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To celebrate it's 20th anniversary, we're pulling a classic from our vault! Jeff and Brad talk about the film's groundbreaking visual style, as well as the rising skateboard culture of 1970s California, as real-life skate legends Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams come to life in Catherine Hardwicke's 2005 film, Lords of Dogtown!For exclusive episodes and content, check out A Film By... Podcast on our Patreon with a FREE 7-day trial. You can also sign up as a free member! Check out www.afilmbypodcast.com/ for more information.Email us at afilmbypodcast@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and requests.Find us on Instagram, X, and Facebook @afilmbypodcast.
Purpose Statement: Can someone else handle our worrying? What are the effects of worry? It gives stomachs ulcers, saps vitality and drives people to death quicker. It assists us to make us incapable of handling life's problems. Why worry? What is worry? It's sin. It keeps us from faithfully living for Jesus. Do you worry about worry? What can be done about it? Jay Adams says that “worry is concern for that which we can't do anything about.” (Matthew 6:31). Why focus on worrying? Some people mistaken worry for planning or vice versa. What does Scripture say about worry? (Matthew 25:25). Instead of worrying try doing something else. Answer some questions. How has God worked on your heart to convict of sin? How will God convict us on worry?
Throughout the Bible we are commanded to love God and to love our neighbor. Jesus said that these are the 2 greatest commandments on which hang all the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 22:40) Jay Adams wrote: 'Love is.. not something you fall into. Love is a decision of the will to obey God's command whether we like it or not.'
The Essence of Biblical Counseling: A Journey Through ChangeIn the concluding episode of our series on biblical counseling, we delve deep into the transformative power of nouthetic counseling, a method rooted in scriptural principles and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This series was initiated in response to a growing crisis in counseling, where secular models, often non-directive and humanistic, have overshadowed the scriptural approach. Here, we explore the essence of biblical counseling, its foundational doctrines, and the steps necessary for genuine change.Understanding Nouthetic CounselingNouthetic counseling is defined as a confrontational yet positive approach that emphasizes the importance of confession and directive communication. Unlike secular counseling, which often lacks direction, nouthetic counseling involves a troubled person, the Holy Spirit, and a counselor working together to bring about change. This method is grounded in the belief that the essence of biblical counseling is change, necessitated by mankind's sinful condition.The Role of the Gospel and Progressive SanctificationAt the heart of biblical counseling is the gospel message: Jesus Christ transforms repentant individuals from enemies of God into His children. The first obligation is to counsel oneself, then others, as Christians are called to become like Christ through the doctrine of progressive sanctification. This process helps believers change and avoid repetitive sin, as mandated by Scripture.Romans 8:29 emphasizes the need for Christians to be conformed to the image of Christ, a change made possible through God's power. The first significant change is conversion, followed by the Holy Spirit enabling Christians to live a holy life (2 Timothy 1:14). The biblical model for change, as outlined in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, equips mankind to transform sinful behavior into godly character.The Four Steps of Biblical Change1. **Teaching**: All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching. Doctrine is crucial as it shapes thought processes and actions, influencing reasoning and behavior. Accurate interpretation of the Bible is essential for balanced life application (2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Timothy 4:15).2. **Reproof (Conviction)**: Conviction is the second step, highlighting the need for recognizing and repenting sin. Without conviction, there is no motivation to change. Genuine conviction of sin comes from sound doctrine, with the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and ministers working together to bring about this conviction. An example of this is David's conviction after Nathan confronted him about Bathsheba (Psalm 51).3. **Correction**: Correction involves making things right. Jay Adams describes it as the pivotal point of change from non-biblical to biblical ways. True repentance, which begins with confession, is necessary for correction. It involves acknowledging sin, asking for forgiveness, and taking steps to prevent future sin (Romans 13:14).4. **Training in Righteousness**:The final step involves replacing old habits with positive godliness, as seen in Ephesians 4. The goal for Christians is to live a righteous and holy life, not just seek temporary relief. Forgiveness is granted because the sinner needs it, not just for self-relief. Paul discusses righteousness in sanctification, conforming to God's biblical standard in daily life (1 Peter 1:15, Romans 7).The Importance of Doctrine and Practical RighteousnessDoctrine is vital as it determines our thought processes and actions. Beliefs influence reasoning and behavior, making accurate interpretation of the Bible essential for a balanced life application. The series emphasizes sanctification and practical righteousness, encouraging listeners to apply these teachings in their lives.ConclusionAs we conclude this series on biblical counseling, we are reminded of the transformative power of the Word of God. The journey of change is not just about altering behavior but about a profound change in character, enabled by the Holy Spirit. By following the biblical steps of teaching, conviction, correction, and training in righteousness, Christians can achieve the goal of living a holy and righteous life.#biblicalcounseling #christiancounseling #noutheticcounseling #sanctification #holyspirit #repentance #changeinchrist #scripturalprinciples #faithandworks #reformedtheology 00:04:10 - Biblical Model for Change00:08:29 - Change Through Doctrine and Teaching00:09:28 - Conclusion of Biblical Counseling Series00:12:36 - Importance of Doctrine and Conviction00:16:41 - Conviction and Role of Holy Spirit00:20:59 - Importance of Repentance and Correction00:25:27 - Steps for Biblical Change00:29:50 - Conclusion on Biblical Counseling Serieswww.ReformedRookie.comPodcast: https://anchor.fm/reformedrookieFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReformedRookie Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYapologistSemper Reformanda!
Full episode on Patreon. Christian Hosoi is a style icon within skateboarding whose rise to fame stemmed from the style and power he approached skateboarding with. Skating at an early age with the likes of the late great Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Shogo Kubo; Hosoi turned pro at 14 years old and subsequently lived a lifestyle immersed in attention and glory from the media of the day. Hosoi's career declined in the 1990s due to a long struggle with drug addiction, which culminated in his arrest in 2000 for trafficking 1.5 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and a subsequent prison sentence of nearly five years. During his time in prison, Hosoi turned his life around, finding faith and committing to sobriety. Since his release, he has shared his story of redemption while continuing to skate and influence the industry. http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyorkhttp://livingproofnewyork.com
In this episode of the Shepherd Press Podcast, host Anthony Russo engages in a rich discussion with Jim Newheiser, a seasoned author and biblical counselor. They delve into Jim's Lifeline mini-book, Help, I Want to Change, and explore the principles of sanctification. Jim shares his journey into biblical counseling, greatly influenced by Jay Adams, and highlights how the Bible provides comprehensive guidance for addressing spiritual and emotional challenges. The episode tackles various misconceptions about sanctification, stressing that true biblical change is grounded in the Gospel, requires a Christ-motivated intentionality, and ultimately aims to glorify God. They also discuss practical aspects of applying biblical change in everyday life and the importance of personal growth for effective ministry.00:25 Introducing Jim Newheiser02:19 Jim's Journey into Biblical Counseling04:38 Understanding Biblical Change10:42 Challenges in Sanctification17:28 The Role of the Gospel in Change19:30 Practical Applications of Biblical Change22:12 Closing Remarks and ResourcesFollow Shepherd Press on social media for more insights:Facebook: @shepherdpressInstagram: @shepherdpressincGrab a copy of our mini-book Help! I Want to Change: https://www.shepherdpress.com/products/help-i-want-to-change/
Welcome back to the show! For this, our 70th episode, we're absolutely honored to be joined by none other than legendary photographer, artist, and author Glen E. Friedman to discuss the genre-defining 2001 film Dogtown and Z-Boys! Chronicling the rise of the fabled Zephyr Team in the 1970's, this Stacy Peralta-directed documentary brought the roots of modern skateboarding- along with names like Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Shogo Kubo- into the cultural mainstream, while paving the way for a slew of like-minded documentaries to follow. As a co-producer and creative consultant on the film- as well as having been pool and bank-side for many of the Z-Boys most renowned formative sessions- Glen brings a unique and truly one of a kind perspective, which he was gracious enough to sit down and share with us in candid detail. If you want to know, there's only one way to find out- join us, shall you? You can help support our show by buying us a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/BBASpodcast Website: www.thebonesbrigadeaudioshow.com Instagram: @thebonesbrigadeaudioshow Facebook: The Bones Brigade Audio Show Email us your questions and feedback to read on future episodes: www.thebonesbrigadeaudioshow.com/contact HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/larry-ransom/support
Professional surfer, business owner and WSL commentator, Strider Wasilewski tells all in this episode of Cold Beer Surf Club. Strider sits down with Conner Coffin at WSL HQ and kicks off the conversation with a jaw-dropping story about an old photo of a shark they encountered during a Bali trip, courtesy of Marty Hoffman. He takes us through the harrowing experience of surviving a shark attack at Gordo Bank alongside legends like Marty, Peter McGonagle, and Terence McNulty. From recounting the adrenaline-pumping moments during the infamous Mick Fanning incident at Jeffreys Bay to the transformative experience of swimming with sharks in the Maldives, Strider shares his most gripping encounters with these ocean giants. Strider also reflects on his roots in the iconic Dogtown scene, growing up alongside skate legends Tony Alva and Jay Adams, and the pivotal moments that shaped his surfing journey—from epic trips to the North Shore to gracing the cover of SURFER Magazine. He dives into his time with Quiksilver, unforgettable moments flying on a private jet with Kelly Slater, and the excitement of signing Dane Reynolds and securing Volcom's legendary Pipe House. As Strider and Conner discuss the evolution of surfing culture from the "surf all day, party all night" scene to the current era of incredible professionalism and progression, Strider shares what continues to fuel his passion as a surfer and a commentator. He divulges his ventures with Shade Sunscreen, supporting talents like Griffin and Crosby Colapinto, and his journey of writing a book. New episodes drop every month. Follow, subscribe, and join the Club now. Follow Conner Coffin. Follow Strider Wasilewski. Follow 805 Beer. Get the latest 805 Beer content, the gear, and of course, the beer. Join the conversation, follow the league, and stay updated on all things WSL.
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WATCH the episode HERE.What if you could relive the golden era of skateboarding through the eyes of a legend? Join us as we sit down with the iconic Adrian "Errol" Jones, who has been at the forefront of Australian skateboarding for over fifty years. Co-host Ti Coleing lends his unique perspective, offering a rich, multifaceted discussion that spans rare archival footage, memorable spots like Hulley's Ramp and Ryde Bowl, and the influential figures who have shaped the skateboarding community. Discover the origins of Adrian's nickname "Errol," laugh along with his nostalgic tales from the early days of skateboarding in Australia, and hear about the time he was honoured with the "Spirit of Jay Adams" award from Dogtown and Z-Boys legend Pat Noho.This episode is full of never before seen pictures and videos, so I highly recommend watching the full video production HERE.Shoutout to the following people who helped make this episode happen:Episode Sponsor: Cockroach WheelsPhotos: David Mock, David Pang, John Fox, Russell Jones, Tony Jones, Dean Tirkot, Blameless, Damo Kennedy, John Gray.Archival video footage of Ryde, Hulley's Ramp and Manly Skate City: Stuart Spencer.Co-Host: Ti ColeingFeatured Artist: Marty BaptistSet Art Curation: Steve TierneyThank you Skateboarding,ShanTHT gets by with a little help from these friends...(Intro) Music by Def Wish Cast.Song: ForeverAlbum: The Evolution Machinewww.defwishcast.com.auhttps://defwishcastofficial.bandcamp.com/INDOSOLE - Sustainable footwear Code: THT(15% discount shipping is WORLDWIDE and fast).Sandals made from recycled Tyres. Timeless footwear for the conscious consumer.KRUSH ORGANICS - CBD oils and topicalsCode: THT(Get a HUGE 40% Discount...shipping is WORLDWIDE and fast).Purveyors of the finest CBD oils and topicals. I think long and hard about who I want to be affiliated with. Do the research yourself, the health benefits of CBD are unquestionable. It's done so much for me, especially during times of stress and anxiety, it's improved the quality of my sleep and sped up my recovery-time post workouts, surfs and skates... and it's all natural.Get yourself a set of Cockroach wheels HERE. Thanks for supporting THT! What began as an idea and progressed to testing in 1986, Cockroach set the benchmark for the skater-made and operated business. Cocky was fully dedicated to creating the finest urethane that Aussies could buy as well as sponsoring some of our hottest skaters; O.G shredders like Adrian Jones, John Gray, Johnny McGrath, Michael Mulhall, Sac Reynolds, Warren Archer, MichaSupport the showBecome a SUBSCRIBER of THT. Only pay what you feel the show is worth to you!Follow on Instagram: @terriblehappytalksCheckout the website: terriblehappytalks.com
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Jay R. Adams Gets Punchy With BunchyJay Adams is a Detroit area stunt performer who has appeared on Ray Donovan, The Outsiders, Banshee, and many more productions. In 2014, after a serious injury, he left his career as a professional wrestler and moved into the film industry. Our discussion begins with an epic fight on the Dream On episode of Ray Donovan (S6 Ep9) and progresses into his career, making it in the stunt business, challenges of working in film and some future productions we will see him in!Jay R Adams (Stunt Performer) – Ray Donovan S6 Ep9 ‘Dream On'IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4643145/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkIG: https://www.instagram.com/jayadamsstunts/Website: www.Jayadamsstunts.com Stunt reel: https://youtu.be/Ypid08tvvo8MENTIONSRay Donovan fight link: https://vimeo.com/523485433 Outsiders fights: https://youtu.be/syMerlH94EE?si=TZi8L98eSFpHAuUO Live in the D segment: https://youtu.be/UFaWbuKj6Iw?si=ZXnAjZ-VD7Fz6jaRMichigan UCP donation link: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/michigan-united-cerebral-palsy/2024-mi-ucp-charity-hockey-event-featuring-the-detroit-red-wings-alumni/jay-r-adamsFIGHTS WITH FRIENDSE-mail: fightingwithfriends@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/FightsWithFriendsPodcastInstagram: instagram.com/FightsWithFriendsPodFacebook: facebook.com/FightsWithFriendsPodYoutube: youtube.com/@FightsWithFriendsPodSteve's Instagram: Instagram.com/sambosteve Steve's IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepferPaul's on Instagram: Instagram.com/KravMagaChefPaul's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Breakfall Studios' Instagram: Instagram.com/breakfallstuntsOUR SPONSORSMetro Camera Carsmetrocameracars.com
In this episode, we'll discuss how the church's common stance on suffering for Christ often gets twisted in such a way that victims feel they cannot leave abusive homes, churches, or jobs.Rebecca Davis is a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina. Her work as a trauma-informed book coach and ghostwriter can be found at rebeccadaviswordworking.com.Find a list of all Rebeccas Untwisting Scriptures books here: https://heresthejoy.com/books-2/Listen to another Uncertain Episode with Rebecca S4:E12 Untwisting Teachings Around Loyalty, Sin Leveling, & BitternessUncertain is a podcast of Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you're enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus. You can support the podcast by going to TearsofEden.org/supportTo get in touch with us please email tearsofeden.org@gmail.comFollow on Instagram @uncertainpodcastTranscript is unedited for typos and misspellings:[00:00:00] I'm Katherine Spearing, and this is Uncertain. The uncertain podcast is the affiliate podcast of tears at Eden, a nonprofit that serves as a community and resource for survivors of spiritual abuse. This podcast and the work of tears are supported by donations from generous listeners. Like you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please consider giving a donation by using the link in the show notes or visiting tears of eaton.org/support. You can also support the podcast by rating and leaving a review and sharing on social media. If you're not already following us, please follow us on Facebook at tears of Eden and Instagram at uncertain podcast. Thanks so much for listening. Katherine: Hi, Rebecca. How are you? It's so good to be here. Thank you for having me, Catherine. I'm excited to talk about your new book, book five, where you're on twisting scriptures about brokenness and suffering. Yes, Rebecca: book five and the untwisting scripture series. My daughter asked me how many books in this series I was going to write.I said, I do not know. I'm going to keep going. [00:01:00] Katherine: Keeps coming up. I'm excited about this one. Because, well, I'm excited about all of them. I think they're all really important, but this one, I think the teaching about brokenness and suffering in the church. will often keep people in abusive situations and keep them recognizing that.And so this is really important, really, really important. And so we had another interview with you when your book four came out and so I'm going to link that in the show notes so folks have That to listen to as well, but to just get us started, I would love to hear what fuels your passion for writing these books.Rebecca: Oh boy. That's a really, really good question. For one thing, when I first got started, the first untwisting scriptures book came out in 2016 and then it was about four years before I really got the series rolling, which is not a great way to do a series, but anyway, that's what happened. But my first initial [00:02:00] passion was.I hated, hated seeing how God, and this was all new to me 10 years ago, seeing how God was being represented as an abuser. And it wasn't that I'd never heard the teachings. It's because I didn't grow up with abuse. I didn't marry into abuse. I hadn't been subject to the abuse, so I didn't see. I was just blind.To how the logical conclusion of these teachings, where that logical conclusion would go, because it was all theory to me, it hadn't been worked out in practice, but then when I saw when I heard people coming to me about this and saying, well, I was taught you have to give up all your rights was thinking, you know, kind of remember that somewhere.Well, I'd been to the Bill Gothard seminars that taught about giving up your rights many years before, but I hadn't, and I thought at the time, you know, I just believed everything he said, but there wasn't ever in my life, ever a time when my rights weren't acknowledged. [00:03:00] And just like part of the air I breathed because I was not in abuse.So then I see when people who are in abuse are being told, give up your rights. I see. Starting in 2012, the logical conclusion this is coming to, that they are going to be absolutely trampled on. And I'm, I'm astonished and appalled at what's happening to these people. And then the next step is I'm astonished and appalled that God is being represented this way.They think this is what God wants to do. And so that was my initial passion fueling me. Now I'm seeing it actually in the Bible who God really is, that he is not how these people have represented him.Katherine: Yeah, and and folks are able to determine what that looks like for them and what their beliefs look like for them and not base those beliefs on abusive people who've been teaching [00:04:00] them these abusive messages. And that's I feel like that's really important for me for folks to create their own journey and not base it on because so many things I think in the church are just either tradition.Or really harmful things that have been taught to us by. Yes, Rebecca: like listen to authority. You someone wrote to me and said yours that she was taught. I'm supposed to lead and feed and you're supposed to follow and swallow. I think that's how it went. Oh, my God. I thought I had never heard that one reaction to that.So that's that. That could be so many things. And yet that is so it's like, I was I was feeling some some, some strong emotions in response to that. But it's that authority teaching. Turn your brain off. Turn your brain off. Do not think. If you think, then you've been ungodly or something. You just have to believe me, the [00:05:00] leader, and follow me.Whereas, I've always believed since I was young and want to encourage other people. Go to the Bible yourself. Look at it yourself. Let's examine everything Untwisting Scriptures books. Go look at it yourself and see what the Bible is really teaching. Katherine: And be prepared for where that may lead, depending on the environment that you're in.Rebecca: Yes. And I hope I hope my hope is that it will lead to seeing that God really is a God who loves his people and wants to be with his people. And one of the best representations in the scriptures, I mean, there are many good ones, but one of the best is that father who's running out to the prodigal son and embracing him and bringing him in and Even wanting to have a relationship with his older son, who's, who's unhappy.Let's, I'll just put it that way, very unhappy. He wants, he wants relationship. He is a God of relationship. And the more I research the [00:06:00] topic, the untwisting scriptures, the more I see that in my study. God is a God of relationship with his people, healthy, Good relationship, not abusive relationship, not just, just obey me and stop whining, those are all things that are, I'm very, very passionate about. Katherine: So , book five, Brokenness and Suffering, what are some of the questions that you're seeking to answer with this? Rebecca: Yes, well, initially when I started this book, it was going to be called, suffering, dying to self and life.And then I started finding I realized, Oh, my goodness, I need to talk about brokenness. That's a huge thing. And then that expanded and expanded. And I realized, dying to self and life, you're gonna have to wait for a future book, I just have to focus on these two things for this book. And that's enough. And when I did start the study of brokenness, which I started, there were two things.One was prompting it. I've been [00:07:00] hearing about brokenness and how we're all broken or we're all supposed to be broken or, or brokenness is, is either godly or it's inevitable. We're just, everybody's broken or something. I was thinking something is off, something is off about all this teaching. And there were two things.That prompted my research for the brokenness section of this book, which leads into the suffering section. And one of them was a woman who wrote to me about all the triggering songs in church that talked about God in an abusive way. And at the time I thought, well, I didn't like some of these songs, but other ones of them I didn't either I didn't know or I didn't notice.And she was talking about how, how it says how different songs will say things like, crash into Me. It doesn't say destroy me, but it's almost like it says Destroy me. Mm-Hmm. , like, like completely o overcome me. And Until You, until I'm nothing. Me. [00:08:00] I think that's consume me. That's the one, that's the one consume me.And when I looked at it through her eyes. I thought, Oh my word, that's right. That's exactly what this says. I am ready to be basically destroyed by God. This, the Bible never speaks that way ever actually. So I think these songs are really problematic as much as some Christians might like these songs and reinterpret the songs in their heads.I think that the, the songs don't represent. how the Bible speaks about our God with his people. So then and the other thing I said, there were two things. One of them was this, that woman writing to me about the songs. And the other one was a very popular sermon given by Nancy Lita Moss back in the nineties.And it was, From what I could tell the beginning of her rise in fame. Now she would have already been rising in fame. She was from a very wealthy family was very well connected. but this, [00:09:00] this was at Moody and Moody Bible Institute. she gave a sermon about how everybody needed to be broken. And she's given that sermon again, like in recent days, that was 95 ish.And this, the most recent ones was 2016 and that I could find anyway. And the message was basically the same. I thought, did she change? Did she modify? But no, they're basically the same message. So I, I took a chapter to talk about the brokenness teachings. like in the songs and what the Bible says about brokenness.And so I thought, all right, this is what I do. Since I'm in untwisting scriptures, I go through every Bible reference to this concept. And I thought, I will, I probably won't find that much because You know, there just aren't that many references to brokenness in the Bible, but I was really surprised at how much I found about brokenness or breaking in the Bible.And the references were, I mean, it just delighted my [00:10:00] heart. The references were to God, how God breaks the wicked and, and it's really important for us. to understand that not everyone is the wicked. Do you see what I'm saying? Because in book four, and I had to reference back to book four to distinguish the righteous from the wicked, the wicked are the ones whose hearts are set against God.Even if, even if they present really well, even if they present as a godly person. And this is what the Bible calls wolves and sheep's clothing, which is why the subtitle of book four is wolves, hypocrisy, sin leveling, and righteousness. Sin leveling is treating all sins as equal. A very important concept to understand when you're going to recognize in the Bible, God breaks the wicked.To think, wait a minute, I love Jesus, I'm following Jesus. I don't have a heart of hypocrisy as [00:11:00] defined in the Bible, which I outlined very clearly in book four. I don't have that kind of heart. So that means I'm not one of those wicked and I'm not a person who's that God is going to break. Now, maybe somebody else is breaking me, but it won't be God.You see what I'm saying? Now, there was also the case of Psalm 51, very common verse. David refers to the bones that you have broken being able to rejoice it. So I dig into that Let's look at Psalm 51 because I saw in the scriptures. God breaks the wicked and God breaks the hard hearted believer who needs to be David Rebecca: needs something deep to happen to them in order to get them to come back to the Lord.So those are the only two things I saw the wicked, like in, in judgment, like judgment day and any other judgment the Lord brings. And the hard hearted believer, David was [00:12:00] hard hearted. He was so hard. Hard. All right. Background to Psalm 51. It's the, the repentance mourning confession Psalm after Nathan, the prophet came into David and told him you are the one who has stolen somebody else's pet lamb and destroyed it.So it was in reference to his, his abuse, sexual assault of Bathsheba and the We might say indirect murder of her husband and so broken is needed to happen. Exactly. Exactly. When David committed adultery, or I might say committed sexual abuse, rape of Beth Sheba, he could have repented. Then he could have repented at any time.He could have turned back to the Lord at any point, but when he, when you see that, not only when she told him, I, I'm going to have a baby. When he, he, he didn't. Like come before the Lord in weeping and mourning at that time. [00:13:00] He said, okay, I better get her husband out of the way that shows hard heartedness When someone is hard hearted God does knee I would say I would pray for God to do some breaking of that person to break their hearts over their sin That's what happened to David That is a very specific psalm about, about a very specific situation that would apply to people if they are hard hearted.I don't like all of us, the ones who love Jesus and are following Him and want to do His will and are desperate to do His will, praying that. Because it doesn't apply to us. One of my points in my books, all the way through the books is that not all scripture applies to us. We can learn from all of it, but we don't take all of it and say, this is about me.That just isn't, it's, it's one of the foundational hermeneutical principles that I follow when I work on my untwisting scriptures books. They don't all apply to [00:14:00] every Katherine: context. That's right. That's right. Rebecca: Yes. So then that's that chapter, and I talk about Nancy Liedemaus sermon and the examples that she uses of brokenness.that either don't apply or don't even make sense. So I do want to point out illogic when, when people are illogical, because illogic happens a lot. And when it's just in a flow, in a flow of things, people might not notice. There's illogic going on because for one thing, they're taught to turn off their brains when they're hearing a sermon.And that's what I did back in my Bill Gothard days. I just received, received, received. And it was years later that I looked at it and thought, Oh my word, this stuff is terrible. Katherine: Yeah. Rebecca: That I did not see it at the time. I will excuse myself because I was very young, but it was still really wrong and I should have been paying attention and listening.Katherine: I agree with the logic thing. And I think that logic has been a huge part of my story, even when I was young [00:15:00] and. All the way up into my mid twenties, my main abuser, spiritual abuser teaching these things.And then also teaching us that we need to know our Bible and go and read your Bible. And then I would read the Bible and I would see something different than what they were teaching. And then I would talk to them about it. And then they would tell me that I was wrong. And it was, and the logic of like, that why do you get to be the one if like god is the authority that we're listening to and the bible is what we're supposed to be paying attention to and i come to a different conclusion to you than you why do you get to be the one that decides and i think I believe this person has a lot of different personality disorders because I really believe that they didn't think it was possible for someone to think differently than them.I think they were so completely flabbergasted. They thought they were so right. And then if everyone [00:16:00] studied the way they studied, then everyone would come to their same conclusion about it. And there was no space for like, nuance, context, the fact that it didn't apply to you and, and just, again, like, the logic of the situation being a massive factor for me to like, wake up to those, you know, Wake up to some of the stuff that was happening and like, this actually is just doesn't make sense, you Rebecca: know, and you are exceptional that way, because you were actually asking questions.So many people when they go to the Bible, if they see something, or if their logic, or the Holy Spirit leads them to a different conclusion from what they've been taught. Many, many people will just shut that part out, shut it out, shut it out, because that's heresy if I believe something different from my leader.And then for [00:17:00] many people, they'll listen to audios of their leader more than they'll listen to the Bible. They'll read things written by their leader more than they'll read the Bible. Yeah. But the fact is that there are certain aspects of biblical doctrine that people have been disagreeing on. Like for hundreds and thousands of years.It's so true. We're not going to suddenly figure it out. So that's where we say we can, we can have, you know, there are just a very few basics that you agree on to call yourself a Christian. And like, I believe as a, as a Christian. And when I use that word, I want to use it in the way the book of acts uses it rather than the way it's used nowadays.When I call myself a Christian, I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as my savior. And there are really very few things that will keep me [00:18:00] from fellowshipping or having a camaraderie, let's say, instead of that other word with other people who disagree with me on a lot of different things. So it's just.I'm so glad you were able to see that. But it really, it's astonishing when you step back and look, this sounds like the way a cult operates. You have to agree with the leader. Katherine: Absolutely. Absolutely. And I think that they would discourage you from reading the Bible if more people were doing that. And then like what is the Christian scientists?Mary Baker Eddy's book is used to interpret the Bible, so they would, like, tell you very specifically, like, this is what this means. So you read it, but you have to have it accompanied with this other voice. So there's a Rebecca: certain filter. Here's the filter that you have to put over the Bible when you read it.And if you read it without that filter, then you're in deep, [00:19:00] dark trouble. And you might be headed for hell, you know, so it's that way following your own ways. Yes. Yes. And your own what your own heart is what deceitful above all things, right? That is in that's in one of my untwisting scriptures books. I don't know Katherine: what that verse means.Exactly. That's a very common, commonly Misused and abused scripture. Yes, it's Rebecca: used like an attack rocket, you know, we're gonna, we're gonna mow you down with this one. It's really easy to just be like, well, your heart is deceitful. That's right. It took me Katherine: a long while to be like, why do you get to say that?Rebecca: That's right. Because doesn't that mean your heart is deceitful too? Your heart is deceitful too? Which one's Rebecca: more? That's right. That's right. And, and it is. It's it can be so difficult for people coming out of these super authoritarian structures to recognize. Hey, I have the Holy Spirit too. I can, I can listen to the Lord [00:20:00] too.I can read the Bible too. What if I come to a different conclusion about certain things? Does that mean that I'm, that the Lord is going to reject me because I wasn't listening to my authority? Or does it mean? My authority and I are actually my my so called authority and I are actually on the same level ground that we both get to read the Bible and and seek the Lord and ask the Lord what he means.And maybe we can read other people. I hope some people will read my books, of course, but I never want my books to supersede or be a filter through which you read the scriptures. Read the scriptures and ask the Holy Spirit what they mean. Ask him to help you connect scripture with scripture. I pass on, What I've learned, but I want everybody to dig in for themselves.And if you come to a different conclusion, I will say, I hope we can still be friends, you know? Katherine: Oh yeah, exactly. Exactly. I think that that's that's, [00:21:00] that's really great to just hold, hold that space for differences of opinions and not being, and as you said, just like the, Evidence of a cult leader being super dogmatic that this is the way that it exists, but it's so powerful, especially if you're raised in it, like that you can't trust yourself.And especially if that's assigned to something like, because you're a child, you can't, you have to trust the adults or because you are a teenager or because you are in your 20s or because you are a woman or any of these other. Things that are intrinsic to us that then make us untrustworthy to be able to read scripture and interpret it.It's really powerful, really difficult. Absolutely. Rebecca: And, and the environment a child is raised in is huge. A lot of the people who write to me are, you know, People who were raised in in the spiritually abusive environments [00:22:00] that we might call cults. Yes that They're trying to break out of and there are patterns in their mind That they can be changed.I love how new brain science is showing that new patterns can be formed in the brain. Whereas before they used to talk about the brain, like it was cement and you couldn't do anything about it, but definitely new patterns can be formed. And I do have a free a free guide on my website. Here's the joy.com. That's called how to enjoy the Bible again, after spiritual abuse, how to enjoy the Bible again, when you're ready after spiritual abuse without feeling guilty or getting triggered out of your mind. Because a lot of people say, when I try to read the Bible, I hear it in my abuser's voice. Yep. And I don't know how to break out of that.It is possible. It is possible to break out of that, but it can be. a road. It can be a dream. Sure. Katherine: Yeah. And that was true for me for probably [00:23:00] seven, eight years reading the Bible. And like, I cannot get the interpretation of, you know, this person out of my head. And I mean, that's trauma. It's trauma. It's a trauma bond.It's a, yes, absolutely. It's very, very deep. Rebecca: . And understanding those things, I think understanding the, the way the brain works, the mind and brain system. As well as understanding spiritual abuse and then wanting to understand the Bible. I think all of those things need to work together. I think it's good for, for us to have a deeper understanding.I have something, this is off the subject of book five, but I'm going to tell you this. On my website, heresthejoy. com, I have a statement of beliefs, my statement of beliefs. And one of the sections is called the sufficiency of scripture. And in that section I say I believe the scripture is sufficient to show us who God is, how our salvation is accomplished, what he wants from us, and, and how we can relate to him, blah, blah, blah.[00:24:00] But I believe the scripture is not sufficient, and was never intended to be sufficient, to tell us all the ways abuse can be executed on people off the way the brain works in trauma and several other things I list there. The script that isn't what the scripture is about. Yeah. So for us to look to brain science or some tools that people use, like, oh, say EMDR, maybe because of how the brain works, isn't going against the Bible.That isn't what the Bible's about. It can actually be a tool Those things, some of those brainy things can be tools to help us regulate better so that we can come back to the scriptures and look at them fresh and see more clearly after spiritual abuse who God really is, who we really are, and how the world operates, how salvation is accomplished, all of those things.They can be extremely [00:25:00] helpful. Katherine: , I remember my main abuser saying the Bible is good enough for everything. It is, is, it is, I don't know if they were use the word sufficient, but like it, it like it is the only book that you need which is so It's so discombobulated when absolutely, Rebecca: It is the revelation of God to man about God, about salvation.You know, we can learn about God from nature. We can learn a lot about God from nature, but to understand his plan of salvation, that's in the Bible. But there are other things, like the Bible does not address those things, and it never intended to address those things.So we've got to get outside of the book. The box of the Bible is sufficient for everything. I, I, I find it so funny and ironic and hypocritical that Jay Adams, the founder of Newthetic, so called biblical counseling. I know all these people. I know all these people. Wrote like a hundred books telling you that the Bible is the [00:26:00] only book you need, Katherine: you're right, that is so ironic. But read my book to tell you that. Rebecca: That's right, you've got to read my books. But, but I will go back and say the Bible is the only book you need. Anyway, it doesn't make any sense at all. Yeah, that is Katherine: your absolute logic. Logic here, right?There you go. There's the logic. This podcast and the work of tears are supported by donations from generous listeners. Like you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please consider giving a donation by using the link in the show notes or visiting tears of eaton.org/support.Katherine: What are some of the responses that you have received to this particular book? Rebecca: I get responses. To all my books, pretty often, like some people have just discovered the series and they're reading the whole series and last summer I sent this one brokenness and suffering out to my beta readers, and then my book launch team, and I got a lot of bit strong responses from them about [00:27:00] how, you know, some of them have read all of my books and they, and they think maybe they're all done untwisting all the, all the things.And they read the next one and they go, Oh my word, there were all these things too. So, so I do often get responses like this was extremely helpful and it has been very freeing to me. Freeing is one of the. One of the most common words I get, and of course, if you're all tangled up, the, the, the subtitle of my earlier books was Untwisting Scriptures that have been used to tie you up.gag you and tangle your mind. So if those things are being undone, then of course you're going to feel free. I think some church leaders feel afraid of the concept of people getting free because then they maybe they think, oh, then they'll They'll be free to sin. Well, you know, the New Testament talks a good bit about freedom, and it's not freedom to sin.[00:28:00] It's freedom in Jesus Christ to actually know him, that's when I pound over and over.I pound on that because that was so free to me 20 years ago when I first understood it, that I wanted other people to know it. All of our righteousness is in Jesus Christ alone, not in the hoops we jump through, not in the list we keep, not in the ways we make ourselves smaller and smaller. Smaller and more and more invisible and more and more ready to be kicked and punched and beaten down.Not any of that. It is all in Jesus Christ alone. So I do emphasize in this book the importance of understanding that God is not the one, except in those two cases, the wicked and the hard hearted believer. He's not the one who inflicts. This broken, this breaking, he's not the one who [00:29:00] inflicts the, the abuse and a common saying, I guess, in Christendom is we are all broken.And I've never really liked that one because I thought, how can we all. always be broken. Does God, does God not ever heal? Does he never heal brokenness? I can understand being broken because there are abusers and, and there are people who break and shatter people who, I mean, there's some people who are really, really beaten down.Isn't God the healer? So why are we going to keep on saying that we're all broken? Can we go to him for healing? Does he heal? That's one of the questions I wanted to grapple with. And Jesus says right there in the scriptures that he has come to heal the brokenhearted and to set the captives free. So I don't think it's scriptural to say we're all broken all the time, [00:30:00] forever and ever.We can say, actually, he's healed me. Now, I want people to be honest if they still feel shattered if they still feel broken, then definitely. Let's let's Do what needs to be done, not deny that feeling exactly. We don't want to just deny that, but Rebecca: we do want to see that healing is possible down the road and coming to the Lord is not an identity Katherine: that we have to embrace.That's Rebecca: right. And there is another thing I addressed in that book two chapters on it, the victim mentality, because it was really bothering me a lot that people were being accused of having a victim mentality. When, familiar with that one, when they want to get help, when they want to warn other people when they need to process their trauma.I mean, when they express that they don't like something. Yes. Like, Oh, you're just stuck in the past. You just have your victim mentality. [00:31:00] Get out of that. And I think, so what is a victim mentality really? So I do think it's possible to have a victim mentality, but the only. way I saw it as being a real thing is when a person accuses everybody else of always being the problem.Like everybody else is always taking advantage of me. I lost my last, I got fired from my last 10 jobs, but it was always somebody else. It was always the boss. It was always the co worker. And I thought, That sounds more like an abuser than a victim to me, like abusers or, and maybe, maybe not abusers, but people who just aren't willing to actually look at themselves and see how they need to change.But to accuse someone of this very victim mentality, that term is always negative to accuse someone of having this victim mentality, when really they are just trying to they're trying to [00:32:00] bring awareness to others of a big problem, like either a problem they need help with or a problem like you've got a problem in your church.I've heard so often when people are trying to bring awareness about an abuser in the church or lack of safety in the Nursery for example. Yeah. Oh, you're just you're you're just too Stuck in the past because you had childhood trauma yourself. So their own their own ability to see the problems is ignored because They, they're the canary in the coal mine because they have a greater ability to see the problems.They notice things. Anyway, I'm talking, talking. What do you want to say, Kevin? Katherine: My, my final question is, you know, kind of, we're talking about it and we're, we're talking about it. We're addressing it, but I would love to hear, are there any specific ways that you have seen this [00:33:00] twisted application of brokenness and suffering, keeping people in abusive systems?And how have you seen that play out? Oh, absolutely. Rebecca: One of the chapters in this book is specifically based on a letter I received from someone, and often blog posts or book chapters are based on answers to letters I've received. A woman who was in an abusive marriage for very, very long time, many decades, said it was based on something about something that Puritan had written about suffering, but that's just one of many.It could have been many, many people writing about suffering and how when we suffer, it's like the suffering of Jesus. And there can be redemption through our suffering because he brought redemption through his suffering. And so she said, I would even look for ways to suffer. Because I felt like that was going to make me more godly.People say our suffering is going to make us more godly. And so I would look [00:34:00] for ways to suffer. And I would, I don't think she said she was glad when her abusive husband abused her, but she was sure that that was going to make her more godly. And it took her a very, very long time to understand that that was not the heart of God.And it was right. To get away from suffering at the hands of someone who said, who promised he would love and protect you promised it before a room of witnesses. That's it's, it's so twisted. And I don't blame the individuals for having the twisted thinking, because it's what they've been taught to think that someone who promises at the wedding ceremony, the wedding vows.Promises to love and protect you and then abuses you that that's a good thing That is not a good thing and yet so much of the church You you need to stay in that abusive marriage. Of course, they won't call it abuse. They'll just call it marriage and [00:35:00] need to stay you need to stay in that marriage and Continue to suffer and god will refine you and he will redeem your marriage and all these wrong teachings That is that keep people in a place of oppression.So it is, and it's not just marriage. It's also children under abusive parents and abusing trafficking situations. Yes. The abusive pastor. Yes, absolutely. Well, I should just say church leader because he's not really a pastor, but self proclaimed leader. That's right. That's right. There you go. The It's part of this is so I see how all the abusive teachings work together and I address lots of abusive teachings in my five books so far, how all of them work together to create this environment this atmosphere, almost like a web, a web around people, you try to push against it and just you just get more and more stuck in the [00:36:00] web.Yeah, and, and all of these different things. These teachings that are not the heart of God and not really what the scripture teaches are pushing against people to try to keep them small, keep them contained, keep them from thinking, keep them from listening to the Holy Spirit, keeping them from being able to escape their abusive situation.So that is my passion to get Katherine: back to the very first question you asked. And what would you, say to someone who does wake up and recognizes I'm, I'm in this abusive system and this teaching is keeping me trapped here. What would be, you know, maybe like a safe exit plan or what are, you know, what are some initials?I Rebecca: actually, I actually don't do exit plans. I refer them to people who do because that's not my specialty. And I want to, I want, I am willing to stay. I love it. Yeah, that's right. I stay in my lane and I'm absolutely willing to [00:37:00] stay connected with people.You know, they can make appointments with me. We can stay connected by email. One person recently wrote and said, I don't know if you even see this. It might be your assistant who sees it. Well, no, I, I read and answer all my emails, but for actual exit plans, That is, that's huge. People need to have them. But I have connections of people who are passionate about helping people in that way.And I'm happy to refer them to someone who can do that with them. Katherine: Great. I appreciate that. Well, thank you so, so much. Tell folks where they can find you and find your book. Rebecca: Yes. Here's the joy. com is my website and you can see all my stuff there and my books. My Untwisting Scriptures book series are all on Amazon.. And I've written or co written over 20 books, so I'm well versed in this area and happy to help others. Great. Thank you so much for Katherine: untwisting scriptures. Thank you, Catherine, for having me. I really [00:38:00] appreciate it. Uncertain is produced, recorded, edited, and hosted by me, Katherine Spearing. Intro music is from the band Green Ashes. I hope you've enjoyed this podcast. And if you have, please take a moment to like subscribe and leave a review. Thank you so much for listening and I will see you next time.
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In 1884, an incident occurred in the Atlantic Ocean that was so gruesome that it would eventually forever be written in English law, with the hope that something like it would never happen again. This is that horrifying story.Ambient Songs:"Haunted" and "The End is Coming" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
When submarines were first developed, they had an awful reputation, and for good reason. There had been many accidents and many sailors whose graves were on the bottom of the ocean. So much so that the submarine service had earned the nickname the coffin service. In 1939, one of the worst of these incidents would add to this reputation. This is that horrifying story.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over two stories that are profoundly tragic despite ending in what seems like a resolution. In the end, the resolution just isn't quite enough. You'll see what I mean. As always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over two more of the worst disasters in history. I have to warn you: although these two accidents are completely different, they're both absolutely horrifying nightmare scenarios. Probably some of the worst that have been covered on this channel. So, although the events in this video are fleeting and non-descriptive, they are still highly disturbing. Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over three more terrifying cave stories. To put it plainly, if you ever happen to be caving and encounter a section known only as “the intestine”, it's probably time to turn around. Unfortunately, for the people in the final story, they didn't and instead found out how the section got its name.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
On May 10th, 1897, 35 miners started down the 1000-foot ladder to the depths of the Snaefell Mine. Many of these men would never see the light of day again. This is their horrifying story. As always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" and "Haunted" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
On July 6th, 1940, a man was fishing on a Lake infamous in the mountains of Washington state. As he drifted along in his boat, he saw some sort of figure in the water. When he got closer, it looked to be something wrapped in a blanket. Then, when he reached in to grab whatever it was, he immediately recoiled in horror. What he just felt was unmistakably a human limb. These are the creepy disappearances and legends around Lake Crescent.Ambient Songs:"The End is Coming" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 1 and 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over three stories about situations that, at face value, seem totally harmless. But it's exactly this false sense of security that resulted in something going horrifyingly wrong for the people involved. You'll see what I mean. As always, viewer discretion is advisedAmbient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" and "Haunted" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
I think we can all agree that being attacked by a bear ranks high on the worst possible fates someone can suffer. This was especially true before modern medicine, but this story is even worse than that. This is the infamous story of a man who was brutally mauled by a bear in the remote wilderness and then left for dead by his companions.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" and "Haunted" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over three more horrifying caves stories. The first story actually takes place in the infamous Nutty Putty Cave, but is not about John Jones. And the final story is about the worst possible thing you can imagine seeing miles deep into a massive cave.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
Hello everyone and welcome back to Scary Interesting. In this video, we're going to go over three more creepy cases of people disappearing, and each of them is progressively more sinister. In particular, in the final story, you probably won't know what to make of it until a final piece of evidence is found at the end. At which point, your whole view of the story may change. Ambient Songs:"The End Is Coming" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 1 and 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
The Reel Drunks are back for Episode 44! It was Jake's pick once more, and once more he comes with the heat! His choice? The Lords of Dogtown! Staring Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, and Johnny Knoxville. This movie centers on the skateboard revolution of the 70's with the Zephyr “Z” boys and their revolutionary skate style. Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams, and Tony Alva, were not only pioneers in the sport of skateboarding but also cultural icons who inspired generations of skateboarders to follow their passion and push the limits of what is possible on a skateboard. Their contributions to the sport and their unique personalities continue to resonate with skateboarders and fans around the world. Cheers to episode 44!
In October of 1628, a trade ship set sail from the Netherlands with gold and gems to be traded for spices in Indonesia. Unbeknownst to the captain, the danger of the voyage was not from the storms and rough waters they'd encounter but instead something sinister brewing within the ship itself. In the end, this would result in the loss of the majority of the over 300 passengers, but even worse than that, the prolonged suffering of many of the survivors. This is their horrifying story, and as always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" and "Haunted" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
This is the Barnes Hecker Mine. It was first opened in 1923 and would eventually reach 1000 feet into the earth, in an area littered with surface and underground lakes. But despite the great caution taken by the owners, something unforeseen would happen deep in one of the tunnels that would have catastrophic consequences. This is the story of the Barnes Hecker Mine Disaster. Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 1 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQWriting and research by Jordan Gottschick https://www.youtube.com/@DerpsWithWolves/playlists
Hello everyone and welcome back to Scary Interesting and to another collection of Horrible Fates. In this episode, we're going to go over two more creepy cases that went unsolved for decades. In fact, the second one is still unsolved and is considered one of the most confusing and controversial cases in history. Ambient Songs:"Haunted" and "The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 1 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
In this episode, we're going to go over three more creepy and disturbing disappearances. One of these is a classic just out of sight and then gone forever. But the other two are especially creepy because foul play can't be ruled out. Each of these cases also remain unsolved to this day, and as is often the case, despite extensive resources and searches, not a single trace of these people has been found, only adding to the mystery. As always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:"The End Is Coming" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 1 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQWriting and research of story 2 by Jordan Gottschick https://www.youtube.com/@DerpsWithWolves/playlists
In this episode, we're going to go over three more terrifying cave stories. One of these features another brutally tight squeeze in an impossibly tight tunnel. The next was so bad it resulted in a permanent closure of the cave. And the final story, if you can believe it, is still somehow worse than the first two. As always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 1 and 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
Greg Reynolds talks to Stephen Tracey about how ruling elders respond to conflict in the church, whether it is among members, among the session, or with the pastor.More Resources“A Training Program for Elders.” (Greg Reynolds & William Shishko) 10:3 (Jul. 2001): 55-58. Available here. The updated version of this training program titled Let Them Serve is available from Greg upon request. reynolds.1@opc.orgBooks on Conflict resolution in the church recommended by Greg:Marshall Shelley, Ministering to Problem People in Your Church: What to Do With Well-Intentioned Dragons. Bethany House Publishers. 1985, 2013.Ken Sande, The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict, Baker Books, 3rd edition, 2004.Jay Adams, Handbook of Church Discipline: A Right and Privilege of Every Church Member, Zondervan, 1896.Greg's three (he gave 5) books he believes elders must read:Samuel Miller, The Ruling Elder: The Warrant, Nature, and Duties of the Office in the Presbyterian Church.David Dickson, The Elder and his Work.Lawrence R. Eyres, The Elders of the Church.Gerard Berghoef and Lester De Koster, The Elders Handbook - A Practical Guide for Church Leaders.The Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.
This is Clipperton Island. It is just a small barren ring of coral in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In the late 19th century, countries fought for ownership of it for a rare resource the island possessed. To stake their own claim, Mexico sent several families to colonize it, and supplies were regularly sent to keep them alive. Horrifyingly, at some point, these crucial supplies stopped coming, and once it was clear they'd been abandoned, one of theses inhabitants revealed himself as a true monster. And this didn't have to do with a lack of food. This is their horrifying story.Ambient Songs:The End is Coming by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over two more confusing and disturbing stories. In particular, the second starts off seeming very plain and straight forward, and then with each revelation, just gets more and more horrifying. So, as always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:Haunted by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
In this episode, we're going to go over 3 more terrifying cave stories. One of these features a brutally tight squeeze which really is the stuff of nightmares. Then, in contrast, the other two feature some of the largest caves anywhere on Earth. SAmbient Songs:"The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 and 3 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Scary Interesting. In this episode, we're going to go over three more cases of people who completely vanished in a short period of time, and despite almost immediate and extensive searches, not a single trace of them has been found. Well, almost. You'll see what I mean in the final story.Ambient Songs:The End is Coming by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
Our Master has commanded us to “teach and admonish one another” (Col. 3:16) and to “warn those that are unruly” (1 Thess. 5:14) as part of our Christian duty. Yet rather than speaking truth and wisdom to others freely, as they received it from God, some sell their biblical counsel as though it had originated from themselves. By God's grace, this is not the practice of a majority of biblical counselors, but it is unfortunately widespread, even among highly reputable biblical counseling organizations such as the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC), as this episode will demonstrate. One of the hallmarks of the biblical counseling movement is the firm conviction that Scripture is sufficient for all non-medical problems. If this is so, God's Word should also be sufficient for answering the question as to whether counseling should be supported or sold. We believe that the Bible is crystal clear that Christian ministry should never be sold, but rather freely supported by the Body of Christ, and we want to encourage the biblical counseling movement to embrace this scriptural truth. As long as biblical counselors teach and function as though the Bible is insufficient to answer this question, they unintentionally undermine their foundational premise. The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) is an esteemed organization, devoted to counseling according to God's Word. I myself am an ACBC certified counselor, and greatly appreciate and admire the work they have done in equipping both pastors and laymen to rightly handle God's Word in counseling. However, when it comes to Jesus's teaching that the ministry of the gospel should be offered freely (Mat 10:8), this organization has opted to turn a blind eye. Rather than take the position of its founder Jay Adams, who clearly assumed that biblical counseling would be offered for free, ACBC leaves the door open for individual counselors to decide whether or not they will charge, and how much: “The Bible is clear that ministers of the gospel of Jesus are entitled to earn their living from the gospel…. Biblical counselors … must seek to love their counselees in discerning whether to charge fees and how much to charge.” Notice that they wrongly assume that earning a living “from the gospel” means charging people for speaking truth in love, putting a price tag on wisdom, and requiring people “obtain the gift of God with money” (Acts 8:20). Also, they imply that it can be loving to charge people for healing, for pointing them to Jesus, and for other spiritual gifts that are involved in biblical counseling. But it is never loving to disobey God by selling access to the ministry of his Word and Spirit. As we'll see in the data presented below, this confusing stance regarding money and ministry has created a biblical counseling landscape in which everyone simply does what is right in their own eyes. Read the article here. sellingjesus.org | thedoreanprinciple.org | copy.church
Imagine you were standing on a treacherous sheet of ice, floating in the North Atlantic Ocean. And your ship and only salvation was impossible to see in the snow storm that surrounded you. And every minute that went by was one minute closer to the frozen night. During which, some of the men with you wouldn't wake up in the morning. This is the horrifying story of the 1914 Sealing Disaster.Ambient Songs:"Haunted" and "The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
On april 6th, 1994, diving legend Sheck Exley was attempting to break the diving depth record in the Zacaton sinkhole when something went horrifyingly wrong. This is his story.Ambient Songs:"Haunted" and "The Dark Enigma" by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
This is Tromelin Island. It is exactly as barren as it looks. So much so that it used to be known simply as the Isle of Sand. In 1761, almost a hundred people captured from their homeland were abandoned here, and most of them were never seen or heard from again. This is their horrifying story.Ambient Songs:The End is Coming by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
In this episode, we're going to go over three cases of people found where they definitely shouldn't have been. Each of these is incredibly creepy, disturbing, and confusing, so as always, viewer discretion is advised.Ambient Songs:The End is Coming by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 1 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 2 and 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
In this episode, we're going to go over two cases of people who disappeared in the remote wilderness. But strangely, each of these people was skilled and experienced enough for this not to have happened, and yet it did anyway. Sometimes, these things just happen deep in the woods.Ambient Songs:The End is Coming by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junai:https://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams:https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==
The biblical counseling movement was founded on the conviction that the Bible is sufficient for solving all non-medical problems that humans face. The central figure behind this return to Scripture was Jay Adams, who shocked the world with a bold and controversial claim “that the task of counseling was a theological enterprise that should be primarily informed by a commitment to God's Word.” While this claim draws fire from both inside and outside the Church, its truth has been proven by both Scripture and experience. Biblical counseling continues to bring hope, peace, freedom, healing, and joy to thousands of suffering people through the power of Christ and his Word–people with conditions like anorexia, bipolar disorder, postpartum depression, and dissociative identity disorder. People who struggle with homosexuality, anxiety, rage, and much more. Commenting on 2 Peter 1:3-5, Ed Bulkley writes: "A necessary presupposition of biblical counseling is that God has indeed provided every essential truth the believer needs for a happy, fulfilling life in Christ Jesus. It is the belief that God has not left us lacking in any sense. The apostle Peter states it emphatically. . . . ['His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness…'] Note the word everything. God has provided absolutely everything man needs for physical and spiritual life. This is a primary consideration. If Peter is correct, then God has given us all the information we need to function successfully in this life. Every essential truth, every essential principle, every essential technique for solving human problems has been delivered in God's Word." In light of such an inviolable allegiance to the Bible, biblical counseling practice should be expected to operate according to biblical principles. And this means that it would be appropriate to look to Scripture to answer a simple, practical concern: Should biblical counseling be offered for a fee? Read the article here. Help foster change by sending this article to ACBC and CCEF. sellingjesus.org | thedoreanprinciple.org | copy.church
Fate is defined as the development of events beyond a person's control. Sometimes, fate is not so kind.Ambient Songs:Haunted by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junaihttps://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 3 by Jay Adams https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 2 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
Unfortunately, there are countless cases of people disappearing under strange and creepy circumstances. In this episode, we're going to look at 3 cases where people disappeared and then were just never seen again. But not only did they completely disappear, the circumstances of each of them seem impossible. It's seems like finding them should be easy, but even years later, there are even more questions than answers. This is part 7 of the series creepiest disappearances.Ambient Songs:Haunted by CoAghttps://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823Intro Theme by Swift Junaihttps://www.instagram.com/swiftjunai/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hf5nMJ8s6LJJfFR4OQ3lghttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1PoG2b18MHocWZA8zQgWjOWriting and research of story 2 by Jay Adams https://instagram.com/jayadamsdigital?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==Writing and research of story 3 by Rich Firth-Godbehere instagram.com/DrRichFG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGZs8swehdcCB0pi3V4vKQ
My guest today is Mark Partain, one of the reasons skating is what it is today. Mark embodies everything skating, especially street skating, is and should be. Mark was one of the young grommets that skated with Jay Adams, Tony Alva, and all the OG skaters and was respected for it but never succumbed to the corporate world and skated for independent skate companies that let him skate how he wanted to skate and was always a threat in competition. now he's older and still shredding but more in honor of his brother, tearing up mountain sides and downhills on his bike and showing the world you never stop and never quit! listen in and take notes!We also have some iHeart Radio Random news of the week and our world renowned Random 9 List!!And we couldn't do this as well with out MRS A'S FAMOUS SALSA BUENA, the GOOD WIVES NETWORK & Spreaker Prime & iHeart Radio!!!! coming soon to Tik Tok!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5624504/advertisement
Nu Disco, Disco, and Boogie in its many forms and languages. Featuring dance floor goodness from Gospel Ambassadors, Komiko, Evelyn Champagne King, Andromeda Orchestra, Janet N'Diaye Lokamba, Terry Hunter and Jay Adams, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Rare Essence, and personal favorites George Duke and Sam Dees. This is Unbound, This is The Face Radio. Big ups for keeping it locked. Tune into new broadcasts of Unbound LIVE, Opposite Wednesdays from 10 PM - Midnight EST / 3 - 5 AM GMT (Thursday).For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/unbound//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Allan and his guest Jay Adams, CISO @ Enchoice and former security architect for several large private and public sector efforts - from M&A activities to massive public portals. Jay is going through TX-RAMP right now, and both he and Allan have done research on FedRAMP and StateRAMP as well. What are the differences? Why might you choose one over the other? What are the gotchas? This is a great show and you'll get to learn a bit about Allan's brief foray into state government as well... Sponsored by our good friends at Dazz: Dazz takes the pain out of the cloud remediation process using automation and intelligence to discover, reduce, and fix security issues—lightning fast. Visit Dazz.io/demo and see for yourself.
Jon examines a Rachel Denhollander tweet thread against John MacArthur and Jay Adams. Then, a discussion of the metoo situation at SEBTS concerning Bruce Ashford. Finally, Jon refutes Ken Burn's take on Ron Desantis's anti-CRT measures and explains what Matthew 20 means concerning power. PowerPoint: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79709785Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conversations-that-matter8971/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy