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Pastor Darrell Jones breaks down Psalm 16:1-2 this morning. "1 Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in Thee. 2 I said to the Lord,"Thou art my Lord; I have no good besides Thee."Psalm 16; 1-2, 1973 NASB

Welcome back to another episode of MoT. As season 4 rolls on, Chris gets pretty candid about what the Lord is doing in his life and how God used this year's Shepherds' Conference. Grab your copy of God's word and tune into the latest from MoT, "A Candid Convo and Shepherds' Conference." read.lsbible.org (Read the LSB) nasb.literalword.com (Read the NASB 95) Visit the MoT Store on Bonfire HERE Check out the Shepherds' Conference website HERE "Shepherding the Remnant (Shepherds Conference Q&A 2023)" HERE "Hope for the Remnant" from 2023 Shepherds' Conference, HERE Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matteroftheology/support

“Christ is our sanctuary and we can go to Him wherever we are.” Today Stacy talks with author, speaker, and teacher, Denise Hughes, about cultivating a quiet heart in a noisy and demanding world. Listen in as she walks us through examples of sanctuary in the Bible and where to be cautious in our online culture that could draw us away from closeness with God and the ones we love.   SCRIPTURES Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NLT   They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Exodus 38:8 NIV   Then the word of the LORD came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.” “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don't have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” Elijah said to her, “Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.'” 1 Kings 17:8-14 NIV   But He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a severe famine came over all the land; and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.” Luke 4:24-26 NASB   LINKS   Denise Hughes website   BOOKS   Sanctuary Deeper Waters   MOMS IN PRAYER ·       New to Moms in Prayer? How to get started ·       Moms in Prayer Shop ·       Support Our Mission ABOUT OUR GUEST Denise J. Hughes is a teacher at heart. She connects with women through inspiring stories and biblically-based messages that meet women right where they're at in everyday life. Her newest book Sanctuary is a 31-day devotional that helps women find true peace among the noise, busyness, and pressures of life. With an M.A. in English, Denise has taught college composition and she currently writes for the First 5 app by Proverbs 31 Ministries. Denise lives with her husband and three kids in North Carolina, where she always finds time for old books, peach tea, and a good football game.     Extra Notes: 2 Quotes:  Christ is our sanctuary and we can go to Him wherever we are.   Being tethered to people and to actual places helps us remain anchored in God's created world rather than man's created meta-universe.    Has been a mom for more than 27 years; 3 children – 27, 19, 18. New devotional called Sanctuary. My heart's prayer was that I wanted sanctuary from all the noise coming at us in our culture. Worldly pull that's pulling us in another direction. Lead a quiet life (1 Thess 4:11) – what does that look like in our world today? Is it possible to lead a quiet life today?  (Stacy's question to Denise) It's possible with intention, because I think the current of our culture is going to carry us along  one direction if we're not being intentional to swim upstream against the grain of culture. It has to be something we are intentionally pursuing. What can we learn from the topic of sanctuary in the Bible? Every single element that made up the tabernacle and later, the temple, all of it pointed to Christ. Christ is our sanctuary and we can go to Him wherever we are. We can have sanctuary with us wherever we go. Example: At the entrance to the tabernacle, the Levites/Priests had to go through ceremonial washing. Women donated highly polished bronze mirrors. The craftsman melted down the bronze mirrors to make wash basins. When the priest would lean over and wash his hands in the water, he would see his reflection. The wash basin and water reflected Christ and that we can't enter His presence without being washed by Him.   Relinquish worldly mirrors and turn our focus from ourselves to Christ. History of screens – we went from a big screen to television (small screen) in our homes, to the micro-screens in everyone's back pocket that we can take with us wherever we go. On the big and small screens, we're watching actors portray a story, on the micro-screen, we now have become the main character in what has become the reality show of our lives. In many ways these micro screens have become modern day mirrors where we're focusing more and more on ourselves in an unhealthy way. I love the idea of Hebrew women giving their bronze mirrors to Moses, having them melted away, so their focus was then on Christ. What about if you feel like you're failing to lead a quiet life? Ask ourselves, how well are we tethered to people and places, in our homes, in our churches, in our schools? We can easily spend more time talking to people on screen which can lead to our relationships in our homes to atrophy. Being tethered to people and to actual places helps us remain anchored in God's created world rather than man's created meta universe.   Being in the Word with women in our church. Solidarity in being there for a woman who was losing her husband -  Elijah was on the run from a very corrupt, worldly king, he goes to a widow's home in Zarephath. This was going into enemy territory. There had been a famine and widows were considered the poorest of the poor. When Elijah asks for a meal, the widow says all I have left… Elijah said, make me some bread. As long as he stayed as a guest in her home, the flour and oil in the vessels did not run dry. She was an ordinary woman living in a very ungodly culture and yet God used her in such a powerful way. Generations later, when Jesus stepped into the synagogue and read from the scrolls, announced His public ministry by referencing this widow. Someone considered not an influencer, yet Jesus used her story to introduce Himself to the world as the Messiah. These women sitting on the pew supporting their friend who was losing her husband, these women – they're not on staff, they're not considered online influencers, but they have so much influence and purpose in the people they're ministering to in their local church. That's what we need to be inspired by – women like that, more than the influencers we see on our micro screens. We're so enthralled by lifestyles of the rich and famous, like Solomon in the Bible whose wealth was known throughout the kingdom. People heard about his wisdom and his extravagant lifestyle. Queen came and wanted to take a tour of His palace. Today, We tend in our humanness, to be drawn to the fancy, the elite, the powerful, the wealthy. Which tends to get a lot of capital online. In our humanness and in the world we live in, we're so drawn to wealth & extravagance, but If we're going to truly be committed to a quiet life, we need to live a life with open hands and not be consumed with the pursuit of more wealth & more things. It's the pursuit of less. If we could summarize all of Paul's letters, it would be Go saints go, don't quit, no matter how loud the world becomes, there is eternal perspective beyond what we can see and hear with our eyes and our ears. To lead a quiet life is to know that we're saints because Christ has imputed His righteousness to us. And Paul encourages us to go saint go and don't give up! If you hear the verse from Thessalonians, I encourage everyone that leading a quiet life is not about your natural personality, but it's about the spiritual condition of your heart.

Jake and Dave talk prosperity, provision & the prosperity gospel. ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer. Prayer is doubt's destroyer, ruin's remedy, the antidote to all anxieties. C.H. Spurgeon As we consider our groaning, in our use of our difficulties, the content of our prayer reflects on God's will in our groaning. We grow into a godly desire for our Savior's will alone. Matthew 6:10 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Luke 22:42 "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done." His will? Romans 8:29 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; God's means of grace? Hebrews 12:11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Our "So What?" Our prayers should naturally reflect (You guessed it, David): Psalm 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray, But now I keep Thy word. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 059

Message for 03/12/2023 "Wrestle with God" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Genesis 25:21-26 - Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The Lord answered Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins. 22 But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the Lord about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked. 23 And the Lord told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.” 24 And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins! 25 The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau. 26 Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau's heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. Genesis 25:29-34 - Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) 31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” 32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” 33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. Genesis 27:19-33 - He went to his father and said, “My father.” “Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?” 19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.” 20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied. 21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.” 22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him. 24 “Are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “I am,” he replied. 25 Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.” Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.” 27 So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. 28 May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness— an abundance of grain and new wine. 29 May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.” 30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father's presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.” 32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” “I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!” Genesis 27:41 - Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” Genesis 42:29-34 - 29 When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them. 30 “The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land. 31 But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies. 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.' 33 “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home. 34 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.'” Genesis 42:38 - But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.” Genesis 32:24-31 - This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break. 25 When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob's hip and wrenched it out of its socket. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 “What is your name?” the man asked. He replied, “Jacob. 28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.” 29 “Please tell me your name,” Jacob said. “Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there. 30 Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.” 31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of the injury to his hip. Romans 8:15-17 NASB - 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Jake and Dave talk abortion, capital punishment & feminism and more in this spicier than usual episode. ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Category: Our Extended Ryle A cheetah housed in zoos that are too small for their created design… that is to run, jump, pursue, all with deft agility, become increasingly unhealthy. Just so for the new creation of Christians. Whether exasperated struggles or long-term backsliding, J.C. Ryle encourages us to consider what part our lack of daily private prayer might play in our sad demeanor. “It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose it is the worst. A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins, all these are sad sights, but a backslider is a sadder sight still. A wounded conscience—a mind sick of itself—a memory full of self-reproach—a heart pierced through with the Lord's arrows -a spirit broken with a load of inward accusation—all this is a taste of hell. It is a hell on earth. Truly that saying of the wise man is solemn and weighty, “The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways” (Prov. 14:14).” J.C. Ryle - A Call to Prayer Psalm 32:3-6 3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin to Thee, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”; And Thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah. 6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to Thee ain a time when Thou mayest be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they shall not reach him. Let us consider our groaning and troubles and draw near to us, seeking His power and comfort. Experiencing eternal life is fulfilling our purpose of community with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost even as we await glory. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 058

Are you quick to develop and share your opinions? A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. Proverbs 18:2 ESV This is like part 2 to our previous episode. I need to memorize this verse, too. In some of the older translations, it says "but only in revealing his own mind," (NASB) or "disclosing what is on his mind," (NET). Today, let's listen to what we say. How much of what we say is sharing our opinion? I am convicted as I record this. We have an opportunity today to live like we follow Jesus. That's the only chance we have of integrating our faith and work. We don't make more of Jesus at work by talking about him. We show others we follow him by obeying his word and doing what he says. Will you take this to heart? I hope I do. What we do because we follow Jesus matters. How can I delight in understanding more today? Well I can listen more. I can ask others to give me more detail. "Tell me more," or "What else?" Practice it. Try to use those phrases more. If you talk with me today, count the number of times I say it and if it's zero, tell me. Let's get better at listening to others instead of sharing our own opinions. God's in charge. He can make things happen. We simply need to trust him. Why not join us in a community where we can work on this more? Check out https://community.followerofone.org and join us. And please share this podcast with others. Think about the improvements that will happen in your workplace, if just one person, you, begins to listen more and appreciate others more.

Jake and Dave talk abortion, capital punishment & feminism and more in this spicier than usual episode. ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Transcript:Hello. This is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to The Kingdom Perspective. “Life stinks and then you die,” so says a very cynical bumper sticker I saw one time. It makes me ask the question: Why is life in the modern world characterized by such hopelessness and meaninglessness? Does life have a purpose, and if so, what is it? A statement by some Christians from another era I think is helpful at this point. When asked what the meaning or purpose of life was, they said, “To glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever” (Question 1 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, AD 1647). Much could be said regarding the richness of this statement, but at least one thing must be emphasized. To them meaning or purpose in life is found in relation to God. Our purpose as human beings is to maximize our relationship with the Supreme Being—to glorify Him, to know Him, indeed, to ENJOY Him! We were made to enjoy God. You can't enjoy someone you don't know. Maybe the reason you don't enjoy your relationship with God is because you don't really know Him, or you don't know much about Him. All relationships require investment. They require you to put in time. Only to the degree you put in time getting to know someone are you able to grow in that relationship. And if knowing God is the purpose of life, then only to the degree that you put in the time listening to His Word and talking to Him in prayer will you be able to know and experience your ultimate meaning and purpose. Now that's worth thinking about from The Kingdom Perspective. “Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord';I have nothing good besides You.”As for the saints who are on the earth,They are the majestic ones; all my delight is in them.The pains of those who have acquired another god will be multiplied;I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,Nor will I take their names upon my lips.The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;You support my lot.The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me.I will bless the Lord who has advised me;Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.I have set the Lord continually before me;Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;My flesh also will dwell securely.For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.You will make known to me the way of life;In Your presence is fullness of joy;In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.”~Psalm 16:1-11 (NASB)

NASB  2 Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Then if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 

In this episode, Shauna talks about how we need to dwell in God's Word in order to know Him and therefore love Him wholeheartedly.SHOW NOTES:Observation Questions:-What's going on in this section of Scripture?-What characters are in the story?-Is God there? What's He doing? What's He like? Is He given any names?-What places do we see?-Are there any phrases being repeated?-Are there any numbers in this section?-Write down any questions you may have.Interpretation Questions:-Based on context, what does this chapter mean?-Answer the why of what God is doing.-Is this Scripture descriptive (describing what was happening) or prescriptive (instructing us to live this way)? -Looking up words in the original language.Application:After reading and studying the text, now and only now can we ask the Lord how this Scripture can be applied to our lives. WAY too often we open up our Bibles and ask how this applies to me today without any study of it.Bible Study Resources:The Bible Recap, Tara-Leigh Cobble (reading plan available on the YouVersion Bible App)Jen Wilkin studies (available on Lifeway or Amazon)The Bible Project (their App is the Read Scripture app, but videos are also on Youtube)Bible Hub App (great for looking up words in the original language. Choose "Strong's NASB as the translation)Quotes from Books on the Show Today:The Bible Recap, Tara-Leigh Cobble (link above)Live Your Truth and Other Lies, Alisa Childers The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer

522 Strengthen The Things That Remain a Letter to Sardis, a Guided Christian Meditation on Revelation 3:1-5 with the Recenter With Christ app   The purpose of this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and connect with the true source of peace, Jesus Christ.  Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation and Visualization. Get into a place where you can sit comfortably and uninterrupted for about 20 minutes.You should hopefully not be driving or anything tensing or unrelaxing.  If you feel comfortable to do so, I invite you to close your eyes.   Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:   Breathe and direct your thoughts to connecting with God. Let your stomach be a balloon inflate, deflate. Scripture for Meditation Revelation 3 NASB  2 Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Then if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.  EHV 1 To the messenger of the church in Sardis write: The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says this: I know your works. You have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.  2 Wake up, and strengthen what is left, which is about to die, for I have found that your works are not complete in the sight of my God. 3 Therefore remember what you received and heard. Hold on to it and repent! If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come upon you. 4 Yet you have a few names in Sardis, people who have not defiled their clothes. They will walk with me in white clothing, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious in this way will be clothed in white clothing. I certainly will not erase his name from the Book of Life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. Meditation: Strengthen the things that remain. Many people throughout their lives have struggles in faith. They may battle doubts or fears. They may struggle with unanswered questions or a concept of God that makes it difficult to connect with God. This can lead to actions that are incongruent of what we would otherwise which further erodes our feeling of closeness to the Lord. Perhaps you have had such a struggle or know someone who is currently going through that. It reminds me of the man who asked Jesus to heal his daughter. Jesus asked him if he had faith and the man said Lord I believe bless thou my unbelief. Each of us has our human weakness. Sometimes we struggle with our mental health which can make these feelings of joy challenging. By treating that, in addition to our spiritual struggles we can find joy again.  There is no greater joy than to experience the loving spirit of God. This is the root of joy, happiness, and fulfillment. When that joy is missing from life it can lead to feelings of emptiness and purposelessness. Even in our moment of struggle, God does not cast us off. He wants to rekindle that relationship with us. He wants to build us back up. He wants us to feel that spirit again. Your clothes can be washed clean again. His grace is sufficient for you. You are not so uniquely lost that He cannot recover you. Spend time with God and direct your actions to what you know to be right and that raging fire of faith can return if you have had it before, or if you haven't had it, it can grow to become that. Find a group of people who have this as their goal and build each other up. Take him up on that offer and strengthen what remains of your faith. Meditation of Prayer: Pray as directed by the Spirit. Dedicate these moments to the patient waiting, when you feel ready ask God for understanding you desire from Him. Meditation of God and His Glory / Hesychasm: I invite you to sit in silence feeling patient for your own faults and trials. Summarize what insights you have gained during this meditation and meditate and visualize positive change in your life: This is a listener funded podcast at patreon.com/christianmeditationpodcast Updates:  Final Question: In what ways do you thirst for God? Final Thought:   Saint Fransis said preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words. One of the most powerful ways we can reflect the light and life of God is by imitating Christ in our life.  FIND ME ON: Download my free app: Recenter with Christ Website - ChristianMeditationPodcast.com Voicemail - (602) 888-3795 Email: jared@christianmeditationpodcast.com Apple Podcasts - Christian Meditation Podcast Facebook.com/christianmeditationpodcast Youtube.com/christianmeditaitonpodcast Twitter - @ChristianMedPod          

If you were trapped on a desert island and could only bring three bible verses, which ones would you bring? ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

If you were trapped on a desert island and could only bring three bible verses, which ones would you bring? ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Sunday Sermon 2/26/20231 Thessalonians 2:7-8; NASB

  Romans 10:2 - For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.   For those who have been Catholic or worshiped in a denomination that related to - you know this is the Lenten Season.  It's 40 days before easter.  Starts right after the orgy and bacchanalia which is Mardi Gras - ending on Fat Tuesday.  All man made stuff.    40 days- ceremonious stuff -giving up stuff, man made rules    I have learned that sometimes having too much information gives you a paralysis of analysis.   You don't know who to trust.   You latch on to things that you like and can understand, YouTube videos, speakers, IG people, and you integrate that into your faith.  But it is not biblical, it is not sound doctrine. I heard that… This guy on tik Tok said… I don't have to go to church because… I don't have to support a ministry because they are all crooks, you heard that ministry trying to get a plane? God knows my heart… The devil lives for our passion, our burn out, our losses …    When we start new things, our faith walk included -join a new church,  many were eager to learn, respond, and volunteer. Over time, however, eagerness waned. They lost their zeal.   What is Spiritual Zeal? Spiritually speaking, at the beginning of our relationship with the LORD, we were eager, too. Our hearts were challenged and changed; we mourned over our wrongs, immediately sought forgiveness from God, and changed our ways. We felt clean! We were excited! We wanted to pray, witness, read God's Word, do good works, influence our world, and honor the Lord in any way we could! How do we renew and keep our zeal for him? That was precisely the concern of the Israelites. What they did may serve as an example to help us. Giving Links   Thank you for listening, downloading and supporting the Speak Life Church and this podcast.        https://giv.li/p2nj61 Zelle  - pastor@SpeakLifeChurch.net https://www.patreon.com/speaklifechurchpodcast You can support the ministry by check or money order by sending it to Speak Life Church, 14713 Kent Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772     Rev. Kenn Blanchard  Kenn.blanchard@gmail.com pastor@speaklifechurch.net  240-200-0713     Four ways to keep our zeal Nehemiah told them this was not a time for grieving; this was a time for rejoicing, for they were seeking to obey God and were enjoying his favor! Their grief turned to joy.  Nehemiah 8:9-12 (NASB)   1. Keep our zeal by making a commitment 2. Keep our zeal by holding ourselves accountable 3. Keep our zeal by assigning responsibilities 4. Keep our zeal by being attentive     Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. (Romans 12:1- 2, 10- 11, NIV)   Don't watch the clock; do what it does. ...     “Just because you're taking longer than others does not mean you're a failure. Keep going.” 

Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer. Prayer is doubt's destroyer, ruin's remedy, the antidote to all anxieties. C.H. Spurgeon We saw last in part 1 of “Use the Difficulty” trials drive us to pray for wisdom. Along with the insight God provides lavishly, we gain His magnificent presence, and our resulting maturity is revealed. We now see our tribulations develop our perseverance, character, and hope. Our hope: determination, i.e., we overcome. Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:1-7 Our hope: For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 And who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:4-5 ‘To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.' Revelation 2:7 So What? Perseverance, character, hope, and overcoming all build and assure our souls. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 057

In todays episode, Jake & David discuss faith, revival and the outpouring at Asbury. ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

In todays episode, Jake & David discuss faith, revival and the outpouring at Asbury. ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer. Have you ever heard the question, “how can we pray without ceasing?” I have asked it myself; J.C. Ryle has some thoughts to help us answer the missive. Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of private prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows him to have a tremendous fall. J.C.Ryle “A Call to Prayer.” Even if we only read our Bibles two or three times a week (which is good), go to church once a week, are married with no plans to change that, don't travel much, have a pretty stable set of friends, and are overcome with contentment in our lives if we think of our friends and family who are involved in Ryle's list, and take to heart: With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, Ephesians 6:18 As you young people say, we are approaching enough reason and content to pray without ceasing. Prayer: Worship, Confession, Intercession, and Thanksgiving is as complete an occupation for ourselves and others as we have time to devote to them. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 56

Category: Word, Real Life, and Prayer. "Anything is a blessing which makes us pray." C.H. Spurgeon A lesson from a stage actor we find surprisingly Biblical. God, in His word, informs us, commands us, and illustrates trials are painful but also terrific. God has engineered what we see as terrifying events for terrific results. The terrificest result of our various trials is to lead us to community with Almighty God, working for our eternal good and seeing His glory. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:2-5 "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 055

WEEK 3 - IT TAKES ALL OF US FEB 19th DOWNLOAD FUSION APP: FusionChurch.cc/app FILL OUT YOUR PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT HERE: http://bit.ly/41jA4U7YOU HAVE A PLACE ON THE TEAM Ephesians 4:11-16 (ESV) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.PLACE P - PURPOSE L - LOVE A - ACCEPTED C - CHRIST'S BODY E - EVERYONEPURPOSE Ephesians 4:12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,  WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?   LOVE Ephesians 4:15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron and one man sharpens anotherHEATHER VIDEO HERE ACCEPTED 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”QUESTION: WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK (LIE, INSECURITY) FROM JOINING A TEAM?  KEYS HERE  CHRIST'S BODY IS PRIORITYTITUS 2:14 (NASB) who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.  Numbers 18:2929 You must present as the Lord's portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.' EVERYONE EPHESIANS 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of ChristAPPLICATION: WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING TO YOU? WHAT IS YOUR BEST NEXT STEP THIS WEEK? TAKE THE ASSESSMENTS AND SUBMIT IT BACK TO US! JOIN A TEAM TODAY!! 

Sunday Sermon 2/19/20232 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB

518 You Hold Firm To My Name - Letter to Pergamos, a Guided Christian Meditation on Revelation 2:13-16 with the Recenter With Christ app   The purpose of this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and connect with the true source of peace, Jesus Christ.  Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation and Visualization. Get into a place where you can sit comfortably and uninterrupted for about 20 minutes.You should hopefully not be driving or anything tensing or unrelaxing.  If you feel comfortable to do so, I invite you to close your eyes.   Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:   Breathe and direct your thoughts to connecting with God. Let your stomach be a balloon inflate, deflate. Scripture for Meditation Revelation 2 KJV  13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. NASB 13 ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; and you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So you too, have some who in the same way hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. Meditation: For much of scripture there are people who seem to try to adhere to the true worship of God and also go along with the worship of other things and false Gods. This happens all throughout the Old Testament and even here in the New Testament. This was so important that it made the list of the Ten Commandments in fact taken apart this represents the first and second commandment.  We often look at these people as though they are silly and how backwards they are yet in our time this is just as common. There are plenty of things, groups that can represent a kind of idol in our lives. Do we go along with the idols of our time. Do we bow to them even if it is just to get along? It might not be in obvious ways. It could be certain sins or moral stances that are at odds with God. It might be recreational activity that is positive but we allow to take preeminence in our life. Pause for a moment and consider if there are things you would like to reevaluate in light of this.  Meditation of Prayer: Pray as directed by the Spirit. Dedicate these moments to the patient waiting, when you feel ready ask God for understanding you desire from Him. Meditation of God and His Glory / Hesychasm: I invite you to sit in silence feeling patient for your own faults and trials. Summarize what insights you have gained during this meditation and meditate and visualize positive change in your life: This is a listener funded podcast at patreon.com/christianmeditationpodcast Updates:  Final Question: In what ways do you thirst for God? Final Thought:   Saint Fransis said preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words. One of the most powerful ways we can reflect the light and life of God is by imitating Christ in our life.  FIND ME ON: Download my free app: Recenter with Christ Website - ChristianMeditationPodcast.com Voicemail - (602) 888-3795 Email: jared@christianmeditationpodcast.com Apple Podcasts - Christian Meditation Podcast Facebook.com/christianmeditationpodcast Youtube.com/christianmeditaitonpodcast Twitter - @ChristianMedPod        

Be honest with yourself. Do you love God, or the world?   "Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." 1 John 2:15 NASB   You can tell when I'm convicted. I love God. But I still spend a lot of time, money and energy chasing things in the world.   It took me several years to say I loved Jesus. I've always had trouble with authority and my dad and I had trouble. I didn't have good tools to understand what he was going through. My own perspective leads my thinking more than I know and I couldn't understand him or his perspective. He was a great man. I never realized that.   My problems with authority also spilled over into my relationship with God. For the longest time, I thought he got tired of me screwing up. But as I get older, I learn more about his perspective and my dad's, too. Recently, I've started telling Jesus I love him. And I want to love him more.   This verse doesn't give us much room. Either we love God or we love the world. I confess, I enjoy not having a lot of commitments. I enjoy being able to take it easy. I enjoy sweets. I enjoy a lot of the world. but I'm learning to actively love God more. I do that by doing what he says and reading his word, hanging out with his people, talking to him about others. I even try to be a better husband and father and friend.   Let's talk tomorrow about the things that distract us a bit. Today, just tell God you love him. Or if you have a problem with that, I fully understand. I just prayed for you. Ask God to give you more time and trust him. Let's all do what we can and not concentrate on the things we're not able to do. Take a minute and ask God to give you an idea of how you can demonstrate your love for him. Maybe you need to give something away. He'll make it clear to you.   Then head over to Follower of One online community and let us know what you did. There's a post in the community on this podcast. Comment on that post and share what you feel led to share. People in that community will pray for you and your faith will make a difference. Check it out.  

Today's podcast digs into Ruth 1:6-14 (NASB) with a word study on the Hebrew word for return (sub), and explores a major theme of the book: God's hesed through His people. Per usual, it is crammed full of application and reflection questions for a modern context. If you have a question or would like to connect with Erica, please email askerica.podcast@gmail.com Podcast instrumental music by Scott Holmes and Joseph McDade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erica-kambeitz/support

In todays episode, Jake & David discuss: Sam Smith at the Grammy's How to read Revelation The meaning of Marriage & Sex and more! ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

In todays episode, Jake & David discuss: Sam Smith at the Grammy's How to read Revelation The meaning of Marriage & Sex and more! ______ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Have you ever discouraged or exasperated someone? What happens to others when you interact with them? Are they lifted up, or taken down?   Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they will not lose heart. Colossians 3:21 NASB   We've spoken for several days about losing heart. Today, I wanted to talk about this verse because it talks about how we can cause our kids to lose heart. Fathers are specifically mentioned in this passage. But I have found that parents and bosses, even friends can lift others up, or deflate them.   When you interact with someone else, what is the outcome? Do they feel better? Are they more optimistic? Do you help them find new energy and hope for the challenges they face? As Christ-followers we live with a promise. We're promised that all things will work together for our good (Romans 8:28). We're promised that Jesus will overcome the trouble of the world (John 16:33).   In this passage, we're challenged not to exasperate, provoke, embitter, antagonize, or discourage our children. Let's not do it to people we work with either.   Today, in your family and in your workplace, what if you intentionally set out to lift others up? Imagine the words that are opposite of the list I just mentioned. What if you made a point to bring hope and encouragement to everyone you meet, coworkers, customers, vendors as well as family and friends? This will limit your complaints about government, or people of other faiths. It will limit our ability to whine and complain. We will have to choose to comment about the good rather than the bad.   But we will fill others with hope and courage rather than exasperating or deflating them. As a man and a father, this has been a challenge for me. But today I have a choice. Today, I can choose to bring energy, hope, courage, rather than stealing it. What will you do today?   Please consider how you respond to your kids or anyone else you interact with today. Don't discourage, encourage. Put life in others. The joy of the Lord is only limited by his people. Will we share that joy or hoard it today. We can help others not lose heart if we'll only share.   Do you need some help with this. We can't all just turn on the joy. We need other believers around us to help restore the hope and joy in us, especially when we're tempted to lose heart.   Why not join a community of believers who exist to help one another. We want to help each other take that hope and joy with us everywhere we go. Check out https://community.followerofone.org and join us for free. We want to encourage believers everywhere to live a life that can't be explained without Jesus being in the center. Why not join us?  

Transcript:Hello, this is Pastor Don of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to The Kingdom Perspective.“Seeking God” is one of those bottom-line imperatives of the Bible. We are called to “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.” We are to be like King David who cried out:One thing have I asked of the Lord,   that will I seek after:that I may dwell in the house of the Lord   all the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord   and to inquire in his temple. (Psalm 27:4)But how exactly do we do that? Well, we get a clue in the Old Testament book of 2 Chronicles. The kings and the people of Judah were continually failing to seek God, and repeatedly there was one critical element that correlated with that failure. They failed to seek God, because they failed to treasure His Word—God's Law.So, for example, in 2 Chronicles 12:14 we are told that King Rehoboam “did evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.” Note carefully: why did he do evil? “BECAUSE he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”And how exactly did he fail to do this? Well, just a few verses earlier, the chronicler tells us that he failed because he had previously neglected God's Word, His Law. Listen:“When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the Law of the Lord….” (2 Chronicles 12:1)Note carefully, abandoning of the Law of the Lord is equated with abandoning God Himself.Now, if you think about it, this only makes sense. How do you seek to be in relationship with anyone? Well, first of all, you must listen and take seriously what they say. If you want to be in relationship with God, then you must take seriously what He says. You cannot seek God, if you do not seek His Word. To reject his Word is to reject Him.Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.2 Chronicles 12 (NASB)1 When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the Law of the Lord….13 So King Rehoboam became powerful in Jerusalem and reigned there. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 14 But he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

What do you most treasure? And why does that matter on Valentine's day?   The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. Luke 6:45 NASB   It's Valentines Day. I did a little research and found there are a number of global Valentine's Day traditions. I don't recommend you spend a lot of time on it. But since we've been discussing how we might lose heart, I thought today I would study the interaction between our treasure and our heart.   This passage and others talk about how what comes out of us shows the true contents of our heart. If what comes out of us is good, it comes from a good heart. It even comes from the treasure of our heart. Our hearts are transformed by what we treasure. Later in Luke 12:34, Jesus says that where our treasure is, there our heart will be also and this is also recorded in Matthew 6:21.   We set the value of things. Those things we value most become the makeup of our heart. Our motives and our motivations come from our heart. And no matter how hard we may try to hid or manage what others see, God sees our heart. God told Samuel that in 1 Samuel 16:7 when he selected David to be King of Israel.   Be careful what you treasure. Over time, what you treasure will become the direction and the makeup of your heart. And God, who sees the heart will act. I've experienced more joy in the last few years simply because I chose to treasure listening to and following Jesus. Would you say your joy has increased in the last few years? If not, you can change it. Choose to treasure the things of Jesus and watch your heart change. Your joy will soon follow. You can turn this around RIGHT NOW. Simply tell Jesus, "Here I am!" and then ask, "What do you want me to do today?" He will put you on mission and you will sense your heart changing.   Bless someone else today. Choose to give them good. Choose to encourage. Choose to bless. Choose to lift someone else up. God rewards those choices once they become actions. Then, join us over at https://community.followerofone.org and share that with us. Create a profile and join our community. Let's be people who deliver joy and courage and heart in the world every day. Now that's what I call real love.  

To support please go to www.ToddCoconato.com/give Website www.PastorTodd.org   To be steadfast and immovable…   To be steadfast and unmovable is to be spiritually grounded. A steadfast person knows what he believes and cannot be “tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching” (Ephesians 4:14).   An unmovable person can hear false teaching, engage doubters, and defend truth without it shaking his own faith. In his other epistle to Corinth, Paul expresses his concern for this church: “I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:3). Even believers who had been personally taught by the apostle Paul were victims of deception. How much more vulnerable are we?   To remain steadfast and unmovable we have to know the Word of God. Second Timothy 2:15 says, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth” (NASB). To accurately handle the word of truth, we must not only read the Bible, but we must allow it to become part of us. Its truth should so penetrate our minds and hearts that it shapes our thinking and our actions. It should so fill our minds that we can detect error when we hear it.   Satan uses Scripture for his own purposes, twisting it to sound as though it says something it doesn't say (Luke 4:9–11). If we have not been diligent in our study and meditation on truth, we are vulnerable to error. The false religions of the world can be persuasive when they quote Bible verses to support their error. Even Christians can be duped by smooth-sounding heresy if they do not have a solid grounding in the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27). It is God's desire that we grow daily in our understanding of Him and His Word so that we will remain faithful to the end (John 8:31; 2 Peter 1:2; 3:18; 1 John 2:24).

This guided lectio divina of Psalm 6 (NASB) corresponds to Ruth 1:6-14, mirroring Naomi's belief that "the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me." Erica strategically stops before the psalmist acknowledges that God has heard their cries, just as Naomi does not yet beleive that God has heard her own cries. Make sure to stay tuned for parts two and three, which will dig into the social, historical and literary study of Ruth 1:6-13. If you have a question or would like to connect with Erica, please email askerica.podcast@gmail.com Podcast instrumental music by Scott Holmes and Joseph McDade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erica-kambeitz/support

Category: Marvin and Chapman This interview is a real treat for me, and I know it will be for you. Just in time for Valentine's day, Marvin and Chapman debut their new song, a little ditty titled "I Love You Tonight." (They call it a folk song, so it probably is!) The song is upbeat and moving. You will love the song's story and their parent's reaction to the beautiful truth that true love is for growing old together. More of them and less of me! Enjoy. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 054

On Sunday Feb 5, 2023, recording artist Sam Smith took to the platform at the Grammy Awards to perform the hit song (according to the world's standards) “Unholy.” Sam, dressed as Satan and his team then performed “Unholy” as one would expect considering the artist, the name of the song, and the time we live in. The next day many Christians took to social media to publicly express their thoughts on the performance (and rightly so). However, many of those who were so outspoken still willingly invite in and/or support those to whom scripture refers to as "savage wolves" in many areas of their own lives. In the latest episode of MoT, Chris seeks to answer the question of "who is more dangerous, the devil we can see or the one disguised as an angel of light?" Grab your copy of God's word and tune into "Unholier Than the Grammys: Allowing Wolves In." Learn more about and read the Legacy Standard Bible for free at read.lsbible.org Order your copy of the Legacy Standard bible or NASB 95 at 316publishing.com nasb.literalword.com (Read the NASB 95) Listen to the “For Life and Godliness Podcast” Visit the MoT Store on Bonfire HERE "The Distinguishing Marks of False Teachers" by Thomas Brooks Order a copy of "Strange Fire" HERE Listen to the messages from the "Strange Fire" Conference HERE

On Sunday Feb 5, 2023, recording artist Sam Smith took to the platform at the Grammy Awards to perform the hit song (according to the world's standards) “Unholy.” Sam, dressed as Satan and his team then performed “Unholy” as one would expect considering the artist, the name of the song, and the time we live in. The next day many Christians took to social media to publicly express their thoughts on the performance (and rightly so). However, many of those who were so outspoken still willingly invite in and/or support those to whom scripture refers to as "savage wolves" in many areas of their own lives. In the latest episode of MoT, Chris seeks to answer the question of "who is more dangerous, the devil we can see or the one disguised as an angel of light?" Grab your copy of God's word and tune into "Unholier Than the Grammys: Allowing Wolves In." Learn more about and read the Legacy Standard Bible for free at read.lsbible.org Order your copy of the Legacy Standard bible or NASB 95 at 316publishing.com nasb.literalword.com (Read the NASB 95) Listen to the “For Life and Godliness Podcast” Visit the MoT Store on Bonfire HERE "The Distinguishing Marks of False Teachers" by Thomas Brooks Order a copy of "Strange Fire" HERE Listen to the messages from the "Strange Fire" Conference HERE

     The Bible teaches God has assigned a limited amount of time for us to live in this world. David wrote, “in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for my life when as yet there was not one of them” (Psa 139:16). Job said a person's “days are determined, the number of his months is with You” (Job 14:5). And David said, “LORD, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; let me know how transient I am” (Psa 39:4). Paul said, “God made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation (Act 17:26). How we use our time is a matter of personal choice.        Concerning our use of time, Paul wrote, “Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil” (Eph 5:15-16). Paul starts this instruction with the Greek verb βλέπω blepo, which the NASB translates as be careful. The Greek word basically denotes perception with the eye, but here refers to one's mental state of alertness which, according to Louw & Nida, means “to be ready to learn about future dangers or needs, with the implication of preparedness to respond appropriately, to beware of, to watch out for, to pay attention to.”[1] The form of the verb is present tense, active voice, and imperative mood. This means our being alert is to be an ongoing action, is produced by the Christian, and is a directive to be obeyed by faith.      Specifically, we are to be mindful of how we walk in this world. The word walk translates the Greek verb περιπατέω peripateo which is a metaphor for conduct. As Christians, we are to walk, “not as unwise men but as wise.” To walk unwisely (ἄσοφος asophos) is a possibility for any Christian, otherwise the statement is superfluous. The adjective, ἄσοφος asophos, according to BDAG, refers to “one who lacks the power of proper discernment, unwise, foolish.”[2] The fool is not necessarily one who does not reason, but reasons wrongly. He lacks God's Word as a reference point for reality and divine viewpoint. But we are to be wise (σοφός sophos), which denotes operating from divine viewpoint. As Christians, we are to possess and operate by the revelation of God's Word which gives us insights into realities we could never know, except that God has spoken, and His Word directs every aspect of our lives (i.e., marriage, family, friends, work, finances, etc.). When we operate by divine viewpoint, we will prioritize our lives in such a way that God is glorified, others are edified, and we are sanctified. By living this way, we are “making the most” of our time, knowing “the days are evil.” The work making translates the Greek verb ἐξαγοράζω exagorazo, which is a commercial term that denotes purchasing an item from a market. Grant Osborne states, “The verb is a commercial metaphor used for purchasing a commodity, and it implies a period of vigorous trading while there is profit to be made…Here the intention is that we will use our time wisely, making every opportunity count.”[3] And the form of the verb is in the present tense and middle voice. The present tense implies ongoing action, and the middle voice means we exercise our volition in such a way that we participate in the action and benefit from it. And what we are to regard as a precious commodity is time, which translates the Greek word καιρός kairos, which here denotes opportunities God places in our path. The same word is used elsewhere by Paul, who wrote, “Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity [καιρός kairos]” (Col 4:5). And in Galatians he wrote, “So then, while we have opportunity [καιρός kairos], let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith” (Gal 6:10). And why must we be so careful about the opportunities God provides? Paul's answer was, “because the days are evil” (Eph 5:16b). Living in a fallen world means evil is always around us, seeking to draw us away from God and the stable ground of His Word. As Christians, we are to be on the alert, because evil people and spiritual traps abound. And believers who are ignorant of God's Word and/or not paying attention to their activities become soft-targets for Satan's forces.[4] Concerning the evil days, Harold Hoehner states: "The days are evil because they are controlled by the god of this age (Eph 2:2) who opposes God and his kingdom and who will try to prevent any opportunities for the declaration of God's program and purposes. Hence, in this present evil age believers are not to waste opportunities because this would be useless and harmful to God's kingdom and to those who are a part of it…It is interesting to notice that he is not recommending that they fear the present evil age or avoid interaction with it. Rather his exhortation is to walk wisely in the evil days by seizing every opportunity. Unrelenting warfare exists between the God of heaven and the god of this age. In essence, believers are commanded not to let the god of this age intimidate them, but to take advantage of every opportunity in this immoral environment to live a life that pleases God (cf. Gal 2:10)."[5]      As Christians, we will face ongoing worldly distractions which are designed by Satan to prevent spiritual growth and hinder our impact for God in this world. As God's children, we have choices to make on a daily basis, sometimes moment by moment, for only we can choose to allow these distractions to stand between us and the Lord. We must be disciplined with the time and opportunities God gives us, learning His Word and living by faith so that we can advance to spiritual maturity and serve as lights in a dark world (Eph 5:8-10). Every moment is precious and we must make sure our days are not wasted on meaningless pursuits, but on learning God's Word, living His will, and loving those whom the Lord places in our path.   [1] Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 332. [2] William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 144. [3] Grant R. Osborne, Ephesians: Verse by Verse, Osborne New Testament Commentaries (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2017), 178. [4] This principle is true to life, for enemy forces on the battlefield, or criminals in the city, look for soft targets they can exploit for their own agenda. Knowing the enemy is present, understanding his tactics, maintaining personal preparedness and staying alert, makes you a hard-target which mitigates injury. [5] Harold W. Hoehner, Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002), 694–695.

Sunday Sermon 2/12/2023Colossians 4:2-3 NASB

Transcript:Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to The Kingdom Perspective.The scandal of the gospel is that it's for the burn out, drop out and left out. It is not a gospel for those that deserve it but precisely for those who don't.Why? Well, the gospel is not about our achievement but about God's acceptance. It is not about our performance but Jesus's performance for us. In other words, it is grace.This is very good news not only for the outsider but also for the overachiever. Overachieving is often an addiction, an obsession to prove one's self—indeed, to save one's self. It stems from a deep idolatry—a drive to worship one's self and one's own achievements. In this way, it can often be the most secular of us that are the most “religious”—constantly trying to prove ourselves by our accomplishments and accolades.Now, into this context the gospel comes and says something shocking. Jesus in His dying breath on the cross declared: “It is finished.” The gospel spells the end of all attempts to prove or justify oneself. It is the end to both religious and secular ladder climbing. As the writer Brennan Manning (1934-2013) put it:“Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace.”Now, to be clear, there is nothing wrong with striving and working hard. It's a question of motivation. What's driving your drive? Does it flow from God's acceptance of you in Christ or does it flow from an attempt to earn that acceptance by your efforts?Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.Matthew 11 (NASB)25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to infants. 26 Yes, Father, for this way was well pleasing in Your sight. 27 All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”References:The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning (Multnomah Books, 1990).

What is Your Word?TruthWelcome to week seven of our series called What is Your Word? This week's word, Truth, was sent in by Nikko. Thanks so much for sharing Nikko!There is truth, and there is the Truth. As you gaze upon the one who calls himself the way, the truth, and the life, what do you see?So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - John 8:31-32 NASBWe also meditate on John 16:13 NASB, John 17:17 NASB, and four different versions of John 14:6.What does it look like to move beyond having the head knowledge of the truth, and to behold, experience, and become God's truth?Blessing you to know the Truth who is Jesus. May you experience more of Him today!Thank You!Support Cultivate ConnectionCultivate Connection has reached listeners in 157 countries, averaging 1,100 downloads a week. Help us reach even more by sharing Cultivate Connection with others.If you are one of the many who have been blessed by Cultivate Connection, become a monthly patron. As a patron, your generosity helps us create, host, and promote experiences that help others connect with God, discover identity, and awaken purpose for their lives. Learn more on our website at CultivateConnection.com

David and Jake discuss whether or not the story of Sodom and Gomorrah addresses LGBTQ, as well as: The nature of Gods feelings The Incarnation How to Read the Bible in 2023 and more! ____ This episode of Good Theology is brought to you by Dwell Bible. Dwell offers a 30-day trial on all new accounts, and you can get started by going to www.dwellbible.com/good or texting GOOD to 39383. About Dwell Since launching in 2018, Dwell's mission has been to help Christians rediscover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture through their beautiful digital experience. Dwell offers more than 20 hand-picked voices across 11 translations (including the ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, International children's Bible, and more!) And now, Dwell has built a platform to help pastors & leaders keep their people rooted in God's Word every day. You can invite your church with easy-to-use tools and share built-by-you Scripture playlists & plans to encourage reflection on last Sunday's sermon or keep up with your church's Bible Plan—wherever they find themselves. _____ Join us every Thursday for conversations with each other, regular contributors & special guests. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtheology Sign up for Vast Weekly: https://vast-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Follow Good Theology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodtheolog... Good Theology is part of The Vast Podcast Network

Personal positive habits in devotion are the first line in the virus of backsliding in our community with the Savior. How long can you sustain lying to your closest confidant? "Now what is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer. Of course the secret history of falls will not be known till the last day. I can only give my opinion as a minister of Christ and a student of the heart. That opinion is, I repeat distinctly, that backsliding generally first begins with neglect of private prayer." "You may be very sure men fall in private long before they fall in public. They are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world. Like Peter, they first disregard the Lord's warning to watch and pray, and then like Peter, their strength is gone, and in the hour of temptation they deny their Lord." "If you are a Christian indeed, I trust you will never be a backslider. But if you do not wish to be a backsliding Christian, remember the question I ask you: Do you pray?" So What from me: In a sincere desire to draw near to God, we have to be honest, and in confession and conviction, our heartfelt conversation will not make us perfect but is a critical tool God uses on our path to sanctification. Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com freerangeprayer@gmail.com Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at Durringtonr@gmail.com Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 053

Transcript:Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to The Kingdom Perspective.The notion of the rule of law is not something that just happened in the history of Western civilization. It was not accidental. Rather, just as ideas have consequences, so ideas also have antecedents. There's always something that comes before.Most clearly, this notion can be traced to writings of Scottish thinker Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-1661). In his famous book Lex Rex (1644), as the Latin title would suggest, Rutherford was proposing that nations be ruled by law and not merely by kings. This means that the power of the governing authorities should be limited by something objective, something outside themselves—by a law or constitution. In other words, a government should not be a pure monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship or even a pure democracy. Rather, we should be governed by objective law that restrains both master and mob, limiting both the prince and the people from having all the power.Now, where did he get this idea? Well, he got it from the Bible. He was, after all, a Presbyterian minister. The Bible teaches that human beings and human society were designed to operate best under the dictates of God's Eternal Law. For example, all throughout the Old Testament books of Kings and Chronicles, the peace and stability of the nation of Judah is correlated to their faithfulness to the Law of God. When the Law of God is revered, the king and the people flourish. But when the Law of God is ignored, evil and chaos ensue.Now, as Christians, we ought not sit back and say, “Yeah, that's what's wrong with the world! People aren't obeying God!” Rather, we should be more self-reflective. Are we and our churches marked by obedience to God's Law?Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.2 Chronicles 12 (NASB)1 When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the Law of the Lord….13 So King Rehoboam became powerful in Jerusalem and reigned there. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 14 But he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.2 Chronicles 15 (NASB)1 Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you. 3 For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without the Law. 4 But in their distress they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He let them find Him.2 Chronicles 17 (ESV)3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, 4 but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel. 5 Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. 6 His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; 8 and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9 And they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the Lord with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 21-22 NASB, Ch. 23-24 CEV Associate Producer Brother Paul of Seattle, Jørn Rune Reinertsen Podcast Introduction This is the Law Monday, and we'll read Exodus 21-24. The title is this episode is “I Meant To.” Comments on Exodus 21 In Exodus 21, the Lord... The post Exodus 21-24: I Meant To first appeared on Lifespring! Media.

This guided lectio divina of Psalm 13 (NASB) corresponds to Ruth 1:1-5 and serves as a primer for study of this passage. I imagine this might be how Naomi felt and prayed after losing her husband and both sons in a foreign land. Make sure to stay tuned for parts two and three, which will dig into the social, historical and literary study of Ruth 1:1-5. If you have a question or would like to connect with Erica, please email askerica.podcast@gmail.com Podcast instrumental music by Scott Holmes and Joseph McDade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erica-kambeitz/support

2 Peter 1:2-11, John 14:21 (NASB), James 1:14-15

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What is Your Word?FatherWelcome to week six into our series called What is Your Word? Of all the words sent in so far, there has only been one duplicate, Father. It was first sent in by Amy (not me) and then by Anna. Thanks ladies for sharing your word with us!What does the idea of God the father mean to you? What kind of father do you see Him as?No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him. - John 1:18 NASBNo one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us. - John 1:18 NLTNo one has ever seen God; but the one and only God, in the Father's embrace, has made Him known.  - John 1:18 TLVWe also read from 1 John 3:1 NASB, and James 1:17 NLT.May you experience the love of God as your good father. To come to know Him rightly as a child of God. Blessings to you and those you love!Thank You!Support Cultivate ConnectionCultivate Connection has reached listeners in 157 countries, averaging 1,100 downloads a week. Help us reach even more by sharing Cultivate Connection with others.If you are one of the many who have been blessed by Cultivate Connection, become a monthly patron. As a patron, your generosity helps us create, host, and promote experiences that help others connect with God, discover identity, and awaken purpose for their lives. Learn more on our website at CultivateConnection.com