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Norovirus is spreading in King County, President Biden expands oil drilling ban off WA coast, and former WA Congressman Jim McDermott remembers Jimmy Carter. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.The interview with Jim McDermott was produced by John O'Brien. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this article, the top ten reasons why reading comics criticism will increase your sex drive. Yeah, that's right, we need your clicks! We live in an apocalypse where thoughtful online comics criticism decreases in value every minute. However, you know comics criticism is essential to the industry's ecosystem and community because you're an intelligent person. All we need is a champion to keep this art form alive, and it is an art form, and she has arrived - Tiffany Babb. She's shaking The Comics Courier from every street corner in every neighborhood. The new tabloid-sized newspaper is currently seeking funding via Kickstarter. Within it are essays and reviews from critics Douglas Wolk, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Tiffany Babb, Dave Baker, Carrie McClain, Sean Dillon, Kat Calamia, Liam McGuire, Jim McDermott, Lillie Hochwender, Lisa Gullickson and Brad Gullickson. Oh, yeah, we're in this beauty too, and we're honored to participate in Tiffany Babb's first Comics Courier because we believe so firmly in its existence. Even more exciting, Babb joins us on today's episode to discuss The Comics Courier, what compelled her to bring it into our reality, the value of comics criticism, and the future she imagines for it. The Kickstarter has already more than doubled its funding, but that doesn't mean you should miss your chance to be a part of this historic moment. Find The Comics Courier Kickstarter here. Continue the conversation with Tiffany Babb by following her on Twitter, Instagram, and her Website. Other Relevant Links: Pots and Panels: A Comic Book Anthology Kickstarter Page Brad and Lisa on Off Panel Brad and Lisa on Comic Book Yeti's Cryptid Creator Corner Brad and Lisa Interview on ComicsXF Brad and Lisa on BIf Bam Pow Brad and Lisa on Derby Comics Brad and Lisa on Joe Talks Comics Pots and Panels Press Release on AiPT Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY Watch the latest episode of The B&B Show, where Brad and Bryan Review the Hottest Cinematic Releases. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Aaron Prescott @acoolhandfluke, podcast banner art by @Karen_XmenFan.
Thursday, October 3 on Urban Forum Northwest:*Seattle School Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones comments on the district's revised plan to now only close five schools instead of the earlier report that 21 schools would be closed fo the 2025-2026 school year. Over the past five years the Seattle Public Schools has experienced an enrollment loss of 5,000 students. The 9% drop in enrollment has cost the district 81million dollars in state funding.*Ram Dixit, Co Founder, President, MLK Gandhi Empowerment Initiative comment on the progress on the technology program that will be expose some who have been left out of the tech revolution by providing training in AI, Cloud, Security and other aspects of technology.*Sam Cho, Director of Strategic Initiatives for Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Mr. Cho has worked closely with the Consulate General of India, Seattle and played an integral role in the "International Day of Non-Violence" which is also Mahatma Gandhi's 155th Birthday which was celebrated at the Seattle Center this morning.*Prakash Gupta, Consul General, India Consulate, Seattle and his staff organized the "International Day of Non-Violence" the attendees heard from Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Congressman Adam Smith, Lieutenant General Xavier Brunson, S Singh, Founder, Round Glass India Center, and former Congressman Jim McDermott was in attendance.*Debadutta Dash, Advisor to the Consul General was a key organizer for today's celebration.Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. X@Eddie_Rye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Thursday, October 3 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Seattle School Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones comments on the district's revised plan to now only close five schools instead of the earlier report that 21 schools would be closed fo the 2025-2026 school year. Over the past five years the Seattle Public Schools has experienced an enrollment loss of 5,000 students. The 9% drop in enrollment has cost the district 81million dollars in state funding. *Ram Dixit, Co Founder, President, MLK Gandhi Empowerment Initiative comment on the progress on the technology program that will be expose some who have been left out of the tech revolution by providing training in AI, Cloud, Security and other aspects of technology. *Sam Cho, Director of Strategic Initiatives for Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Mr. Cho has worked closely with the Consulate General of India, Seattle and played an integral role in the "International Day of Non-Violence" which is also Mahatma Gandhi's 155th Birthday which was celebrated at the Seattle Center this morning. *Prakash Gupta, Consul General, India Consulate, Seattle and his staff organized the "International Day of Non-Violence" the attendees heard from Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Congressman Adam Smith, Lieutenant General Xavier Brunson, S Singh, Founder, Round Glass India Center, and former Congressman Jim McDermott was in attendance. *Debadutta Dash, Advisor to the Consul General was a key organizer for today's celebration. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. X@Eddie_Rye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thursday, October 3 on Urban Forum Northwest on 1150 AM KKNW/www.1150kknw.com, on Alexa and my podcast 2:00-3:00 pm (PDT) my scheduled guest for the hour are: *Seattle School Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones comments on the district's revised plan to now only close five schools instead of the earlier report that 21 schools would be closed fo the 2025-2026 school year. Over the past five years the Seattle Public Schools has experienced an enrollment loss of 5,000 students. The 9% drop in enrollment has cost the district 81million dollars in state funding. *Ram Dixit, Co Founder, President, MLK Gandhi Empowerment Initiative comment on the progress on the technology program that will be expose some who have been left out of the tech revolution by providing training in AI, Cloud, Security and other aspects of technology. *Sam Cho, Director of Strategic Initiatives for Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Mr. Cho has worked closely with the Consulate General of India, Seattle and played an integral role in the "International Day of Non-Violence" which is also Mahatma Gandhi's 155th Birthday which was celebrated at the Seattle Center this morning. *Prakash Gupta, Consul General, India Consulate, Seattle and his staff organized the "International Day of Non-Violence" the attendees heard from Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Congressman Adam Smith, Lieutenant General Xavier Brunson, S Singh, Founder, Round Glass India Center, and former Congressman Jim McDermott was in attendance. *Debadutta Dash, Advisor to the Consul General was a key organizer for today's celebration. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. X@Eddie_Rye.
A friendly wholesome conversation with LSPC's friends John Hendrick, Chris Mazmanian [ @cmazmanian ], Randez West [ @lefthandprinting ], Chris Facey [ @coco.butter.shutter ] , Jim McDermott [ @thetrickness ], Dan Baker [ @danbaker88 ], Juan Sostre [ @sostre.shots ], Zubair Asyraf [ @zubair.asyraf ], Chrystofer Davis [ @dolo_foto ], Tony Diaz [ @diaztony ], Hank Syu [ @hanksyu0820 ], Greg Hatton [ @renaissanceman ], Ben Greenslade-Stanton [ @bgsfunk ], James Murray [ @jampublic ], Dante Hendricks [ @infernophotos ], Darrell Peacock [ @bypeacock ] where we talk about Life, Love, and Leica's (C) [The IXVI Network - @xx_ixvi_xx - @leica_spc ]. Insta: profile mentioned: @nycserg --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lspcricky/support
Published: October 05, 2021 Changing Our World‘s Jim Friend speaks with Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ, a Jesuit priest, writer, and editor for America Magazine. Fr. Jim writes about pop culture and our faith in Christ. During this conversation, Fr. Jim discusses his career as an editor, writer, and screenwriter and his experience of writing an op-ed this year about his life as a gay priest and the support he received from readers and his community after he wrote this article.Father Jim McDermott, SJ, is a writer from the suburbs of Chicago. Before coming to Los Angeles, Jim did magazine journalism and improvisational comedy in New York; he also worked as an English teacher, drama coach, and bus driver on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. While pulling out of a gas station, he once scratched a brand new bus so deeply he cut completely through its steel shell. He was named “Bus Driver of the Year” and awarded a can opener by the school. (He wishes he was kidding.) He has also spent the greater part of a year working and wandering in Australia and is more than slightly obsessed with Australian politics and football.In addition to past studies in Literature (Marquette, Harvard) and Old Testament and Liturgy (Weston Jesuit School of Theology), Fr. Jim recently completed his MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. For the last three years, he interned in the development department of the AMC network and sold his first TV pilot.Fr. Jim can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/PopCulturPriest and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JimMcDermottSJ/ He writes a weekly newsletter on pop culture and spirituality; sign up at tinyletter.com/jimmcd. Watch the video presentation of this discussion https://youtu.be/8gSNioARg7o Recorded September 28, 2021 Don't miss Changing Our World's FORGING FORWARDDon't miss the webinar series FORGING FORWARD, a virtual philanthropic conference designed to bring you nonprofit experts from around the country who are leading through the COVID-19 crisis. Daily Spiritual Reflection and Prayers on “Kristin's Crosses” Join Jim and Kristin Friend and their family on Kristin's Crosses YouTube Channel for “Today's Catholic Prayers.” Jim and Kristin offer the daily Gospel and Reflection along with the Rosary and Catholic Prayers of the day. Click here to visit the YouTube Page and subscribe. If you would like to join the Kristin's Crosses prayer group on Facebook, click here to request to join.
Jim McDermott, Dekalb Asgrow Technical Agronomist in Northwest IA, talks about rainfall, tar spot, and more in his area of the state. David Geiger provides a report on frozen and canned sweet corn production, and he is joined by Marty Williams with the Agricultural Research Services. Al Kluis with Kluis Commodities talks about the rallies in grain and soybean markets.
The party catches up on goings-on in Vallaki, and makes final preparations for a treacherous journey.Thank you to our sponsors!Modern Artifice: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ModernArtificeUse our discount code GOON10 at checkout for 10% off your order!Trevor William Fayle as The DMTyler Kanter as Artemis Silverbow (Half-Elf Ranger w/black panther Sasha)Kay Devine-Jones as Kasle Othro (Half-Orc Barbarian)Ned Pryce as Drogar Stonebreath (Dragonborn Cleric, Life Domain)Campbell O'Hare as Winnie Winchester (Halfling Cleric, Peace Domain)For hours of bonus content, fan art, secret backstories and behind-the-scenes clips, subscribe to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/criticalfayledm or check out our merch at https://www.etsy.com/shop/criticalfayledm!Twitter: https://twitter.com/CriticalFayleDMTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalfayledmInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/criticalfayledm/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/criticalfayledmThis episode features the track "Double Jig" by Jim McDermott, licensed under CC BY 3.0. Support the show
Everything is on the table: immigration and racism, women's ordination, abortion, sexual abuse, pornography, gender identity and dating apps. We've never seen a conversation with the pope like this. In Hulu's “The Pope: Answers,” Francis sits with a group of 20 to 25-year-olds to discuss their most profound questions and struggles with faith and the church's teachings. The young people also get practical, asking if the pope gets a salary. Ashley and Zac are joined by two Jesuit colleagues, Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Jim McDermott, S.J., to discuss the new documentary and how Catholics can process this profoundly honest conversation that seemingly raised more questions than answers. Read more: In Hulu's ‘The Pope: Answers,' Pope Francis talks abortion, gender identity, dating apps and more with 10 young adults by Ricardo da Silva, S.J. Hulu's ‘The Pope: Answers' is the most thrilling movie out right now by Jim McDermott, S.J. Listen to the full conversation here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Let's face it: talking about climate change can feel depressing and futile. It seems like every few years there's a new dire report, another agreement signed, and little progress is made. This week's guest, Dorothy Fortenberry, is a writer and executive producer of “Extrapolations,” a new show from Apple TV+ that aims to shake us from our complacency by showing us what the world might look like in 10, 20, 30 years if we stay on our current trajectory. We talk to her about getting people to care about climate change, her love of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical “Laudato Si'” and the ethics of having kids in a climate crisis. In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss a controversy between a group of Franciscans and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and talk about how Catholics should react to SatanCon, a gathering of members of the Satanic Temple in Boston next week. Links from the show: Military archdiocese: The end of Walter Reed's pastoral care contract is ‘incomprehensible' Boston 'SatanCon' prompts Catholics to respond with prayer and the Gospel Watch “Extrapolations” on Apple TV+ I was at the first Earth Day. And I carry what I learned about care for creation to this day by James Martin, S.J. This Earth Day, meet the artist making beautiful icons of God's endangered creatures by Jim McDermott, S.J. What's on tap? Micheladas Support Jesuitical! Become a digital subscriber to America Media! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For all of the folks who have said to me that our long documentary on Watergate and the massive evidence of alleged prosecutorial misconduct just did not seem plausible. This special edition is for you. It is a story I had not heard before until our podcast's friend , Geoff Shepard, sent the story to me and then I proceeded to research it. It is the story of one of greatest injustices ever perpetuated on a group of our soldiers, accusing three African American fighting men of murder, and causing 47 more, all African Americans, to face trial and court martial for a riot in November of 1944. It would be another 64 years before this injustice was ever set straight. An early investigation had been conducted of the events in question before the Army Prosecutor had been sent to work on the case and that investigation had cleared every single African American soldier involved of any wrong doing. But the Prosecutor decided to prosecute all of them anyway, even though he knew of the report that said they were all innocent men. He actively hid the report refusing to turn it over to a rushed Defense Team knowing they only had 10 days to prepare their case. It was a travesty of American Justice. That prosecutor was named Leon Jaworski and the case has many earie similarities to the long national nightmare of Watergate, we just chronicled in our last three season series. This is a sad, sad , story. A story that brings new insight to the massive amount of new evidence that has emerged that shows that Richard Nixon, and many of his top aids, may not have been as guilty as we have all been led to believe for the past half century. To learn more about the 1944 Fort Lawton riot see these links : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lawton_riotKCTS 9 Connects: Miscarriage of Justicehttps://youtu.be/Nxil2dibqiU Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!
Bob Quinn catches up with Jim McDermott from DeKalb/Asgrow with an update on drought conditions in northwestern Iowa and what's new on the way from DeKalb/Asgrow. Paragon Investments advisor Jamey Kohake tells us what's not happening news-wise today causing not much movement for grain markets coming out of the holiday weekend.
A beautiful conversation with Leica user Budi about his journey into photography [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bbuudii/ ] where we talk about Life, Love, and Leica's (C) [SMH Photo Design]. The Pod: 0:01 : Intro ; 02:00 : Harlem ; 07:30 : Picking up a camera ; 17:00 : My approach of making photos ; 22:15 : Finding my next subject ; 25:15 : My most memorable moment ; 33:15 : Education ; 37:45 : Transitioning to Leica ; 49:30 : Blocking distractions ; 53:45 : Covid ; 58:30 : Where I go to focus on Photography ; 1:00:XX : Socials ; 1:08:XX : What I like most about being a photographer ; 1:18:XX : Stepping out of my comfort zone ; 1:27:XX : Something all photographers should know ; 1:30:XX : Projects ; 1:34:XX : My motivation ; 1:36:XX : Advice to myself ; 1:37:XX : My recommendations ; 1:43:XX : The Final Question. Budi's recommendations : Jim McDermott [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thetrickness/ ] : Rueben [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/rueben_radding/ ] : Chris Facey [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/coco.butter.shutter/ ] : Randez West [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/wellcnnected/ ] : Jabari Asante [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/barixsafarivisuals/ ] : Vanessa Charlot [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vanessa.charlot/ ] : Andres Paulino [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/isandres66/ ] : Karen Zusman [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kzusman/ ] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lspcricky/support
Christmas drinks, Christmas carols, Christmas movies–it's the Jesuitical Christmas special! On today's festive episode, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis are joined by two colleagues, Maggi Van Dorn, the host of America Media's podcast "Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols" and associate editor Jim McDermott, S.J., to discuss the making of "Hark!", the incredible history of the Ukrainian classic, "Carol of the Bells", and why carols are so meaningful year, after year, after year. They also channel Mr. Grinch and discuss their least favorite carols. Merry Christmas to all! The story of ‘Carol of the Bells,' a Christmas classic born in Ukraine Don't forget to follow Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols on your podcast app! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a great time of year to sit back, relax and watch a Christmas movie. To help you fill out your binge-watching schedule these last few days before Christmas, host Mike Jordan Laskey invited Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ, onto the show to talk about some of their favorite movies to watch this time of year. Jim is an ideal candidate for this work. He's a fantastic writer who covers the intersection of pop culture and spirituality. (His Twitter handle is literally “@PopCulturPriest.” These days, he's an associate editor at America Magazine in New York, but he has training and experience as a screenwriter and spent some time working for the TV channel AMC. Jim and Mike each picked three of their favorite Christmas movies to discuss. They also talked about Jim's life as a Jesuit writer and what interests some of his Hollywood executive friends about his vocation to the priesthood. It was a super-fun conversation and should get you in the Christmas spirit – which, as you'll hear from Jim and Mike as a common theme in this discussion, means two parts joy and maybe three parts melancholy. Read Fr. Jim in America Magazine: https://www.americamagazine.org/voices/jim-mcdermott AMDG is a production of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.
Andrew Penney and Sean Blomgren. Part four of our agronomist series! Hear key takeaways and highlights from the 2022 growing season and insights into planning for 2023! Join Dean Grossnickle, Jim McDermott, Lauren Botine, and Neal Borgmeyer!
Have you ever wondered why most Catholics practice their faith in a local parish church? Is it simply to attend Mass and participate in the sacraments? Is it to find a meaningful community? Is it just because their family has always attended there? With the church facing serious demographic challenges across the United States, and amid a rapidly shifting religious culture, the established parish model can no longer be taken for granted. In this fourth and final discussion on America Media's new, groundbreaking documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States,” Ashley and Zac, together with Jim McDermott, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes, try to answer the overarching and critical question in the face of the uncertain future of parish life: What's the point? Watch “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States” Follow on your podcast app: Hark! The Stories Behind Our Favorite Christmas Carols, an all-new season releasing Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When the Covid-19 pandemic closed churches, many parishes began streaming Mass for their communities. That opened up a whole new digital world for Catholics near and far searching for great preaching and a meaningful sense of community. Today, as people return to their parish churches, some Catholics want to stay connected to the digital communities they discovered during the pandemic. What does the rise of these remote parishioners mean for a church that is sacramental to its core? Today, Ashley and Zac welcome Jim McDermott, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes to discuss Part Three of America Media's new, groundbreaking documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.” Watch “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In many parishes across the United States, churches are closing, there's a shortage of priests and many younger Catholics are leaving the faith. That has forced some dioceses to "cluster" parishes, a process that asks communities to tighten budgets, share resources and, in many cases, share priests. One such parish cluster sits in the small city of Antigo, Wis., where the local pastor, the Rev. Joel Sember, is about to incorporate a fourth church into his three-parish cluster. Today, Ashley and Zac welcome Jim McDermott, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes to discuss Part Two of America Media's new, groundbreaking documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.” Is parish clustering a longterm solution or a bandaid fix to a much deeper crisis in the U.S. church? Watch “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catholic parishes are growing quickly in the Southwest, and that's raising important questions for the U.S. church: How are Anglo and Latino communities integrating on the ground? Why aren't Latinos adequately represented in parish, diocesan and national church structures? Ashley and Zac welcome Jim McDermott, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes to discuss Part One of America Media's new, groundbreaking documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.” The film begins in the suburbs of Phoenix, Ariz., where one parish built a second church to accommodate the new families joining the parish on an almost daily basis. Watch "People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States" Stay tuned to the Jesuitical feed for more bonus episodes on the film! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
0:00: Calla Gill joins us for this week's cast.1:00: Bishop Robert Barron's interview with Shia LaBeouf.3:30: Calla's a convert!4:00: Fr Damian considers himself part Capachin!5:25: Have we seen this guy in a movie?6:00 Padre Pio went after him.6:35: Fr. Jim McDermott's article on the interview in America Media. 7:30: Bp. Barron's interview is more about his conversion.8:45: He was cancelled; but this movie was his way back to Hollywood9:30: Encountering the Capuchins in a non-transactional relationship.10:20: Maybe both things are true?10:50: Should we believe ANYONE'S conversion story?11:30 A spiritual director is a good choice.11:45: Look for actions over words with conversion.12:15: A note on presupposition.13:10 Would becoming Catholic give you more fans?14:10: Kristen Chenowith's experience.14:45: Does everything need to be discussed?15:30: Some folks won't do an interview if you want to talk about X or Y?16:15: Different arena's exist here.16:40: Britney Spears conversion experience.17:10: Stephen Colbert and Harrson Butker what about them?17:40: He seems like he's in a better place now.18:10 Shai on the Latin Mass and Mike's opposite experience.19:00 Mass in other languages20:40: September 23 and Bruce Springsteen21:00: Catholic Charities Matching Gift Opportunity. Text: CCHOPE 41444or go to Catholiccommunity.org/match 22:00: Church Search: St. Mary of the Falls24:25: Readings for this Sunday can be found here.25:30 Cleveland Art Museum has a great image of Lazarus and the Rich Man. Check it out here.
NOW AVAILABLE ON FOWL PLAYERS RADIO!!! www.fowlplayersradio.comDirect Link to Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/175423/11307857Jim McDermott was a "Leadman" (one who is responsible for managing and overseeing set dressers on a television show or movie set) for many years. Notable shows include "The Office", "Home Improvement", "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion", "Wag The Dog", "The X-Files" and more! I met him at "Dunder-Con" in New Jersey this past August and he agreed to appear on Fowl Players Radio to tell stories about working on "The Office" and his many other projects.Jim has agreed to come back on in a few weeks and take your questions-please send them to michaelspedden@yahoo.comJim's IMDb Page- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567527/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr160The Fowl Players of Perryville will be performing at 5th Company Brewing in Perryville Maryland on October 21, November 12, and December 10, and on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad on October 8 and 29. www.fowlplayersofperryville.com#jimmcdermott #theoffice #dundermifflin #dundercon #fowlplayersradio #michaelspedden #homeimprovement #xfilesmovie #wagthedog #fowlplayersofperryville
A beautiful conversation with Leica user Jim McDermott about his journey into photography [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thetrickness/ ] where we talk about Life, Love, and Leica's (C) [SMH Photo Design]. The Pod: 0:01 : Intro ; 02:45 : Washington St. Park ; 11:00 : Tokyo ; 15:30 : New York Street Photography ; 18:30 : When I started making photos ; 25:00 : Harajuku Style ; 32:30 : Fabulous Poodles & Profession Models ; 36:00 : Passing a thousand people ; 44:00 : No Grey ; 47:15 : Fuck you I'm a Photographer ; 51:00 : Sneaky Insta... ; 52:30 : Feed me grapes , they want all your potatoes ; 54:15 : The Socials ; 1:03:XX : Expression ; 1:08:XX : My process in the streets & The corner boss ; 1:14:XX : Your special paper airplane ; 1:18:XX : When is the moment ; 1:27:XX : Something all photographers should know ; 1:30:XX : Focal Length ; 1:33:XX : My challenges ; 1:37:XX : Do it for yourself ; 1:40:XX : What motivates me ; 1:41:XX : Blocking distractions ; 1:44:XX : My most memorable moment ; 1:54:XX : My recommendations ; 2:02:XX : The Final Question. Jim's recommendations : Budi [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bbuudii/ ] : West [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/wellcnnected/ ] : Chris Facey [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/coco.butter.shutter/ ] : Jabari Asante [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/barixsafarivisuals/ ] : Purcell Nurse [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/nurse2life/ ] : Cecil Williams [ instagram : https://www.instagram.com/film_classics/ ] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ricardo-huerta2/support
Reconquest Episode 330: Battlefield June: the Sacred Heart vs. 'Pride' Groomers Episode 330 debuts on June 8, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Battlefield June: the Sacred Heart vs. ‘Pride' Groomers. NOTE: This episode was misidentified as episode 329 in the recording. On Loving in June: the Sacred Heart vs. Depraved ‘Pride' — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org (to be published by broadcast time) The Love of Masculinity — (which mentions Saint John Henry Newman and Father Ambrose St. John) by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org The Catholic Church needs L.G.B.T. saints — by Jim McDermott at americamagazine·org, linked via archive.today to avoid giving liberal Jesuits more traffic. Can you really hate the sin and love the sinner? — by James Martin, S.J., at americamagazine·org, linked via archive.today to avoid giving liberal Jesuits more traffic. Should sinners be loved out of charity? (Summa Theologiae, Second Part of the Second Part, Question 25, Article 6) — by Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P., at newadvent.org Do sinners love themselves? — (Article 7 of the above) by Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P., at newadvent.org Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions (1886-1887) — brief bio at catholicism.org Ours has become a neo-pagan culture, and that can be even worse than a simple pagan culture — by Father George William Rutler, at newadvent.org “Reconquest” is a militant, engaging, and informative Catholic radio program featuring interviews with interesting guests as well as commentary by your host. It is a radio-journalistic extension of the Crusade of Saint Benedict Center. Each weekly, one-hour episode of Reconquest will debut RIGHT HERE on Wednesday night at 8:00 PM Eastern (7:00 PM Central). It will then be rebroadcast according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). Our Readers And Listeners Keep Us In Print & On The Air! Click here to subscribe to The CRUSADE Channel's Founders Pass Member Service & Gain 24/7 Access to Our Premium, New Talk Radio Service. www.crusadechannel.com/go What Is The Crusade Channel? The CRUSADE Channel, The Last LIVE! Radio Station Standing begins our LIVE programming day with our all original CRUSADE Channel News hosted by award winning, 25 year news veteran Janet Huxley. Followed by LIVE! From London, “The Early Show with Fiorella Nash & Friends. With the morning drive time beginning we bring out the heavy artillery The Mike Church Show! The longest running, continual, long form radio talk show in the world at the tender age of 30 years young! Our broadcast day progresses into lunch, hang out with The Barrett Brief Show hosted by Rick Barrett “giving you the news of the day and the narrative that will follow”. Then Kennedy Hall and The Kennedy Profession drives your afternoon by “applying Natural Law to an unnatural world”! The CRUSADE Channel also features Reconquest with Brother André Marie, The Fiorella Files Book Review Show, The Frontlines With Joe & Joe and your favorite radio classics like Suspense! and CBS Radio Mystery Theater. We've interviewed hundreds of guests, seen Brother Andre Marie notch his 200th broadcast of Reconquest; The Mike Church Show over 1500 episodes; launched an original LIVE! News Service; written and produced 4 Feature Length original dramas including The Last Confession of Sherlock Holmes and set sail on the coolest radio product ever, the 5 Minute Mysteries series! Combined with our best in the business LIVE! Coverage of every major political/cultural event of the last 6 years including Brexit, Trump's Election, Administration events, shampeachment, the CoronaDoom™, the 2020 Election and resulting Biden Regime's Coup d;'tat, January 6th Psy-op and now the attempt to make Russia and Vladimir Putin out as t...
At a time when young people are leaving the Catholic Church, and those who remain are less likely to attend Mass, evangelizing may not seem like a top priority. It can be tempting for Catholic leaders to think: We need to stop the internal bleeding first, then we can worry about the rest of the world. Bishop William Wack disagrees: In every age and place, Catholics are called to “make disciples of all nations,” and our time is no different. Named the head of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida in 2017, Bishop Wack recently authored a pastoral letter on evangelization, titled “Sharing the Gift.” Ashley and Zac talk to Bishop Wack about praying in public, talking to friends (and strangers) about Jesus and what makes evangelization different from proselytizing. In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley talk with their colleague Jim McDermott, S.J., about how Catholics should think about wearing masks—even when they are not required. What Catholic principles can help us discern our way through what is hopefully the final stages of the Covid-19 pandemic? Links from the show: Catholics: Please keep wearing your masks. Listen to the whole conversation here. Bishop Wack: We need more evangelical Catholics Pastoral Letter, Sharing the Gift Join Jesuitical in Italy What's on tap? Threes Brewing Logical Conclusion IPA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you think meatless Fridays or forgoing sweets for the duration of Lent is hard, imagine giving up English—or whatever your primary language is. This week's guest, Jimin Kang, did just that last year. Jimin speaks five languages but is most comfortable in English. We ask her how giving up English affected her relationship with her family and with God, and how people who only speak one language can adapt this Lenten practice to open themselves up to new people and cultures. In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley talk with their colleague Jim McDermott, S.J., about the Arizona priest who performed thousands of baptisms that have been declared invalid because he used one wrong word. How should the church respond when priests make mistakes like this? I Gave Up English for Lent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of The Resident Historian with Feliks Banel: Can Jim McDermott and Governor Inslee revive a hundred-year old plan for a tunnel under the Cascades? Then, on “All Over The Map,” the missionary who really, really wanted to visit the Columbia River in 1829. And, From The Archives: the struggle to re-name Empire Way after MLK Jr. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In our third episode of our mini series, we're welcoming Jim McDermott. Jim got his start in the Dot Com-era when he founded Stamps.com. Since selling that, he's focused on a different types of cutting edge tech like desalination, electric and natural gas markets, solar energy and waste streams. He also has an interest in clean, domestic biofuels. In this episode, Juan and Jim dive into carbon emission and management, developed v. emerging markets approaches to energy and hydrocarbon. NEW EPISODES: We release main series episodes every two weeks on Mondays and ESG mini-series every Thursday through COP26. You can subscribe via Podbean or use this feed URL (https://tvpschroders.podbean.com/feed.xml) in Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast players. GET IN TOUCH: send us a tweet: @TheValueTeam Important information. This podcast is for investment professionals only. This information is not an offer, solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or to adopt any investment strategy. Any data has been sourced by us and is provided without any warranties of any kind. It should be independently verified before further publication or use. Third party data is owned or licenced by the data provider and may not be reproduced, extracted or used for any other purpose without the data provider's consent. Neither we, nor the data provider, will have any liability in connection with the third party data. Reliance should not be placed on any views or information in the material when taking individual investment and/or strategic decisions. Any references to securities, sectors, regions and/or countries are for illustrative purposes only. The views and opinions contained herein are those of individual to whom they are attributed, and may not necessarily represent views expressed or reflected in other communications, strategies or funds. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested. Exchange rate changes may cause the value of any overseas investments to rise or fall. Past Performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. The forecasts included should not be relied upon, are not guaranteed and are provided only as at the date of issue. Our forecasts are based on our own assumptions which may change.
If you've had a bad experience going to Confession, you're not alone. Catholics recently took to social media in response to a post from a woman who had been questioned inappropriately by a priest after confessing a sexual sin. One of the responses came from Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ, an associate editor at America, who authored Sex and Confession: 5 helpful guidelines. He and Gloria share their own past negative experiences in the confessional, discuss the formation of priests who hear confessions and the rights of the penitent. They also reflect on why the seal of confession should never be broken, no matter what the sin, and make the case for not giving up on the sacrament. Support The Gloria Purvis Podcast by getting a digital subscription to America! Link: Sex and Confession: 5 helpful guidelines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Changing Our World‘s Jim Friend speaks with Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ, a Jesuit priest, a writer, and editor for America The post 103. The Pop Culture Priest: Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ appeared first on Advancing Our Church .
Retired Commercial Airline Captains Greg Harvey, Jim Mcdermott, Phil Daniel join Matthew and James to recount their experiences on September 11, 2001. All three men met 35+ years ago as pilots for a charter airline out of Baton Rouge, LA, Gulf Air. In a reunion of sorts they also reminisce on some old aviation stories. Enjoy!
Farmers face soybean diseases that can hurt plant health and reduce yield every season. In this Managing for Profit, DEKALB Asgrow technical agronomist Jim McDermott discusses steps farmers can take to help manage the diseases for the next growing season.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David talk about the recent effects of winter storms on Texas, the (re)establishment of the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, and we welcome guest Fr. Jim McDermott to discuss his recent article on being gay in the priesthood
2020 brought us a pandemic, a reckoning on racial injustice and ongoing challenges to our democratic norms. How can pop culture help us process these events? And how did pop culture fail to prepare us? Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ, returns to AMDG for a conversation on pop culture, storytelling and finding hope as we change the calendar year. There are a lot of stories to be told as we begin a new year -- and a lot of voices we need to hear from. This final episode of 2020 will help get those creative wheels spinning.
Starts with evaluating options, so DeKalb/Asgrow agronomist Jim McDermott and Bayer's Megan McQuoid join Bob and Andy to prevent a couple of new ones for you. PLUS Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.
It's Election Day Eve, and Jim McDermott has some words of wisdom on voting and the power of hope. This one gets emotional. Produced by Tom Brennan and Ned Thorne. Theme music by JoAnne Harris.
President Trump escapes the hospital and laughs off a terrorist plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan as The Panel counts down to election day. Starring Robert George, Jim McDermott, Kate Moran, Julie Sharbutt, Geoff Grimwood, Meghan O'Malley and musical guest Megan Sass! Produced by Tom Brennan and Ned Thorne. Theme music by JoAnne Harris.
Thoughts out to everyone in the Derecho path and we talk accelerated maturity with Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott talks general Agronomic with rapid accumulation of GDU’s
Who created COVID-19? Conspiracy Theorist Axel Rand blames MANY people.Then, Michelle Francesca Thomas takes us to church and Justine Davie tries not to be depressed as Electoral Dysfunction continues it's quarantine through Holy Week!Meghan O'Malley, Jim McDermott and Robert George also join the panel while David Frasure's Marimba reminds us there's still beauty in the world.StarringJustine Davie (The Daily Show)Robert George (New York Daily News)Jim McDermott (America Magazine)Meghan O'Malley (Barely Making It)Michelle Francesca Thomas (Faceblind Love)AndTom Brennan (Marvel Entertainment)FeaturingChris Booth (NPR)David Frasure (Marimba Extraordinaire)Produced by Tom Brennan & Ned ThorneAnimation by Kevin ScottMusic by JoAnne HarrisEagle Art by Shalvey & Bellaire
In this episode: Interview with Mt Olive High School Varsity Baseball Coach Jim McDermott Practice Planning 101 Sports Nutrition | Great Article>> https://www.stack.com/a/sports-nutrition-keys Quick Tip: Pitching Flip Drill Best Baseball Movie You've Never Heard Of | Link to trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA76b5Hhvxg Marcus Ippolito, Owner, In The Zone Baseball & Softball Academy Taylor Bargiacchi, Assist Coach College of St Elizabeth Jeff Falzarano, Varsity Baseball Coach, Bernards High School
This week's Fordham Conversations examines the Stars Wars universe and its religious and spiritual influences. The panel discussion Jedi & Jesuits: Explore the Deep Side of a Galaxy Far, Far Away was put on by the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture in partnership with Fordham Campus Ministry. David Goodwin, Assistant Director at the Center, moderated the event. The panelists are Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service journalist, Kathryn Reklis, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies and theology professor at Fordham University and Jim McDermott, LA-based Jesuit and screenwriter.
This is the podcast you're looking for. Full disclosure on today’s episode: it’s a deep dive into the cultural and spiritual impacts of Star Wars — just in time for the release of the latest and final installment, The Rise of Skywalker. And it’s a real opportunity to find God in all things. Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ, is a big Star Wars nerd. He’s a screenwriter and the Los Angeles correspondent for America Magazine, and he writes a weekly newsletter about pop culture and spirituality called Pop Culture Spirit Wow. And, naturally, he’s done a lot of writing, reading and thinking about Star Wars. This conversation on Star Wars isn’t really just about Star Wars. We’re talking here about the nature of forgiveness and redemption, the impacts of structural sin and violence and the role stories play in our understanding of spirituality. You should have a good feeling about this. Subscribe — or subscribe not — to AMDG wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you think this is the Baby Yoda of podcasts, then don’t forget to leave us a nice review.
The episode that started it all. Revisit some OG Garbagetown with Jim McDermott--writer, Jesuit and expert in Hollywood-induced ennui. IG/Twitter: @popculturepriest --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/garbagetown/message
We talk early harvest results with Jim McDermott
Today’s guest is Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering. Founded in 2009, CE is a Canadian-based clean energy company leading the commercialization of groundbreaking technology that captures CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, and a second technology that synthesizes it into clean, affordable transportation fuels. From a pilot plant in Squamish, B.C., CE has been removing CO₂ from the atmosphere since 2015 and converting it into fuels since 2017. Steve brings more than 20 years of executive experience to CE’s team, stemming from previous roles in technology, robotics, and aerospace sectors. Steve served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development for MDA, a leading Canadian technology firm. At MDA, Steve held a variety of senior executive positions across Canada and the US, covering General Management, Business Development, and Strategy. He has secured financing from Government and commercial sources for a variety of complex technologies, including several large satellite programs. Steve holds a bachelor of science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Birmingham in England. In today’s episode, we cover: Overview of direct air capture and how it works Progress to date, long vision, and what is coming next Cost drivers, and go to market strategy Discussion about carbon math and why carbon removal is so important Discussion on 45Q tax credits, LCFS credits, what they are and why they matter Discussion around price on carbon, whether it is essential, and why it may make sense to distinguish legacy carbon removal from removal at point of emission and also why incentives may make sense based on carbon intensity Discussion about enhanced oil recovery vs pure CO2 removal services, and Carbon Engineerings short and longterm plans Discussion around historic role of big hydrocarbon companies, role going forward, and how important they are to the equation Discussion around CE and how they are working with some of the big hydrocarbon companies, and the nature of those relationships CE’s licensing model, profile of partners to take into other parts of the world What policy initiatives Steve finds to be most impactful Steve’s advice for others trying to find their lane in the climate fight Links to topics discussed in this episode: Carbon Engineering: https://carbonengineering.com/ Chevron: https://www.chevron.com/ Occidental Petroleum: https://www.oxy.com/aboutOccidental/Pages/default.aspx BHP: https://www.bhp.com/ Jim McDermott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesacmcdermott/ Direct air capture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_air_capture 45Q: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:26%20section:45Q%20edition:prelim) California Low Carbon Fuel Standard: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs.htm You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests. Enjoy the show!
Today’s guest is Jim McDermott, Managing Director of Rusheen Capital Management, LLC. Rusheen Capital Management is a Santa Monica, CA-based private equity firm that invests in growth-stage companies in the carbon capture and utilization, low-carbon energy and water sustainability sectors. Prior to co-founding RCM, Jim has started, invested in and run numerous companies. These include: US Renewables Group (Founder & Managing Partner), Stamps.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP – Founder), Spoke Software, Inc. (Founder & CEO), Archive, Inc. (Founder & CEO – sold to Cyclone Commerce), NanoH2O, Inc. (Founder & Board Member – sold to LG Chemical), SolarReserve (Founder & Board Member), Fulcrum Bioenergy, Inc. (Founder & Board Member), Common Assets (Founder & Board Member – sold to NASDAQ:SCTY), SET Technology (Board Member) and OH Energy, Inc. (Founder & Board Member). Jim holds a BA in Philosophy from Colorado College and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. In this episode we discuss: Jim’s transition from dot com entrepreneur (back) to energy/climate Formation and operation of US renewables group Some examples of companies Jim has backed His views on impact capital and how it returns relative to a more mercenary approach Importance and necessity of carbon removal Role of the big hydrocarbon companies looking backward and forward Importance of policies like the 45Q tax credit The emergence of the carbon-to-value economy Some of the most exciting innovations to keep an eye on What Jim would do with $100B if he could put it to work to maximize impact in the climate fight Jim’s advice to people trying to find a way to help Links to topics discussed in this episode: Jim McDermott Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesacmcdermott/ US Renewables Group: https://usregroup.com/ Fulcrum BioEnergy: http://fulcrum-bioenergy.com/ Bret Kugelmass: https://www.myclimatejourney.co/episodes/bret-kugelmass 45Q tax credit: https://www.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CATF_FactSheet_45QCarbonCaptureIncentives.pdf Carbon Engineering: https://carbonengineering.com/ Renewable portfolio standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_portfolio_standard Oil depletion allowance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_depletion_allowance Low carbon fuel standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbon_fuel_standard Electrolysis: https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-production-electrolysis Photocatalyst and hydrogen production: https://phys.org/news/2017-05-photocatalyst-hydrogen-production-efficient.html You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests. Enjoy the show!
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Our Apr. 4 guest is Jim McDermott, S.J.,America’s Los Angeles correspondent. We discuss her recent article, “The remarkable life of the Easter lily and the farmers who make it happen.” We also discuss these articles: An attack on the integrity of the census is an attack on the voting rights of minorities Is ‘dialogue’ just an empty buzzword for Christians? Pope Francis in Easter message calls for end to conflicts in Syria and the Holy Land
Jude Angelini is the host of The All Out Show and author Hummingbird (2017) and Hyena (2015). Jim McDermott is a lawyer and the author of Bitter is the Wind.
Episode #20: On the front page of Pandora's website, there's a statement that says “It's a new kind of radio — stations that play only music you like.” How can it be that Pandora knows what you'll enjoy? Isn't liking music purely up to personal taste? Pandora, like many other digital music platforms, uses a complex algorithm to predict what their listeners want to hear. Other services employ human beings to curate their music discovery systems. So who's the more effective tastemaker? Man, or machine? On today's episode we tackle this question with writer and consultant Jim McDermott, then talk to two people who get paid to listen to music all day: New Music Scout and Artist Relations Manager for Marmoset Brandon Day and Rumblefish's Senior Music Supervisor William Nix. Subscribe to The Future of What on iTunes: http://apple.co/1P4Apk0 Follow us: Twitter: http://bit.ly/2gOYMYM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefutureofwhat/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/1L6T8fl
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Former Congressman and Affiliate Faculty member Jim McDermott discusses President Trump's record low approval ratings nearing the completion of his first 100 days in office.
In this episode, we feel a bit sorry for Malcolm Turnbull and wonder whether the electorate even cares who is leader anymore. We also discuss scapegoating and how attempts to discriminate lead to indiscriminate effects. Hosted by Fatima Measham and Jim McDermott. Music: Aces High by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)licensed under CCBYA 3.0.
Is there an upside to Hansonism? In this episode, we try to figure out what One Nation actually has to offer. We also talk about fear and how some Americans are dealing with the Trump era by turning to fantasy literature. Is this just escapism? Hosted by Fatima Measham and Jim McDermott. Music: Aces High by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)licensed under CCBYA 3.0.
In the pilot episode of ChatterSquare, we talk about that phone call between the US president and Australian Prime Minister, and how it foreshadows foreign policy. We also try to work out what it means to be in opposition on both sides of the Pacific under current conditions. Hosted by Fatima Measham and Jim McDermott. Music: Aces High by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)licensed under CCBYA 3.0.
September Hope is an excellent book by author John C. McManus that chronicles the American side of the WWII campaign against Nazi Germany known as Operation Market Garden, the Allies attempt to cut through the Netherlands and to Berlin to "end the war before Christmas". It is a compelling and well researched account that covers the operation from it's inception to it's agonizing conclusion. Join Dave Kleinschmidt, Jeff Hallett, Mike Lembke and our special guest Jim McDermott as they discuss and pontificate about this interesting book.
After a long break, it's the big 4-0 today, and I'm thrilled to have music industry guru Jim McDermott joining us for our fortieth episode! From Warner to PolyGram to Island to Universal to Sony, Jim's three decades of experience in marketing have seen him at the helm of album campaigns for the likes of David Bowie, New Order, Sheryl Crow, U2, Depeche Mode, Guns N' Roses, The Replacements and more. In July of this year, he began his own podcast -- How To Fix The Music Business -- where he chats with insiders and musicians to find out how the industry can survive and still fuel artists both creatively and financially. In this chat, Jim drops lots of great industry knowledge and we also discuss how ditching his vinyl in the CD era actually led to his career in music, his early and current vinyl obsessions, a funny backstage meeting with The Cure's Robert Smith and why sending fake dog poop in the mail can sometimes work wonders! Check out How To Fix The Music Business however you listen to podcasts or at HowToFixTheMusicBusiness.com, and follow Jim on Twitter @thetrickness. SPONSORS: Pinwheel Records, 1722 W. 18th St. in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood; Vinyl For A Cause, promoting charitable good, one record sale at a time; Table-Turned, a new vinyl subscription service giving you your choice of genre for as low as about $12/album. If you like what you hear on Vinyl Emergency, send us a screenshot of your iTunes review of the show or donate to keep us up and running (either by December 10th) and you'll be entered into the Mint Condition Coalition, giving you entry into a gigantic giveaway at the end of 2016 for records and swag from Vinyl Me Please, Warner Bros., Topshelf, Wax Mage, Hey Mercedes and much more. Visit vinylemergency.com and click 'donate' for more info! Follow @VinylEmergency on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Show questions and feedback are always welcomed at vinylemergency@gmail.com.
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Back in 1990, Jim McDermott gave me a sticker with a picture of a weird little doll on it. In today’s episode, I tell the story of that weird doll, and the even weirder power it has, and how you can use it for good. (BTW, I don’t believe in ‘woo-woo’!) Share this Post Podcast: Play in new window ...
This is a show trailer for the How To Fix The Music Business podcast, hosted by Jim McDermott.
In "Glass-Bottom Boat," Jim McDermott returns to the memory of his first psychedelic experience in which he found himself back in an era he thought he’d missed: the sixties.
Veteran political analysts Joni Balter and Peter Jackson weigh in on Congressman Jim McDermott’s retirement announcement. Who wants to replace the long-time, liberal Seattle Democrat after his 14 terms representing the 7th Congressional District? Plus, we look at the major statewide races and initiatives as we head into the 2016 election year.
Welcome to Garbagetown. Nobody is fine. Jackie Vleck & Sarah Jean Kruchowski talk each other through the creative despair and minor victories of the “working stiff” version of Hollywood. Take a listen to the pilot episode. MP3 Notes from Producer Jennie: So, as you may have guessed, this is NOT a Tell It Anyway. It’s a brand-new podcast called “Hooray for Garbagetown”, and it sprung to life in the (sometimes sweltering) creative heat generated in the little office above the butcher shop where your favorite storytelling podcast is produced. You may remember Jackie Vleck from TIA Ep. 9 “What Might Have Been”. If you don’t, go check out that episode, b/c it is terrific. Matt and I have known Jackie since she was part of the epic “Bad Teacher” experience, but we were floored with how great she was telling stories on our show. So we got to talking about a particular phrase that Jackie loves to use: “garbage.” As in, “I’m a garbage.” Or, “this town makes you feel like garbage.” And we thought, well, if that isn’t a podcast…. So Jackie and her Ultraloom creative partner Sarah Jean Kruchowsi got together and brought Hooray for Garbagetown to life. They learned the entire “Tom Merritt podcast publishing process”, booked tremendous guests, and showed up every week to the little office above the butcher shop to tape new episodes. And it was hot. (Not just the podcast. We had to turn the air off to record, and it was damned hot). (Note to self: Do not incubate podcasts in August.) Anyway, I decided to cross post their introductory episode in the Tell It Anyway feed, so you can all get a taste of the garbage (err, magic) but their first full episode is up right now at Hooray for Garbagetown – it’s a tremendous interview with Jim McDermott, a screen and magazine writer, who is also a Catholic priest in a religious order known as the Jesuits. You should head on over there and take a listen. And then check out their awesome site. You can tell a lot of hard work went into it, which is great, because in Hollywood, hard work is ALWAYS rewarded. *sob* And yes, the iTunes account is “under review” as we speak. But you are ALL tech savvy podcast fiends, so I know you can just go ahead and manually add the show to your podcatchers with this link: http://www.hoorayforgarbagetown.com/feed?format=rss Hugs all around, Jennie
Today on the show, I am talking with Jim McDermott, who is a social media and content marketing strategist for artists. Jim has been involved in the new media and digital music space since 1993. During his career, Jim has developed successful grassroots and online marketing campaigns for Guns & Roses, U2, Sheryl Crow, David Bowie, and many others. He has also worked for Sony Music, PolyGram, Warner Music, UMG, and Island Records. I am going to talk to Jim about music exclusives. These days, every music streaming company is fighting over exclusive content. They want singles and albums from popular artists that no one else has. But do consumers care? Is this going to a strategy that signs up more paying subscribers for companies? Make sure that you subscribe to Music Business Podcast in iTunes or your favorite podcast app. You can also follow the show and get the latest episodes and on SoundCloud.
How pickpockets hack your brain, FedEx going green to save money, protecting yourself from DNS attacks, and Fr. Jim McDermott, the Pop Culture Priest on Dr. Who, comic books and more! Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ Subscribe to Padre's Corner at https://twit.tv/shows/padres-corner Music: "Ashes" by Josh Woodward Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: thebouqs.com/twit
How pickpockets hack your brain, FedEx going green to save money, protecting yourself from DNS attacks, and Fr. Jim McDermott, the Pop Culture Priest on Dr. Who, comic books and more! Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ Subscribe to Padre's Corner at https://twit.tv/shows/padres-corner Music: "Ashes" by Josh Woodward Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: thebouqs.com/twit
How pickpockets hack your brain, FedEx going green to save money, protecting yourself from DNS attacks, and Fr. Jim McDermott, the Pop Culture Priest on Dr. Who, comic books and more! Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ Subscribe to Padre's Corner at https://twit.tv/shows/padres-corner Music: "Ashes" by Josh Woodward Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: thebouqs.com/twit
How pickpockets hack your brain, FedEx going green to save money, protecting yourself from DNS attacks, and Fr. Jim McDermott, the Pop Culture Priest on Dr. Who, comic books and more! Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ Subscribe to Padre's Corner at https://twit.tv/shows/padres-corner Music: "Ashes" by Josh Woodward Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: thebouqs.com/twit
This episode highlights the bills that passed the House of Representatives in March, including a bill that allows toxic mountaintop removal waste to be dumped in streams, a bill that skips environmental reviews for new nuclear power plants, a bill that wasn't meant to become law but could screw over every government employee if it did, a bill that prevents the government from managing water rights, multiple bills to chip away at ObamaCare, and more. Bills Presented in This Episode Every one of these bills passed the House of Representatives in March, 2014 and is now awaiting action in the Senate. HR 311: “Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act” FUELS Act Sponsored by Rep. Eric “Rick” Crawford of Arkansas Relaxes the EPA rule that requires farms install spill prevention equipment if they store oil on their properties. This bill became law as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, although with different numbers. The previous law said that a farm would need to install spill prevention equipment if they stored more than 1,320 gallons of oil on their property and would have to have that equipment inspected and certified by an engineer if they stored more than 10,000 gallons of oil. The new law says that the farm must get oil spill prevention equipment if they store more than 6,000 gallons of oil on their property and must have that equipment inspected and certified by an engineer if they have over 20,000 gallons of oil. H.R. 311 would have allowed farms to store up to 42,000 gallons of oil before they would have to have oil spill prevention equipment installed and certified by and engineer. The author of H.R. 311 was Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas; he has taken over $278,000 from the crop production and basic processing industry. H.R. 938: United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 Sponsored by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida Would add Israel to a list of countries that gets approved faster for weapons shipments from the United States. Title II: Takes a $2 million a year grant program for renewable energy research and development and shifts its money towards natural gas. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's top contributor is the "Pro-Israel" lobby, which has given her over $893,000. The bill passed 410-1. Additional Information: Analysis: Israeli natural gas fields hold big promise for Noble Energy, Reuters, February 10, 2014. HR 1459: Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act Sponsored by Rob Bishop of Utah Changes the rules for creating a National Monument. Requires environmental reviews of proposed National Monuments. The President can only create one National Monument per state per term; any additional National Monument declarations must be created by Congress. Rep. Rob Bishop’s campaign’s top contributing industry for the upcoming election is the oil and gas industry, which has given him $22,000. In total, the oil and gas industry has given Rep. Rob Bishop over $150,000. Another industry that benefits from this bill is real estate, Rep. Rob Bishop's fourth most generous contributing industry, which has given him over $100,000. This bill had the closest vote of the month, passing 222-201. HR 1814: Equitable Access to Health and Care Act (EACH Act) Sponsored by Aaron Schock of Illinois On Monday, June 30, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations can pick and choose what is included in their employee’s health coverage, so long as they say that that coverage is against the owners' religion. This ruling means that H.R. 1814 would have far wider implications than originally intended if it were to become law. HR 1814 let’s people get out of buying health insurance entirely if they say their “sincerely held religious beliefs” say they can’t get medical care. If someone went to the doctor that year voluntarily, the exemption would be nullified. There’s no penalty for lying. After the Supreme Court decision, if H.R. 1814 were to become law, corporations might be able to get out of providing for their employees by claiming that doing so is against their religion. The bill passed overwhelmingly in March, without a recorded vote, but it's future now looks bleak in the Senate. H.R. 2641: Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act (RAPID Act) Sponsored by Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania Prohibits more than one environmental impact statement and one environmental assessment per project. Allows the company applying for a permit to conduct that environmental review. Lets the Federal government, at the company’s request, accept an environmental analysis that was prepared under State laws; the State laws have to be “substantially equivalent to NEPA” - not entirely, meaning that the Federal government can accept environmental studies that are not as stringent as NEPA. The Federal government can use the environmental analysis of a completely different but similar project in “geographical proximity” that was prepared within the last five years. “Geographical proximity” is not defined. All project reviews must be done at the same time. If other agencies are supposed to be involved in the environmental study process. they will have 30 days to respond to the lead agency or forever hold their peace. The other agencies won’t be allowed to participate or even submit comments if they didn’t respond in those first 30 days. Once a project schedule has been created, the lead agency is not allowed to respond to or include any NEPA document, comment, or new information that was submitted outside the time allotted for environmental analysis in the schedule. Sets time limits for environmental impact statements and public comment periods. If the lead agency doesn’t meet these deadlines, the permit is deemed approved. The permit can not be reversed by any agency or the courts. Bars judicial review of Federal permits, with a few narrow exceptions Representatives Quoted in This Segment (in order of appearance): Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas HR 2824: Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Sponsored by Bill Johnson of Ohio Forces the States to comply with a rule that allows the waste from mountaintop removal for coal mining operations to be dumped into rivers and streams. The rule was implemented in the last days of the Bush Administration and was recently thrown out by the courts because it didn't comply with the Endangered Species Act. Bill Johnson, the author of this gift to the coal industry, has taken over $200,000 from the mining industry. The bill passed 229-192. Representatives Quoted in This Segment (in order of appearance): Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California HR 3189: Water Rights Protection Act Sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton of Colorado This bill prohibits the Federal government from requiring companies operating on public land to turn over their water rights as a part of their lease renewals. The bill was written to settle a dispute over a Forest Service directive that would have required ski resorts operating on public land to turn over their water rights to the government in order to keep operating on public land. The Forest Service had already retracted that directive at the time this bill passed. The bill however, would prohibit the entire Department of Agriculture and the entire Department of the Interior from requiring the relinquishment of water rights as part of a permit to operate on public land, meaning the bill would effect far more than just ski resorts. The bill passed 238-174. No Republicans voted against it. Witnesses quoted from the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Water and Power's hearing from October 10, 2013 (in order of appearance): Tony Willardson, Executive Director of the Western States Water Council David Corbin, Vice President of the Aspen Skiing Company Glenn Porzak, Attorney for the National Ski Areas Association Representatives Quoted in This Segment (in order of appearance): Rep. Grace Napolitano of California HR 3826: Electricity Security and Affordability Act Sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky The EPA will be not be allowed to enact any standard on fossil fuel powered electric utilities that regulates emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and a few other gases unless at least 6 utilities have already been meeting the standard for over a year; no results of demonstration projects can be included. Prohibits some specific proposed EPA rules from ever going into effect. Rules enacted by the EPA to set emission standards on fossil fuel utilities can’t go into effect until Congress passes a Federal law to set the enactment date. Ed Whitfield’s second highest contributor over the course of his career has been electric utilities; he’s taken over $614,000 from them. Electric utilities are his top contributor for the upcoming 2014 election; he’s taken over $157,000 and counting for this election alone. Ed Whitfield has also taken almost half a million over the course of his career from the oil and gas industry, over $100,000 of that for this upcoming election. The bill passed 229-183. HR 4015: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 Sponsored by Michael Burgess of Texas This bill repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) method of paying doctors who treat Medicare patients. The SGR rate ties the doctors' payments to the growth of the economy, which has short changed the doctors as medical costs have risen and the economy has remained flat. In it’s place, HR 4015 establishes what they call a “merit-based incentive payment system” that would come into effect on January 1, 2018. It creates a complicated system of scoring doctors based on their performance. Section 10, however, waives the tax penalty for not buying health insurance until 2019. This provision will kill the bill in the Senate. The bill passed 238-181. No Republicans voted against it. HR 4118: SIMPLE Fairness Act Sponsored by Rep. Lynn Jenkins of Kansas Delays the tax penalty assessed if you fail to buy health insurance for one year. The Congressional Budget Office determined that the result will be that one million fewer Americans sign up for health insurance over the next few years, with half of those being poor people eligible for Federal subsidies. The government would save a few billion over the next ten years, therefore, by not giving health insurance to poor people. Rep. Lynn Jenkins top five contributing industries include both health professionals and insurance. She’s taken over $300,000 from both. Representatives Quoted in This Segment (in order of appearance): Rep. Lynn Jenkins of Kansas Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington HR 4138: ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014 Sponsored by Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina Allows the House of Representatives, the Senate, or the Congress as a whole to to “bring civil action” against another part of the government if Congress doesn’t think that part of the government is “faithfully executing the law” Allows either part of Congress to sue over the actions of the Executive branch, any department or agency or “any other officer or employee” of the United States for formal or informal policies, practices or procedures. Before Congress can file these civil suits, Congress needs to pass a resolution. After the lawsuit is filed in a district court, the rules are that the lawsuit will be heard by a three-judge court and their decision can only be appealed directly to the Supreme Court. This bill was presented as a solution to the "problem" of an Executive Branch that refuses to enforce the law. This bill, however, is so broadly and carelessly written that it appears to allow Congress to sue any part of the government, individual employees included, if Congress determines they have not "faithfully executed the law." [caption id="attachment_1453" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Stars of the "President Obama Sucks" montage[/caption] The only clear winners if this bill became law are the lawyers who would get to argue these civil cases. The author of the bill, Rep. Trey Gowdy, is a lawyer. Trey Gowdy’s most generous contributing industry are lawyers and law firms, which have given him over $188,000 during his two terms in Congress. The bill passed 233-181, with the support of every, single Republican. It stands no chance in the Senate. Representatives Quoted in This Segment (in order of appearance): Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina Rep. Richard Nugent of Florida Rep. Ted Poe of Texas Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts Ignored Subpoena Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania informed the House of Representatives that he is not going to comply with a subpoena. It's not clear exactly what the subpoena was for but he has been under Federal investigation for various improprieties since 2007. Additional Information: Pennsylvania Rep. Chaka Fattah vows to fight federal subpoena, Washington Times, March 13, 2014. Music Presented in This Episode March of the Pigs by A Thousand Suns (found on Music Alley by mevio) Intro and Exit Music: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)
Ruze Dalmatinke of Seattle, Washington presents traditional Croatian songs. Founded by sisters Binki Franulovic Spahi and Alma Franulovic Plancich who immigrated to the U.S. with their family after World War II, the group origianally sprang from their desire to preserve the songs of their native Dalmatia, but their repertoire has since expanded to include songs from throughout Croatia. Special guests Croatian Ambassador Josko Paro and Rep. Jim McDermott provide introductory comments. For captions, transcripts and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6023
Edition #439 The Bad Deal Part 2 - The Politicians Strike Back Act 1: We got screwed – Wait wait don’t tell me Song 1: I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light – Deja Entendu Act 2: Sanders speaking to oppose tax cuts – Young Turks Song 2: You Talk Too Much – Carnival Time – The Best of Ric Records, Vol. 1 Act 3: History made – Countdown Song 3: Tell me tell me – Burning Spear Act 4: When opposites attack – Rachel Maddow Song 4: Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) – Josh Groban Act 5: Bernie could not be stopped – Citizen Radio Song 5: The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) – Single Act 6: David Cay Johnston – Democracy Now! Song 6: Carol of the Bells – Christmas Celebration Act 7: Rep. Peter DeFazio leading the charge against – Thom Hartmann Song 7: Se Quiere, Se Mata – Pies Descalzos Act 8: Rep. Jim McDermott on Obama giving away the store – Young Turks Song 8: First Snow (Instrumental) – Christmas Eve and Other Stories Act 9: Bipartisanshi* – Countdown Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: SuperCuts – Daily Show Sources: Wait wait don’t tell me The Young Turks Countdown Rachel Maddow Citizen Radio Democracy Now! Thom Hartmann The Daily Show Produced By: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at Podcast Alley or Review the show on iTunes.
The French and Swiss reformer John Calvin said that a proper understanding of the Book of Romans opened a door to the treasure into all of Scripture. In other words, if you understand Romans properly, you get it. You get what Scripture has to offer. Another scholar said that these two verses, verses 16-17, are the thesis statement of the entire Book of Romans. So therefore, if those two ideas are true, then we're looking at two of the most significant verses you can find in all of Scripture, Romans 1:16-17. Paul says, "I'm not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, first for the Jew, then for the gentile. For in the Gospel, righteousness from God is revealed. A righteousness that is by faith from first to last. Just as it is written, the righteous will live by faith." That is a summary of everything that Paul wants to say in the Book of Romans. I. The Powerful Weapon of Shame, More Powerful Gospel of God And Paul begins by talking about the issue of shame. In verse 16 he says, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel." Have you ever felt ashamed of the Gospel before? Have you ever been in a situation where you're witnessing or you wanted to express to somebody, a relative, a friend, who you really were in Christ and you felt something kind of grabbing hold of you and you couldn't tell them, couldn't speak the way you wanted to? Well, I think it's good for us as Christians to try to understand what's going on at that moment, but what is this shame that we feel? Recently the Southern Baptist Convention has put out a number of prayer guides. I don't know if you've heard anything about that. They've become very much the topic of conversation. There was a prayer guide for Muslims, prayer guide for Hindus, prayer guide for Jews as well. Recently, the representative Jim McDermott, who is a congressman from the 7th district of the state of Washington got hold of the prayer guide in regard to the Hindus and he was outraged by it and he took a piece of congressional stationary and wrote an open letter to all the other representatives, congressmen, in regard to this prayer guide. And this is what he said. In an October 28th "Dear Colleague" letter, sent to all 434 of his fellow House members, McDermott charged that the Southern Baptists had an "Aggressive intolerant approach. An intolerant view that has inflamed Hindu communities worldwide." And he called on the Southern Baptists to, "End your conversion campaign directed to members of the Hindu faith." He went on to write, "We cannot understand how men and women raised and educated in the world's bastion of religious freedom and tolerance can characterize another religion as spiritually dark and false. The lack of respect that this statement shows for the basic rights of an individual to believe in whatever faith they choose, is perhaps the most disturbing." Well, I suppose that depends on your perspective. To me, what's disturbing is that an elected representative of our government would attack conversion efforts in the name of Christ. He doesn't know history very well. He doesn't know for example that the framers of the constitution were influenced in a major way by Baptists to put in religious freedom, not just tolerance but religious freedom. But yet those Baptists were active in preaching the Gospel and seeking to reach out to people through Jesus Christ. But you see what's going on in our culture today. What's going on is that tolerance has become the major ethic of our day. And if you show any intolerance at all, you have committed the sin there is to commit, and it takes a great deal of courage to stand for Christ these days in that circumstance. Now I don't know what the future holds. I don't know when the Lord will return. But if you take this attitude, this elected official taking a piece of paper and writing on it that we should not seek to convert people to faith in Jesus Christ, where will we be in 50 years? Not one of us is afraid that government officials are going to break down the doors right now and come in and stop us from worshipping. But how do we know what'll happen in the next generation or the one that follows? It's fascinating. But either way, understand that in church history, Christians have been called on to stand firm and to show courage despite prevailing attitudes in their culture. We have to some degree been lulled into a false sense of security, a feeling that we should kind of get along with the world around us, and that's just because of the unique place of America in the flow of world history. For the most part, Christians have taken their very lives in their hands when they stood firm for Christ. And there is a temptation in all of this to be ashamed, isn't there? To be ashamed of the Gospel like there's something wrong with it. Now these prayer guides put out by the International Mission Board are just informational guides on how you can pray for people of the Hindu faith, Muslim faith and how they can come to personal faith in Christ. Now what you think about that probably depends on what you think is the basic status of a human being apart from Christ. If they're basically okay, if people are basically alright and if religion just comes and helps us in our lives, then maybe there might be a reason to be inflamed or angry about one group that seemed to have the truth when there really is no truth available. Maybe that would be true, but if you believe what Romans says, that apart from God, apart from Christ, we're under wrath and under judgment and that only Jesus Christ and His death on the cross can atone for our sins, then everything changes. And further more, if Jesus is Lord and commands us to go and preach the Gospel, everything changes as well. So I think we as Christians need to come face to face with this history of shame and try to understand what it is and how much of a powerful weapon it is in the hands of Satan to stop us from doing our duty, to stop us from preaching the Gospel. Now when you think of being ashamed, of feeling shame, what pops in your mind? Suppose for example you took out a friend to lunch and you said, "Listen, I want you to get anything you want. This one's on me. I want you to enjoy yourself, have whatever you want." It's a nice restaurant, expensive restaurant, and so he said, "I don't feel right about this." You say, "Go ahead, listen, I just want to... It's my way of saying thank you." Just to help him out, you order the most expensive thing on the menu yourself, etcetera. Time comes to pay and you can't find your wallet anywhere. What do you think you'll feel at that moment? Shame. And also a bit of anxiety about how many dishes you're going to have to wash to get out of that restaurant that day. Shame. Well how about this, suppose... Picture a 12-year old boy who's the best basketball player in his class and he's used to boasting about it. And suppose a new kid comes in from out of state and he starts talking and begins boasting over this other new guy. And so the other guy says, "Well, I like to play basketball. Why don't we get together and play?" And so the braggart sends word around, everybody shows up and this new kid in a very humble way, wipes up the court with him. How do you think that that 12-year old is going to feel? He's going to feel a sense of shame. Or how about this, suppose you're the lead in a play. And the time comes for you to step out, it's your first real play and the flood lights are on and you open your mouth and nothing comes out, nothing. Your mind is blank. And you know that you should be saying something because everyone's looking at you kind of funny. And they know you should be saying something too. What are you going to feel at that moment? I'd feel a sense of shame. Or how about if a family member gets arrested for a crime and the family name is dragged through the mud. And you are shown on TV standing near this person, maybe a father or mother, child, son or daughter, feel a sense of shame. Now what's the common denominator in all those four cases? I think it's the audience, isn't it? It's someone watching. And not only that, but they're assessing, they're weighing you. And from childhood, even from infancy, you have a sense of that audience, don't you? A sense of people around you who are assessing your behavior, assessing what you're saying. And when we start to feel shame when certain things come on us, we decide we don't like that feeling, we hate the feeling of shame. And so we begin to work in a kind of a coping mechanism way. And what is it? It's to never put ourselves in a position to be ashamed. We're never going to say something that isn't pleasing. We're never going to fail to satisfy. We're always going to please the audience. Well in many cases, that's just being socially adept. There's nothing wrong with that. Except when it comes to this issue of the Gospel. And so we need to understand how it is that Satan uses this sense of shame to hold us back. I think as we read the Scriptures, the greatest occasion for shame is not the preaching of the Gospel, this power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, it's not that at all. It's Judgment Day. When everything we've ever said and done, when the secrets of the heart will be exposed and revealed before a just and holy God. Now imagine that as an audience. Imagine the Holy of Holies, the holiest place, and all of God's holy angels standing there, and Jesus Christ in His righteousness, opening the books. Imagine that. Now it says in Romans 6:21, that all of our sin now is cause for shame even now. It says in Romans 6:21, "What benefit did you reap at that time from those things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death." Now that we've been trained by the Gospel, we understand sin properly and it makes us feel ashamed. It's the very same thing that Adam and Eve felt when they were caught in their sin and wanted to hide from God, a sense of shame connected with sin. But how about this one, in Mark 8:38, Jesus spoke in this way, "If anyone is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with all His holy angels." In other words, if you're ashamed of Me, I'll be ashamed of you. Very plain, Jesus speaking very plainly. We are not to be ashamed of Him in this corrupt world, we're not to be ashamed of Him and His words, for He is holy and He is righteous. And he has brought, a Gospel message of salvation to the world. I think there's an exhortation in 1 John 2:28, which I know the college and career class had the chance to look at earlier. 1 John 2:28 says, "And now dear children, continue in Him so that when He appears we may be confident and unashamed of His appearing." Confident and unashamed. So we're supposed to walk with Jesus step by step, so that we will not feel ashamed when Jesus returns. But the best part of all is the fact that the Gospel, this power of salvation, removes all of our shame. Isn't that marvelous? Romans 9:33 says, "See I lay a stone in Zion that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. But he who trusts in Him will never be put to shame." Isn't that beautiful? Trust in Jesus Christ means you'll never be put to shame. And that includes on Judgment Day, when the Lord returns. Jesus Christ is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to those who do not believe. But for us He is precious, isn't He? He is that which removes all of our shame. And the most, perhaps, shocking aspect of this whole thing is in Hebrews 2:11, that Jesus Christ, it says here, "Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers." Isn't that amazing that Jesus isn't ashamed to call you by name? Say "I know him. I know her. They're adopted into My family, not ashamed of them." Isn't that marvelous? Now, He would have every reason to be ashamed of us in Holy Heaven, but He's not because of the atoning sacrifice which He gave. But in this present world, that Jesus, in all of His perfection and power and all of His love, is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. Now last week, I talked about Paul's obligation, remember? Paul had a sense of indebtedness. He felt himself indebted, not to God. Not to God in that verse. Remember that if we try to work out our debt, we are actually paying off our salvation on mortgage, we can't do that. We can't earn our salvation either beforehand or afterwards, either way. But he felt an obligation or debt to gentiles of all different kinds, both the wise and the foolish, the cultured and the un-cultured, and the debt of obligation was the Gospel message. He wanted to give them the Gospel so that they might be saved. But the fascinating thing is, as he goes in here and describes in verse 16, that he's not ashamed. He knows very well that not everyone to whom he owes the Gospel, is going to be very appreciative when he discharges his debt. They're actually going to heap shame and abuse on him. They're going to seek to shame him. Shaming behavior is part of a sinful response to the Gospel and it's something that you have to be ready for. Now Paul knew very well. He said, "We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks." Not everyone's going to respond well. Not everybody is going to be enjoying this Gospel message. Some of them will even persecute him openly. They'll take that shaming behavior and try to pour it on him in terms of persecution. In Acts 16:22 and following, it says “The crowd joined the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.” The shame to be stripped and beaten in front of everybody. “After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.” Were Paul and Silas ashamed? Oh, they were shamed, but they were not ashamed, because that very night, they were singing praise and worship songs to God in that Philippian jail. They didn't have any sense of shame inside their hearts. There were external shames being heaped on them, but it didn't take root inside them. They were not ashamed. Paul says, "I'm not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God for salvation." But understand that shaming behavior is intrinsic to the rejection of the Gospel. When you take this Gospel message out there, try to share it with your friends, with your relatives, with non-Christians all around you, they're going to try to heap abuse on you. They're going to try to shame you. It's their defense mechanism. Why? Because the Gospel message makes them feel guilty. The conviction comes and they need to shift the blame, they need to move it to someone else and they heap it on you. They bring that shame and they bring it down to you. In the cultural revolution in China in the 1960s, Christians were made to wear dunce caps and wear these humiliating signs and they were paraded through the streets. And the crowds were whipped into frenzy because there were communists, young communists, in the crowds and basically observing everybody who wouldn't heap abuse and shame on the Christians. And if you were included with them, you were pushed out and you had a dunce cap pretty soon. So just out of fear, they would heap abuse. Can you imagine what it would feel like to walk through the streets with that kind of shame being heaped on you? But Paul says, even if that happens to you, you don't need to be ashamed. You don't need to feel the shame within. They will heap the abuse on you, but you don't have to feel the shame. I remember when I was just... On a biographical note. When I was a unbeliever, my junior year at MIT, there was a guy who was trying to lead me to faith in Christ, and his name was Steve, and Steve was a faithful witness. Invited me to a number of Campus Crusade for Christ activities, a number of things. And as he did, I grew more and more... I didn't like him, I guess more and more as time went on. And finally the time came when he would come to sit near me at a meal and I would get up and move my plate to another place, and I'd come back and get my silverware and move that and I'd get my glass and move it. It took three trips. I wanted it to take five or six. I was trying to shame him. I wanted him to feel badly. Why? Because of my own guilt before God. Steve bore it so patiently. Ultimately he led me to Christ. It's just intrinsic to non-Christians to take that feeling they have and to heap abuse and shame on those who seek to lead them to Christ. But how do we triumph over it? Well, we triumph over it by understanding what it is we're about. Understanding the Gospel. I'm not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. Preaching the Gospel creates shaming opportunities, but it does not create shame on the part of the one who brings it, because the Gospel gives freedom from shame. The Gospel gives freedom from our own shame and guilt, but it also helps us to understand what that person is going through. It helps us to understand where they're at spiritually and how much they need the Gospel message. The best example of all is Jesus Christ. In Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2, he says, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in Heaven." It's very interesting. Jesus received the shaming behavior, didn't He? They sought to heap shame on Him. Think of all the things He went through. He went through a mockery of a trial in which His own people disowned Him, said, "We will not have this man rule over us." And they chose Barabbas instead of Him. They wove a crown of thorns and put it on His head. They put a cheap robe on Him and the Romans played their usual game of setting up, as they believe, a dunce to be an emperor and they would mock worship Him. They were mocking Him. They were trying to shame Him. They beat Him. Ultimately He was, just like the Chinese Christians many centuries later, led through the streets and mocked and shamed and ultimately crucified. A sense of shame being poured on Him, but was He ashamed? No, He was not. It says in this verse that, "Jesus for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and sat down at the right hand of God." So He looked beyond the cross, He looked beyond all the shame to what He was achieving, what He was accomplishing. The joy set before Him. And you know the joy? It was His joy in your joy. That's what it was. It was His joy in your salvation. His joy in the look that will be on your face when you're welcomed into Heaven, forgiven of all your sins. It was worth it to Him. And so therefore it says that He despised the shame. Now the word 'despise' is interesting. You can take it this way. He hated the shame. You can say, "I despise this, or I despise that. I despise this certain kind of food," means you hate it. You have a strong negative aversion to it. Well, it's possible that that's what it means there in Hebrews. That Jesus, to some degree, was looking at shame as a messenger from Satan, looking at shame as an instrument of the devil to keep Him from fulfilling His mission on the cross. But I think actually it's... We take the word despise a little bit differently there. To despise could also mean to think little of. To look at and say, "I just think very little, I think lightly of you. I think lightly of this issue." To despise means to think in a light way, to assess it away and say, "It's light, it's not even worth considering." Not even worth weighing compared to what's going on here. I think that's what Jesus did, He looked at the shame and He thought little of it for the joy that was set before Him, He was willing to bear under it. That's the secret to overcoming shame. You are going to bring the Gospel to people who will try to shame you. You don't need to be ashamed, it's a glorious Gospel. It's the power of God for salvation. You understand why they're heaping shame on you, you may have done the very same thing. You may have done the same thing when somebody tried to lead you to Christ, you understand it. You look beyond it for the joy set before you that you might see someone come to faith in Christ. And it gives you the courage to continue preaching the Gospel. Back in the '60s, Alistair Begg, preacher in Cleveland area, said that the shaming behavior ran like this, in the '60s it was something like this. "I can't believe you think this is really true. I can't believe you think this is true." And so back then, Christians spent a lot of time on what we call apologetics. You know, learning ways to defend the Bible, the resurrection, all the evidence, Josh McDowell was big in this. And that's all still true and valid. But we're not saying that anymore, that's not the shaming behavior of the '90s. Now it's, "I can't believe you think there is truth. I can't believe you are so arrogant to think you have the truth." That you are some kind of intolerant bigot if you really claim that you have the truth. That's the shaming behavior of the '90s now into the year 2000. We have to understand that. The world around us is going to try to do that, we have to get past it in that same way that Jesus did. II. How is the Gospel the Power of God for Salvation? Well now we have to understand in what way is the Gospel the power of God for salvation. It says, "I'm not ashamed of the Gospel because it's the power of God for salvation." Well, first we have to ask, what is the salvation that Paul has in mind here? Many of us, even Evangelicals, tend to think of salvation as equal to justification. The moment that we are converted, the moment we become Christians, we're born again, that is salvation. So we have a kind of static view of salvation. In other words, once saved, always saved. We go up to somebody and say, "Are you saved, brother?" this kind of thing. And instead we neglect the fact that there's a dynamic aspect to salvation. Justification is once for all time. There's a moment that we give our lives to Jesus and all of our sins, the guilt for all of our sins, the record of all of our sins, is thrown into the deepest ocean, gone forever. If you're a Christian today, all of the guilt of your sins is taken away forever. Praise God! But that's not all there is to salvation. There's more to salvation, there's something after it. Sanctification, walking with Jesus, growing in holiness. And so it says in Philippians 2:12 that we are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in us. What is He working in us? To finish salvation, it's not done yet. If you're alive now on earth, it's not done yet. And as a matter of fact, for every human being that ever lived, it's not done yet because you don't have your resurrection body yet. Salvation takes you from dead in transgressions and sins, through justification, through growth and holiness and sanctification on into perfection, in Heaven, with a resurrection body. That's salvation. I quoted a verse earlier, which I love, "Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed." Doesn't that show you that there's still yet some salvation to come? And that salvation will be fully revealed to you on Judgment Day when you see Him face to face. Well, does all this take power? In what sense does it take power? Well we use the word power as a creative force. We think of God saying, "Let there be light!" And there was light. That takes power, doesn't it? Did God show His power when He created the universe? Oh yes He did, you can't even imagine. We've only begun to unlock the power even just of the atom, for example. There's tremendous power in creation, but there's also power in redemption, in the salvation that God has given us. Power. Power, we use that word as something which affects a change which transforms a situation. And that's exactly what salvation is. Now what was our situation? Well, this brings us back to the prayer guides. If we're basically okay, if we're basically good, then it doesn't really take much power. But if Ephesians, for example, 2:1 is true, that we are dead in our transgressions and sins in which we used to live as we followed the ways of the world, and the ruler of the kingdom of the air. If that's who we were, dead in transgressions and sins while we lived, living dead spiritually, then you can see the power it takes for salvation. The best picture of salvation, I think, that I've ever found in the Bible is the resurrection of Lazarus in John Chapter 11. The resurrection of a dead man, dead four days, no hope, without hope. He's dead. And yet Jesus comes and now he's alive. That's power. And I'm telling you, the Egyptians, the Assyrians, all those Mesopotamian cultures, through the Romans and the Greeks, all the cultures that have ever been in history have no power over death and the grave, do they? They have been shown singularly powerless before the grave but one man has shown power over the grave and that's Jesus Christ. And so in Ephesians 1 and 2, there's a picture of power, just as Jesus was raised from the dead and now went through the heavens and sits at the right hand of God. So also you, united with Christ, raised from the dead spiritually, moving through life inexorably, unstoppably, you are going to be moved on through sanctification, into glorification, and that takes power. And according to Romans 1:16 the power comes from the Gospel message. As you hear the Gospel message even as a believer, as you hear the Gospel message you are moved along in your salvation and you continue. If you're dead in your transgressions and sins, just like Spurgeon, you hear and you believe and you're saved, that's power. It says in 1 Corinthians 15 this is what you have to look forward to. If you're a believer in Christ, listen to these verses, this is your future. 1 Corinthians 15:42-43, "So it will be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, the body that is raised is incorruptible." Isn't that great. It is sown in dishonor, no matter what we try to do at a graveside service there's a sense of dishonor. There's mud there and sometimes it rains and there's grief, there's a sense of emptiness and dishonor. But it's sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in what? Power. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ that's the power of the Gospel. It's going to get you up out of the grave. Now that's a powerful message. How can we be ashamed of that message, we're going to people who are dead in their transgressions and sins and we're offering them eternal life in the name of Jesus Christ. Power. Well, there's a second way to understand power and that is authority. For example a magistrate has the power to do this, a senator has the power to do that, a king or dictator has all power in his land, etcetera. All right, well how is salvation or the Gospel a declaration of God's authority and power? Well, He is the judge is He not? He is the one who's going to sit on Judgment Day. And He's the only one who matters. If He says that you're righteous, you're righteous. And if He says that you're holy, you're holy. And if He declares you to be a child of God, you're a child of God. He has the authority to do that. And Jesus uses the word power in this way in Mark's Gospel, he says "The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins." That's authority. He has the right to say, "Your sins are forgiven." And that's the Gospel message. So we go out with a authoritative message. "You believe this message, I have the authority given to me by Jesus Christ to declare that your sins, all of them, are forgiven." That's a powerful message, the Gospel is the power of God for salvation. Well, who is it a power for? It's a power for salvation to those who believe, and actually the Greek should be translated better, it's the power of God for the salvation of everyone who is believing. Is believing. It's a better translation. In other words ongoing faith is the condition for the salvation. Faith comes by the hearing of the Gospel message. As I stand and speak the Gospel message to you, faith is strengthened. Faith comes from hearing the Gospel. And as you hear this Gospel message and the faith comes, it comes as a gift from God, doesn't it? Ephesians 2:8-9, "For by grace are you saved through faith and the faith is not of yourselves it, namely the faith, is a gift of God. Not by works so that no one can boast." So the faith comes and it comes through hearing the message. So you Christians, you keep listening to the Gospel message and what happens, your faith gets stronger. You say, "Wow, I want to fight sin, I want to get out there and fight, I'm ready to go. Let me go." That's why I wanted you to come today. I couldn't cancel this. You've got a week full of temptation ahead of you, do you understand what temptations are going to face you this week? Are you ready? Are you ready? This message gets you ready. You need to fight and stand firm and say no to sin. And as you listen to the Gospel message you get ready, you are prepared, faith is strengthened. That's why Paul says in verse 15, "That's why I'm eager to preach the Gospel to you who are at Rome." Eager to do it. Even if it is a blizzard, a North Carolina blizzard, I'm eager to preach. I'm eager that you might have the faith to stand firm and to grow in your salvation. A faith that starts but doesn't finish is vain, it's a vain faith. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, "Now brothers I want to remind you of the Gospel I preached to you, which you have received and on which you have taken your stand, by this Gospel you are saved if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you, otherwise you have believed in vain." A faith that starts but doesn't finish isn't from God. It's not that Ephesians 2:8-9 faith that is the gift of God. That faith finishes 'cause it's from God. The faith that starts and doesn't finish is not from God. It's a vain faith. We need to keep believing, and what keeps us believing is a hearing of the Gospel. III. The Priority of the Jews: What It Means, What It Doesn’t Mean And who is it for? It's for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and then for the Greek or the Gentiles, for everyone it's not just for Jews, it's for us too. Amen? You're not Jews and yet here you are hearing about this Gospel message, it's for you. It's for everyone who believes. Barbarians, Scythians, slave or free, doesn't matter. Male or female that doesn't... No category is excluded, but there's people... There will be people represented from every tribe and language and people and nation, believing the same Gospel message. It's for everyone who believes, everyone. Now what does Paul mean by, "First for the Jew, then for the Gentile"? What is this priority of the Jews. Well there's a different sense in which the Jews are first, first of all they were the chosen people of God, you've heard of that before. Deuteronomy 14:2, "You are a people holy to the Lord. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth the Lord has chosen you to be His treasured possession." Deuteronomy 7:7, "I did not choose you because you were the most numerous people on earth." Well we could add, "Nor the most godly, or the most attractive, or any of that. But I chose you because I loved you. Sovereign love, I just set my love on you, that's why I chose you." And then it says, and I love this in Amos 3:2, "You only have I chosen of all the families on the earth." They're His chosen people. One of those Prayer Guides was for the Jews, have you heard about that one? Yeah. Maybe you have. Recently the president of Southern Seminary, Albert Mohler was on Larry King Live. Last week I think it was. And he had to answer certain charges that he was preaching the Gospel to the Jews. Yes he was. He was guilty as charged. So is the Apostle Paul. To the Jew first and also the Gentile. "I preach the Gospel to Jews," says Paul, they need it. And this is what Dr. Mohler said and he was facing some incredible antagonism, even hatred, shame shall I say, heaped, with millions of observers. "Are you saying that, Dr. Mohler, that if everybody doesn't believe exactly what you believe, they're going to burn in hell forever and ever?" And how would you as a Christian answer that one? Knowing... "Yes sir, that's what I believe." What he said was... And he's just able to communicate so well. He said, "First of all, we did not make up this Gospel. We have come to believe it. It was given to us and we believed it and we're preaching it in obedience." That's a good answer. But the fact of the matter is that shaming behavior comes even in relation to preaching to the Jews. But what Dr. Mohler said is we are not saying that the Jews are more needful of the Gospel than any other group, just not less needful either. You see, they need the Gospel just like we do, we all need it. To the Jew first and then to the Gentile. And the Jews are also guardians of the Old Testament Scripture. In Romans 3:1 it says "What advantage then is there in being a Jew or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God." What are the very words of God in Romans 3:1? The Old Testament. They were given the prophets, they were given Moses, they were given Jeremiah and Isaiah. They were entrusted and they took care of them, didn't they? They copied letter by letter. They guarded the scriptures, they just didn't understand them, they weren't ready for the Messiah that came but they were entrusted with the scriptures. And it also is true that the Gospel came first to them chronologically because they had the message of the prophets, they received this message first, chronologically. And Jesus himself said in John 4:22, "Salvation is from the Jews." He's speaking to the Samaritan woman, remember. He said salvation is from the Jews. In other words, the Messiah for the world, the Savior for the world is Jewish, He's Jewish. Jesus Christ was a descendant of David, descendant of Abraham. He kept the law in Galatians 4. He was Jewish and so salvation is from the Jews. First from the Jews and therefore the Gentiles, you Gentiles are seen to be grafted into a Jewish olive tree. We'll get to that in Romans 11. You grafted in, grafted in as a wild olive shoot into a Jewish olive tree. You are saved by a Jewish faith. The fulfillment of the Jewish faith. To the Jews first. And then strategically the Jews... I mean the apostle Paul began in Jerusalem, started in a Jewish land and moved out, and everywhere that Paul went as an apostle in every community, where did he go first? He went first to the synagogue, right? To the Jew first and when they rejected, he says in Acts 13, "It was necessary for us to speak the Word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life we now turn to the Gentiles." But their strategy was always go to Jews first, to the Jews first. And then finally, there's a priority of the Jews on Judgment Day for both blessings and curses. They get it first, whatever they're going to get. This is very interesting. In Romans chapter two verse nine and 10 it says, "There'll be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. But glory, honor and peace for everyone who does right." First for the Jew, then for the Gentile." Priority on Judgment Day, either way, whether for blessings or curses they get it first. "To him who has been given much, much is expected," says God. They get it first, either way. In what way do the Jews not have priority? First of all, there is no priority in merit before God. Romans 3:9, "What shall we conclude then, are we any better we Jews, are we any better? Not at all. We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin." That's what Romans 3:23 says. Romans 3:22 says, "There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." There is no difference between what and what? Between Jew and Gentile. We're all under sin. Secondly there's no priority in how they were saved. Is God the God of Jews only? Romans 3:29 and 30, "Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too. Since there's only one God who will justify the Jews, the circumcised by faith and the non-Jews through that same faith." We get saved the same way. We get saved the same way, Romans 10:12-13,"For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him, for everyone, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." So there's no difference in terms of how they're saved, no difference in sinfulness, no difference in how they get out of their sinfulness, same way. And finally no difference in terms of covenant blessings now. There's been a dividing wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile, it's removed. There were distinctions before, they're gone now. And so it says in Ephesians 3:6,"This mystery is that through the Gospel, the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body and shares together in the promise in Christ Jesus." There's no difference in the blessings either, we all get the same, isn't that great? So we've explained, to the Jew first and also the Gentile, in what sense are they first and what sense are they not first. IV. Summary and Application So far as we've looked at Romans 1:16, we've seen, number one, that we are not to be ashamed of the Gospel. The Gospel produces shaming behavior in those who will not believe its message. Be ready for it, understand what's going on and realize that on the other side of it, there's joy, on the other side of it, is salvation. Despise the shame, think nothing of it. Pay the price and see people saved as we preach the Gospel. The Gospel is the power of God for the salvation of believers, the Gospel alone has power to present you holy before God on Judgment Day. Salvation is not just conversion, but it's a whole journey that takes you from the spiritual grave to the spiritual heights of reigning with Christ. It has power to change you, the Gospel has power to transform you and the Gospel has authority to declare you righteous on Judgment Day. And therefore believers are to continue believing its message, they're to feed on the message daily, they're to take it in, they're to come to church, hear the message preached and be strengthened by it so that they can continue growing in their salvation. And we've also come to understand what the Jew first means, priority of the Jews, they're a chosen people of God, guardians of Scripture. Chronologically they were first. Salvation is from the Jews, announced first to the world by Jewish apostles and then ultimately Jews will be first on Judgment Day for receiving both blessings and curses. We've also seen what it does not mean. It does not mean that they are first in righteousness before God for all have sinned. It doesn't make a difference in terms of how they are saved, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. And it has no difference in terms of covenant blessings, for we all get the same blessings in Christ. Now how do we apply this to ourselves? At first is to ask yourself a question, "Are you now or have you ever been ashamed of the Gospel? Have you ever been ashamed of the Gospel?" Immerse yourself in this message, understand what a glorious message this is. And by faith, with a vision past this moment, past this uncomfortable interaction with a boss or coworker or relative, past and see Judgment Day and see the glory that waits anyone who believes the message that gets you past the shame. Are you feeding on the Gospel daily? Are you feeling your strength, through faith growing, so you can put sin to death. Ultimately have you come to faith in Christ yourself? Have you given your life to Him? He died on the cross. As I said at the beginning, "Look to Him and be saved all you ends of the earth." Put your trust in Him and realize that the Jews and the Hindus and the Muslims, no one group, has any less need for a salvation through the same Gospel message than anyone else. Stand firm for that. Understand there is no other name under heaven given to man by which must be saved. Let's close in prayer.
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