Podcasts about god the world

Fr. James Dominic Rooney returns to Philosophy for the People to discuss his recent critique of panentheism. If you like the video, hit like and subscribe to Philosophy for the People for more!  More Resources: Pat's philosophy Substack: https://chroniclesofstrength.substack.com/ Pat's book The Best Argument for God: https://amzn.to/3QHzf2N 

Are you sick and tired of watching people fall for massive lies? I think that is true for most of us. For me, it's especially disturbing to see so many young people being programmed by The Party. Chelsea Clinton is out lying to the World about what The Party calls “THE ‘science'”, what does God's Word say? In the separate Country of Seattle young people are constantly told that, despite $1 billion per year spent in the Seattle area on issues caused by welcoming people to live in chaos, they still "don't do enough" for homeless people. But, what does God's Word say? Today, we focus on key lies The Party is programming people to believe and how God's Word stomps them out. “The World says X, but God says . . .” In future episodes, we will tell stories of people who would have been ruined or quit, “but, God … “ intervened, saved them or shut a door. What does God's Word say? Matthew 4:4 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”Episode 819 LinksA recent survey looked at trends in American values.The results are shocking…Family Of Subway Chokehold Victim Breaks SilenceDemocratic Socialist of America Councilmember Tammy Morales introduced the board that will be overseeing Seattle's Social Housing program, made up of people who are/were homeless, socialists & others who have presided over the city's "homeless" disaster. Watch through the endYes, we are to care for people: Matthew 25:40-45 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.No, it is not godly to let people rot in their addictions or sloth, refusing to work 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”Chelsea Clinton Announces 'The Big Catch-Up' Initiative Which Will Be 'The Largest Childhood Immunization Effort Ever' - "We need the public sector to hopefully stop doing things like stripping away public health emergency powers from state public health agencies...We're working with WHO and The Gates Foundation and others to hopefully have the largest childhood immunization effort ever over the next 18 months to catch as many kids up as possible."As regards to liars like Chelsea, God's Word tells us to be discerning about the people we trust Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”1 Corinthians 2:14 “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.”The World tells you people are sometimes born in the wrong body, that they are supposedly “trans” at birth . . .After sending Snapchat AI three messages saying I “feel like a boy,” I was told about [so-called] gender reassignment surgery. I told the AI I'm 16 and need help becoming a boy. Snapchat AI then offered to find doctors who specialize in [the nonsense phrase] “gender-affirming” care for me. Kids as young as 13 are allowed to create Snapchat accounts.Toward Kindness; "I now live in a painful body that no longer belongs to me."God's Word tells us He numbered every hair on your head and had a plan for you before you were born; He created ALL of you and, from that, we know we ARE our bodies Luke 12:7 “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”Job 31:15 “Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?”4Patriots https://4patriots.com/todd Order the 3-month Survival Food Kit and get a FREE bonus gift package including 2 72-hour Survival Food Kits or save 10% on everything else with code TODD. BiOptimizers https://magbreakthrough.com/todd se promo code TODD for 10% off your order.Bulwark Capital bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com ct now and get Bulwark Capital's “Common Cents Investing” guide FREE. Patriot Mobile https://patriotmobile.com/herman Get free activation today with offer code HERMAN. Visit or call 878-PATRIOT.RuffGreens https://ruffgreens.com/todd et your FREE Jumpstart Trial Bag of Ruff Greens, simply cover shipping. Visit or call 877-MYDOG-64. SOTA Weight Loss https://sotaweightloss.com SOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART!Texas SuperFood https://texassuperfood.com Texas SuperFood is whole food nutrition at its best.

Key Bible Verse: "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?" Mark 8:36

Key Bible Verse: "But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29

Key Bible Verse: "and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 16:30-31

Key Bible Verse: "“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”" Luke 19:10

Key Bible Verses: "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6

Key Bible Verse: "...Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34

Key Bible Verse: "...and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." Hebrews 9:22b

key Bible Verses: "Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God," Romans 2:4-5

Key Bible Verse: "Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel.” Mark 1: 14b-15

Key Bible Verse: "Therefore I repent in the dust and ashes." Job 42:6

Key Bible Verse: “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. “But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 10:32-33

Key Bible Verse: "Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight," Psalm 51: 4a

Key Bible Verse: "When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away, through my groaning all day long." Psalm 32: 3

Key Bible Verse: "If we say that we have not sinned, we make (God) a liar and His word is not in us." 1 John 1: 10

Key Bible Verse: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

Key Bible Verse: "From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4: 17

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Public theology seeks to articulate a theology beyond church and academy for the broader public and the common good. Ted Peters helps us understand how this can be done in light of the credibility challenges the church faces in America and the West. Dr. Peters teaches systematic theology and ethics at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He is the author of God-The World's Future: Systematic Theology for New Era, and God in Cosmic History: Where Science and History Meet Religion. He is co-author of Evolution from Creation to New Creation. Along with colleagues he has edited, Astrotheology: Science and Theology Meet Extraterrestrial Life, as well as Astrobiology: Science, Ethics and Public Policy. Ted Peters: https://www.gtu.edu/faculty/ted-f-peters Journal article: "Public Theology: Its Pastoral, Apologetic, Scientific, Political, and Prophetic Tasks": https://brill.com/view/journals/ijpt/12/2/article-p153_2.xml Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org. Support this work: One-time donation: https://multifaithmatters.org/donate Become my patron: https://patron.podbean.com #publictheology #TedPeters    

“But we know there is peace there is comfort there is hope because we can look in his presence and say ‘God one day I will be with you forever, one day every tear will be wiped away, one day I will be in your presence.'”  Author and Co-founder of Girl Defined Ministries, Bethany Beal knows about the twists and turns life can bring. That is why she has a passion to encourage Christian women to look to God when things happen that they just don't understand. In this episode Bethany shares her story of waiting for marriage longer than she had planned followed by her heartbreaking experiences with miscarriage. Through it all, Bethany has a message of hope and encouragement for you today... We discussed: typical responses when we experience unexpected twists and turns how to struggle well when the unexpected happens head knowledge vs. heart belief in the goodness of God shifting your expectations and focusing on relationship with God how to love where you are in unexpected seasons of life Bethany's passion for women and love for God is infectious and I can't wait for you to hear her story and learn from her experience! Connect with Bethany on Instagram and at girldefined.com Get your copy of Not Part of the Story: Trusting God with the Twists and Turns of Your Story and check out their adorable merch HERE Connect with Somer on Facebook and Instagram Sign up to receive weekly emails and resources from Somer HERE!   FAVORITE TAKEAWAYS: Don't let your circumstances keep you from God   The World won't tell us to go to Christ, we in our flesh won't naturally go to Christ; it's a relationship, it takes time and growing into.    “God, you are my strength”  Run the race that God has set before you, YOUR race, not someone else's.    Grieving with people, whatever they're going through, their journey is different than yours, we can't put labels and values on individual's life experiences and suffering.    “There are so many things we could do to bash other women and diminish the things that they're going through instead of saying ‘no, we are called to love one another, support one another, serve one another.' So I think for each of us we need to have that mindset saying, ‘God this is the race you've set before me.'”    So important we don't diminish or abandon people in suffering.      God wants us to be image bearers and reflect His character.    Having one or two godly women around you to reach out for support, to maintain focus on the Word of God and maintaining that relationship with God, being held accountable and look up to as examples and rolemodels.    “God, I desire to know you.”    Proverbs 3:5-6     Connect with Bethany on Instagram and at Girl Defined: https://girldefined.com Connect with Somer on Facebook and Instagram   Sign up to receive weekly emails and resources from Somer HERE!

Sermon text: 1 Peter 2:11-12 On this Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Joshua Shirey shares how the most glorious truths and the most important teachings of 1 Peter hinge entirely on the truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

In this episode, Ben and Juan talk about God, the World, and Modern Physics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experientialtheology/message

Given the work of the Perseverance Rover on Mars, and the recent release of the Pentagon's report on UFOs or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, speculation about the possibility of the existence of alien life is on our minds. Ted Peters helps shed light on this in this podcast episode. Dr. Peters teaches systematic theology and ethics at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He is the author of God-The World's Future: Systematic Theology for New Era, and God in Cosmic History: Where Science and History Meet Religion. He is co-author of Evolution from Creation to New Creation. Along with colleagues he has edited, Astrotheology: Science and Theology Meet Extraterrestrial Life, as well as Astrobiology: Science, Ethics and Public Policy.

Mike and Spanky join the show / Wall Street Talk / AI Chat Bots / Cursed Cheese / Quick Headlines / Open lines Investor Chamath Palihapitiya: The GameStop story is pushback against Wall Street establishment https://youtu.be/wgYZk9Mc804 : AUDIO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamath_Palihapitiya Military Intelligence Buys Location Data Instead of Getting Warrants, Memo Shows https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=60598 Microsoft Patent Suggests Simulating the Dead With AI Chatbots https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2021/01/22/microsoft-patent-dead-chatbots/ ISS records ‘blue jet’ lightning from space https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343223/iss-records-blue-jet-lightning-from-space The peculiar history of cheese and witchcraft https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343376/the-peculiar-history-of-cheese-and-witchcraft Company Thinks “Social Robots” Needed During Pandemic https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=60608 Missing Bay City family found dead in northern Michigan https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2021/01/missing-bay-city-family-found-dead-in-northern-michigan.html My 600 Ponies! Woman, 27, reveals she’s spent an eye-watering £20,000 on her collection of My Little Pony memorabilia https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9181131/Woman-27-spends-eye-watering-20-000-Little-Pony-collection.html 70-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Poisons Husband by Putting Boric Acid in His Coffee https://www.odditycentral.com/news/70-year-old-woman-allegedly-poisons-husband-by-putting-boric-acid-in-his-coffee.html Threads of God – The World’s Rarest Pasta Is Also One of the Most Difficult to Make https://www.odditycentral.com/foods/threads-of-god-the-worlds-rarest-pasta-is-also-one-of-the-most-difficult-to-make.html Social Media Star Promotes Fake Books as Props for Wanna-Be Online Influencers https://www.odditycentral.com/news/social-media-star-promotes-fake-books-as-props-for-wanna-be-online-influencers.html Young Guns 3! Emilio Estevez and the Gang are Back in Another Blaze of Glory https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/01/20/young-guns-3-emilio-estevez-and-the-gang-are-back-in-another-blaze-of-glory/   Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. ▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Phone: 614-388-9109 ► Website: http://obdmpod.com ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/obdmpod ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/obdmnews ► Instagram: obdmpod ► Email: ourbigdumbmouth at gmail ► RSS: http://ourbigdumbmouth.libsyn.com/rss ► iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/our-big-dumb-mouth/id261189509?mt=2 ▀▄▀▄▀ DONATE LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/obdm ► Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/obdm ► Crypto: https://streamlabs.com/ourbigdumbmouth/tip ▀▄▀▄▀ DISCLAIMER ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Everything we do could be considered performance art ► Satire and Parody are often used ▀▄▀▄▀ LISTEN LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► YouTube | OBDM VIDEOS : https://www.youtube.com/user/ourbigdumbmouth ► YouTube | OBDM POD | 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrj4SPfo5ySkEnyaQAW5zvA ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/obdmpod ► DLive: https://dlive.tv/obdm ► RSS: http://ourbigdumbmouth.libsyn.com/rss ► iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/our-big-dumb-mouth/id261189509?mt=2 ▀▄▀▄▀ DISCLAIMER ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Everything we do could be considered performance art ► Satire and Parody are often used ► OBDM T-Shirt: https://teespring.com/obdm-dino-wizard?73d3a50c4b#pid=46&cid=2753&sid=front  

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Introduction In chapter four and most of chapter five, James answers the question, "What happens when faith fails?" What if you do not exercise faith? What if you are a Christian, but you do not live by faith, believing continually what the Lord Jesus has said and done. What happens? First, wars and fighting break out, and the direct cause is a lack of prayer. Prayer is an example of faith. Prayer is the perfect expression of faith, because prayer is the manifestation of dependence upon God. James traces this whole matter of wars, fighting, arguments, and disagreements among us to a lack of prayer. That is the trouble. We fight with each other because we do not ask God for anything. We do not take from him the nature of love and compassion that he offers us, but we would rather lash out at one another and fight with one another. So it is a direct result of the lack of faith that wars and fighting break out.  A depending on self instead of God. Daniel 2:21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. He gives us two reasons for worldliness in the church Our desires and envy. War is a fact of life in spite of treaties and world peace organizations But can you believe wars between believers in Christ He describes three types of conflicts going on in the world WAR WITH EACH OTHER (v1, 11-12)  V1Surely "brethren" ought to live together in love and harmony Ps 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! Yet often they do not Lot quarreled with Abraham Absalom created a war with his father David The disciples of Jesus argued over who would be greatest Paul and Barnabas had great conflict over John Mark Churches in the New Testament often had problems... At Corinth 1) Brethren were suing each other 2) They were competing in the public assemblies In Galatia - brethren were "biting and devouring" one another Even at Philippi - two women were having trouble getting along with each other In this epistle James gives several kinds of conflicts among brethren: Class wars (upper class, middle class, and lower class - 2:1-9 Employment wars - 5:1-6 Church fights - 1:19-20; 3:13-18 Personal wars Notice 4:11-12 we are admonished not to speak evil, nor to judge one another The consequences of worldliness -1. A lack of prayer corporately or individually with God WAR WITHIN OURSELVES (1-3) Our desire for things to satisfy our pleasures (like power, possessions, etc.) is what makes us fight with others Putting it simply, the key problem is "SELFISHNESS" SUCH SELFISH DESIRES LEAD TO... Wrong Actions (2) "you murder...you fight and war" not literally, but certainly so in God's sight – an ongoing attitude of hate towards someone 1Jn 3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Wrong Praying (3) The kind of praying that goes unanswered Because the prayers are for selfish motives Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give because He would give the best, and man will not take it. George MacDonald III. WAR WITH GOD (4-10) Here is the root cause of every war! Rebellion against God! ...those at war with others are also at war within themselves... ...because they are first at war with God! HOW DOES A BELIEVER DECLARE WAR AGAINST GOD? By being friendly with God's enemies! James mentions three enemies we must not associate with if we want to be at peace with God: The World (v4) That is, human society that is contrary to God a) Any conduct, belief, thought...which is anti-God, anti-Christ    To be a friend of such...Makes one an enemy of God! Makes one a spiritual adulterer or adultereress! Suppose that in a certain community lives a man and his wife who love each other very much. Across the street lives a man who develops a hatred for the woman's husband. One night he invades their home and kills him. Although he is arrested, a loophole in the law allows him to escape punishment, and he is released to return to the community. Now imagine that in a few short weeks you see the widow and her husband's murderer walking down the street together. Her hand is slipped into his arm and she looks smilingly into his face. She says to him, “I'm so happy.” What would you say about a woman like that? Surely, you would brand her as disloyal to her husband's memory and unworthy to bear his name. We must never forget that this godless world hated Jesus enough to kill Him. One who walks hand in hand with a system headed by our Lord's enemies and becomes friendly with them is disloyal to Jesus Christ. Only those who keep themselves “unspotted from the world” (James 1:27) have a right to bear the name Christian. Let's avoid all unholy alliances. -P.R.V. Quoted from Our Daily Bread 2 Co 6: 17 “Therefore ‘Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” 18 ‘I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty'.” The Flesh (v1,5)    1) The unlawful desires that would lead us away from God    2) These desires wage war within us, but we must not give in to them 1Pe 2:11-12 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 12 having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. 3) Such desires are in direct conflict to what the Spirit of God would have us to be and do Ga 5:16-17 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 4) To submit to these unlawful desires (works) of the flesh sets one contrary to God and His Spirit! The Devil (v6-7) v6 parallels Romans 12.1 1) Pride is Satan's greatest temptation 2) When we give into pride, we become friends of the devil and enemies of God v7 HOW TO ENJOY PEACE WITH GOD Submit To God (v7) Literally, "get into your proper rank" Unconditional surrender to God is the only way to victory! Submission is saying: "Not my will, but Thine be done" Luke 22:42 Resist The Devil (v7) He is behind every war that we have But if we just resist, then he will flee! James 4:7“Like many sheep ranchers in the West, Lexy Fowler has tried just about everything to stop crafty coyotes from killing her sheep. She has used odor sprays, electric fences, and ‘scare-coyotes.' She has slept with her lambs during the summer and has placed battery-operated radios near them. She has corralled them at night, herded them at day. But the southern Montana rancher has lost scores of lambs—fifty last year alone. “Then she discovered the llama—the aggressive, funny-looking, afraid-of-nothing llama. 'Llamas don't appear to be afraid of anything,' she said. ‘When they see something, they put their head up and walk straight toward it. That is aggressive behavior as far as the coyote is concerned, and they won't have anything to do with that. Coyotes are opportunists, and llamas take that opportunity away.'” Apparently llamas know the truth of what James writes: “Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you” (4:7). The moment we sense his attack through temptation is the moment we should face it and deal with it for what it is. Barry McGee, Denver Post Draw Near To God (v8) And He will draw near to us! How do we do this?    1) "Cleanse your hands" - Get your sins forgiven!    2) "Purify your hearts" - Be single-minded in your devotion to God! (not double-minded, like a spiritual adulterer) Ps 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. Pr 1:28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:  Pr 8:17 I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.  Isa 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.  Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.  Ho 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. Humble Yourselves In The Sight Of God (v9-10) It's possible to submit outwardly and not be humble inwardly True mourning for our sins is how we can humble ourselves before God The end result of such humility. God will lift you up! - v10 1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, CONCLUSION If we obey these four instructions, then God will draw near to us, cleanse us, and forgive us! ONLY THEN WILL THE "WARS" CEASE! For we will not be at war with God So we will not be at war within ourselves And we will not be at war with others! As Solomon wrote in the Book of Proverbs: When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Proverbs 16:7) Are we diligent in making sure our ways are pleasing to the Lord? Mark 8:36 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?    John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Have you trusted Him as your Savior? He can Save you if You ask Him based on His death, burial, and resurrection for your sins. Believe in Him for forgiveness of your sins today. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  -John 8:32  Our mission is to spread the gospel and to go to the least of these with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ; We reach out to those the World has forgotten.  hisloveministries.podbean.com #HLMSocial hisloveministries.net https://www.instagram.com/hisloveministries1/?hl=en Don't go for all the gusto you can get, go for all the God (Jesus Christ) you can get. The gusto will get you, Jesus can save you. https://www.facebook.com/His-Love-Ministries-246606668725869/?tn-str=k*F   The world is trying to solve earthly problems that can only be solved with heavenly solutions

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/581/29 In memory of the late J.I. Packer, our Event Friday features the 1975 Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology that focused on the subject matter of Dr. Packer's influential book, "Knowing God." R.C. Sproul and Ralph Keiper also spoke at this memorable event some 45 years ago! The complete set of messages, as well as the PCRT Anthology, are available at ReformedResources.org.

Discern Daily Ep. 32 - Train Yourself and Those in Your Care Are we training and preparing ourselves to engage with the world? What about those in our care? Are we helping them prepare too? On this episode, we are highlighting an article written by Jared Sparks, titled, "In Defense of Sheltering Your Kids." Join in! [embed]https://youtu.be/DT7ffIz9Zaw[/embed] Quotes From Jared Sparks "I want to protect my children from the world until they are trained and ready to take the world for the Glory of Jesus! They are not yet ready to walk into a worldview that hates God (The World). I won’t pretend like they are. Neither should you. Children are not to be sent to the front lines of battle! That’s for the men! The kids are to be protected, or I guess I should say, sheltered." Read Jared Sparks' full article here. Episode Highlights Not only must we prepare our children for the world, but we must prepare ourselves as well. Are we training ourselves for godliness? What comes to mind when you think about training in the Christian faith? "Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come" (1 Timothy 4:7-8). "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Just like physical training... You may need a personal trainer It takes repetition It's not always fun

John 3:16, part 1

On this week’s episode, God & The World gets the full episode treatment! Recently Twitter was in an uproar when rapper, T.I made  some interesting comments surrounding the state of his daughters hymen and its implications on “virginity.” Join Yaya and TRUTH as they ask the realtalk question of the week, “Why are we all so pressed about purity?" In addition to the moon reading, the co-hosts also make a very special announcement for the holiday season.  

Worship band under the leadership of Malynda Hale & message by Pastor Mark Stephenson

On this week’s episode, in God & The World,  YaYa and TRUTH try to make sense of the killing of an American Christian missionary by the Indigenous peoples he had hoped to convert. The duo  then shifts gears to talk all about the joys and perils of Christmas shopping by answering the real talk question: ‘on a scale of broke to 10 how much are we into Christmas shopping this year?’ . They end by announcing  the winner of the Real Talk on Godtalk swag give away, before heading into the moon reading and community pastoral care segments.   Note: For the sake of transparency we want to clarify two of YaYa’s statements during the show. During God and the World YaYa implies that John Chau was white. While he may( or may not) be racially ‘ white’, what YaYa was referring to was a history of  Christian religious imperialism propagated in the name of White Supremacy. Also during the moon reading, YaYa quotes an Instagram post she had briefly encountered  without giving its original creator due credit (we were unable to find and cite the author, but if you find them please give us a heads up)

Astrobiologists and Ufologists are not typically seen together at the same BBQs. Why? Each argues that the other is not attending to the evidence. NASA’s Astrobiological Roadmap asks three research questions: What is the origin of life? Is there a second genesis of life? How will life expand from Earth to elsewhere? SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life Institute) is listening for radio signals emitted from extra-solar civilizations. This is hard-nosed science. Yet, ufologists also believe they are employing scientific methods such as scrupulous investigation of sightings, hypnotic regression, statistical analysis, and such. Ufologists revere science. Why, then, is there tension if not outright hostility between the fields?  Ted Peters is the author of UFOs—God’s Chariots?, first published in 1977. Its penetrating cultural analysis of the UFO phenomenon remains definitive. He teaches systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He has recently served as consultant to NASA and SETI on astro-ethics. He is the author of GOD—The World’s Future (Fortress, rev. ed. 2000); Science, Theology and Ethics (Ashgate 2003); and co-author of A Theological and Scientific Commentary on Darwin’s Origin of Species (Abingdon 2009). The Peters ETI Religious Crisis Survey can be found at Counterbalance on the web: http://www.counterbalance.org/etsurv/index-frame.html.

James 4:4-5

November 16, 2008; John 15:11

Ted Peters is professor of systematic theology at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and Graduate Theological Union and director of the Institute for Theology and Ethics, in Berkeley, California. The author of GOD-The World’s Future (2000), Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom (2002) and Science, Theology, and Ethics (2003), Peters writes prolifically on issues of science, theology and religion. His recent work includes Anticipating Omega (2006), Can You Believe in God and Evolution? (with Martinez Hewlett, 2006), and The Stem Cell Debate (2007). He is editor of Dialog, A Journal of Theology and co-editor of Theology and Science. In addition to his interests in religion and science, Peters writes on a broad array of theological issues. One of the most important recurring themes in his work is the willingness to converse with and learn from other religious traditions. Peters has been interviewed by a variety of media, and lectures widely on issues of Christian theology in the modern world, including concerns related to bioethics, stems cells, cloning and the implications of the new genetics.