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Larry Underwood (Dr. Gangrene) joins Derek to take on John Agar in Hand of Death (dir. Gene Nelson)

A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany St. Matthew 8:1-13 by William Klock   Have you ever met someone with leprosy?  Probably not.  Today it's extremely rare.  We hardly give it a thought.  But in the ancient world it was one of the most dreaded diseases.  It began with the loss of feeling in your extremities and nodules that would turn into ulcers.  The loss of feeling spread.  The ulcers never healed.  Your hair would fall out and your eyes would go blind.  Ulcers would form on your vocal cords, leaving your voice hoarse and rasping.  Gangrene would set in.  Eventually you would lose fingers and toes and sometimes whole limbs.  Sometimes it led to madness.  Eventually it would lead to death, but not quickly.  Some forms of leprosy would take a decade to run their course and others twenty or thirty years. But as bad, if not worse than the physical misery was the fact that it was contagious.  That made lepers outcasts.  The Jewish historian Josephus tells us that lepers were treated “as if they were, in effect, dead men”.  When a person was diagnosed with leprosy, they were immediately banished from family and community.  In Leviticus 13:46 the Lord had commanded, “He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.”  And people didn't get better from leprosy.  That's why it was a miracle when the Lord intervened to heal Naaman the Syrian of his leprosy.  Consider that in medieval Europe, before he was cast out, a leper was brought to the church one last time so the priest could read the burial service over him.  So to be a leper was, for all intents and purposes, to be dead.  Not, of course, to yourself, but dead to your family, your friends, and your community.  In Israel lepers were barred from Jerusalem and from any walled town or city.  The law described over sixty types of contact that would render a person unclean and contact with a leper was second only to contact with a dead body.  If a leper so much as poked his head through the door of your house, your house would be rendered unclean.  One rabbi boasted that he threw stones at lepers to keep them at a distance, because that's where they belonged.  Keep that in mind as we look again at today's Gospel.  Look with me at Matthew 8:1-4. When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.  Suddenly a leper came to him and knelt down in front of him.  “Lord,” he said, “if you want, you can make me clean!”  Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him.  “I do want to,” he said.  “Be clean!”  And at once his leprosy was cleansed.  “Take care,” Jesus said to him, “that you don't say anything to anyone.  Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering which Moses commanded.  That will be the proof to them.”   For the last three chapters Jesus has been preaching the Sermon on the Mount.  So he's been preaching to the crowds about the kingdom of God—what it's going to be like and who's going to be part of it.  And I can imagine the people in the crowd nodding in approval as they listened—but the real weight of it not really sinking in.  It's often like that when he hear God's word.  Something like “Love your neighbour.”  We agree.  We think, “Oh, that's good.”  But the real radicalness of it doesn't sink in.  And then something happens—we're faced with a choice, we encounter a person—and the Spirit brings that lesson to mind and we realise just how much God and the gospel expect of us.  Sometimes we fail the test.  Imagine the crowd that had been listening to Jesus preach, now following him into town and this leper approaches Jesus.  And everything Jesus has been saying about the kingdom is forgotten.  People are thinking, “Stupid leper!  Doesn't he know he shouldn't be here!  How dare he come so close to the rabbi!”  They've just heard Jesus preaching at length about the kingdom, but I expect at least some of them saw the leper and were thinking to themselves that if Jesus were a good rabbi, he would tell this man to take a hike—to obey torah and get out of town—maybe even throw rocks at him. Imagine their surprise when instead of quoting Leviticus at the man and telling him to get lost, Jesus stops as the man kneels at his feet.  That says something right there.  When this leper saw Jesus he saw the Messiah.  Jews didn't prostrate themselves before any old person.  This posture was reserved for the Lord.  In some way, shape, or form he saw in Jesus the God of Israel.  And with his hoarse and damaged voice he rasps out, “Lord, if you want, you can make me clean!  Please make me clean.”  And to their horror, Jesus reaches out and touches the man.  The law said that a leper could come no closer to a healthy person than a cubit and Matthew makes a point describing Jesus reaching out, stretching out his arm to its full length across that distance to bridge the gap between himself and the leper, so that he could make contact with him, to touch the untouchable, to draw in the outcast.  And Jesus says to him, “I want just that.  Be clean.” Uncleanness should have passed from the leper to Jesus.  Obviously you couldn't see something like that, but everyone knew that that was the law, ever since the Lord had spoken it through Moses.  Touch a leper and you become unclean.  So imagine their surprise when they did see something happen.  They saw cleanness pass from Jesus to the leper.  As they watched the man was healed.  His sores healed and disappeared.  His sight cleared.  His voice became whole again.  Maybe fingers and toes even grew back before their watching eyes.  The leprosy was gone.  The man was restored.  His death sentence was lifted. Now, the sermon on the mount wasn't just an abstract ethical manifesto that Jesus delivered to a group of people who could have been from anywhere or any time.  It was a declaration that the kingdom of God had come in fulfilment of the prophets, a declaration that the Messiah had finally come to set God's people to rights.  They desperately need and longed for that.  Ever since they had been called in Abraham, ever since they had, as a nation, been adopted by the Lord as his covenant people, they had in one way or another failed him and failed to be the people he had called and delivered them to be.  They gave their hearts to idols.  They gave their hearts to kings.  They put their trust in horses and chariots.  They oppressed the widow and the orphan and took advantage of the poor and the stranger.  Their rabbis threw stones at lepers who dared get too close.  The nation had repeatedly known the Lord's discipline.  The faithful remnant amongst the people had cried out for centuries to the Lord for help and through the prophets he had promised that he would come, that he would deliver, that he would forgive, that he would put his own Spirit in the hearts of his people and turn them away from sin and self and fill them with love for him and for their neighbours. And now, here it is.  There's a reason we read this Gospel during this season in which we recall and celebrate Jesus' epiphany, his manifestation.  Jesus has just preached about the restoration of fallen Israel, the adulterous bride, to her Lord and the first person he meets as he heads down the mountain and into town is this poor man, cut off from his people, for all intents and purposes dead.  He has lost his covenant status.  He has lost his family—not just his biological family, but his covenant family.  He hasn't known the temple or the Passover for who knows how many years.  In the Lord's providence this man is symbolic of the whole nation of Israel.  Israel hadn't heard the Lord's voice or known his presence in the temple for almost six hundred years.  She was governed and oppressed by pagans.  But as he has humbled himself so far as to take on human flesh, to be born of a Jewish woman, to become one of his own rebellious people, to reach out to them, just so Jesus stretches out his hand across the distance between himself and this believing leper and makes him whole.  This lost son who was dead is alive again. And Jesus doesn't leave it at that.  He sends this man—in accordance with the law—to see the priest so that the priest can see that he has been healed and so that he can restore him to the covenant family.  There are other times in the Gospels that Jesus bypassed the temple and the priests to make a point, but early here in his ministry he instead sends this man to the priests.  It backs up the message he had just preached when he said that he had come not to abolish the law and the prophets, but to fulfil them.  And, too, it sent a message to the priests of Israel.  Like I said, people didn't recover form leprosy.  If they got better and the diagnosis was lifted by a priest, it was probably because it wasn't leprosy in the first place.  I doubt this priest had ever seen a bona fide healing from leprosy.  They might talk about Naaman the Syrian, but no one had ever seen a healing like that for themselves.  And now this man shows up at the home of the local priest—maybe even the priest who had diagnosed him and declared him unclean—and he served as a message from Jesus: the kingdom is at hand.  Israel was about to be set to rights and restored.  And it was all centred in Jesus the Messiah.  The people—and their priests—had a choice before them: Repent and believe in Jesus or find yourself weeping and gnashing your teeth in the darkness when judgement comes—on the outside of the covenant family as this leper had been for so many years.  Repent and believe that in Jesus the Lord was finally here to visit his people, to answer their prayer, and these lost sons and daughters would be invited into their Father's great banquet.  Jesus had come to set Israel to rights. Many of the people in the crowd watched this with joy.  The Messiah really had come.  That great feast Israel had been waiting for was being prepared.  According to one Jewish tradition the main courses at that feast would be Behemoth, the great mythical land monster, and Leviathan, the great sea monster.  Some in the crowd, having heard Jesus preach and having seen the leper healed could already smell the great beasts roasting in the oven like Thanksgiving turkeys.  And then as they reach Capernaum a Roman centurion approaches Jesus.  If the Lord's great banquet was being prepared, this man certainly didn't belong there! Centurions were the backbone of the Roman army and a reminder to the Jews that they were a conquered people.  Matthew doesn't tell us if this centurion was a kind man or a cruel one or how he used his authority.  None of that really matters.  He could have been the kindest man in the world, but he was still a local representative of Rome and a gentile.  He didn't belong in that joyful messianic throng.  But down the main street of the town he came.  Look at Matthew 8:5-9. When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came up and pleaded with him, “Lord,” he said, “my son is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.”  And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”  But the centurion replied, “Lord, I don't deserve to have you come under my roof!  Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.  I know what authority is all about, you know—I've got soldiers answering to me, and I can say to one of them, “Go!” and he goes, and to another “Come here!” and he comes, and I can say, “Do this,” to my slave, and he does it.”   The centurion appeals to Jesus.  Matthew's word choices stress the man's desperation.  He addresses Jesus as “Lord”.  He'd surely heard the talk about Jesus being the Jewish Messiah—the Lord—but being a Roman he probably didn't care about that.  He simply knew that Jesus could heal, that he could fix his desperate situation.  He'd heard the stories.  Maybe he'd even seen the leper, running into town to show himself to the priest.  Exactly who or what Jesus was, that wasn't really his concern.  He simply saw in Jesus a man with power and authority.  A man who could, as Tolkien once put it, make the sad things of this world come untrue, and such a man, Jewish or not, Messiah or not, was worthy of respect.  “Lord, my son is at home, paralysed, sick, and suffering.”  As Luke and John tell this story, the young boy was near death.  But if Jesus could heal others, he could heal this man's son. And Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”  At this point everyone—the Centurion, the Jewish crowd following Jesus, everyone—they stopped and gasped.  They shouldn't have, but I'm sure they did, because that would have been the natural response of anyone when an upright and godly Jew—a rabbi no less—went to the house of a gentile.  The Mishnah declared in no uncertain terms, “The dwelling places of gentiles are unclean,” and even though it came centuries later, we know the Jews of Jesus day thought no differently.  Gentiles were ritually unclean, but everyone present should have known that this wasn't a problem for Jesus.  Jesus touched the leper and instead of contracting his impurity, passed purity to the leper, restoring him to the community of the people of God.  Jesus could enter the home of a gentile and do the same thing. So the Centurion was shocked by Jesus' offer to come to his house.  He refuses with those words so often misused in celebrations of the Lord's Supper: “No.  Don't come to my house.  I'm not worthy that you should come under my roof.”  It's not that the Centurion thought he was personally unworthy, but that he knew the Jewish customs.  His job was to maintain order and the last thing he wanted was a ruckus resulting from a popular rabbi entering his house.  That would just stir up trouble and that was the last thing a Centurion wanted.  His job was to the keep the peace.  And so he says to Jesus, “You don't need to come to my house.  You and I are alike.  We both have authority.  I know how it works.  I have authority over the men in my command.  I send orders for this man to come and he comes.  I send orders for this man to go and he goes.  If you truly have the authority over sickness and demons that I think you have, then you can do the same.  If you order this disease to go, it will go.  If you order that demon to come, it will come.  Give the orders and my little boy will be healed.” Now it was Jesus' turn to be surprised.  Matthew says he marvelled.  He was amazed by what he'd just heard.  Look at verse 10: When Jesus heard this, he marvelled and said to the people who following him, “I'm telling you the truth.  I haven't found faith like this—not even in Israel!  Let me tell you this: lots of people will come from east and west and join the great feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.  But the children of the kingdom will be thrown into outer darkness, where people will weep and gnash their teeth.”  Then to the Centurion he said, “Go home.  Let it be for you as you believed.”  And his son was healed at that very moment.   Notice how Jesus turns to the crowd, to his fellow Jews.  Here they are, following Jesus down the mountain, ready for him to lead them into the age to come when everything is set to rights, ready to sit in his presence at that great banquet and feast on behemoth and leviathan.  And the parade is stopped by this dog of a gentile who has no place in that feast.  When the day comes, they're thinking, the Lord will take care of men like him.  He may strut around Capernaum, in charge of the place today, but one day he would be out in the darkness, weeping and gnashing his teeth.  Some probably thought—maybe even expected—Jesus to give him a little foretaste of that right now.  But instead, Jesus turns and commends the man's faith to everyone.  (This is why people didn't like Jesus!)  He contrasts the faith of this gentile—a pagan they considered the enemy—Jesus uses it to expose the lack of faith he has seen in Israel.  And he quotes from the Old Testament.  Psalm 107:3 and Isaiah 43:5 (and Baruch 4:37) all speak of the Lord's promises to restore scattered Israel, bringing her lost sons and daughters from east and west.  But here Jesus puts a twist on those prophecies and promises.  “When Israel is restored,” he's saying, “When you sit at the Lord's great feast with your fathers, with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and feast on behemoth and leviathan and celebrate your restoration and the great faithfulness of the Lord, your brothers and sisters from east and west will be there, and this man represents them.  Yes, the Lord will bring Jews from east and west, but he will bring others and they, too, will have a share in the Lord's new covenant and in the age to come.  And many of those who think that by birth alone they have a right to be in that banquet…well…they will find themselves out in the dark, weeping and gnashing their teeth.” Jesus knew that it wasn't yet the time for gentiles to come flooding into the kingdom, taking hold of the robes of Jews, as Zechariah had prophesied, and saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”  But in this centurion he saw a foretaste of that day not so far off.  It was a promise most of his fellow Jews had forgotten—or deliberately ignored—in favour of the promises of the great banquet, the setting things to rights, the restoration of Israel.  But this was the reason for Israel's existence as a people, even if few remembered it.  Simeon was one of those who remembered and having met the infant Jesus at his presentation in the temple he sang those familiar words: Lord, now lettest thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.  For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou has prepared before the face of all people; to be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.  (Luke 2:29-32) Jesus would be the glory of Israel in that he would fulfil their mission to be a light to the nations—bringing them to the God of Israel.  In that he would fulfil the law and the prophets and manifest the faithfulness of God.  Again that great theme of epiphany. Jesus commended the centurion's faith and sent him home to his healed little boy, the firstfruits—after a fashion at any rate—of the nations who would see the faithfulness of the God of Israel manifest in Jesus, come to him in faith to give him glory, and would themselves not only be healed and set to rights, but incorporated into this covenant family as sons and daughters of God, seated at the great banquet to feast on behemoth and leviathan. So, Brothers and Sisters, come to the Lord's Table this morning.  In the bread and wine we recall and participate in the great exodus that Jesus wrought at the cross, here we remember and are assured that we belong to him.  Here we take hold of his blood-stained robe and say, “Take us with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”  And here the veil is lifted on the age to come as Jesus gives us a foretaste of the great banquet that awaits us on the day when he will, finally and once and for all, set us and all of his creation to rights.  In the meantime, Friends, take the grace you have found at his Table out into the world and live it for all to see.  Take the good news of Jesus, crucified and risen, with you and proclaim it to all.  As sons and daughters of God, you are stewards of the gospel.  Let every day be Epiphany.  Make the Gospel, make the life of Jesus and the Spirit manifest in what you do and what you say so that the people around you will say, “Take us with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” Let's pray: O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: grant to us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

In this week's episode, Daisy and Olivia tackle some Gs in the history of medicine: glass delusion, gangrene and Godfrey's Cordial. _______________ Follow us on: Twitter - @RCPEHeritage Instagram - @physiciansgallery TikTok - @physiciansgallery Facebook - www.facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery Sign up for our newsletter - www.rcpe.ac.uk/newsletter To support heritage at the RCPE, please donate: www.rcpe.ac.uk/donate _______________ The Team: Olivia Howarth (@oh_archives) - Researcher/Presenter Dr Charlotte Holmes (@_CCHolmes_) - Researcher/Presenter Dr Daisy Cunynghame (@RCPEHeritage) - Researcher/Presenter Laura Burgess (@laura.burgess.18) - Producer/Social Media/Presenter Dr Sarah Hayward - Editor/Producer

In this week's episode, Daisy and Olivia tackle some Gs in the history of medicine: glass delusion, gangrene and Godfrey's Cordial. _______________ Follow us on: Twitter - @RCPEHeritage Instagram - @physiciansgallery TikTok - @physiciansgallery Facebook - www.facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery Sign up for our newsletter - www.rcpe.ac.uk/newsletter To support heritage at the RCPE, please donate: www.rcpe.ac.uk/donate _______________ The Team: Olivia Howarth (@oh_archives) - Researcher/Presenter Dr Charlotte Holmes (@_CCHolmes_) - Researcher/Presenter Dr Daisy Cunynghame (@RCPEHeritage) - Researcher/Presenter Laura Burgess (@laura.burgess.18) - Producer/Social Media/Presenter Dr Sarah Hayward - Editor/Producer

Today we are going to discuss another Editor's Choice article from the European Journal for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (EJVES). The title is: Association of Pedal Acceleration Time With Healing and Amputation Free Survival in Patients With Ulceration and Gangrene by Odette Hart et al from The University of Auckland and Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. The article was published as an Editor's choice in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular surgery in October 2024. Shownotes:Editor's Choice – Association of Pedal Acceleration Time With Healing and Amputation Free Survival in Patients With Ulceration and GangreneHart, Odette et al.European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Volume 68, Issue 4, 490 - 497https://www.ejves.com/article/S1078-5884(24)00471-4/fulltext

ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, SonRaw, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how Alchemist rapping has popped up over the years and what our expectations are around it.  Discuss the Gangrene album and solo project in detail.  intro and outro by andrew

Horror hosts emerged nationwide after Vampira burst onto the late night Los Angeles television scene in 1954. In 1971, Nashville's WSM-TV launched their own with Creature Feature Saturday hosted by Sir Cecil Creape. Decades later on July 1, 1999, Larry Underwood, inspired by the legendary Creape, created his Dr. Gangrene alter-ego and produced his first episode of Chiller Cinema.Today we welcome the physician of fright Dr. Gangrene and Horror Host Hall of Famer Underwood to tell us about the history of Nashville horror hosts, the Gangrene origin story, and Underwood's fascination with monsters, fear, and the horror host genre of cornball humor.This episode was produced by Khalil Ekulona and Elizabeth Burton.GUEST Larry Underwood | Actor, writer, producer Dr. Gangrene | TV horror movie host

The tyranny of the hunt will take you by surprise, and so will the origins of this track! We have deep background on the lyrics of this track thanks to some interviews around the time of record release, as well as our recent episode with Les, Brain, and Soya. Who knew the gangrenous penis would become the stuff of legend? (Me. I knew.) The music is well-structured, with some inspired breaks among the stop-start verses, and Buckethead shows his versatility throughout. The lyrics lead us to a discussion of body horror (Halloween is coming!) and what our limits are. Spoiler: they're low. Get involvedInstagramFacebookEmailBurn your money 

1/ MC LYTE. Thank You. 2/ Vice Souletric. Vice For President (Prod. Pete Rock). 3/ COMMON AND PETE ROCK. Dreaming. 4/ TALIB KWELI & J. RAWLS. Native Sons. 5/ GODFATHER DON. Thesis. 6/ ELCAMINO. Cuban on cuban. 7/ RANSOM, CONWAY THE MACHINE & V DON. A new day. 8/ LL COOL J. Post Modern. 9/ Rakim. God’s playground. feat. 38 SPESH, FRED THE GODSON, SKYZOO, DMX. 10/ GRAFH & 38 SPESH. Fight for love. feat METHOD MAN. 11/ JAE SKEESE. Peter Parker. 12/ ACTION BRONSON. Hogan. feat MEYHEN LAUREN. 13/ GANGRENE. Magic Dust. feat EVIDENCE. 14/ BLU AND EVIDENCE. The Cold. 15/ XP THE MARXMAN & BODYBAGBEN. Run em down. Escuchar audio

Paul, imprisoned in Rome and nearing the end of his life issues a final letter to his protege Timothy urging him to "Preach the  Word" and to pass the Gospel on to future generations. This letter was not only the call of Timothy but the responsibility of all believers. Join us as we explore this pastoral epistle, accept this call to preach the Word, and hold fast to the Gospel!In this section, Paul warns about false teachers.For the study resources and manuscript go to VBVF.ORG

In our second edition of Lights Out we pull the curtain back on the radio industry and tell some of our favourite stories about insane bosses and coworkers. From exposed bits to falling down the stairs for 30 mins, if it was insane or made us laugh in our long radio careers it's probably in this podcast.

1/ DA BEATMINERZ. Seckle. feat. KRS-One. 2/ Your Old Droog. I Think I Love Her. 3/ LL COOL J. Saturday Night Special ft. Rick Ross, Fat Joe. 4/ Billy Danze Of M.O.P. The Fix Ft. Lady Lee. (Prod. TooBusy). 5/ CRIMEAPPLE & BIG GHOST LTD. Motorcycle sicario school. feat. T.F, RLX y Mickey Diamond. 6/ MACH HOMMY. Politickle. 7/ ODDISEE. Had to improve. 8/ APATHY. Tick tock tick. 9/ Muja & Dub Sonata. Put It Inna Book ft. Nazeem (of Blood $moke Body). 10/ NAPOLEON DA LEGEND & DJ RHETTMATIC. The king walk.11/ COPYWRITE. Green screen. 12/ CONWAY THE MACHINE. MEth Back. feat METHOD MAN, FLEE LORD. 13/ GANGRENE. Muffler Lung. 14/ RAZ FRESCO AND DANIEL SON. What 's the mission. 15/ SLUM VILLAGE. Keep Dreaming.16/ Big Trip. Death Wish. Prod. Jamil Honesty. 17/ K.A.A.N. Dark night. Escuchar audio

 1/ Big Trip. Death Wish. Prod. Jamil Honesty. 2/ Billy Danze Of M.O.P. The Fix Ft. Lady Lee. (Prod. TooBusy). 3/ DILLON AND BATSAUCE. Cannonball. 4/ CRIMEAPPLE & BIG GHOST LTD. Las trompetas. 5/ EDDIE KANE & BIG GHOST LTD. Could Never. 6/ ODDISEE. Had to improve. 7/ SLUM VILLAGE. Keep Dreaming. 8/ J.COLE. 3001. 9/ RAZ FRESCO AND DANIEL SON. Northside. 10/ COPYWRITE. Spanish Mambo. 11/ Marv Won. Measuring Stick feat. Fatt Father & Elzhi. 12/ Dr Lekta. Number 62 (Produced by Franky Giucci). 13/ BENNY THE BUTCHER. Everybody can’t go. feat. KYLE BANKS. 14/ Common & Pete Rock. Wise Up. 15/ GANGRENE. Magic Dust. feat EVIDENCE. 16/ APATHY. Hammond court kids. 17/ YOUR OLD DROOG. Mercury Thermometers. 18/ Hit-Boy & The Alchemist. Morrissey.Escuchar audio

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Series: Guard the TreasureTitle: What matters most: character on competency? Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:20-26 NIVBottom line: Honorable vessels are used for honorable purposes. People with Christlike character will be used by God for kingdom purposes.INTRODUCTIONCONTEXTSERMON OUTLINECONCLUSIONNOTESQUESTIONS TO CONSIDER OUTLINESDISCUSSION QUESTIONSMAIN REFERENCES USEDINTRODUCTIONI remember in the early 90's, in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the argument about whether or not President Clinton's character mattered regarding him being able to lead the country. One argument is that we're not electing him to be our pastor or priest but our president. This doesn't have to be an either-or argument, first of all. Competency (skillfulness) matters, of course. But the case that Paul makes here is that in ministry, character is paramount. It's essential. I'm making the case that it's paramount in all leadership. While I realize that there are some jobs that it matters less in, I think we still underestimate its importance. Some would say do you want a surgeon with competency or character? Well, for starters, again, it's not an either-or. I want both. But I think when dealing with life and death decisions in the moment I want someone with character that does the right thing every time. (At least strives for this) There are many ways that a doctor can be tempted to compromise on the operating table for their own benefit instead of for the person on the table. And the President is certainly making moral and ethical judgments every day in that job. Yes, character matters most. It's not really close. CONTEXTPaul makes the point here with Timothy (regarding guarding the treasure) that character doesn't just matter for those in ministry but it's everything! (Hughes)The making of his vessel/person requires a radical cleansing (purifying), so it can be used for honorable purposes.The maintenance of his instrument involves intense flight and intense following—flight from youthful passions, impatience, quarreling, and harshness and the pursuit of profound virtues. The ministry of his vessel must not be quarrelsome but pastoral—kind to all, teaching, enduring evil, gently correcting. The hope of such a servant is the eternal blessing of his enemies. (Hughes)Bottom line: Honorable vessels are used for honorable purposes. People with Christlike character will be used by God for kingdom purposes.SERMON Outline heavily influenced by Kent Hughes (see below)I. The Making of a Noble Instrument (20-21) or How we get clean. A. Honorable/noble/special articles/utensils/instruments—Believers in good standing with the Lord. When these cleanse themselves from the dishonorable, GodHonors themSets them apart (sanctifies)Makes them usefulPrepares them (makes them ready for use)B. Dishonorable/ignoble/common instruments—non-believers and false teachers within the church far from the LordII. The Maintaining of an Instrument for Noble Purposes (22) or How we stay clean.Flee the evil desires of youthPursueRighteousnessFaithLovePeaceAlong with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart (therefore, remain at peace here too)III. The Ministry of a Noble Instrument (23-26) or How we serve the Lord cleanly.Don't have stupid arguments, leads to fightsLord's Servant must Not be quarrelsomeBe kind to everyoneAble to teach (rebuke, correct, train)Able to be treated wickedly without resentmentGently instruct/correct opponents with the goal RepentanceLeading to knowledge of that truthWhy? So that they will escape traps and gladly submit to the LordCONCLUSIONLast week we talked about how to shepherd well. (2 Tim 2:14-19) This requires Christlike character, for sure. “I watched the father who sat in front of us today (in church) manage his squirrelly kids by not reprimanding them, but rearranging the seating so he was sitting in the middle of them, and they all just leaned into him and relaxed, and there's just a whole sermon there.” @GretchenRonnevikIt's unlikely that these children would relax this way if this father didn't have Christlike character. They felt safe with him. This is the fruit of Christlike character. It makes us better shepherds.(I would add that sometimes 2 parents tackle this differently. The point is that the kids relaxed and submitted when they felt loved with boundaries.)Bottom line: Pastors, elders and deacon teams should take note here on how to lead the church in ministry.Churches should pray for, care for, and provide for their leaders as they engage this essential work.We should all seek to lead our spiritual household (oikos) well shepherding the flock under our care starting with ourselves and moving to the ends of the eart.What is God saying to me right now?What am I going to do about it? Write this down on a sheet of paper. What I hear you saying, Lord, is ___________________.[my name] is going to believe/do __________________________________________________ as a result.Finally, share this with your Home or Mission group this week when you gather as a testimony about what God is doing in your life. You don't have to get too specific to give him praise.PrayNOTESGangreneOkay, I'll try to explain gangrene in a way that's easy to understand for a middle school student.Gangrene is a serious condition that can happen when part of your body doesn't get enough blood supply. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients that all parts of your body need to stay healthy and alive.Imagine your body is like a house plant. If you don't water the plant, it will start to wilt and die. That's kind of what happens with gangrene. If an area of your body isn't getting enough blood flow, the cells in that area start to die off.There are a few different reasons why blood flow might get blocked or reduced:1) An injury that damages blood vessels and cuts off circulation.2) Diabetes or other diseases that affect blood flow.3) Severe infections that clog up blood vessels.When cells start dying from lack of blood/oxygen, that area can turn black, green, or become smelly. It's your body's way of showing that part is dying.If gangrene isn't treated quickly by doctors, it can spread to more areas of the body and become life-threatening. Treatments may involve giving antibiotics, surgically removing the dead tissue, or in severe cases, amputating the affected limb to stop it from spreading.The best way to avoid gangrene is to take good care of any injuries, manage diseases like diabetes properly, and see a doctor right away if you notice any areas of discolored, smelly, or decaying skin or tissue.Does this help explain what gangrene is in simpler terms? Let me know if you need any part clarified further.-Claude.aiQUESTIONS TO CONSIDERWho is God?What has he done/is he doing/is he going to do?Who am I? (In light of 1 & 2)What do I get to do? (In light of who I am)How do I do it?Let's ask some summary sermon questions:Q. What do I want them to know?A. Q. Why do I want them to know it?A. Q. What do I want them to do about it?A. Q. Why do I want them to do it?A. Q. How can they begin to do this?A. OUTLINESOutline Bible (Willmington)—OUTLINE (by WW)“The essentials for a successful ministry have not changed: courageous enthusiasm, shameless suffering, and spiritual loyalty.” -WWTHE PASTORAL APPEAL—chapter 1A. Courageous enthusiasm—1:1–7 4 Encouragements:Paul's love. (1-2)Paul's prayers. (3-4)Paul's confidence in Timothy. (5)God's gift to Timothy. (6-7)B. Shameless suffering—1:8–12Be not ashamed of the Lord's testimony. (8-10)God gives us power. (8)2 Timothy 1:8 (The Bible Exposition Commentary): “Years ago, I read about a Christian who was in prison because of his faith. He was to be burned at the stake, and he was certain he would never be able to endure the suffering. One night, he experimented with pain by putting his little finger into the candle flame. It hurt, and he immediately withdrew it. “I will disgrace my Lord,” he said to himself. “I cannot bear the pain.” But when the hour came for him to die, he praised God and gave a noble witness for Jesus Christ. God gave him the power when he needed it, and not before.” (WW)God has called us by his grace. (9)Christ has defeated death. (10)Four reasons not to be ashamed of his association with Paul, the prisoner:Paul was called by God. (11)A herald—official messenger of the kingAn apostle—one sent with a commissionA teacher—shepherd to the local churchPaul was confident in Christ. (12)C. Spiritual loyalty—1:13–18Be loyal to God's word. (13-14)Be loyal to God's servant. (15-18)Outline by MeridaI. A Gospel-Centered LetterII. A Gospel-Centered Leader (1:1-7)A. Paul: Called by the will of God (1:1)The origin of Paul's apostleship (1:1b)The purpose of Paul's apostleship (1:1c)B. Timothy: Shaped by the grace of God (1:2-7)A personal mentor (1:2-4)A godly mother (1:5)The Spirit and the gifts (1:6-7)OUTLINE by WWKey theme: Preparation for the ministry in the last daysKey verses: 2 Timothy 1:13–14I. THE PASTORAL APPEAL—chapter 1A. Courageous enthusiasm—1:1–7B. Shameless suffering—1:8–12C. Spiritual loyalty—1:13–18II. THE PRACTICAL APPEAL—chapter 2A. The steward—2:1–2B. The soldier—2:3–4, 8–13C. The athlete—2:5D. The farmer—2:6–7E. The workman—2:14–18F. The vessel—2:19–22G. The servant—2:23–26III. THE PROPHETIC APPEAL—chapter 3A. Turn away from the false—3:1–9B. Follow those who are true—3:10–12C. Continue in God's Word—3:13–17IV. THE PERSONAL APPEAL—chapter 4A. Preach the Word—4:1–4OUTLINE by BKCI. Salutation (1:1–2)II. Call to Faithfulness (1:3–18)A. Thanksgiving for Timothy (1:3–7)B. Call to courage (1:8–12)C. Call to guard the truth (1:13–14)D. Examples of unfaithfulness and faithfulness (1:15–18)III. Challenge to Endurance (2:1–13)A. Enduring hardship for Christ (2:1–7)B. Christ's example of endurance (2:8–10)C. A faithful saying (2:11–13)IV. Marks of a Good Workman (2:14–26)A. Faithfulness in ministry (2:14–19)B. A clean instrument (2:20–21)C. Faithfulness in conduct (2:22–26)V. Predictions of Faithlessness (3:1–9)VI. Challenge to Faithful Preaching (3:10–4:8)A. Faithfulness in the face of opposition (3:10–13)B. Faithfulness to God's Word (3:14–4:5)C. Faithfulness of Paul (4:6–8)VII. Reminder of God's Faithfulness in Paul's Adversity (4:9–18)A. Paul's enemies and friends (4:9–16)B. Paul's deliverance by the Lord (4:17–18)VIII. Final Greetings (4:19–22)DISCUSSION QUESTIONSDiscovery Bible Study process: https://www.dbsguide.org/Retell the story in your own words.Discovery the storyWhat does this story tell me about God?What does this story tell me about people?If this is really true, what should I do?What is God saying to you right now? (Write this down)What are you going to do about it? (Write this down)Who am I going to tell about this?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastAlternate Discussion Questions (by Jeff Vanderstelt): Based on this passage:Who is God?What has he done/is he doing/is he going to do?Who am I? (In light of 1 & 2)What do I get to do? (In light of who I am)How do I do it?Final Questions (Write this down)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?MAIN REFERENCES USED“1 - 2 Timothy,” by David Helm, Preaching the Word Commentary, Edited by Kent Hughes“1 & 2 Timothy” by John StottExalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus, David Platt, Daniel Akin, Tony Merida“Look at the Book” by John Piper (LATB)“The Visual Word,” Patrick Schreiner (VW)“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)Outline Bible, D Willmington (OB)Willmington's Bible Handbook, D Willmington (WBH)NIV Study Bible (NIVSB) https://www.biblica.com/resources/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/Chronological Life Application Study Bible (NLT)ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) https://www.esv.org“The Bible in One Year 2023 with Nicky Gumbel” bible reading plan on YouVersion app (BIOY)ChatGPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgptAnswerThePublic.comWikipedia.com“The Treasure Principle” by Randy Alcorn

2 THESSALONIANS Steve says 2 Thessalonians ranks in the top 5 books of the bible for studying biblical prophecy. In this episode, he digs into more teachings from St. Paul. Referenced in today's episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 2 Thessalonians 1 Corinthians 2 Timothy 2:16 Revelation 20 John 5:24 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don't want to use a Catholic bible

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Series: Guard the TreasureTitle: How do we shepherd our flock well?Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:14-19; John 10:1-15 NIVBottom line: We guard (pass on) the gospel by shepherding our flock well.INTRODUCTIONCONTEXTSERMON OUTLINECONCLUSIONNOTESQUESTIONS TO CONSIDER OUTLINESDISCUSSION QUESTIONSMAIN REFERENCES USEDINTRODUCTIONShrek the SheepHistoric Vids@historyinmemes On XThis is Shrek. He was just your everyday, average, run-of-the-mill Merino sheep living in South Island, New Zealand when he decided to escape from his enclosure and make a break for it to some nearby caves. He managed to live on his own for 6 years before he was eventually tracked down by his owner John Perrian, who had this to say when he finally found him: "He looked like some biblical creature."While some sheep breeds naturally shed their wool, like Bighorn sheep in North America, Merino sheep never do. Their wool will continue to grow until it completely engulfs them and even impairs their vision (what you would call "wool blind"). Domesticated sheep have evolved based on the way humans have groomed them for thousands of years.The earliest domestication of sheep dates back to 11,000 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia, where they were primarily used for meat, milk, and wool.After 6 years without a shave, Shrek had enough wool on his body to produce 20 suits for large men. In total, his fleece weighed 60 pounds.Shrek's fleece was shaved off on national television and then auctioned off to support medical charities for children. He even got to meet the Prime Minister and has since been depicted in several children's books.Sadly, Shrek passed away in 2011 at the age of 16.One powerful image in scripture is that of the good shepherd who takes care of his sheep well. He knows them by name and protects them fully even if it costs him his life. Read John 10:1-15This kind of care is rare in life. It's rare in church life too. Yet this is what God calls us to. Starting at home, God calls parents to shepherd their flock (family) to follow the good, great and chief shepherd Jesus Christ.How are we doing? It doesn't seem like we're doing this very well. Church Growth?In 2023, the American church is struggling:Churches in decline = 54%Churches stable = 12%Churches growing = 33%Therefore, only 1/3 of churches in America are growing.The Church in America is becoming more and more partisan.Billy Graham endorsed Richard Nixon in his bid for the White House. You may have heard of Watergate and the scandal that led to Richard Nixon resigning for fear of being impeached. Billy Graham later shared that he regretted endorsing a political candidate. He realized that while you can the church through a partisan lense, that only leads to short-term growth and not necessarily the kind of growth that matters.There is a trend for churches (left and right leaning) to double down on the partisan issues that are part of the culture war to grow their church. This is short-sighted and I believe will lead to long-term harm to the kingdom.Sharing Our Faith“Yet the most dramatic divergence over time is on the statement, “Every Christian has a responsibility to share their faith.” In 1993, nine out of 10 Christians who had shared their faith agreed (89%). Today, just two-thirds say so (64%)—a 25-point drop.” -Barna.org I share these to say that we're not guarding the treasure like we used to in America. While Paul speaks to Timothy as an Apostle to a pastor, the principles apply to all Christians who believe that they also have the responsibility to guard the treasure by shepherding the flock. Based on the above Barna research, only 2/3rds of Christians believe this is their responsibility down from 90% in the 1990s.Paul writes to Timothy, the shepherd (pastor) of the flock (church) in Ephesus, on how to shepherd them well. He has summed it up in the key verse that Timothy is to guard the treasure (gospel/good news). We are called to do this in our own context. This is hard. It includes suffering and testing. Will we persevere? That's the question, isn't it. We can in Christ. But will we?CONTEXT“Certainly, I'm happy to discuss 2 Timothy with you from the perspective of someone with extensive experience in Christian ministry and theological training. As a fellow minister of the Gospel, grounded in sound exegesis and hermeneutics, you'll understand the profound wisdom and pastoral guidance contained in this epistle.The apostle Paul's second letter to Timothy carries a sense of solemnity and urgency, as he imparts his final instructions to his beloved spiritual son. Having fought the good fight and kept the faith, Paul knew his departure was imminent. He seized this opportunity to exhort Timothy to remain steadfast in the face of sufferings, false teachings, and apostasy that had already begun infiltrating the church.Central to this epistle is the call to endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus (2:3). Paul uses vivid metaphors—the soldier, athlete, and hardworking farmer—to underscore the discipline, single-mindedness, and perseverance required in gospel ministry. He charges Timothy to guard the gospel as a sacred trust, contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.Paul's prophetic warnings about the rise of false teachers, characterized by arrogance, greed, and spiritual deception, ring as true today as they did then. His antidote? A clarion call to remain rooted in the inspired Scriptures, which are profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (3:16).No discussion of 2 Timothy would be complete without revisiting the immortal words of 2:1-2—perhaps the apostolic succession passage par excellence. Here, Paul solemnly charges his protégé to entrust the gospel to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others also. This multi-generational transfer of truth encapsulates the great commission's essence.As seasoned ministers, we can surely resonate with Paul's poignant reflections, his tender affection for his spiritual offspring, and his longing to see the torch of biblical truth carried forth. May we, like Timothy, fan into flame the gift of God within us, unashamed of the gospel's testimony.” -Claude.ai SERMON I. Remind one another how to guard the good news.A. Standing tall, not ashamed of publicly following Jesus Christ.B. Passing on the good news that you've received from God through others to reliable people who will pass it along to others. Do soIntentionallyConsistentlyEquippedC. Persevering through the tests and suffering and so finish approved by God.As a good soldierAs a dedicated athleteAs a hardworking farmerAs a faithful shepherd (14)D. Keeping to the pattern of sound instruction E. Resting in the resurrectionsThe spiritual resurrection we have in Christ from second birthThe bodily resurrection we will have when we're glorified in Christ (at our death or his second coming)CONCLUSIONI've often described Christians as canals that are conduits of God's love. And there's truth in that. But this reservoir picture is even better. -DarienIf you are wise, therefore, you will show yourself a reservoir and not a canal. For a canal pours out as fast as it takes in; but a reservoir waits till it is full before it overflows, and so communicates it's surplus. We have all too few such reservoirs in the Church at present, though we have canals in plenty... They (canals) desire to pour out when they themselves are not yet inpouredThey are readier to speak than to listenEager to teach that which they do not knowMost anxious to exercise authority on others, although they have not (yet) learned to rule themselvesLet the reservoir of which we spoke just now take pattern from the spring; for the spring does not form a stream or spread into a lake until it is brimful.... Be filled yourself, then, but discreetly, pour out your fullness... Out of your fullness help me if you can; and, if not, spare yourself! - Bernard of ClairvauxThe question I want you to consider is, Do you think you personally have the responsibility to guard the treasure by passing on the good news to those who are far from God but close to you? Or do you think it's primarily the responsibility of the local church on your behalf? I would go with the former. Because the great commission and Paul in 2 Timothy makes it clear that, as the Church, we're to guard this treasure together. Bottom line: We guard (pass on) the gospel by shepherding our flock well.What is God saying to me right now?What am I going to do about it? Write this down on a sheet of paper. What I hear you saying, Lord, is ___________________.[my name] is going to believe/do __________________________________________________ as a result.Finally, share this with your Home or Mission group this week when you gather as a testimony about what God is doing in your life. You don't have to get too specific to give him praise.PrayNOTESSpiritual vs bodily resurrection “You make an excellent point. The New Testament does teach about both a spiritual resurrection that occurs at conversion as well as a future bodily resurrection for believers.On the spiritual resurrection:- Ephesians 2:4-6 speaks of believers being "made alive" and "raised up" with Christ spiritually when they put their faith in Him.- Colossians 2:12-13 refers to believers being "raised with Him through faith" when they were spiritually dead in sins.- This spiritual resurrection represents being transferred from death to new life in Christ.And on the future bodily resurrection:- 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4 give extensive teaching on the bodily resurrection of believers at Christ's return.- This will involve receiving glorified, imperishable bodies fashioned like Christ's resurrection body.- It is the culmination of the believer's redemption - both soul and body made new.So you are absolutely right that there is both a present spiritual dimension of resurrection for the believer's soul/spirit at conversion, as well as a promised future bodily resurrection still to come. Paul upholds both of these resurrection truths.The error of Hymenaeus and Philetus seems to be denying or reducing the future bodily resurrection aspect, which was a central hope of the gospel. Thank you for raising that important clarification. The New Testament holds both the spiritual and bodily dimensions of resurrection together.” -Claude.ai Gangrene"Sure, I can explain what gangrene is in a way a 7th grade boy would understand.Gangrene is basically when a part of your body starts to die and rot away. It's really gross and can be super dangerous if not treated quickly.Imagine you get a really bad cut or wound, and instead of healing normally, it starts turning an ugly greenish-black color. The skin around it gets all mushy and smells terrible, like something that's been left out to rot for weeks. That's gangrene setting in.It happens when the blood flow to that area gets cut off, usually because of an infection. Without fresh blood bringing oxygen and nutrients, that part of your body just starts to decay and die right on you. It's like it's being eaten away from the inside out by bacteria.If gangrene is allowed to spread too far, it can get into your bloodstream and make you really sick, even killing you if not stopped. Sometimes the only way to stop it is by cutting off the dead, rotting part - like having to amputate a toe, foot or even a whole leg if the gangrene gets too bad.It's nasty stuff that you definitely don't want happening to your body. Keeping any cuts or wounds clean and watching for signs of infection is important to avoid getting gangrene. If you ever see signs of it, you'd need to get to the doctor right away before it spreads too far.“ -Claude.ai Good summary of 2:14-19:“2 Timothy 2:14-19 is a poignant exhortation from Paul to Timothy regarding the grave responsibility of rightly handling the word of truth. Let me summarize the key points:Verses 14-15 - Paul charges Timothy to keep reminding the believers not to quarrel about words, as it leads to the ruin of the hearers. Instead, he should diligently present himself as a workman approved by God, rightly dividing the word of truth. This underscores the minister's duty to accurately exposit Scripture without distortion.Verse 16 - He warns against engaging with irreverent babble and opposition to the truth, as it only leads to further ungodliness. Ministers must avoid profane chatter masquerading as deep truth.Verses 17-18 - Paul cites the example of Hymenaeus and Philetus, whose teaching spread like gangrene, upsetting the faith of some by claiming the resurrection had already occurred. This illustrates how seemingly small errors can metastasize into damning heresies.Verse 19 - In the midst of such threats, Paul provides assurance that the firm foundation of God stands sure, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are His," and "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity." While apostasy abounds, God preserves His elect, calling them to holy living.In summary, this passage emphatically calls ministers to diligent, precise, and reverent handling of God's Word while fleeing from profane speculations that shipwreck the faith. It balances a sober warning about insidious false teaching with the comforting truth that God sovereignly preserves His church amid such threats.” -Claude.ai QUESTIONS TO CONSIDERWho is God?What has he done/is he doing/is he going to do?Who am I? (In light of 1 & 2)What do I get to do? (In light of who I am)How do I do it?Let's ask some summary sermon questions:Q. What do I want them to know?A. How to shepherd well.Q. Why do I want them to know it?A. So that they'll be more equipped to shepherd the flock around them.Q. What do I want them to do about it?A. Shepherd their flock starting with themselves.Q. Why do I want them to do it?A. To keep them from being caught up in godless chatter that destroys people's faith.Q. How can they begin to do this?A. Regularly remind yourself by re-reading 1 Timothy 1-2 about how to guard the gospel treasure.OUTLINESOutline Bible (Willmington) 2 TIMOTHY 2Paul describes the duties assigned to a pastor.I. THE ROLE MODEL (2:1-7): Paul likens the ministry to four secular occupations.A. A teacher (2:1-2)1. As a student Timothy was taught many things by Paul (2:1-2a).2. As a pastor Timothy must now teach those things to other godly people (2:2b).B. A soldier (2:3-4)1. Give all of your energies to the warfare (2:3).2. Give none (or little) of your energies to worldly affairs (2:4).C. An athlete (2:5): Strive for the victor's crown.D. A farmer (2:6-7): Work hard to harvest a large crop.I. THE REMINDERS (2:8-10): A prisoner in Rome, Paul asks Timothy to reflect on two things.A. God's messenger is chained (2:8-9a).B. God's message cannot be chained (2:9b-10).III. THE RESULTS (2:11-13)A. If we die for Christ, we will live with Christ (2:11).B. If we endure hardship for Christ, we will reign with Christ (2:12a).C. If we deny Christ, he will deny us (2:12b).D. If we are unfaithful, Christ remains faithful (2:13).IV. THE RESPONSIBILITIES (2:14-26): Paul lists some of Timothy's duties as a pastor.A. Remind your people of the great scriptural truths (2:14a).B. Warn them against petty arguments (2:14b).C. Strive to become an approved workman before God (2:15).D. Avoid godless controversies (2:16-19, 23-26).1. The examples (2:16-17): Paul points out two men, Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have involved themselves in these controversies.2. The error (2:18-19): They are claiming that the resurrection from the dead has already occurred.3. The endeavor (2:23-26): Timothy must gently instruct those who would oppose him with the goal of leading them to repentance.E. Present your body as a clean vessel to God (2:20-21).F. Avoid evil, and pursue good (2:22).Outline by MeridaI. A Gospel-Centered LetterII. A Gospel-Centered Leader (1:1-7)A. Paul: Called by the will of God (1:1)The origin of Paul's apostleship (1:1b)The purpose of Paul's apostleship (1:1c)B. Timothy: Shaped by the grace of God (1:2-7)A personal mentor (1:2-4)A godly mother (1:5)The Spirit and the gifts (1:6-7)OUTLINE by WWKey theme: Preparation for the ministry in the last daysKey verses: 2 Timothy 1:13–14I. THE PASTORAL APPEAL—chapter 1A. Courageous enthusiasm—1:1–7B. Shameless suffering—1:8–12C. Spiritual loyalty—1:13–18II. THE PRACTICAL APPEAL—chapter 2A. The steward—2:1–2B. The soldier—2:3–4, 8–13C. The athlete—2:5D. The farmer—2:6–7E. The workman—2:14–18F. The vessel—2:19–22G. The servant—2:23–26III. THE PROPHETIC APPEAL—chapter 3A. Turn away from the false—3:1–9B. Follow those who are true—3:10–12C. Continue in God's Word—3:13–17IV. THE PERSONAL APPEAL—chapter 4A. Preach the Word—4:1–4OUTLINE by BKCI. Salutation (1:1–2)II. Call to Faithfulness (1:3–18)A. Thanksgiving for Timothy (1:3–7)B. Call to courage (1:8–12)C. Call to guard the truth (1:13–14)D. Examples of unfaithfulness and faithfulness (1:15–18)III. Challenge to Endurance (2:1–13)A. Enduring hardship for Christ (2:1–7)B. Christ's example of endurance (2:8–10)C. A faithful saying (2:11–13)IV. Marks of a Good Workman (2:14–26)A. Faithfulness in ministry (2:14–19)B. A clean instrument (2:20–21)C. Faithfulness in conduct (2:22–26)V. Predictions of Faithlessness (3:1–9)VI. Challenge to Faithful Preaching (3:10–4:8)A. Faithfulness in the face of opposition (3:10–13)B. Faithfulness to God's Word (3:14–4:5)C. Faithfulness of Paul (4:6–8)VII. Reminder of God's Faithfulness in Paul's Adversity (4:9–18)A. Paul's enemies and friends (4:9–16)B. Paul's deliverance by the Lord (4:17–18)VIII. Final Greetings (4:19–22)DISCUSSION QUESTIONSDiscovery Bible Study process: https://www.dbsguide.org/Retell the story in your own words.Discovery the storyWhat does this story tell me about God?What does this story tell me about people?If this is really true, what should I do?What is God saying to you right now? (Write this down)What are you going to do about it? (Write this down)Who am I going to tell about this?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastAlternate Discussion Questions (by Jeff Vanderstelt): Based on this passage:Who is God?What has he done/is he doing/is he going to do?Who am I? (In light of 1 & 2)What do I get to do? (In light of who I am)How do I do it?Final Questions (Write this down)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?MAIN REFERENCES USED“1 - 2 Timothy,” by David Helm, Preaching the Word Commentary, Edited by Kent Hughes“1 & 2 Timothy” by John StottExalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus, David Platt, Daniel Akin, Tony Merida“Look at the Book” by John Piper (LATB)“The Visual Word,” Patrick Schreiner (VW)“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)Outline Bible, D Willmington (OB)Willmington's Bible Handbook, D Willmington (WBH)NIV Study Bible (NIVSB) https://www.biblica.com/resources/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/Chronological Life Application Study Bible (NLT)ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) https://www.esv.org“The Bible in One Year 2023 with Nicky Gumbel” bible reading plan on YouVersion app (BIOY)ChatGPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgptAnswerThePublic.comWikipedia.com“The Treasure Principle” by Randy Alcorn

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1/ Lupe Fiasco. Samurai. 2/ Da Beatminerz. My Year. feat. De La Soul & Pharoahe Monch feat. Rasheed Chappell & Corey Glover. 3/ MACH HOMMY. Antonomasia. 4/ RAZ FRESCO AND DANIEL SON. Northside. 5/ K.A.A.N. Can’t help it. 6/ Muja & Dub Sonata. Redbone Blues ft. Slug. 7/ COPYWRITE. Green Screen. 8/ CONWAY THE MACHINE. Give and give. 9/ J.COLE. 3001. 10/ GHOSTFACE KILLAH. Pair of hammers. feat. METHOD MAN. 11/ GANGRENE. You Should join the army. 12/ SLUM VILLAGE. To the disco. 13/ NAPOLEON DA LEGEND & DJ RHETTMATIC. Legendary legacy. 14/ APATHY. Connecticut formal. 15/ GUTTR. Once again it 's on. 16/ EDDIE KANE & BIG GHOST LTD. Lanier vs King. 17/ Inglewood PIZZLE. Not Real. Prod. By 88Keyz.Escuchar audio

Joining me tonight is Nashville horror host, and legend, Larry Underwood, also known as Dr. Gangrene. Dr. Gangrene exploded onto the airwaves on July 1, 1999 on the Hendersonville, TN Public-access television station. Chiller Cinema, as the show was known, quickly expanded into Nashville, TN where it aired on Community Access Channel 19. Chiller Cinema was the first program to broadcast live out of the new Public, Educational, and Government Access television building where CH 19 broadcast from. Chiller Cinema was soon seen on other Public-access television stations across the country, making Underwood one of the first horror hosts to self-syndicate his program. The show won much praise and accolades and was named one of the country's top 20 cable access TV programs by Gear Magazine.  Dr. Gangrene continues to stay busy, producing a weekly horror host TV program Dr. Gangrene's Cinetarium, which airs weekly on Nashville's NECAT Arts CH9 on Comcast out of Nashville, TN, Saturdays at 9pm central. He is a regular guest at the Wonderfest convention held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, where he hosts live movies every year. He also occasionally writes articles for Scary Monsters Magazine.

1/ COPYWRITE. Turn the Page. feat Slug from Atmosphere. 2/ Muja & Dub Sonata. Redbone Blues ft. Slug. 3/ NAPOLEON DA LEGEND & DJ RHETTMATIC. Legmatic. 4/ K.A.A.N. Dark night. 5/ GHOSTFACE KILLAH. No face. feat. KANYE WEST. 6/ CONWAY THE MACHINE. MEth Back. feat METHOD MAN, FLEE LORD. 7/ J.COLE. Pricey. feat. ARI LENNOX, YOUNG DRO y GUCCI MANE. 8/ Inglewood PIZZLE. Not Real. Prod. By 88Keyz. 9/ Tek, Stu Bangas. MVP: MotiVational Purposes. 10/ 100GRANDROYCE & DAME GREASE. Above the clouds. 11/ GANGRENE. Congratulations, you lose. 12/ MADLIB. Reekyod. feat Black Thought, Your Old Droog. 13/ SLUM VILLAGE. To the disco. 14/ NAS AND DJ PREMIER. Define my name. 15/ APATHY. Vacation. 16/ Rhyme Assassin. Run Em Up (Told Ya). feat. MOPEscuchar audio

Bro. Doug Foster presents "The Gangrene of Modern Christianity" from 2 Timothy 2, during a worship service at Immanuel Baptist Church, Florence, Ky. Please visit us at 7183 Pleasant Valley Road Florence KY 41042, or call us at (859) 586-6829. Church links: Website: https://www.ibcflorence.com Daily Devotions: https://ibcflorenceky.wordpress.com/follow/ Free App: http://www.ibcflorence.com/ibc-app Our entire list of recent sermons: https://www.ibcflorence.com/recent-sermons Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ibcflorence Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibcflorenceky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ibcflorence/ Podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/user-658781358 Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/ibcflorence/live Instant Message: https://m.me/ibcflorenceky We would love to know how to pray for you! Romans 10:9

It's the Return of the Video Junkyard Podcast... and we're reviewing the Return of everyone's favorite carnivorous fruit. It's Return of the Killer Tomatoes starring John Astin and some no-name TV actor called George Clooney. I'm sure we'll never hear of that guy again. The insane Dr. Gangrene develops a new strain of violent vegetable in this sequel to the 1977 cult classic.

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1/ MADLIB. Reekyod. feat Black Thought, Your Old Droog. 2/ Ghostface Killah. Scar tissue. feat NAS. 3/ NAS AND DJ PREMIER. Define my name. 4/ SLUM VILLAGE. Yeah Yeah. 5/ GUTTR. Roll Call. Feat. Method Man, Fame M.O.P, Sway Calloway. 6/ NAPOLEON DA LEGEND. Not without a heart. feat NEJMA NEFERTITI. 7/ Rhyme Assassin. Run Em Up (Told Ya). feat. MOP y Ruste Juxx. 8/ GANGRENE. Espionage. 9/ UBIQUITOUS. Delilah. 10/ STOVE GOD COOKS. We ballin’ again.11/ ROC MARCIANO. Tapeworm. 12/ EDDIE KANE & BIG GHOST LTD. Lanier vs King.13/ APATHY. Eazy. 14/ DJ D Sharp and ST Spittin. Each one, teach one.15/ Elcamino & Real Bad Man. Expensive Cloth.16/ ScHoolboy Q. Pop. feat. Rico Nasty.17/ SHOTTIE AND FARMA BEATS. Baggie Stamp.Escuchar audio

Running, Ripping, and Relentless Tonguing, oh my!  He's a green viking and she's Billie Eilish. This week K.L. Wyatt's Stolen by the Orc Commander will have you pulling into the insemination station. Pacino could never. Coked out fingers and morse code fucking is the vibe and Gangrene is the password. Step aside Game of Thrones cause a new green mean fucking machine is here and ready to spear. Chase me down a corridor and call me Jawhn-dys cause his sperm is taking and we're scared.

Time to get strapped in for this week's ZFG speedrun. Ok, to be fair, it's probably not our best choice of phrasing to use ‘strapped in' with Harvey Weinstein at the top of this week's episode. However, the good news for any of his jailhouse prey is that karma has come in the form of a gangrenous d*ck. Carson then weighs in on the recent passage of a bill to force the sale of TikTok. While the data collection aspect is one area of concern, Carson highlights the psychological warfare being waged on behalf of the CCP. Or, as Freddy states, “About f*cking time!” South Korea demonstrates that, once again, they have little imagination for cracking down on fraudulent actors. So, of course, regulators are finding new ways to combat “illegal short selling.” Speaking of short sellers, Trump Media's CEO Devin Nunes has been bitch slapped by a formal statement from Citadel. Unlike South Korea, B. Riley Financial has a found a rather unique way in finding buyers for its bonds. And given the ZFG commitment to bringing our viewers the hardest-hitting footage of world events, Freddy closes out with a glimpse at how the people of Tel Aviv are handling the ongoing chaos. 

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Content warning for discussion of genocide. Hey, Hi, Hello, this is the History Wizard and welcome back for Day 7 of Have a Day w/ The History Wizard. Thank you to everyone who tuned in for Day 6 last week, and especially thank you to everyone who rated and/or reviewed the podcast. I hope you all learned something last week and I hope the same for this week. Speaking of weeks, we've finally hit our first week! Get it? This is episode 7, the episodes are called Days. There are 7 Days in a Week… I'm funny dammit! I've got something special for you starting at the end of Week 1. It's a new segment I'm going to call the Alchemist's Table. Every Day I'm going to be sharing with you a cocktail recipe that I have invented. If you enjoy a nice cocktail and you aren't driving to work feel free to make yourself one before sitting down for the rest of the episode. For Day 7 we're going to be enjoying the first cocktail I ever created. It's called A Taste of Spring. It starts with 2 oz of Gin, I prefer gunpowder gin, but a London Dry will work just fine. Followed by 1 oz of elderflower liquor, 1 oz of lavender syrup, stir for about 30 seconds in ice before straining into a rocks glass over ice. And that, my friends, is a Taste of Spring. Enjoy. Anyway, it's time to head back to the West, and for this episode we have to travel back in time to the 5th century BCE for the Siege of Melos during the Peloponnesian War. IN a modern historical context we look at the Peloponnesian War as being between Sparta and Athens, and while this isn't technically wrong, it's also not as right as it could be. The Peloponnesian War was fought between the Delian League, which was a confederacy of various Greek city-states with Atens in supreme control. The Delian League was created as a defensive alliance against the Persian Empire following the Second Persian Invasion of Greece (this is the invasion that included the famed Battle of Thermopylae). And the Peloponnesian League which was less a league and more an ancient world version of the Warsaw Pact, with Sparta (then called Lacadeamon) at the head with its various allied city states. See, around 550 BCE SParta got tired of having to conquer everyone and instead offered to NOT conquer them if they joined the League. The Delian League got its name from the island of Delos where they would meet and where their treasury was held before being moved to Athens in 454 BCE. The Peloponnesian League got IT'S name from the peninsula at the southern tip of Greece, which is known as the Peloponnese Peninsula. The Peloponnesian League is something of a misnomer as its membership was not limited to that area of Greece. But, I ramble, and so let us return to the Peloponnesian War. Why did Sparta and Athens, erstwhile allies against Xerxes I and the Persian Empire decide to go to war with each other? The period between the Second Persian Invasion of Greece and the Peloponnesian War is sometimes known as the Pentecontaetia, a term which means “a period of 50 years” which refers to the 48 year period between 479 and 431 BCE. The Pentecontaetia saw the rise of Athens as one of the most prominent Greek City States, it saw the rise of Athenian democracy, and it saw the rise of tensions between Sparta and Athens. You can look at this period as somewhat similar to the rising tensions between Rome and Carthage. Sparta HAD been the most powerful Greek city-state, and now suddenly they had a rival and didn't like that. Sparta was the Sasuke to Athens Naruto, the Vegeta to Athen's Goku. Following the flight of the Persian armies from Greece Athens began to rebuild the great walls around their city that had been lost to the Persian armies. Sparta, upon learning about this construction, asked them not to do that. But Athens rebuffed them, not wanting to put Athens effectively under the control of Sparta's massive army. Another way we can view Athens and Sparta through the lens of Carthage and Rome is that Athens was vastly superior at sea, and Sparta was vastly superior on land, just as Carthage and Rome were, respectively. I'm taking bets now on who is going to win this war, assuming you don't already know. These tensions, which were further exacerbated by a helot revolt within Sparta would explode, though not terribly violently, during a 15 year conflict known as the First Peloponnesian War. This first war would end with the signing of the Thirty Years Peace treaty. This treaty, which would only last for 15 years, would solidify the Athenian and Spartan Empires and would cement Athens as a true powerhouse in the Aegean Sea. Conflict between Athens and Corinth, a member of the Peloponnesian League, is what ultimately led to war. Athens and Corinth effectively fought a brief proxy war over control of the Corinthian colony of Potidea. Corinth, outraged that Athens had encouraged one of its colonies to rebel against their authority, urged Sparta to call a conclave to try and arbitrate peace as was stipulated under the Thirty Years Peace.  The Spartan King Archidamus II urged the Spartan magistrates (known as ephor) and the citizen assembly known as the ecclesia not to go to war, but in the end the assembly determined that Athens, in urging Potidea to rebel against one of their allies and then aiding them in the fight for the city had broken the Peace and war was officially declared in 431 BCE. The Second Peloponnesian War had begun. The Second Peloponnesian War, often known as just the Peloponnesian War, can be broken up into three distinct segments. The Archidamian War, The Sicilian Expedition, and the Decelean War. The first 10 years of the war are sometimes also called the Ten Years War. Sparta was, almost entirely, a land based empire. The Spartan Army was the most feared and one of the best trained armies of the ancient world. Their hoplites and their phalanxes were nearly invincible. Meanwhile Athens had the same prestige on the waves. The Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE, though discussed far less frequently than the concurrent Battle of Thermopylae, is no less impressive a feat of military genius. So the Spartan strategy during the beginning of the war was to march its armies to the land around the city state of Athens and seize them. This caused many Athenian farmers to abandon their farms and retreat behind Athens famous Long Walls. The Long Walls were fortified walls that connected Athens' main city to its ports at Piraeus and Phaleron. So despite the loss of farmland around Athens itself, this siege did basically nothing. Sparta was also only able to keep troops on the field for a few weeks at a time, as the hoplites were still needed to harvest their own fields and troops were always needed to keep the helots in line. The longest siege of the Ten Years War was only 40 days. Meanwhile Athens stayed in the Aegean Sea with their fleet, avoiding any open warfare with the Spartans who were unable to breach their walls anyway. The Athenians had great successes in their early naval battles, including the Battle of Naucaptus where 20 Athenian ships went up  against 77 Peloponnesian ships and emerged victorious. Of course, all of Athen's momentum would come to a screeching and screaming halt when th plague hit in 430 BCE. The Plague of Athens was an interesting facet of the war. While some Athenians believed that the Spartans were the cause of the plague, evidenced they said by the fact that the Spartans were unaffected by it, but Thucydides, author the the famous History of the Peloponnesian War was in the city when the plague hit. He even contracted it and survived his illness. Thucydides says that the plague came from Ethiopia as it appeared to have entered Athens along the Long Wall from the port of Piraeus. There's not much in the way of evidence regarding WHAT exactly the plague was, although Thucydides listed out a large number of symptoms that victims experienced including: Fever, Redness and inflammation in the eyes, Sore throats leading to bleeding and bad breath, Sneezing, Loss of voice, Coughing, Vomiting, Pustules and ulcers on the body, Extreme thirst, Insomnia, Diarrhea, Convulsions, and Gangrene. Modern epidemiologists and paleopathologists believe, based on extensive examination of all the available evidence that the plague was likely either smallpox or typhus, although it's unlikely that we'll ever know for certain. The plague had a massive impact on the course of the war. For one, it killed Pericles, the Athenian statesman and strategos of the Athenian military. It also killed over 30,000 people, made foreign mercenaries unwilling to aid Athens, no matter how much they were offered as they did not want to risk getting sick, the plague even halted any Spartan military action in Attica until it was finished as the Spartans also feared the disease. Even with the loss of Pericles Athens continued to have success on sea as well as on land through the efforts of their commanders Demosthenes and Cleon. They started to put cracks in the Spartan armies image of invincibility until the Spartans captured Amphipolis, a silver mine that supplied much of the Athenian war chest in 424 BCE. In 422 a great battle was fought at Amphipolis which saw both Cleon, and the Spartan general Brasidas killed. The loss of these military commanders would see Athens and Sparta sit down to try and negotiate peace.  The Peace of Nicias would be a failure from the very start. Despite it, nominally, declaring peace between Sparta and Athens, despite PoWs being exchanged and control over territories ceded back to those who originally owned them, the Peace of Nicias was something of a joke. Sparta and Athens entered something of a Cold War. They didn't fight against each other specifically, but Athens spent a LOT of time trying to stir up helot revolts and encourage Spartan allies to revolt against them in order to gain greater autonomy under Athenian democracy.  Something that is interesting to note, is that despite the single largest land battle of the Peloponnesian War taking place in 418 BCE, the Peace wasn't formally abandoned, and war declared again between Athens and Sparta until 214 BCE. The Battle of Mantinea was fought between Sparta and some of its Arcadian allies on one side, and the combined might of Argos, Athens, Mantinea and various Arcadian allies of Argos. The battle, which involved nearly 20,000 troops combined, ended with a Spartan victory and saw a reversal of previous trends. After the Spartan loss at the Battle of Pylos in 425 BCE many began to think of the Spartans as weak and cowardly, but Mantinea reversed that thinking very quickly. The Siege of Melos, the true subject of this episode, also took place during the Peace of Nicias. Athenian aggression against Melos began about 10 years before the Siege. Melos was a small island about 68 miles off the Eastern coast of Greece. Small islands, due to their reliance on navies, were generally allies of Athens who had uncontested control of the seas. Melos though, decided to remain neutral. They were ethnically Dorian, same as the Spartans (the Athenians were ethnically Ionian). In 425 Athens demanded that Melos pay them a 15 talents (about 390 kgs) of silver. Melos refused. They were determined to remain neutral (although there is pretty good evidence that they donated 20 minas (about 12.5 kgs) of silver to the Spartan war effort. In 216 BCE Athens once again went to Melos and demanded that Melos join the Delian League and pay tribute. Melos again refused. Thucydides wrote a dramatization of conversation between Athenian embassies and the leaders of Melos in his Histories (Book 5, Chapters 84–116). The Melian Dialogue is one of the earliest events I learned about during undergrad when I took a class on the History of Just War. I need to go off on a slight tangent here. When I took this class there was this one guy, whose name I never learned. He was jacked as hell and always showed up to class double fisting iced coffees from Starbucks. Now this class was built around a questionL “Is there such a thing as a Just War?”, but apparently this dude never read the syllabus because about 3 weeks into class he asks “When are we gonna get to the battles?” See, he thought it was History of Just War, just meaning only. He thought it was a military history class, not a class on moral philosophy seen through the context of war. I'm pretty sure he got an A though… Anyway, back to Melos. It's unlikely that the conversation Thucydides wrote out is how it played out in real life, though given the Athenian love of oration and speeches, he's probably not TOO far off the mark. I'm going to read you a part of the Melian Dialogue: Athenians. For ourselves, we shall not trouble you with specious pretences- either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede, or are now attacking you because of wrong that you have done us- and make a long speech which would not be believed; and in return we hope that you, instead of thinking to influence us by saying that you did not join the Lacedaemonians, although their colonists, or that you have done us no wrong, will aim at what is feasible, holding in view the real sentiments of us both; since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Melians. As we think, at any rate, it is expedient- we speak as we are obliged, since you enjoin us to let right alone and talk only of interest- that you should not destroy what is our common protection, the privilege of being allowed in danger to invoke what is fair and right, and even to profit by arguments not strictly valid if they can be got to pass current. And you are as much interested in this as any, as your fall would be a signal for the heaviest vengeance and an example for the world to meditate upon. Athenians. The end of our empire, if end it should, does not frighten us: a rival empire like Lacedaemon, even if Lacedaemon was our real antagonist, is not so terrible to the vanquished as subjects who by themselves attack and overpower their rulers. This, however, is a risk that we are content to take. We will now proceed to show you that we are come here in the interest of our empire, and that we shall say what we are now going to say, for the preservation of your country; as we would fain exercise that empire over you without trouble, and see you preserved for the good of us both. Melians. And how, pray, could it turn out as good for us to serve as for you to rule? Athenians. Because you would have the advantage of submitting before suffering the worst, and we should gain by not destroying you. Melians. So that you would not consent to our being neutral, friends instead of enemies, but allies of neither side. Athenians. No; for your hostility cannot so much hurt us as your friendship will be an argument to our subjects of our weakness, and your enmity of our power. Melians. Is that your subjects' idea of equity, to put those who have nothing to do with you in the same category with peoples that are most of them your own colonists, and some conquered rebels? Athenians. As far as right goes they think one has as much of it as the other, and that if any maintain their independence it is because they are strong, and that if we do not molest them it is because we are afraid; so that besides extending our empire we should gain in security by your subjection; the fact that you are islanders and weaker than others rendering it all the more important that you should not succeed in baffling the masters of the sea. See, Athens refused to allow Melos to remain neutral because they believed that, if they allowed this small, weak nation to live independent of their might that they would soon find themselves overrun with rebellion as all others would see Athens let Melos go free and see Athens as weak, as if they somehow feared fighting Melos. So, pragmatically, it would be better for them to kill all the Melians to maintain their image as strong than it would be for them to simply leave Melos be. Despite their claim to democracy, Athens was very much of the opinion that might made right. The strong take what they can and the weak suffer as they must. This was, more or less the beginning of Just War theory, as it was one of the first time that justice, fairness, and rightness was discusses in the context of war. Just War Theory, by the way, is generally made up of three elements. Jus ad bellum, do you have just reasons for going to war? Jus in bello, is your conduct during war just? And a more modern addition, jus post bellum, is your conduct after the war is over also just? Melos, ultimately, refused to surrender to Athens and, indeed, tried to fight against their armies and ultimately failed. The siege lasted from summer of 416 until the winter and ended with Melos surrendering. Athens, in a very Genghis Khan esque move decided to kill every adult man on Melos and sell all of the women and children into slavery. This form of genocide where one particular gender is targeted is common in old world genocides. Very often it is the men, those who could join opposing militaries who would be targeted for the slaughter although Shaka Zulu was infamous for killing all the women and folding the men into his armed forces during his conquests. The genocide of Melos wasn't an attempt to wipe out an ethnicity, Melians being Dorian just like the Spartans. It WAS, however, intended to destroy the people of Melos, and it succeeded. The Peloponnesian War would continue until 404 BCE and would end with a Spartan victory, partially through aid gained from the Achaemenid Dynasty from Persia and some from Alcibiades of Athens, but the war isn't the important part and so we will ignore the final 12 years of it. That's it for this week. No new reviews, so let's jump right into the outro. Have a Day! w/ The History Wizard is brought to you by me, The History Wizard. If you want to see/hear more of me you can find me on Tiktok @thehistorywizard or on Instagram @the_history_wizard. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to Have a Day! On your pod catcher of choice. The more you do, the more people will be able to listen and learn along with you. Thank you  for sticking around until the end and, as always, Have a Day.    

1/ CTHREE & SA-ROC. Gold Tablets. 2/ NAS AND DJ PREMIER. Define my name. 3/ Rhyme Assassin. Run Em Up (Told Ya). feat. MOP y Ruste Juxx. 4/ GUTTR. Ras Kass, RJ Payne & HAVOC ft. Kurupt & Kxng Crooked. Everything Is...GUTTR. 5/ GANGRENE. Congratulations, you lose. 6/ STOVE GOD COOKS.We ballin’ again. 7/ UBIQUITOUS. Delilah. 8/ Tek, Stu Bangas. Back Inda days. 9/ Yodlib. “DBZ” feat. Denzel Curry y Method Man.10/ 100GRANDROYCE & DAME GREASE. Shine. 11/ TERMANOLOGY. Uptown Fly ft. Lord Sko, Nim K. 12/ Elcamino & Real Bad Man. Chest wRESTlers.13/ EDDIE KANE & BIG GHOST LTD. To the pedal.14/ APATHY. Connecticut formal. 15/ BENNY THE BUTCHER. Bron.16/ JID. 30 (Freestyle). 17/ BIZARRE. Count on me.18 / Stetsasonic - Notes Of Impression featuring Ruste Juxx.Escuchar audio

October 13, 2023 Ray, Mark, and Scott discuss questions from the Urology Coding and Reimbursement Group.Are injections like Lupron and Prolia and the administration given by an advanced practice provider subject to the 85% reimbursement or are these reimbursed at 100% even if given by a nurse practitioner?Are 11006 and 97606 appropriate here for wound vac?OPERATION: Debridement of Fournier's gangrene.DRAINS: Wound VAC, 16-French Foley catheter.OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE: The patient was brought into the operating room, placed in supine position on the operating room table. After administration of IV antibiotics and anesthesia, the patient was repositioned in dorsal lithotomy position, prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. The wound measured approximately 30 cm x 14 cm and went from the left inguinal region through the left perineum and to the posterior left buttocks. Using a curettage, we proceeded with additional debridement of all the raw surfaces. Spot electrocautery was used as needed for hemostasis and the wound was irrigated copiously with antibiotic irrigation. The sharp debridement was done to the level of the dartos fascia and Colles fascia. Once we had finished the sharp debridement, we went ahead and decided to place a wound VAC. A black sponge was placed into the wound and then carefully placed using the sticky plastic and put it to suction. Given the location, it was a bit challenging but we were able to place the wound VAC to suction. Given that the wound extended near the posterior buttocks, it was near the anus which would likely be an issue for maintaining suction if the patient had a bowel movement. The patient tolerated the procedure well.Mark Painter and PRS ConsultingSchedule a call with Mark Painter / PRS ConsultingUrology Documentation, Coding, and Billing CertificationFor Urologists and APPs (Click Here for Pricing, More Information, and Registration)Documentation, Coding, and Billing Fellowship - Urology (DCB-FS) For Coders, Billers, and Admins (Click Here for Pricing, More Information, and Registration)Documentation, Coding, and Billing Specialist Certification (DCB-SC)Documentation, Coding, and Billing Master Certification (DCB-MC)Urology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement Seminar(Click Here for More information and Registration) Las Vegas, December 1 & 2, 20238 am - 4:30 pm Friday, 8 am - 3:30 pm SaturdayNew Orleans, January 26 & 27, 20248 am - 4:30 pm Friday, 8 am - 3:30 pm SaturdayReserve your spot and save!As a Urology Coding and Reimbursement Podcast listener, you get access to a discount (expires 8/31/23).Use code: 24UACRS733Get signed up today and get peace of mind knowing you will be prepared for all the upcoming changes.The Thriving Urology Practice Facebook group.The Thriving Urology Practice Facebook Group link to join:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThrivingPractice/ Join the discussion:Urology Coding and Reimbursement Group - Join for free and ask your questions, and share your wisdom.Click Here to Start Your Free Trial of AUACoding

Another damn good show ruined by a terrible show. The crew discusses the band Ween. The boys incoherently break down the Red Bull Rampage lineup. Rob further explains life as an active Jewish synagogue member. Jimmy is keen on Dean's gangrene ween during the Baiku. The Zoomers suggest new nicknames for JP/Uncle Touchy. Rob's producer skills are called into question again when the Zoom room keeps randomly turning off and on and recording on its own. Support this stupidity on Patreon. Buy our cool fenders and Gnar Couch gear at gnarcouch.com. Get 30% off your performance eyewear with code "sponchesmom" at enjoywinter.com. Get your bike parts and accessories at thelostco.com. Get sick custom top caps at The Dark Bike Co.

Today we're going to talk about how certain skin conditions can help you identify if someone has diabetes. High blood glucose affects the skin both directly and indirectly. Insulin, a hormone that helps lower glucose, can also affect the skin. When you have high blood glucose, you'll typically also have high insulin and insulin resistance, at least in the beginning. Skin conditions that can be related to high insulin: 1. Acanthosis nigricans 2. Skin tags 3. Digital sclerosis 4. Acne 5. Baker's cysts Skin conditions that can be related to high blood sugar: 1. Petechiae and purpura 2. Gangrene 3. Ulcers in the legs or feet 4. Swollen red eyelids The best remedies for skin conditions related to diabetes: • Get on the Healthy Keto® diet • Do intermittent fasting • Consume one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar mixed in water a few times a day • Take berberine DATA: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336429/ https://ojs.library.queensu.ca https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2410097/

August 13, 2023 Pastor Chris Wachter http://www.hiawathachurch.com

This week We discuss Threads, Gangrene, Ezra Miller, Vic has technical difficulties and Ryhan resists the Snyder bait. Please help our friend and Jortscentrist Laura if you can. https://gofund.me/92e54c8e https://podvoices.help https://donations4abortion.com Please help support our friend Tim! https://www.gofundme.com/f/tims-head-trauma-and-living-expenses Join our Peloton!   https://www.patreon.com/JortsCenter Facebook group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/342135897580300 Subreddit  https://www.reddit.com/r/jortscenter Follow us on Twitter at @JortsCenterPod  Will is @wapplehouse  Josh  is @otherjrobbins  Ryan is @ryhanbeard  Vic is @Dokktorvikktor  Dan  is @motleycruedetat

Welcome to Guilders-Ford Radio, a Necromunda podcast broadcasting from the East Gate Docks of Hive Primus (via Guildford Games Club, Surrey, UK).It's a slow month for Necromunda in Guilders-Ford, but fear not, we've got a much requested deep dive into one of the main characters of our narrative - Gangrene - and a guest appearance from Guildford Games Club's Justin, who will be explaining how his run-of-the-mill gang leader grew to become our setting's primary antagonist.We've also got a particularly tasty Stack of WAAC this month, a 'Delaque Stack' focussing on the infamous Nacht Ghul.Finally, we have an in-depth discussion on the differences between and challenges involved in combining Narrative players and WAAC / Min Maxers into campaigns, how they 'play' together and what arbitrators can do to find a balance, as well as reflection on our own playstyles!Support the showHelp us make better content, and download free community resources!www.patreon.com/guildersfordradioAny comments, questions or corrections? We'd love to hear from you! Join the Guilders-Ford Radio community over at;https://linktr.ee/guildersfordradiowww.instagram.com/guildersfordradiowww.facebook.com/guildersfordradioGuildersFordRadio@Gmail.com ** Musical Attribution - Socket Rocker by (Freesound - BaDoink) **

In this episode of The PODdoctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, a fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeon, discuss wet gangrene vs. dry gangrene and the advanced treatments available to prevent amputations in diabetic patients. They highlight the modern use of wound care technology such as antibiotic beads for wound healing and water jet wound cleaning. Dr. Dauphinee and Dr. Hussain also share their expertise in treating peripheral nerve problems and talk about the benefits of hyperbaric therapy for wounds. QUOTES:"Ischemic pain is deep. It's not responsive to narcotics. The only thing that's gonna fix it is, unfortunately, amputation or fix the blood flow problem." -Dr. Damien Dauphinee“One of the things to keep in mind about ABIs ankle-brachial index is it can be falsely elevated in diabetic patients.” -Dr. Raafae HussainTop Takeaways:External Fixation and Limb SalvageAdvanced Treatments for Diabetic Limb PreservationWhat You Will Learn:Diabetic limb preservationThe types of gangrene and treatment optionsWound care and recoveryResources:Visit our website: https://thepoddoctors.com/

Most people have probably heard of gangrene, a condition that causes tissue to become necrotic. But Fournier's Gangrene is a more . . . targeted version, specifically affecting the perineum, or taint. Justin and Dr. Sydnee discuss who Dr. Fournier was and how he (deservedly or not) put his name on this very specific infection.Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

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Welcome...to the Graveyard Show Classic. This is a look back at The Undertaker's interview with Larry Underwood, aka Dr. Gangrene from Chiller Cinema and Creature Feature. They will discuss what his influences were, how he got his start as a horror host, doing PSAs for the local Nashville station, and whaat he thinks the workd of horror hosts will look like in ten years. The Graveyard Show Podcast can be found everywhere podcasts exist, and you can also find exclusive content on the GYS channel on YouTube. And as you exit the graveyard I would like to remind you to please…lock the gate behind you…we wouldn't want anyone to get out. Until next time...

'New' Labor Listens to the Anarchist World This Week? I Take a Bow - 'Save the Bunya Bunya Tree and Railway House Beaconsfield Group' I Israel On the Brink? France On the Brink? I 'Never Again' Presentation - Footscray Hotel 19th April I The Politicisation of the Bureaucracy I Farmers' Mental Health Woes Linked to Demutualisation and Privatisation of Co-operatives I Andrews At It Again - Ponsy Economics

Join Emily and Ky on a ride that's even wilder than usual as they compare, contrast, consider, and critique two ear worms, both alike in dignity. Are blue and green opposites? Does this song take place in the ocean? How should one approach a night out? What's Emily's favorite takeout salad? We got all your answers, and zero fact checks! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wineweedweird/message

Kat tells the story of Muggs the chimpanzee who ape-eared just in time to save The Today Show. Remember, no matter how cute you are, you will never be as cute as a baby chimpanzee. Then, Hayley teaches the barfo-disgusto history of autopsies. It turns out Gangrene pus doesn't taste good. Who knew?  https://linktr.ee/NightClassy Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023  

This week, true love is about foot smells, it's all Melanie's fault, we are buying bat bikinis, we add a bad corporate statement to the bad corporate statements hall of shame, and Melanie is mean to sharks.Content warnings: diabetes, gangrene, appendecitis, brief and non-graphic mentions of nausea and vomiting, drowninb death and near-death of children (vague and not graphic) 45:56-46:50, explosion, severely preterm birth and baby in peril who survives 57:33, vague discussion of suicide 1:05:20 and 1:07:30

As health care professionals, it is our job to advocate for our patients, even if our efforts are not well received initially. Especially when we are deeply concerned, or uncomfortable with the situation. This can be tough, but it is essential for the health of the patient. What happens when we are expressing real urgent concern and the provider on the other end doesn't feel your urgency? On today's episode, our host and rapid response nurse Sarah Lorenzini, tells us about an experience she had when providing care for a patient with critical limb ischemia where she knew the patient needed immediate surgery, but the primary care doctor didn't think it was urgent. Sarah goes through real examples of how she spoke with the doctor, the doctor's responses, intentional language she used to get her urgency across, and what happened thereafter.Sarah also explains the classes of critical limb ischemia, symptoms to look out for in varying severity, how to treat patients in each class, and main takeaways for nurses when they are in a situation where they need to be persistent in their advocacy in a situation like this.Tune in to learn more about critical limb ischemia and what you as a nurse can do to potentially save your patient's life, or limb. Topics discussed in this episode:An example of expressing concern to a medical providerWords and phrases to use that can help express your concern for the patientThe importance of a doctor being physically present to assess the patientDon't neglect the basicsThree classes of critical limb ischemia and what to do in each caseOptions for restoring blood flow (revascularization)Range of symptoms to expect from claudication to amputationWhy waiting too long for revascularization is problematicTakeaways for nurses who find themselves in this type of situationIf you would like to check out the 1hr, 1 CE course, go to: www.rapidresponseandrescue.comTo get the FREE Rapid Response RN Assessment Guide and the coupon code for $10 off the cost of the course, message Sarah on Instagram @TheRapidResponseRN and type the word PODCAST!

I. A warning to avoid irreverent babble, v16a. II. The dangers: it's godless and gangrenous, v16b-17. III. Some examples, v17b-18. IV. Encouragement and assurance, v19. 

2 PETER SERIES Steve is wrapping up our series on 2 Peter today.

Why in a barrel, though? And a record-breaking attempt turns into a mystery. JG tells us the history of “going over Niagara” and Kat asks questions regarding the lost L'Oiseau Blanc. It's BOX494 and it's doing what had to be done, living under the gun. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's the perfect way to celebrate Halloween?... With Dark Shadows and Horror Hosts, of corpse! In this episode, Penny Dreadful summons many of her fellow television and internet horror movie hosts to share their memories and thoughts on DS. Hosted by Penny Dreadful and featuring (in order of appearance): Count Gore De Vol, Sally the Zombie Cheerleader, Dr. Gangrene, Doctor Sarcofiguy, Professor Anton Griffin, Undead Johnny, Marlena Midnite, Sicko-Psychotic, The Bone Jangler, Karlos Borloff, Dr. Dreck, Remo D, Bobby Gammonster, Scarlett Kaiju, The Host, Danvers, Stevie Gothling/Tim the Enchanter, Octavian Hallow, and Halloween Jack. You won't want to miss this hex-clusive Halloween Horror Host celebration of Dark Shadows! Listen to the very end to hear a fascinating interview clip from a horror host who tried to audition for the original Dark Shadows in the early 70's!