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Episode 143: Belief Systems Amid Insane ChangesWelcome to Jim's Take!In this episode, Jim dives into the evolving landscape of belief systems as we navigate the relentless chaos of change. With nearly 45 days into a new presidency, he unpacks the leadership lessons from a change management perspective while addressing the rising tide of anxiety and uncertainty in today's world.What to Expect in This Episode:Grading Leadership in Times of Change – A no-holds-barred assessment of the early days of the new administration, focusing on leadership, communication, and decision-making.How Do We Respond to Change? – The emotional and psychological impact of political and economic instability on individuals and businesses.The Power of Belief Systems – Jim shares six core beliefs that have shaped his approach to navigating uncertainty, inspired by past experiences, including the 2008 financial crisis.Jim's Six Core Beliefs:There's Nothing That Can't Be Done – Overcoming limitations and embracing possibility.There Are No Rules… But There Are Right and Wrong Ways to Do Things – Understanding consequences and ethics in decision-making.Always Make Sure the Last Person Gets Home – The responsibility of supporting others in times of crisis.There's Always Room for One More – Embracing inclusivity and the importance of community.Heaven and Hell Exist—But Not After We Die – Living authentically and staying true to personal values.This Too Shall Pass – Recognizing the transient nature of chaos and focusing on resilience.Key Takeaways:The importance of focusing on what you can control amid external chaos.How personal beliefs serve as a filter for decision-making and emotional resilience.The role of authenticity, trust, and action in building a more grounded and purpose-driven life.Final Thoughts: Jim reminds us that the way we consume and respond to information shapes our daily reality. Instead of getting caught in the noise of political drama, social media, and anxiety, shift your attention to meaningful action—whether it's personal growth, fostering human connections, or staying true to your values.What's Next? Stay tuned for the next episode, where Jim will explore the chaos of capitalism and its implications for inequality and systemic change.Thanks for listening! If you found this episode insightful, share it with someone who might need a fresh perspective. See you next time!

What Are The Challenges Christians Face & How Do We Respond with Jon Harris What Are The Challenges Christians Face & How Do We Respond – an interview with Jon Harris of Conversations That Matter podcast.  There are so many challenges coming from both inside and outside of the church – and numerous ones all at once. Christians either hide from them, compromise with them, respond poorly to them, or some respond wisely and biblically.  Jon Harris helps us to see the dangers ahead and what we can do to counter them biblically and wisely as followers of Jesus. Audio only and video: https://truthunbound.podbean.com/  Truth Unbound website: https://truthunbound.org/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnbound  YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TruthUnboundMinistries  Info@TruthUnbound.org https://lbu.edu

What Are The Challenges Christians Face & How Do We Respond with Jon Harris What Are The Challenges Christians Face & How Do We Respond – an interview with Jon Harris of Conversations That Matter podcast.  There are so many challenges coming from both inside and outside of the church – and numerous ones all at once. Christians either hide from them, compromise with them, respond poorly to them, or some respond wisely and biblically.  Jon Harris helps us to see the dangers ahead and what we can do to counter them biblically and wisely as followers of Jesus. Audio only and video: https://truthunbound.podbean.com/  Truth Unbound website: https://truthunbound.org/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnbound  YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TruthUnboundMinistries  Info@TruthUnbound.org https://lbu.edu

Touching the Lord's Anointed | 1 Samuel 24:1-101. David's Chance to Touch the Lord's Anointed2. Who Is the Lord's Anointed in Our Lives?3. How Do We Respond to Them?Teaching by Pastor Jason Duff at The Garden Fellowship on 10.20.24.More information and teachings online at thegardenfellowship.com.

Touching the Lord's Anointed | 1 Samuel 24:1-101. David's Chance to Touch the Lord's Anointed2. Who Is the Lord's Anointed in Our Lives?3. How Do We Respond to Them?Teaching by Pastor Jason Duff at The Garden Fellowship on 10.20.24.More information and teachings online at thegardenfellowship.com.

While many of us are familiar with the concept of abuse, we are typically familiar with the conventional stereotypes around abuse. We typically picture a younger, weaker party who is taken advantage of by a dominant person. It's rare we picture a friend, mentor or someone we trust harming us.   Unfortunately this is what happened to Tricia Lott Williford. In the same 72-hour span in which she experienced the sudden and unexpected death of her husband, she experienced sexual assault from someone she considered a friend and a mentor.   Tricia and her therapist, Jana Richardson, join Juli to talk about how to recognize, fight, and recover from abuse in all its forms.     Guests: Tricia Lott Williford and Jana Richardson     Website: tricialottwilliford.com Instagram: @tricialottwilliford   Book: You Are Safe Now by Tricia Lott Williford and Jana Richardson, MA, LPC, EMDR Book: And Life Comes Back by Tricia Lott Williford   Java with Juli: #497 Trying to Heal? Here's Why Knowing Your Story is Essential Blog: How Do I Know If I'm in an Abusive Relationship? Blog: As Christians, How Do We Respond to Abuse Allegations in the Church?   If you're a member, we'll be discussing this episode in more depth and taking your questions, live, during Second Cup tomorrow, April 9. Members, sign up for Second Cup here! If you're not a member you can learn more here.   Learn more about the Authentic Intimacy member community     Java with Juli with Dr. Juli Slattery – Christian Discussions on Marriage, Sex and Singleness.

John Zmirak Speaker Johnson May Have Saved America and the ‘Christian Nationalist' Dog-Whistle. By Releasing the J6 Tapes, Speaker Johnson May Have Saved America How Do We Respond to the ‘Christian Nationalist' Dog-Whistle? The Eric Metaxas Show John Zmirak  Nov 27 2023   Other Episodes John Zmirak discusses some of his recent articles on stream.org Articles mentioned- By Releasing the J6 Tapes, Speaker Johnson May Have Saved America https://stream.org/by-releasing-the-j6-tapes-speaker-johnson-saved-america-dont-forget-to-thank-matt-gaetz/   How Do We Respond to the ‘Christian Nationalist' Dog-Whistle? An interview with scholar Mark David Hall https://stream.org/how-do-we-respond-to-the-christian-nationalist-dog-whistle/   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  John Zmirak makes his weekly appearance and covers current events and shares recent articles available at-   https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/ Watch Eric Metaxas on Rumble-  https://rumble.com/c/TheEricMetaxasRadioShow  The Eric Metaxas Show- https://metaxastalk.com/podcasts/ Eric Metaxas Show on Apple Podcasts-    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eric-metaxas-show/id991156680 Check out- Socrates in the City   Find All of John Zmirak Articles at- https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/ John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”     HELP ACU SPREAD THE WORD!  Please go to Apple Podcasts and give ACU a 5 star rating. Apple canceled us and now we are clawing our way back to the top. Don't let the Leftist win. Do it now! Thanks. Also Rate us on any platform you follow us on. It helps a lot. Forward this show to friends. Ways to subscribe to the American Conservative University Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher FM Player Podcast Addict Tune-in Podcasts Pandora Look us up on Amazon Prime …And Many Other Podcast Aggregators and sites ACU on Twitter- https://twitter.com/AmerConU . Warning- Explicit and Violent video content.   Please help ACU by submitting your Show ideas. Email us at americanconservativeuniversity@americanconservativeuniversity.com   Endorsed Charities -------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Born! 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Thank you for your compassion  Giving the Gift of Freedom and Hope to the Enslaved South Sudanese -------------------------------------------------------- Food For the Poor https://foodforthepoor.org/ Help us serve the poorest of the poor Food For The Poor began in 1982 in Jamaica. Today, our interdenominational Christian ministry serves the poor in primarily 17 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Thanks to our faithful donors, we are able to provide food, housing, healthcare, education, fresh water, emergency relief, micro-enterprise solutions and much more. We are proud to have fed millions of people and provided more than 15.7 billion dollars in aid. Our faith inspires us to be an organization built on compassion, and motivated by love. Our mission is to bring relief to the poorest of the poor in the countries where we serve. We strive to reflect God's unconditional love. It's a sacrificial love that embraces all people regardless of race or religion. We believe that we can show His love by serving the “least of these” on this earth as Christ challenged us to do in Matthew 25. We pray that by God's grace, and with your support, we can continue to bring relief to the suffering and hope to the hopeless.   Report on Food For the Poor by Charity Navigator https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/592174510   -------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer from ACU. We try to bring to our students and alumni the World's best Conservative thinkers. All views expressed belong solely to the author and not necessarily to ACU. In all issues and relations, we hope to follow the admonitions of Jesus Christ. While striving to expose, warn and contend with evil, we extend the love of God to all of his children. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  American Conservative University A short survey to get to know our listeners! 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Hebrews 13:1-16 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. 14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Big Truth:  Jesus Followers Worship Sacrificially Big Ideas:  Offer your love to God in sacrificial worship. (vs1-6) Offer your way of life to God in sacrificial worship. (vs7-8) Offer your comfort to God in sacrificial worship. (vs9-14) Offer your praise to God in sacrificial worship. (vs15-16) How Do We Respond? Know: Proclamation is a continual act of worship for a Jesus follower that intersects with every area of our lives. He will never leave us, He is our helper, He is the same yesterday and today and forever. He is worthy to be proclaimed. Do: Meditate on the imperatives in Hebrews 13. Because Jesus is better, He informs how we are to live. Feel: Awe before the Lord who is worthy of our sacrifice and praise. Hope that He enables us to live a life that is pleasing to Him. Want: Long to be strengthened by grace, to hold fast to the truth of God's Word, and to grow in discernment about diverse and strange teachings that are not in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God (1 Timothy 1:11).

The ongoing war with Hamas has flooded our communities with grief, sorrow, and anger. In a series of special episodes, Perfect Jewish Parents hosts Masua Sagiv and Joshua Ladon explore the core questions and values these difficult moments illuminate so that parents, caregivers, and educators can navigate complex conversations with young people and meet this important moment. This is Perfect Jewish Parents: Israel at War. In this first episode recorded on October 16, Joshua and Masua respond to the evil of Hamas's attack by asking, "What are the positive values we want to bring to this world and be known for?” Referred to in this episode: Sivan Zakai, who recently held an emergency webinar on how to discuss the current war with children, was featured in our previous episode: "How Do We Talk About Israel?" In our episode "How Do We Respond to Unanswerable Questions?", we talked with Scott Hershkovitz about his recent book, which includes a chapter all about revenge and how to honor this emotional need appropriately. Yehuda Kurtzer talks about the obligation to bury one's deceased, and how that responsibility affects the global Jewish community at this moment, in his introduction to the Identity/Crisis episode: "A Nation That Can't Sleep" JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS

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Big Questions Biblical Answers is a series that answers questions of students that either they have, have heard from others, or have seen, about Christianity and culture, and how do we respond to those questions as followers of Christ. We see how the Gospel responds to each one of these questions, and how to view them through a Biblical worldview. In this message, we answer the question, “As a Christian, How Do We Respond to Black Lives Matter?”

“Have You Been Saved By Grace?” How Do We Respond? by Brad Wilcox (This is from a presentation given at the 2018 FAIR Conference) Grace, like many English words has multiple meanings. It can mean elegance and beauty. It can mean kindness and courtesy. It can be a title, ‘Your Grace.' It can be a salutation, […] The post Come, Follow Me Week 19 – Exodus 35–40; Leviticus 1; 16; 19 appeared first on FAIR.

In this Episode, Elder Sharon Hayward discusses "How Do We Respond?"Scriptures:1 Peter 3:15Proverbs 15:282 Timothy 2:23 - 26Blessings Abound!

In today's episodes the guys discuss the Academy Award Winning movie “Another Round” (4:11). Ali starts out first by discussing his (tenuous) connection to star Mads Mikkelsen. He then discussed the development of the movie by director Thomas Vinterberg and the influence of his late daughter Ida on the film. They also talk about the influence of the Dogme ‘95 movement on the film and the announcement of a remake by Leonardo DeCaprio's production company. Then Asif discusses the issue of increased alcohol use during the pandemic, particularly amongst women (24:25). After Asif calls Ali out on his “man-to mansplaining”, they talk about how joking with memes about drinking has become common. Asif then discusses whether alcohol is actually good for you, and how this needs to be balanced with the costs to society.    The opinions expressed are those of the hosts, and do not reflect those of any other organizations. This podcast and website represents the opinions of the hosts. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for entertainment and informational purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions.   Music courtesy of Wataboi and 8er41 from Pixabay   Contact us at doctorvcomedian@gmail.com   Follow us on Social media: Twitter: @doctorvcomedian Instagram: doctorvcomedian   Show Notes   The Year of Magical Drinking: Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Vinterberg on ‘Another Round': https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/another-round-interview-mads-mikkelsen-thomas-vinterberg-1156357/ 'Another Round': How a film about a drinking experiment became a life-affirming Oscars hit: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/thomas-vinterberg-interview-another-round-spc-intl/index.html Thomas Vinterberg on Another Round and convincing Mads Mikkelsen to dance: https://ew.com/awards/oscars/thomas-vinterberg-another-round-interview/ Functional Benefits of (Modest) Alcohol Consumption: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-016-0058-4# https://www.harpercollins.com/products/drink-ann-dowsett-johnston?variant=32208103505954citeas Alcohol and COVID-19: How Do We Respond to This Growing Public Health Crisis? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06321-z Alcohol and cannabis use during the pandemic: Canadian Perspectives Survey Series 6: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210304/dq210304a-eng.htm Why I'm Tired of All the Wine Mom Memes: https://albuquerque.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/wine-mom-memes/ https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/2018-preventing-problematic-substance-use-youth/2018-preventing-problematic-substance-use-youth.pdf Why some women are pushing back against alcohol and the wine-to-unwind culture: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/women-alcohol-consumption-risks-pandemic-1.5973004 You Might Have a Drinking Problem—And Not Even Know It: https://www.chatelaine.com/health/women-alcohol-consumption-drinking-wine/ Drink - The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/drink-ann-dowsett-johnston?variant=32208103505954 https://www.ccsa.ca/alcohol-canadian-drug-summary Rates of emergency department visits attributable to alcohol use in Ontario from 2003 to 2016: a retrospective population-level study: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/191/29/E804 Excessive Drinking is Draining the U.S. Economy: https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-drinking.html Alcohol: Balancing Risks and Benefits: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/drinks-to-consume-in-moderation/alcohol-full-story/ Association of alcohol consumption with selected cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis: https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d671 Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31310-2/fulltext No level of alcohol consumption improves health: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31571-X/fulltext   

Together by AGCI is celebrating its first birthday! If you're new to this podcast, this is the perfect place to start. We will be sharing highlights from our first year. If you want to listen to the full version of any of these episodes, you will find them linked below!Please share this podcast with your friends, and consider rating and reviewing it on your podcast platform of choice. If you want to get a hold of us, you can find us on Instagram at @allgodschildreninternational or you can email us at together [at] allgodschildren.org.4:38 - How Do We Respond to Fear?5:11 - How to Thrive in Uncertain Times5:23 - Pivot6:09 - Big Vision, Big God8:01 - God Provides - An Adoption Miracle8:56 - We’re All Just Walking Each Other Home11:20 - Change & Hope12:11 - Caring for Our Neighbors in Ethiopia12:34 - The World Needs What You Have To Offer - A Conversation with Julie Lyles Carr13:09 - Let’s Talk About Race and Adoption13:36 - The Wait14:05 - Adoption, Social Entrepreneurship, and the Art of Listening15:15 - The Transracial Adoptee Experience15:57 - The Waiting Child Journey: One Chance to Thrive16:53 - From Ducks to Destiny - A Conversation with Jep Robertson17:27 - How to Start the Conversation on Race with Dr. Charlene Williams19:22 - Adoption is Still Amazing20:02 - Five Stories for Giving20:40 - Empowering, Connecting & Correcting - A TBRI Conversation with Daren Jones22:51 - Amazing Things in an Apocalypse23:15 - Every Story Has a Story23:48 - Three Things Families Should Know Before Bringing Their Child Home24:42 - A Conversation with Transracial Adoptee Bonita Croyle25:16 - Empowering Women Around the World

Audio from our LSM Mid-Week Service on 3.10.21, in our series, Big Questions Biblical Answers. A series that answers questions of students that either they have, have heard from others, or have seen, about Christianity and culture, and how do we respond to those questions as followers of Christ. We see how the Gospel responds to each one of these questions, and how to view them through a Biblical worldview. In this message, we answer the question, “As a Christian, How Do We Respond to Black Lives Matter?”

This past year has been anything but a slowdown in antitrust enforcement around the world and has also put privacy and consumer protection issues in the limelight. What do you need to know? In Part Two of this three-part series, members of the International, Privacy and Information Security, and Consumer Protection committees discuss what they believe to be the key happenings and issues in 2020 and what to expect in 2021. Regular Our Curious Amalgam hosts Sergei Zaslavsky, John Roberti, Christina Ma, Matthew Hall, and Kayla Odom join to provide further context. Listen to this episode for a summary of the key international, privacy, and consumer protection themes of 2020. Related Links: #90 How Do We Respond to the Dilemma? Developing a Data Portability Solution #89 What’s the Deal with Data Portability? Understanding the Competition and Privacy Aspects Surrounding the Movement of Data. #86 Can They Really Do That? The Use of Advanced Analytics by Antitrust and Consumer Regulators Hosted by: Sergei Zaslavsky, John Roberti, Christina Ma, Matthew Hall, and Kayla Odom

While we might think of the Christmas star as a great sign to behold, the shepherds to whom the angel appeared at the very first Christmas were given an incredible sign: the infant Jesus Himself. In this message, Jared Saavedra teaches from Luke 2 on what the shepherds saw when they looked upon the newborn King. NotesWhy did God choose to tell shepherds?Psalm 78:70-71Isaiah 40:111. This Child Was a Sign of God’s Promises Fulfilled (Luke 2:11)Micah 5:21 Timothy 3:16Colossians 1:192. The Child Was a Sign of God’s Peace (Luke 2:13)Ephesians 2:14“Christ is our peace from his incarnation to his death, from thence to his resurrection, and ascension, and intercession.” --Richard Sibbes3. This Child Was Their Occasion for Worship (Luke 2:15-20)How Do We Respond to this Good News?Seek the Lord in FaithPsalm 17:15Show God’s PeaceShare the Wonder1 Peter 2:25---Sermon from 20 December, 2020.To learn more about Renaissance Christian Church and our service times, visit https://ren.church/.Support the show (https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/1701382)

Christ our Coming King. How Do We Respond to Royalty? Who is Jesus to you? Is He your savior? Your friend? Your great counselor? How about your King? This King of kings is returning. How do you respond to royalty? -A Message from Denny Foreman

It’s Crazy Town Out There! How Do We Respond? by Adore Church

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In the fourth installment of the series called “How Do We Respond?”, we’ll discuss infertility and pregnancy loss and why it’s important that we not grow silent in the face of both. The post Infertility and Pregnancy Loss: How Do We Respond? appeared first on Mercy Multiplied.

In the third installment of our series called “How Do We Respond?”, we’ll discuss the body of Christ’s posture towards the special needs community and their families. Have a comment or question? Email MercyTalk. The post Special Needs: How Do We Respond? appeared first on Mercy Multiplied.

In the second installment of this series called “How Do We Respond?”, we’ll discuss the topic of singleness and how well-meaning attempts to serve those who are single can often feel more ostracizing than supportive. Have a comment or question? Email MercyTalk. The post Singleness: How Do We Respond? appeared first on Mercy Multiplied.

This series is meant to explore our response as believers to topics that are often criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is not a conversation about the morality of any topic but rather, a forum in which to ask ourselves, “How can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” Above all, [...] The post How Do We Respond? appeared first on Mercy Multiplied.

F.A.Q:  What Does the Bible Say About Capital Punishment?   Scripture Says . . . Capital punishment is permissible for the capital offense of murder. “From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.  ‘Whoever sheds blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.’”  Genesis 9:5-6 Does not diminish life, but rather reveals God’s elevated view of human life.   Governing authorities are God’s appointed instruments of civil Instituted by God as a servant to reward those who do good and punish those who do wrong. (1 Peter 2:13-17; Romans 13:1-7)   A Pressing Question . . . What about the New Testament and grace? To receive mercy and grace for our sin does not exonerate us from the consequences of our sinful choices. Justice and mercy are not incompatible, but are inseparable. Justice is never sacrificed because of grace, but is fully satisfied because of grace.   5 Biblical Cautions Regarding Capital Punishment . . . Punishment equal to the crime “But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” Exodus 21:23-25   Certainty of guilt “On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.”  Deuteronomy 17:6   “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.”  Numbers 35:30    Intent “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm, then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.”  Numbers 35:22-24   Due process (Deuteronomy 17:8-13)   Last resort “Say to them, As I live, declares the LORD God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?”   How Do We Respond as Christ-Followers? . . . Pray for those who have been offended. Forgiveness Healing   Pray for those who are the offenders. Pray for their repentance. Pray for your heart to be grieved over them, not rejoicing.   Pray for wisdom for our judicial officials. To judge rightly To judge fairly                         Pray for a heart that is broken over the brokenness of this world.

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We are back for Season 2 – quicker than anticipated. Tim and Kevin sat down with Pastor Pam Braid of Christ’s Promise United Church of Christ in Auburndale, FL. We talk about how we can move the conversation forward following Orlando’s tragedy – both as clergy and lay Christians. Links from the episode: Will Listen […] The post Episode 26 – How Do We Respond to Orlando? appeared first on At The End Of The Day [Film].