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Beyond The Outer Realm welcomes back Dr. Christopher Macklin Date: November 18th, 2025 EP: 642 TOPIC: Dr. Christopher Macklin who be talking about his book "History, Truth and Healing" Contact for the show - theouterrealmcontact@gmail.com Michelle Desrochers and The Outer Realm :https://linktr.ee/michelledesrochers_ Please support us by Liking, Subscribing, Sharing and Commenting. Thank you all !!! About Dr. Macklin -Christopher Macklin presents an eye opening interview and understanding on how common and prevalent entities are and how they are manipulating scenarios around the planet through influencing and impacting governments and individuals, ultimately resulting in the current state of affairs in the world we are witnessing today.... that is culminating in planetary destabilization as well as the destruction of individual's lives, their well being and their quality of life. Is anyone on the planet untouched by their destructive and manipulative reach? Christopher has had interactions with both positive and negative races. As a very young child, reptilians would appear in his room and he learned even at that very young age how to stop them from interfering in his life and leave. He's had interactions with other negative races such as the Archons, Annunaki, Draconians and Snake beings. Inversely, there are also positive races that have been present on the planet, races like the Pleidians, Arcturians, Sirians and Lumerians. Their presence here has been for the purpose of helping humanity transcend the current levels of manipulation and negativity. Christopher works very closely with some of these races as well. Christopher specializes in healing abductees and others who have suffered related negative ET trauma. For over 14 years, Dr. Macklin assists people in removing negative ET presences from their lives, clearing homes and land, and closing multidimensional portals. He also works tirelessly with illuminati fall out children” who have been mind-controlled by ET influenced governmental agencies and institutions. In addition, Christopher works very closely with the Pleiadians and Arcturians to help heal and rebalance humanity. His new book History, Truth and Healing addresses the negative ET presence and how it has affected humanity...... Website: www.globalenlightenmentproject.com If you enjoy the content on the channel, please support us by subscribing: Thank you All A formal disclosure: The opinions and information presented or expressed by guests on The Outer Realm Radio and Beyond The Outer Realm are not necessarily those of the TOR, BTOR Hosts, Sponsors, or the United Public Radio Network and its producers. Although the content may be interesting, it is deemed "For Entertainment Purposes" . We are always respectful and courteous to all involved. Thank you, we appreciate you all!
The Outer Realm welcomes back Dr. Christopher Macklin Date: September 17th, 2025 EP: 616 TOPIC: We will be exploring the Realm of Angels - Multifaceted Messengers & Guardians and Their Esoteric Connections! Fallen Angels, Guardian Angels, how to work with Angelic Beings and more! - Christopher Macklin has had direct experience with Angels for several years...his healing work involves connecting with various angelic forms from in his energy healing practice on a daily basis. In addition, Christopher is able to help others connect to their angelic teams to receive Divine support and guidance during these challenging times. Contact for the show - theouterrealmcontact@gmail.com Michelle Desrochers and The Outer Realm :https://linktr.ee/michelledesrochers_ Please support us by Liking, Subscribing, Sharing and Commenting. Thank you all !!! About Dr. MacklinAbout Dr. Christopher Macklin -Christopher Macklin presents an eye opening interview and understanding on how common and prevalent entities are and how they are manipulating scenarios around the planet through influencing and impacting governments and individuals, ultimately resulting in the current state of affairs in the world we are witnessing today.... that is culminating in planetary destabilization as well as the destruction of individual's lives, their well being and their quality of life. Is anyone on the planet untouched by their destructive and manipulative reach? Christopher has had interactions with both positive and negative races. As a very young child, reptilians would appear in his room and he learned even at that very young age how to stop them from interfering in his life and leave. He's had interactions with other negative races such as the Archons, Annunaki, Draconians and Snake beings. Inversely, there are also positive races that have been present on the planet, races like the Pleidians, Arcturians, Sirians and Lumerians. Their presence here has been for the purpose of helping humanity transcend the current levels of manipulation and negativity. Christopher works very closely with some of these races as well. Christopher specializes in healing abductees and others who have suffered related negative ET trauma. For over 14 years, Dr. Macklin assists people in removing negative ET presences from their lives, clearing homes and land, and closing multidimensional portals. He also works tirelessly with illuminati fall out children” who have been mind-controlled by ET influenced governmental agencies and institutions. In addition, Christopher works very closely with the Pleiadians and Arcturians to help heal and rebalance humanity. His new book History, Truth and Healing addresses the negative ET presence and how it has affected humanity...... Website: www.globalenlightenmentproject.com If you enjoy the content on the channel, please support us by subscribing: Thank you All A formal disclosure: The opinions and information presented or expressed by guests on The Outer Realm Radio and Beyond The Outer Realm are not necessarily those of the TOR, BTOR Hosts, Sponsors, or the United Public Radio Network and its producers. Although the content may be interesting, it is deemed "For Entertainment Purposes" . We are always respectful and courteous to all involved. Thank you, we appreciate you all!
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The Outer Realm welcomes the return of Dr. Christopher Macklin Host: Michelle Desrochers Date: May 28th, 2025 Episode: 568 Discussion: Dr. Macklin will talk about -The Startgate Project which is a $500 billion plan created to develop the infrastructure needed to train and operate artificial intelligence in the US - including data centres and the electrical power to run them. Contact for the show - theouterrealmcontact@gmail.com Rumble: TheOuterRealm X - MicheleDerocher Website: www.theouterrealmradio.com Please support us by Liking, Subscribing, Sharing and Commenting. Thank you all!! About Dr. Christopher Macklin -Christopher Macklin presents an eye opening interview and understanding on how common and prevalent entities are and how they are manipulating scenarios around the planet through influencing and impacting governments and individuals, ultimately resulting in the current state of affairs in the world we are witnessing today.... that is culminating in planetary destabilization as well as the destruction of individual's lives, their well being and their quality of life. Is anyone on the planet untouched by their destructive and manipulative reach? Christopher has had interactions with both positive and negative races. As a very young child, reptilians would appear in his room and he learned even at that very young age how to stop them from interfering in his life and leave. He's had interactions with other negative races such as the Archons, Annunaki, Draconians and Snake beings. Inversely, there are also positive races that have been present on the planet, races like the Pleidians, Arcturians, Sirians and Lumerians. Their presence here has been for the purpose of helping humanity transcend the current levels of manipulation and negativity. Christopher works very closely with some of these races as well. Christopher specializes in healing abductees and others who have suffered related negative ET trauma. For over 14 years, Dr. Macklin assists people in removing negative ET presences from their lives, clearing homes and land, and closing multidimensional portals. He also works tirelessly with illuminati fall out children” who have been mind-controlled by ET influenced governmental agencies and institutions. In addition, Christopher works very closely with the Pleiadians and Arcturians to help heal and rebalance humanity. His new book History, Truth and Healing addresses the negative ET presence and how it has affected humanity...... Website: www.globalenlightenmentproject.com If you enjoy the content on the channel, please support us by subscribing: Thank you All A formal disclosure: The opinions and information presented or expressed by guests on The Outer Realm Radio and Beyond The Outer Realm are not necessarily those of the TOR, BTOR Hosts, Sponsors, or the United Public Radio Network and its producers. Although the content may be interesting, it is deemed "For Entertainment Purposes" . We are always be respectful and courteous to all involved. Thank you, we appreciate you all!
In one of the most impressive wins of our memory, Texas Tech overcomes an incredible deficit against Arkansas to rally for an overtime win. Inversely, Texas Tech had a meltdown at the end of regulation to lose the Elite Eight game against Florida - ensuring an all-chalk Final Four. We break down those two games here, as well as what's in store for the future, and even a little Lady Raider chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Outer Realm welcomes special Guest Dr. Christopher Macklin Host: Michelle Desrochers Date: March 26th, 2025 Episode: 541 Discussion : Are Various ET Races Interacting with Humanity? Who are they? what are their intentions? Dr. Macklin will discuss this and more! Contact for the show - theouterrealmcontact@gmail.com Rumble: TheOuterRealm X - MicheleDerocher Website: www.theouterrealmradio.com Please support us by Liking, Subscribing, Sharing and Commenting. Thank you all !!! About Dr. Christopher Macklin -Christopher Macklin presents an eye opening interview and understanding on how common and prevalent entities are and how they are manipulating scenarios around the planet through influencing and impacting governments and individuals, ultimately resulting in the current state of affairs in the world we are witnessing today.... that is culminating in planetary destabilization as well as the destruction of individual's lives, their well being and their quality of life. Is anyone on the planet untouched by their destructive and manipulative reach? Christopher has had interactions with both positive and negative races. As a very young child, reptilians would appear in his room and he learned even at that very young age how to stop them from interfering in his life and leave. He's had interactions with other negative races such as the Archons, Annunaki, Draconians and Snake beings. Inversely, there are also positive races that have been present on the planet, races like the Pleidians, Arcturians, Sirians and Lumerians. Their presence here has been for the purpose of helping humanity transcend the current levels of manipulation and negativity. Christopher works very closely with some of these races as well. Christopher specializes in healing abductees and others who have suffered related negative ET trauma. For over 14 years, Dr. Macklin assists people in removing negative ET presences from their lives, clearing homes and land, and closing multidimensional portals. He also works tirelessly with illuminati fall out children” who have been mind-controlled by ET influenced governmental agencies and institutions. In addition, Christopher works very closely with the Pleiadians and Arcturians to help heal and rebalance humanity. His new book History, Truth and Healing addresses the negative ET presence and how it has affected humanity...... Website: www.globalenlightenmentproject.com If you enjoy the content on the channel, please support us by subscribing: Thank you All A formal disclosure: The opinions and information presented or expressed by guests on The Outer Realm Radio and Beyond The Outer Realm are not necessarily those of the TOR, BTOR Hosts, Sponsors, or the United Public Radio Network and its producers. Although the content may be interesting, it is deemed "For Entertainment Purposes" . We are always be respectful and courteous to all involved. Thank you, we appreciate you all!
The Outer Realm welcomes special Guest Dr. Christopher Macklin Host: Michelle Desrochers Date: March 26th, 2025 Episode: 541 Discussion : Are Various ET Races Interacting with Humanity? Who are they? what are their intentions? Dr. Macklin will discuss this and more! Contact for the show - theouterrealmcontact@gmail.com Rumble: TheOuterRealm X - MicheleDerocher Website: www.theouterrealmradio.com Please support us by Liking, Subscribing, Sharing and Commenting. Thank you all !!! About Dr. Christopher Macklin -Christopher Macklin presents an eye opening interview and understanding on how common and prevalent entities are and how they are manipulating scenarios around the planet through influencing and impacting governments and individuals, ultimately resulting in the current state of affairs in the world we are witnessing today.... that is culminating in planetary destabilization as well as the destruction of individual's lives, their well being and their quality of life. Is anyone on the planet untouched by their destructive and manipulative reach? Christopher has had interactions with both positive and negative races. As a very young child, reptilians would appear in his room and he learned even at that very young age how to stop them from interfering in his life and leave. He's had interactions with other negative races such as the Archons, Annunaki, Draconians and Snake beings. Inversely, there are also positive races that have been present on the planet, races like the Pleidians, Arcturians, Sirians and Lumerians. Their presence here has been for the purpose of helping humanity transcend the current levels of manipulation and negativity. Christopher works very closely with some of these races as well. Christopher specializes in healing abductees and others who have suffered related negative ET trauma. For over 14 years, Dr. Macklin assists people in removing negative ET presences from their lives, clearing homes and land, and closing multidimensional portals. He also works tirelessly with illuminati fall out children” who have been mind-controlled by ET influenced governmental agencies and institutions. In addition, Christopher works very closely with the Pleiadians and Arcturians to help heal and rebalance humanity. His new book History, Truth and Healing addresses the negative ET presence and how it has affected humanity...... Website: www.globalenlightenmentproject.com If you enjoy the content on the channel, please support us by subscribing: Thank you All A formal disclosure: The opinions and information presented or expressed by guests on The Outer Realm Radio and Beyond The Outer Realm are not necessarily those of the TOR, BTOR Hosts, Sponsors, or the United Public Radio Network and its producers. Although the content may be interesting, it is deemed "For Entertainment Purposes" . We are always be respectful and courteous to all involved. Thank you, we appreciate you all!
In Episode 436, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in the usual coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.1. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 / All computers go the heaven: Let's talk PECOTA.2. There is no such thing as a free agency. Some bigger names finally sign. 3. I am not shocked to find gamblong in this establishment: Is this a gambaling scandal? Maybe not, but there is probably one coming. 4. Around the Horn: We remember Fay Vincent, check out the waiver wire, and consider the Kansas Governor's race. 5. The usual lightining round Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_SpotifyApple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
All truth must be embraced and practiced, but if you IGNORE these truths, you'll accelerate your demise. Inversely if you pay special attention to these things, you'll find great blessings on every level.
In dentistry, we are always working with precision and control over a patient's situation. Having acute attention-to-detail creates a perfectionist tendency in us all, and this trait is critical to achieving great clinical outcomes. Now, in a clinical setting this makes so much sense. But in a business and operational sense and a broader life perspective, it can be a real financial and cultural ‘handbrake'. Your ability to grow and scale your practice is inversely proportional to YOUR desire for control. In other words, if you desire control too much, it slows you down in your business growth, and your ability to create time for yourself and to create the results you're seeking. In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we pose the question, on a scale of one to ten, how strong is your desire for control in your business and your life? Dr. Jesse Green walks you through a very truthful and personal journey that will have you thinking differently within the next 19 minutes and 47 seconds. Press play.
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rWotD Episode 2629: Complete information Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Monday, 15 July 2024 is Complete information.In economics and game theory, complete information is an economic situation or game in which knowledge about other market participants or players is available to all participants. The utility functions (including risk aversion), payoffs, strategies and "types" of players are thus common knowledge. Complete information is the concept that each player in the game is aware of the sequence, strategies, and payoffs throughout gameplay. Given this information, the players have the ability to plan accordingly based on the information to maximize their own strategies and utility at the end of the game.Inversely, in a game with incomplete information, players do not possess full information about their opponents. Some players possess private information, a fact that the others should take into account when forming expectations about how those players will behave. A typical example is an auction: each player knows his own utility function (valuation for the item), but does not know the utility function of the other players.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:00 UTC on Monday, 15 July 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Complete information on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Joanna.
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Title: You Will Have Trouble Text: Acts 11:25-30 FCF: We often struggle obeying God while we experience great trouble in this world. Prop: Because the church will always face trouble in this world, we must devote ourselves to growth and love. Scripture Intro: [Slide 1] Turn in your bible to Acts chapter 11. In a moment I'll read from the Legacy Standard Bible starting in verse 25. You can follow along in the pew bible on page 1244 or in whatever version you prefer. Last week we began a new episode in the book of Acts. The Gospel has gone forward once again, this time to Gentiles who have no familiarity or adherence to Judaism at all. Pagans. Worshippers of false gods. Debauched. Wicked. And God saved them through the Lord Jesus. Barnabas arrives and devotes himself to encouraging them in remaining faithful to the Lord. And the Lord continues to add to their numbers of those who were trusting the Lord. Today, we'll see this young church come under peril. They will face deficiencies in their maturity. They will face ridicule from those who used to be their peers. They will face their own temptations toward greed and selfishness. But by the grace of God, they will endure through these troubles and continue to obey their Lord. They will remain faithful to Him. It is a message far reaching and impactful for us today. One with many lessons for us to learn. So please stand with me out of respect for and to focus on the reading of the Word of God. Invocation: Father as Psalm 22 says, “You, O God, are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In You our fathers trusted; they trusted, and You delivered them. To You they cried and were rescued; in You they trusted and were not put to shame.” Today, Your people are again gathered before Your throne, crying out for Your deliverance from their sin, trusting in Your steadfast love, and praising You for Your righteousness. Incline Your ear, O God, to hear the prayers of Your people. Accept their worship and strengthen their souls with Your presence, I pray in Jesus name…Amen. Transition: [Slide 2] Although most of you probably didn't know nor do you care – this week was a bad week for video game news. In the last few years the US company Microsoft has spent over 75 billion dollars, that is billion with a B, to acquire two massive companies in the gaming world. But that wasn't the news this week. The news this week was how Microsoft now have well over 30,000 employees and many of them came from purchasing these two huge companies. What does that mean? They are being forced now to lay off people left and right. 3 studios under Bethesda were laid off this week and there is probably more to come. Added to that their sales figures have not done much to compensate their losses. Sometimes when organizations or groups grow too fast over short period of time it is difficult to train, manage, mobilize, and communicate your vision to that great number of people. Oftentimes companies lose competency, integrity, work ethic, or can't adequately transfer the passion and drive of the company to so many people all at once. This is exactly what happens to the church in Antioch. But instead of competency and integrity we are talking about spiritual maturity. Instead of work ethic we are talking about evangelism. Instead of communicating vision and passion, we are talking about love for other believers. This very young but immediately large church in Antioch is faced with a crisis. What will happen? Will they lose people like Microsoft? Let's look and see. I.) The church will always have trouble in this world, so we must devote ourselves to discipleship and evangelism. (25-26) a. [Slide 3] 25 – And he left for Tarsus to search for Saul; 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. i. Although we are only 2 chapters separated from the conversion of Saul, we must remember that it has probably been around 8 years since Saul was sent to Tarsus. ii. We'll dig into the chronology of this a little later. But for now, just realize that several years have elapsed over the last couple chapters. iii. But what was Saul doing there? We don't know. But given Saul's character, we can assume that he was no doubt preaching the gospel in his hometown in the synagogues and to the Greeks, and even the neighboring villages and towns. iv. But here is a question… why did Barnabas go to Tarsus in search of Saul in the first place? If he needed assistance there in Antioch, wouldn't it have been better to send for aid from Jerusalem? v. There are 3 primary reasons that Barnabas went looking for Saul. 1. First, pragmatically, Tarsus was only 110 miles away from Antioch. Jerusalem was 330 miles away. To send word to Jerusalem for aid or to go himself would have taken about a month, one way. He could make it to Tarsus and back in a couple weeks. 2. The second and third reason go hand in hand. a. On the one hand, we must remind ourselves who are the primary converts in Antioch? Yes. The Greeks. The Pagans. Gentiles with no Jewish affiliation or familiarity are turning to Jesus of Nazareth as their Lord and Savior. And even though you do not need to be kosher to be Christian, calling in someone who is both a Christian and an expert in Judaism would be incredibly helpful to get these Gentile Christians up to speed. b. Also, Barnabas, who vouched for Saul's conversion before Peter, certainly had some insider knowledge of the conversion of Saul. What did Jesus say about Saul? Acts 9:15 – Saul will be a chosen instrument of Mine to bear My name before the Gentiles, Kings, and the sons of Israel. So not only is Saul a Christian who is an expert in Judaism – but he has been called out and chosen by Jesus to bear His name to many groups, one of which is the Gentiles. vi. Barnabas recognized that this situation was a perfect fit for Saul to jump in to. He recognized that Saul was the ideal candidate to continue to preach the gospel and teach these Gentiles the ways of God. b. [Slide 4] And it happened that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a considerable crowd. i. And so, we see Saul and Barnabas team up to teach. ii. Notice that they are meeting with the church and teaching a great crowd. iii. Although Saul and Barnabas will get to be missionaries soon enough, we should not see their endeavor here as only evangelistic. iv. Instead, as I hinted at before, this was more likely to disciple the fledgling believers who knew almost nothing of Yahweh, His law, or the nation of Israel. v. Again, not necessary to be saved – but certainly necessary to grow in faith and knowledge of Jesus Christ. vi. Much like how we grow in the knowledge of God when we study the Bible. For us, it is all culturally distant. And though knowing the intricate details of Jewish history, temple codes, or laws does not contribute to our justification – it certainly contributes to our sanctification. c. [Slide 5] And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. i. Here we see the evolution of the church. ii. As they were Jewish Christians trying to explain that Jesus was the next and final step of Judaism, they were known as the Nazarian Sect. iii. As they expanded and the Jews continued to oppose them, they became followers of The Way. iv. Now as the gospel has gone out to pagans, they have become known as Christians. v. But notice that this is what they were called and not what they called themselves. vi. What does the term Christian mean? vii. Simply it means “Of Christ.” viii. We see similar constructions and titles used to describe people who backed certain political leaders. If you backed Herod, you were a Herodian. If you back Augustus, then you are Augustian. ix. The Non-believing Jews would not have given them this title because it would suggest that they followed the true Messiah. x. The title then was probably given to them by non-believing gentiles in Antioch. xi. The title also further distinguishes and divides the church from the Jews. They are not of the Jews… they are something without ethnic background. Rather than being united by ethnicity or nationality, they were united by belief and devotion. xii. All this comes together to reveal to us that to be called a Christian at this time was probably a derogatory description. xiii. It was a term used to describe how these people were political fanatics of a Judean King… that has been dead for over a decade. xiv. It wasn't until well into the second century that we find writings of believers calling themselves Christians. By that point, they had accepted the derogatory title that was meant to poke fun at them. xv. And we have borne it ever since. xvi. It all began here. In Antioch. d. [Slide 6] Summary of the Point: Luke points out to us a couple areas of challenge that the fledgling church of Antioch faced. First, they were baby Christians who needed to be taught in the more rudimentary aspects of their faith, especially the Jewish roots. Second, as a fledgling church they began to experience the rejection of outsiders. Jewish rejection had been true since the beginning of the church. But along with the gentiles joining the church came opposition from unbelieving gentiles. In all of this we see that the church, no matter what culture, time, size, or maturity, will always face challenges in this world. But through these challenges the church must continue to devote themselves to discipleship and evangelism. Growing each other in the knowledge of Christ and sharing the gospel with those who do not believe. Transition: [Slide 7 (Blank)] But what other sorts of trouble will the church experience in this world? The next sort of trouble Luke brings to light is one that not only spans the church in the whole Roman Empire, but also spans the physical and spiritual troubles we can face. II.) The church will always have trouble in this world, so we must devote ourselves to brotherly love and meeting the needs of believers. (27-30) a. [Slide 8] 27 – Now in those days, some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 And one of them named Agabus stood up and indicated by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius. i. The transition “now in those days” by itself is anything but specific. ii. But as these two verses unfold, we actually get quite a bit of specificity as to what time period we are looking at. iii. Luke mentions a Roman Emperor named Claudius. Claudius ruled Rome from AD 41 to AD 54. iv. Based on several historians, Claudius's reign was riddled with famines. 1. At the beginning of his reign, in AD 41 and 42, Rome and its surrounding lands underwent a famine. 2. In AD 45 the river Nile in Egypt over flooded, delaying the harvest season and making the harvest much less productive. Egypt was known as the bread basket of Rome. If Egypt has a bad harvest… Rome has a bad economy. 3. In AD 46-47 Syria and Judea suffered a great famine, although Judea received the brunt of it. 4. In AD 50 Greece suffered a famine. 5. And in AD 52 Rome again suffered famine. v. Although we do not have archeological or historical evidence to suggest a great worldwide famine occurred all at one time, we do have plenty of evidence to prove that during a 10-year window, throughout the whole Roman Empire, severe famine occurred in various places. vi. Therefore, one of two things are true about Agabus' prophesy. 1. Either we have not discovered the archeological evidence yet to prove a global famine that occurred at the same time. 2. Or more likely, knowing that there were famines throughout the Roman Empire over a 10 year span, this is probably what Agabus meant by his prophesy. For he does not say that the great famine which happens all over the world will be during the same year. Nor does the expression “all over the world” require it to be global. It merely needs to encompasses the Roman Empire, which is controlling the world scene at this time. vii. So, what will this growing church of Antioch do with this prophesy from Agabus? b. [Slide 9] 29 – And as any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the service of the brothers living in Judea. i. Here we can read between the lines to see that Agabus certainly conveyed that the famine would have a greater impact upon the people in Judea than it would upon the believers in Syria. ii. Some of that most likely stems from the more affluent city of Antioch compared to the more agrarian Judea. iii. This is why the believers in Antioch immediately set out to take up a collection to help their brothers in Judea. iv. Notice this is not a compelled gift. It is not a percentage of what they earn. It is not even money taken from every believer. v. As they had means to help, they gave contribution. The motivation is not duty, intimidation, or merit. This isn't holy communism. It is love. Simple Christ borne charity for those who are our brothers and sisters. c. [Slide 10] 30 – And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders. i. And so, once a contribution was collected, the church of Antioch sends Barnabas and Saul to take it to their brothers in Judea. ii. Notice that Barnabas and Saul are sent to the elders. iii. There are a couple points we need to consider regarding this. 1. First, we see that even at this early stage in the history of the church, probably less than 15 years in existence, we have the establishment of Elders governing the church. 2. Second, we should try to arrive at the identity of these Elders. a. The city of Jerusalem is only mentioned in this text in reference to where Agabus came from. Many scholars assume that the Elders in question refer to the Elders in Jerusalem. This could be, but based on the text it does not have to be. b. Even if it is the Elders in Jerusalem, since Luke will differentiate between the apostles and the Elders in Jerusalem in a few chapters, we cannot assume as some commentators do that Elders is just a generic name for leaders or the apostles. c. Instead, we find that this is an office now established in the church which serves to make decisions, and particularly in this case, regarding benevolent distribution of aid. d. If this does not refer to the Elders of Jerusalem specifically, but of Judea, this might mean that Saul and Barnabas will take aid to several city churches throughout Judea over the course of the next year or two. iv. One final item we should point out about this verse before we conclude, is that verse 30 serves as a tying of a bow on the events. v. This does not mean that they were sent out right away. vi. [Slide 11] In fact, let us establish a bit of the timeline so we can have that in our back pocket going forward. 1. Based on his own account in Galatians 1 and 2, Saul tells us that from conversion to when he went back to Jerusalem was 14 years. He says in Galatians 2 that he went back to Jerusalem because of a revelation. Certainly, this would have been Agabus' prophesy about the famine. 2. Saul was converted roughly around AD 33. 3. We know he spent 3 years between Damascus and Arabia. 4. We also know from this text that he spent a year in Antioch with Barnabas teaching the church and the large crowds. 5. We know that Herod Agrippa the First died in AD 44 and Luke records that Saul and Barnabas did not complete their charge to distribute support to the Judean churches until after his death. Therefore, Saul was in his hometown of Tarsus for around 8 years. 6. He arrived in Antioch early in AD 44 and taught for a year. In that year Agabus came down from Jerusalem to prophesy about the famine and while the church in Antioch was gathering contributions the events of chapter 12 unfold and Herod Agrippa the First dies in the spring of AD 44. 7. The Antioch church gathers their aid and sends it with Saul and Barnabas to the churches in Judea, which sees them completing that mission in Jerusalem around AD 46, just ahead of the famine. 8. That adds up to around 14 years give or take a few months. d. [Slide 12] Summary of the Point: Luke again shows us various challenges of the church. We already know that the church in Antioch is brand new and needing to mature in Christ. Now, they have been told that a great famine is coming and that it would hit the Judean church hardest. The challenge here certainly would be for themselves facing the famine… but primarily it would be the battle against their fleshly desires to hoard rather than give. But instead, we see them devoting themselves to meet the needs of believers. Even to meet the needs of believers gathered in places distant from them. So, we too must devote ourselves to meeting the needs of God's people near and far. Conclusion: So, what have we learned today CBC and how then shall we live? What doctrine have we seen and how does that impact our daily lives? Doctrinal Takeaway: [Slide 13] Our Lord Jesus promised that His disciples would experience trouble in this world. In this text we have seen several facets of difficulty the fledgling church of Antioch faced. They grew in numbers very quickly but needed to grow in maturity. They experienced derision early on from folks they probably called friends. They also faced the foretelling of a great famine and were informed of the heavy need of their Judean brothers and sisters. Certainly, they would experience the famine too, but the greater challenge is the battle with their flesh to selfishly hoard their money and food rather than sharing it with brothers and sisters. Another layer of that is, being primarily Gentiles, they would be giving sacrificially to the church in Judea which is primarily… Jews. So, beyond their flesh's desire to hoard you also have a racial element happening here too. But in spite of all of the trouble that this young church faces… what do we see them do? They devote themselves to discipleship, evangelism, and sacrificial care and love to meet the needs of brothers and sisters. Is it the same for us today? Oh yes, we will face trouble in this world. But we must remember that Christ overcame the world. Therefore, we must be devoted to maturing in Christ, sharing Him with others, and loving and helping our needy brothers and sisters out of our abundance. But let me draw some more practical and relevant conclusions for us today. 1.) [Slide 14] Mind Transformation: “What truth must we believe from this text?” or “What might we not naturally believe that we must believe because of what this text has said?” We must believe that we will have trouble in this world. a. Jesus has promised his disciples that they will have trouble in this world. b. Jesus has said that as the world has hated Him, the world will also hate those who follow Him. c. The book of James tells us that we must consider it joy when we fall into various troubles. d. I and II Peter were written to a church suffering for the name of Christ. e. I John was written to a church who had many of their members apostatize the gospel. f. Jude was written to address members of a church who began insisting that they could live however they wanted since they were under grace. g. I and II Corinthians were written to address various internal problems within the church in Corinth. h. The first three chapters of Revelation are written to real churches with various degrees of problems. i. What is my point? j. The challenges that this new church in Antioch experienced, are not uncommon or peculiar. k. Indeed, the church does not fit in to the system of this world, nor are they excluded or exempted from the troubles and trials of this world. l. What does that mean? m. It means that we, in 21st Century America, should expect… we should anticipate… we should be convinced… that troubles will always be a part of our experience while in this world. n. The Kingdom is here… but it is also waiting for the King to return. o. The prince of the power of the air is still here, wreaking havoc. He has been defeated, but he has not been expelled. p. And sin is still present in the lives of those in the church. Its penalty has been paid; its power has been broken. But its presence remains. q. That means that while in this world, the church… from within and without…will have trouble. r. But some churches today… do not believe this. They think that it is only those who have little faith that have trouble. 2.) [Slide 15] Refutation: “What lies must we cast down” or “What do we naturally believe, or have been taught to believe, that this passage shows is false?” We must deny that only those with little faith will have trouble. a. Because God is good and God is all powerful. Because God is sovereign and loving. We tend to conclude that whenever we come upon trouble in our lives it is because we have done something to earn it. b. Inversely whenever we have a good day, or get a good job, or life generally treats us well, it is because we are living lives that are pleasing to God. c. In this, we make the mistake of Job's friends, who insisted that his sufferings were proof that he was living out of step with God's will. d. Yet God called him a righteous man. That there was none like him on the earth. e. So, who is right? God or Job's friends? f. There are churches today that teach that sickness, poverty, failure, and even death are symptoms of Christians who simply do not have enough faith in God. g. They teach that by faith, God has assured us that He will make us healthy, wealthy, and powerful. h. But my friends, nothing could be further from the truth. i. Little faith is not the issue. For it does not actually take big faith to get an easy life. In fact, in Ecclesiastes it seems that the way to have an easy life is to have no faith at all. j. Instead, it takes BIG faith to suffer for His name and endure in hope and joy. That is faith. Faith is trust in something hoped for, promised, yet unseen. k. From Hebrews 11, we observe that all the Old Testament saints died without seeing their faith made sight. l. Indeed, many spent centuries in Abraham's Bosom waiting for their faith to be made sight. m. Then suddenly in walked the King of Kings. He proclaimed victory and promises fulfilled. And He led them out to be with the Father in heaven. n. My friends… it is not BIG faith the leads to easy life. It is BIG faith that endures through troubled life. o. Christ promises His church trouble. But He also promises God's grace in that trouble. p. So, what do we do as the church, when we are guaranteed to have trouble? 3.) [Slide 16] Exhortation: “What actions should we take?” or “What is this passage specifically commanding us to do that we don't naturally do or aren't currently doing?” We must grow in Christ, be His witness, and care for His church amid this world's trouble. a. Oh my friends, we will have trouble. b. But that means we must redouble our efforts to grow in Christ. c. When we experience hardship, it means we must double down on sharing the gospel. d. When we are overwhelmed with difficulty, we must selflessly love and sacrificially give to others. e. Trouble does not excuse us from what Christ has called us to. f. For what Christ has called us to is how we can bear up under trouble! g. We need to be like Christ. What did Christ endure to complete His mission? h. Christ became sick so we could be made well. Christ became poor so we could inherit His heavenly wealth. Christ became weak so we could be made strong in Him. i. He endured trouble so that He could save us. j. The path to growth, being His witness, and caring for His church – that path goes through trouble. k. The work of the church doesn't stop when the going gets tough. l. Instead, if we look at history as a teacher, it seems that when the going gets tough is when the church truly gets to work. m. We will experience trouble… so we must, in the midst of that trouble… get to work. n. Growing and maturing in our faith. o. Sharing the gospel with friends, family, neighbors, even while we suffer. p. And alleviating the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Christ when we have more than we need. q. The church must thrive in trouble… not merely survive. r. But there is a dangerous trap in which we can fall my friends. We must avoid it at all costs. 4.) [Slide 17] De-Exhortation: “What actions should we stop doing” or “What behaviors do we naturally practice that this passage tells us to stop doing?” We must stop weathering troubles by fighting to preserve ourselves. a. So often when we experience hardship or difficulty in life, that is when we forsake the church. b. When we are sick we neglect our study of the scriptures. c. When we are out of work we forsake the assembling of ourselves with other believers. d. When we are grieved of loss, we care little for lost souls who have no hope at all. e. When we hear of other believers who are struggling too, we follow the wisdom of the world and turn ourselves to … self-care. f. Oh, my friends, it is natural, fleshly, worldly to weather all manner of trials and troubles by turning our hearts inward and caring only for ourselves. g. It is natural and evil to seek isolation when we are hurting. h. It is ungodly and wicked to keep the good news to ourselves when we are struggling. i. It is perverse and demonic to hoard our help when others of Christ are in greater need than we are. j. My friends. We must not be this way. k. The church will experience trouble. That is sure. But in the mist of that trouble, we must be sure to not collapse into our fleshly desires and tendencies. We must continue to be the church… especially in times of trouble. l. But let me offer a word of comfort for your hearts. Comfort even in the midst of trouble… 5.) [Slide 18] Comfort: “What comfort can we find here?” or “What peace does the Lord promise us in light of this passage of scripture?” Though we will have trouble in the world, Christ has overcome the World. a. I can think of no greater comfort than this. b. Though we are guaranteed trouble in this world, in the same text, our Lord assures us that He has overcome the world. c. We live for His Kingdom to come and not for this world. d. Why? e. Because it is passing away. It will all burn up. He will make it new one day. And all the troubles will cease. All the difficulty will end. All the failure will evaporate… forever. f. The assurance that that is true has already been provided in the death and resurrection of Christ. g. Our faith must not be Big to get out of trouble. Our faith must be big to endure trouble. To look to Jesus the author and perfector of our faith. So that we may finish the race. And win the prize. h. Race to win. Endure. Overcome. Let me close with a Puritan's prayer titled “Weakness”. O SPIRIT OF GOD, Help our infirmities; When we are pressed down with a load of sorrow, perplexed and knowing not what to do, slandered and persecuted, made to feel the weight of the cross, help us, we pray. If you see in us any wrong thing encouraged, any evil desire cherished, any delight that is not Your delight, any habit that grieves You, any nest of sin in our hearts, then grant us the kiss of Your forgiveness, and teach our feet to walk the way of Your commandments. Deliver us from our anxieties, and make us a happy, holy people; Help us to walk separated lives with firm and brave steps, and to wrestle successfully against our weaknesses; Teach us to laud, adore, and magnify You, with the music of heaven, And make us a perfume of praiseful gratitude to You. We do not crouch at Your feet as slaves before a tyrant, but exult before You as children with a Father. Give us power to live as Your children in all our actions, and to exercise sonship by conquering self. Preserve us from the intoxication that comes of prosperity; Sober us when we are glad with a joy that comes not from You. Lead us safely on to the eternal kingdom, not asking whether the road be rough or smooth. We request only to see the face of him we love, to be content with bread to eat, with raiment to put on, if we can be brought to Your house in peace. We pray this in Jesus name… Amen. Benediction: In your weakness, may the Lord satisfy you. In your soul's languishing, may He replenish you. He has loved you with an everlasting love; He will continue His faithfulness to you. Until we meet again… Go in Peace.
This episode covers overeating. We begin our conversation today by defining the difference between having more weight and having more fat. Some people weigh more, but their weight is muscle mass. Inversely, people with more body fat might not weigh more. If we can shift our mindset to body recomposition, more muscle and healthy levels of body fat, we would be a lot more successful staying out of the underweight/overweight yoyo diet pendulum. Individuals might choose to be in a caloric surplus to build muscle mass, however, most people that overeat are unintentionally doing so. This is because diets that contain processed foods are calories, carb, and fat dense but aren't nutrient rich. We then go over the symptoms and health impacts of overeating. Then we discuss binge eating, and ways to break free from the cycle of disordered overeating.In this episode, we talk about: What Is Overeating?Symptoms Of Eating Too MuchReasons For OvereatingRisks Of OvereatingBinge Eating DisorderHow To Manage OvereatingFinal Thoughts On Symptoms Of Undereating & OvereatingResources: Want support with your nutrition habits? Sign up for 3 weeks of help Podcast Episode: Being Healthy is not the Norm - https://strongerthanyourboyfriend.buzzsprout.com/1998045/14403737-being-healthy-is-not-the-norm
In dentistry, we are always working with precision and control over a patient's situation. Having acute attention-to-detail creates a perfectionist tendency in us all, and this trait is critical to achieving great clinical outcomes. Now, in a clinical setting this makes so much sense. But in a business and operational sense and a broader life perspective, it can be a real financial and cultural ‘handbrake'. Your ability to grow and scale your practice is inversely proportional to YOUR desire for control. In other words, if you desire control too much, it slows you down in your business growth, and your ability to create time for yourself and to create the results you're seeking. In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we pose the question, on a scale of one to ten, how strong is your desire for control in your business and your life? Dr. Jesse Green walks you through a very truthful and personal journey that will have you thinking differently within the next 19 minutes and 47 seconds. Press play.
Hamas and Israel exchange accusations in a hospital strike. Using Gazan cell data to develop intelligence, and using hostages' devices to spread fear. Black Basta ransomware is out and about, again. Qubitstrike is a newly discovered cryptojacking campaign. Preparing for post-quantum security. Tim Starks from the Washington Post looks at one US Senator's ability to gum up cyber legislation. In the Learning Layer, N2K's Sam Meisenberg explores the challenges and best practices of rolling out a large-scale corporate re-skilling program. And attention people of Pompei: that volcano alert is bogus. Probably. Learning Layer. On this segment of Learning Layer, N2K's Sam Meisenberg is joined by Phil, an N2K client who leads Talent Development at a large telecommunication company. They discuss the challenges and best practices of rolling out a large-scale corporate re-skilling program, including increasing learner engagement, accountability, and the importance of internal talent development and recognition. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/199 Selected reading. Blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital; Hamas and Israel trade blame, as Biden heads to Mideast (AP News) In deadly day for Gaza, hospital strike kills hundreds (Reuters) Hacktivist attacks against Israeli websites mirror attacks following Russian invasion of Ukraine (ComputerWeekly.com) Growing Concern Over Role of Hacktivism in Israel-Hamas Conflict (Infosecurity Magazine) Israel-Hamas war illuminates trouble with political hacking groups (Axios) ISRAEL GAZA CONFLICT : THE CYBER PERSPECTIVE (CYFIRMA) Tracking Cellphone Data by Neighborhood, Israel Gauges Gaza Evacuation (New York Times) Hamas Hijacked Victims' Social Media Accounts to Spread Terror (New York Times) TV advertising sales giant affected by ransomware attack (Record) Chilean government warns of Black Basta ransomware attacks after customs incident (Record) Qubitstrike - An Emerging Malware Campaign Targeting Jupyter Notebooks (Cado Security) DigiCert Global Study: Preparing for a Safe Post-Quantum Computing Future (DigiCert) SpyNote Android malware spreads via fake volcano eruption alerts (BleepingComputer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this crossover episode with CSIS's The CommonHealth podcast, Andrew talks with Michaela Simoneau and co-host J. Stephen Morrison on their newly published analysis of the post-Covid moment, “The Worst is Over—Now What?” How do we define this moment we have entered, and what are the factors that lead inexorably toward pessimism? Inversely, what is the argument for a positive, sober realism? Optimism rests on pursuing five pathways for progress: rebuild trust, sustain bipartisan legislative achievements, operationalize new security doctrines, accelerate new technologies, and elevate U.S. health diplomacy.
In this episode of The CommonHealth, Andrew Schwartz engages Michaela Simoneau and co-host J. Stephen Morrison on their newly published analysis of the post-Covid moment, “The Worst is Over—Now What?” How do we define this moment we have entered, and what are the factors that lead inexorably towards pessimism? Inversely, what is the argument for a positive, sober realism? Optimism rests on pursuing five pathways for progress: rebuild trust, sustain bipartisan legislative achievements, operationalize new security doctrines, accelerate new technologies, and elevate U.S. health diplomacy.
What does it mean to read LA in the frame of the “Americas”, and to understand its police violence in the context of a hemispheric imperialist project of domination? Inversely, how can we understand abolitionism as a political project that is continental, local and circulating? We talk about this in this special episode from Traffic in the Americas about police violence and abolitionist resistance in Los Angeles (California) with Hamid Khan from the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and Ananya Roy from the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. It was made in collaboration with the Laboratorio de Narrativas Urbanas (LABNA) and Sergio Montero. Hosted by Isabel Peñaranda Currie. This episode also features an original composition and performance by FreeSoul Smith for Sur-Urbano, and which was produced by Upeksha - Voices of Resilience. Smith is part of the Esquina Redonda, an amazing group that brings together people displaced by the Bronx police operation in Bogotá, and which also participated in the Traffic in the Americas conference. Hamid explains the history and work of @stoplapdspying and their recent report, “Automating Banishment”, which studies the relationship of “data-driven policing” to real estate development and settler colonialism. It "belongs to the community, produced through collective study and grassroots self-defense". You can read the full report here. Ananya spoke about her work on “Racial banishment', which “emphasizes state-instituted violence against racialised bodies and communities”, shifting attention from displacement to the dispossession of personhood underpinning racial capitalism. She writes that “The antonym of racial banishment is, as the black radical tradition insists, freedom. These “freedom dreams” ([…] animate urban struggles around the world.” We end by talking about how abolitionist ideas participate in kinds of traffic in the Americas. You can find one of her articles on Racial Banishment here. This conversation arose within the framework of "Traffic in the Americas," a transnational initiative that sought to promote collaborations between academics and activists to theorize how different types of traffic (of people, objects, ideas) shape the cities of the Americas. It was organized by: Kevin O'Neill of the University of Toronto, Austin Zeiderman of LSE , Ananya Roy of UCLA and Sergio Montero of the Los Andes University thanks to funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Hamid Khan is an organizer with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. He was the founder and former Executive Director of South Asian Network (1990-2010), and serves on the board of Political Research Associates, an organization that seeks to advance progressive thinking and action by providing research-based information, analysis, and referrals. The mission of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition is to build community-based power to dismantle police surveillance, spying, and infiltration programs. The coalition utilizes multiple campaigns to advance an innovative organizing model that is Los Angeles-based but has implications regionally, nationally, and internationally Founding Director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Geography and The Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Inequality and Democracy.
Disciple Up #297 The Gospel Coalition's Sex Article By Louie Marsh, 3-8-2023 An article was published on the Gospel Coalition's website last week. It immediately drew criticism, even from people who don't engage in online criticism like Rick Warren. In response TGC published a PDF of the intro and first chapter of the as yet unpublished book to help “give context.” That only drew even more criticism and so as of March 6th, 2023 the link to that PDF became a link to an Open Letter. I'll be reading the letter and then reading some excerpts from the PDF which I downloaded and is no longer available. In the show notes you'll find a few excerpts from the article but not the PDF since I don't own it and don't want to break the law. The link to the letter of apology is below. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sex-wont-save-you/ Dear Readers, Thank you for your feedback on the Keller Center's book excerpt from Joshua Butler posted on March 1, 2023. And thank you for your patience while we took the time to listen to our critics and the serious objections from concerned fellows, as well as discuss this matter with our Board of Directors and care for our friend Josh. Earlier this week, we accepted Josh's resignation as a Keller Center fellow. He will no longer lead an online cohort with the center nor speak at TGC23. While he will no longer participate in these events, Josh remains a beloved brother and friend whom we respect and care deeply about. To our fellows and our readers, please forgive us. The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics is a new effort by TGC, and we are still learning how to work with our directors and our fellows to produce content that will serve our readers in a way that is trusted and wise. To ensure greater accountability with our fellows, we will develop better review systems for our work together. We will also review our publication processes more broadly at TGC and develop plans to ensure greater accountability to you, our readers. Again, thank you for your patience with us. At TGC, we want to provide a venue for healthy dialogue and robust debate on important matters that affect us all. We want to model grace-filled conversations, and we want to learn from one another. In this case, we failed you and hurt many friends. Thank you in advance for your continued prayers. For Christ and his gospel, Julius Kim President The Gospel Coalition Excerpts from the article that started it all Sex Won't Save You (But It Points to the One Who Will) MARCH 1, 2023 JOSH BUTLER I used to look to sex for salvation. I wanted it to liberate me from loneliness; I wanted to find freedom in the arms of another. But the search failed. Sex wasn't designed to be your salvation but to point you to the One who is. Union with Christ Sex is an icon of Christ and the church. In Ephesians 5:31–32, a “hall of fame” marriage passage, the apostle Paul proclaims, “‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church” (NIV; I've translated proskollao as “cleave”). Paul says both are about Christ and the church. This should be shocking! It's not only the giving of your vows at the altar but what happens in the honeymoon suite afterward that speaks to the life you were made for with God. A husband and wife's life of faithful love is designed to point to greater things, but so is their sexual union! This is a gospel bombshell: sex is an icon of salvation. How? I'd suggest the language of generosity and hospitality can help us out. At a deeper level, generosity is giving not just your resources but your very self. And what deeper form of self-giving is there than sexual union where the husband pours out his very presence not only upon but within his wife? Here again, what deeper form of hospitality is there than sexual union where the wife welcomes her husband into the sanctuary of her very self? Giving and receiving are at the heart of sex. The Bible makes this distinction explicit. The most frequent Hebrew phrase for sex is, literally, “he went into her” (wayyabo eleha). Translations often soften this for modern ears, saying he “made love to her” or they “slept together.” But the Bible is less prudish than we are, using more graphic language to describe what happens in the honeymoon tent. Sexual Union Pictures the Gospel This is a picture of the gospel. Christ arrives in salvation to be not only with his church but within his church. Christ gives himself to his beloved with extravagant generosity, showering his love upon us and imparting his very presence within us. Christ penetrates his church with the generative seed of his Word and the life-giving presence of his Spirit, which takes root within her and grows to bring new life into the world. Inversely, back in the wedding suite, the bride embraces her most intimate guest on the threshold of her dwelling place and welcomes him into the sanctuary of her very self. She gladly receives the warmth of his presence and accepts the sacrificial offering he bestows upon the altar within her Most Holy Place. Their union brings forth new creation. Editors' note: Josh Butler—a fellow at the newly launched Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics—will be leading a seven-week online cohort this spring on “The Beauty of the Christian Sexual Ethic,” based on his forthcoming book Beautiful Union (Multnomah, 2023). The cohort—limited to 200 participants—will meet weekly from May 11 to June 22, 2023. Learn more and register. This article was adapted from Beautiful Union: How God's Vision for Sex Points Us to the Good, Unlocks the True, and (Sort of) Explains Everything (Multnomah, April 2023) by Joshua Ryan Butler. Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ryan Butler. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Josh Butler serves as a lead pastor of Redemption Tempe in Arizona, is the author of the critically acclaimed books Beautiful Union, The Skeletons in God's Closet and The Pursuing God, and is a fellow with The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He lives in the American Southwest with his wife, Holly, daughter Aiden, and sons James and Jacob.
Something magical happens in the presence of deeply nourishing relationships. Inversely, pain and drain can happen in the presence of toxic, non-reciprocal relationships. Don't be afraid to do a drives & drains audit on your relationships. Be intentional about who you spend time with, because the quality of your life depends on it.We've all heard the statement, "You're the product of the five people you spend the most time with". Crazy enough, it's true. And for some reason, unlike that of fitness, nutrition, and mental health, our culture has yet to prop up "community" as a pillar of holistic well-being. Further (like most of the wildly important aspects of living) we aren't taught the skills and strategies in order to create healthy relationships from childhood and into adulthood. In this episode we dive into why community is in fact one of the main drivers for health and growth. We debunk outdated myths about making friends as you age. Share helpful strategies for how you can really invest in building lasting, symbiotic relationships that serve everyone. And the always challenging topic of setting clear and confident boundaries.CONNECT WITH OWL & KEY:www.owlandkey.cowww.instagram.com/owl_and_key/linktr.ee/owlandkey
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.02.08.527622v1?rss=1 Authors: Yehuda, H., Madrer, N., Goldberg, D., Soreq, H., Meerson, A. Abstract: Anxiety disorders often associate with metabolic impairments, but the underlying developmental and molecular mechanisms are yet unknown. To seek RNAs that may link anxiety and obesity, we subjected RNA from zebrafish larvae of a caffeine-induced anxiety model and a high fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity model to RNA-sequencing. We found differentially expressed genes in the larval anxiety and obesity models, including long noncoding RNAs and transfer fragment RNAs. Surprisingly, they were inversely regulated and comprised overrepresentation of immune system pathways, e.g., interleukin signaling and inflammation. Similarly, inverse regulation persisted in adulthood, but with different overrepresented immune system processes, e.g., T cell activation, leukocyte cell-cell adhesion and antigen processing and presentation. Furthermore, unlike the known link in adult zebrafish, obesity in zebrafish larvae was not accompanied by anxiety-like behavior. These results may reflect an antagonistic pleiotropic phenomenon involving re-adjusted modulation of the anxiety-metabolic links with the immune system. Furthermore, the HFD potential to normalize the anxiety-upregulated immune-related genes may explain previously reported protective roles of high fat diet in rodent anxiety and Alzheimer's disease models. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
The Time Frame of Your Goals Should Be Inversely Proportional to The Resolution of Your Plan
Does your team view sales as spammy, scammy, and sleazy? If your sales team views sales in this way, it's likely that they are coming off that way to potential clients as well. In today's episode, I share with you how to shift this mindset. This wounded salesperson perspective is detrimental to your business. Through transparency, you can create long-lasting relationships between clients. Trust is key when it comes to sales. It shows that you want to be authentic and genuine with your clients, so they believe as much as you that what you're selling them, is for them! Inversely, if a client is coming to you and you don't believe they align as your ideal client, or they aren't ready yet, it's okay to turn them away. Listen to see how we can make sales sexy and spiritual! What you'll learn The importance of establishing trust between your clients Why transparency is important for your team The wounded salesperson perspective, and how to shift from this Turning away clients is not always a bad thing If you like what you're hearing, just wait! This is the 151st episode in a brand new season of the Inner Feminine Beast™ Podcast. That means there's plenty more content to inspire, teach, and motivate you as you develop your business and create your dream future. Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday and Thursday, Successful Soul! You can follow Angelique on Instagram, Facebook, and check out her website. To watch these recordings live or join a community of like-minded women, click here! Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest & TikTok Subscribe to my Youtube channel and watch new episodes every week, click here! Reach out to us at info@cynthiastant.com for more information about how we can work together!
#entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #podcast #howtoAwareness and conviction of your business travels from what you think(mind) about it to how you feel about it(heart) then eventually you will begin to demonstrate it(actions) to others what those thoughts and feelings are. When it's time to pitch your business to potential business partners you will be able to better communicate your excitement toward them. Inversely, if you only have an idea with no conviction of the idea it may be difficult to be excited about it. That lack of excitement or reluctance will be communicated to the receiver as well.
Shawnna Sumaoang: Hi, and welcome to the Sales Enablement PRO podcast. I am Shawnna Sumaoang. Sales enablement is a constantly evolving space and we're here to help professionals stay up to date on the latest trends and best practices so that they can be more effective in their jobs. Today I’m excited to have Jeromy Proulx from Humana join us. Jeromy, I would love for you to introduce yourself, your role, and your organization to our audience. Jeromy Proulx: Hi Shawnna, thank you for having me. I’m Jeromy Proulx and I currently serve as the head of sales technology and transformation at Humana. We’re a leading Fortune 50 healthcare organization that provides a number of different products and services to help people achieve lifelong well-being. In addition to my responsibilities at Humana, I also serve as an adjunct faculty at Northeastern University, a top 50 research institution in Boston Massachusetts. My career started in sales and marketing across several different industries including consumer packaged goods, investments, and insurance products, before stepping into sales management, execution and enablement roles over the last several years. SS: Fantastic. Well, we’re excited to have you here Jeromy. I noticed that you also actually teach as a professor at Northeastern University and one of your areas of expertise is around project management. From your perspective, why are project management skills so critical for enablement professionals? JP: Thank you for the question, Shawnna. I believe project management skills are imperative regardless of what role you serve to an organization, but more particularly within the sales enablement space. My focus in the classroom has been on the intersection of common waterfall project management skills and agile project management skills that have become more prevalent in the workplace today. These are skills that absolutely transcend both disciplines, such as being an effective communicator, the art of negotiation and influence, general time management, and risk management skills, just to name a few. If you think about it, these are also critical skills to being a great enablement leader. Whether you’re focused on training and development activities or enablement tools and technology, you will undoubtedly have to use project management skills to deliver value to the organization. Over the last decade, the emergence of agile project management has created greater alignment in my opinion with the enablement space as you think about some of the core principles and agile methodologies. SS: I think that’s fantastic. You talk about this a little bit, but what are some of the key principles of project management that you found most essential to your role, particularly leading sales technology and transformation efforts? JP: One of the first agile principles centers around the rapid and continuous delivery of value. Whereas traditional project management methods would focus more on a big bang that could take several months to get to. In the sales enablement space, it’s all about the value of delivering to field-facing roles. If you have the ability to deploy practices, test, learn, and iterate, that is way more effective than doing a significant amount of work only to find out you missed the mark in the end. Agile inherently promotes this fail-forward mentality and teams which ensures that you achieve the desired impact as efficiently as possible in your work. By taking this test, learn and iterate mindset, you hit three other agile principles, simplicity is essential, regular reflection, and continuous excellence promotes agility. As an example in action, if you are tasked with building a 90-day sales onboarding program, rather than go build out all 90 days in detail, you would break down the work into minimum viable program elements that would allow you to get some feedback, incorporate that feedback and enhance the design. That might mean focusing on the first 30 days, or even smaller increments to understand what are the right things for a rep to know to improve ramp or time to market. SS: I love that approach. Now when it comes to implementing new tools in your tech stack, what are some of your best practices for managing that process? JP: This is a great question and I think there are two parts to this answer. First, is the project management side of implementation, and the second is the change management components. When implementing new tools, there was some advice I received from a leader a few years back as we worked through a pretty tough transformation and merger of two companies. She always used to say for every project it is imperative that there’s clarity on scope and that everyone operates with a sense of urgency. That’s not really earth-shattering advice but it’s a good grounding factor whenever you’re working towards bringing new capabilities to your sales partners. Having clarity on the scope means you’re crisp on what the new tools are intended to do, who your impacted audience is, and ultimately your path that gets you to that objective. Without a clearly defined and documented scope, you’ll end up moving the goalpost for the project and driving an increased risk of going behind schedule or more adversely, over budget. When it comes to a sense of urgency. I trace this back to the aforementioned points on value. The quintessential saying in sales time is money, the more time you take to implement a tool ultimately means time lost when the value could have been delivered to your end user. The second part of this answer is the change management components that support the delivery. We often get sucked into the project plan for the development of these capabilities and overlook the most important part, which is how we generate excitement and desire with the end users. Don’t discount how important this is having great change management, go-to-market or operational readiness plan can make an incredible difference in driving a successful tool or technology implementation. People often think of change management plans as being a communication plan, and while communication is absolutely a major component of the change management plan, it’s not the only thing, it’s about managing everything from the why we’re giving this awesome tool to you, to how you manage resistance and provide reinforcement as individuals move through the change curve. There’s a ton of research that points to, you know, nearly two-thirds of implementations failing due to the inability to manage behaviors and drive adoption. Two-thirds is a lot. SS: Absolutely, it is. As you mentioned, one challenge that can arise is driving that adoption, especially amongst reps who may be resistant to change. How can enablement practitioners overcome this challenge to help sales reps navigate digital transformation? JP: I’m a big believer in the adkar model for change management and every go-to-market or operational readiness plan should address each element within that model. Adkar stands for awareness, desire, knowledge, assessment, and reinforcement. While there is no one component of the adkar model that’s more important than the other, I want to focus our conversation on desire as executing well in that stage is the best way to manage rep resistance right out of the gate. Think of desire as either the carrot or the stick to quoting that often used idiom. In the enablement space nearly everything a team will deliver is an effort of making reps more efficient and effective in their job with the carrots being more time, more sales, and ultimately more commission in their pocket. To take that a bit further an approach I’ve used several times is to designate a pilot or change champion group. They get to be a part of the sausage making if you will and ultimately lead the change in their respective roles as you start to inch closer to deployment. A dear friend of mine and author of The Snowball System, Mo Bunnell, described this approach well. It’s called the red velvet rope approach. When you bring a certain group of people inside the red velvet rope, they feel that exclusivity, that special treatment that not everyone is getting, and in nearly all situations, they become your biggest supporters. Inversely, those that are outside of the velvet rope start to hear that positivity from your change champions and inherently develop a sense of excitement and desire for the change. If you do this well, you’ve likely captured the hearts and minds of 90% of the group. Now for the remaining 10%, this is where the preparation for your front-line managers with a plan to handle objections and resistance becomes important. Research shows that when it comes to talking about the impacts and importance of changes, they don’t want to hear from the enablement team or even the executive leaders. Over 70% of the recipients of change want that detail to come directly from their front-line leader. So ensuring that you equip sales leaders to handle those conversations and potential objections is very important. SS: Absolutely, I like that adkar model. Now, beyond adding new tools, what are some of your best practices for ensuring the long-term efficiency and effectiveness of your existing text stack to help drive up productivity? JP: In today’s world of sales enablement there are so many tools and technologies that can drive productivity and I think a lot of people inherently go to we need another application or vendor to solve X problem when really that problem could be the result of poor adoption in another capability. From my perspective, there are three core components in ensuring that you get efficiency and effectiveness out of your technology. Knowing your platform KPIs, creating a regular cadence of communication, and an approach to ongoing reinforcement are those 3 components. If you know what outcomes you want to see, maybe that’s time spent in a particular application or tool, you communicate regularly on how things are going, top to bottom of the organization, and use that data to build that reinforcement plan, maybe that’s more training, maybe that’s some sort of compensation penalty. By doing those three things consistently you’ll ensure you’re getting the most out of your text stack. The other piece of guidance I would give here is to look for opportunities for integration and rationalization for the organizations. I’ve led we don’t even consider a tool if there isn’t a CRM integration since that’s the primary technology we want our sales teams to utilize. There are so many things that a rep could use to execute their job effectively and going back to the agile principle of simplicity is essential, either rationalizing these tools into one vendor or having integrations that make them feel like it’s one vendor is a straightforward way to avoid barriers to utilization. SS: I do like that approach. Now, the last question for you, Jeromy. Looking ahead to the next year, how do you think the digital landscape will continue to evolve and how can enablement practitioners effectively prepare reps for those transformations on the horizon? JP: There’s a ton of research pointing to digital or omnichannel sales interactions being the way of the future coming out of the pandemic. B2B buyers have shifted their preferences to digital and when you think about the purchasing process, less than 20% of that time in the process will the buyer actually spend with a sales rep. That means as a sales rep, you need to find ways for you or your brand to show up in a digital mode. As a sales manager, you need to ensure that reps lean into those capabilities that promote that digital engagement. So much revenue intelligence can be gathered through digital channels and this can be incredibly insightful to how that buyer’s journey progresses. As a practitioner, preparation starts with the organization’s culture. The saying of change is the only constant is so true. We continue to be in this time of unprecedented technological advancement and that means the way in which we sell will also evolve. I believe if you create a culture of empowerment, and transparency and remain highly communicative, your organization will be less change adverse and will decrease the amplitude between the peaks and valleys of your transformation. The last piece of advice here is to watch for leaky sponges. When you think about the pace of transformation, like a sponge, an organization can only absorb so much. When you start to see people’s sponges leak, you know it’s time to take pause, let them dry out, and give them the ability to absorb more. SS: I like that analogy. Jeromy, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us. I appreciate your insights on digital transformation within sales enablement. JP: Thank you Shawnna. It was great speaking with you. SS: To our audience, thanks for listening. For more insights, tips, and expertise from sales enablement leaders, visit salesenablement.pro. If there is something you'd like to share or a topic you'd like to learn more about, please let us know we'd love to hear from you.
Optical-Radio Position Offsets are Inversely Correlated with AGN Photometric Variability by Nathan Secrest. on Wednesday 21 September Using photometric variability information from the new Gaia DR3 release, I show for the first time that photometric variability is inversely correlated with the prevalence of optical-radio position offsets in the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that comprise the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF). While the overall prevalence of statistically significant optical-radio position offsets is $11%$, objects with the largest fractional variabilities exhibit an offset prevalence of only $sim2%$. These highly variable objects have redder optical color and steeper optical spectral indices indicative of blazars, in which the optical and radio emission is dominated by a line-of-sight jet, and indeed nearly $sim100%$ of the most variable objects have $gamma$-ray emission detected by Fermi LAT. This result is consistent with selection on variability preferentially picking jets pointed closest to the line-of-sight, where the projected optical-radio position offsets are minimized and jet emission is maximally boosted in the observed frame. While only $sim9%$ of ICRF objects exhibit such large photometric variability, these results suggest that taking source variability into account may provide a means of optimally weighting the optical-radio celestial reference frame link. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.09928v1
The 2013 ARUBA trial concluded that medical management alone is superior to medical management with interventional therapy for patients with unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations. A study was conducted to analyze AVM treatment and epidemiologic response to the ARUBA trial. Following ARUBA, there has been a stark decrease in interventions for uAVMs. Nationwide rAVM discharge incidence is inversely correlated with uAVM intervention rate. Less uAVM interventions may lead to a substantial increase in AVM rupture incidence. In this podcast, JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque speaks with Dr. Evan Luther(1) and Dr. Robert Starke(2) about their paper "Unruptured arteriovenous malformation intervention rate is inversely correlated with ruptured AVM discharge incidence" - https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/suppl_1/a163. Please subscribe to the JNIS Podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest episodes. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the JNIS Podcast iTunes page: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jnis-podcast/id942473767 Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by Leticia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole. (1) Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA (2) Department of Neurosurgery & Radiology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
CHASING TIME AND MONEY.Time and money are inversely proportional . The more you have of one, the less you have of the other. If you have too much money you might not have time to spend it. 1. They can both be spent, they both offer value, and they can both be lost. The comparison list could go on, but one issue is that, in our opinion, money can be recovered, but time can't. 2. Which is more important money or time? In fact, time is much more valuable than money because you can use your time to make money, but you can't use the money to purchase more time. The reality is, you can lose all your money and get it back again, but you'll never be able to get back your time. There are no chances for you to create more time CHOICE IS YOUR'S , EITHER WAY YOU TILT THAT'S HOW YOUR LIFE WILL BE DEFINED. Please Take a Listen and see for yourself. Thanks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shaukat-ali4/support
It's a Supply Chain Spectacular as Device Nation sits down for an inspiring conversation with Assistant Vice President of Procurement and Medical Device Management with LifePoint Health, Greg Mays, HMBA! We talk about rep and supply chain "pearls and pitfalls", cap pricing, vendor contracts, vendor credentialing and more!Before joining LifePoint, Greg was a Group Director at HealthTrust Purchasing Group and specialized in consulting with member hospitals to help them achieve better value in their Medical Device sourcing.Greg was in Orthopaedic implant sales (Sports Medicine, Hip/Knee and Extremity) for over 14 years! He began his career as a "Tech-rep" and has progressed to a Full Sales Associate, then Territory Manager. This experience involved him with professionals from a variety of backgrounds from surgeons and hospital CEO's, to surgical staff and instrument techs. Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorymays/LifePoint Health: https://lifepointhealth.netWhat's a GPO? IDN? https://www.carevoyance.com/blog/gpo-and-idn-sales-processThe 1 in 60 rule is a rule of thumb which states that if a pilot has travelled sixty miles then an error in track of one mile is approximately a 1° error in heading, and proportionately more for larger errors. Inversely, if we stay on the same heading we've always been on in medical sales....will we land at the intended destination? Consider looking at degrees of course correction, NEW models to bring more value to all parties involved, especially the patient!Support the show
Have you noticed that invariably when you connect with someone who answers your call on a cell or mobile phone, you immediately ask, "Where are you?" Whether it is your teenager who is checking in with you, your husband who is on a business trip, or a friend you haven't heard from for a while, you want to know where the person is, so instinctively you ask, "Where are you?" Inversely if you get a call that originates from a friend who calls you on a cell phone, you are asked, "Do you know where I am?" Knowing this establishes an identity and a personal connection.
“The man who is striving to solve a problem defined by existing knowledge and technique is not, however, just looking around. He knows what he wants to achieve, and he designs his instruments and directs his thoughts accordingly. Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong. . . . There is no other effective way in which discoveries might be generated.” Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! In this episode, Nat and Neil discuss their key takeaways from The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. While the book is geared towards an academic audience, a lot of interesting ideas were brought up in terms of scientific progress, where Kuhn argues that science is anything but linear. We cover a wide range of topics including: Paradigm shifts in science (and other areas, too!) What is normal science, and how does it differ from paradigm-shifting science? Connections between science, religion, and politics The direction and timing of inventions over time How sciencing everything may lead to negative outcomes And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat and Neil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode. Links from the Episode: Mentioned in the show: Copernican system (11:20) Monday Medley (11:56) The Joe Rogan Experience (18:03) Nat's SS and Medicare tweet (20:50) Burton Oil (29:24) Neil's tweet on rationalists (35:20) Dancing Gorilla experiment (47:07) Bobbie formula (53:15) Obesity rates in Mexico (57:34) WTF Happened in 1971? (58:22) Metamask (1:00:28) Rainbow Wallet (1:00:29) Outside the System (1:03:46) (Check out Neil's new podcast!) Fountain (1:03:50) Lightning Network (1:04:30) What Viagra was originally used for (1:10:56) Tesla's vision of wireless energy (1:15:21) Riverside (1:23:40) Books Mentioned: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Nat's Book Notes) Gödel, Escher, Bach (0:58) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Finite and Infinite Games (3:23) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Happy Accidents (3:37) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (28:53) (Book Episode) The Dictator's Handbook (41:03) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Merchants of Doubt (41:56) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Energy and Civilization (42:56) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) The Three-Body Problem (1:20:50) (Nat's Book Notes) The Martian (1:21:21) (Nat's Book Notes) Hail Mary (1:21:27) Seeing Like a State (1:24:19) (Nat's Book Notes) Infinite Jest (1:24:44) (Book Episode I) (Book Episode II) (Nat's Book Notes) People Mentioned: Malcolm Gladwell (2:35) Albert Einstein (6:45) Isaac Newton (14:53) Nicolaus Copernicus (14:53) Werner Heisenburg (14:56) Nassim Taleb (24:44) Al Gore (28:36) George Bush (28:39) Joe Biden (28:56) Nikola Tesla (1:14:59) Andy Weir (1:21:23) Adil Majid (1:24:12) Show Topics: 0:43 Today, Nat and Neil dive into their takeaways from The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. The phrase "paradigm shift" was coined by Thomas Kuhn and used throughout the book to describe fundamental changes in underlying assumptions. 4:47 Kuhn argues that science doesn't progress linearly, it goes through cycles. There are foundational truths and beliefs that current science is being built on, and when those beliefs crack, we have to establish new ones. It doesn't mean the old ideas were unscientific, but perhaps insufficient or incomplete. 8:01 Neil applies the 'map vs. territory' analogy. Territory is the real natural world, and every theory and paradigm we test out is the map. 11:54 The book talks about normal science as trying to solve a puzzle. When you buy a jigsaw puzzle, you know what the picture looks like and that all pieces will fit together somehow. In the same way, theories of experiments have already predicted what the results of your experiment should be, you're just running the experiment to confirm it. Paradigm shifts are so rare and accidental because most of science is filling in gaps of the current paradigm, as that's also where the funding is. "The scientific enterprise as a whole does from time to time prove useful, open up new territory, display order, and test long-accepted belief. Nevertheless, the individual engaged on a normal research problem is almost never doing any one of these things." 15:20 What are the things in science today that feel like they might be invented to explain the anomalies in the current paradigm? Dark matter and gravity for example. 17:59 There aren't enough debates on science, and it's important to ask the question WHY to better understand the underlying assumptions. If you disagree with one of the provided assumptions, you can challenge it. 22:09 The book explains how science is an ever-evolving process that requires challenging the current assumptions in the paradigm. Asking questions is the scientific thing to do. We can have conflicting paradigms and ideas, and use those to get an accurate view of the world, but obviously nothing is perfect. 25:50 Over time, science has become more politicized. Global warming rebranded into climate change. 30:31 Most issues are never completely binary like they're positioned to be. The abortion debate for example. There are 2 different paradigms with completely different underlying assumptions: 1) Individual choice is more important than when life begins and 2) Life begins at conception and it's not an individual choice type of thing. 35:03 Every choice has a tradeoff. One problem in politics is when candidates aren't upfront about the tradeoffs of a certain choice or pretend that there isn't any, which makes it harder to believe them. Nat and Neil talk about the start of Covid with the stay-at-home orders and wearing a mask. 39:08 Linking to Dictator's Handbook (episode here), it is advantageous for politicians to say problems are more urgent and pressing than they are because you can use that to retain power and influence. 43:41 Differences in generations and the trust in scientists. Younger generations are starting to suffer the consequences of explorations like combining science with food. Does science need to be added to everything? 46:41 People find what they're looking for. If you go in with a set of beliefs, you won't be looking for anything that confirms against your beliefs, in fact you may discard anything that argues against what you think is right without acknowledging the other set of values. 51:20 What's a Made You Think episode without a tangent? Nat and Neil talk about the vaccine/Autism debate. With dietary changes and other factors in the first year of a child's life, why are some scientists so set on vaccines being connected to Autism? 58:22 Paradigm shifts aren't in science only. Nat and Neil talk about paradigm shifts in technology, Web3, single sign-on, and more. 1:05:29 A new paradigm of community ownership, fundraising, and access to capital arose as NFTs became bigger. There are now new standards for membership, and how we can own music, art, etc. 1:07:05 Paradigms are like little blips on the map, and occasionally one will present a lot of solutions to existing problems. The same things happens in both science and technology. 1:11:46 Normal science vs. paradigm-shifting science. What would have been figured out anyway vs. what was truly a leap forward. 1:14:44 The direction and timing of different inventions. There are some things that develop slowly for years but then have a period of rapid development because the underlying technology catches up. Are there things that we are technologically ready for now but just haven't come up with yet? 1:19:28 Inversely, there are also inventions where the timing wasn't dependent on the underlying technology. 1:23:30 Thanks for listening! If you want to read ahead before our next episode, make sure to pick up a copy of The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe. If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes and tell a friend. As always, let us know if you have any book recommendations! You can say hi to us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS and @nateliason and share your thoughts on this episode. You can now support Made You Think using the Value-for-Value feature of Podcasting 2.0. This means you can directly tip the co-hosts in BTC with minimal transaction fees. To get started, simply download a podcast app (like Fountain or Breez) that supports Value-for-Value and send some BTC to your in-app wallet. 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Have you noticed that invariably when you connect with someone who answers your call on a cell phone, you immediately ask, "Where are you?" Whether it is your teenager who is checking in with you, your husband who is on a business trip, or a friend you haven't heard from for a while, you want to know where the person is, so instinctively you ask, "Where are you?" Inversely if you get a call that originates from a friend who calls you on a cell phone, you are asked, "Do you know where I am?" Knowing this establishes an identity and a personal connection.
Theme: What if… I had one month to spend 5ETH & couldn't sell any NFTs I bought for 3 years? Affordable project: Avastars - Avastars - Collection | OpenSea Select Prime and Series 1: https://opensea.io/collection/avastar?search[sortBy]=PRICE&search[sortAscending]=true&search[numericTraits][0][name]=series&search[numericTraits][0][ranges][0][max]=1&search[numericTraits][0][ranges][0][min]=0&search[stringTraits][0][name]=wave&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=prime NFT News Rantum NFT Market Data, Cryptoslam.io NFTs dominate Austin's SXSW Pixar NFT drop sells out on VeVe shortly after launch Ethereum NFT Sales Are Inversely Correlated to Crypto Market: Nansen - Decrypt NFTs Have Taken Over March Madness Transcript: [00:00:00] Today on all about affordable and FTS, we're doing a little, what if game? What if you had five Ethereum, one month to buy NFTs and you had to hold them for at least three years. So you had to hold all three years for NFTs that you bought this month. It's just a fun thought experiment to see what we come up with. [00:00:20] But first, Andrew, what are you seeing? [00:00:22] Yeah. What do we see now here? Let's see. So we've got March madness just started as we're recording this and we've got all sorts of NFT drops around this. I've been surprised by the number of NFT drops here. And if NFTU was the first one that I heard about, and then there was a let's see, another one from draft Kings. [00:00:43] But they've been quite popular. They both sold out the draft Kings one. It was a draft Kings. I believe it was their first direct and NFT collection that they, they had. Created before they had just hosted them on their own marketplace. That was 12,000 pieces. The an NFTU from recur was let's see almost nearly 18,000 and FTS there they've been popular and selling on secondary as well. [00:01:08] So I'm surprised that it has been as popular to is took me by surprise here. Anyway. I expected a lot during the Superbowl. Didn't really think about how much it may come into play with the NCAA tournament here. And I think. It's interesting for a couple of reasons that this will have exposure for a whole month here, essentially as the tournament spans multiple weeks. [00:01:30] And the other part is that we have the, we do have, the players could potentially start using NFTs as a way to. To cash in on their likeness, which has not been possible for the most part in NCAA history. It's interesting that those are coming at the same time. So watching that kind of closely over the next month to see how much, how much their exposure NFTs get during the during media publication of the events and how much the uh, uh, the market responds to to these NFTs. [00:02:01] How much do you think is dapper labs? Again, the folks behind NBA top shot and also now the the new NFL all day behind any. [00:02:09] No, I haven't heard their name as being directly tied to any of this, I don't know if there's. Who knows the reasons that maybe you would think they would be there, but I don't know if there's maybe an MBA issue with NCAA or I, that's a, that's outside of my knowledge, but I haven't seen their name come up in any of this NCAA NFT talk. [00:02:28] Yeah, it says N F T U largest unified collegiate sports, digital collectible NFD marketplace. Okay. Not going to be on my buyers list, but I think it may help people jump onto it. And if you're able to bring in some of the sports audience, you've seen a lot of success from dapper. Good luck. [00:02:44] Yeah, absolutely. It's not on my list either, but I am I am interested in the news of this or of these collections. [00:02:50] Okay. We have the Pixar drop, so I love Pixar and we've heard Disney getting into the NFT world. So what is this Pixar NFT drop sells out on the. [00:03:03] I never actually said that out loud. I think it's V the BV platform. So yeah, drop, they had a number of different, our picks picks our characters from their various movies available as NFTs, and it was popular. Not surprising that Disney has found their way to this and is using their IP. I think we've discussed this in the past when we heard some rumors of them getting into this, that they'd have amazing intellectual property rights to all of their characters, all their movies to. [00:03:30] Using NFTs and they have started doing this already. And it it sold out quickly. I had seen news of it and was actually somewhat interested and it sold out before I had a chance to to be able to admit it. And I haven't looked at it closely since then, but it has, I know that they had a decent amount of volume and let's see, it was almost 55,000 pieces. [00:03:51] Yeah, total volumes 3.3 million. It starts type saying. [00:03:55] It's an impressive amount and I'm sure we'll see a lot more from Disney as they are pretty good at this startup sort of thing. [00:04:02] Yeah, I've heard they're decent at branding as far as yeah. Something to check out. Yeah, a lot. I don't know about that. Big players in there. And especially if they're doing it the right. way, we've seen also big players do it wrong, with I would say last year tops, I was like my biggest like heartbreak. [00:04:17] So the question is it a money grab or is it a brand building established play? So we'll wait And see there, but Hey, maybe it ends up on the affordable list. Probably not at those prices. Okay. [00:04:29] lastly, we've got a report here and just to report and a lot of people have talked about how NFTs are. Inversely related to crypto prices. We've talked about it a bit. When crypto prices don't do well and FTE prices tend to do better. And the thought is that you're spending less us dollars for the same NFTE. [00:04:49] Doesn't seem to hold as true as the prices also do well during a NFE bull runs for the most part. And there's some news or report from Nansen a an FTE analytics company that has that they put some numbers behind this. So there's a very negative correlation between the two. So it's a interesting report here to jump a chance to dig into this George. [00:05:11] So it was interesting when they're building up this NFT 500 similar to an S and P 500 or the blue chip index. So they're putting this index and pairing it against saying, how does this perform against prices? When Eve goes down, how does this index go up? Because it's hard to say NFTs as a whole. [00:05:28] So they're basketing this top group and showing how it shows strength. When in fact may maybe going down. It is giving me hope that during a, down a down cycle, which is where we are, I think Right. now that actually. Still makes sense to be shopping for or potential NFTs are the keep in mind, the historical window that we get to look at something like this is remarkably short, especially hilariously comparing it with something like the S and P, which is, standard and Poor's history of the stock market, as opposed to history of when we were putting digital images on the internet. [00:06:03] Yeah, but the history, and I think there's a few more regulations involved with going public and trading on the sec regulated market versus minting a new collection and being one of the top 500 at this point. Doesn't exactly sound Bluechip. I think that may need to. They need to be reduced somewhat. [00:06:22] I didn't read that it was 500. I did read they're basketing these in different indexes. I think it is. I think as we see the market mature, we will see different index products, even if they're just for tracking and tracking the health of the market. And we'll see them come together that look at NFPS in more nuanced categories, such as maybe 3d worlds or PFP projects and get a little bit more nuanced than just saying these are the top 500, I think for awhile, we probably should be hesitant to say that there's really 500 quality and FTE projects out there. [00:06:54] Yeah, that's fair. All right. Should we move into our affordable. [00:06:57] Yeah, here we go. What do you got for us today, George? You get another one? [00:07:02] I look, I fell bad again. I apologize already last episode. [00:07:07] for last week, I felt like I didn't bring the as awesome as I could have. And here it is, this is the killer one. So this is looking at a project called add a star Ava stars. And it's our creator is someone like Jimmy dot E I believe it is, but at a very well-known collector, throwing back to it was established in February of 2020, and it is all on chain generative characters. [00:07:34] And it was, I would say second to auto glyphs for full on chain art, according to my rough NFT history, and also a sort of collective agreed history of this. Along that same time was also chain faces a project that we called out a little while back, but avatars is all on chain. These images that are, they look like a profile pic and they have various designs and formats and layouts. [00:08:03] And currently I will say the floor of this is that 0.1, one, five, which I think is remarkably low for a project like this. I will say that. The project also now has the ability to mint replicas. So when you go in, make sure that you're looking at and finding originals, and as best I can tell you can find that in the in the filters of course, but the replicas. [00:08:30] the wave attribute I believe is what you're looking for. There. A prime and replicant. [00:08:35] there it is. Yeah. So the primes are 25. Thank you, Andrew. There are 25,000 primes and only 326 replicants. And again, the ability to recreate new ones so that you can merge and mix traits is paired. As long as you buy an art token, art tokens are currently around 50 bucks. So I think there's one. Interesting history here. And it's just, I feel like it's just getting overlooked because of all of the new hotness running around. Andrew, what do you see on this project? You actually, you're old enough to have actually mentored this back in the day. [00:09:10] So I had one yet, so they've got different series of these. And I had one, I believe, or I had a couple from one of the later series. I didn't have one from the earliest series. As I look at these now looking the gen zero series, there's only 200 of those. Those are the hefty floor price of 19.5 E whereas all the others are much more reasonable. [00:09:32] The the gen one or the series ones looks like they start at a 0.1, two, five. So I think it would be interesting to look, know, if we're looking at some of the historic value, I think it'd be just going to look at the release dates of those. I am sure the is that again, zeroes are actually the oldest pulling up. [00:09:50] One now. So the gen ones was still like this pier was actually. To Jimmy, the creator on May 12th, 2020. So that's actually pretty interesting that is sitting at the floor right now of the gen ones. That's a pretty old piece and has some historic value. Also consider when looking at this as just the various rarities of the attributes. [00:10:13] When I, so when I invented one of these, there were how it worked was you could create your character using picking various hair attributes or skin. No, Tats different things like this, but then at different times they would take a selection of the of these different choices away. Throughout the minting, they would reduce the numbers. [00:10:36] So some of these become more rare both by the fact that they aren't available at a certain point and some are chosen by the people that do them. So it's worth looking at those, I think. Cool project still. It's a relatively, somewhat large collection at 25,000, but I certainly wouldn't say that is a reason not to to look at it. [00:10:55] We've seen very large collections go achieve quite high for prices. Not a reason to stay away. Definitely interesting project here. And I think it's a good reminder to look at this one. I, I've realized I actually do hold one of these in my wallet right now, as I look at this I had one yeah, I had sold some, but I do have one in there. [00:11:13] I may look at, they look to pick another up here, George. [00:11:16] So here's how you can tell us a good project. I brought this to the table and I think, I may have convinced you to go buy another one. [00:11:23] Absolutely. I [00:11:24] good project. Yes, [00:11:26] really interested when you [00:11:27] also full disclosure. I may have just bought a man bun, a gen one, man bun. [00:11:32] did you do it as live on air as we're [00:11:35] I did it live on air gen one minute. Gas was too low for meeting with. [00:11:38] Ignore it. And also it's man been only 1%, 1% of man bonds. So there you go. Full disclosure. [00:11:45] I'll let you know listeners, when he matches his avatar. I assume he's going that way soon. [00:11:51] I don't think I can do it. But this is, so this is exactly. If we're going to tie into the theme here on the smooth transition, what would you buy right now? If you had five E and couldn't sell anything for three years, right? Those two things are unique. One of the guardrails here is five eight. Yes. [00:12:10] This is well beyond our normal affordable project. But the guard rail there is saying like, all right, you're going to put a sizable bet. Would you buy all into one thing or would you spread it out? And then if you have the mindset of holding for three years, what does the market look like? [00:12:24] And in some ways it takes the. This FOMO, panic of oh my gosh, this thing just ripped and dumped. I got to get in on it. Do you really think it's going to last three years from now? And it just puts a different lens on it. So I will kick off our debates saying, I, I brought out a Starz because it is an old stablish collection, at the prices run up way, way back in the day, but know. [00:12:46] It's been mostly drama, but I think when a larger community looks at the historical context of NFTs, this has a place in it. [00:12:52] Yeah, I agree. I think this holds a place. I think it also has a respected creator. Very likely to stick around the industry and not not be out of the picture in three years. I think that's an important thing. We've talked about this recently and our, just our most recent episode about the role of the creator in establishing value. [00:13:11] And you've really got to start thinking. Who are the creators that will stick with this, with the teams that will grow and continue to work on their projects for three years. And that's not easy to say at this point, because most of these projects are well under a year old avatars. We've got something different here that is, we're actually looking at something that's two years old here. [00:13:31] And, I know that's not a lot, but it's a lot more than what most teams have at this point. [00:13:35] Yeah. So in my basket, I would say I would be looking for projects. That are like this. And I don't have, like this full list, but I want something that was minted in 2020 or 2019. And maybe I would shop, I would put say or two weeks toward just shopping on like a looks rare or something like that to be like, All right. Let me find artists that have a cohesive collection that have been doing the work and trying to pick up. Varieties of art. Obviously you're not buying the next copy, but that's not to say you can't find some glitch art potentially in some early works like that. So I would consider pieces like that, that just have art with the capital, a types of appeal and an age to them because I get nervous. [00:14:23] I would get nervous. If anything, if I'm buying and holding for three years, I get nervous of anything that was like minted with. Hysteria where like the last four or five months I think it's just a different atmosphere. And if I'm going to hold something through three months, I better know that. [00:14:37] Like for instance, that the other episode I talked about calling up human park and I know that the virtual human studios is behind Zed run and they're funded and that that's a studio that's going to be around for awhile. that's interesting. Although I wouldn't throw out there. So what, w where would you throw a bucket of your five five-year magical investment? [00:14:55] All right. Yeah. So I think this is a, it's an initially question, what's going to stick around we've talked about. One project that I, that is historic in the past and we've mentioned it. And I think Boone cats is one that I would still put some in. And I think there are some concerns about how active they'll be. [00:15:11] But I also think that, if assuming things continue to. That the NFD marketplace continues to be active, that the team will be around that they do have plans to be on Coinbase. And I think that is good that the team will be around that long. And that it's a historic project. Going back to 2017 I don't have to look at the floor price of that recently, but I believe that's around half an ear. [00:15:33] Could do that well on, and still have a lot to play with and get some historic value there. I like the avatars play as a another I don't know, maybe one of the earliest PFPs that isn't, isn't punks and certainly had a lot. Customizability than almost any project that we still see now. [00:15:51] So I liked that play a lot there. Again, I think the historic value is I don't know, it's important to look at, and, but we also need to start thinking like, are there teams now that are going to be supplanting these more historic teams, as we've seen with UGA versus larva and I think that's a, that's a tougher question. [00:16:08] To answer right off the bat. What's your thought on that, George? [00:16:12] I think. Looking at a scan. If I just scan what is on the top crypto slam top traded top volume. I take a look at that and I'm like here's a perfect list of exactly what I would not be throwing money at right now, because one it's just not affordable. With, if we're talking about an ape or a immediate, like maybe you could grab a meet at four for that right now, but I absolutely would not do that. [00:16:34] Because again, when I put that guard rail of five feet, I wouldn't want to put it all in one big purchase and then hold it for three years. I'd much rather see it spread across a few bets one or two of which could go to a larger return and spread out. [00:16:50] And then, remember the conversations about reputation and what might happen there. I've seen. Other works, I think I'd want, I want to get into some generative pieces. And I know you're the expert really on, on a lot of those those generated pieces, but, I know we're both collectors of pod Gans. [00:17:08] And I think some of those are interesting and I I would want to dig in to say like, all right, what's the generative plan. I can't afford a squiggle. I know you got squigglies for days. But what is the the affordable play of it's clear that in this moment of time, right? [00:17:21] Three years from now in this moment of time. Oh my gosh. People went absolutely nuts for generative artwork. So how do you fill out part of that in important? [00:17:31] That's a good question. I was thinking about that and it's, like you said, I do have some squiggles and I look at that as a somewhat being a safe Safe play in generative art. Yes. Expensive. But I I. Tended to go there because it wasn't quite as susceptible to the, how the market is reacting. [00:17:48] It was the first art blocks project that really led the way for a lot of these. And, again, I looked at the historic value there. So I think it's, trying to look at some of that, what has changed things, pod Gans, I don't know if it definitely changed things, but it certainly was the, it helped establish that new. [00:18:02] That new platform for AI generated art, China. So I think trying to look at look at the pieces or look at artists that have been transformative. We've talked about a an affordable project from Dimitri cherniak in the past, I think in general, trying to look at some of those artists. [00:18:20] Like Casey Reyes who's another, just very influential generative artist who maybe is somewhat overlooked in NFTs at this point. That could be an interesting one that I know that he has some pieces out there that are fairly affordable at this point. And. I don't know, certainly seems like he's interested in sticking around, has done a number of projects and is working on a lot of new projects with art blocks and bright moments teams that I've worked with a bit. [00:18:44] Some other artists that I tend to think of Tyler Hobbs. I would just keep an eye out for things that he's connected to. He does a lot with the feral file. I'm sorry. That's I, you know what I have that mixed up that is Casey Rio's that does something with federal file, I believe. I think that's an interesting platform to look at as something that's been somewhat overlooked but does generative art. [00:19:05] And another thing that we've talked about in the past is looking at non theory based NFTs. And I think. The worth putting some into a platform like Tezos we haven't gone into it a lot. There are certainly plenty of different platforms to go and do, but Tezos is one of the earlier ones and there has been a lot of generative art there. [00:19:26] A lot of just art in general, I would say. I think so that's a, it's a tough one to filter through. We've started to look at it a bit and it's a little overwhelming. I have some pieces there from when it was a lot newer and there was a lot less there. It was a lot easier to just navigate that world. [00:19:41] I haven't spent a lot of time that recently, but I think it may be interesting because there's a chance that there's. Some other, some additional historic value added to those pieces. I don't know enough of about other chains at this point. Such as avalanche or over. Phantom any those too, to know what the NFT world is really like there. [00:20:01] I would stay in with Ethereum for the most part, but perhaps put a little bit into other chains to just play that potential that they end up, that those chains just end up being popular in the end. [00:20:11] Yeah. If we're talking on Teslas, the only one that caught my eye, I did a little bit of a dive on object.com. That's O B J. A t.com, which is like the open sea, for for the Tezos and market is Tizzard's, which seems to be. Randomly generated little lizard Tizard things. And it seems to be the G project as far as that can go on that platform. [00:20:34] So that might be my play there. I'll do more digging to decide if it's like affordable makes sense for a project to feature. But I would throw a dart at that maybe and part of that portfolio, because again, if it's been around this long, it holds a place it's ridiculous for its own. It could have value again in three years. Cause what we're doing is walking this in a box and not touching it for three years, which just forces you to think a little bit differently about it. Notably absent. I was thinking about this notably absent from my basket would be game NFTs, simply because with games I'm very bullish this year on that, but they take so much careful monitoring. And management that I wouldn't necessarily trust that it would make sense to hold it for three years, as opposed to have some sort of unique opportunity to do something weird with it. Flip it, breed it, whatever it, and so I, we get nervous putting games in, into this basket that said this is a bit of a cheat, but I have been thinking about how important. How important. I think that dapper labs is going to be in the next three years of onboarding people and specifically their flow token, I think gets overlooked. Now it's not an NFT play, I'm thinking about how. It is a backdoor into saying like, all right, I'm not gonna collect NBA top shot or the, maybe NFL, I'll take a look at it, but it could be a backdoor at the same. [00:21:55] How do I make a bet on that platform as a whole? I'm an NFT way looking at flow token, but That's a little bit of a cheat. [00:22:03] yeah, that might be a little bit G I wouldn't actually rule out as an MBA top shot. I don't have much, but I do have some, a couple from season one. And again, somewhat of a historic thing helped usher in a lot of people to NFTs and. Debra labs going away anytime soon. I don't think, I don't know what the price is. [00:22:21] There are a lot of like right now, I'm sure there are values to be had with certain players, certainly that you could put some towards that with the five, eight under the five eith allocation. And feel like he's still got a lot to play with otherwise, but I think that might be interesting again. [00:22:36] To get out of necessarily just going with Ethereum based NFTs. And I think that is a question that we'd have, that you really have to look at when you're saying buy and hold for three years. What do you think of the chain that it's on is that network going to continue to hold value or to rise in value and are the pieces that are minted on it, going to hold that value or, are they gonna be valued in. [00:22:56] USD. And, if the Arrium, I shouldn't mention the report that we talked about earlier was talking about a theory based NFTs and they made that very specific. They didn't, they're saying that. The value of the NFTs that are held in a theory, them were held a value better than crypto tokens over that time period that they looked at. [00:23:16] So it's, it is interesting that you've got to take into account the value of the tokens that the the NFT is actually transacted in. And we've talked about that a bit in the past. I think, when you're thinking about this, how much are you taking that into account? Do you think of Ethereum is going to continue to hold that. [00:23:31] I think if I'm putting out all of the horses in the race, absolutely. This year, we're going to see the improvements to proof of stake over proof of work in the merge and Ethereum as a platform, if you look at it with regards to a PE ratio, it's actually being used, burned and utilized a lot more than any other token. [00:23:53] And in our current drop a lot of tokens have taken a haircut. Eve is still, hanging in into the mid, 2,500 to 3000 range. And it's still, half off, a high, as opposed to 90% off of a high, it is a strong platform to, to bet on all ready on a risky asset. [00:24:10] And yeah, I think that is why we've brought up that. [00:24:12] article and I like this basket, I think this basket would potentially do. It's risky. And we're talking about, buying images and find images on the internet. But I think having that lens, especially during right now and during recession shopping, we're where things are down to have that mindset of like, all right, there are, there is value out here and there's not a lot of customers running around, buying up stuff. Where's that value instead of. Trying to contemplate whether or not you should, ape into Abe token, which I have already warned, I believe will go down because of money versus go and find a project it's just straight up overlooked, but has long-term potential value. [00:24:48] Yeah, I like that play. I think going small, with a lot of these different projects is the way to go here. It's really difficult to pick one that is definitely going to work out in three years, especially at that five eighth level. I think, at any level, I should say I don't think that I could say with a hundred percent, or I can't say with a hundred percent certain that any of these will be around in three years. [00:25:09] So it's better to take a number of risks here and try multiple things. And I think there's a lot of value to be had in the market right now, if you can sift through things and come up with the projects that are being overlooked, it's not necessarily the easiest thing, but I think we've had a few good ideas here. [00:25:24] And I think that they can also, by looking at some of these. It's leads you to others. If you start looking at things that are admitted at a certain time, you can start finding other wallets. It may have been active at that time and what else it may have been doing. It takes some digging, but I think, if you had a month to do it, and this is the way that I would start going about it. [00:25:40] All right. I say we wrap it on there. It was a fun. What if keep it in the back of your mind? What if you had to hold whatever you were buying for three years and it. [00:25:46] may change how you are making that next purchase. Andrew, thanks so much for the advice and thoughts on. [00:25:53] All right. Good talking, George.
“It can be said that life's perhaps most fundamental dynamic is the attempt to move from a lower form of experience and consciousness to a higher (or deeper) level of consciousness.” In this episode of Made You Think, Nat and Neil discuss their key takeaways from King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette. This book presents the 4 archetypes of manhood, and explores what undeveloped masculinity looks like in the form of the archetype Shadows. In this episode of Made You Think, we cover a wide range of topics including: The differences in Male vs. Female adulthood initiation King and Tyrant energy in politicians The rise in adult male virginity in the past decade The Shadows of each of the 4 archetypes Underdeveloped masculinity (Otherwise known as Boy psychology) And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat and Neil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode. Links from the Episode: Mentioned in the Show: Maasai Ritual (15:59) The Business of Being Born (30:53) Tonic Masculinity - Dr. Cam Sepah (42:03) Manager vs. Leader (47:15) Warrior Genes (59:18) Adult male virginity stats (1:08:40) Filtering by height on Bumble (1:09:21) FDA tweet on national cereal day(1:14:21) Colin Powell's 40-70 rule (1:40:53) OKCupid blog archive (1:47:14) SolPay (1:50:15) Books Mentioned: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover The Way of the Superior Man (1:07) (Nat's Book Notes) 12 Rules for Life (1:57) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) The Laws of Human Nature (2:10) (Book Episode) Man and His Symbols (2:14) The Fourth Turning (11:09) The Power of Myth (15:10) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Escape from Freedom (22:13) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) The Dictator's Handbook (57:01) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Mate (1:06:06) (Nat's Book Notes) Models (1:06:08) (Nat's Book Notes) What Got You Here Won't Get You There (1:17:08) Extreme Ownership (1:23:48) (Nat's Book Notes) The Alchemy of Finance (1:39:20) Flow (1:43:43) Thinking, Fast and Slow (1:44:23) Layered Money (1:53:46) People Mentioned: David Deida (1:09) Joseph Campbell (2:01) Robert Greene (2:07) Carl Jung (2:14) Paul Millerd (2:34) Robert Moore (5:17) Douglas Gillette (5:17) Tucker Max (31:00) Dr. Cam Sepah (42:01) Jordan Peterson (52:44) NLE Choppa (1:05:49) Mark Manson (1:06:08) James Altucher (1:28:05) Tony Robbins (1:29:47) Show Topics: 0:30 In today's episode, Nat and Neil cover the book King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette. This is the first book episode since Episode 66 with just Nat and Neil (featuring pop-ins from Pepper and Baby Eliason!). 5:12 King, Warrior, Magician, Lover provides a blend of psychology and ancient tradition. Moore and Gillette define four male archetypes that stand out through history, as well as the shadow forms of each of the archetypes. 7:52 Masculinity doesn't mean these ideas are just for men; it's a spectrum. It's just as beneficial for women to know and understand these archetypes and their shadows, too. 10:15 Knowing all forms of these archetypes, including the shadow form, can allow you to better adapt as an adult. The book's definition of patriarchy: "In our view, patriarchy is not the expression of deep and rooted masculinity, for truly deep and rooted masculinity is not abusive. Patriarchy is the expression of the immature masculine. It is the expression of Boy psychology, and, in part, the shadow—or crazy—side of masculinity. It expresses the stunted masculine, fixated at immature levels." 14:12 Boy psychology. A lot of what may be considered toxic masculinity today is what the book would call underdeveloped masculinity, or Boy psychology. Today, there seems to be a lack of societal rituals or clear transitions that take you from your boy stage to your man stage. In essence, your Boy ego has to die for your Adult ego to be created, it's not clear where that happens. 18:57 During your teenage years, you're somewhat psychologically competent to be an adult, but with so many restrictions on schooling, parenting, etc. it doesn't allow a lot of freedom to explore independence. It also creates a household struggle because there's not much externally to struggle against. If you're not being psychologically stimulated and challenged outside of the home, you may create that challenge in the form of conflict within your home. For many, the desire for challenge and quest is met through sports or other extra curricular activities. 22:04 School doesn't solve this desire for challenge, it may arguably make it worse. The struggle teens face with school isn't a struggle that is meaningful or fulfilling. In school, your work is mainly about following a rubric or certain criteria, which limits creativity and fits students into a box. It's not until college where young adults are given more autonomy and responsibility. Even then, many students still fit themselves into the box that they think they're supposed to be in. 27:51 The difference between male adulthood initiation and female adulthood initiation. There are completely different experiences between men and women who become first-time parents, because women are the ones carrying the baby and experiencing all that comes with it. 30:30 It can be argued that in some ways, modernity is destroying the womanhood initiation ritual around giving birth. The birthing industry in hospitals isn't designed around creating the best experience for the mother or retaining the sacredness of the experience. 36:38 Being more aware of environmental factors, diet, sunlight risks, etc. once you're a parent. 40:22 "They are all boys pretending to be men. They got that way honestly, because nobody showed them what a mature man is like. Their kind of “manhood” is a pretense to manhood that goes largely undetected as such by most of us. We are continually mistaking this man's controlling, threatening, and hostile behaviors for strength. In reality, he is showing an underlying extreme vulnerability and weakness, the vulnerability of the wounded boy." This quote gives insight on the wounded boy mentality, similar to what Nat and Neil reference a high-chair tyrant. 42:44 Nat and Neil introduce the 4 archetypes: King, Warrior, Magician and Lover. King energy in many ways is father energy. Being a good King isn't about being a ruler, it's about being a good leader and being able to provide strength and security. Kids want a noble father figure to look up to in order to see a sense of security and leadership. When they don't have that, they don't feel as secure within the family unit. 47:49 King energy is feeling present, centered, and in control. The inverse of King is similar to a Tyrant, who is never satisfied. The Tyrant is always looking for more material things, more work, and worries nonstop. 51:48 We all have King energy in us, and when you don't think you can rely on your own King energy, you form a dependency on someone else for that security instead. As a child, your father should be the source of the King energy, and manhood is when you begin develop your own King energy internally. 54:01 King energy in politics. On some level, the sense of hopelessness as civilians may come from a lack of King energy in politicians. Not many leaders are strong in their sense of King energy, but many give the Tyrant energy. King energy in political leaders fosters a sense of security and hope. 58:25 Warrior energy. Warrior instinct is a part of us in our psychology. You need to embrace your Warrior energy so the shadow side isn't manifested. Nat and Neil talk about warrior genes. How to channel your Warrior energy for good uses. 1:02:08 How do you measure if you're the best you can be? It's hard to test that. There's physical combat, physical challenges, intellectual challenges, but there's not much else to accurately measure this. If you have weak Warrior energy, everything is happening to you and you feel like nothing ever goes right. With positive Warrior energy, you're in control and choosing your fate. "The warrior is always alert. He is always awake. He is never sleeping through life. He knows how to focus his mind and his body. He is what the samurai called “mindful.” He is a “hunter” in the Native American tradition." 1:06:05 The choice of letting a situation or environment rule you can evoke the shadow version of these archetypes. Inversely, if you maintain control of your situation, you can harness the proactive and positive versions of these personalities. Sometimes you have to do what's hard to live a fuller life, and not settle for the easier choices that end up being unhealthy for you. 1:08:32 The rise in male virginity, especially since 2008. Is it due to dating apps and advance in technology? 1:15:04 Shadow Warrior energy can appear similar to an obsessive-compulsive personality. This is where you overcommit and take on too many challenges. The compulsive personality digs in and works harder rather than taking a step back when faced with danger signs. The healthy Warrior knows what to destroy in order to create. 1:20:16 Magician archetype: There's a duality in the Magician and Warrior archetypes because the Warrior is the one who acts and implements while the Magician is the thinker and the planner. It pays to have a healthy balance of both archetypes. 1:23:45 A good leader is able to step back and observe so the best decisions can be made. If you're too high on Warrior energy without the Magician energy, you may be doing too much action with little to no thought. And vice versa. 1:27:02 Using access to special knowledge for selfish purposes or for power, similar to negative gurus with overpriced content. 1:34:25 The Manipulator is the shadow side of the Magician. They always seek to control their experience and how others perceive them. “Whenever we are detached, unrelated, and withholding what we know could help others, whenever we use our knowledge as a weapon to belittle and control others or to bolster our status or wealth at others' expense, we are identified with the Shadow Magician as Manipulator. We are doing black magic, damaging ourselves as well as those who could benefit from our wisdom.” 1:37:29 Lover archetype, perhaps the most spiritual one. The Lover is very creative, and is in touch with their premonitions or intuitions about people, situations, or their future. 1:40:53 A lot of people want to have 100% of the information before making a decision, but it can take too long to have all of the information. If you have 40-70% of the information needed to make a decision you should make the decision. Any less than that, you may not make a good choice. 1:44:48 The Addict is the inverse to the Lover. The Addict rides on the ultimate and continuous high, adventure to adventure. Addictive behavior. 1:48:21 Thanks for listening! If you want to read ahead before our next episode, make sure to pick up a copy of The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe. If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes and tell a friend. As always, let us know if you have any book recommendations! You can say hi to us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS and @nateliason and share your thoughts on this episode. You can now support Made You Think using the Value-for-Value feature of Podcasting 2.0. This means you can directly tip the co-hosts in BTC with minimal transaction fees. To get started, simply download a podcast app (like Fountain or Breez) that supports Value-for-Value and send some BTC to your in-app wallet. You can then use that to support shows who have opted-in, including Made You Think! We'll be going with this direct support model moving forward, rather than ads. 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Do good manners exist anymore? And what are they if they do? America is divided on seemingly every question of truth and morality. As a result, what is meant by being polite or rude can be relied on to differ as well. Depending on the religion and politics of the part of the country you find yourself in, and depending on the people you are interacting with there, what might pass without notice in one place will be seen and heard as very offensive in another. In a rather progressive setting, for instance, you will probably find that it is considered rude to not use preferred pronouns and celebrate when a gay or lesbian couple announces their engagement. In more conservative settings, meanwhile, efforts at liberalizing the tone and tenor of a convention are met with outrage. To disagree substantively about politics and religion in many settings may be considered impolite. Passions will likely be excited. People will get upset, and everyone will feel uncomfortable. "Love is not rude" and "it is not irritable or resentful." So writes the Apostle Paul in his first epistle to the church in Corinth in what we typically refer to as "the love chapter." To my mind, this more than suggests that there is such a thing as rudeness, however it might differ from place to place and depending on your company. And if rudeness exists, so also must its opposite. But that is just another way of saying that politeness and manners exist in some objective sense. Where Paul writes that love is not rude then, we have to conclude also that love is polite and has good manners. Inversely, we must assume that actual good manners are aligned with love. As with good manners, defining love can prove tricky depending on our context. What passes for love in the mainstream and what God tells us about true love are more and more two wholly different things. Perhaps these two things are closely related, though - our changing definitions of love and our changing definitions of good manners. Proverbs comes to mind where we are told that open rebuke is better than hidden love. And in the very next verse we read "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy." This too should be instructive when we try to define good manners, since we need to define these things in order to learn them and teach them to our children. In the Deep South, for instance, it is usually understood that when someone says "Bless your heart" what they really mean is that someone is being foolish and naïve. And people in that part of the country say "bless your heart" instead of calling the person simpleminded to their face because of the kind of manners which are understood as proper. But when there is a shared understanding of how things will be taken, and when love is understood as the driver of the comment, we are not easily offended. Moreover, even when the meaning is less than clear, love will see us not taking offense too easily anymore than risking that we will give offense without careful consideration. The fact that love is not rude therefore means we do not give needless offense. But what about when we have to risk the other person being upset with us by disagreeing with them because we do love them? This is where things get tricky. And herein lies dilemmas which must be resolved. Yet without a fixed and objective standard of truth, goodness, and beauty, they can never be resolved, and we will argue endlessly about what is or is not polite. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/garrett-ashley-mullet/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/garrett-ashley-mullet/support
Repetition is valuable in meditation. By repeating the same actions, we are able to train the mind and find comfort in the practice. Inversely, each moment and each breath is also different from the last, making each practice a new experience.Practice with Headspace.
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You Are What You Repeatedly Do and What You Repeatedly Do is What You Manifest. In Simple Terms, You are What You Input to Your Mind & Heart. Watch this Short Video, That will Help You to Understand Islamic perspectives based on the utilization of your Resources. When you Input something Positive, It will Manifest something Beneficial for You, Inversely also Holds Truth. Watch This Video, To understand this Simple Concept of what You are giving to Yourself and what you are Getting out of it SHARE THIS PODCAST Syed Mutasim NLP Trainer, Life Coach
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You Are What You Repeatedly Do and What You Repeatedly Do is What You Manifest. In Simple Terms, You are What You Input to Your Mind & Heart. When you Input something Positive, It will Manifest something Beneficial for You, Inversely also Holds Truth. Watch This Video, To understand this Simple Concept of what You are giving to Yourself and what you are Getting out of it SHARE THIS PODCAST Syed Mutasim NLP Trainer, Life Coach
Want to be on one of Dr. Snyder's programs for FREE? In this segment, Dr. Snyder is going to share details about his home study courses. Stay tuned until the end of this webinar to know how you can get the VIP Super Ticket and all of Dr. Snyder's Home Study Courses for absolutely free. Standout Quotes: A person cannot go against their emotional bonding checklist without experiencing emotional pain. Inversely, they cannot have their emotional bonding checklist stimulated without going into immense pleasure. Cold reading is one of the most powerful and effective ways to gain authority in the minds of another human being. It allows you to look at somebody and make very educated guesses and talk to them in such a way that it sounds like you're psychic. Key Takeaways: You will experience emotional pain once you go against your own emotional bonding checklist. But you will experience deep joy and happiness once you “check” or stimulate the emotional bonding checklist. Cold reading is a powerful technique to gain authority. When you can express to people things about themselves that there's no possible way that you could know, they become suggestible to you. They start to view you as an expert on them. They then view you as an authority in their world. Episode Timeline: [03:04] Ultra Persuasion Home Study Course [04:19] Secrets of Human Influence Home Study Course [10:47] The Killer Influence Mastermind [17:46] Weapons of Mass Destruction Home Study Course [19:14] Five Kinds of Influence that you can deliver with a Story [24:19] Renegade Reframing [27:34] Charisma on Command [31:26] The Reframe Game [35:36] Try the course for 90 days. Go to https://www.killerinfluence.com/go [37:35] Fast Action Bonuses [42:37] Stealth Instant Conversation Hypnosis Crash Course [43:32] Video or Live Events? [45:03] The VIP Super Ticket [50:47] 7-Minute Break
Send us a textNew bikes have been pretty tough to come by, so many people are turning to the used bike market so they can get out and ride. We discuss many purchasing tips and tricks to help ensure that you get the best bike for you without buying someone else's problem! Inversely, we suggest using many of these tips in your favor if you're looking to sell a bike. Additionally, juniors bike racer and Dialed Teammate, Elijah Engstrom, joins us to talk about some of his recent races, which included meeting some cycling superstars. Support the show
New bikes have been pretty tough to come by, so many people are turning to the used bike market so they can get out and ride. We discuss many purchasing tips and tricks to help ensure that you get the best bike for you without buying someone else's problem! Inversely, we suggest using many of these tips in your favor if you're looking to sell a bike. Additionally, juniors bike racer and Dialed Teammate, Elijah Engstrom, joins us to talk about some of his recent races, which included meeting some cycling superstars.
What happens when the esteemed godfather of mass torts, Howard Nations, decides to hit the town and shoot the breeze with Mirena? Well, of course, we stutter to a stop, sit mesmerized, and hang onto every perfect doctrine he sends our way! In The Heart of Law's third episode, our incisive host, Mirena Umizaj enjoys the riveting, first-hand account of Howard's stint as a US Army intelligence officer commissioned as a Russian translator—intercepting cryptic messages from a Soviet naval base in a northern island off Hokkaido, Japan. After eavesdropping on submarines, fleets, and every bit of water traffic for months, life in the military intelligence pretty much set the tone for the disciplined and purposeful life Howard led throughout his 55+ years practicing law. Howard gives copious, razor-sharp advice on how to survive in the cutthroat mass tort business. Ironically, resisting avarice and the “absolute disregard for money,” with “total expulsion” of materialism charts the course to a successful outcome of a case. Dovetailing that ideology with mental fortitude, depositional ingenuity, strategic witness management, and profound procedural patience, he gives us a basic (even banal) formula of an honorable value-system tested by time. During half of the show, their conversation turns on a sober note as Howard and Mirena immerse us into the complex acquisition of mass tort cases, hundreds of millions of dollars depleted, ethical dilemmas, hedge fund controversies, conflict of interests, lead purchasing, and contentions within the industry. They touch on austere issues like gigantic med-tech and pharma companies distributing defective products, as well as disquieting financial games negatively affecting people's lives. Inversely, we have an awareness about the meaningful life Howard leads. We hear a deep love for his family, his plight for the weak (he is famed for representing over 300 pro bono cases), and three decades of passionately teaching law. We grasp how he fearlessly copes with a family tragedy, endearing us as he flouts every cynicism life thrusts his way. He shares his knowledge freely, exercises systematically, reads voraciously … all the while, managing to disarm us with his stalwart faith. What a testament to us all. People like Howard make living in this not-so-happy world so worthwhile. EPISODE SURVEY [00:07:02] In the U.S. Army Military Intelligence as a Russian linguist [00:12:23] once tort reform happened in Texas, Howard adapted and reinvented himself, starting a mass tort firm and changing the entire game. [00:16:35] Howard officially declares himself to be a mass tort lawyer. [00:16:57] Adventures with Zyprexa and 78 depositions all over the country. [00:21:48] "And they said, 'We'll never pay you a thousand cases!' So I said, 'Okay; then pay me on 999.' " [00:41:58] On the Trial Lawyer's Summit and the Entrepreneurship of Law. QUOTABLE QUOTES " The thing is, you have to have an absolute disregard for money because if you're worried about money, don't get in the mass tort business because [in the industry] there's a complete, total expulsion of money." "You have to be fearless because if you're not fearless, you'll worry yourself to death." "The outcomes are only as good as what you gather." "You have to have skillsets for a trial ... you have to have a lot of skills in depositions because depositions are a crucial part of mass torts." You have to be articulate with experts because choosing the right expert [and] getting them prepared … [and] keeping them under control is a major part of mass torts." "You have to have the world's greatest patience ... because it's a five-year proposition." “I give back by education and by sharing everything.” LINKS FROM THE SHOW Check out Howard's Fully Loaded Bio Swing by Howard's Practice Catch Howard's NTL Interview of Top 100 Lawyers Visit Mirena's Chic Website and LinkedIn Resources Howard recommends: Trial Lawyers College, Trial School Show Notes and content management by Almond Tree Writers' Ink, LLC's Founder, Caryl Veloso ABOUT OUR GUEST: Howard Nations A trailblazer in personal injury and civil litigation, as well as mass tort for over 55 years. Leader of the trial bar President of The National Trial Lawyers, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, the Belli Society, and the Aletheia Institute Five years on AAJ's Executive Committee A pioneer in courtroom technology and the first attorney to have computer-generated liability and medical animations admitted into evidence at trial. Co-founded AAJ's National College of Advocacy One of the most sought-after educators in the law profession. Howard's Published Papers, Articles, & Editorials Howard's Awards Howard's Acceptance Speech for Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame Award 2012 Howard's Superlative Resume'
Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer tells us the ONLY way to be careful in regards to our speech is through establishing fixed study in learning the laws of proper speech. The Chofetz Chaim expresses shock that people chase after all types of remedies despite the fact that not being careful with their speech deems it worthless. Inversely if they are careful it will bring the greatest blessing considering it was given from Hashem and answered Amen by all Jews. Letter From HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita, on Coronavirus | Hamodia.com https://hamodia.com/2020/03/13/letter-harav-chaim-kanievsky-shlita-coronavirus/ Ikrei Dinim (Rav Shmuel Hominer) - Haskama Shemiros Halashon - 2nd Chelek, 9th Perek וּבֶאֱמֶת לְפֶלֶא הוּא בְּעֵינַי, שֶׁטֶּבַע בְּנֵי הָאָדָם לְחַפֵּשׂ סְגֻלּוֹת וּבְרָכוֹת מֵאֲנָשִׁים גְּדוֹלִים לְהַצְלָחָה עַל פַּרְנָסָה, וּמַה יּוֹעִילוּ לָהֶם כָּל הַסְּגֻלּוֹת וְהַבְּרָכוֹת, אִם, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, הוּא מֻרְגָּל בְּזֶה הַחֵטְא שֶׁל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע וּרְכִילוּת, הֲרֵי יֵשׁ עַל זֶה אָרוּר מְפֹרָשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה (דברים כ"ז כ"ד): "אָרוּר מַכֶּה רֵעֵהוּ בַּסָּתֶר", שֶׁהוּא קָאֵי עַל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ רַשִּׁ"י. וְאָמְרוּ חֲזַ"ל (שבועות ל"ו.): אָרוּר, בּוֹ קְלָלָה, בּוֹ נִדּוּי. וְזֶה לֹא יָצָא מִפִּי אִישׁ אֶחָד, כִּי אִם בְּהֶסְכֵּם כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּצֵרוּף הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם, כְּדִכְתִיב בַּקְּרָא, וַהֲרֵי הוּא מְכַלֶּה הַשְׁפָּעָתוֹ. וְאִם הָיוּ שׁוֹמְעִים לִדְבָרַי, הָיִיתִי מְיַעֵץ לָהֶם יוֹתֵר, שֶׁיִּשְׁמְרוּ עַצְמָם בִּזְהִירוּת יְתֵרָה מִזֶּה הַחֵטְא, וּבִפְרָט מִלַּעֲשׂוֹת בְּפֹעַל מַמָּשׁ רַע לַחֲבֵרוֹ מֵעִנְיַן גֶּזֶל וְחָמָס וְאוֹנָאָה וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה, [שֶׁזֶּה בְּוַדַּאי גּוֹרֵם גָּדוֹל שֶׁיְּבֻזְבְּזוּ נְכָסָיו עַל יְדֵי זֶה וְיֵרְדוּ לְטִמְיוֹן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַבְנוּ בְּקוֹנְטְרֵס "שְׂפַת תָּמִים" בְּפֶרֶק שֵׁנִי וּשְׁלִישִׁי מִכַּמָּה פְּסוּקים וּמַאַמְרֵי חֲזַ"ל, עַיֵּן שָׁם], שֶׁאָז בְּוַדַּאי יִתְבָּרְכוּ נִכְסֵיהֶם יוֹתֵר מִכָּל הַסְּגֻלּוֹת, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁיָּדוּעַ, שֶׁכָּל הָאֲרוּרִים פָּתְחוּ מִתְּחִלָּה בִּבְרָכָה וְאָמְרוּ: "בָּרוּךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַכֶּה אֶת רֵעֵהוּ", וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל עָנוּ עַל זֶה אָמֵן, וּבְוַדַּאי תִּתְקַיֵּם הַבְּרָכָה הַזּוֹ. Please send any feedback for any of the episodes to ekuritsky1@gmail.com
Joey Miller joins the program to predict the western conference standings, obligatory James Harden discussion, season awards, and the opening night games. 3:00 West Predictions 54:00 Award Predictions 1:12:10 Opening Night Picks This episode was really fun. We went crazy with predictions surrounding Facu Campazzo, Bol Bol, The Timberwolves, The Mavericks, The Grizzlies, and Danillo Gallinari. You can follow Joe Miller on Twitter. PS: Joey Miller owes Joe Miller a pizza from Pizza Tree if The Los Angeles Clippers make the Western Conference Finals. Inversely, Joe Miller owes Joey Miller a pizza from Pizza Tree is The Minnesota Timberwolves make the Western Conference Finals.
In an age of technological disruption and democratization opportunities are at their highest. Inversely we realize that the new breed of gatekeepers are more psychological than literal. The new brand of kings arrive self-anointed and demonstrate their ability to maintain the crown.
Professor Barry Latzer sits down with Ben Weingarten of Encounter Books to discuss his new book "The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America." During the interview, Prof. Latzer and Ben discuss a range of topics including Prof. Latzer's difficulty in publishing a book that talks about the correlation between violent crime and race, the link between war and crime, the interesting theory of the inverse relationship between homicide and suicide rates, the surprising lack of correlation between economics and crime, what caused the spike of crime from the late 1960s through the early 1990s and the drastic plummet of rates from the late 1990s to today, the deep question of whether crime is attributable to economics or culture, and what the future of violent crime looks like in America. Read 'The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America': http://tinyurl.com/hor5oz2 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
In the United States we live in relative physical comfort compared to the rest of the world. This has led us as a people to develop a poor understanding of God, and the manner in which He works. We have been deceived into thinking that if God is pleased with me, my life will be relatively comfortable. Inversely, we believe that if I am suffering then I must be in sin. God must be mad at me. This week Pastor Doug dives into this fallacy. He begins the journey of unpacking Jesus' miracle of healing the man born blind.John 9:1-3
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