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An effective KICK is 6x the power of a punch.  When we learn Judas "lifted up his HEEL" to Jesus we might pay particular attention. He's the bad example at the washing of the feet.The good example is Jesus who shows us the necessity of Service.  HIS SERVICE to us is the engine that makes us run to our SERVICE. Hurry, We may not have EVERY day, But we do have THIS day to servehttps://youtu.be/DW556Imj-MU

Why Pray - Part 4How Do We Know God's Purpose for Us? | John 17:17-19Big Idea: Why pray?  To know our Purpose(00:00) - Welcome and Series Overview (03:18) - Scripture Reading: John 17:17-19 (03:53) - Introduction - How Do We Fulfill Our Mission? (11:08) - Being Sanctified by God's Word (19:11) - Being Sent in His Service (26:19) - Being Set Apart with Christ (35:15) - Closing Prayer

"Be sure that wherever our lot is cast we may and must aim at the perfect life." Written over 400 years ago, Introduction to the Devout Life is still one of the most popular books for those pursuing holiness. St. Francis de Sales explains how to turn that desire for sanctity into resolutions that yield grace-filled results. Themes include: Pursuing a devout life whole-heartedly Incorporating prayer and sacraments into a busy schedule Growing in virtue Battling wisely against temptation Making spiritual progress through daily, monthly, and yearly exercises Whether you are just beginning your spiritual journey or are more advanced in the spiritual life, you'll be able to apply this timeless wisdom immediately. Let St. Francis de Sales illumine the path to holiness and strengthen your desire to walk that road with the Lord. St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622) was the Bishop of Geneva and a renowned spiritual director. Preaching during the Counter-Reformation, he is estimated to have converted 70,000 Calvinists in his lifetime. He was a fervent proponent of the universal call to holiness and spent much of his time guiding lay people on the road to sanctity. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1877, St. Francis is still helping to form saints through his many writings, of which Introduction to the Devout Life is the most famous. —description from the publisher Introduction to the Devout Life full text: https://watch.formed.org/introduction-to-the-devout-life-by-st-francis-de-sales SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio  Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved. Timestamps 00:38 Preface 12:26 Part 1 – Counsels and Exercises for the Guidance of the Soul from Its First Desire After a Devout Life unto a Full Resolution of Pursuing the Same 12:38 True Devotion Explained 18:19 The Nature and Excellence of Devotion 23:17 Devotion is Suitable to Every Vocation and Profession 27:26 The Need of a Guide for those who would Enter Upon and Advance in the Devout Life 33:35 The First Step: Purifying the Soul 38:22 The First Purification: From Mortal Sin 40:56 The Second Purification: From All Sinful Affections 44:17 How to Affect This Second Purification 46:56 First Meditation, On Creation 53:26 Second Meditation, On the End for Which We Were Created 59:26 Third Meditation, On the Gifts of God 1:05:20 Fourth Meditation, On Sin 1:11:39 Fifth Meditation, On Death 1:19:00 Sixth Meditation, On Judgment 1:24:59 Seventh Meditation, On Hell 1:29:02 Eighth Meditation, On Paradise 1:34:05 Ninth Meditation, On the Choice Open to You Between Heaven and Hell 1:39:26 Tenth Meditation, On How the Soul Chooses the Devout Life 1:46:40How to Make a General Confession 1:49:23 A Sincere Protest Made with the Object of Confirming the Soul's Resolution to Serve God as a Cojnclusion to its Acts of Penitence 1:53:58 Conclusion of This First Purification 1:55:53 The Necessity of Purging Away All Tendency to Venial Sins 2:00:35 It Is Necessary to Put Away All Inclination for Useless and Dangerous Things 2:03:14 All Evil Inclinations Must Be Purged Away 02:05:29 Part 2 – Counsels as to Uplifting the Soul to God in Prayer and the Use of the Sacraments 2:05:38 The Necessity of Prayer 2:11:30 A Short Method of Meditation in the Presence of God: The First Point of Preparation 2:17:05 Invocation: The Second Point of Preparation 2:18:38 Representing the Mystery to Be Meditated to Your Imagination: The Third Point of Preparation 2:20:49 Considerations: The Second Part of Meditation 2:22:16 Affections and Resolutions: The Third Part of Meditation 2:24:01 The Conclusion and Spiritual Bouquet 2:25:44 Some Useful Hints on Meditation 2:30:40 Concerning Dryness in Meditation 2:33:15 Morning Prayer 2:36:05 Evening Prayer and Examination of Conscience 2:38:03 Spiritual Refreshment 2:42:42 Aspirations, Brief Prayer, and Holy Thoughts 2:53:34 Holy Communion, and How to Receive It 2:58:17 The Other Public Offices of the Church 3:00:13 How the Saints Are United to Us 3:02:58 How to Hear and Read God's Word 3:05:05 How to Receive Inspirations 3:10:31 Confession 3:17:35 Frequent Communion 3:23:09 How to Communicate 03:28:01 Part 3 – Counsels Concerning the Practice of Virtue 03:28:08 How to Select That Which We Should Chiefly Practice 03:36:56 The Same Subject Continued 03:43:55 Patience 03:53:08 Greater Humility 03:59:02 Interior Humility 04:08:28 Humility Makes Us Rejoice in Our Own Abjection 04:15:11 How to Combine Due Care for a Good Reputation with Humility 04:22:40 Gentleness Towards Others and Remedies Against Anger 04:31:05 Gentleness Towards Ourselves 04:35:35 We Must Attend to the Business of Life Carefully, but Without Eagerness or Over-Anxiety 04:40:18 Obedience 04:45:43 Purity 04:49:05 How to Maintain Purity 04:52:48 Poverty of Spirit amid Riches 04:58:28 How to Exercise Real Poverty although Actually Rich 05:06:08 How to Possess a Rich Spirit amid Real Poverty 05:09:50 Friendship: Evil and Frivolous Friendship 05:13:31 Frivolous Attachments 05:18:48 Real Friendship 05:24:40 The Difference between True and False Friendship 05:28:57 Remedies against Evil Friendships 05:35:47 Further Advice concerning Intimacies 05:40:22 The Practice of Bodily Mortification 05:50:59 Society and Solitude 05:56:24 Modesty in Dress 06:00:20 Conversation: First, How to Speak of God 06:02:52 Unseemly Words and the Respect Due to Others 06:07:18 Hasty Judgments 06:17:28 Slander 06:28:27 Further Counsels as to Conversation 06:32:24 Amusements and Recreations: What Are Allowable 06:34:56 Forbidden Amusements 06:36:53 Balls and Other Lawful but Dangerous Amusements 06:41:59 When to Use Such Amusements Rightly 06:43:49 We Must Be Faithful in Things Great and Small 06:49:23 - A Well-Balanced, Reasonable Mind 06:53:33 - Wishes 06:58:15 - Counsels to Married People 07:11:47 - The Sanctity of the Marriage Bed 07:13:15 - Counsels to Widows 07:22:31 - One Word to Maidens 07:23:51 Part 4 – Counsels Concerning Some Ordinary Temptations 07:23:58 - We Must Not Trifle with the Words of Worldly Wisdom 07:29:29 - The Need of Good Courage 07:32:09 - Temptations and the Difference Between Experiencing Them and Consenting to Them 07:37:19 - Two Striking Illustrations of the Same 07:40:56 - Encouragement for the Tempted Soul 07:43:26 - When Temptation and Pleasure are Sin 07:47:23 - Remedies for Great Occasions 07:50:15 - How to Resist Minor Temptations 07:52:26 - How to Remedy Minor Temptations 07:55:02 - How to Strengthen the Heart Against Temptation 07:57:40 - Anxiety of Mind 08:03:27 - Sadness and Sorrow 08:08:40 - Spiritual and Sensible Consolations and How to Receive Them 08:23:23 - Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness 08:33:49 - An Illustration 08:41:07 Part 5 - Counsels and Practices for Renewing and Confirming the Soul in Devotion 08:41:15 - It Is Well Yearly to Renew Good Resolutions by Means of the Following Exercises 08:43:58 - Meditation on the Benefit Conferred on Us by God in Calling Us to His Service 08:48:55 - Examination of the Soul as to Its Progress in the Devout Life 08:52 :13 - Examination of the Soul's Condition as Regards God 08:56:52 - Examination of Your Condition as Regards Yourself 08:59:16 - Examination of the Soul's Condition as Regards Our Neighbor 09:00:43 - Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul 09:03:10 - The Affections to Be Excited After Such Examination 09:04:36 - Reflections Suitable to the Renewal of Good Resolutions 09:05:23 - First Consideration, On the Worth of Souls 09:08:13 - Second Consideration, On the Excellence of Virtue 09:10:01 - The Example of the Saints 09:11:48 - The Love That Jesus Christ Bears to Us 09:15:05 - The Eternal Love of God for Us 09:16:36 - General Affections That Should Result from These Considerations and Conclusion of the Exercise 09:19:16 - The Impressions That Should Remain After This Exercise 09:20:53 - An Answer to Two Objections That May Be Made to This Book 09:23:45 - Three Important and Final Counsels

10/27/2024 | Today's daily devotional by C. H. Spurgeon on SermonAudio: Title: His Service, Face, Name Subtitle: Faith's Checkbook by Spurgeon Speaker: C. H. Spurgeon Broadcaster: Prince of Preachers Event: Audiobook Date: 10/27/2024 Bible: Revelation 22:3-4 Length: 1 min.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU, TO YOU! Hello to one and all, I am sending a special heartfelt thanks to each of you for your listening participation, prayers, and comments regarding this podcast, The Church Within You! Thank you for sharing the podcast with your family and friends as well as each testimonial. I pray that the LORD will continue to use me in His Service in any way He sees fit. I am truly willing to run on all the way. Thank you once again for all of your prayers. I pray the LORD continues to use you as His instrument to pass along the good news, in Jesus' Name. Thank you once again, I truly appreciate you being here with me! Blessings, Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

Title: Final Words to the Ephesian Elders Pt. 1 Passage: Acts 20:13-17 -Paul Lived and Ministered in the Midst of the Flock (vv. 18-19) -Paul Proclaimed the Gospel Boldly, Frequently, and Consistently (vv. 20-21) -Paul's Purpose in Life was Found in His Service to Christ and His Church (vv. 22-24) -Paul's Life was an Offering unto the Lord (vv. 25-27)

“Consider the love with which our dear Lord Jesus Christ bore so much in this world, especially in the Garden of Olives and on Mount Calvary; that love bore you in mind, and through all those pains and toils he obtained your good resolutions for you, as also all that is necessary to maintain, foster, strengthen and consummate those resolutions. "How precious must the resolutions be that are the fruits of our Lord's Passion! And how dear to my heart, since they were dear to that of Jesus! Savior of my soul, You died to win them for me; grant me grace sooner to die than forget them. "Be sure, my child, that the heart of our most dear Lord beheld you from the tree of the Cross and loved you, and by that love he won for you all good things that you were ever to have, and amongst them your good resolutions.” Part 5 (00:46) Chapter 1—It Is Well Yearly to Renew Good Resolutions by Means of the Following Exercises (03:29) Chapter 2—Meditation on the Benefit Conferred on Us by God in Calling Us to His Service (08:26) Chapter 3—Examination of the Soul as to Its Progress in the Devout Life (11:44) Chapter 4—Examination of the Soul's Condition as Regards God (16:23) Chapter 5—Examination of Your Condition as Regards Yourself (18:47) Chapter 6—Examination of the Soul's Condition as Regards Our Neighbor (20:15) Chapter 7—Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul (22:42) Chapter 8—The Affections to Be Excited After Such Examination (24:07) Chapter 9—Reflections Suitable to the Renewal of Good Resolutions (24:54) Chapter 10—First Consideration, On the Worth of Souls (27:45) Chapter 11—Second Consideration, On the Excellence of Virtue (29:33) Chapter 12—The Example of the Saints (31:19) Chapter 13—The Love That Jesus Christ Bears to Us (34:36) Chapter 14—The Eternal Love of God for Us (36:08) Chapter 15—General Affections That Should Result from These Considerations and Conclusion of the Exercise (38:48) Chapter 16—The Impressions That Should Remain After This Exercise (40:24) Chapter 17—An Answer to Two Objections That May Be Made to This Book (43:16) Chapter 18—Three Important and Final Counsels This work was released in its entirety in episodic format. Links Introduction to the Devout Life full text: https://watch.formed.org/introduction-to-the-devout-life-by-st-francis-de-sales SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.

Sermon Series: Exodus: The Gospel According to the Old Testament Sermon Text: Exodus 2:11-25 Sermon Title: “When We Blow It With God” Sermon Slides: SLIDE 1 – Today's Big Idea: Our Failures Can Teach Us, But Our Failures Won't Defeat Us … If We'll Exchange Them for God's Faithfulness. SLIDE 2 – Sermon Point 1 – Moses in Egypt … A Failed Revolution (vv. 11-15) SLIDE 3 – Deuteronomy 32:35 – “Vengeance is mine, and I will repay, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.'” SLIDE 4 – Sermon Point 2 – Moses in Midian … A Rejected Fugitive (vv. 16-22) SLIDE 5 – John 1:9-12 – “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” SLIDE 6 – Sermon Point 3 – Exchanging Our Failures … For God's Faithfulness (vv. 23-25) SLIDE 7 – Three Uses of This Sermon for Your Life SLIDE 8 – We are all Failures because we are all Sinners; Do We Know Our Need? SLIDE 9 – We are Called to Be Used by the Holy Spirit, But Not to Be the Holy Spirit. SLIDE 10 – Our Failures are Often the Places God Presses Us into His Service.

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:10 Title: God's Abundant GraceMain Idea: God's Abundant Grace Converts and Transforms Us for His Service & Glory.Date: Dec. 31, 2023 10am Sermon Speaker: Pastor Joe RealistaThis is the sermon and testimony podcast of Golden City Alliance Fellowship of The Christian And Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMACOP).

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today, a great talk about the importance of getting your mind ready for whatever comes along. Does life jump up and knock you out? Or do you have a plan in place for how you're going to use your mind to handle anything that happens? Tata takes us through I Peter and other scriptures to show us how to keep our minds ready!Key Scripture: I Peter 1:13PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction and Disclaimer: St. Francis of Assisi Misquote (01:32) - Changing Lives by Changing Minds: Self-Brain Surgery School (02:20) - First Snowfall and a Winter Operation (03:27) - Introduction and Health update (06:19) - Context and importance of preparing the mind for action (08:36) - Reiterating the need to be alert and prepared (10:21) - Warning against laziness and lowering our guard (11:09) - Finding Peace and Alertness through the Word (13:12) - Guarding Your Mind and Being Mindful of False Doctrine (16:07) - Walking with God and the Battle for Our Soul (18:57) - Preparing for Battle: Actions Speak Louder than Words (20:04) - Living a Life of Preparation and Readiness (21:20) - Obscure Scriptures Explored: The Speckled Bird and Sour Grapes (22:28) - Peter's Redemption: Denial and Welcoming Back by Jesus (22:43) - Jesus Calls Peter for His Service (23:45) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose"

On this Labor Day weekend, our country takes time out to honor the work and vocations that we have been given in our lives. With that in mind I'd like you to think of the Lord's Labor Day i.e. His Labor Day of creating us, His Labor Day of redeeming us at the cross, His Labor Day of sending His Holy Spirit, His Labor Day of serving us with His gifts of forgiveness, life, and peace in His Service this morning, and His Labor Day of judging the living and the dead on the last day. ----- Trinity Lutheran Church, School and Child Care have been "Making Known the Love of Christ" in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and throughout the world since 1853 as a congregation gathering around God's Word and Sacraments to receive forgiveness and life everlasting. Trinity is located in downtown Sheboygan, only one block from the Mead Public Library and the Weill Center for the Performing Arts. We invite you to visit us in person! Trinity Lutheran Sheboygan is a proud member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit their website: https://www.lcms.org/​​​​ Music for this production was obtained through a licensing agreement with One License, LLC. The copyright permission to reprint, podcast, and record hymns and songs is acquired through ID Number: 730195-A #LCMS #Lutheran #DivineService

We had many call meetings at St. Paul's this past year since we were looking for 4 new teachers. We looked over the names of many candidates. We noticed their ratings with different subjects and duties, their strengths and preferences. We typically look for the best. Yet when the Lord called people, he made some unlikely choices: a murderer, a fugitive, a violent persecutor, a traitor, a corrupt tax collector. The Lord has used and still uses people like this to accomplish his saving purposes. The Lord Calls Sinners into His Service. Our sermon today is based on Matthew 9.

Studies in the Life of the Christian: His Faith and His Service

Bible Readings: Ex 20:1-21, Heb 8:7-13 Last Sunday’s sermon: “His Service is Perfect Freedom” with Anton Marquez part of our series “From Slavery to Service”. The post His Service is Perfect Freedom appeared first on All Saints North Epping.

A new MP3 sermon from Bible Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All of God's Children Are Critical for His Service Speaker: Rodger Frank Broadcaster: Bible Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 9/7/2022 Bible: 1 Corinthians 12 Length: 26 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Bible Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All of God's Children Are Critical for His Service Speaker: Rodger Frank Broadcaster: Bible Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 9/7/2022 Bible: 1 Corinthians 12 Length: 26 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Bible Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All of God's Children Are Critical for His Service Speaker: Rodger Frank Broadcaster: Bible Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 9/7/2022 Bible: 1 Corinthians 12 Length: 26 min.

Christian leaders have to face a constant dilemma.  Belonging to Jesus Christ and at His Service their hearts are focused on heaven, and yet having to care for the things of this world their time and their mental capacity are dominated by the things that pass.  How do we keep our souls alive and fresh in God when are time is spent with the anxieties and cares of life?  This constant problem for Christian leaders could be summed up by the expression “We need to live in the world, but not of the world.”

This morning will be the second in a three lesson series on “Power in HIS Presence! -Eternal Prosperity & Pleasures in His Service!”  We will be do a careful study of Romans 12:1-2 and determine what is the sacrificial service that is well-pleasing to God.  The sacrificial service that is according to His will for us in… Read more

Ferdinand Demara earned his reputation as the Great Impostor: For over 22 years he criss-crossed the country, posing as everything from an auditor to a zoologist and stealing a succession of identities to fool his employers. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll review Demara's motivation, morality, and techniques -- and the charismatic spell he seemed to cast over others. We'll also make Big Ben strike 13 and puzzle over a movie watcher's cat. Intro: In 1825, Thomas Steele proposed enclosing Isaac Newton's residence in a pyramid surmounted by a stone globe. In 1923 Arthur Guiterman found a rhyme for wasp. Sources for our feature on Ferdinand Demara: Robert Crichton, The Great Impostor, 1959. Robert Crichton, The Rascal and the Road, 1961. Frank E. Hagan, Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior, 2008. Joe McCarthy, "The Master Imposter: An Incredible Tale," Life, Jan. 28, 1952. Susan Goldenberg, "Unmasked," Canada's History 91:1 (February/March 2011), 31-36. Ray Cavanaugh, "Brother, Doctor, Soldier, Lies," National Catholic Reporter 51:20 (July 17, 2015), 16. David Goldman, "The Great Impostor," Biography 4:8 (August 2000), 24. "Ferdinand Waldo Demara, 60, An Impostor in Varied Fields," Associated Press, June 9, 1982. Tim Holmes, "Ferdinand Waldo Demara: One of the Greatest Imposters the World Has Ever Seen," Independent, Aug. 29, 2019. Kevin Loria, "The True Story of a Con Artist Who Conducted Surgeries, Ran a Prison, Taught College, and More," Business Insider, Feb. 20, 2016. "Americana: Ferdinand the Bull Thrower," Time, Feb. 25, 1957. Samuel Thurston, "Champion Rascal," New York Times, July 26, 1959. "Top 10 Imposters," Time, May 26, 2009. "'The Great Imposter' Reportedly a Cleric," Associated Press, Jan. 8, 1970. Thomas M. Pryor, "Universal to Film 'Great Impostor'; Career of Ferdinand Demara Jr. Will Be Traced -- Lilli Palmer's Pact Extended," New York Times, March 12, 1959. John Schwartz, "Ideas & Trends; James Gatz, Please Call Your Office," New York Times, March 11, 2001. Eric Pace, "Notes on People," New York Times, April 6, 1978. "Fake Surgeon a Success; Canada to Oust American Who Served Navy in Korea," New York Times, Nov. 21, 1951. "Navy Drops Bogus Surgeon," New York Times, Jan. 30, 1952. "Schoolmaster a Fraud; 'Surgeon' During Korea War Is Unmasked in Maine," New York Times, Feb. 15, 1957. Samuel T. Williamson, "Life Is a Masquerade," New York Times, Dec. 3, 1961. Glen Hallick, "Local Veteran Reflects on Service in the Korean War," Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times [Manitoba], July 25, 2013, 14. Glenn R. Lisle, "Waldo Demara Was a Daring Imposter," Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 20, 2006, A15. "The Original 'Impostor'," Newsday, Oct. 13, 1996, A.41. "Korean War Veteran Wells Met the Great Imposter," Scarborough [Ontario] Mirror, Nov. 12, 2012, 1. Marty Gervais, "My Town," Windsor [Ontario] Star, May 31, 2003, A5. Darren Mcdonald, "The Great Imposter," Chilliwack [B.C.] Times, Nov. 11, 2005, B2. John F. Morrison, "'The Great Imposter': Jack Doe of All Trades," Philadelphia Daily News, March 30, 1983, 22. Pat MacAdam, "The Great Impostor's Last Victim," Ottawa Citizen, April 11, 1999, A3. John Affleck, "Bold Look Into Minds of Conmen," Gold Coast [Southport, Queensland] Bulletin, June 18, 2016, 55. Glen Hallick, "Stan Davis Reflects on His Service in the Korean War," Interlake Spectator, July 25, 2013, 12. "From Our Pages: 1951," Kingston [Ontario] Whig, Dec. 27, 1999, 54. Darrel Bristow-Bovey, "The Man With 50 Lives," [Johannesburg] Times, Nov. 3, 2017. When Demara appeared on You Bet Your Life in 1959, Groucho Marx called him "the most intelligent and charming and likable crook I've ever met." Listener mail: "Hear Big Ben on the Radio Before You Hear It in Real Life," Londonist, Sept. 26, 2014. John O'Ceallaigh, "40 Amazing Facts About Big Ben – As Its Clock Takes on a New Colour," Telegraph, March 22, 2019. "The Great Bell - Big Ben," parliament.uk (accessed Oct. 5, 2019). Wikipedia, "Big Ben" (accessed Oct. 5, 2019). "How to Make Big Ben Strike Thirteen?", Secrets of the Universe, BBC, Nov. 1, 2010. Wikipedia, "Big Ben Strikes Again" (accessed Oct. 3, 2019). Jets Hunt, GPS Puzzles and the Sherlock Holmes Mystery: GPS (Global Positioning System) vs. Sherlock Holmes, 2010. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listeners Neil De Carteret and Nala. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

"Never Forget" is a slogan that we often put on a event that caused us to pause and reflect on great loss, but also caused us to come together and grow stronger. Far too often we find that as time passes so does the feelings that brought us together and the divide grows back between the very people that once promised that they would stand together. As we worship on Memorial Day weekend we need to be reminded of the main reason why worship is still free. In John 14:25:27 we see; I. We are Reminded of His Service. (Vs. 25). II. We are Reminded of His Sacrifice. (Vs. 26). III. We are Reminded of His Sufficiency. (Vs. 27).

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 68th aphorism of the Hikam: “There are people the Truth has created for His service, and there are people He as chosen for His love; ‘ Each do We help, both these and those, of the bestows of your Lord; And your Lord’s gift is never withheld.’ “ This podcast covers “The […] The post 068 – People Created for His Service and People Created for His Love appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

This eleventh episode on the book of Judges takes us to chapter 16 and the less-than-stellar ending to the life of Samson. As has been the case in his life all along, Samson would go out in style. His would not be a simple, quiet passing. He lived life on the edge and his death would be no different. What we have here is a picture of a man who had been hand-picked and equipped by God to serve as His deliverer. But Samson would take the attributes and abilities given to him by God and waste them on serving himself. Yes, he would accomplish some incredible feats for God, but they almost all appear to be occasions where he was attempting to meet his own desires, not Gods. As we saw in yesterday’s episode, God tended to use Samson in spite of him, not because of him. And one of the saddest indictments on this somewhat questionable man of God was his inability to remain set apart to God. By God’s command, his parents had dedicated Samson to be a Nazirite. And that unique designation and lifestyle was not an easy one. There were some serious prohibitions and expectations that came taking with the Nazirite vow. But Samson never seemed to take seriously his calling by God to be set apart for His Service. And his roller-coaster lifestyle would end in victory, but also in defeat.

Dr. Joe Martin has taught at the Atlanta Bible College for over 25 years. He’s worked as an adjunct professor, full-time professor, academic dean, and the president. In this interview he talks about his favorite class to teach, his greatest challenge as a teacher, and his advice to those interested in going into ministry. He Read more about Interview 11: Joe Martin, Looking Back on His Service at the Atlanta Bible College[…]

Subject: The Sunday in the Octave of Epiphany Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 2:41-52 Date of Delivery: January 11, 2015 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit.“The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.” (Luke 2:41)It was the custom of the Jews to make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. It has always been the custom of the people of God to make the pilgrimage to where God is. So even the Wise Men of the East made the pilgrimage to where God was born in Bethlehem. One might even say that it is the custom of all men to make pilgrimage to find God. All religions of the world have pilgrimages. This isn’t coincidence. It began when Adam and Eve were thrown out of the garden and Cain wandered the earth. Then Noah made pilgrimage on a boat, in the ark, until he came to where God rested the ark. There Noah built an altar and worshiped the Lord because that’s where God was with him. Later Abraham made pilgrimage to the land of Canaan where he, too, built an altar and worshiped having arrived where God promised to rest with him and his descendants. (Genesis 12:7)Then there is Jacob who made pilgrimage into Egypt with his whole family, and Moses who led the people in pilgrimage out of Egypt and Joshua who led the people of God – the pilgrims – into the Promise Land where Abraham had built an altar and worshiped God. The people of God are always on pilgrimage. They are always moving, never settling even as our Lord Himself says that the Son of Man has no place to rest His head. So it is our custom to call our whole life a pilgrimage, a journey. We begin where Noah left off, having come up out of the water. Then we walk the way of Enoch so that rather than journeying with mere men, we walk with God.It may seem somewhat trite, but you have made pilgrimage today. You were at home but you prepared yourself and your family and you set out as the Lord has directed you. You set out to come here where God has promised to meet you, to instruct you, to feed you the Bread of Heaven; where He has promised to confirm you in His promises through Jesus our Lord. You have come to the altar to worship God.So it is your custom to make pilgrimage even as it was the custom of your parents and grandparents, the custom of many of our brothers and sisters, cousins and relatives. But it’s not our earthly families with whom we are making pilgrimage but our heavenly family, the family of whom God is our Father and Christ is our Brother. It is our custom to gather to the Lord on the Lord’s Day, as it was the custom of the holy apostles and all the saints of God since then. And it is a good and godly custom.For this is where God promises to be for us.But it’s not the location as it was for our forefathers in the faith, men like Abraham and Moses and David. It’s not the location but the things. We could, as the saints of God have done in years past, gather in cemeteries or in the pastor’s house or some other place (though having a meeting hall such as this is good and a blessing for many reasons). The location is not a physical location so much as it is a heavenly location where the word of God is preached and the mysteries of Christ are given and received according to His instruction and mandate. That’s where God has promised to meet us.Those Christians who say that they can meet God anywhere, that they don’t have to come to the Divine Service, that it isn’t necessary, they miss the point entirely. And they miss the point entirely because they misunderstand what the Divine Service is. They must else they would make their custom to be here.This Divine Service is the service of God to His people, just as the temple cult in ancient Israel was the service of God to His people. How many make excuses why they can’t be here. Too tired; too sick; too ashamed; too whatever. Now there are some who can’t be here, we call them shut-ins. But then the Lord does not abandon them but goes to them and take His Service with Him. We call it Shut-in Communion Visits. And I know, people will ask if it’s necessary to be here every Sunday or every time the doors are open. But I refuse to answer that question from now on because it’s a question of the Law. What’s the bottom line? What’s enough? What is necessary? It’s a question of man who always seeks to do only what is absolutely necessary and nothing more. But the ways of the Lord give in abundance, even wastefully as He provides more food than there are people and fills cups to overflowing. Don’t be so concerned about the minimum but more concerned about what is necessary.It is necessary for us to be among our Father’s things.It was necessary for Jesus to be among His Father’s things – in His Father’s house, we translate it. So it is necessary for us to be among our Father’s things, too. The things that Jesus was speaking of were the ark of the covenant, the lampstands, the altar of sacrifice, so too the scrolls of the prophets and the teachers of God’s word. And these things are all types of Christ. He is the Ark of the Covenant, containing in Himself the Law of God and judging the people of God from the Mercy Seat. He is the lampstands from where the light of God shines and the Spirit of God flows. He is the Teacher. He is the things of God and it is necessary for us to be among Him.But there is something more, too. You are the things of God too. You are the Body of Christ, the Church, which means the gathering. It is necessary for you to be around the saints of God. Not just those who happened to still be breathing, but also and especially around the apostles of Christ through whom the Spirit teaches, leads, and instructs.The Lord Jesus is still among His Father’s things. He is among you: teaching you and asking you questions. Not to learn from you but that you would learn from Him. His questions open you will and your heart and His answers draw you ever closer to the Father. Do not be surprised that it is necessary for Jesus to be among His Father’s things, for He is the thing of the Father. Do not be surprised that it is necessary for you to be among your Father’s things, for you must be where Christ is who is seated at the right hand of the Father.And it is your faith that hears and obeys God so that you come to hear His word and participate in His mysteries and be called the children of God.It should not surprise you, this talk about the necessity and glory of the Divine Service. Where else would you expect to find the Christ, the Son of God? Or do you not know that it is necessary that He be among His Father’s things? And the things of the Father are the Bible, Holy Baptism, preaching, the Holy Supper; but you are also the things of the Father. You, too, are part of this gathering, part of the Church, part of the Body of Christ. It is necessary for you to be among your Father’s things; to be blessed by Him and to bless Him. To be loved by Him and to love Him. To be claimed by Him and to claim Him.+ In Nomine Iesu +

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IL #027: God Equips, Encourages, and Enables You for His Service

Subject: Pillar 2: Christian Fellowship Speaker or Performer: Pr. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Acts 2:37-47 Date of Delivery: December 7, 2011 + On Christian Fellowship +In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.If you ask people what makes a family, you’ll probably get a few varying responses. Family is people who love you. Family is your backup when things go wrong. Family is being together. All these are true. This is what families do. They are more than biologically related beings thrown together. They are a unit. They share their bread and their home with one another. Even if dad keeps the financial book and if mom’s cookbooks are off-limits to others; even if big brothers post “No Girls Allowed” signs on their bedroom doors and are constantly telling younger siblings they can’t have their toys. Even if there are boundaries, still a family has all things in common.Dad’s finances are for the whole family, not just him. Mom’s cookbooks feed everyone, not just her. Even the sanctity of big brother’s room is set aside for story time. And toys, well eventually everyone gets to play with all the toys. Families have all things in common. This is what fellowship is; having all things in common.The family of God is no different. Those who devoted themselves to the apostles’ doctrine – the forgiveness of sins for Christ’s sake and the coming of the kingdom of God – also had fellowship. They had all things in common. We see fringe evidence of this fellowship at potluck dinners and our Advent and Lent Soup Suppers. We don’t all provide for these meals, we don’t all cook or buy the needed food items. But we all eat and have our fill. Many Christians call this “fellowshipping with each other”. Some churches call their basements and large meeting rooms “fellowship halls” so that people know what goes on in there: fellowship.Tithes and offerings are also fellowship. In fact, potlucks and soup suppers are a fruit of tithes and offerings. Those who bought the food give their food as offerings for the whole group. In the ancient church, before grocery stores and family refrigerators, Christian families would bring food to the church – usually the pastor’s house – Sunday morning. This food would be prayed over – blessed – and all would eat. The leftovers would be distributed among the poor and taken to the homes of Christians that couldn’t be there. And a portion of the bread and wine were set aside for the special fellowship meal of the Christians, the Lord’s Supper. That’s why we put the offerings of bread and wine over on the credence shelf here and take them to the altar when it’s time to celebrate the Eucharistic feast. It symbolizes the offerings of bread and wine being brought to the altar for the common good and benefit of all.But now, apart from the occasional potluck or soup supper, we mostly give money. We put our tithes and offerings in the brass plates on Sunday morning. This is Christian fellowship; having all things in common. From this money your pastor is paid – which is the first work of charity a congregation does on Sunday morning. From this money the poor are cared for; bread and wine are purchased; Bibles; hymnbooks; Sunday School material; and other such things all comes from this money. It’s holy money, firstfruits. It comes from holy people to serve the holy God. So we do holy things with it. Things like build elevators so people can come into the house of God; feed the hungry; house the homeless; and pay our pastors.When you put money in the plate or in the offering boxes of the Church, you are having all things in common with your brothers and sisters. You are in fellowship with them. Your money becomes their money; your time becomes their time; your food becomes their food; and so on. Here we see what St. Paul means when he says that when one suffers all suffer and when one is blessed, all are blessed.Those who are devoted to the apostolic doctrine also share in the fellowship. That’s why tithes and offerings are not optional. The Christian doesn’t get to decide not to tithe because he can’t afford it. He can’t afford to not tithe. It’s part of the fellowship. Giving off the top isn’t a biblical principle or simply a budget strategy, it’s a confession of faith. What I have belongs not to me but to the Lord and His Church for the benefit of all. I have all things in common with my brothers and sisters, with my Lord.All these things – from potlucks to tithes and offerings – are confessions of faith that what is mine is yours and vice versa, because we both belong to the Lord. All things are His. We are His. And because we belong to the Lord, to Jesus, from whom we receive our fellowship with one another, the highest form of fellowship is participation in the Divine Service. Not just the Lord’s Supper, which is chief and of the highest order, but the whole thing.It’s not called the “Common Service” because there’s an uncommon one, but because we share it with all Christians, even if they don’t know it or accept it. It’s not our service. It’s not a “Lutheran” service. It’s the Lord’s Service. And you share in it with your brothers and sisters, the Body of Christ. So St. Paul says that when you eat the sacred meal of Christ, you are to discern the body. That is, recognize with whom you eat and drink. They are not nobody’s who just happen to be there that day. They are the Lord’s. They are your brothers and sisters. You are part of the same Body. And just like when we miss Thanksgiving or Christmas at mom and dad’s, so when we miss the Divine Service, we miss it. We miss out on the fellowship of the saints, the communion of saints, which is what the Church is.Your brothers and sisters that aren’t there on Sunday, where are they? Why’d they miss? Wouldn’t you call your relatives if they missed a family reunion? Won’t you call and check on your brothers and sisters in Christ when they’re absent? Are we too afraid of them? That we’ll offend them? Don’t be judgmental, but be concerned for them, for their faith and their well-being. After all, blood is thicker than water, and the blood of Christ is thickest of all, making a new family for God that is stronger and more alive than any merely human family.Christian fellowship is more than getting together at potlucks and soup suppers – as important and even necessary as those are, for where else are you going to find out how people are doing. Christian fellowship is about gathering at our Father’s house for His Service that He may feed us, teach us, and lead us in the way of righteousness, that we might be called the sons of God.In Nomine Iesu+ Amen +

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