A Season of Evaluation So just so you get the idea, let's say we are talking about the love of money. How did that love get there? Well, you first believed that money would solve a problem or bring you happiness or something. And so then you pursue it. You start trying to find out how to get it. You start saving. Then you cultivate. This is where you spend it. You experience whatever joy it has to offer. Then there is an evaluation. Did it do what for me what I thought it would do? And that either confirms your chosen love or changes it in some way. So that's the cycle. Just like the sun circles around the earth, our hearts pass through these four seasons continuously. These are basic to all humans. All human love is developed and determined by choices made in these various seasons. Now over the next four weeks, we will explain these seasons more fully. But the idea is that when you find yourself in a particular season, certain commands apply to that season. Think about the physical seasons. When you are in winter, some commands are associated with that season: "Put on a coat, scrape the windshield, hang up the Christmas lights," are meaningful because of the season you are in. Compare those commands to: "Get your swimming suit, grab the sunscreen, mow the grass." Some commands are open for very different interpretations depending on the season. The command to build a fire could be a precursor to smores or snow depending on the season. So in a similar way, the commands of Scripture are designed to meet us in the soul's various seasons. And the idea is, if you want to change what you love, discover what season the heart is in and pour your energy into obeying those commands. This will make more sense in the weeks to come. The Season of Belief So today we focus on the season of belief. All that's being referenced here is a period of time where your mind is confronted with a truth claim of any kind and is considering whether it is true or false. - We are in a season of belief when we read things that challenge or confirm our worldview. - Anytime we are wrestling with a claim or find confirming evidence for our existing worldview we are in a season of belief. - If we aren't sure if a claim is true or false or if we aren't sure how a claim applies to us we are in a season of belief. Let me illustrate. I can snap you into a season of belief right now by reading 1 Corinthians 15. Here's a claim. You will not die. You will be transformed and resurrected. If you are a Christian you believe that to some degree. But you have to wrestle with that. To what degree do I believe that? As we age and confront sickness and weakness we have to grapple more and more with the implications of that claim. How deeply does that belief penetrate into the soul and transform the way you live? Most of our life we are not in this season. If you are working, playing, relaxing, celebrating, suffering, or mourning, you aren't actively changing your belief structure because you're not in that season. Other commands apply when you are in other seasons. If we are not in the season of belief then we operate on what we already believe to be true. Our behavior originates with deeply held beliefs previously thought about and taken in. We aren't open to learning new things, we aren't changing our core values or fundamental beliefs about the way the world works. Think of the season of belief as the difference between listening and talking. If you are talking then you are operating out of what is already in your mind. If you are listening, then you are adding new things to your mind. A season of belief is like theological listening. You are in a season where your mind is entertaining conceptions of how the world works, what things are true, and what things have value. This season might be short-lived as you listen to a sermon, read an article or book. For someone who is really considering the claims of Christianity and wrestling with the intellectual claims might duck in and out of it for months. Probably the best example of a guy who dramatically enters into a season of belief is Thomas. Thomas is not ready to re-evaluate his belief. He has recently experienced a massive trauma of disappointment. He believes he was at best confused and at worse conned by a guy who claimed to be Messiah but didn't have what it took. He watched him die and he was in no place to emotionally re-invest and hope in something so irrational. That would be great but I already possess a deep belief that people don't rise from the dead. I'm not willing to reevaluate that one. Do you see what happened? All of a sudden, the foundations of his current belief structured shattered and he entered into a season of belief. He's violently confronted with a truth-claim, God has power over death. The fact is right there in front of him. It's in plain sight. He's being confronted with facts. He's being confronted with indicatives. He's confronted with a reality he had never thought possible. And the command descends upon him. Thomas, believe. Do you see the role that commands play in this season? The facts are there but they cannot change his love until he believes. Today we are going to focus on what God wants us to do when we find ourselves in the season of belief. The Relationship Between Belief and Action God addresses our will in a particular way when we are in this season. He commands us negatively and positively. You have negative commands like confess, repent, turn, and return. Then you have positive commands like know, believe, trust, and commit. They are not two separate actions but opposite sides of the same coin. Think about Thomas again. He's confronted with reality, a piece of truth he had never thought possible. And the command descends upon him. Thomas, believe. The facts are there but they cannot change his love until he believes. And once believed it will move him forward in this cycle. All behavior originates from beliefs about what is true, and what is not true, what has worth, and what does not have worth. Now let me illustrate this with a true story from the turn of the 19th century. Han van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and artist who, like many undiscovered artists, felt undervalued and underappreciated. Wanting to prove to himself that his genius was comparable to the artistic elite, he attempted to forge artistic masterpieces with the hope of tricking art experts into admitting his genius. In the early 20th century, rumors were churning that the famous Johannes Vermeer had painted a series of works depicting several biblical scenes. Van Meegeren capitalized on this opportunity and set to work carefully forging one such disputed work, "The Disciples at Emmaus." With an unflagging resolve to notice and imitate the cracks and blemishes characteristic of century-old pigments, he painted indistinguishable replicas. Knowing that confirmation bias existed among scholars, his trickery hopes were high. It worked: his painting was hailed as a real Vermeer by famous art experts such as Abraham Bredius. Bredius acclaimed it as "the masterpiece of Johannes Vermeer of Delft" and wrote of the "wonderful moment" of being "confronted with a hitherto unknown painting by a great master." Greed apparently overcame van Meegeren's desire for praise, as he decided not to reveal himself. Van Meegeren was eventually discovered as a fraud after selling a painting to a prominent member of the Nazi party in Germany. After the war, this sale was discovered and he was labeled a conspirator for selling a national treasure to the enemy, a crime punishable by death. In a curious change of events, van Meegeren had to paint for his freedom. To prove the painting was not a national treasure, he forged another in the presence of authorities. He escaped with the relatively light sentence of one year in prison but died of a heart attack two months later. Adjusting for inflation, it is estimated that van Meegeren duped buyers out of the equivalent of more than $30 million. The power of a lie is in its believability. The more believable a lie, the more power it possesses to shape behavior. Here was the claim: this painting is a real Vermeer. That thrust art critics and buyers into a season of belief. And once believed, it affected behavior. People were willing to part with millions of dollars because they believed that the paintings were real. All throughout the Bible, we are presented with claims. And those claims put us into a season of belief. And there are commands to be obeyed when we are in this season. God commands us to positively believe, trust, know, and understand. Negatively he asks us to repent, confess, turn, and return. The Concept of Repentance and Belief Now I want to look at both sets of commands and the relationship they have to one another. Understanding the relationship between the negative repent commands and the positive believe commands is really helpful to me. Let's start with the negative commands: repent. A lot of people define repentance as a change in direction. A 180-degree change in what you were doing. Now, I understand why it gets defined this way because eventually, it will result in this. But I really dislike this definition because it skips over an important step and because of that confuses people. Here's a diary entry from my mind circa 1997. I remember hearing that true repentance meant that you had a 180-degree turn in a different direction. And if behavior didn't change then you never repented. And I remember saying to myself, "Well, then I've never repented from any sin." - Because I continue to get angry. I haven't turned from that. - I continue to love people's praise. I haven't turned from that. - I continue to be anxious and selfish and prideful and lustful and pretty much any other vice you can think of. - I continue to exaggerate, leave out key details, and generally enjoy twisting the truth. - I continue to be petty and irritable. I'm all those things on a regular basis. What thing have I turned from and never turned back? I've never repented from anything. So if you define repentance as a 180-degree change in direction, how can you ever tell if you've repented? Someone might argue, "Well, of course, you will slip back into sin." Well, then let me ask you, how long do you have to stay clean for it to count as true repentance? Like an hour, a day, a month? See the problem? So what's the answer! Okay, the sermon's over. Just kidding. The answer can be found in the word itself. The main word for repentance in the New Testament is the Greek word metanoia. It is a compound word. Meta is the word for change. Think about how metamorphosis means a change of form. There's that prefix meta. Metanoia means not a change of form but a change of mind. I like to think of this as a worldview block that gets shifted. It's a fundamentally different way in which the world is interpreted. It’s a mind-change that is so deep-seated that the person’s total being—values, choices, and lifestyle behaviors—will be impacted. Now the reason this is helpful is that it explains how behavior can lag behind belief. I remember a few years ago the feeling associated with buying the home we are in now. It was so exciting. I felt so blessed to get the house we got. It was just a total gift in so many ways. I felt so undeserving and so privileged and was so excited to get going in settling in. So we moved and it was great and fun and exciting. Some of you still have sore backs from lifting some of my heavy equipment, so sorry about that. I remember about one week after we had moved. I came home from work. I parked my car in front of the house, walked up to the front porch and I stood there looking at the door and it dawned on me: "I don't live here." Out of sheer habit, I had driven to my old house. Without even realizing it, I was in autopilot mode and drove to the wrong place. You may have had a similar experience. Now, if you had interrupted me at any point in time and asked me, "Where do you live?" I could have easily answered that question. I just bought a new house, let me tell you all about it! But If I wasn't consciously thinking about it, my mind would slip back into old habits. Now, of course, I don't do that anymore. Why? Because that truth has now worked it's way into my behavior. This is how repentance and belief work. In fact, we could couch that house buying experience in theological terms. When I bought a new house, that was a repent/believe act. I repented/turned from my old house and believe/trusted in my new house. All the objective indexes that would matter in a court of law were settled when those papers were signed, money transferred, etc. Legally, there was no question where I lived. But the behavior still lagged behind. When we become Christians, we simultaneously repent/turn from money, sex, popularity, image, power, or whatever your god was and turned to Jesus Christ as Lord. He's now your new home. And that turning is real and definite and ultimate and final and irrevocable. But there are residual habits that remain. We find ourselves out of force of habit driving back to the house of sin in which we once dwelt. And we wake up and say, "What am I doing here? This was my old lame house in which I once dwelt. I live in a new house!" This is why behavior matters over time but no single event can matter. If it is true that you repented of your sin and are now a follower of Jesus then that will work its way into your behavior over time and cause you to change. That is true. The Bible says over and over again that if you don't walk in the truth then you are not a Christian. But you can never point to any one residual habit of sin and say, "Christians who have repented will never do that." The residual effect of sin is strong. The grooves and habits of the mind are deep. So deep and strong, in fact, that if you say you are without sin you are a liar and the truth is not in you. Do you see how these two truths play together? What would you point to as evidence of your dwelling? Let's enter exhibit A. If you were to say, "The fact that you drove to your old house is proof that you don't live in your new house," I would be justified in saying that this is nonsense. Give me some slack bro, I lived in that house like 20 years. That habit is deep. Let's enter exhibit B. If you want to look to proof, then let's look to the facts. The fact is that the money has been transferred, the titles and deeds are all handed over and positionally, objectively I live somewhere else. I could point to objective pieces of evidence that establish the fact. This spiritual deed transfer is explained all through the Bible. That's the objective fact. And here's where the commands come in. Now believe. Trust. Remind yourself of that new address so you don't turn into zombie mode and go back to that old house. Belief always changes behavior over time. Sometimes it's instantaneous. In the case of the painting, there was a belief that this painting was worth millions of dollars. And then there was repentance (a change of mind) which completely and totally changed all subsequent behavior. Sometimes it takes longer. But belief always changes behavior. Opposite Sides of the Coin It's important to realize that belief and repentance are opposite sides of the same act. Some people have attempted to look at repentance and belief as steps that happen in a linear direction. First of all, I must repent of my sin, and then after I have sufficiently done so I can then believe in Christ so that He will save me from these sins that I regret and have forsaken. But I think this is an impossibility. If I am clinging to a rope over a cliff, I will never let go of the rope unless a better option is handed to me. If all of a sudden someone lowers down a ladder, I'll gladly release the rope in favor of the ladder. At the same time that I initially trust (believe) in Christ to be my Savior, I simultaneously abandon and repent the trust I had placed in other things. The rope which had been my life is left behind in favor of a ladder. This view explains why the terms seem to be used interchangeably in some New Testament passages. Do you remember when Peter was addressing the religious leaders in Jerusalem in Acts 2? His sermon was very powerful and it led them to a desire for action. So they asked the logical question... 38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent…” Change your mind from a belief that Jesus was a threat and criminal and an enemy needing to be crucified to a friend and judge and a God to be worshiped. That's a pretty drastic metanoia "change of mind". There is no indication in this text that Peter told the Jews to “believe” (the word is never used). But I guarantee belief happened as these Jews repented of their belief that Jesus was a threat. They looked to him instead as the Messiah and Lord that Peter had declared Him to be. Interestingly, when we get to the narrative of the Philippian jailer we see a very different response. According to Acts 16:13, there probably was no Jewish synagogue in Philippi. Thus, it is very likely that the Philippian jailer was not a Jew. This jailer sees a miracle of God and asks the exact same question previously asked by the Jewish leaders. Acts 16:29-34: When asked, “What must I do to be saved?” Paul said, “Believe.” As a Gentile, the jailer probably knew very little or nothing at all about Jesus of Nazareth. He didn’t need to change his mind (repent) about Jesus as much as he needed to believe in Him. Did Peter (in Acts 2) and Paul (in Acts 16) each present only half of the way to salvation? Of course not. Since they are opposite sides of the same act, they simply emphasized what their hearers most needed. What Does the Bible Tell Us To Believe? Of course, the object of belief is everything. What are we to believe? This series, Love the Commandment, focuses on the commands of the Scriptures. In both Greek and Hebrew, the technical name for the class of verbs that refer to commands is imperatives. Imperatives are the commands. But there is another whole class of verbs in the Bible called the indicatives. These are the class of verbs that state realities. This mood in the Greek traffics in the realm of certainties. These are the claims of Scripture. And so the imperatives (commands) direct us to the indicatives. We've all seen signs that say, "Just believe." Believe what? We don't 'just believe.' The object of belief is everything. - Closing your eyes and taking a leap of faith without a parachute is suicide. - Closing your eyes and taking a leap of faith with a parachute is exhilaration at the highest level. - Both experiences are scary because they are untried. - One results in death and one results in life, and the difference is truth. The difference is that one is based on truth. We all think we believe true things. But we all believe many, many things that are not true. The result of basing your life on untrue things is death. The result of basing your life on true things is life. I am the way the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me. When we are confronted with the claims of the Bible, we are being confronted with truth, and the command is to believe. Communion Now we are going to transition into a time of communion and this is the greatest indicative of the Bible. This is the greatest certainty of the Bible. Christ died for your sins. And the greatest imperative of the Bible. Believe.

Join Pastor Brian Morris for Fireside Chat #10. This teaching is based out of John 21:15-19. After all that, it comes down to this? •Do you love Me? •Enough to follow Me? •Wherever I lead you? •Did Peter? •Do you? Visit worshipataemc.com to connect with us. We'd love to hear from you!

Did Peter have the polish to write his Epistle (say that three times fast). Sources: > The Lexham Bible Dictionary. J. D. Barry and L. Wentz, editors. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012. As found in the Logos Bible study software program > Scot McKnight, 1 Peter, New International Version Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000) >James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, ed. Gerald Bray, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture Find us online at: Firstcovenantlincoln.org facebook.com/FirstCovLincoln/ youtube.com/user/FirstCovLincoln

Comedian Steve Mazan is joined by the Irish Critic to discuss Peter Bogdanovich's B&W Oscar winner from 1971 "The Last Picture Show"  Was this the peak of Bogdanovich's career? Was Cybil Shepherd the peak of Bogdanovich's career? Is it really all about sex? What do TV and Rock & Roll have to do with it? Did Peter steal from John Ford? All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan movie Club podcast  "The Last Picture Show" on IMDb Home of the Mazan Movie Club Steve Mazan on Instagram Home of Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan

The Four Thorns welcomes back special guest Katie Marcinek for a second straight episode as she steps in for Dylan Wallace. Matt Cohen, Stefan Krajisnik and Mary Kate Hamilton are all still here to break down one of the most important decisions Peter has had to make. Peter narrowed down six women to four this week. These are the four women whose hometowns he will visit. Hannah Ann and Madison were locks to make it through, but there were two other spots virtually up for grabs. It was as dramatic as ever and never fully clear who would take the final spots until the very end. Did Peter make the right choices? Is he still the worst Bachelor ever? All of that and more on this week's Four Thorns.

The first recap episode! A very special guest joins @justinandthehonorednone on Captain Save a Rose. We’ll run down Bachelor related news in Pedals & Thorns which includes sending some well wishes to the homie Blake, and how the Tolbert family may have finessed a million dollars from DraftKings. Then we recap highlights from the premiere including: Peter’s ethnic and his family is low key scary. We love Tammy(so far!) Eunice accurately compares introductions to Greek Serenades. Victoria F manages to make teacups seem horrifying. Did Peter and Kelley hook up? (They hella did.) We say goodbye to Maurissa and thank her for inspiring OUR 1st episode. Fantasy Beefs! Along the way we argue about Hannah Ann, v-necks, Vanessa G, and if Peter is an assassin. We finish up P&T by discussing whether or not Bachelor producers mistreat Hannah Brown. To close the podcast, we break down the shit show that was Hannah B & Pilot Pete on episode 1 and make some predictions on where the season and their relationship might be headed. Follow on IG: @captainsavearosepod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter answers a wide range of questions from subscribers. Bob Kaplan, Peter’s head of research, asks the questions. If you’re not a subscriber and listening on a podcast player, you’ll only be able to hear a preview of the AMA. If you’re a subscriber, you can now listen to this full episode on your private RSS feed. You can also watch (or listen) to this full episode on our website at the AMA #7 show notes page. Questions continue to be pulled from the AMA section on the website, and any subscriber is welcome to submit questions for future AMAs.   We discuss: What can I do to prevent/reduce interruptions in sleep due to needing to get up to urinate at night? [3:00]; Peter’s note card system for organizing his to-do lists [7:15]; How do I get smarter at reading/understanding the studies (or the media's interpretation of them) that get the headlines on health and/or disease? [11:15]; How can I obtain a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) as a non-diabetic individual? [11:55]; What is the most effective way to bring blood pressure down? [15:00]; Does Peter use any nootropics? [28:10]; Peter’s thoughts pertaining to concussions and head trauma [33:00]; Does Peter structure his exercise plan for lifespan or healthspan? [36:45]; How did Peter rebuild his lower back strength after his devastating injury during med school? [38:15]; Peter’s approach to deadlifting with a bad lower back [43:25]; Did Peter cave and buy a dog? [51:50]; and More. Learn more at www.PeterAttiaMD.com Connect with Peter on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.

Do why DID Peter have to write this? As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, why do we need to read and heed this? We’ve hit a milestone in our 1 Peter in HD series. This marks the halfway point. 2 1/2 chapters down; 2 1/2 chapters to go! Four times in 2 1/2 chapters, Peter makes this heartfelt plea. He does so for a very good reason. Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it may take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play. God bless you richly as you listen.

Would there be a point to dressing up to look good when you feel your life isn't worthwhile- Is there anything dead in your own life, that you hope the Lord will rise- Do you believe the Lord will raise you from the dead- Did Peter believe the Lord would raise him from the dead. Please listen to this teaching on the resurrection by Jamie Hawkins -Senior Pastor of Transforming Love Christian Center-.

Questions: 11:47 - I have co-workers, one who is gay, but seeking God, another a Jehovah's Witness and one other a Mormon, all whom seem to be non-judgmental. As a Christian do I evangelize to them? Should I develop a friendship with her in context of work and share with her? What is the correct doctrinal approach? 30:01 - I am afraid to lose my salvation, even though I am walking the walk, what do I do? 35:05 - Why are other religions allowed to marry, but a Catholic Priest is not? Did Peter start the Catholic Church? NoOtherDoctrine.org CrossFellowship.org LeadershipFromTheCross.com CCFCollege.com

Questions: 2:54 - Can you help me understand the order and linking of names in 1 Chronicles 4:16? 8:16 - How can someone who has the Holy Spirit dwelling in them not be convicted of sin? Would that person be in danger of losing their salvation? 22:58 - Is the morning after pill considered abortion? 25:48 - Do you believe that someone can lose their salvation? Which Scriptures back that up? 42:18 - Did Peter ever lose his Apostleship? NoOtherDoctrine.org CrossFellowship.org LeadershipFromTheCross.com CCFCollege.com

Episode 6 (recorded Saturday, November 17th, 2018) On this episode of Zero Credibility, Peter & Justin, give their thoughts on the topics listed below: It’s The Ship 2018 (0:00:15) - It’s The Ship 2018(0:46:30) - Did Peter sell the idea to Justin? Friendship(0:22:30) - Does having a Devil’s Triangle with your friends improve your friendship?(0:24:00) - Justin scandalous South Korea experience(0:26:35) - Male toilet etiquette revisited(0:28:30) - Male vulnerability(0:28:46) - Why do you need to learn how to squat? Women(0:38:35) - Women objectification Porn(0:40:15) - Downloading porn when you were young Bourke Street Incident(0:51:50) - Our thoughts(0:58:30) - Was it mental health or terrorism (1:03:15) - ScoMo’s view Racism(1:00:15) - Does the word racist mean anything anymore? Religion(1:18:50) - Our beliefs and thoughts about religion  Pop Culture(1:21:25) - RIP Stan Lee(1:22:50) - Armie Hammer Stan Lee scandal (exploring why people posts tributes to dead people on their social media)(1:29:00) - Arianna Grande (1:30:28) - Ye’s album prediction & analysing his journey so far   Big Movies Announcement(1:46:50) - Detective Pikachu & Toy Story 4

Episode 6 (recorded Saturday, November 17th, 2018) On this episode of Zero Credibility, Peter & Justin, give their thoughts on the topics listed below: It’s The Ship 2018 (0:00:15) - It’s The Ship 2018(0:46:30) - Did Peter sell the idea to Justin? Friendship(0:22:30) - Does having a Devil’s Triangle with your friends improve your friendship?(0:24:00) - Justin scandalous South Korea experience(0:26:35) - Male toilet etiquette revisited(0:28:30) - Male vulnerability(0:28:46) - Why do you need to learn how to squat? Women(0:38:35) - Women objectification Porn(0:40:15) - Downloading porn when you were young Bourke Street Incident(0:51:50) - Our thoughts(0:58:30) - Was it mental health or terrorism (1:03:15) - ScoMo’s view Racism(1:00:15) - Does the word racist mean anything anymore? Religion(1:18:50) - Our beliefs and thoughts about religion  Pop Culture(1:21:25) - RIP Stan Lee(1:22:50) - Armie Hammer Stan Lee scandal (exploring why people posts tributes to dead people on their social media)(1:29:00) - Arianna Grande (1:30:28) - Ye’s album prediction & analysing his journey so far   Big Movies Announcement(1:46:50) - Detective Pikachu & Toy Story 4

Did Peter walk on the water? Are you sure? Let's talk about being a water walker by committing to doing whatever God has told you. Love, Will

(This episode has some explicit language)   Peter Rahal, co-founder and CEO of RXBAR, didn’t set out to build a multi-million-dollar company. But he had goals, both large and small. Practically speaking, he wanted a clean, healthy protein bar to fuel his workouts. On a bigger scale, he sought freedom and fulfillment. “Prior to working at RXBAR, I'd always had a normal job. I felt really handcuffed and I wasn't in a position to be successful,” Rahal told me on this week’s episode of #WeGotGoals. “And so a goal for me early on was always to really flourish and have freedom and achieve success for myself.” Those dual quests took him and co-founder Jared Smith farther than they could have imagined. In 2012, they began pressing dates, almonds, and egg whites into bars in Rahal’s parents’ basement. From the beginning, they established high standards and lofty values. The product had to be excellent. The process, collaborative. And even as they glimpsed glimmers of progress, they stayed humble, knowing they didn’t have all the answers. Those years weren’t easy. In fact, the pair suffered. “It was miserable,” he says, “pressing bars with your thumbs in your parents’ basement when you’re 26 and while your friends are doing great things and having dinner in the city.” But Rahal likens the experience to a grueling fitness routine. “The hardest workouts are where you stimulate the most growth from,” he says. “And work is the same thing. The most discomfort you have, the harder it is, the more you grow.” And grow they did. Rahal remembers telling Smith early on that if they did things right, this could be a $10 million business. Last year, Kellogg bought RXBAR—which now sells 120 million bars per year—for $600 million. Rahal and Smith stayed on to lead what is now a standalone unit in the larger company, a critical component of the deal, he says. “We were looking for the right muscle, and to protect our people and our culture. So those are kind of two objectives or goals that we were looking for in a partner. Kellogg fit that perfectly and now we have resources to continue to achieve our business objectives.” Armed with Kellogg’s expertise in areas like international distribution, contract negotiation, and performance management, RXBAR will continue its ambitious quest to transform the way food is made and delivered. That starts with shifting the corporate approach, Rahal says. Even big companies can innovate and relentlessly drive to improve. Employees who are valued and respected can truly achieve their potential. Systems codify these values, ensuring businesses continue to serve the right people in the right way. For those of us not in the food industry, who just buy bars at the store or the gym—we’ll see the results on the shelves: “More access to food that’s better for you, that's delicious, that saves you time and that you can trust,” he says. And of course, as the RXBAR package famously proclaims, “No B.S.” And is Rahal now free? Well, yes and no, he says—in fact, he’s not quite sure of the answer. What he does know is that he’s found a deeper satisfaction and a whole new set of priorities, ones he feels he can pursue to truly leave a legacy. Listen to this week’s episode to hear more about what freedom means to Rahal, the reason his partnership with Smith works, and a little bit—but not TOO much—about what it takes to get hired as part of the RXBAR team. If you like what you hear, subscribe where ever you get your podcasts and leave us a rating or a review on Apple Podcasts. And if this post or anything else we’ve created impacted your life, please support our Kickstarter. --- Transcript: JAC: Hey, goal getters, it's Jeana Anderson Cohen from aSweatlife.com, and if you've been listening to #WeGotGoals over the last month, you know that we've been running our Kickstarter. And right now we have just five days to fund our big dream for $20,000 to help grow our ambassadorship to reach women across the country. We’re helping them set big, hairy audacious goals and form a network to achieve them. If you want to help out, check the link in our show notes or go to aSweatLife.com. Here's the episode. JAC: Welcome to #WeGot Goals, a podcast by aSweatlife.com on which we talk to high achievers about their goals. I'm Jeana Anderson Cohen; with me, I have Cindy Kuzma and Kristen Geil. CK: Good morning, Jeana. KG: Hi Jeana. JAC. Hi Ladies. So Cindy, this week you talk to Peter from RXBAR. CK: I did. I spoke with Peter Rahal. He is the co-founder and CEO of RXBAR and he is a very focused, intense, high achieving person and it was great to kind of crack his code just a little bit. JAC: One of the things that I found super interesting was sort of the driving force behind his goals: freedom. Can you talk to me a little bit about how freedom has shaped what he's done through his life and where it's taken him? CK: Yes. He started RXBAR, not necessarily because he wanted to be an entrepreneur, but because he saw a problem that needed to be solved and also because he felt trapped in a job he didn't love, under leadership he didn't respect and he just really wanted to break free. What was interesting, and you'll hear this toward the end of the interview, was kind of how that has played out for him. He doesn't necessarily feel free, but he maybe has a little bit of a new definition of freedom or a new thing that he's seeking in its place. So a pretty interesting to hear how that all unfolded. KG On the podcast recently we did a live recording with Julia and Lauren who are the co-founders of Stylisted. You spoke with Peter about his co-founder. Jared. One of the things I was interested to hear about was how these two different co-founders might approach goal setting similarly or differently. For example, Julia and Lauren spoke about the importance of having the same long-term vision and goals for the company, but at the same time celebrating the little wins and the small goals that you achieve along the way. Did Peter talk about how he and Jared have any approaches to setting goals as partners and working towards them together? CK: Yeah, so like Julia and Laura and Peter and Jared were friends first and Peter talks about how important it is to have that rapport with someone that you're starting a business with. That way you can kind of tell early on when something is amiss and you can take steps to work it out before it becomes an actual problem. He said they've also worked hard not to fight about things like titles or things that were insignificant. They kind of set their egos aside and really focused on what they thought was best for the business and yeah, in terms of setting goals for the business, it's interesting. They didn't really have specific goals in terms of the money that they wanted to make or units sold or anything like that. They really just looked at making the best product that they could to fill this hole in the market and then when they got to a bigger place, finding the best people to help support them in those goals. That's really what carried them to a level of success beyond what they even could have imagined. JAC: Well, I've certainly loved watching the story of RXBAR unfold and especially with this acquisition by Kellogg recently, so excited to hear this interview. So here is Cindy with Peter. CK: This is Cindy Kuzma and I'm here with Peter who is the CEO and the co-founder of RXBAR. Peter, thank you so much for joining us here today on the #WeGotGoals podcast. PR: Thank you, Cindy. I appreciate you coming to our office. CK: It's great to be here and great to see so many people working hard. I'm wondering, Peter, I want to ask about your goals, but I'd first love to hear a little bit about what your day to day is like here at RXBAR. PR: So my day to day first, I'm not like a routine person. I like to think of myself as highly adaptable and I always start each week with like what's the most important thing I need to accomplish. I'm really motivated by accomplishment, so like what I need to, what do I need to get done this week? So I really think about my year through weeks, everything's through weeks and I accomplish as much as possible in each week. So that's like the first half of the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday is very structured in terms of like what am I looking at, what's important, regular information. And then Thursday, Friday is typically like, I like think of the Wild West where I tried to leave it open and react to and be able to get some work done. CK: I like that. It sounds like you have a nice blend of a very loose structure that you work within that helps you stay somewhat organized, but then you really leave room for creativity and inspiration and doing the work. PR: I think I’m very unorganized, but yet organized if that like there's a paradox or I don't know what the right word is, but … CK: Well, it seems to be working for you. You've accomplished some pretty big things in the past five years or so. Our big question on #WeGotGoals always is what is one big goal that you've accomplished that you're particularly proud of, why was it so meaningful to you and how did you get there? PR: So goals, I guess, goal I had early on in my life, I guess career. I've always wanted freedom. I guess the outcome I wanted was always to be successful and I really wanted to be free. Not freedom in the sense of do whatever I want, but like to be able to make decisions and grow. They have kind of kind of control of my own fate. And so prior to working at RXBAR, I'd always had a normal job and whatnot and I felt really handcuffed and I wasn't in a position to be successful. And so a goal for me early on was always to like really flourish and have freedom and achieve success for myself and I guess I didn't know what that looked like. So it was really just discovering that in my early twenties and then I guess I found it with creating, creating the company with Jared, my co-founder. CK: So you didn't really know what freedom would look like. I mean, how did you sort of take the steps to uncover that? PR: I guess early on, early on in my life, I've always rejected poor leadership and I mis-associated with authority. Like I've always like, oh, I don't like authority, but actually I just didn't like, I shunned bad leadership and I never really had great leadership in my work experience. So that's where I felt like it didn't have freedom, right? Like I needed freedom to think, to grow, to challenge, to do. So creative freedom, work freedom, not go do whatever you want type of thing, but like to be challenged to think differently, you know, to define your own path. CK: So that's a really interesting insight. That freedom maybe was freedom, not from any leadership at freedom from poor leadership. PR: Yeah, for sure. Good leadership allows that, allows an individual to flourish and grow. I never had that, so I was yearning that ability and I didn't realize that until I started working here and moved into like a leadership position that like that's what I was really seeking and yearning early on. CK: So, I mean, you have grown in the company and by leaps and bounds in the past five years and when you were started making the bars in your parents basement, right? And now you're part of a huge national company and you're selling a 120 million plus bars a year. Are those goals that you could have even foreseen back when you first started out? PR: No, absolutely not. So I mean those were like outcomes we never planned. Jared and I were never like, oh, we're gonna build the business to sell it or like having an outcome like that or whatever achieve that. We were, our goal was to make the best product possible, our goal was to make the best company possible. And those were some of our how our approach was and those are really like our strategies and what happened is that great company, those great products, the financial financial performance and those things were really all outcomes of that. So no, and to be honest, I remember sitting back with Jared like really early on and being like, you know, if we do this right, this is a $10 million business and you know, I'd be lying to you if I said how we had planned all this out. We got lucky and we've, we've, we had the right values guiding us and we did what was important. CK: So talk to me about some of those values. What do you think were the important step are the important values that took you from a to b to Z. PR: That's a good question. So I guess the values that were most where I would say like humility, both we like to think of as emotionally and intellectually like, right. We didn't have all the answers. We knew we didn't have all the answers. We stayed curious. We asked for help. And then for Hared and I are working together as co-founders, we never fought over titles, we never fought over responsibility. We did what was in the best interest of the company early on. So that requires a lot of, you know, you have to free yourself of your pride and arrogance. So that was really important early on you see a lot of people fighting over this and that. And like I always say, like if Jared and I were building a house, we never fought over the color of the house, you know what I mean? It was just like we went. So humility is number one and it's both emotionally and intellectually. PR: And then second is excellence. Just like constant improvement and entrepreneurial, like a real entrepreneurial mindset and growth mindset of like, this can get better. We've got to figure it out because you think about a company, all it is, is a group of people that are formed in teams that have to make decisions and those decisions usually are around problems, right? Or opportunity or problem, whatever way you want to look at it. And so doing that really, really well is important, people decisions and problems. So that, um, and then other one is like tenacity too, I don't know if that's an actual value, just grit, but like it was miserable like pressing bars with your thumbs in your parents basement when you're 26 and while your friends are doing great things and having dinner in the city, whatever it is. You can't, you know, it takes a lot of grit. And there wasn't like, you know, you look at the company today and it's like, ‘Oh, it's great. You guys are successful.’ It wasn't like that a while ago and it was actually quite miserable and Jared and I  actually suffered a lot in a good way. I think suffering is good, but so you have to prepared to suffer in a good way. CK: Knowing that you sort of had this idea that maybe you hadn't experienced good leadership before. Did you have other examples of leaders that you've found along the way who kind of helped shape this as you went along? PR: Not necessarily like I'm never had great, I never really experienced great leadership. I've experienced great parenting. I have amazing parents and that is a form of leadership I'd argue, but I know I never, I never had it. When I played sports I had a coach that like was involved in practice run with us. Like was a great leader and I mean it was amazing how it worked, but I know I never had anyone, like oh, that's what great leadership looks like. I didn't realize what it was until like in action here in this company. Like I realized how important it was. So. No, but I know, I know, I yearned it. I yearned it. I never necessarily had it I would say and I didn't know what it looked like either. CK: What's an example of kind of what it looks like now on a day to day basis here and how do you, how do you kind of know that you're here exemplifying it? PR: So I, I think presence is super important. So being available, being around flying in and solving problems, you know what I mean? Like if there's an issue going in and helping fix it. Um, so like, can I call it, like I think of it as like reactionary, reactionary leadership support is super important so you're there and you react to the problem and go down to help fix it. And then also being super proactive in terms of breaking down potential barriers. So you're being there, you're having the vision to help break down a potential problem so it doesn't happen. So that, that's great leadership. PR: Yeah, I mean that, I mean for us, the way we lay out the way we meet, I mean we've systemized that really through our structures. So example, if like a service call comes in and there's an issue like in I can tell, I can hear the, someone struggling with a customer, I can go in and like pick it up and help. Like that's great leadership. Presence is important, is really important. Being consistent, you know what I mean? Like not coming in moody, not, not really self regulating yourself is important. So how you show up consistently articulating the vision and where we're going and why we're going. We're making value-based decisions so being consistent with decision making, not just like arbitrarily, right? So those are all things that are important and being approachable, you know, and also there's another like knowing the business too, like I think there's a level, like a lot of times you hear EQ and like these softer skills are really important and they are absolutely empathy, understanding the business and just everyone's position and situation, but actually like having knowledge and actually experiencing and be able to like tactically help out. I think it's really important and having knowledge of the business uh, is important because imagine if someone came in from here to be a leader here but like didn't know shit about the food business, you know, it'd be hard for them to have credibility. And that's the advantage I have as a founder. Like shit I've came from the beginning, I have this knowledge from experience, like it's really helpful for people. So I think that's important too. CK:  I'd imagine that gets challenging to stay on top of as you grow, and I mean how many people work here now? PR:  I think a hundred 10? CK: How do you kind of keep tabs on that and keep in—it sounds like some of just jumping in and solving the problems and keeps you connected to the front line. Right. What else? PR: Well, that’s, I mean, we’re 110. So I've, I've read a lot and like I know we're on the inflection point where like, I know everyone's name, right? And now we're going to be like 140, 150, 200. At some point that's not scalable, right? Like we exceed every, every individual's capacity to know everyone's name and who they are and how they work, etc. So here it right now sub 120, whatever, it’s easy. I know everyone's name, I know how they work, I know their personality type, I know. PR: But in a year that's going to be totally different. So I, I'm actually, I don't know the answer, but uh, you know, for me it's not necessarily about me knowing it's really about our leadership here in the different teams and the groups of teams and how they work and what is the leadership look like on those teams. So scaling, like what we do in systemizing it so it permeates the whole organization. CK: So as you've grown, how important would you say that the type of people that you've hired has been to your ongoing success? PR: We have the best. The amount of people we’ve accumulated is unbelievable. So I say like where like one of the companies we're in, the people business, the company's responsibility to, to ensure every individual’s achieving their goal and flourishing. So that's probably the most important thing we do is hire people; I’ve said that. We have a good process and a lot of our success actually all of our success is due to the fact that we've been able to build an awesome team. PR: So we at the highest level, like I said, we're a group of people who make decisions and solve problems. Like we are in the people business, the highest level. At the end of the day one of the things we do is make a bar and we make food and we do other things. Um, but that Is what business we're actually in. Ao it's the most important thing. Any business that involves people. CK: What would you say is kind of different about your process or superior about your process for finding these people. PR: We have a very, we have a culture that people were, where the company is aligned on. We’ve defined the competencies that are great with individuals. The question is like, what competencies do individuals possess that make them successful and flourish? So we asked that question and we've really laid it out there and we, you know, we look through those in candidates and also like it's important I think, I don't know other companies like this is the biggest company I've ever worked for. So I don't know what it looks like in other places, but you know, everyone, you know, It's not like P&O or HR does the hiring. It's, it's a very cross-functional process. Our goal is to hire the best people and make sure they're, they're in a position to be successful. And then we put a, a soft process around it. CK: So any tips on what those competencies are for people who might be looking? PR: something that's. I don't want to like you, you have a lot of people listen to this and I don't want to tip our hands. CK: You don't have to give out trade secrets. That's ok. PR: Yeah. Just know that like we want our job is to make sure anyone who has it sits here and is a part of the team is in a position to flourish and achieve what they want to achieve and that's what we look for and that's the most important thing. There is no, lIke if that's not there, then it—you're just going to leave. You know what I mean? So it's actually a, it's a very mutual process. We're not just doing this for us, it's actually like in the interest of the candidate. You know what I mean? CK: That's always, I think as it, you know, when you're a job seeker, that's a really nice feeling have when you enter into an interview and feel like it is a mutual search. PR: To be ultimately successful. I believe it has to be. But at the same time, if there's an individual doesn't know what they want to achieve, that's ok, that's the right answer. They don't have the goal, right, like what their career goal is. It's ok, we can, as long as you have the right mindset and approach, you can discover it and that's our job then for you, to discover your passions and what are you good at. So that's a lot of times younger candidates don't know what the hell they want, which is totally normal. You know what I mean? I don't think anyone coming out of school is like, oh I want to be this. They just want to join a great team and great company and really learn and grow. CK: What has this process been like with a partner? PR: Kellogg? CK: Well, I mean, even to start—starting the company with Jared. How do you two balance each other out? PR: It's been, It's been good. So I always think of like Jared and I are like totally different birds. You know what I mean? Like, so that helps. Like we're—one of our values is collaboration and that's like we not I, right? And not seeking credit. So our relationship is like super collaborative. If you look up any personality test we’re literally the opposite ends and he has more of a financial background and he values stability where I'm more commercial facing and value action. So we're like total yin and yang. So like in the beginning when we first started, I'm remember like, we've been incorporating a company, this is a long time ago. And we're going over like, what is your role? What's our role? You know what I mean? Sometimes it's an uncomfortable conversation. PR: It was like, ok, well you should be the CEO and I should be the CFO. And like that was from the get go really easy. So the role and responsibilities is very natural for us. So It's been amazing. And we wouldn't be here today If we didn't have that balance. For example, when a task, when it was just us and when a task came through, it was very obvious who did what. So yeah, it's been everything in, you know, I don't know what other co-founder relationships are like, but I imagine if you get to like people with the same, two types of birds that are the same, there's holes In the business and things fall through the crack. Where for us it was, we move faster. We didn't fight. I don't think we had one fight. CK: That’s pretty amazing. PR: I mean we've had disagreements but not like an actual like fight. Conflict is normal but not like bad conflict or like ugly conflict. CK: Can you pinpoint any ways that communicated effectively that have prevented that. Or is it just the personality? PR: The advantages that Jared and I have—is when you hire a, like when you work with friends, like you see this a lot with businesses early on, like where they’re, like friends starting it together, you know what I mean? And the reason why is because we have rapport. I've known him since first grade. He's known me since first grade. He knows when I'm pissed. I know when he's upset. So it actually causes us, the rapport and history we have together causes that causes us address things earlier rather than them just boiling or whatever. Like, I didn’t know you were pissed, I couldn't tell like, well no I can actually, I can smell, I can smell when he's pissed off or upset or disappointed. PR: He can smell when I’m—you know what I mean? It's more than. It's like this feeling, this intuition and instincts that you have just because you have rapport with is another human for so long. So that's a huge advantage we've had. And that's why you see like early businesses like you think about, it's all friends usually starting it because you can't be like, hey, want to. Like you can't go to the market place and be like, hey, you want to start this business with me? I don't know you. You want to start this? I don't fucking trust you. I trust Jared, he trusts me. We’re aligned. And you think about the values of our company really stem from our relationship because those are the two people that are at the two inputs that effect how we work here early on. It's shaped it in a totally different way because you know, the next new people come shapes it in a good way. Right? CK: That's another huge phase that you're in now. So how—you're set up as kind of as a company within Kellogg, is that right? PR: Yeah. So like a standalone business, a different business unit in a way. CK: Was that kind of an important goal to you when pursuing this kind of a deal? PR: Yeah, for sure it was table-stakes. Because people use the word exit—like we never actually exited, you know what I mean? As shareholders, we show sold their shares. But um, so for us we were looking for the right, the right muscle, and to protect our people and our culture. So those are kind of two objectives or goals that we were looking for in a partner. And Kellogg fit that perfectly and now we have resources to continue to achieve our business objectives and, and flourish as a company. CK: So the resources is obviously that's a, that's a big change. I mean, what else has changed so far? What else do you predict will change? PR: So change. As a company, we’ve changed a lot and that's just the nature of, of a, of a business. So it's all been good change. I would say in terms of, as it relates to Kellogg and being owned by them. They're, I wouldn't say there's any significant change. It's all good stuff in the sense that like, you know, we have some things we're navigating through in terms of some legal stuff for, not legal but like contracts that we need their expertise. Like, talk about performance management or like how to operate or how to manage channel conflict as we grow. Like there's a lot of expertise that we have in internationally, the global expansion, like that's something we wouldn't really be able to do on her own very quickly. And so with their leadership and their expertise and access, we've been able to move that up on the calendar significantly and go after new opportunities like that. PR: So there's been a bunch of good stuff. But like as a company, I wouldn't say we've changed our, there's been any change. Um, so the, the thing is, I always tell our team this, like we're gonna grow to, you know, we're gonna grow the business to 200 people and whatever—hopefully, you know, 400 people in a billion in revenue in these are things we want to achieve. We're going to change, like, you know what I mean? Change is a good thing and we, we have to fix our processes or improve our processes or whatever and let's not associate any sort of negative part of our size. Like, right, we're growing, we're getting bigger and there's some compromises that come with that. Meaning not everyone has all the information sometimes. That's part of it. Like I can't know what's going on in the social calendar. I just can’t. And mis-associating that change with new ownership or anything. Like that's, there's, we're growing and that's part of the, it's part of the territory. And um, we have to adapt in an intelligent way. CK: Right, so there’s changes that just come from growth and there’s changes that come from the partnership from the acquisition. PR: But like those changes are just things … ike there's really no changes so far. So it's all opportunity to be honest. CK So the second big question that we typically ask on #WeGotGoals is about a goal you have for the future and how you plan to get there. PR: As a company? CK: Well, I mean that's up to you. You can answer it as a company or you can answer it as an individual. PR: Yeah, I mean I think one of our goals is to really change and influence our legacy in the food business and really set the new standard for how food is designed, marketed and done. And so I really like remove the bullshit in big CPG and really restore confidence in different stakeholders from farmers, brokers, distributors, customers, consumers, et cetera. So we always pioneer our own path and, and so I guess the goal longer term or to really leave the impacting legacy on food and how things are done. CK: And CPG? PR:  Consumer packaged goods. So it's a monsters industry in a good way. It's huge. Everything. everyone needs food. CK: That's a pretty ambitious goal to change the way the food system works. I mean, what do you think are the biggest problems and how do you think you can have an impact on them? PR: Like one of the biggest ones is like, you know, as you get bigger, you, why can't big companies innovate in a, in an authentic and effective way? So that's one problem we approach and also how organizations are built or you know, it's totally different today. So I think organizationally through different design and tactics and systemizing things, you can change it in serving, ensuring, making value based decisions in ensuring you're serving the right people in the right way and not not, you know, I think there's a great quote, I actually think it's a Martha Stewart, but power—someone's character is best measured when you give them power and influence. Um, So like when you get powerful and in positions of influence, like how do you treat people is a real test of how you work. CK: And you mentioned that kind of no BS, which I know is on your label and something that, I mean from a consumer perspective, like what do these, what might these changes look like and what does that no BS mean. PR: No BS really just means, like, nonsense. It's not so literal, just like nonsense, like bad, like overly marketed to, gimmicky stuff. So it's across the board, across the business and of course in the products like right, we don't want nonsense ingredients or nonsense stuff, so that's how we, how we think about it. CK: So what can people who are out there buying RXBARs now, like what kind of change my base fee in the long term in the food system, if you are successful? PR: More access to food that like it's better for you, that's delicious. It saves you time that you can trust. So that's how I would think about it or how we think about it. CK: Back to thinking about your corporate path and your, your journey again from the basement to do this nice office to what I understand is going to be in an even bigger office coming soon. When you think back on your journey and if you—I’m sure you often give advice to other entrepreneurs, if you have one or two key pieces of advice that you'd offer people, what might they be? PR: Oh, there's a lot, there's so much, and it’s so situational. A motto I always live by is like, do what's effective and what feels good for me. That’s like, for me, important. There's a ton. Be proactive, not reactive. And like solve a problem, right? I feel like at least in entrepreneurship, a lot of like—Jared and I did this because we saw a gap in the market, like a problem. Like there wasn't a product that fit our needs. It wasn't like—we didn't focus on the outcome, we're not, you know, we were like, oh, we want to start a business and grow a business and do that. It was like, well, here's this opportunity that there's problem in the marketplace and do that. So that, that's important. You know, in a lot of people, like on the surface you're like, oh I want to have a nice business. I'm going to be an entrepreneur one day, like I never, we never were like, oh, we're going to be an entrepreneur one day it was just like, hey, there's this product we didn't, um, we want to make. And like, knowing what's important, doing what's important is important. CK: Like you said, maybe be willing to suffer a little bit along the way. PR: Yeah, suffering’s good. Pain’s good. As long as you learn from. CK: One of those things like, in fitness as in life PR: Well, yeah, think about fitness—there’s actually great parallels. So think about fitness, the most painful brutal workouts, not overused of course, but like the hardest workouts are where you stimulate the most growth from, you know. And work is the same thing. The most discomfort you have, the harder it is, the more you grow. And that's what I tell people, like I've been miserably uncomfortable since the day I started this. Vulnerable and uncomfortable. But that's part of growth and it's not. There's a stupid analogy, but I like to think about it—you know when you like wake up in the morning and you're in bed and it’s like so comfortable, especially in the winter here in Chicago, like. You never, if you take the sheets off, it's like oh, it's freezing and it's uncomfortable. You can just like stay in bed. That’s comfort, is just staying there. But like ripping the sheets off, being cold. Like that’s how you get going and that's how you start. You don't want to just stay in bed all day. CK: Just get out there, get started. Excellent advice. You mentioned early on that one of your goals was freedom. Do you think you have it? PR: That’s such a good question. No, I feel like a slave, but I do have creative freedom, but I'm a servant a hundred percent, but I like that. CK: So do you think your idea of what freedom is has just changed. PR: Yeah. Yeah. I don't have absolute freedom. I guess I need to define what freedom is. I mean, I love my job. It's not a, it's not even a job. It's like what I do. I, you know, I guess to give context, when I was prior to working at RXBAR, I was in a miserable spot, like I didn't like my job. I wasn't successful, I was insecure, I didn't have any confidence and I, I wanted to be successful. I wanted freedom to pursue my talent, whatever I was good at and, and grow and so I guess I needed to do to find what freedom meant. But back to your original question today am I free? No, I'm a servant to the company and I'm not free on paper, I guess. I don't know, that's a great question. I need to reflect on this. I don't have the answer. CK: Yeah, maybe you’re a servant, but a happier one. A servant to a good master. PR: I think what gives humans such satisfaction in serving others actually like for me, like watching all these people grow and achieve their goals is like—I’m high as a kite. Like there's nothing more gratifying than watching someone change and grow and achieve their goals and the way I try to do that is through serving them and serving their interests and whatnot. So I guess my priorities have shifted. Like my original goal was get out of misery and find something that I was good at and be successful and that's what I kind of maybe me my freedom. And now my goals are, or what makes me happy and goals are different. CK: Peter, I can’t thank you enough for joining me. PR: Thank you. No, I appreciate your time and I'm always here. CK: This podcast is produced by me, Cindy Kuzma, and it's another thing that's better with friends, so please share it with yours. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And while you're there, if you could leave us a rating or review, especially if you're an iTunes or Apple Podcasts, we would really appreciate it. Special thanks to J. Many for our theme music; to our guest this week, Peter Rahal; and to Tech Nexus, as always, for the recording studio.

Join the Revolution this Lent! Make Ringside part of your podcast rotation. You won't regret it. What other podcast has its own intern! Young Sam Hess joins us while we wait for our intern to finish up at the carwash! TOPICS: 1. Why Lent? Does Lent have a good and godly purpose? Is it just vacuous tradition? Can it be abused? 2. Deep Work! Listen to a review of the fantastic book, Deep Work, by Cal Newport. Hopefully you will be encouraged to organize your time to the benefit of your study and work. 3. Aristotelian ethics, Jordan Peterson and civic righteousness. Can christians 'fake it till ya make it.' 4. MARK 8 - Who do you say I am? Did Peter not really understand what 'Christ' means? Why does Jesus get mad with him? Why was Peter so shocked by Jesus' death prediction? Music: intro - dead bees, I love my man Outro: Joel Allen Hess, Dog Life books: 12 rules for Life - Jordan Peterson Nicomachean Ethics - aristotle Deep Work - Cal newport

And often times as believers, we get caught making sand castles, that we know are going to wash away. Or we build with straw and wood and when they get knocked over we either rebuild or move along. But as Christians we really need to be taking the time to build with brick and build on a solid foundation. We are going to read today from the Gospel of Matthew and Luke, about building houses. Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6:46-49 What are you building on? What kind of foundation have you laid? Psalms 127:1 Have you been wasting your time? Have you been trying to build your house (your life) without the Lord? We have to establish our lives on the truth of Jesus Christ. We have to follow His blue prints, not come up with our own designs. We have to surrender to His design. And when we surrender our lives to Him, He comes in with His set of blue prints and shows us how to build a strong foundation, a strong home, one that will last. Jesus told Peter that because of his foundational understanding, Jesus could build His church on that foundation. Matthew 16:15-18 Did Peter ever mess things up after this? Did he do things that were not the most righteous? Did he say things that he regretted? Yep. What did Jesus do after His resurrection to Peter? The Gospel of John records the beautiful moment where Jesus gave Peter a 2nd chance. In His love, Jesus, went to His friend Peter and lovingly reinstated him. Lovingly gave him a 2nd chance. Lovingly restored their relationship again. And here is the deal, Jesus is here today and He wants to do the same for all of us. This house, Cornerstone Church, and the people within it, have been established on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:20-22 We are not perfect, but we are family! And family loves! And true love is established on the firm foundation that is Jesus Christ! What are you building on? This church and the people in it are a strong foundation that can be relied upon because it is full of people that have a firm foundation for their lives. 1 Peter 2:5 What would happen in your life if your health failed, if your friends or family die, if your job suddenly goes away or some other sudden life change takes place? Would your foundation crumble? Are you in a place where cracks are forming and you know it is a matter of time before the whole thing comes crumbling down? Can I suggest that today you repent and surrender your life to Jesus? Can I suggest that today you take these blue prints (the Bible) for life and begin building a new foundation?

Overview - Let All That You Do, Be Done With Love. Acts 8:19-25. In our message today, we mainly spent our time on Simon and his desire to buy the gift of laying his hands on people to be able to grant people the power of God’s Holy Spirit, and Peter’s response to him for having this desire, for it was totally sinful. Now, this desire of Simon’s was sinful of course, and Peter rebukes him for it for sure, but it is within the way that Peter rebukes him for his sin that I bring into question in this message, because boy oh boy, does Peter rebuke him for his sin. You see, Peter’s rebuke of Simon seems very harsh, rude, and terribly unloving. And the reason I call his rebuke into question, is because of what the title of our message says. That title again: Let all that you do, be done with love. And, the reason I call Peter’s rebuke into question is because it sure doesn’t seem as if Peter rebukes Simon in very much love at all. In fact, I would have to say that Peter’s rebuke of Simon seems more like a verbal punch in the face, than any kind of love, but is it? And the problem with Peter’s seeming lack of love in rebuking Simon is that our title comes from 1 Corinthians 16, which means that it is the way that God wants His kids to act towards others. So big question here: Did Peter sin by rebuking Simon the way that he did? So since that is the big question today, I take this sermon to answer it, as well as much more. Very good message if you have ever wondered if Peter's response to Simon is sinful or not. May the Lord Bless you as you seek Him Pastor Ed.

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Peter's First Sermon - Pt. 1. Acts 2:14-21. Last week we read of how God gifted the apostles with the gift of tongues, and I talked about why He did that. One of the reasons He did, was to get the attention of the multitudes of people that were on the streets below, so that He could tell them about His Son, Jesus Christ. Did it work? Well of course, God's methods always work. But what next? What was God's next plan of action to reach these lost people for Christ? Peter preaches his first sermon. What does Peter preach on? A prophesy out of Joel chapter 2, a prophetic book that God inspired Joel to write hundreds of years before Christ was ever born. What was Joel's prophesy about? Did Peter transmit it exactly the way Joel wrote it? And what was God's intended purpose for the prophesy, and Peter's reason for preaching it. Come, take a listen and find out the answers to these questions and more, in this sermon titled, "Peter's First Sermon". May God richly bless you for seeking Him Pastor Ed

David Chen, Jeff Cannata, Peter Sciretta, and Germain Lussier reconvene to discuss the results of their 2016 box office summer movie wager results. Did Peter take it all by betting his money on Finding Dory over Captain America: Civil War? Below, you’ll find the actual box office rankings for this summer, as well as Dave, Jeff, Peter, and Germain’s original rankings. 2016 Summer Movie Wager Scoring: Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each). The rest of the scoring goes like this: 10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on 7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up 5 points if it was two spots away 3 points if your pick is anywhere in the Top 10 1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10 The scoring is tabulated so that you get the SINGLE HIGHEST point value for each pick- that is, if you get number ten right, you don’t get 13+3, you only get 13. Actual Top 10 list for summer 2016 1. Finding Dory 2. Captain America: Civil War 3. The Secret Life of Pets 4. Suicide Squad 5. Jason Bourne 6. X-Men: Apocalypse 7. Star Trek Beyond 8. Central Intelligence 9. Ghostbusters 10. The Legend of Tarzan Peter Sciretta’s List: Finding Dory Captain America: Civil War Suicide Squad Independence Day: Resurgence X-Men: Apocalypse Ghostbusters The Secret Life of Pets Star Trek Beyond Alice Through the Looking Glass Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Wildcards Ice Age: Collision Course Neighbors 2 Warcraft David Chen’s List Captain America: Civil War Finding Dory Secret Life of Pets Suicide Squad X-Men Apocalypse Star Trek Beyond Jason Bourne Ghostbusters Independence Day: Resurgence Ice Age: Collision Course Wild Cards: BFG Warcraft Tarzan Germain Lussier’s List: Captain America Civil War Finding Dory Independence day Secret Life Pets X-men Alice Central Intelligence Ghostbusters Suicide Squad Star Trek Beyond Wildcards Neighbors 2 Ninja Turtles 2 Conjuring 2 Jeff Cannata’s List: Civil War Finding Dory Ice Age Xmen Apocalypse Independence Day TMNT Jason Bourne Star Trek ghostbusters Suicide Squad Wildcards Neighbors 2 Central Intelligence Pete’s Dragon Devindra Hardawar’s List: Captain America Civil War Suicide Squad The Angry Birds Movie X-Men Apocalypse The Secret Life of Pets Finding Dory Jason Bourne Star Trek Beyond Independence Day Resurgence Ghostbusters Wildcards Central Intelligence The BFG Free State of Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit https://www.acast.com/privacy

Could God choose to make the possible universe actual? When we talk about creation from God's point of view, because he is creating time itself, we need to talk about the creation of the whole of creation. Did Peter have the ability not to deny Christ three times? Consider Matthew 26:34 and Matthew 26:75. Humanly speaking, was there a chance Peter would not deny Christ? From God's point of view, was there really any chance of Peter's denial not happening? Even if our present model of the universe is not right, it is still a model in which the coexistence of determinism and randomness are coherent together. In the argument of sovereignty and free will, are there Scriptures that clearly indicate people have free will? Are there Scriptures that indicate God is in control of all things? Does Scripture seem, even in very limited places, to acknowledge the idea of chance events? Scripture speaks to human choices -free, real, and intentional and Scripture speaks to God's sovereignty in the universe. Why then is there a problem? Why is there an argument about free will and predestination when both are clearly in Scripture? Does Scripture at any time acknowledge a choice cannot be both God's and a human being's? In the argument, all agree that, "Sovereignty is incompatible with free will." In Physics, the future is real and electrons behave randomly. Physicists agree that Determinism is incompatible with Randomness. For Physicists, the war is between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity. Consider Augustine and Calvin on God's sovereignty and man's free will. God's Word goes out whether we understand it or not. One way to solve the problem is God's eternity relative to our timeline. For William Lane Craig, the problem can also be solved by just God's knowledge when he created the world. Consider differentiating this with the God of the gaps. The distinction is within the world or outside the world. The God of the gaps is a cause in the world. The distinction is between inside the world causation and the outside the world causation. Within the world, Adam and Eve caused the apple to have a bite out of it. God caused the world in which Adam and Eve caused the apple to have a bite out of it. Why didn't God make a world in which they didn't eat the apple? Scripture gives us two kinds of answers. Explore Job 38:1-2. Consider that to understand the whole of this universe and why creating this universe could possibly be good is far beyond what anything our minds can do. Could God create a world in which an evil event happens, in which the evil event really is evil, and in which we celebrate God for his creation of it? Reflect on the Jesus Story. The Cross, humanly speaking, is the most dreadfully awful, incredibly evil event of all time. But how do we remember the Cross - with dread or celebration? Consider that God does not yet give us a full explanation for why this world is good. We celebrate the Cross because we see the good that God has worked out of it. Amazingly, a science and theology class in which we are forced to think about the difference between internal causation and external causation, helps us to think through some of the most significant and horribly damaging theological issues in the church.

Peter Sage is truly a limitless serial entrepreneur and has created multiple million dollar companies and continues to coach and inspire entrepreneurs around the world. His latest venture is a multi-billion dollar company in the clean energy space so he has built businesses in many different sizes and verticals. In this episode Peter shares lessons on how you can get that winning mindset you need in your personal life and in business. He also shares the powerful statement of “I Am” and how you truly are good enough. He has free gifts on his website at www.petersage.com 01:45 - Are entrepreneurs born or made? 04:04 - Having Dan Peña be his mentor 08:35 - Did Peter ever feel limited with his opportunities and abilities? 10:18 - Your emotional bank account feeds your financial bank account 12:26 - The fundamental error we make as business owners 15:06 - How to create a breakthrough with a limitless mindset 17:59 - Why linking your self worth to your net worth puts you on the wrong foundation 24:30 - How being afraid to fail destroys your business 27:27 - One of the first insecurities he looks for in an entrepreneur 31:25 - Fulfillment comes from the ability to grow and the ability to contribute 34:25 - What he thinks about himself… very profound! 37:39 - Why you need to take care of yourself physically 43:12 - The outer world always follows the inner world 45:15 - Upgrading your peer group 51:05 - Peter’s parting advice Make sure to thank Peter for this episode in the comments and on iTunes. To say contact Peter reach out on Twitter/PeterSage007

Please recommend a few books on Hellenistic culture and influence in Judea/Palestine. In Mathew 3:9 John the Baptist is lambasting those poor old Pharisees and Sadducees again. But I really don't understand his meaning. "Do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham." What does Matthew 24:28 mean? If the bible doesn't mention abortion, what on earth is Numbers 5:11-31 about? In my view, what Ezekiel described in Eze 28:13-15 and Eze 1:13-14 were not stars but plasma discontinuities. The Roman Catholic Church claims that Peter was the first pope. How true is this? Did Peter even exist? Is the Petrine Doctrine an interpolation? How or why do you reject Pascal's wager? Couldn't there be a Quadrinity? What about 5 members of the Godhead? Or a million? How does Proteus Peregrines fit in to the Paul-Simon puzzle? Might the Ophites have been a survival of the worship of Leviathan? Is it possible that the story of the Exodus is a memory of the Hyksos being expelled from Egypt? Is it possible that there was some sort of Enosh-Enoch-Moses-Noah ur-patriarch? According to William Lane Craig, there is an increase in conservative scholarship. Is this true? How reliable is conservative scholarship? Is it all or mostly ax-grinding? Comments on Let the Reader Understand by Robert M. Fowler and Thomas L. Thompson's The Mythic Past.

Talking about the tendency to put our will before the will of God. Did Peter speak too soon? Pain brings gain! Camp Pentecost https://goo.gl/jtHFVA ConradRocks.Net

Talking about the tendency to put our will before the will of God. Did Peter speak too soon? Pain brings gain! Camp Pentecost https://goo.gl/jtHFVA ConradRocks.Net

Did Peter really give up everything on a wim? Let's see. When we are invited to join a team we are given information.