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Optic neuropathies encompass all congenital or acquired conditions affecting the optic nerve and are often a harbinger of systemic and central nervous system disorders. A systematic approach to identifying the clinical manifestations of specific optic neuropathies is imperative for directing diagnostic assessments, formulating tailored treatment regimens, and identifying broader central nervous system and systemic disorders. In this episode, Gordon Smith, MD, FAAN speaks with Lindsey De Lott, MD, MS, author of the article “Optic Neuropathies” in the Continuum® April 2025 Neuro-ophthalmology issue. Dr. Smith is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a professor and chair of neurology at Kenneth and Dianne Wright Distinguished Chair in Clinical and Translational Research at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. De Lott is an assistant professor of neurology and ophthalmology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Additional Resources Read the article: Optic Neuropathies Subscribe to Continuum®: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @gordonsmithMD Guest: @lindseydelott Full episode transcript available here Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. Be sure to visit the links in the episode notes for information about earning CME, subscribing to the journal, and exclusive access to interviews not featured on the podcast. Dr Smith: Hello, this is Dr Gordon Smith. Today I'm interviewing Dr Lindsey De Lott about her article on optic neuropathies, which appears in the April 2025 Continuum issue on neuro-ophthalmology. Lindsey, welcome to the podcast, and perhaps you can introduce yourself to our audience. Dr De Lott: Thank you, Dr Smith. My name is Lindsey De Lott and I am a neurologist and a neuro-ophthalmologist at the University of Michigan. I also serve as the section lead for the Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, which is actually part of the ophthalmology department rather than the neurology department. And I spend a good portion of my time as a researcher in health services research, and that's now about 60% of my practice or so. Dr Smith: I'm super excited to spend some time talking with you. One, I'm a Michigan person. As we were chatting before this, I trained with Wayne Cornblath and John Trobe, and it's great to have you. I wonder if we maybe can begin- and by the way, your article is outstanding. It is such a huge topic and it was actually really fun to read, so I encourage our listeners to check it out. But you begin by talking about misdiagnosis as being a common problem in this patient population. I wonder if you can talk through why that is and if you have any pearls or pitfalls in avoiding it? Dr De Lott: Yeah, I think there's been a lot of great research looking at misdiagnosis in specific types of optic neuropathies; in particular, compressive optic neuropathies and optic neuritis. A lot of that work has come out of the group at Emory and the group at Washington University. But a lot of neuro-ophthalmologists across the country really contributed to those data. And one of the statistics that always strikes me is that, you know, for example, in patients with optic nerve sheath meningiomas, something like 70% of them are actually misdiagnosed. And a lot of those errors in diagnosis, whether it's for compressive optic neuropathy or some other type of optic neuropathy, really comes down to the way that physicians are really incorporating elements of the history in the physical. For example, in optic neuritis, we know that physicians tend to anchor pretty heavily on pain in general. And that often tends to lead them astray when optic neuritis was never the diagnosis to begin with. So, it's really overindexing on certain things and not paying attention to other features of the physical exam; for example, say presence of an afferent pupillary defect. So, I think it just really highlights the need to have a really relatively structured approach to patients that you think have an optic neuropathy when you're trying to sort of plan your diagnostic testing and your treatment. Dr Smith: I do maybe five or six weeks on our hospital service each year, and I don't know if it's just a Richmond thing, but there's always at least two people in my week who come in with an optic neuropathy or acute vision loss. How common is this in medical practice? Or neurologic practice, I should say? Dr De Lott: Optic neuropathies themselves… if you look across, unfortunately we don't have any great data that puts together all optic neuropathies and gives us an actual sort of prevalence estimate or an incidence estimate from year to year. We do have some of those data for specific types of optic neuropathies like optic neuritis and NAION, and you're probably looking around five-ish per one hundred thousand. So, these aren't that common, but at the same time they do get funneled to- often to emergency rooms and to neurologists from our ophthalmology colleagues and optometry colleagues in particular. Dr Smith: So, one other question I had before kind of diving into the topic at hand is how facile neurologists need to be in recognizing other causes of acute visual loss. I mean, we see acute visual loss as neurologists, we think optic neuropathy, right? Optic neuritis is sort of the go-to in a younger patient, and NAION in someone older. But what do neurologists need to know about other ophthalmologic causes? So, glaucoma or acute retinal disorders, for instance? Dr De Lott: Yeah, I think it's really important that neurologists are able to distinguish optic neuropathies from other causes of vision loss. And so, I would really encourage the listeners to take a look at the excellent article by Nancy Newman about vision loss in this issue where she really kind of breaks it down into vision loss that is acute and chronic and how you really think through distinguishing optic neuropathies from other causes of vision loss. But it is really important. For example, a patient with a central retinal artery occlusion may potentially be eligible for treatments. And that's very different from a patient with optic neuritis and acute vision loss. So, we want to be able to distinguish these things.  Dr Smith: So maybe we can pivot to that a little bit. Just for our listeners, our focus today is going to be on- not so much on optic neuritis, although obviously we need to talk a little bit about how we differentiate optic neuritis from non-neuritis optic neuropathies. It seems like the two most common situations we encounter are ischemic optic neuropathies and optic neuritis. Maybe you can talk a little bit about how you distinguish these two? I mean, some of it's age, some of it's risk factors, some of it's exam. What's the framework, of let's say, a fifty-year-old person comes into the emergency room with acute vision loss and you're worried about an optic neuropathy? Dr De Lott: The first step whenever you are considering an optic neuropathy is just making sure that the features are present. I think, really going back to your earlier question, making sure that the patient has the features of an optic neuropathy that we expect. So, it's not only vision loss, but it's also the presence of an apparent pupillary defect in a patient with a unilateral optic neuropathy. In a person who has a bilateral optic neuropathy, that apparent pupillary defect may not be present because it is relative. So, you really would have to have asymmetric vision loss between the two eyes. They should also have impairment of their color vision, and they're probably going to have some kind of visual field defect, whether that's central scotoma or an arcuate scotoma or an altitudinal defect that really respects the horizontal meridian. So, you want to make sure that, first and foremost, you've got a patient that really meets most of those- most of those features. And then from there, we're looking at the other features on their history. How acute is the onset of the vision loss? What is the progression over time? Is there pain associated or not associated with the vision loss? What other medical issues does the patient have? And you know, one of the things you already brought up, for example, is, what's the age of the patient? So, I'm going to be much more hesitant to make a diagnosis of optic neuritis in a much older patient or a diagnosis on the other side, of ischemic optic neuropathy, in a much younger patient, unless they have really clear features that push me in that direction. Dr Smith: I wonder if maybe you could talk a little bit about features that would push you away from optic neuritis, because, I mean, people who are over fifty do get optic neuritis- Dr De Lott: They do. Dr Smith: -and people who get ischemic optic neuropathies who are younger. So, what features would push you away from optic neuritis and towards… let's be broad, just a different type of optic neuropathy? Dr De Lott: Sure. We know that most patients with optic neuritis do have pain, but that pain is accompanied---within a few days, typically---with vision loss. So, pain alone going on for a number of days without any visual symptoms or any of those other things I listed, like the afferent papillary defect, the visual field defect, would push me away from optic neuritis. But in general, yes, most optic neuritis is indeed painful. So, the presence of optic disc edema is unfortunately one of those things that an optic neuritis may be present, may not be present, but in somebody with ischemia that is anterior---and that's the most common type of ischemic optic neuropathy, would be anterior ischemic optic neuropathy---they have to have optic disc edema for us to be able to make that diagnosis, and that is a diagnosis of NAION, or nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy. An APD in this case, again, that's just a feature of an optic neuropathy. It doesn't really help you to distinguish, individual field defects are going to be relatively similar between them. So then in patients, I'm also looking, like I said, at their history. So, in a patient where I'm entertaining a diagnosis of ischemic optic neuropathy, I want to make sure that they have vascular risk factors or that I'm actually doing things like measuring their blood pressure in the office if they haven't seen a physician recently or checking a lipid panel, hemoglobin A1c, those kinds of things, to look for vascular risk factors. One of the other features on exam that might push me more- again, in a patient with ischemic optic neuropathy, where it might suggest ischemia over optic neuritis, would be some other features on exam like a crowded optic disc that we sometimes will see in patients with ischemic optic neuropathy. I feel like that was a bit of a convoluted answer. Dr Smith: I thought that was a great answer. And when you say crowded optic disc, that's the- is that the “disc at risk”? Dr De Lott: That is the “disk at risk,” yes. So, crowded optic disk is really a disk that is smaller than what we see in the average population, and the average cup to disk ratio is 0.3. So, I think that's where 30% of the disk should be. So, this extra wiggle room, as I sometimes will explain to my patients. Dr Smith: And then, I wonder if you could talk a little bit about more- just more about exam, right? You raised the importance of recognizing optic disc edema. Are there aspects of that disc edema that really steer you away from optic neuritis and towards ischemia-like hemorrhages or whatnot? And then a similar question about the importance of careful visual field testing? Dr De Lott: So, on the whole, optic disc edema is optic disc edema. And you can have very severe optic neuritis with hemorrhages, cotton wool spots, which is essentially just an infarction of the retinal nerve fiber layer either overlying the disc or other parts of the retina. And ischemia, you can have some of the same features. In patients who have giant cell arteritis, which is just one form of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, patients can have a pallid optic disc edema where the optic disc is swollen and white-looking. But on the whole, swelling is swelling. So, I would caution anyone against using the features of the optic nerve swelling to make any type of, sort of, definitive kind of diagnosis. It's worth keeping in mind, but I just- I would caution against using specific features, optic nerve swelling. And then for visual field testing, there are certain patterns that sometimes can be helpful. I think as I mentioned earlier, in patients with ischemic optic neuropathy, we'll often see an altitudinal defect where either the top half or, more commonly, the bottom half of the vision is lost. And that vision loss in the field corresponds to the area of swelling on the disk, which is really rewarding when you're actually able to see sectoral swelling of the disk. So, say the top half of the disk is swollen and you see a really dense inferior defect. And other types of optic neuropathy such as hereditary optic neuropathies, toxic and nutritional optic neuropathies, they often cause more central field loss. And in patients who have optic neuropathies from elevated intracranial pressure, so papilladema, those folks often have more subtle visual field loss in an arcuate pattern. And it's only once the optic nerves have sustained a pretty significant injury that you start to see other patterns of field loss and actual decline in visual acuity in those patients. I do think a detailed visual field assessment can often be pretty helpful as an adjunct to the rest of the exam. Dr Smith: So, we haven't talked a lot about neuroimaging, and obviously, neuroimaging is really important in patients who have optic neuritis. But how about an older patient in whom you suspect ischemic optic neuropathy? Do those patients all need a MRI scan? And if so, is it orbits and brain? How do you- how do you protocol it? Dr De Lott: You're asking such a good question, totally controversial in in some ways. And so, in patients with ischemic optic neuropathy, if you are confident in your diagnosis: the patient is over the age of fifty, they have all the vascular, you know, they have vascular risk factors. And those vascular risk factors are things like diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea. They have a “disc at risk” in the fellow eye. They don't have pain, they don't have a cancer history. Then doing an MRI of the orbits is probably not necessary to rule out another cause. But if you aren't confident that you have all of those features, then you should absolutely do an MRI of the orbit. The MRI of the brain probably doesn't provide you with much additional information. However, if you are trying to distinguish between an ischemic optic neuropathy and, say, maybe an optic neuritis, in those patients we do recommend MRI orbits and brain imaging because the brain does provide additional information about other CNS demyelinating disorders that might be actually the cause of a patient's optic neuritis. Dr Smith: I wonder if you could talk a little bit about posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. That's much less common, and you mentioned earlier that those patients don't have optic disk edema. So, if there's a patient who has vision loss that- in a similar sort of clinical scenario that you talked about, how do you approach that and under what circumstances do we see patients who have posterior ischemic optic neuropathy? Dr De Lott: So, you're going to most often see patients with posterior ischemic optic neuropathy who, for example, have undergone a recent surgery. These are often associated with things like spinal surgeries, cardiac surgeries. And there are a number of risk factors that are associated with it. Things like blood pressure, drain surgery, the amount of blood loss, positioning of patient. And this is something that the surgeons and anesthesiologists are very sensitive to at this point in time, and many patients are often- this can be part of the normal informed consent process at this point in time since this is something that is well-recognized for specific surgeries. In those patients, though… again, unless you're really certain, for example, maybe the inpatient neurology attending and you've been asked to consult on a patient and it's very clear that they went into surgery normal, they came out of surgery with vision loss, and all the rest of the features really seem to be present. I would recommend that in those cases you think about orbital imaging, making sure you're not missing anything else. Again, unless all of the features really are present- and I think that's one of the themes, definitely, throughout this article, is really the importance of neuroimaging in helping us to distinguish between different types of optic neuropathy. Dr Smith: Yeah, I think one of the things that Eric Eggenberger talks about in his article is the need to use precise nomenclature too, which I plan on talking to him about. But I think having this very structured approach- and your article does it very well, I'll tell our listeners who haven't seen it there's a series of really great tables in the article that outline a lot of these. I wonder, Lindsey, if we can switch to talk about arteritic optic neuropathy. Is that okay? Dr De Lott: Sure. Yeah, absolutely. Dr Smith: How do you sort that out in an older patient who comes in with an ischemic optic neuropathy? Dr De Lott: Yeah. In patients who are over the age of fifty with an ischemic optic neuropathy, we always need to be thinking about giant cell arteritis. It is really a diagnosis we cannot afford to miss. If we do miss it, unfortunately, patients are likely to lose vision in their fellow eye about 1/3 to 1/2 the time. So, it is really one of those emergencies in neuro-ophthalmology and neurology. And so you want to do a thorough review systems for giant cell arteritis symptoms, things like headache, jaw claudication, myalgias, unintentional weight loss, fevers, things of that nature. You also want to check their inflammatory markers to look for evidence of an elevated ESR, elevated C-reactive protein. And then on exam, what you're going to find is that it can cause an anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, as I mentioned earlier. It can cause palette optic disc swelling. But giant cell arteritis can also cause posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. And so, it can be present without any swelling of the optic disc. And in fact, you know, you mentioned one of my mentors, John Trobe, who used to say that in a patient where you're entertaining the idea of posterior ischemic optic neuropathy, who is over the age of fifty with no optic disc swelling, you should be thinking about number one, giant cell arteritis; number two, giant cell arteritis; number three, giant cell arteritis. And so, I think that is a real take-home point is making sure that you're thinking of this diagnosis often in our patients who are over the age of fifty, have to rule it out. Dr Smith: I'll ask maybe a simple question. And presumably just about everyone who you see with a presumed ischemic optic neuropathy, even if they don't have clinical features, you at least check a sed rate. Is that true? Dr De Lott: I do. So, I do routinely check sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. So, you need to check both. And the reason is that there are some patients who have a positive C-reactive protein but a normal sedimentation rate, so. And vice versa, although that is less common. And so both need to be checked. One other lab that sometimes can be helpful is looking at their CBC. You'll often find these patients with giant cell arteritis have elevated platelet counts. And if you can trend them over time, if you happen to have a patient that's had multiple, you'll see it sort of increasing over time. Dr Smith: I'm just thinking about how you sort things out in the middle, right? I mean, so that not all patients with GCF, sky-high sed rate and CRP…. And I'm just thinking of Dr Trobe's wisdom. So, when you're in an uncertain situation, presumably you go ahead and treat with steroids and move to biopsy. Maybe you can talk a bit about that pathway? Dr De Lott: Yeah, sure. Dr Smith: What's the definitive diagnostic process? Do you- for instance, the sed rate is sky-high, do you still get a biopsy? Dr De Lott: Yes. So, biopsy is still our gold-standard diagnosis here in the United States. I will say that is not the case in all parts of the world. In fact, many parts of Europe are moving toward using other ancillary tests in combination with labs and exam, the history, to make a definitive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. And those tests are things like temporal artery ultrasound. We also, even though we call it temporal artery ultrasound, we actually need to image not only the temporal arteries but also the axillary arteries. The sensitivity and specificity is actually greater in those cases. And then there's high-resolution imaging of the vessels and the- both the intracranial and extracranial distributions. And both of those have shown some promise in their predictive values of patients actually having giant cell arteritis. One caution I would give to our listeners, though, is that, you know, currently in the US, temporal artery biopsy is still the gold standard. And reading the ultrasounds and the MRIs takes a really experienced radiologist. So, unless you really know the diagnostic accuracy at your institution, again, temporal artery biopsy remains the gold standard here. So, when you are considering giant cell arteritis, start the patient on steroids and- that's high dose, high dose steroids. In patients with vision loss, we use high dose intravenous methylprednisolone and then go ahead and get the biopsy. Dr Smith: Super helpful. And are there other treatments, other than steroids? Maybe how long do you keep people on steroids? And let's say you've got a patient who's, you know, diabetic or has other factors that make you want to avoid the course of steroids. Are there other options available? Dr De Lott: So, in the acute phase steroids are the only option. There is no other option. However, long term, yes, we do pretty quickly put patients on tocilizumab, which is really our first-line treatment. And I do that in conjunction with our rheumatology colleagues, who are incredibly helpful in managing and monitoring the tocilizumab for our patients. But when you're seeing the patients, you know, whether it's in the emergency room or in the hospital, those patients need steroids immediately. There are other steroid-sparing agents that have been tried, but the efficacy is not as good as tocilizumab. So, the American College of Rheumatology is really recommending tocilizumab as our first line steroid-sparing agent at this point. Dr Smith: Outstanding. So again, I will refer our listeners to your article. It's just chock-full of great stuff. This has been a great conversation. Thank you so much for joining me today. Dr De Lott: Thank you, Dr Smith. I really appreciate it.  Dr Smith: The pleasure has been all mine, and I know our listeners will be enjoying this as well. Again, today I've been interviewing Dr Lindsey De Lott about her article on optic neuropathies, which appears in the most recent issue of Continuum on neuro-ophthalmology. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues. I already mentioned Dr Eggenberger and I will be talking about optic neuritis, which will be a great companion to this discussion. Listeners, thank you for joining us today. Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use the link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. AAN members, you can get CME for listening to this interview by completing the evaluation at continpub.com/audioCME. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.

In the fourth episode of the CinemaCon 2025 Boxoffice podcast series, brought to you by TAPOS, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Chad Kennerk discuss the State of the Industry address and the news from the Lionsgate and Warner Bros. presentations. In the sponsor segment, Daniel is joined by executives from ICE Theaters to discuss the premium format and a record-breaking 2024. Daniel is then joined in the feature segment by the Global Cinema Federation's Jane Hastings, the CEO of EVT, to discuss GCF's latest study on moviegoing trends. 

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Exactly 5 years ago, I began this podcast and attended the Global Citizen Festival on 9/28/19. My first episode recapped that awesome event! I luckily won again for this year's (9/28/24), but unfortunately couldn't stay the whole time due to unexpected weather. Global Citizen is a great non-profit organization advocating world issues, and accomplishing goals by society participating in their projects. Since 2012, they hold a free annual concert every last weekend in September, rewarding participants as winners to attend. Advocating more awareness and celebrity support, I recap my full concert review for 2024's recent festival. Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann CatenaGlobal Citizen 2024 LivestreamAlok - Setlist; GCF '24 clipsBenson Boone - Setlist; GCF ' 24 ClipsJelly Roll - Setlist; GCF ' 24 ClipsRaye - SetlistRauw Alejandro - SetlistLISA - Setlist"Moonlit Floor" - GCF '24 Debut"KIss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer (1998)Doja Cat - SetlistChris & Ed (Coldplay's Chris Martin, & Ed Sheeran!)Post Malone - SetlistRelated Episodes: Album Nerds - The Power of LyricsEp. 13 - Top 40 Songs of 2019 (Part 2)Ep. 65 - Top 40 Songs of 2020 (Part 2)Ep. 93 - Japan Themed SongsEp. 124 - Rihanna Top 20Ep. 168 - Top 40 Songs of 2022 (Part 1)Ep. 187 - Ed Sheeran Top 10Ep. 192 - Jelly Roll Bio & Top 3 HitsEp. 199 - Doja Cat's "Attention"Ep. 236 - Teddy Swims & Benson BooneEp. 254 - Post Malone's 'F-1 Trillion' (Review)Ep. 256 - VMAs 2024 Predictions

Enterprise Knowledge CEO Zach Wahl speaks with George Zedginidze, the Head of Knowledge Management at the Green Climate Fund (GCF). George shares his insights and experiences from his six-year tenure at GCF, discussing the critical distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge and the importance of creating relevant knowledge flows within organizations. Zach and George discuss the challenges and strategies of managing knowledge in a hybrid work environment, emphasizing the need for careful spatial planning to promote collaboration. George also provides a candid perspective on why not all knowledge needs to be codified, and the importance of focusing on the value of enhancement rather than the cost of ignorance.

Good morning church family. If you have your Bible I would ask you to go aheadand make your way to the book of 2 Timothy. Today we will be looking at 2Timothy 4: 1-5. My name is Mikey, I am a member here at GCF and have been fora few years now. My wife Brooke, and our 5 children love this church, and Ialways count it as an honor when I have the opportunity to preach.Pastor Ken did a great job last week as we worked our way through the closing ofchapter 3. And one passage that we looked at in particular was chapter 3 vs. 16-17.There was a family that joined about 3 weeks ago, and as they stood up on thestage and were sharing their faith and what they believe, brother said, we believein the sufficiency of scripture. I was in the back, I said amen! And that is reallywhat this passage gets to. All Scripture, not some scripture is from God.[2Ti 3:16-17 ESV] 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable forteaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 thatthe man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.We rightly believe that when we armed with the word of God we haveEVERYTHING we need for God to accomplish everything he wills to do in ourlives. We really don't need anything else.The word of God is the center piece of Church. And is delivered by the man ofGod, the preacher. There is no greater calling, there is no more importantassignment, there is no greater need.2One of my heros of the faith is Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones said it this way in his book“Preachers and Preaching”, “The primary task of the church and of the Christianminister is the preaching of the word of God”.As Paul is writing this, We know he is nearing the end of his time here on earth.In fact this is likely the last writing that we have. And as I studied this passage thisweek, I gave some thought to how I might handle my final hours on earth.And I pictured myself maybe in a room, surrounded by those that I love. Perhaps aspouse, parents, or children, or even close friend perhaps would have gatheredaround. Have you ever wondered how you might feel in those moments. Whenyou don't have much time left, and there is so much that you wanted to say to yourchildren, but time will just not allow. And you realize in those moments thedifficult times that perhaps your loved ones will have to go on to face. And yourealize you will not be there to help. You will not be able share guidance or bearburdens because your time has come to an end. What would you say in those lastmoments? I think if you get this picture in your mind, then you are close to feelingexactly like Paul feels as he pens the last words to Timothy. And so what will hesay, what is his closing plea to make sure that he leaves young Timothy headed inthe right direction.Paul knows all too well the dangers that are facing the church. He himself hasbeen imprisoned and stoned. He has seen the false teachers and he knows whatthey aim to do. He has seen false converts defect from the church. And with all ofthis on his mind, his eyes fix on Timothy, what possible advice can he give?[2Ti 4:1-5 ESV] 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, whois to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, andexhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is coming whenpeople will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they willaccumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turnaway from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. 5 As for you, alwaysbe sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill yourministry.3First, I want to talk about the structure of the passage, because that helps me digestand organize the thoughts in my mind. In verse 1, Paul lays out an overarchingcharge that sets the tone of the passage. Then in verse two we have the mainimperative statement of the entire passage. What is Timothy supposed to do? He isto “preach the word”. Highlight and double underline in. That is the title of themessage, and that is Pauls main point. Preach the word.And the rest of the passage simply explains “how” Timothy is to preach the word.So there are 8 or so imperatives that come after that explain how the Pastor is topreach. And we are going to go thru these this morning. Let's look at verse 1.[2Ti 4:1-5 ESV] 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who isto judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:We see the first verb is “charge”. It's an important word and one we don't usevery often. Can you imagine if you walked around telling people they are chargedto do something for you. They would think that you are crazy. The language usedhere is a military term. In today's term an officer might say “this is an order!”.This assignment is not optional. There is no negotiation. Timothy must be all earsbecause what Paul is about to say is important.He goes on to say “in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus.” It is as if he stepsthe importance up yet another notch. Paul borrows language in this phrase from aRoman court room. In that day if you were charged with a crime you would begiven instruction of your court date, of the crime that was committed, and thissummons would say something like in the presence of the honorable judge so andso. It is as if we are being reminded of this task that Paul is about to lay out is aformal task. It is not optional. And none other than the Holy trinity itself will standand take account.Verse 1 says he is the judge of “the living and the dead”. The idea here goes backto God as the judge of all mankind.[2Co 5:10 ESV] 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, sothat each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whethergood or evil.4Paul sets the tone for this charge as one of grave importance. This task ofpreaching for both Timothy and all men who would be called to follow after is notto be taken lightly. In fact, this judge mentioned here in verse 1 will judge thesepreachers with even greater scrutiny. This concept of preachers being judged in aspecial way is not just here take a look at James 3:1.[Jas 3:1 ESV] 1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for youknow that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.One of my favorite preachers in church history is none other than Dr. MartynLloyd Jones. He was an outstanding physician in London, and even as a youngman was promoted to chief clinical assistant to the King. Sounds like prettyimportant work right?When I came here, people said to me: ‘Why give up good work – a goodprofession – after all, the medical profession, why give that up? If you had been abookie, for instance, and wanted to give that up to preach the gospel, we shouldunderstand and agree with you and say that you were doing a grand thing. Butmedicine – a good profession, healing the sick and relieving pain!' One man evensaid this, ‘If you were a lawyer and gave it up, I'd give you a pat on the back, butto give up medicine!MLJ said about this ‘if you knew more about the work of a doctor, you wouldunderstand. We but spend most of our time rendering people fit to go back to theirsin!' I saw men on their sick beds, I spoke to them of their immortal souls, theypromised grand things. Then they got better and back they went to their old sin! Isaw I was helping these men to sin and I decided that I would do no more of it. Iwant to heal souls. If a man has a diseased body and his soul is all right, he is allright to the end; but a man with a healthy body and a diseased soul is all right forsixty years or so and then he has to face an eternity of hell. Ah, yes! we havesometimes to give up those which are good for that which is the best of all – thejoy of salvation and newness of life.5MLJ had no problem leaving behind a physician for an earthly king, because heknew that call he received to be a preacher for the king of kings was far moreimportant work.So that is verse 1, it sets the stage, it provides the mood, the lighting of everythingwe are about to discuss. Verse 2.Preach the word. Underline this. We said this phrase is the main imperative of thetext. Not just for Timothy but all preachers will be judged based on how true theywere to the command. Preach the word.The Greek verb for preach here is Keruso. And it means to herald. Back in thosedays when there was an order from the King, perhaps a meeting that needed totake place in a particular village, they didn't have a website or a newspaper toshare information. There would be assigned heralds. Who would move out into thebusy parts of towns, into the markets and they would begin to shout, attentionattention, and they would pass along the information. It was a public proclamation,given to all could hear, That is the idea about what it is to preach.But Paul does not permit the preacher to herald just anything, he says preach theword. You may think that should be obvious, but let me tell you it is not. Theremay be a temptation by a pastor, perhaps even by pressure of his congregation todo so something other than preach the word. Paul speaks of the entire council ofscripture. Both the OT and the NT are included. It would be a grave error toexclude any part of the word. “All scripture is God breathed”.I want to stop here and say why I am thankful that our church teaches verse byverse through entire books of the Bible... Growing up topical. Strawman sermonson easy texts. It was rare to deal with difficult passages or work through things thepastor or congregation was struggling to comprehend. A pastor who preaches ashallow message will only develop a shallow congregation. 7 out of 10 youth willwalk away from the faith after they move out of their parents home. Could someof that be that we just won't go deep in the word. To help them understandeverything they are seeing in the world, taught in schools, through the lense of realdeep understanding.6If anything of power, of God is to happen in our church it must happen through thepower that comes from obedience to this command, Preach the word. We can getcaught up in numbers, in strategy, in surveys, and start looking at all the wrongthings. To fufill the imperative in this verse, the church must be a church that iscommitted to the power of preaching as the centerpiece. The church has the task tomake dead men come alive.So now we look at the question of how the pastor is to preach. He is to be ready inseason and out of season. This is the second command or imperative. Did youknow there is no season that is not either in season or out of season? That's all theseasons. The preacher is to always be ready to go. The verb here has a suddennessto it. It is like a soldier who has been put on alert. His bags are packed he is readyto deploy he simply stands by the phone for his orders. He is ready to go, that isthe picture here.This applies to pastors mainly, but we as the congregation can certainly apply it aswell. If our day to day life is marked by disobedience. If we are neglecting theword, if we are neglecting to spend time in prayer. If we are living in a perpetualstate of sin, then how on earth can we be ready. It's easy to get ready for a singleevent right. We can clean ourselves up and get it together for 1 maybe 2 days aweek, but Paul says the preacher is to be ready 24/7. Not an easy thing to do, butthis is the standard by which they will be judged.Okay more imperatives coming up that answer the question “How is the word tobe preached?” We will group the next 3 together because they are sort of similaror related. Still in verse 3 we have:reprove, rebuke, and exhort. This is basically 2 negatives and a positive. Firstly,lets look at reprove. We just saw reprove back in 2 Tim 3:16. It means to correctmisbehavior or to correct false doctrine. It can almost be thought of more as ahead knowledge correction. Or to helps someone think about something rightly.Next we have rebuke. It is closely related, but it deals more with the heart. Itcarries more of the idea of the heart. When the pastor rebukes he is bringing thecongregation under conviction.7This is one of the fundamental differences between teaching and preaching. If Iam teaching you an idea or a passage of scripture I'm just talking to you so thatyou understand the idea that I am trying to communicate, but if am preaching andI am rebuking you now we have the will and the heart and conviction all takingplace. It is something entirely different.Exhort. This is the positive. Parakaleo. Sometimes the Holy Spirit is referred to asParaklyte. Which is to say that he is our helper. So Exort or parakaleo is to comealong aside and lovingly encourage.With complete patience and teaching. The preacher is not to be irritable orimpatient. Even if progress is slow and painful. I think back to Jesus and hisdisciples. Things were slow. Those guys sometimes were just slow. And healways taught with patience.Phil Robertson movie, Blind. Phil was bad. Phil had already turned away thepreacher. Phil bought a bar. Preacher came in the bar. Phil throws him out and isborderline abusive to his wife and family. He ends up throwing them out. And Philhits rock bottom. Pastors be patient. Wives be patient. Husbands be patient. Ms.Kay aske the reverend to go back and talk to him one more time.Vs 3 the preacher is to preach with urgency, “For the time is coming”. Throughoutchurch history there have certainly been ebs and flows. Times of falling away, andthere have been times of great revival. But I think the overall trend as time goes onis that more and more people turn from God. Paul says to Timothy, hey it's the 2minute warning. It's time to score because time is of the essence. The time iscoming, and I believe now more than ever the time has come where:People will not endure sound teaching. Some translations use the pronoun “they”here. The ESV says people, but in either case I think we should consider whothese people are that don't endure sound teaching. At first I thought it was simplythe everybody in the world, but I don't think that is exactly right. You see peoplewho don't go to church have never endured sound teaching or doctrine. So I thinkthe people that are discussed here are what I call “church going people”. These arepeople who fill the seats and the pews of various congregations each and every8Sunday all throughout the world. By context that is the only way this really can beread I think. And when we think about the parable of the wheat and the tares weknow that these congregations, sometimes entire congregations are made of lostpeople.And so as we look around the world, as we look around the churches in the lowcountry, as we look around right here at GCF, what is it that distinguishes thosewho have been born again from those who have not. I believe it is a love and anembrace for true sound doctrine. Paul says the day is coming when they won'ttolerate the true word. Many times a false convert is easy to spot because theyhave no love for the truth of Scripture. Sound doctrine shines a magnifying glasson the wickedness of our sin.Paul says they have “itching ears”. Have you ever had someone ask for your trueopinion and the second that they realize you don't agree with them they stoplistening to you. These unconverted church goers don't want to be confronted withthe weight of a Holy God and a wicked sinner. So with itching ears they seek outsomeone to tell them exactly what they want to hear.The text says they “accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their ownpassions”. I don't know if there has ever been a more obvious time where this hasplayed out in front of us. There is a welcoming congregation for every lifestyle ofsin.And the pulpits are filled with people who not only won'tt mention the sin, butthey will contort scripture and tell you that it is not sin at all.Sin of greed. My pastor never preaches about money because he just says he letsGod deal with that.Self-help and prosperity focused churches are filled with people who want nothingto do with sermons that rebuke and reprove.I remember I was flipping through the channels and I ran across a Pastor who waspreaching to a church that was literally meeting in a football stadium, and it wasfull. I was shocked as I heard the sermon. The Bible was not even required forwhat the man was saying. And I remember thinking how can thousands and9thousands of people sit here with a Bible in there hand and not realize that this isnot the gospel?You know why... I know now. Paul just told me. The day is coming when theywon't tolerate sound doctrine but they will accumulate ear tickling preachers. Hereyou have 10s of thousands of people having their ears tickle, and it is exactly whatthey want to hear.For preachers, it's not easy to say the hard things. For true believers that sit heretoday, don't fall into this trap where you avoid the hard work of searching yourheart for sin. This is why we are here.4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. Theverb here that is translated “turn away” has a medical connotation of a dislocatedjoint. It is as a person turns away so quickly that they snap their neck out of joint.These folks are so turned off by sound doctrine or sound teaching that they snaptheir necks to turn away from it.These false converts then wander off into myths. I think there is principle that isbeing taught in verse 4 that if you don't fill your mind with sound doctrine, yourmind will be increasingly susceptible to believe a lie. (garden of eden example) Bynot filling yourself with sound doctrine, or preachers without preaching sounddoctrine create in the congregation a vulnerability to deception.5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of anevangelist, fulfill your ministry.Finally Paul says to be sober minded. This is to be level headed.Endure suffering. It is not a question of if suffering will occur. Faithful preacherswho preach the word become a lightning rod for suffering. Paul knows sufferingvery well and even as he writes these words his suffering continues. It is areminder to those who do the work of ministry, not just preachers, but especiallythose who preach, ministry comes at a cost.10Do the work of an evangelist. This is the 8th imperative. It is the call to the preacherthat he must share the gospel of salvation. Its interesting that Paul doesn't call himto be an evangelist, but to do the work of an evangelist. It is as if he wants him toremember, in everything you do as a preacher, you must also in that do the workthat evangelist would do.Simply put, the pastor is to help people come to terms with their sinfulness. Tounderstand that they are separated from God. To call all who have ears to hear thatthe time is now to repent and to trust in Christ for salvation.Fulfil your ministry. Do everything God has stored up for you, every good work tothe fullness of your ability.This text of course is primarily for preachers, but we as the congretation have arole to fill as well. We must participate in the process of sanctification.Let's pray.

Swinging back into the podcasting groove with one of my favorite LA wine dudes: Ian from Good Clean Fun! Ian has been curating wine vibes and great bottles in DTLA since he opened GCF in 2021. Over the years, it's become one of my go-to neighborhood hangouts with their epic patio parties and I even co-hosted my very first Mas Vino event with them back in November 2021!Ian has always pushed the boundaries with what a great wine bar can be and has been instrumental in making the LA wine scene an exciting destination! I loved having this chat with Ian and always love learning from him and the wines he's inspired by!I hope you enjoy this episode— don't forget to share, like and rate ;)@gcfwines Get full access to Mas Vino Please at masvinoplease.substack.com/subscribe

It's a big moment for the United Nations Green Climate Fund. Its funding levels hit a record high following the climate conference COP 28, with several countries adding contributions to its second replenishment that sent the fund's total soaring past its $10 billion goal to $12.8 billion. GCF's Executive Director Mafalda Duarte oversaw the replenishment after assuming the role only three months prior, having departed her previous job as the head of the Climate Investment Funds in June. Somewhere in there, she was also at the Africa Climate Summit, the U.N. General Assembly, and multiple other global engagements. “Quite intense,” she acknowledged to Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar in Davos, Switzerland, the latest stop on her whirlwind travel agenda. But if Duarte has been busy, it's because she's making huge strides at an organization that was in a notably rocky place a few years ago. On this episode of Davos Dispatch, a series housed under our regular weekly podcast, This Week in Global Development, Duarte gives us the scoop on what's next for GCF and its role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Khadijah Ibrahiim's essay, A Journey of Things Past and Present, looks at how Leeds's built environment has changed and what that tells us about it as a society. Leeds is a rich north England city in a beautiful rural setting, but only the former is reflected in its physical development. The starting point is a much-loved mural that Khadijah contributed to as part of a school art project about the city's historical and modern architecture. Khadijah still lives in the city and has watched as the skyline has become blotted out by high rise buildings, changing the view and creating a sort of forest of grey trees. She is struck by how beautiful the countryside is around the city, as are many of its historical buildings.The essay will consider what the built city tells us about its identity and why/how the landscape is developed, then move us into the future, talking about the imminent David Oluwale memorial sculpture by Yinka Shonibare, Hibiscus Rising, in currently empty open space down near the river. Khadijah Ibrahiim is a literary activist, theatre maker and published poet/writer. She is the Artistic director of Leeds Young Authors, and executive producer of the award-winning documentary ‘We Are Poets'. Recently work includes writing and directing ‘Sorrel & Black cake' A Windrush Story, a Heritage Lottery funded program as part of GCF. ‘Dead and Wake' Opera North 2020 Resonance and Leeds Playhouse Connecting Voices.Writer/reader, Khadijah Ibrahiim Sound designer, Alisdair McGregor Producer, Polly ThomasLooking at Leeds is a co-commission between BBC Radio 3 and The Space with funding from Arts Council England. A Thomas Carter Project for BBC Radio 3.

The UN's annual climate change conference known as COP28 kicks off in Dubai Nov. 30. Finance is a big theme on the agenda, and in this episode of the ESG Insider podcast we're talking to Hong Paterson, the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).  GCF is accountable to the UN and is guided by the principles of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); it was established at a previous Conference of the Parties (COP) gathering to help achieve the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees C relative to preindustrial levels.   "The Green Climate Fund is the largest climate-focused fund globally and is the main mechanism for the Paris Agreement," Hong says. "Part of the Paris Agreement was really to bring at least $100 billion per annum, which was the problem statement when the Paris Agreement was established. That problem statement is now multiple trillions of dollars per annum."  In the episode, Hong also talks about her expectations for COP28 — including the role the private sector can play in addressing the massive climate financing gap.  "There is a huge pool of funding that's waiting from private sector, and it's a function of trying to figure out how we can help them overcome the hurdles," Hong says.   You can listen to previous episodes about what to expect from COP28 here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/what-to-expect-from-cop28-the-un-s-big-climate-change-conference   And here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/intersection-of-gender-and-climate-in-focus-ahead-of-cop28  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.       Copyright ©2023 by S&P Global      DISCLAIMER      By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

Watch on YouTube Hebrews 12:1-3 Big Idea: Bridge Building is a team effort. 1. GCF stands on the shoulders of previous leaders. 2. Living for Jesus may not be easy but it is worth it. 3. Focus on Jesus and never stop building. 4. Lasting joy comes from relational bridges. Sacrifice: Giving up something you love for something you love more.

 Devin is joined by Tuck Hardie, a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey's Financial Restructuring Group. After operating through the bankruptcy at Marvel as a client of Houlihan, Tuck switched sides and joined the HL team over 20 years ago. Tuck introduces the restructuring business, how it has changed during the past two decades, lessons from the GCF (and how we are still feeling the effects), and what's happening in today's "higher for longer" environment. He provides helpful tips for investors and companies trying to avoid needing his services.

In this episode, we interview Dallas Anderson and Sonya Karlsson from GCF.  Dallas has successfully challenged the traditional norms and stereotypes of the industry. We explore his journey, the obstacles he faced, and how he overcame them to create a thriving business. Listeners will be inspired to think outside the box and pursue their own unique path to success. Sonya is an organised Interior Designer adept at multi-tasking and developing creative solutions. She is accomplished in coordinating with vendors and managing construction teams to complete projects aligned with client specifications and budget requirements. An experienced design leader, skilled in writing proposals, delivering client presentations and building key relationships to grow her client base. If you want to connect with Dallas or Sonya, here are their details: Website: https://gcfloors.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gcf_trade/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091291324045&mibextid=LQQJ4dLinkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/gcf-pty-ltd/Sponsor: https://lauxesgrates.com.au/Support the showIf you'd like to be a part of the show or have any feedback, contact us at: tilingconnect@gmail.comListen or Follow: LinktreeReview: Apple Podcast Share: SpotifyWatch: YouTubeSubscribe: Buzzsprout

Lee is joined by Abby MacGregor and Andrew Woodman to discuss the launch of The Gambling Consumer Forum. Intro 00:00 The Gambler Consumer Forum Aims and Funding 00:51 Skilled vs Unskilled Betting 05:07 Addiction 13:03 What would the GCF like to see from the White Paper 25:51 https://gamblersconsumerforum.com

The Gamblers Consumers Forum (GCF) is a new organisation set up to represent the interests of those that enjoy betting and to raise the many concerns that punters have as regards the proposals put forward by the recent gambling white paper in the UK.I was joined by both Abbie McGregor and Andrew Woodman in this episode to discuss just why they have setup the GCF, including what it stands for, what it is against and their plans to help better represent the many people that bet in the UK , who until now have been overlooked.Starting with their opposition to the planned affordability checks mooted in the White Paper, which they describe as  'unnecessary, unworkable, unpractical and ineffective', Andrew and Abbie also outline why such measures will only serve to increase the usage of the black market, a precursor of which was seen during the 2022 World Cup with a 3-fold increase in visits to it.The very real prospect of a growing black market is also a concern for those dealing with gambling addiction and Abbie also outlines GCF's issues with what has been proposed in the White Paper and why such measures are not rooted in science and might ultimately do more harm than good.Through the chat, we also discuss what they would like to see change as per regulation and the Gambling Commission's role, alongside that of a better dispute resolution service, plus the importance of pushing back against those who make up the anti-gambling lobby.The vast majority of people who bet, have up to now not been represented when it comes to the debate around new gambling legislation and the GCF are here to fill that void and finally represent the average punter's interests and concerns.Please visit https://gamblersconsumerforum.com/ to find out more about their work.Discover More:Learn more on the Smart Betting Club and how we help winning bettors at https://smartbettingclub.com/ Gamblers Consumers Forum: https://gamblersconsumerforum.com/Podcast feedback - contact SBC on twitter @sbcinfoRead more about each SBC Podcast episode: https://smartbettingclub.com/the-smart-betting-club-podcast/

Fallen Condition FocusOur nature is to procrastinate and not prepare.IntroductionDo you know those people who always seem to be prepared for anything? I am notone of those people. I am more of a, “will figure it out later” kind of person. It'sfunny because as I was preparing to preach this morning I was thinking aboutpreparation. Some things I have to force myself to prepare for.Our family loves to go camping, and we really do 2 different kinds of camping.First there is the main activity we do which is better called “glamping”. In fact,Lucy, Joe, and I are doing this right now. My preparation for this kind of campingis very casual. I know I will be by my truck. I know that I'm just a few minutesdrive to the nearest store. So when I go to pack for the things we need, I don'treally sweat it too much. The worst thing that can happen is that I will need todrive down the road a few miles and pick up whatever it is that we may haveforgotten.On the flip side of this is, sometimes I will take a couple of my kids backpacking.Now this is an entirely different thing. We have to pack everything we are goingto need for the trip on our back. Typically, we will find a trail and hike severalmiles into the woods. We don't have access to a car, or a store, electricity, or anyof the modern luxuries of life.Now, even though I am not by nature a preparer, when I go backpacking, Isuddenly intentionally become a very prepared person. Spreadsheets are involved,2I have lists. I sit down an methodically load all the items into my packs and thekids packs so that we have everything we might need. Why do I do this for abackpacking trip, but not for a trip in the glamper?The answer is, the stakes are so much higher. If we get out into the woods andrealize we don't have anything to start a fire with, we are going to be miserable. Ican't just jump in the truck and go get what we need.Jesus has been teaching us this lesson on a spiritual level. And he has beenteaching it over and over again. He, gives us so many warnings on this topic,because he knows our nature. He knows we tend to think, I will worry about itlater. I've got time to deal with spiritual things some other time. He knows thatsome of will one day realize we never prepared ourselves to meet him.Remember back to how Jesus closed his Sermon on the Mount. It is one of themost troubling passages in all of Scripture. Jesus leaves his hearers in that passagewith some really troubling words about a “narrow gate” “few find it”. He reallydepicts this mass of people who all think they are moving toward the kingdom ofheaven but they are deceived.[Mat 7:22-23 ESV] 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we notprophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mightyworks in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you;depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'This is the exact same warning that we get as we look at this parable teachingtoday.25:1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who tooktheir lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.3Right of the bat Jesus informs us exactly what the parable is intended to illustrate.We are talking about the kingdom of heaven. And we continue the same flow ofend times teaching that Jesus had been talking about in chapter 24.[Mat 24:44 ESV] 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man iscoming at an hour you do not expect.The point of this teaching is to emphasize what we read in Matthew 24:44. Youmust be ready. Jesus effectively gives us warning after warning after warningabout this topic.To understand the parable we need to understand a little about ancient Jewishwedding practices because that is the setting of this parable. It was customary inthose days for the bridesmaids and the bride to wait at the family home of thebride. Unlike modern times there really was not a set schedule for when the eventsof the wedding would take place.What we have pictured in the parable is basically a wedding party. Those who willactually be in the wedding ceremony.At some point the groom would arrive at the family home of the bride. And whenhe would arrive something kind of like a parade would take place as the weddingparty would move from the bride's family home to the groom's family home.This parade if you will would be a great honor and a significant part of the overallwedding celebration.We see that the 10 bridesmaids are equipped with lamps. The same word can betranslated either lamp or even torches. It could be either, but the point is the same.Seemingly when the bridegroom arrives they will be expected to light the torchesand proceed as a wedding party with the groom.25:2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.4While the 10 bridesmaids seem to be one unit, Jesus draws our attention tosomething right in the beginning. These 10 people are not the same. Even thoughthey all appear to be ready for the wedding procession, they all are equipped withlamps, but there is something very different under the surface. In fact they couldnot be more different. 5 of them are wise, and 5 of them are foolish.I don't know if it's because I'm an engineer, but sometimes I am tempted toprobably read too much into the mathematics of the situation. Jesus is making thisstory up. He could have used any number he wanted here. He could have had 8wise and 2 fools, or 2 fools and 8 wise, but he does a 50/50 split. I don't know ifthat is significant, but perhaps it is. Is Jesus trying to tell us that about 50% of thepeople who profess to be a Christian are inwardly fooling themselves? I don'tknow, but I think it bears some consideration.25:3 & 4 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil withthem, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.We find in verse 3 what separates the foolish from the wise. If it is a torch orlamp it does not matter, because they work the same way. If it is a lamp then thewick will pull up the oil from a well and the oil will fuel the flame. If it is a torchthen the same principle holds.If one were to light a wick or a torch without any oil the flame would consumethe fabric in mere moments. The flame would not last.This is common knowledge and the entire wedding party is seemingly aware ofthe laws of combustion. However 5 of them have made the proper preparations.But 5 of them have not prepared because they have brought no oil.I think we have to be careful not to allegorize the entire parable, but it seems safeto me to say that the oil represents a reborn heart or even the Holy Spirit livingwithin a reborn heart. No person will see the kingdom of God without being bornagain.5We (overall church not necessarily GCF) have made church pretty comfortablefor worldly folks. We have dismissed books of the Bible as outdated, we haveadjusted our theology, skipped over the difficult passages, and reinterpreted theothers so that they are no longer hard to hear.Many times the church does this with the best of intentions. We want ourcongregation to grow. We want people to understand the gospel, and if we canskip the hard stuff, then maybe they will get connected and be ready for that later.But later never seems to come. Or even worse we start ourselves down a slipperyslope of symbolic interpretation of scripture that allows the entire bible to be bentinto whatever shape the reader wants.What we end up with is churches full of people who are not true Christians.Hearts that have never been reborn. These people come to church each and everyweek, and they are carrying a lamp that has no oil. Can you image 5 out of 10 ofthem have no oil!25:5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy andslept.The bridegroom is delayed. In fact we still are in a period of waiting for thebridegroom to return. You'll notice that the wedding party becomes tired andsleepy. So they sleep.This is not a negative thing. Jesus is not suggesting that they should not havegone to sleep. Is just illustrating the point that it takes a will. So true believer ornot we all are going to sleep. Remember the verse that Jesus is really expoundingon is[Mat 24:44 ESV] 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man iscoming at an hour you do not expect.6Jesus is highlighting the “hour you do not expect” part of this principle. The lostdon't know when he is coming, the saved don't know when he is coming.Whenever he comes again, it will be when he is not expected. And what are we todo to with that information? We are to be ready.25:6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Comeout to meet him.'It is at midnight when he arrives. In the darkest part of the night. When he is leastexpected to arrive he shows up. (Think Matthew 24:44)There is an interesting shift at this point in the parable. The time for preparationhas come to an end. Now is time for the wedding procession. There is no time toget right, to gather supplies, to get oil that time has passed. It's at this point wherewe start to see some panic set in.25:7&8 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And thefoolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lampsare going out.'Because these 5 foolish bridesmaids did not prepare they now realize that theyhave a problem. Panic begins to set in.I think the panic that is depicted here in verse 6 is troubling. It's that comfort Idescribed, when I talked about going camping. In our minds we sort of alwaysthink we have the chance to get what we need. But the reality is, there is coming aday when the store won't be open any more. The time for preparation will havepassed, and the only thing left for us will be judgement.This is why Jesus continually reminds us to prepare.725:9 But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for usand for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves..There is another lesson here. You cannot get your preparation from someone else.You cannot get your righteousness from your parents, from your pastor, fromyour family, you are responsible for yourself.It's like when you go to a theme park and the massive crowds of people are allfunneling down to the entrance. And when you get to the entrance they have thatlittle turnstile that only 1 person can fit in. They look at your ticket, and if itchecks out you enter all by yourself. Jesus says you can't look to those in yourgroup to get you into the kingdom.There is a problem here. The shop is closed. There is no hope at this point. And indesperation they fill the streets to try to find oil, but they will find none. Such willbe the day for all of us.25:10 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and thosewho were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door wasshut.Notice the wedding party is not effected. It continues as scheduled. For those whowere prepared a feast is set and the celebration begins. The door is sealed and nomore will be allowed in.Indeed they return in verse 11, but are not permitted to enter.25:11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.'12 But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' 13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.We here again here echos back to the sermon on the mount. Jesus says, I do notknow you.8Jesus underscores the entire point yet another time at the end of the parable inverse 13, “Watch”. We are to be watching. We are to be prepared. The day iscoming when we will be expected to go.How then can we prepare?1) Step 1 - You must be born again. John 3[Jhn 3:5-6 ESV] 5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one isborn of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That whichis born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.There is something supernatural that must occur in our lives. We must be bornspiritually in the same way we were born physically. In this Spiritual birth theHoly Spirit will convict you of sin, and you must confess the sin, and repent. Infaith trusting that you are saved.2) Step 2 – Develop Spiritual Discipline[1Ti 4:7-8 ESV] 7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather trainyourself for godliness; 8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness isof value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for thelife to come.3) Persevere In Trials to the End[1Pe 1:6-7 ESV] 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, ifnecessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the testedgenuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it istested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at therevelation of Jesus Christ.4) Live the Great CommissionLord's Supper:Invite musicians and server's to go ahead and come.Explain, this is the response part of the service. The covering or wedding garmentthat Jesus provided, was not free. His blood was spilled, his body was broken. Sotoday as we partake in the Lord's supper we remember that.9You don't have to be a member here to participate, but you do have to be abeliever in good standing with the Lord. Meaning you have no unconfessed sin orbroken fellowship with others in the congregation.Perhaps you want to come up here and pray, or pray where you are, that's allokay. I'll be standing right over here if you want to come pray with me.

GDP Script/ Top Stories for Friday June 30th Publish Date: Thursday June 28 From the Henssler Financial Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast Today is Friday June 30th , and happy 56th birthday to boxer Mike Tyson ****Tyson****   I'm Bruce Jenkins and here are your top stories presented by Mall of Georgia Chrysler Dodge Jeep County receives $20 million federal infrastructure grant to build new transit center at Gwinnett Place Mall Northside gets underway on Buford outpatient medical office And Lawrenceville police say used car dealership employees defrauded customers with fake loan promises                   Plus, Brian Giffin has a Gwinnett Sports Report.   All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast.    Break 1 :  M.O.G.          Story 1. transit   Gwinnett County will receive $20 million in federal funding to build a new transit transfer center at the old Gwinnett Place Mall. The funding comes in the form of a U.S. Department of Transportation RAISE grant. The current outdoor transfer center will be replaced with a two-story building as part of the county's plans to expand transit services. The grant is seen as a significant milestone for the community's transit needs and will contribute to the overall development of Gwinnett County. The funding is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and its impact on Gwinnett County's transportation infrastructure is highly anticipated..……  read more on this story at gwinnettdailypost.com   STORY 2: northside   Northside Hospital System is constructing a 100,000-square-foot outpatient facility in the Buford area of north Gwinnett. The medical office building, expected to open next summer, will offer various services such as imaging, lab services, physicians' offices, and outpatient orthopedic surgery. The facility aims to provide easier access to healthcare for residents in northwest Gwinnett, reducing the need to travel to Northside's hospitals in Lawrenceville, Duluth, or Atlanta. The project represents an expansion of Northside's presence in the area, and the hospital system is still considering further plans for north Gwinnett. The facility is part of Northside's initiative to bring healthcare services closer to the community. Story 3:  loans Lawrenceville police are searching for two former employees of a used car dealership who allegedly defrauded numerous customers out of thousands of dollars. The suspects, Alexander Weigard and Ibrahim Ali, posed as managers of Auto Star dealership and accepted down payments from customers for vehicle purchases. However, they failed to provide the promised cars or process loan applications, and when customers returned the following day, they were informed that their loan had been denied. The suspects refused to refund the down payments, citing a no refund policy. The investigation revealed that Weigard and Ali targeted victims through social media by advertising vehicles under fictitious company names. The police urge potential victims to come forward with information, see pictures of these suspects and read more at gwinnettdailypost.com....……..we'll be right back   Break 2: Slappey - Tom Wages -  Obits     Story 4: explore   Explore Gwinnett has announced the recipients of the 2023 Gwinnett Creativity Fund (GCF), awarding nearly $200,000 in project and operational grants to support arts and cultural organizations in Gwinnett County. The GCF, now in its fourth year, aims to boost economic development and enhance the cultural scene of the community. The grants are divided into project grants, which support specific arts and cultural initiatives, and operations grants, which support the overall mission of arts organizations. Seven organizations received operations grants, including Atlanta Harmony Celebration and Aurora Theatre, while 17 projects were funded, such as the African American Culture & Arts Annual Festival and Suwanee Public Arts Commission's "Pierce's Corner Mural." The GCF will continue to accept applications in the future to further enhance the county's cultural landscape.   Story 5: skills   Gwinnett Technical College students showcased their skills and talent at the National SkillsUSA, Post-Secondary State Leadership, and Skills Conference recently held in Atlanta. Out of the 20 Gwinnett Tech students who participated in 12 contests, 17 students placed, with 13 earning gold medals. Additionally, 10 students were named Skill Point Honorees for achieving high benchmark scores. Gwinnett Tech received two chapter awards and was recognized for its contributions to students and the community. The college's SkillsUSA chapter also won several President's Volunteer Service Awards. These achievements demonstrate the exceptional education and real-world readiness of Gwinnett Tech students.   Story 6:  Jackson   The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors approved grants totaling $123,696 in its recent meeting, with $60,000 allocated to organizations serving Gwinnett County. The grants include $15,000 each to Adventure Bags Inc. for its Serving Children in Crisis program, The Lawrenceville Cooperative for its Emergency Assistance Program, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for its Opportunities Academy Program. Additionally, $10,000 was awarded to MUST Ministries Inc. for its summer lunch program, and $5,000 went to Freedom Path Counseling for counseling services. These grants are made possible through the Operation Round Up program, where cooperative members contribute spare change from their electric bills. Organizations and individuals in the 10 counties served by Jackson EMC can apply for Foundation grants.   We'll be back in a moment   Break 3:  ESOG – Ingles 10– GCPS tfn   Story 7: Sports   And now, Brian Giffin has your Gwinnett Sports Report   ****GDP Sports 6-30****   We'll have final thoughts after this   Break 4:  Henssler 60 Thanks again for listening to today's Gwinnett Daily Post podcast. Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 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Explore Gwinnett has selected the City of Suwanee Public Arts Commission to receive a Gwinnett Creativity Fund (GCF) project grant to fund a mural on the side of the historic Pierce's Corner building in the heart of Old Town Suwanee.The GCF provides financial support to arts and cultural organizations that boost Gwinnett County's economic development and further the community's diverse cultural scene through funding from Gwinnett County. Now in its fourth year, the GCF awarded nearly $200,000 in grants to fund projects and operational grants in 2023., including:• Suwanee Arts Center – operating grant for renovation and expansion, and support for summer camps• Suwanee Performing Arts – project grant for Broadway in the Park• African American Cultural & Arts Festival – project grant for event"We are fortunate to be part of a community with such a flourishing arts and culture scene," said Lisa Anders, Explore Gwinnett's executive director, who leads the Gwinnett Creativity Fund. "The contributions of the local organizations who received a grant in 2023 have made a profound impact on our community's well-being, cultural growth and vitality.”The City of Suwanee has been the recipient of past GCF grants for the Ultimate Participation Trophy (2022), the Town Center Park amphitheater stage wings project (2021), and the Buford Highway Mural (2020).

This week, Andreas speaks with Kavita Sinha, the Director of the Private Sector Facility at Green Climate Fund or GCF. In this episode, Kavita talks about GCF's background, program and focus. You will hear about what GCF wants to accomplish, especially with the private sector partners in the emerging markets. Kavita also shares the unique country-led approach that GCF takes and the role of the accredited entities in their program. We also talk about career opportunities in GCF as well as in climate finance space.     Contains original music by Kirk Zieser    Additional information  On GCF: https://www.greenclimate.fund/about    GCF's projects: https://www.greenclimate.fund/projects   

India, in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement, has committed to specific Nationally Determined Contributions. These commitments involve enhancing environmental stewardship, increasing non-fossil fuel shares in electricity generation to 40%, and reducing emissions by 33-35% by 2030.    However, research on India's low carbon value chain and climate finance architecture, emphasizes the significant challenge of obtaining long-term financial resources, given the substantial funding required to meet NDC commitments.   A. Damodaran, Professor, International Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), joins Nabodita Ganguly to discuss more about the country's climate finance architecture.   Damodaran highlights the historical context of climate finance, starting with the establishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in 1991. The GEF provided grants to developing countries to address climate change and promote adaptation and green energy projects.  India's climate finance architecture was initially based on the philosophy of public financing and grants from developed countries. However, there has been a shift towards involving the private sector in climate finance, which was exemplified by the creation of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in 2010. The GCF aimed to de-risk investments and encourage private sector involvement in climate finance.  Furthermore, green bonds play a pivotal role in financing renewable energy projects. Green bonds are fixed-income securities that raise funds for projects with environmental benefits. India started issuing green bonds in 2014, attracting both private and public sector entities.   Regarding renewable energy projects in India, Damodaran mentions the challenges they face in terms of financial viability. High costs of debt service, long gestation periods, and the need for long-term funds create hurdles for project developers. The mismatch between short-term resources and the long-term nature of renewable projects further complicates the financing aspect.  To address these challenges, Damodaran suggests treating green bonds as securities and incorporating them into regular market operations. This would enhance liquidity and attract more investors. The Reserve Bank of India's involvement in buying and selling these securities, both domestically and offshore, is seen as a desirable step. Listen in. Read the full research paper here.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay sits down with Jason Duncan and Caleb Maskell to talk about Jason's experience as a pastor of a Vineyard Church in Wilmore, KY, home of Asbury University. Jason shares about growing up as the son of a United Methodist preacher and how God disrupted his life plans by directing him toward ministry, eventually leading him to become the lead pastor of GCF and being adopted as a Vineyard Church. Jason recollects the day the outpouring began at Asbury, from the unplugged worship to the great wave of repentance and reconciliation amongst the students, and the evidence of the fruits of the Spirit in the rooms and the surrounding city. Jay, Jason, and Caleb also discuss the realities of providing pastoral care and equipping during an outpouring of the Spirit, and what comes after the crowds leave. Originally from West Virginia, Jason Duncan has lived in Kentucky for the last 25 years and has spent 17 of those years as a pastor at GCF in Wilmore. He is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary and is currently working on a Doctoral of Ministry at Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University. Jason has been married for 23 years and has 3 kids, ages 22, 20, and 10. He loves reading theology and history, bourbon-tasting, and trekking the Kentucky countryside.    Show notes: Asbury University https://www.asbury.edu/outpouring/ Empowered Pentecost Series 2023 https://vineyardusa.org/pentecost2023/ GCF Vineyard- Jason's church https://www.gcfvineyard.church/ The Great Awakening by Thomas Kidd https://amzn.to/3F3t2t8 Taking Heaven By Storm by John Wigger https://amzn.to/3YvpMNT American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists by John Wigger https://amzn.to/3ykqTW8 The Quest For The Radical Middle by Bill Jackson https://amzn.to/3IWJnAL St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton https://amzn.to/3l1mhRv The Korean Pentecost And The Sufferings Which Followed https://amzn.to/3kN3tpj  

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GCF Business Valuation is the leader in SBA-Compliant Business Valuations. In today's episode, we discuss why every business owner needs to have a Business Valuation.  Clients of GCF hired them because they are looking for accurate, detailed information. GCF literally wrote the SBA's business valuation operating procedures. Nobody knows them better. In this episode of Small Biz Florida host, Tom was able to sit down with Darren S. Mize who serves as Co-Founder and Partner of GCF Business Valuation to discuss what they do, who they serve, and how they do it.  – Check out GCF Business Valuation: https://gvalue.com/  For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year's annual Florida Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders Conference hosted at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes.  – To learn more about FLAGGL, visit their website here

Michal Hubík Podcast můžeš podpořit nákupem na odkaze: https://aktin.cz/mhpPod značkou Vilgain vydáváme nejlepší produkty ve své kategorii a za dostupnou cenu pro kohokoliv. Chceme umožnit všem lidem koupit opravdu kvalitní produkty, jejichž užívání přispívá k fyzickému i psychickému zdraví.–Matěj Kretík je česká špička v budování osobních značek. Vypovídá o tom třeba jeho osobní marketing pro Jiřího “BJP” Procházku, kterému buduje značku už od doby, kdy Jirku téměř nikdo neznal. Nově také spoluvlastník organizace GCF. A aby toho nebylo málo, tak má na svědomí i založení  “Addict Rave”, obrovské techno párty, které každý rok navštíví desetitisíce lidí nebo třeba slavný YouTube videomagazín “THE MAG”. THE MAG už má na YT více než 150 000 odběratelů a velmi úspěšně se mu daří spojovat československou streetovou a lifestyle komunitu.S Matějem jsme toto všechno probrali, padly i nějaké zajímavé příběhy a názory.–Odkazy Matějě:LinkedIn –https://www.linkedin.com/in/mat%C4%9Bj-kret%C3%ADk-b345b558/Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/matejkretik/Addict Rave – https://www.addictrave.com/GCF – https://www.gcfmma.cz/THE MAG – https://www.themag.cz/THE MAG YT – https://www.youtube.com/c/THEMAGcz–Všechny epizody podcastu najdeš také tady:Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/michal-hub%C3%ADk-podcast/id1603599256 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0RJOV7fAbJYXQbHxgEfQxf?si=f9cb25025ca249d5 Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xOTEzNzkxLnJzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHsfrTrd_2AhURSOUKHfz_DL4Q9sEGegQIARAE –Sítě podcastu:TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@michalhubikpodcastInstagram https://www.instagram.com/michalhubikpodcast/Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyH2312UHGZVQ5q1c-lvHuQMoje sítě:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/michalhubik Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/michalhubik 

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people's lives. In this episode, we talked with Tonya Gayle, Executive Director of Green City Force (GCF) and an advocate for economic justice for young people of color. She led GCF's development team from July 2014 to September 2020 when she became GCF's Executive Director. She is a board member of The Corps Network focused on national service, and Environmental Advocates of NY focused on environmental justice. Prior to joining GCF, Tonya served in public-private partnerships at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Career Program. Tonya is a member of The New York Women's Foundation Circle of Sisters for Social Change, a graduate of Wesleyan University, and a native Brooklynite. She is an associate producer of the 2006 documentary The Perfect Life featuring young adults from Harlem. Co-conception and Voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception and Production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

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Robert Killins, Jr. is  Greater Cincinnati Foundation's Director of Special Initiatives.  Today on  the podcast Robert discusses GCF's Impact Investing program, it's background, success stories, and how the program seeks projects high on Social Return.  Robert presents this often mysterious subject in a warm and inviting way.  Thanks to Andy Eppler for our MusicMentions Include:Greater Cincinnati FoundationRobert Killins, Jr.Grambling State UniversityCincinnatiCan't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - David GogginsSteel PulseEvents/Learning OpportunitiesCEONet Retreat - Chicago September 7- 9thADNet Summit - Chicago September 14 - 15thAnnual National Conference for Growing Community FoundationsList of All upcoming conferencesAssociations to JoinAdvancement Network (AdNet)CEONetProNetCommACouncil on FoundationsAiPAmerican College of Financial Services

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Series: All: All Authority, All Nations, All AllegianceScripture: Matthew 5:21-26 (main)Title: Why Reconciliation is Necessary and Urgent? (Darien Gabriel)Heavy credit: David Platt and Douglas Sean O'Donnell (See below for bibliography)Summary of passage: Jesus lays out the principles and rules of kingdom living.Bottom Line: Reconciliation with brothers and sisters in Christ is necessary and urgent.Discussion questions for group and personal study.1. Why does Jesus move from commands like "Do not murder"and "Do not commit adultery" to warnings against anger and lust?What is the purpose of these antitheses?2. Read Mark 7:20-23 again. How do our outward actions and reactions reveal the health of our hearts?What is the solution to our evil actions?3. Is Jesus teaching that anger and murder are equal sins? Why or why not?4. Why is it important not to call our brother or sister "fool"?What does this action reveal about one's heart toward one's brother or sister?5. What is the principle from Jesus's illustration about giving an offering in the first-century context?Can this principle apply to areas other than giving financially? How?6. How does Jesus's warning to settle disputes contrast with appropriately using the legal system, for example, to further justice in the world?7. Review the four important questions this chapter gives to assess your relationship with your brothers and sisters.Are there people you need to reconcile with?What steps can you take this week to do so?8. How do Jesus's actions in the Gospel exemplify the type of reconciliation we should pursue?9. What does this passage teach us about God's view of sin?10. How do these antitheses relate to Jesus's call for a righteousness that surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees in 5:20?Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now?What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastOpening to Sermon:I have been at GCF for 16 years. Over those years there have been times when I've butted heads with someone. Sometimes it's been with other leaders. We've said things to each other that we wish we could take back. We felt the sting of disunity and disharmony. I know what it's like to try and worship under those circumstances. I know what it's like to try and preach under those circumstances.Jesus is going to challenge us to evaluate our relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ. He's going to tell us that reconciliation with people leads to authentic worship and reconciliation with God. He's going to tell us it's necessary and urgent.Jesus starts out with a series of contrasts between what the Pharisees and teachers of the law say is the law and what Jesus the new Moses and lawgiver says is the law—and the heart of the law.“I tell you” or “I say to you” — these phrases are basically 2 sides of the same coin.“I tell” or “I say” — this is Jesus speaking with authority. Consider who's speaking here. Our creator is speaking. No one has more authority in our life than he does!“You” — this is who he's speaking to. Anyone with the humility to listen. Anyone who wants to follow Jesus. Anyone wanting into the kingdom.He'll use this phrase every time he wants to set up a contrast between what the teachers of the law have taught (read traditions of the elders) and what Jesus would say is what the law says and means.Notice that Jesus didn't say, “It is written.” Because he's not taking issue with the scriptures. He's taking issue with the traditions the teachers of the law have built around the Law. This is where things got off track. This is what Jesus aims to correct and fulfill.Jesus starts out with something that terrorizes our relationships—anger. He's going to provide proper interpretation to this in the OT and then give 2 situations that illustrate that reconciliation is necessary and urgent. This may be the most challenging message you face this year. Throughly practical.Jesus will continue to bring up key ethical considerations for the kingdom citizen in the passages to come. This is his focus in this section of the sermon on the mount.Jesus will address reconciliation through this sin. Reconciliation is necessary and urgent in the family of God.“Disagreement is inevitable. Division is a choice.” -Andy StanleyI. Anger = MurderSinclair calls it murder without knives. When we harbor contempt in our hearts towards others that manifests itself in words, it's not assassination but it can lead to character assassination. While the earthly consequences are vastly different in the short-term, they can lead to the same in the long-term. And God sees them as the same and what he thinks matters most.Murder was against the law in Jesus' day. (21)Anger in the heart = murder in Gods' eyes. (22)“Raca” is like saying, “You idiot” with hate. It's attacking the intellect and it's slander. Name calling is much worse than we realize. (22)“Jesus recognized that we cannot be trusted in our judgment of the seriousness of careless speech. We treat the damage we do with our lips very lightly because we do not see the corpses we leave behind. That is why Jesus invades our moral slumber by telling us how serious this is in the sight of God.” Sinclair Ferguson, P. 83“You fool!” Is a moral judgment. You're judging the person's character. Slander is again in view. Ex. “You're a liar!” Can be this in some cases.“…(Jesus) is simply stressing vividly that (these sins) are far more serious than most of us assume. In fact, our insensitivity to their real seriousness is indicative of the dullness of our spiritual senses.” Ibid.II. Reconciliation is Necessary (23-34)Why? Because it affects our ability to worship God.Why? Because it affects the authenticity of our offering.When we give, we should give cheerfully. This is difficult when you are not in fellowship with a brother or sister in Christ.III. Reconciliation is Urgent (25-26)Jesus tells us to deal with this quickly. Do not delay.Delayed obedience is disobedience until you obey.Better to get a bad deal with your brother than to leave it in the hands of the court.You're not responsible for how the other person responds. You can attempt reconciliation but you cannot control whether or not it happens.ConclusionReconciliation is necessary for true worship.Reconciliation is an urgent matter if you want to prevent others from taking matters into their own hands.Who do you need to reconcile with today?Do you believe Jesus knows best in this?Will you submit to the authority of Jesus?PrayMy notesFirst murderer was Cain who killed Abel. (Gen 4)Murder—the ultimate demise of a relationship.Murder begins in the mind and heart. We're guilty of murder in God's eyes as soon as we dwell here. Murder is the progression of that internal fire left unrestrained or repented of. Cf. James 1:13-15Notes from O'Donnell“I say to you” was the key phrase of 5:17-48 not only because it's repeated 9 times but because it summarizes 2 main themes:Divine authority “I say”Kingdom ethics “to you”Now focusing on “to you”We're not to act like Pharisees in the unrighteousness “righteousness” but rather like God in his perfect love—loving others, even one's enemies” p. 136These 6 OT commands Jesus addresses put on this perfect love when applied as he commands.Notes from Sinclair Ferguson“The Law is the standard for evaluation in the kingdom of God (Matt 5:19), but not the standard for entrance into the kingdom. Rather than dispensing with righteousness, Jesus tells his disciples that unless their righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, they will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” P. 79The statements following 5:20share the same basic formatAre a contrast between what was said to those long ago and what Jesus tells them then. It's a contrastBetween what things are said, ANDBetween the people who say them“But I say” is a statement of authority from Jesus the Christ.“We might say, ‘I myself say.' The issue at stake here is one of authority, not merely one of content.” P. 81The words said to people long ago are not necessarily scripture. In some cases they even contradict. “This suggests very clearly that Jesus is not placing his own teaching directly against that of the OT.” P. 81He is not dispensing with the law…he's giving his exposition of it.“The real contrast in this section is betweenthe meaning of the law according to Jesus andThe meaning of the law according to religious tradition and the ancient teachers.” P. 81He does not say, “It is written,” but, “It was said.” He's not referring to texts of scripture but traditions of men.“Murder without Knives” p. 82The law forbids murder. So naturally, they were asking the question what is murder exactly? This inevitably leads to a narrowing of the definition of murder. “Jesus points out that by doing this, the full force of God's word is destroyed. Jesus explains that the commandment not only forbids the outward act but also every thought and word that seeks to destroy a man's life.Moreover, like every other command, by forbidding an activity, Jesus is teaching that we should take every possible step to promote the opposite. In this case, instead of murdering by hand or mouth, we should seek with all our powers to have right relationships with all of our brothers.”“For Jesus, to kill with a knife, or to engage in character assassination through anger, or to belittle another by calling him ‘fool' is part and parcel of the same spiritual sickness. Clearly, he does not mean that it makes no difference whether we gossip or stab, but he does mean that both activities reveal the same animosity of heart to our neighbors.” P. 82-83“But the deliberate belittling of someone's person because of the animosity and hatred of our own heart, and the desire to have mastery over them. That is murder.” P. 83“Our words are the index of our true spiritual condition.”“Jesus recognized that we cannot be trusted in our judgment of the seriousness of careless speech. We treat the damage we do with our lips very lightly because we do not see the corpses we leave behind. That is why Jesus invades our moral slumber by telling us how serious this is in the sight of God.” P. 83“…(Jesus) is simply stressing vividly that (these sins) are far more serious than most of us assume. In fact, our insensitivity to their real seriousness is indicative of the dullness of our spiritual senses.”“In the verses that follow (23-26), the necessity and urgency of reconciliation in place of animosity are stressed by two illustrations. Here Jesus is showing us that when an activity is forbidden in God's word, its positive counterpart is commanded. If we are not to engage in physical or verbal murder, we are to engage in personal reconciliation.” P. 84Illustration: “Picture a man in church. He is about to express his devotion tot he Lord in worship and in his offering. But he has not been enjoying fellowship with his brother. There is disharmony in the relationship. Jesus says the man should leave his offering, be reconciled to his brother, and then return to worship God with a clear conscience and full heart.“The principle is clear: right relationships with others are part of the meaning of the commandment not to murder. They are essential if our righteousness is to go down deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees.”“Jesus gives us another illustration. Two men are on their way to court to settle a dispute between them. They are re still arguing On the way! Jesus says the two men should settle the matter now, before they are in the courtroom with the judge. It maybe costly to settle it now; it will certainly be humbling. But if it continues, one man may find himself in prison and unable to get out until he has paid the last penny (5:26).”Necessity and Urgency of Reconciliation“They are, rather, illustrations of how vital it is to have right relationships with others. The illustration of the man in church underlines the necessity of reconciliation. The illustration of two men going to court underlines the urgency of reconciliation.”Some of you need to get up right now and go try and reconcile with someone. You are free to go. Go!“Animosity is a time bomb; we do not know when it will ‘go off.' We must deal with it quickly, before the consequences of our bitterness get completely out of control. Most human relationships that are destroyed could have been preserved if there had been communication and action at the right time. Jesus says that the right time is as soon as we are conscientious that we are at enmity with our brother (Matt 5:23).”“One further point should be noted from this section…(Jesus) is not urging us to share every thought in our hearts during the process of reconciliation…Jesus is not telling us to ‘hang out our dirty linen in public,' but rather to real urgently and fully with all breakdowns in fellowship before the y lead to spiritual assassination.” P. 85-86Notes from NAC, Blomberg21-22: The one who murders stands condemned and therefore in danger of judgment. But there is a way out—repentance and faith in Jesus the Christ.Brother = a fellow member of the religious community, usually referring to Jesus' disciples.It's particularly bad for Christians to get angry at other Christians.MurderSwearing, cursing/cussing, insulting, name-calling with contemptSlandering, judgingJudgment—>Sanhedrin—>Gehenna (i.e. eternal judgment)23-24: Therefore, they urgently need to escape this judgment by dealing decisively with sin.2 illustrations:Worshipper called to personal reconciliation with someone else before worship/givingUrgent reconciliation—out-of-court settlement between fellow litigants at least: 2 levels:Legal—pay your debts or be imprisonedSpiritual—pay your spiritual debts (sin)—oh wait, you cannot afford that. Therefore, turn to Jesus who has already paid for your sins on the cross.Notes from Gregory Brown, Bible.orgV. 21-22 God sees anger towards another believer as murder in the heart and therefore making them liable and subject to judgment.My question: If they are a believer, are they subject to the judgment of hell or just discipline? It reads like hell. But if they are a true believer and cannot lose their salvation, how do we reconcile this verse?Jesus didn't just say anger leads to murder. He said anger IS murder.Cf. “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” 1 John 3:15Summary of OT law is love God—love people.“When others were mistreated, Christ was angry like a lion. When he was mistreated, he was gentle like a lamb.” Cf. 1 Peter 2:23How to Maintain Peaceful RelationshipsTo maintain peaceful relationships,…I. We must guard our hearts from evil thoughts including anger.II. We must guard our tongues from evil speech—including slander. How?Be slow to speakSpeak only gracious and edifying wordsRemember God will judge our wordsSubmit our words to GodIII. We must recognize that discord hinders our relationship with God.Right relationship with others are necessary to have a right relationship with God.IV. We must seek to resolve conflicts quickly.We are to make every effort with no delay to reconcile our relationship with a bro or sis so we can avoid God's discipline.References/Bibliography:“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“Jesus Manifesto” sermon series, by Darien Gabriel: https://youtu.be/x65i2tqFrXk“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)“Exalting Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount” by Daniel Akin (CCE)Outline Bible, D WillmingtonNIV Study Bible (NIVSB)ESV Study BibleESV Gospel Transformation Bible (GTB)"Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes" by Kenneth E. Bailey“The Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom Life in a Fallen World” by Sinclair FergusonBible.org https://bible.org/seriespage/12-maintaining-peaceful-relationships-matthew-521-26“CSB Christ Chronological,” Holman

In This Episode, We Talk About: Honor-shame values during the time of Christ. The meaning of relativization, and the positive impact of Jesus relativizing the family. The significance behind transforming our values. How Mark reverses honor and shame during the climax of Jesus's death. Identifying honor-shame reversal and its patterns in the gospel and other texts. Resources & Links: Family Relations in the Gospel of Mark by Narry F. Santos   Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes by Jackson Wu   Honor, Shame, and the Gospel by Christopher Flanders   Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards   Follow Mission ONE on Instagram | @partnerwithmissionone   Learn more on mission1.org  Meet Narry: Narry F. Santos is Assistant Professor of Practical Ministry and Intercultural Leadership at the seminary of Tyndale University in Toronto, Canada and Vice President of the Evangelical Missiological Society Canada. He completed a PhD in New Testament from Dallas Theological Seminary (1994) and another PhD in Philippine Studies (including anthropology and psychology) from the University of the Philippines (2006). He wrote several books, including Family Relations in the Gospel of Mark (Peter Lang) and Slave of All: The Paradox of Authority and Servanthood in the Gospel of Mark (Sheffield Academic Press), edited books like Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World: Academy, Agency, and Assembly Perspectives from Canada (Pickwick Publications), and contributed chapters in edited books and academic journals. He currently serves as part-time Senior Pastor of Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF) Peel and GCF York. He recently planted Saddleback South Manila and was its pastor for three years. Before Saddleback Church, he ministered at GCF in different pastoral responsibilities for 20 years, including helping plant six churches in Canada and four in the Philippines   Show Notes: How did Mark reverse honor and shame during the death of Jesus? To answer this question, Dr. Narry Santos will be joining us today to help us better understand honor and shame during the time of Christ. Dr. Santos has two PhDs, one in the New Testament and another in Philippine Studies, and currently works as the Assistant Professor of Practical Ministry and Intercultural Leadership at Tyndale University. He will utilize his knowledge to break down and examine the dynamic of honor-shame as presented in the gospel, and how Mark reverses honor and shame during the climax of his chapters. We will also speak on relativization versus the natural family, the transformation of values, and how to identify honor-shame reversal and its patterns. Join us as we take a look at how the New Testament reverses shame to bring honor to God! 0:00:00 Meet Dr. Narry Santos, Assistant Professor of Practical Ministry and Intercultural Leadership at Tyndale University and Vice President of the Evangelical Missiological Society! 0:02:20 Who is your family? 0:04:40 How do your two PhDs influence your work? 0:07:25 What are some key points in your journey of learning about honor and shame? 0:09:20 What were your motivations for writing your second book? 0:10:30 How does your methodology differ from other works on honor-shame? 0:13:00 What is the thesis of your book? How can it be misinterpreted? 0:15:25 Explaining the ethical side of honor. 0:17:15 What were the honor-shame values during the time of Christ? 0:19:10 Understanding the phrase “blood is thicker than water” from an honor-shame perspective. 0:20:30 What does “relativizing” mean? How does it relate to Chapter 3 of Mark? 0:24:30 How does the ingroup language mark relations? 01:25:40 Is Jesus advocating we throw away our natural family? 0:28:30 Why is Jesus relativizing the family actually good for the family? 0:30:10 How did Jesus relativize family honor in Chapter 1 of Mark? 0:32:45 The practical effects of relativization. 0:35:45 What is the significance of the transformation of our values? 0:36:10 What are the challenges Jesus gives the disciplines to transform? 0:42:05 How do you see honor-shame reversal in the climax of Mark? 0:47:20 Is this honor-shame reversal unique to Mark? 0:49:40 How can people identify honor-shame reversal more easily? 0:54:25 How can these ideas help make the gospel relevant? 1:00:20 What do you wish theology would learn from missions and what do you wish missions would learn from theology? 1:03:00 What is your wish for missiology? 1:03:50 What resources do you recommend for people to learn more? 1:06:00 Do you have anything coming up? 1:07:05 What final words do you have for the audience?

The conversation with Mr. Pam, who is the head of the independent integrity unit at the GCF, continues in this episode. This time we talk about projects, the process for handling reports, the tools that ensure accountability and more.  Links used for references are below:  How can we meet the urgency of financing climate action in cities? The broken $100-billion promise of climate finance — and how to fix it Who Funds th e Fight Against Climate Change? - Means and Matters  FP095: Transforming Financial Systems for Climate  Captions of transcript available on our YouTube Page Head to https://newsly.me/ and use promo code PLANETPALS to receive a 1-month free subscription on the revolutionary app that lets you listen to news, podcasts, and pretty much the internet in one place.

Mr. Ibrahim Pam, head of the Independent Integrity Unity (IIU) at the Green Climate Fund joins the policy pals to discuss how sustainable  projects can be financed with integrity. The GCF is currently the world's largest dedicated multilateral climate fund and the main multilateral financing mechanism to support developing countries in achieving a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions and an enhancement of their ability to respond to climate change. As such managing large funds across many projects requires major oversight and that is what we discuss with Mr. Pam in this episode. Links used for references are below:  The trillion dollar climate finance challenge (and opportunity) | | UN News Green Climate Fund Update  Green Climate Fund Captions of transcript available on our YouTube Page Head to https://newsly.me/ and use promo code PLANETPALS to receive a 1-month free subscription on the revolutionary app that lets you listen to news, podcasts, and pretty much the internet in one place.

Dr. Charlie Bing visits GCF to bring a word about the unconditional, unmerited Grace of God. #grace #gracebyfaith #gcfeugene #faith #christian #onlinechurch

Wendy Thiessen, the Canadian director of PiFò Haiti, has a passion for speaking truth and advocating for how we can help others without the unintended consequence of harming the families, economy, and community we are assisting. She is a very strong advocate for being relational and asking, “what can we do for you”, rather than being churches and individuals collecting clothing, shoes, and toys because it feels good and it's what we “think” they need. PiFò Haiti's programs are completely run by the community in which they serve. In response to the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti an organization known as Haiti Christian Schools (HCS) partnered together with 4 schools to provide affordable education to a small community on the island of La Gonâve, Haiti.In 2014, with the understanding that moving from emergency relief to recovery is important, the organization began to focus on creating longer-term, locally led initiatives.In 2020 HCS became PiFò Haiti. PiFò is a Haitian Créole word meaning “Stronger”. Thanks to God's amazing provision and the generosity of our supporters, the organization had become just that, stronger. This is also the year we began working with GCF, God was strengthening the organization both in Haiti and in North America.Our programs have grown beyond education. Our prayer since we began in 2011 has been a consistent food program at each of our partner schools. It is a very costly initiative, but 10 years later we are beyond excited, our prayers have been answered. Thanks to the support of Trinity Hope an organization based in the United States who use local labour and supplies to provide affordable food programs all over Haiti.We currently have food programs in all our schools, 5 teachers will be graduating from teachers college this year, we are able to provide food and medical funds for vulnerable community members, and we are strengthening an agriculture project that will provide jobs and food for a community in the mountains. None of this would be possible without God's grace and the strong relationships we have with the locals in the community. Resources:https://www.pifohaiti.org/https://gcfcanada.com/pifo-haiti/https://friendsgc.com/pifo-haiti/ Recommended books to read:"Slow Kingdom Coming, Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and WalkingHumbly in the World" by Kent Annan"When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...andYourself" by Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert

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Talimka Yordanova and Rhett discuss GCF's work to change Governance, Technology, Mobility, Sustainability and Culture. #lisbon2021

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Watch here! Merry Christmas from your GCF family! In this episode Steve and Kaleea ask the question "what is peace?" better yet "who is peace?" And -what does peace look like in this world? Enjoy!

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Join me this week where I will talk about Taekook during 2017. I will talk about the overall view of Taekook's relationship during 2017. I will make detailed analysis on different moments like lives, run episodes and festa. But I wanted to cover the overall view of Taekook's relationship first. I will mention Taehyung and Bogum going to Jeju Island. I will cover Jungkook's first GCF and I will also talk about some vlive and festa moments wich include them hinting to should I say sex? And also just in general HEAVY flirting  Hope you enjoy! DISCLAIMER! I accidentally said Bogums name when I was  supposed to say Jungkook. I was so focused on not saying anything wrong between Taekook, Taehyung and Jungkook… Hope you can see past it, of course Taehyung would choose Jungkook over Bogum everyday;) If you want to support me to make better content for this podcast or want to have access to episode notes you can do so by becoming a patreon, or you can give a one time donation that is all linked below: www.patreon.com/thebtsbubble  www.paypal.me/thebtsbubble  Instagram: @thebtsbubble7 Twitter: @thebtsbubble7 Email: thebtsbubble@gmail.com 

I love a woman who's a force to be reckoned with! Dr. Marian Gryzlo is one of those women. Always a force for children in need, she's currently on the Board of Grace Children's Foundation currently scaling its model of connecting injured and critically ill children to pro bono medical care and donated non-clinical services around the world. They're working with partners to build an AI-enabled technology solution that will instantly match a child in medical emergency to a database of participating medical providers, speciality hospitals, medical transportation and temporary housing, GCF is accelerating access and saving children's lives. Marian chairs the foundations' Strategic Partnerships Committee. Its mission is to accelerate access to pediatric healthcare resources for children in need globally. In her role there Marian works with thought leaders across the healthcare and technology industries, including those from Microsoft, WebMD and NYC Health Hospitals.  Marian Gryzlo's more than 30 years' experience includes advising executive leaders, nonprofit board members and business owners in industries ranging from consumer products to cancer research. In her many roles, she has developed business, nonprofit and educational alliances, launched foundations, advised on granting millions to causes, and helped nonprofits raise substantial resources to achieve long-term goals.  One LinkedIn recommendation of Marian Gryzlo read: “She has a heart so big, a knowledge so vast, a personality so endearing and creativity so encompassing that she is a force to be reckoned with".   

In this episode of Girls Cum First I sit down with Sierra Grace, owner and designer of Bent Swim. We discuss her journey of self love and discovering how to turn her love of fashion into a business. This episode for all the girls out there who are not sure of where to go or what to do in life. I hope this episode encourages you to just keep going because you can find what you're passionate about at any moment. Sierra Grace embodies everything GCF is about: self love, confidence, and the confidence to go after exactly what she wants. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/girlscumfirst/support

Bible Text: John 10:16 | Speaker: Ben Riche | Series: Special | Discussion Questions: GO - Have you considered missionary work? Long term? Short term? Pick up a brochure from the missions table and visit cmalliance.org to get a better idea of what opportunities are available. GIVE - What can you give to the Great Commission Fund, above and beyond regular giving to the church, between now and the end of the year? (Gifts must be designated GCF or Great Commission Fund) PRAY - Pray that church planters and missionaries with The Alliance around the globe would see doors open for the gospel to advance. Pray specifically for Paul and Lindsay Murphy as they serve with Marketplace Ministries through The Alliance.

Discussion Questions: GO - Have you considered missionary work? Long term? Short term? Pick up a brochure from the missions table and visit cmalliance.org to get a better idea of what opportunities are available. GIVE - What can you give to the Great Commission Fund, above and beyond regular giving to the church, between now and the end of the year? (Gifts must be designated GCF or Great Commission Fund) PRAY - Pray that church planters and missionaries with The Alliance around the globe would see doors open for the gospel to advance. Pray specifically for Paul and Lindsay Murphy as they serve with Marketplace Ministries through The Alliance.

Dave and Alonso are joined by Caroline and Kevin from the Good Christian Fun podcast to discuss two movies about Americans who get into trouble while touring Europe. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, come to me I know you well. Join our club, won't you? Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI Alonso's pick of the week: FAST COLOR Caroline's pick of the week: VELVET BUZZSAW Kevin's pick of the week: THE DIRECTOR AND THE JEDI

GCF host Kevin T. Porter shares his experience with church, podcasting, humor and having some 'good christian fun' in our episode on comedy!