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Jeff and Jeremy take a deep dive into the surreal. They analyze listeners' dreams with a special twist—the Mayor of Nipomo steps in to break down the types of people having these nocturnal adventures (spoiler: it's weirder than you think). The guys throw a belated party for COVID's United States birthday, marking its chaotic arrival with a mix of nostalgia and disbelief. Then, they crack open a hot debate: are eggs now more coveted than drugs? Customs statistics say yes, and Jeff and Jeremy unpack why the humble egg might just be the new contraband king. It's a rollercoaster of laughs, oddball insights, and egg-cellent chaos! #JeffAndJeremy #DreamAnalysis #NipomoMayor #COVIDBirthday #EggsVsDrugs #CustomsStats #PodcastWeirdness
Hometown Radio 03/05/25 6p: Fourth District County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding discusses the Nipomo battery storage facility
Hometown Radio 02/19/2025 5p: Fourth District County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding discusses the Nipomo battery storage facility
Hometown Radio 02/06/25 5p: Adam Verdin expresses concern over a new battery storage plant in Nipomo
Why is there such a disconnect between who we want to be and what we actually do? In this second of two conversations with Ger Jones of Vintage Church LA, John Mark and Ger discuss the practice of contemplation. John Mark argues that we overestimate the ability of willpower and insight to change us. Instead, he offers us three doorways into the practice of contemplation and practical suggestions for integrating this practice in our lives.You can read more in the expanded hardcover edition of John Mark's book God Has a Name, now available wherever books are sold.Key Scripture Passage: 2 Corinthians 3v18This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. Special thanks for this episode goes to: Jana from Richardson, Texas; Janet from Liberty Lake, Washington; Allysa from Nipomo, California; Ryan from Dallas, Texas; and Anita from Anchorage, Alaska. Thank you all so much!If you'd like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.
I dagens avsnitt berättar vi om Dorothea Langes ikoniska fotografi “Migrant Mother” från 1936. Modern i det berömda fotografiet har blivit den stora depressionens (1929-1939) ansikte. Men vad är det egentligen vi ser i fotografiet? Det finns två olika versioner av historien, den ena av fotografen Dorothea Lange och den andra av den avbildade kvinnan Florence Thompson och hennes barn.Dorothea Lange var en av många fotografer som arbetade för Farm Security Administration, kort FSA, en statlig organisation som skapade en omfattande bildsamling över det amerikanska samhället mellan 1935 och 1944. Lange berättade om det gigantiska migrantläger hon hittade i Nipomo, Kalifornien, där 2500-3000 personer hade slagit upp tillfälliga hem för att få arbete inom ärtskörden som hade utlovats i tidningsannonser. Men på grund av det exceptionellt kalla vädret och vårstormar hade ärtskörden frusit sönder och det fanns inga arbeten för de desperata och utsatta människorna, som nu var strandsatta på det leriga fältet. I fältanteckningarna som Lange lämnade in tillsammans med de sex fotografierna som hon tog av familjen beskriver hon: "Sju hungriga barn. Fadern är infödd i Kalifornien. Utblottade i ärtplockarläger ... på grund av den misslyckade ärtskörden. Dessa människor hade precis sålt sina däck för att köpa mat." Men denna berättelse dementerades av modern Florence Thompson, när hon valde att träda fram 1978, efter att Lange hade gått bort. Florence Thompson berättade om sitt Cherokee-ursprung och att hon inte alls hörde till de stora skarorna av migranter som hade lämnat Oklahoma för att söka sin lycka i Kalifornien. Denna marsdag 1936 hade bilens kylare gått sönder och barnen hade tagit den till närmaste stad för att få den reparerad, medan hon och de andra barnen väntade. Lange hade också skickat bilderna till redaktören för San Francisco News, där några av fotografierna trycktes redan några dagar efter hennes besök i lägret, under rubriken: "Ragged, Hungry, Broke, Harvest Workers Live in Squalor.", vilket gick emot det hon hade lovat Thompson. Långt senare skulle många FSA-fotografer kritiseras och anklagas för att de hade riktat sina linser mot "perfekta offer" som de, delvis arrangerat, visade i sina fotografier. Ändå måste FSA-fotografernas viktiga roll för statens hjälpinsatser poängteras. Langes bilder på Florence Thompson och hennes barn fick omedelbar uppmärksamhet av Resettlement Administration i Washington och 9000 kg mat skickades till ärtplockarlägret i Nipomo.Support till showen http://supporter.acast.com/konsthistoriepodden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dana needs to leave a message for Suzanne, but Jeremy doesn't want to be held responsible for getting it to her. Then, the Mayor of Nipomo calls in to save the day!
Piri Piri, čtvrtá řadová deska hudebního dua DVA, vychází 13. září. V desetileté pauze od vydání předešlé nahrávky Nipomo ale Barbora Ungerová a Jan Kratochvíl stihli vydat hned několik soundtracků k počítačovým hrám. „Tahle práce nás hodně baví a zároveň nám dává svobodu v tom, že nemusíme nutně jen koncertovat,“ shodují se DVA. Jak došlo ke spolupráci s videoherními tvůrci a nahrají někdy DVA vyloženě depresivní song?
Piri Piri, čtvrtá řadová deska hudebního dua DVA, vychází 13. září. V desetileté pauze od vydání předešlé nahrávky Nipomo ale Barbora Ungerová a Jan Kratochvíl stihli vydat hned několik soundtracků k počítačovým hrám. „Tahle práce nás hodně baví a zároveň nám dává svobodu v tom, že nemusíme nutně jen koncertovat,“ shodují se DVA. Jak došlo ke spolupráci s videoherními tvůrci a nahrají někdy DVA vyloženě depresivní song?Všechny díly podcastu On Air můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.
Hometown Radio 08/05/24 3:30p: Spotlight on the Dana Adobe in Nipomo
Nurses Out Loud with Jodi O'Malley MSN, RN – Many COVID-19 patients find a lifeline through Sarah Green, a dedicated Physician Assistant in Nipomo, California. Her unconventional treatments, including ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and personalized supplements, help patients recover at home against medical advice. Sarah's holistic, patient-centered approach transforms their journey, providing hope, autonomy, and renewed strength during critical times.
Nurses Out Loud with Jodi O'Malley MSN, RN – Many COVID-19 patients find a lifeline through Sarah Green, a dedicated Physician Assistant in Nipomo, California. Her unconventional treatments, including ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and personalized supplements, help patients recover at home against medical advice. Sarah's holistic, patient-centered approach transforms their journey, providing hope, autonomy, and renewed strength during critical times.
Revival and Community Engagement: Replanting with Pastor Michael Denton In this episode, we conversate with Michael Denton, a surfer pastor and replanter from First Baptist Church in Nipomo, California. Michael shares his replanting journey, emphasizing the importance of relationships, community engagement, and strategic discipleship. He delves into his personal and pastoral experiences, offering valuable insights […]
A large housing development proposed for Nipomo comes before County Supervisors for a vote. Cookbook author Brigit Binns invited the Playing With Food team into her kitchen to cook, chat, and eat. Longtime SLO city employee Terry Sanville speaks about his days with traffic management and his new novel 'The Misplaced'. Baile Folklorico classes and performances provide connection to Mexican culture for families in Salinas.
Jessica Nichols and Anthony Zelis checked in on First Look with Andy Morris to talk about their big fundraiser for the Nipomo FFA on March 9th.
Hometown Radio 02/09/24 4p: Members of the Nipomo Oak Alliance offer an alternative vision for the Dana Reserve housing project
In this episode, The Indy host, Rebecca Fairweather, sits down with Assemblymember Gregg Hart to discuss concerns over the environment and the ongoing housing crisis.The Assemblymember has recently restarted ‘Sidewalk Office Hours' that is available in twelve communities across the central coast including; Orcutt, Guadalupe, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Vandenberg Village, Lompoc, Solvang, Montecito, Summerland, Nipomo, Santa Maria, and Buellton.During his ongoing tenure, Assemblyman Hart has authored numerous bills addressing concerns ranging from the environment to affordable housing. Recently two bills addressing environmental concerns, authored by the Assemblyman, have been approved by California Governor, Gavin Newsom. Assembly Bill 584 allows state and local agencies the ability to aid in the protection of life and property alongside restoration and cleanup as a result of natural disasters. The bill allows the Coastal Commission more flexibility to issue emergency waivers. Assemblyman Hart also introduced AB 631 which increases penalties and enforcement options, empowering state and local enforcement to shut down oil companies with chronic compliance issues.To contact the Assemblyman, visit https://a37.asmdc.org/contact.Hosted by Rebecca Fairweather.Image Caption: Assemblymember Gregg Hart being sworn into the California State Assembly on December 5, 2022. (Courtesy image)The Indy: A Podcast was co-created by Molly McAnany and the Santa Barbara Independent.The theme music was written by Molly McAnany.Follow ‘The Indy' on social media @theindypod to support and contact podcast@independent.com for advertisements.
Okay, yeah. So, I'm losin' hope for the oak trees, the over 3K oak trees that are going to die in an egregious slaughter because of a horrible, massive, greed-driven housing development. Those trees are in the town where I grew up, Nipomo. It is a centuries old oak forest. The evil San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission voted to approve it this week. There was just one dissenting member, who stood up for the trees and the people of Nipomo (who will be breathing in air poisoned with particulate matter way above acceptable levels - many of whom will die of respiratory illnesses). Yes, it's very clear to me now that 4 out of 5 planning commissioners are as unethical as fuck; they don't mind dumping this massive development on a town that doesn't have the infrastructure to support it because Nipomo is ALWAYS getting screwed by this idiotic, unethical planning commission. FUCK THEM!!! Except for the one who dissented. She rocks. Well, the only thing that cheers me up about the whole thing is that those 4 commissioners who voted in support of this thing will go to Hell when they die.In any event, I'm promising those trees that, when they die, I'll sing a song to let the Spirit World know they are coming. I'm hoping that'll at least ease their journey into the afterlife. Fuckity fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.Oh, and I forgot to mention that what they're doing is illegal because they are violating several ordinances, including one aimed at deterring the clearcutting of oaks. But, I guess it's okay to break the law if you're a politician. I guess so.
The show OPEN... Karma... Sunday/Funday... Aaron Lewis... and Dustin from Nipomo wins!
Hometown Radio 09/26/23 4p: Will Harris updates us on the Nipomo Mesa air quality debate
The show OPEN... Starbucks... Vegas... and Homer from Nipomo wins!
the show OPEN... gifts... sports... and Jonathan from Nipomo wins!
The show OPEN... influencers... Dungeons & Dragons... Tom's fish... and Tom from Nipomo wins!
The show OPEN... libraries... a new texter... Tom wins with chicken poop... and Homer from Nipomo wins an Orcutt Burger!
Ben joins me in my secret living room lair while the podcast studio is being constructed, we chat about the Phat Jam 7 Skate Contest, the new skatepark in opening soon in my hometown of Nipomo, rehabbing our back/knee injuries, Ben's love for physical therapy, nearly becoming a father, living in Seattle, why we hate Reels on IG, the legendary Blake, Mr. Bungle/Mike Patton, living in a world that hates cops, and advocating for the future Santa Maria skatepark.
Hometown Radio 03/29/23 3p: Spotlight on the Dana Adobe in Nipomo
Tracking... tequila... Luke Combs... politeness... and Tamara from Nipomo wins!
Hometown Radio 02/27/23 5p: Dr. Lynn Russell from Scripps Institution of Oceanography addresses the dust issue on the Nipomo Mesa
Many years ago I met a video rental store clerk, Noah, in the small town of Nipomo, California. Fate would reunite us for a wild and fun conversation orchestrated by none other than the man behind the curtain Jonathan Lopez. Mixing and mastering 99% of all my podcasts this man has been working on Noah's album from music project known as DEAD MAGIC. It wasn't easy being the least talented man in the room during this hilaious dialogue but it will be easy for all of you to listen and enjoy!
Jimi and Joei take you back to the Central Coast of California to Rancho Nipomo Dana Adobe! Weirdly, a lot of talk of childbirth in this episode....Episodes Mentioned Adelaida Cemetery Mission San Luis Obispo Rios-Caledonia Adobe Mission San Miguel The Ghost of Gladestone Villa DON'T BE A FOOL, SEND US YOUR GHOUL! Do you have a paranormal story to tell? DM or Email us your story at pleasedontfollowmehome@gmail.com. If we read your story on the podcast, you will be dubbed our Ghoul of the Week! Sources:https://www.danaadobe.org/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Adobehttp://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21484https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Nipomohttps://www.danaadobe.org/the-story-of-the-dana-adobe-narrated-by-virginia-madsen/ Social Medias: Facebook: Please Don't Follow Me HomeTwitter: @PDFMH Instagram: pdfmh_podcastHave a suggestion, location idea or a question? Please email us at pleasedontfollowmehome@gmail.com
In late 2010, a middle aged methamphetamine aficionado in a SoCal trailer park believed herself to be approaching the pinnacle of her career as a self-made cartel queen. In her estimation, she possessed the brains of Walter White, the strategic savvy of Teresa “La Reina del Pacifico” Beltran, and her own unique suburban swagger. If she needed muscle, she had men for that and she had ambition, too. She aspired to make Nipomo the criminal capital of California with herself as its CEO because she had a knack for that kind of thing. At least that's what the meth was telling her.Join the crew for refreshing mimosas and the sweet smell of skunk as Khadijah relates her account of how the cartel cosplay of one delusional woman and a vendetta against a child resulted in tragedy for all. The tale is terrible, but the company is good
KCX contributor Stu Soren and Courtney Howard of San Luis Obispo County's Water Resources Division discuss climate change. Students at Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo are preparing for a night of politics. A Morro Bay resident won the first season of the new PBS show Great American Recipe, and she makes pozole with Fr Ian on Playing With Food.
The show OPEN... Christmas movies... the CMA's... Bruce... and Julie from Nipomo wins!
In this episode: FAQ is: Need services for handicapped? Where can you go for information? Today's Destination is: Monarch Dunes and Paso Robles Wineries, CA Today's Mistake- Trusting the first person you ask for directions Travel Advice: Visit your local zoo or park and get some outdoor fun. FAQ: Need services for handicapped? Where can you go for information? Answer: We talk about ability-travel here often, so listen if you want to know more. I have a friend named Kathryn who is traveling the world now, when she can, and doesn't let her handicaps keep her from going. She works full time as a teacher, and travels weekends and holidays. She went on a summer trip to Australia and New Zealand and we spoke while she was there. She says there are plenty of services available to those with a lack of ability, and to seek help when you need it. The best advice is to try to stick to a morning routine, as much as possible. Here's a few companies that specialize in travel for those situations. Arrange Accessible accommodations by contacting your hotel and requesting a special room. Arrange assistance while flying and try to get special accommodations. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/special-procedures Make sure travel insurance includes medical, because medical is not covered by most plans when you are out of the country. Enroll in the Smart Travelers enrollment Program (STEP) https://step.state.gov/step/ Here's a few companies that specialize in travel for those situations. Mobile International USA Curb Free with Cory Lee Flying Wheels Travel Accessible Journeys Open Doors Organization helps people with travel challenges. https://opendoorsnfp.org/ https://www.cntraveler.com/story/tour-companies-dedicated-to-travelers-with-disabilities Today's destination: Monarch Dunes and Paso Robles Wineries, CA Monarch is a butterfly that was well-known in this farming area of Nipomo, CA. and inspired a development of 1200 homes surrounded by beautiful beaches and farming agriculture. Many people travel to Nipomo for the golf experience. There's a community of homes, built by Shea Homes that could double for a land-based cruise ship, except it's not. It's a community that pops out of nowhere of single family homes. The activities are resort-like and the atmosphere is healthy-looking adults in their 60's and 70's. These baby boomers are living large and have their desserts. Many drive Tesla's. Many have 3 car garages. Some are on the golf course and others on the vineyard, facing the ocean. The breeze is nice here, but the blowing sand gets old fast. There is a ton of sand to sweep. The clubhouse has a pool and spa, plus there's a shed for throwing pottery and Bocce Ball courts by the pickleball courts. It's open to the public. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g32785-d624263-Reviews-Monarch_Dunes_Golf_Club-Nipomo_San_Luis_Obispo_County_California.html You'll also find some great wine tasting in Paso Robles. less than an hour from Nipomo. The region got its reputation of being a wine destination in the 1960's, starting with the soil scientist from San Luis Obisbo, and Jack Niven was the soil and fruit expert known in this region. https://www.goldmedalwineclub.com/winery/niven-family-wine-estates-san-luis-obispo-county In Paso Robles it is known by winemakers that the same fruit can taste different even when grown as little as 2 miles away. Patience is key in wine growing here as well as in other wine regions. I visited this July 4 weekend 2022 and stayed in the resort-like area with friends. They played pickleball. And I went to the swimming pool and spa. We planned wine tasting and other cultural adventures. One of those was at the Baileyana winery, on a warm July afternoon, looking over the vineyards from a tent outside in the parking area, surrounded by grassy areas and a building that held the wines. We had a couple of hours tasting and eating our picnic lunch. We arranged this ahead of time and it was easy to find the location and parking. Our wine expert was Martha, who attended UCSB and has been here for nearly ten years. Baileyana is owned by the Wine Exchange now, who also own Bread Butter in Napa and Chronic in Paso Robles. https://www.wxbrands.com/ Do visit a winery and tour a vineyard. Bring a picnic lunch and buy a bottle at the winery. Don't forget to make a reservation. Golfing, wine tasting or a meal. You may need to reserve in advance, so plan ahead if you can. Today's Mistake- Trusting the first person you ask for directions I get lost a lot. I ask for directions most of the time. This week, I got lost in a casino. I was unable to find where I was going. I found an employee and asked for help. They sent me in the wrong direction, so I got lost again. The next person gave the right directions, and I found my way to my destination. Don't always trust the directions until you find it's correct. Today's Travel Advice-Visit your local zoo or park and get some outdoors fun. Get outdoors. Leave the devices behind and spend time with the animals, tree life and make a friend. What is your favorite Zoo? My favorite is the World Famous San Diego Zoo. They are now part of the Wildlife Alliance.
1 (1s): Good morning harvest church. Let's stand and worship the Lord together. Did you feel them? Bow tins, tram. Did you hear the oceans? Well, when the people rose to seeing Jesus Christ, the , did you feel the tremble? 1 (48s): Did you hear the scene when the law speak and to see Jesus Christ, the CV, and we can see that God mighty river through the nations when young and Walgreens. Jeez, please. Why do you have Oh, dance, dance upon in justice. 1 (2m 11s): Did you feel the talk? All the seeds. all the streams as to wash away our broken and here we see that. God you have it be prepared. 1 (4m 5s): streets. Three sound with singing upon and justice. 1 (4m 48s): Did you feel, did you hear the oceans? When the people rose to seeing Jesus Christ Everyone needs compassion. 1 (6m 9s): Everyone needs for kids. The kindness, the save you Jesus conquered. 1 (7m 10s): All my fears and failures. I get in my life to fog everything. I believe now. 1 (9m 15s): Jesus . 3 (10m 44s): As we continue to worship, I was reading Romans eight, Chuck chapter 8 30, 8 39. And it says, I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love neither death, nor life, neither angels, nor demons, neither our field, our fears for today, nor our worries about tomorrow, not even the peop the powers of hell can separate us from God's love no power in the sky above or in the earth below. Indeed. Nothing in all creation will ever separate us or ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus, our Lord Jesus, as the object of our faith and worship, this is the God we worship this morning. 3 (11m 40s): We come to church on Sunday morning after being gone through a week of trials and tribulations sickness, death, uncertainty that we come here this morning to worship the God that never fails is the same yesterday, today and forever. Let's just continue in worship. As God leads. You pray out of prayer, speak a word that he lays on your heart, but let's continue to focus on the Jesus that never fails. 4 (12m 51s): we pray for our loved ones on the road. 4 (13m 4s): 1 (15m 6s): then Jesus. I do not wholly trust and G My whole then Jesus. 1 (15m 50s): I do not. With trumpets. 1 (18m 58s): 5 (19m 24s): Lord Jesus. We thank you. That because of what you did for us in the cross, our sin laid upon your death, burial, and resurrection. We can stand before you God, and we can approach your throne of grace boldly. Lord Jesus. Thank you for this time of worship, Lord God, we just gathered here to lift up your name, Lord, thank you Jesus. For this morning, Jesus name we pray and then, Well, good morning, everyone. You can take a seat. My name's Jeremy I'm the youth and family pastor here. And just want to say a welcome if you're joining us for the first time, or if you're, this is your a hundred 50th time. 5 (20m 8s): So glad you're here. It's a special place it's for me, it's always felt like family. So, so I hope you feel that way as well. Just a few announcements for you today. Fall life groups are going to kick off in September and we will have the brochures for you available next week. So next Sunday, look for the available full life groups. We'll have those back in the info center, as well as we'll be announcing those things. But we do have a brand new life group and we're starting our new college life group starting up. And there'll be September 1st. And that's, that's actually a first for harvest church. We're really excited about launching this new college group. It's going to be meeting six 30 on Thursdays from six 30 to eight 30. It's going to be at the house. 5 (20m 49s): Curtis is going to be leading that. And we're just really excited that that the, the students that have graduated high school have a place to go and to fellowship and to grow and grow in the word. So that's going to be kicking off September 1st. And lastly, you might be wondering what about Steve last week? I know he, he, he, he was a little bit off during first service. We prayed for him. He, he, he lasts the whole first service, but he ended up going to the hospital between services. He, he got checked out, end up staying up overnight there and everything checked out. Okay. It seems like there's a few dietary and liquid things that he needs just to kind of change, but he's doing really well. 5 (21m 31s): In fact, if you were here at Curtis Curtis's wedding yesterday, Kirsten Clark got married yesterday. Steve was cutting the rug out here. So he was, he was there. He was. And, and so he was back to Steve. So the whole Henry family, because their family and friends are in town. They're taking this this week off. So he's not here. If you don't see any of their Henry family, they're, they're out enjoying their family and friends. So today we're going to have Ron bringing the message and say happy birthday to Ron. It was his birthday yesterday, as well as Todd's it was Todd's birthday yesterday. You're you're, you're not, you're not happy that I'm saying happy birthday, but it was Todd's birthday as well. So we just think that God has brought you guys here and it's exciting times. 5 (22m 16s): So we're gonna take a minute to say hi to someone around you and yeah, we'll see. Do assess do that. 6 (23m 59s): Find a place to sit. Good morning. Good morning. Hey Dale. Good morning. Good morning. So great to gather together. Once again, Sunday morning, you know, we're just keeping this tradition tradition that was started on the day of Pentecost that we would gather together weekly. We gathered together more often than weekly, but you know, Sundays are day. And, and again, the reason we gather on Sunday morning is because that was the day of the resurrection. And so it's been this amazing thing that God has done that would encourage us to gather together. In fact, there's an interesting verse in Hebrews, where he talks about, you know, don't forsake the assembling the gathering of the saints together as some are, but he says, but so much the more as you see the day approaching. 6 (24m 54s): In other words, we need each other more and more as the last days come upon us. And so how wonderful it is to gather together this morning, we're going to be continuing our study in first, Peter. So if you want to turn in your Bibles, or if you want to pull up your device, that the scriptures I'm going to be using will be up on this screen. I like to teach out of the new king James version. So it might vary just a little bit from what you might be used to. Let's pray, Lord, we look to you because ultimately Lord, you are our teacher, holy spirit. You're the one that gives us understanding and clarity and revelation about the things that are declared in the, in the scriptures. And today we're going to look at the words of Peter, the apostle Peter, who was dear to your heart, who walked with you three and a half years in the flesh. 6 (25m 44s): And who now is an older man. He's, he's talking to those Christians in the world that were being persecuted and had been driven out from Jerusalem into all other cities because of their faith. And so Lord, we inherit that mantle. The holy spirit now is upon us. And so Lord, we want to carry and be faithful to what you call these believers to know and to do and where we want to be faithful to know and do those things, same things by the work of your spirit in us. So Lori commit this time to you in Jesus name, we pray. Amen. All right. So both Steve and Jeremy touched on the first opening verses a first Peter, but in order to get the full context, I'm going to go back and look at them. 6 (26m 30s): And then we're going to look at a lot of things. So as we look at the book of first Peter, again, written by Peter, and there's just so much there. So bear with me again. We, we expect the Lord to be the one that's going to be teaching us. So first Peter chapter one, beginning with verse one, Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ to the pilgrims of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Mathenia elect according to the foreknowledge of God, the father in sanctification of the spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, grace to you and peace be multiplied blessed, be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has gotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 6 (27m 19s): There's again, a lot going on there is Peter opens up this letter and the main point, I think the main theme that he's trying to get across here, it's it's Peter's intention is to call our attention to something that is so profound. So, so wonderful. So exceedingly glorious, he calls it a living hope. In fact, I want to read it again. First Peter one verse three, blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has gotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 6 (27m 59s): So what is a living hope? The simple, simple definition is this. It is the joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation. A living hope is the joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation. So what I want to do this morning, I'm going to use five W's and one H to try to open this up so that we can get a good handle on it. So I'm going to use who, what, when, where, why, and, and how so I'm told that, you know, researchers and those who are trying to determine what is being looked at or talked about or research that these are the questions they commonly ask. 6 (28m 42s): So that's what I want to use today. So in proper context though, Peter's actually, he's talking about future events. So the, the event that he's talking about has not happened yet, not fully and yet. So therefore we are still waiting for the fulfillment of the living, hope that he's talking about here. So let's begin with who. So when I go through the who, what, when, where, why and how I'm going to change the order. So it kinda makes sense. I'll hopefully. So who is qualified, first of all, who is qualified to receive the living hope that Peter's talking about? So in verse one, backing up a little in the new living translation. 6 (29m 22s): This letter is from Peter and apostle of Jesus Christ. He says, I am writing to God's chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bethenny up. So who is qualified? So that's the question. So according to Peter here, he says, God's chosen. People are qualified. And then he, he mentions five provinces. And he says that these are the provinces where Christians have been dispersed abroad because of persecution that began in Jerusalem and was occurring all over the Roman empire. So I want to make this as personal as I can. 6 (30m 5s): I'm going to rewrite Peter's words just a little bit. I'm writing to God's chosen people who are living in the five cities he's writing to us. This is a future event hasn't happened yet. So I have a trivia question for you to kind of make it more personal. Here's here's a trivia question. Can you name the five cities that make up the five cities? Sometimes that question comes up. Yeah. I live in the five cities. Okay. Well, what are the five cities? Hmm, let me think about this. Okay. So I did a little Google search historically. So that term five city has been around for quite a while. 6 (30m 47s): So historically that term five cities represents a row, Grandy Grover city. You know the name change Wabag Halcyon fair Oaks. And if Houma, yeah. See, you're walking away with something this morning that you didn't know before. So I always get what'd you learn at church today. I learned some history about the five cities, but those cities have kind of grown into each other. So currently the five cities are a row grand, a Grover beach, Pismo beach, Oceana, and Nipomo. All right, there you go. 6 (31m 27s): Trivia for the week. All right. So back to the who Peter is saying, I'm right into, God's chosen people and who are God's chosen people. God's chosen. People are those who have chosen him. God's chosen. People are those who have chosen to believe the gospel, the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God's chosen. People are those who have been born. Again, those who have experienced his new birth, those who have been sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ, those who have received Jesus as their Lord and savior. Those are the chosen ones that he's talking about. 6 (32m 8s): So my question to all of us this morning is have you chosen him? That's where it begins. Have you chosen him? You're going to have opportunity today to choose, to believe and follow Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior. So we see the who now, why, why, why is God doing this for us? The things that Peter's talking about, why is God doing this for us? Why are we receiving the living hope that he's talking about here? So again, back to first, Peter verses two and three, he says grace to you and peace be multiplied. Blessed would be the God and father of our Lord. Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has gotten us again to a living hope. 6 (32m 50s): So we mentioned three things there, and this is the why, why is God doing this for us? And the three words he mentioned, our grace peace and mercy. Now you probably know this already. So might be a little bit redundant, but grace, what is grace? Grace is God's unmerited. Undeserved favor. God has chosen to give us something that we don't deserve. And it is his favor. And others were accepted by him and is something he has just chosen to give us as a free gift. Secondly, we also receive, and this is why I got us doing this for us. It's because of the peace that he's given us peace with God, another way of putting it. We have been again, accepted by God. 6 (33m 32s): And therefore we have peace with him. Romans five one says this. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. So how amazing we are. We have his grace, we've received something we don't deserve. And we have peace, literally friendship relationship with the living, God. And then finally the word he uses there is mercy. He says, according to his abundant mercy. So mercy as, as grace is something that is unmerited that God has given to us. Mercy is the fact that God has chosen to withhold something from us that we actually deserve. What do we deserve? 6 (34m 12s): We deserve judgment. Grace, peace and mercy acts chapter 1731. God has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has ordained. And that man is Jesus Christ. So why is God doing this for us? Because of God's great love for you. And for me, because of his abundant grace and peace and mercy that he has chosen to lavish upon us. So we've looked at the who we've looked at the why, and now I want to go back to Peter's main point. 6 (34m 56s): How, how did God make a way for us to receive the living, hope that he's talking about here? So the simple answer is he made a way through the gospel, but more specifically, he made a way through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Again, back to verse three, blessed, be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has been gotten us again to a living hope. There it is through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. So this is sort of a side subject, but I have an interesting question for you who raised Jesus from the dead and the simple would be, well, God did raised him from the dead. 6 (35m 41s): Well, interesting as we look at a few verses acts chapter 13, beginning with verse 29, it says this. Now, when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning him concerning Jesus. They took him down from the tree, from the cross and they laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead. Seems fairly obvious who raised Jesus from the dead God did well. There's another interesting scripture in, and Jesus is speaking to here in John chapter 10. He says this for 17. He says, my father loves me because I laid down my life that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. 6 (36m 25s): I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it again. Hmm. Okay. I guess Jesus raised himself from the dead. Another scripture. I want to have us think about this morning, Romans chapter eight, verse 11. If the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in. You seems like the holy spirit raised Jesus from the dead. So who raised Jesus from the dead? Well, well, God did, or they all did, or, or God is three in one. 6 (37m 7s): And here what we see as another example of the Trinity or the, the unity of God who raised Jesus from the dead, the father, the son and the holy spirit did. So the clear teaching of the Bible is that Jesus rose from the dead that's, that's the fact that we want to embrace this morning. And because Jesus rose from the dead, he has promised that we will also rise from the dead John chapter 11. I love these verses verse 25. I am. Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. 6 (37m 48s): He who believes in me though, he may die. He shall live. And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. And then he says, do you believe this? That's a question we need to answer today. Do you believe this? And then Paul expounds on this in first Thessalonians, chapter four, beginning with verse 13, because there was his concern about those who had died, believers that had died. And some of them, there was this rumor going around that the resurrection had already happened. And they were confused. Paul says, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died. 6 (38m 32s): So you will not grieve like people who have no hope for, since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life. Again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him. The believers who have died, we tell you this directly from the Lord, we who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died for the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the Archangel and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves and then together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 6 (39m 21s): Then we will be with the Lord forever. He says, so encourage each other. With these words, he, he is talking about a future event as well. It hasn't happened yet. So that's part of our living hope. We're looking forward to that. How did God make a way for us to receive the living hope that Peter is talking about? He made a way through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead that's, that's how he did it. So we looked at who, why and how, and, and now I wanna look at what, so what is it that we're preparing for? What are we waiting for? What are we waiting for and preparing for, to receive and what is called it? 6 (40m 4s): We're waiting for our inheritance back to first, Peter and I'm looking at verses three and four. Again, blessed would be the God and father of our Lord. Jesus Christ, who according to his at mercy has gotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled that does not fade away. And it's reserved in heaven for you. So we have an inheritance that is waiting for us in heaven. And as Peter says, here is it's reserved in heaven for you, which is exactly what Jesus was thinking about or talking about. When he was speaking to me in Matthew chapter six, verse 19, he says this, he says, don't store up treasures here on earth, where MAs eat them and rust destroys them. 6 (40m 56s): And where thieves break in and steal store your treasures in heaven, where moth and rust cannot destroy and thieves do not break in and steal. So we're waiting for this inheritance. What is the inheritance or waiting for while some might say, we're waiting for our salvation, the fullness of it. We're waiting for the rewards that God has promised to us. We're waiting for eternal life. We're waiting for God himself. We're waiting for heaven. We're waiting to see Jesus face to face. I think we're waiting for all these things and all those things combined. That's our inheritance. You know, there's a lot of talk these days about making wise investments, you know, inflation so high and interest rates are crazy and, you know, stock, market's going up and down. 6 (41m 44s): So here's a question we often ask are the value of my investments going up or down. So Jesus encourage us, encourages us to store up our treasures. That would be our investment in heaven. Peter is telling us that our inheritance, our investment in heaven is there they're incorruptible, they're undefiled. They won't fade away. In other words, your inheritance, your investment in heaven is secure and it will pay eternal dividends. So Peter goes on to say that our investment in heaven, as I said, it's, it's not only incorruptible. It's undefiled that won't fade away. 6 (42m 24s): In fact, our inheritance is actually kept or guarded by the power of God. The truth is everything we know and love here on earth is going to burn up figuratively and literally, phew, phew, read revelation. I mean, literally, I mean, when we think about saving our environment and protecting everything for future generations, and that's all, that's all good. We're a steward of the earth. But if you read through revelation, the events of the last days, most of it's going to burn up. And most of the living creatures in the sea are going to die. 6 (43m 7s): So we have to have God's perspective about these things. The truth is everything we know and love here on earth is going to burn up because it's corrupted, it's been corrupted. The only thing that will survive the fire of God's judgment is our eternal salvation. God will transform that, which is corrupted into that, which is incorruptible. Paul speaks about this in first Corinthians 15 beginning with 15 verse 51, behold, I tell you a mystery, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed for this corruptible must put on incorruption. And this mortal must put on immortality. 6 (43m 50s): So when this corruptible has put on incorruption and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass. The saying that is written. Death is swallowed up in victory. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ, our Lord in that grade. That's good news. So we looked at the who, the why, how and now, and the what now I want to look at when, you know, when is this going to come to pass? When will we receive our inheritance? We will receive our inheritance at the revelation of Jesus Christ. What does that mean? Back to first Peter one verse four. 6 (44m 30s): He says our is it's incorruptible. It's undefiled in it. It won't fade away. It does not fade away. It's reserved in heaven for you who are kept by the power of God, through faith for salvation. And here it is ready to be revealed in the last time. So we will receive our inheritance when Jesus Christ returns to take us home, Jesus was surrounded by those who are looking to him and he wanted to encourage them about these things in John chapter 14, he says, let not your heart be troubled. 6 (45m 11s): We look out at things are going on. The world today is pretty troubling. There's a lot of confusion and mayhem and in the world. So Jesus is speaking to us. He's saying, don't let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in me, in my father's house are many mansions, many dwelling places. If it were not. So I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again. And I will receive you to myself, that where I am there, you may be also, and where I go, you know, and the way you know, Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you're going and how can we know the way Jesus said to him? 6 (46m 0s): You guys know it. Well, I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me. So right now we're kind of in this holding pattern, we're in this, we're just waiting. Jesus said, you know, God says occupy until I come. In other words, we're, we're being steadfast unmovable. We're continuing to believe and, and just stay faithful to the Lord until these things, until these things happen, occur are fulfilled right now. We're simply in a holding pattern of waiting mode. We're patiently waiting for the imminent, the promised return of Jesus Christ, revelation chapter one, verse seven behold. 6 (46m 50s): He is coming with clouds and every eye will see him. Even those who pierced him and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. Why will they mourn? Because they rejected him. They chose not to believe in him. The only way of salvation, all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him even so amen. I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning, and the end says the Lord who is and who was, and who is to come? The almighty. We looked at who, why, how, what? 6 (47m 30s): And when the last w is where, where are we going to go when Jesus returns again, I'm looking back at first, Peter chapter one, again, verse four. He's again, talking about this inheritance. That's incorruptible undefiled that does not fade away. He says, it's reserved in heaven for you. Who are you, who are kept by the power of God, through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. So where are we going? When Jesus returns simple answer, we're going to heaven. We will be in the kingdom of God. We will see Jesus face to face. 6 (48m 16s): A few days ago, I got a text from our oldest daughter, Jamie, and she was passing on a question that our grandson, David who's eight. Jamie, can you ask Papa this, these two questions? So these are the two questions he wants answered. What is it like in heaven? And the second one, the second question is how old is the earth? I'm going to leave the age of the earth one till another time. But what is it like in heaven? I mean, that's a good question, right? Because again, the reason is where, where are we going when Jesus returns, we're going to be with him in heaven. 6 (48m 58s): What's heaven. Like, so here's the problem. Here's the problem. We tend to use our experiences here on earth. As we try to imagine what heaven will be like. We tend to use our experiences here on earth. And we try to imagine having through the lens of our experiences here on earth, we can't, we can't do that. In fact, Paul talks about this in first Corinthians chapter two, verse nine, he says, he says, as it is written, eye has not seen nor ear heard nor have entered in the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love him. 6 (49m 41s): And so with that, we think, well, then we can't fully know. And, and we can't fully imagine what being in the presence of God and being in heaven will be like, and that would be true, but then he closes ACEs, but God has revealed them to us through his spirit for the spirit searches, all things. Yes. The deep things of God. So can we think about an, imagine what heaven might be like? Yeah. We can through the, through the holy spirit, through the lens of the holy spirit, through the pages of scripture, but not through our world's experiences is, and so we know it's radically different, that's for sure, but it's radically better. You see, sometimes we get to the point where we think about heaven. 6 (50m 21s): We go, well, you know, I don't, I don't really want to play a harp on a cloud somewhere, you know, for eternity. This is doesn't sound fun to me. Just imagine this, imagine anything and everything that really brings you joy and fulfillment and happiness upon this earth. And imagine it exponentially magnified in heaven. We're going to be, we're going to be, I want to say useful. There's an economy in heaven. There's fulfillment in heaven that we can't even imagine truly on this earth. 6 (51m 5s): It will be wonderful beyond our imagination to the point that we're gonna, we're going to want it to let, let it go on for eternity. And it will. Our living hope is in heaven. Our living hope is heaven. Our living hope is Jesus Christ himself. Our living hope is to be in the presence of the living. God who created all things. Another verse first Corinthians 13, 12 for now in this present situation we're in for now, we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. 6 (51m 46s): Now I know in part, but then I shall know him just as I also am known by him. There's going to be this amazing revelation that occurs. We're not fully going to, it's not fully going to be revealed to us until we are standing face to face with the Lord. Jesus Christ. That's our living hope again, the joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation. So we've got this living hope and as compared to, I'm going to compare to a false hope. So there's a lot of things in life we could hope for and say, well, I wish it were this way. 6 (52m 27s): Or I hope for this. That would be a false hope if it's really not, it's not going to happen. There's no way that's going to happen. You know, for example, I want to give you a few examples. False hope is, is hoping that something that absolutely will never happen. That's a false hope. I'm going to give you a couple examples. I hope I will grow my hair back someday. That's never going to happen. I'm not going to go to Bosley, hair treatment, whatever. That's a false hope. How about this one? I hope I will grow another seven inches so that I can be six feet tall. It's not going to happen. That's a false hope in life is full of false hopes, but a living hope it's based on God's promises and God cannot lie. 6 (53m 18s): Titus one, two in hope of eternal life. What Peter's talking about here, which God that cannot lie promise before the world began Hebrews chapter six, verse 18 by two immutable things in which it is impossible for God to lie. And he's talking about this hope again. We might have strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope that is set before us. And this hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the presence behind the veil, literally into the presence of God himself. 6 (54m 2s): Our living hope is not false. Hope. It is not a pipe dream. It's not based on our own wild imaginations. It's based on the promises in God's word. And it is confirmed by the witness of the holy spirit, Hebrews 11, one faith. What we're talking about are living hope. It is the substance of things hoped for it is the evidence of things not seen. God is faithful. The holy spirit is faithful to, to open up the pages of scripture, to us, to speak into our heart, our mind, our soul, our spirit, and end to tell us and affirm to us. This living hope that you're holding on to continue to walk in that, continue to believe in that Romans five, five hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the holy spirit who's been given to us Titus chapter two, verse 13, looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and savior Jesus Christ. 6 (55m 4s): I want to continue my, my goal this morning is to make it through verse, verse 12. How are we doing? I have, okay. I've got four and a half minutes left. Let's jump back to first. Peter verse six, chapter one, verse six in this, in this living. Hope you greatly rejoice though. Now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials that the genuine genuineness of your faith being much more precious than gold. That perishes though it is tested by fire. It may be found to praise honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. 6 (55m 47s): And though, now you do not see him yet believing you rejoice with joy, inexpressible, and full of glory. Receiving the end of your faith. The salvation of your souls stay strong. Stay strong in the Lord. Don't lose hope, endure hardship. As a soldier of Jesus Christ, place your faith in him. He has promised that he will never leave you and he will never forsake you. In fact, you are kept by the very power of God and he is worth the weight. 6 (56m 27s): Jesus Christ is returning very soon. Matthew chapter 25, verse 34, Jesus speaks. And he says, the king will say to those on his right hand come, you blessed bless it of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. So we see this is not a new idea. This is not a new thing. The profits of old have been waiting for the fulfillment of the things that God had previously revealed to them. 6 (57m 7s): Again, back to first Peter, picking it up in verse 10 of this salvation, this living hope that he's talking about here of this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched carefully who prophesied of the grace that would come to you searching what or what manner of time? The spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when he testified beforehand, the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow to them. It was revealed that not to themselves, but to us, they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the holy spirit sent from heaven. 6 (57m 48s): Things which angels desire to look into. I want to go ahead and invite the worship team to come on up at this time. So the truth is Jesus Christ is coming back again. He's coming back soon. The question we have to ask ourselves is, will we be ready? Will you be ready? When he returns? Jesus was talking about his return in Luke chapter 21, verse 25. He said this, and there will be signs in the sun, in the moon and in the stars. 6 (58m 34s): And on the, on the earth, there's going to be distress of nations. Sounds familiar with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring men's hearts will be failing them from fear and the expectation of those things, which are coming on the earth for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now, when these things begin to happen, look up, look up and lift up your heads because your redemption draws near, you know, Paul and Silas, they went from place to place preaching the gospel. 6 (59m 16s): They happened to be in the city of Philippi. The message wasn't received very well. They wound up in, in jail, in prison and there they were, it was the middle of the night and they're just worshiping God, thanking him that they could be worthy to suffer persecution for the sake of Christ. And they're just praising and worshiping. And suddenly there's an earthquake. And the shackles that were holding them bound up, fell off the doors of the prison, flung flung open, and the head jailer thought everybody, all the prisoners had escaped. He's about ready to kill himself. And so this is what Paul and Silas said to him. The jailer in acts 1630, he says the jailer brought them out. 6 (59m 60s): He brought them out and said, SIRS, what must I do to be saved? So that that's such an important question. So Paul and Silas, this was what the response they gave to the jailer. They said, believe on the Lord, Jesus Christ. And you'll be saved you and your household, you and your family. That message is the same today. What must I do to be saved? Believe on the Lord, Jesus Christ. And you will be saved. And as you have influence on your family, there'll be saved to the writer, John, in his letters. 6 (1h 0m 43s): He wanted to help the believers to know, you know, there's this question that goes around. Can I lose my salvation? Am I really saved? You know, you have to be convinced of that. But to the question of, can I lose my salvation? I would say, this is just abide in Christ and you're going to be you're safe. But this is what John said in first, John chapter five, beginning, verse 11, he said, this is the testimony. This is the record that God has given us eternal life. And this life is in his son. He has the light, sorry. He who has the son has life. He who does not have the son of God, does not have life. 6 (1h 1m 24s): These things I've written to you who believe in the name of the son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may continue to believe in the name of the son of God. So naturally my encouragement to all of us today, if you are walking with the Lord, remain steadfast, grow in your faith, continue to open up the scriptures daily and let him encourage you. As you walk with him day by day. Those of you that you know, you, you can look back and think, well, you know, there was a time that I really loved the Lord and was walking with him, but not so much anymore. Today's the day you want to recommit your life to Jesus Christ. He's coming back soon. So reaffirm, reaffirm your commitment to him. 6 (1h 2m 7s): And for those of you that say, you know, I've never, I, I don't know if I believe I've never really thought too much about it. Today's a day of your salvation and you don't have to have all the answers. I promise you this. If you would just open up the door of your heart, the one of your heart, just a little bit and say, God, I don't know, but I'm willing. I'm willing to allow you to come in and reveal yourself to me. I'm willing to give Jesus a chance in my heart and my life. And if you will do that, I will promise you this. God will reveal himself to you in a profound way that you can, that you can affirm and say, Jesus Christ is the Lord. 6 (1h 2m 48s): Lord. We just want to thank you today that we can be encouraged. Even as Peter was trying to encourage the believers in his day, where we're so encouraged about the living, hope that you have reserved in heaven for us. Lord, help us to maintain that, that perseverance, that endurance that we need in this life. Lord, I pray that all of us would be opening up our heart, opening up our life to you to receive all the wonderful promises that you have for us. Jesus, we are so grateful that you went to the cross on our behalf. And we just want to say, thank you in Jesus name, we pray. God's people said, amen. 6 (1h 3m 28s): Amen. Go ahead and stand with me. We're going to continue to worship the Lord. 1 (1h 3m 34s): Grab that. Thanks spirit. Come to get And Renae dumb. 1 (1h 4m 26s): Don't let your car don't feed 0 (1h 4m 38s): Because 1 (1h 4m 39s): Your eyes on fruit, God is badly and take her told on the strong. Remember where But the price go up as the walls come down. 1 (1h 6m 51s): his name is Jesus. 1 (1h 7m 11s): his name is Jesus. 1 (1h 8m 37s): Come down. I'll create geez. 0 (1h 9m 11s): Geez. 8 (1h 9m 27s): Yes. Let your kingdom come. Jesus father, I thank you that the praises of your people break down walls. It's like Paul and Silas. They break chains. They open the prison doors and set us free. Father. I pray that as we go out this week, we would go out knowing that we have a living hope in Jesus, and we know that he is returning, his kingdom will come and we will get to spend eternity with him in heaven. How awesome is that going to be? Thank you. Jesus. Jesus. Same name.
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0 (10s): . 0 (11m 48s): Bye God. 0 (11m 52s): you never stop. 0 (13m 49s): You never stop. Never stop. stop. Stop. Stop. 0 (14m 7s): stop. 0 (16m 13s): Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop. 0 (16m 28s): promise in the thought that is a true story, Lord. 0 (17m 47s): That is who you are. You are always working in us 1 (17m 53s): With us and through us. And that we're so humbled by that heard a song this week that said, when everybody's running away, God is running towards you. Through failures, mistakes, dumb things that we say when people are moving away from us, God, you're moving toward us because you're working and your grace is sufficient kindness. 1 (18m 34s): Everlasting, your love unconditional hard to fathom. Thank you for it. Lord, God continue to move toward us in this service Lord and help us to move toward you as well. Lord, as we worship you, as we open up your word and receive instruction, Lord, we want to hear what you have to say to us, not just today, but every day, Lord God. Today's just the time that we gather corporately and we hear together what you want to say to the body of Christ, but Lord, every day, Lord, help us to remain in you, to abide in you, to be connected to you, to be filled with you. 1 (19m 16s): Lord God, I don't know about the rest of the group, the Lord. I can't do it without you. I don't want to do it without you. So thank you Lord, for your kindness to ride out the storms of life with us to be faithful when things are good. And when things are hard, you're faithful. God minister all over the central coast is people are struggling with illness and issues. Lord God, I just pray God that she bring healing all over the central coast. 1 (19m 58s): God, that people would know that you're alive and well because of the good work that you're doing. God, thank you more. Be ministering all over the world and places like Afghanistan, where they're just hard and horrific things happening, Lord God, we just pray for your grace, your sovereign power and presence all over the globe. Lord God that you be protecting people and rescuing people and responding to the hard cries of people meeting the physical needs and the spiritual needs of people all over the globe or God, God would just invite you to do wonderful and supernatural things locally and globally. 1 (20m 42s): God help us to be mindful to be prayerful and to be faithful. We pray in Jesus name. Amen. Hey man, 2 (20m 49s): You can be seated. God bless you. God bless you. Thank you. Worship team. We've titled the message today. The PA the path to godly character in a fallen world and had a chance to be tested in this arena on, in, in a golf match that I was in this week, the path to godly character in a fallen world. One guy said I've given up cussing, unless I'm on the golf course. I didn't say that somebody else said that, but I might as well have said that. So the path to godly character in a fallen world. 2 (21m 30s): So money, money, where we were playing golf this week and, and we're excited, we're gonna go out and play 18 holes of golf. And, and we get out there and we get behind this, excuse me, but we get behind this geriatric couple, this very old couple and which is fine, but they were very slow as well. And I'm very, 3 (21m 51s): Very thoughtful about every shot and, and it just went on 1 (22m 1s): And on and on and on. And 2 (22m 3s): So finally, at one point we decided if we're going to just jump over this couple and go to the next hole. And then we ran into the same thing, another old couple who bless their hearts. They were very, just thoughtful about every shots. And, and so we get through the front nine and then we decided let's just go have lunch. Hopefully all of the slow people get, get ahead of us and move and get moving. And then we'll be able to get out and play. But the truth is we were playing such terrible golf, both of us from the first strike of the ball to the very last strike of the ball that we were completely discouraged with our golf game. 2 (22m 46s): And then we were, so it was just, we sat at lunch and we said, this was, this has been a, a lesson in patience today, the path to godly character in a fallen world and imperfect world. And so we were tested that day. We were so discouraged after nine holes and after lunch, then we get to lunch and we're at the counter for lunch. And then we get behind this other, I think it was one of the same couples that we were behind on the golf horse. And they were very thoughtful about every decision that they were making at the cafeteria there, the, the restaurant in and the service was really, really slow. 2 (23m 30s): So every moment we had opportunity to be, to find the path, to godly character in a fallen world, because you want to lash out you're right. You're like, w we, we wanted to say speed it, Alice, right? You want to just kind of yell it out there and get anxious. But, but we decided not to do that. And we just crumbled amongst ourselves instead, which is, you know, the high road, I guess in that situation, we shouldn't have grumbled at all, but we did. And so we just quit. We quit after nine holes and went home. We decided it was over. I was reading in Proverbs chapter three. It's not going to be up on the screen. But I was reading this yesterday in light of the message that I wrote this week. 2 (24m 14s): Proverbs three 15 through 17 says wisdom is more precious than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with her. She offers you long life in her right hand and riches and honor in her left, she will guide you down delightful paths. She will guide you down delightful paths. All her ways are satisfying. And so I thought it was interesting that that word path was used in my devotional reading. After I'd written the message, there's an expectation that God has upon us. It's put upon us. And it is to be expected actually as believers and followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. 2 (24m 59s): Why? Because we're filled with actually, we're filled with his presence. When we come to faith in Jesus, we're told that his spirit, the third person of the Trinity, the person of the holy spirit actually comes in, takes up residency lives in us. And so we're to live our lives as believers, as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ, reflecting that life that is within us. And we're told in John 15 to abide in Christ that he will abide in us and we will produce much fruit. And so out of that life of a biting remaining in Christ and being filled with the holy spirit, there's actually, there's actually a change of life that is obvious or should be obvious in us and with us, we're in Titus chapter two, but at the end of Titus chapter one, Paul wrote about the corrupt and unbelieving. 2 (25m 51s): He said, this is why they were corrupt and unbelieving. He said, they claim to know God, but they deny him by the way they live their lives. Isn't that interesting? So he said, they claim to know God, but they deny him by the way that they're living their lives. In other words, Paul could look at their lives and know that they're not, that they don't actually know God they're there. Their lives were actually in congruence. What they said, they believed didn't actually line up with the way that they live their lives. There there's a specific path, the path of godly wisdom that we must choose to develop godly character. 2 (26m 33s): And it's in doing so that our lives 3 (26m 36s): Arguing group, once we 2 (26m 39s): Live not perfectly, we can all raise our hands and talk about the struggles that we have followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ, things that get us into trouble and things that that causes problems. So we're not talking about perfection, but we are talking about consistency. And, and we're talking about on an honest pursuit of God, God, and his plans and purposes for our lives and honest pursuit of the path of righteousness that God is calling us to live on. So there's a specific path. It's the path of godly wisdom that we must choose news. And it's something that I find I got to choose all the time. 2 (27m 19s): I got to change. I got to choose it like on the golf course, I got to choose it. What I'm doing just about everything. I've got to choose this godly path or else by default, I'm off, off the path and do thinking and saying, and acting like I shouldn't be acting. So if I don't choose the path that I'm off the path all together. So that of wisdom keeps us congruent in the way that we live our lives. So we, we, we actually begin to live in the way that God has called us to live. So Paul wrote to Titus this clear instruction regarding life and lifestyle and how to live. 2 (28m 2s): He said in verse one, Titus two, one is for you, Titus promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching. So he, Paul saying it matters. And we see it throughout the whole Bible old and the new Testament, whether Paul's writing about it or somebody else, we're seeing that it matters how we live our lives. As for you, Titus Titus, you're leading the people of God on the island of Crete, eat this godless place, this worldly place. I want you to promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching, make sure your living and your teaching line up. 2 (28m 44s): And this is a challenge for anybody like myself, who has a teaching role and responsibility, but it's not just about pastors and people upfront. It's about small group Bible study leaders. It's about youth leaders and Sunday school leaders and good news clubs, leaders it's about anybody who wants to proclaim with their lips, with their mouth, that they profess Jesus. We need to make sure that our living and our teeth Ching lineup Titus must live in such a way that his life models wholesome T teaching the teaching you received from Paul and the teaching. He gives day to day. 2 (29m 25s): So all of our lives should be, they should reflect the wholesome teaching we are receiving. So I get up on Sunday morning and I preach and teach and lead. And it's our job myself. First and foremost to take in what I say this all the time, I'm preaching to myself mostly. And if you get something out of it, then God bless you, but I'm mostly teaching to myself, you know, and all of us. And we need to make sure w what we're hearing as we listen to the teaching. And then as we open it of the scripture, because we need to be opening up the scripture to learn, to sell feed and, and, and teach and be taught by the holy spirit and, and be, and be learning all the time. 2 (30m 6s): As we look at them, the word of God, like a mirror held up to our lives. We say, oh, I'm actually not doing this. Yes, very well. And so Lord, forgive me for not doing this very well. I need to make sure that I'm doing this. So by your spirit and in your power, Lord helped me to do that. So we all need to reflect the wholesome teaching we're receiving. So that's a responsibility, right? It's a responsibility, the teacher, but also on the student, I need to be teaching and then making sure that my life is like coming up with what I'm teaching. And then the student must listen 3 (30m 41s): And then make sure their 2 (30m 43s): Lives are lining up with what is being taught. So the pupil and the teacher both have this responsibility that our lives accurately reflect the wholesome teaching of the scripture. So what does wholesome teaching look like? Your Bible might use the words like sound 3 (31m 2s): Doctrine. 2 (31m 3s): Your translation might say sound right. Doctrine sound doctrine is basically healthy doctrine. Healthy doctrine leads to a healthy, spiritual life. This contrasts with the disease. Remember we learned last week that the religious leaders, this church leaders in this, on this island of Crete were actually misleading. The people there were actually not godly people. They said that they knew God, but they denied him by the way they live their lives. So this contrast, this healthy doctrine, it contrasts with the diseased teaching of the religious leaders on the island in Titus one nine. It says that the elders are to encourage others with wholesome teaching or with sound doctrine, sound doctrine are the truths that we believe. 2 (31m 53s): They're the trues that we teach as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. It's our Christian statements of faith. It's this doctrine that we hold, dear. It's the chews we teach and preach. We already are Christian believers. Titus must teach these truths to do a couple different things to combat godless teaching, right? Because we're always hearing godless things, things that are not godly and things that are not truth. And so the truth of God's word combats, that, and he helps us to think properly about it, but it also equips the believers for good works in Christ. When we have a proper understanding of biblical doctrine, godly doctrine, then we live out of that. 2 (32m 38s): We live out of our, if the information that we believe we live out of that, that, and then hopefully we're making wise choices and we're staying on the path that God would have us to stay on. So Titus my teach these truths, the most combat godless teaching and do equip the believers for good works in Christ. Verse two, he says, teach the older men to exercise self-control to be worthy of respect and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience. So the path to godly character and a fallen world, number one, step one, exercise self-control. So this is for the older men, but as we will see these characteristics for the men, the older men, the older women, the younger man, the younger women for slaves, all of the above, they apply to all of us. 2 (33m 31s): They apply to all of us. And so we're actually, we actually won't become older, godly people. If we don't begin the process now, 3 (33m 44s): Well, there's, we, you know, they're there, 2 (33m 47s): There are exceptions to that. Obviously people come to faith in Christ, late in life. I remember Jolene's grandpa came to faith late in life, and he was completely transformed. He was completely transformed by the grace message of the Lord, Jesus Christ, as he was filled with the holy spirit. And he became, as we reflect in, as we remember, cause he passed about 10 years ago or so maybe a little bit longer, but we reflect on his life. He was totally transformed, getting saved at about, I don't know, in probably 80 years old or so. 3 (34m 21s): So 2 (34m 22s): There, there are exceptions, but the best way to gain this, that kind of stuff has to begin when we're young and to live a lifetime exercising self-control. So the older men are to 3 (34m 35s): Understand and grow in this 2 (34m 36s): Area of self-control and then model it to everyone. But this truth is for every one self-control well, let's unpack that a bit. Self-control it's fruit or evidence of the holy spirit control in our lives. Self-control I think I'll be wrestling with this area of self-control for the rest of my life. So it's good that I start now or hopefully started awhile ago because it'll be something that will be a burden to me for the rest of my life. Self-control but it was really the fruit or evidence of the holy Spirit's control. 2 (35m 18s): It's evidence that the holy spirit is in us when we have self-control regarding our words, thoughts and deeds. It's not just about our deeds. It's just not about our words, but it's about our thoughts as well. That secret place where we can get out of control with a lack of self-control. And so God's concerned about all three, right? Because Jesus said, if you sin in your heart, you it's just like you've done it naturally or outward. So self-control all fruit or evidence of the holy spirit. So if you're lacking, self-control just ask the holy spirit, 3 (35m 59s): God, I need 2 (35m 60s): Self-control regarding my anger toward this person or regarding my attitude toward this person or regarding my responsibility in this circumstance. God give me self, okay. Control where they have respect. That's the next one self-control goes a long way in helping someone be worthy of respect. Think about the people that you respect in your life. Those people probably have self-control troll figured out. They've figured out how to control themselves and word thought indeed. And because they figured out how to control themselves and word that need, they are worthy of respect. You usually we respect people who are making wise choices. 2 (36m 43s): We respect people who are living their life, maybe the way that we hope to live our lives. And so we hold somebody in esteem saying, I respect that person because I respect the way that they're living their lives. Dave's who is respect again, people who make wise choices. And so I think about our, our, my life as a follower of Jesus Christ is my life worthy of respect. I do somewhat, some would say yes, some, some would say no way. Yeah, I, 3 (37m 12s): But my 2 (37m 14s): Audience is God, what does God think is my life worthy of respect? And thank God for his mercy. Amen. Who is worthy of respect. People who make wise choices. So it's a, it's a lifetime of, of, of kind of attaining this respect. It's a lifetime where throughout the course of a life, you look at somebody's life and you say, man, there's been consistency, but also we've known, we've all known people. Who've made mistakes who have repented of those mistakes. And they've lived consistently or people who are humble in the midst of their mistakes. And they're there. What is God working in your life? What has God want to get changed in your life so that you can become a person who is worthy of respect. 2 (37m 55s): Maybe you just need to speak differently to people. Maybe you need to think differently about your life. Maybe you need to act differently in relationship to your circumstances in life. None of us have a perfect life with perfect circumstances. So we have to figure out how to live as a person worthy of respect, no matter what we're going through. Difficult marriages, difficult kids, a difficult financial situation, difficult physical stuff. Are we living in a way that we're worthy of respect? This is the call that God has put upon older men, but it's something that all of us need to attain to. And it's only attainable through the power of the holy spirit when we yield God. 2 (38m 36s): And when we walk with God 3 (38m 40s): Being 2 (38m 41s): Filled with his presence and remaining in him the last couple of days, probably because of our journey group, we were talking about abiding in God. And that's kind of the whole abiding in Christ. That's pretty much the theme or the underlying theme of everything that we do in journey. So I've been thinking about a lot lately. So I I've been getting up in the morning and say, Lord, help me to abide in you. I don't think I've prayed that prayer much in my life I have, but not that much. And so lately, especially this week, I've said, Lord, help me to abide in you. Meaning I want my words, thoughts and deeds it's to reflect who you are. So if I'm up against a difficult situation, I want to make sure my words 3 (39m 22s): Reflect 2 (39m 23s): Who you are. I want to abide in you. And then hopefully out of that, there's there's wise choices and respect. Jesus said, yes, I'm the vine. You are the branches. Those who remain in me and I then will produce much fruit for apart from me. You can do nothing. 3 (39m 40s): John 15 there. So 2 (39m 42s): People who remain abiding Christ make wise choices. What else? The old men are supposed to have sound faith. The older men must have sound. Faith sound. Faith comes from sound. Faith sound. Faith comes from, how do you get sound faith while your faith will be tested to prove whether it's sound or not. There's just no other way around it. It will be tested. It's like building a boat. You've eventually got to put that boat in the water to see if it will float. If the float, if the boat doesn't float, it's not a sound boat, right? A boat is designed to float and to carry passengers and cargo. 2 (40m 25s): So if it doesn't do that, then it's not sound. And so what happens? The boat comes back out of the water and they go back to work on the boat, right? It's tested, right? So maybe you're pulled, been pulled out of the water so that your faith can be tested. And you're about to be put back in the water to see if your boat floats be okay, either way, be okay with it work because the work is done by the, the boat builder. In this case, the spirit of God, the person of God who wants to make you see worthy, you see worthy so that you can be effective doing the things that he's called you to do and living the way that you've called. 2 (41m 7s): He's called you to live so older. Men must have sound faith. And that again is developed over the course of life. Maybe you don't have sound faith right now, but you're saying, God, I want you to, I'm sinking in the water. And it take me out, put me on the rack and fix 3 (41m 24s): Me. All right? 2 (41m 27s): And you're saying, God, what does it need? What do I need to be fixed? Then you go back and maybe you're, you're looking at all these attributes that we're talking about today and tie this to you. And you're saying, I 1 (41m 35s): Need that. And I need that. And I need that. You're making a little 2 (41m 38s): Shopping list and let's let the holy spirit make that shopping list for you. He might say, yeah, you're doing great there, but you need this. He knows us better than we know ourselves. Self-control worthy of respect, sound faith. And the older man must also be filled with love and 3 (41m 55s): Patience, love and patience. I think 2 (42m 2s): Sometimes as we get older, we get a little less loving and a little less patient. That's the temptation, right? Little less loving. Cause we get a little more cynical. Right? Right. Cause we know things where we think we do. We've got opinions about things. And so we get a little less loving, a little less patience. So I think it's interesting that that Paul said to the older men be filled with love and patience. Jesus said in John 1334 and 35, it's up on the screen. So now I'm giving 3 (42m 33s): You a new commandment, love each other, love each other. How just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another 2 (42m 45s): Will prove to the world that you are my disciples. 3 (42m 48s): When we're loving each 2 (42m 50s): Other, like Jesus loves us. We're demonstrating that we belong to him, that we belong to Jesus because our love looks just like Jesus's love 3 (43m 0s): For the world. A new commandment 2 (43m 3s): Love each other just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. So that's the doctrine of love or to love, not just in 3 (43m 16s): Word. I love you. We should say that. We should say it often to the people that we love, but our 2 (43m 27s): Actions should reflect that statements. Just like our actions should, should support the statement of our faith. It's just support our love. So are we doing loving things 3 (43m 39s): Where we're just getting crotchety as we get old, 2 (43m 46s): The doctrine of love, this is what Jesus taught us about. Love and impatience. 3 (43m 52s): I think 2 (43m 52s): We should, as we get older, we should be the most patient people 3 (43m 54s): In the world. But what happens? 2 (43m 57s): We start aching everywhere. We start, you know, start feeling all the pains of life. And, and then we get impatient and we kind of justify our inpatients. Where's the, ah, I'm an old guy. Everybody, everybody should be patient with me. Right. And, and, but that's not what the Bible says. That's not what Paul is telling us. He said, be patient. The, the younger people in our lives should witness our patients and then desire that it's something that's is very difficult in this day and age. 2 (44m 39s): But it's a work of the holy spirits 3 (44m 42s): That makes 2 (44m 43s): Us patients. So be patient, the older men must be patient. It's a lifetime process. Right? So number one, exercise. Self-control number two. Choose to honor. God says in verse three, similarly. Yeah. That's always a hard word for me to say, similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God 3 (45m 8s): Teach the older women 2 (45m 9s): To live in a way that honors God. Paul's addressing the issues of the people on this Greek island called Crete. And he's fashioning a list of areas for men and women, old men, old women, young women, young men, slaves, he's fashioning a list of areas that need attention. So Paul was writing a letter to you. What might that look like? What might that list be? Mate, maybe you can kind of take a little bit from each and every area and say, yeah, this is kind of my, yes, this is kind of my lists teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. 2 (45m 52s): And then he just kind of unpacks that. He said, they must not slander others. The king James version says don't be a false accuser. In other words, your words should be seasoned with 3 (46m 10s): Grace. So 2 (46m 13s): Maybe you check with your self or check with the holy spirit. That's a better idea. So I got, should I say this? I think we should be filled so filled with the holy spirit that God has full access to our lives. So that when we're about to say something, because he knows that we're going to say, he knows what we're going to say before we say it. He knows what we're going to do before we do that. We give him full access so that we actually are so sensitive to the holy spirit that we hear him say, sheesh, like stop. Like don't, don't say that. All right. And then what w we say, yes, Lord. 2 (46m 53s): Right? We say, yes, Lord. Like I know what I was going to say. And you know what I was going to say, but I'm, I'm, I'm not going to say it. Or if we're about to do something and word thought or deed, and he says, stop, 3 (47m 13s): We have 2 (47m 15s): A sensitivity to the holy spirit. And so we, I think that's what God's desire for us and sending the holy spirit to do, empower us to live the kind of life that he's called us to live, to do the works that he's called us to do. But he's got to have close access to our hearts and minds that just with the still a smallest voice, he's got her attention and we do what he says to do. So maybe the next time we're tempted to, and again, this is not just for older women, but this is for all of us. All of this list is, but specifically there must've been an issue with the older women, slandering, falsely accusing. 2 (47m 56s): And so he's addressing yet. So maybe, maybe this is your issue. Maybe it's not your issue, but maybe the next time you're tempted to slander and we're all tempted to slander. Maybe you just say, God, 3 (48m 8s): I, I want to make sure 2 (48m 10s): That my words are seasoned with grace. I want to listen and then watch your behavior. And your words change as the holy spirit says, stop, don't be falsely accused or your words should be seasoned with grace. Speaking the truth in love. We're we're really good at speaking the truth. We're really good at that. Right? But speaking the truth in love so that our words are seasoned with grace, what does it mean to speak the truth in love? It means we want the very best for the person that we're speaking the truth to. We're not looking to be right. We're not looking to accuse. 2 (48m 52s): We're just speaking the truth in love and that we want to see that person built up in their faith and their understanding. We want to see that per person restored. We make sure that person is loved. And sometimes we say hard things, but it's done in love. 3 (49m 12s): We've done our part. We must 2 (49m 14s): Us to speak the truth, but we must speak the truth and love again, this is not just for older women, but all of us also it says, or be a heavy drinker. So older women must not be heavy drinkers and slaves to much wine. It says we live in wine country. So we have to guard against this. It doesn't say don't drink wine. It says don't be enslaved to much wine or be heavy drinker. So just be careful, be careful that you're not drinking 3 (49m 50s): Too much. 2 (49m 52s): Bible says, yeah, the fees is five. Don't be drunk with wine. It will ruin your life instead. Be filled with the holy spirit. So be careful. Some of us have Liberty to drink. Some of us don't have Liberty to drink. Some of us can drink a little in moderation and we're fine. Some of us can't drink at all because we won't be fine. So pay attention to what you're doing and make sure that you're fine. Make sure that you're good with the Lord. Maybe it's the holy spirit again, saying stop to that extra bit or two at all. Don't be heavy drinkers. Why? Because drunkenness leads to foolishness and foolishness is the antithesis of what we're trying to accomplish as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. 2 (50m 39s): We want to be on a path, the path to godly character in a fallen world. Instead, the older women should teach others. What is good in word? And indeed so older women are to teach 3 (50m 55s): In word 2 (50m 55s): And indeed. So it actually doesn't do a lot of good just to speak. If there's not action, following the speaking, 3 (51m 7s): It actually 2 (51m 8s): Is pretty pointless to try to and give instruction when there's not 3 (51m 13s): Evidence that you're following 2 (51m 16s): That instruction yourself. So instead of the older women should teach others, what 3 (51m 21s): Is good? So not drinking to excess drunkenness, not slandering others, living in a way that honors God that's, God's call for our older women. I'm gonna stop 2 (51m 44s): There for this week because there's a lot more than I need to cover for this chapter. And we're just kind of getting out of time. So we will pick up the balance of this next week. Steps three, four, and five step three for next week, just to wet your appetite own the next generation. That's what we'll be talking about. Step four for next week. Being an example by doing good works will impact this next week. And step five, do all things as unto the Lord 3 (52m 21s): Lord. As we consider these things, imprint upon our hearts and minds, the truth that we need to hear and to give us the grace to be obedient. We pray 2 (52m 38s): In Jesus name. Amen. Hey, as the worship team comes up and kind of gets ready to go, I'm going to go over to the list of home groups that are available. Ron talked about all kinds of stuff that's going on, but there is so much going on. Christy covered it last week. But I asked Christie to give me a outline of everything that's happening so quickly. I'm going to go through the, I think 17 different opportunities that are before us to be involved. I think that's the number don't count because I could be wrong about that. Here we go. Home groups. This is under home groups. Brett's and Ann Harvey are hosting a group for families focused on those who have adopted children or foster care families, but all families are welcome. 2 (53m 19s): They will meet twice a month on Sundays at 5:00 PM. So that's a home group at the Harvey's. I believe they're in Nipomo. And so that if, Hm, no, it is an age. Okay, good. So all of this information is on our website. Also Jim and ginger Raman host a home group on Wednesdays at seven o'clock in a row Grandy Kurt and Andy Saltzman will be hosting a home group for parents of teens. They will meet on Wednesdays at the same time as youth group. So that's happening. Scott and Amy Goodman hosts a home group on Thursdays at 6:00 PM and a Pomo. They are currently setting through the book of Luke, Carol, Gary and Carol when hosts a home group on Thursdays at 6:30 PM in AIG, Matt and Stephanie list, we'll be hosting a group for families meeting twice a month on Sundays from four to seven for worship potluck, dinner, fellowship, and sermon discussion. 2 (54m 9s): Josh and Christine Erdmann will be hosting a group setting the Bible Bible school on wheels classes. So the, the stuff that we've been teaching through midweek for the last few years, they will meet on Tuesdays at six 30 for discussion study and fellowship. And they're in a Pomo. Seth and Carrie McMillan will be leading financial peace university. Ron already talked about that biblical money principles that teach you how to save for emergencies, pay off debt, spend wisely and save for your future. 3 (54m 42s): They meet in the Pomo. Our 2 (54m 44s): Foundations class. This session will be the survey. The Bible taught by Bruce Wilkinson. That will be Sunday mornings at nine o'clock. And then we have a weekly prayer group that meets Thursday mornings at eight o'clock in the loft. So that's home groups and the prayer prayer group. And then there's also men's groups. Jim Erickson leads a early morning men's Bible study, which meets Thursday mornings at six 15 currently studying the book of Philippians. So that's happening Thursday, six 15, Dave Workman leads a men's Bible study and prayer group. They meet on Tuesdays at 6:00 PM here at the church. The pure desire groups for men who are seeking sexual purity. 2 (55m 28s): They meet on Mondays at 6:30 PM, really all over this campus on Mondays age specific, the young professional groups, they call themselves the GoPros, the unprofessional group for ages 22 to 39 meets twice a month on Mondays at 7:00 PM. And we'll be setting through a book of the Bible. The college group meets on Friday evenings at 6:00 PM in various homes in the five cities area. So that's college and yo pros. And then you've got women's groups. Our morning, ladies Bible study has led by Jean and Nate. They meet on Thursday mornings at 10:00 AM and we'll be setting the book of second Peter. And they meet, I believe in the loft. 2 (56m 8s): Jen Hayden leads a young women's Bible study for those, between the ages of 25 and 40. The group meets on Tuesdays at 6:45 PM. And then the good yarn club meets for fellowship and yarn crafting on the second Saturday of each month, 5:00 PM also there's clubs, five, six for fifth and sixth graders. I think there were like 28 or so fifth and sixth graders this week. There's junior high and high school. There's all kinds of stuff going on. There's journey groups that are already happening. So they're not really open for newcomers at this point, but there's journey groups for men and for women that are also happening. And you'll be up to speed on those. When those restart soon, there's just so many opportunities. 2 (56m 49s): I'm guessing, I'm guessing. Did anybody count? I told you not to count. Good job. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. I was close 3 (57m 8s): 18. 2 (57m 10s): Plus the groups that are already going puts us probably close to 20 to 23 groups happening during the week. So plenty of opportunity for people of all ages, male and female, you guys are welcome to, to check those things out there on our website. Also, you can send them to be a part there's a kind of a little signup, fair outside. You can send it to be a part of ministries within the church. How many, how many I'm going to have you guys stand? How many are work have are working with kids in the church. If you're working with kids, go and stand up all over the campus. If you're working with kids. So that would be, that would be nursery through high school. 2 (57m 52s): All right. Nurses, your high school. What about the college and young adults? How many are working with colleges? Young adults. If you're doing that, go ahead and stand up. What about women's groups? If you're working with women's groups, go ahead and stand up. No, stay standing, stay standing. There we go. There we go. Sorry. I didn't make that clear also. Okay. What if you're working with men groups, go ahead and stand up. Jim. That would include you. Go ahead and stand up. 3 (58m 18s): There we go. There we go. 2 (58m 22s): Men's women's kids. Prayer. How many are involved in prayer? The ministry of the church. Go ahead and stand up. 3 (58m 30s): What about 2 (58m 32s): Para church ministry? Whether you're involved in a ministry outside of the church where you're involved in like jail or convalescent home, or you're involved in some kind of street ministry where you're involved in doing some kind of ministry throughout 3 (58m 47s): The week. What 2 (58m 49s): If you, there we go. Go ahead. Yeah. What if you take in little tiny babies and nurture them and love on them? If that's you go ahead and stand up. Cause that's a killer ministry. What if you're going to stand up? If you've got a foster your care ministry, there are so many things. What have I missed cleaning? What if you're a part of the cleaning team? Go, go ahead and stand up. Jolene cleaning. I knew I was, I should've made a list. If you're a part of the cleaning team, go ahead and stand up. If you're a part of the music ministry, go in and stand up music, meeting tech. So that'd be a tech team. You guys can stand up. If you're a part of the maintenance team here at harvest shirts, go ahead and stand up all over the campus. 2 (59m 35s): What else? Safety team. If you're part of the safety team, all of it, we make me list for a second service. Also, if you're a part of the coffee ministry of harvest yards, go ahead and stand up. Emmy. You should be standing up for women's stuff. There we go. Don't make me call you out. If you're a part of men's ministry, that would be you guys because you're, you're helping with men's breakfast stuff. Greeters. If you're a greeter, go ahead and stand up. If you're an usher, go and stand up. Info center. Sunday setup team 3 (1h 0m 13s): Jolene is my helpmate. She's better 2 (1h 0m 16s): Than I am smarter than I am. We're capable. She writes my sermons, just get it. She had to do that, all that to say there's a ton of people doing a ton of things all over. It takes literally a couple of hundred volunteers. Let's go ahead. Now, everybody stand up now. Thanks for standing. It takes literally like 200 to 250 volunteers. They do everything it needs to be done around the church. So even with all of these people signed up and serving, we still have more people in needed to serve. And so if you want to be a part of any of those things that we talked about, you can go out to the sign up, fair out there and be a part of that. So shall we worship some more? This is why I cut my message off a little early. 2 (1h 0m 57s): Cause I knew I'd be doing all of this. So Lord, as we worship be glorified, we pray in Jesus name. Amen. Let's sing. 4 (1h 1m 4s): Now if you breathe, if you can breathe in here, please stand up. If you can breathe. 0 (1h 1m 42s): That is Jesus, God, we worship you in this place. 0 (1h 10m 12s): Lord, we thank you for the service this morning. God, I pray that as we go outward that we would find moments to honor you God, that we would find moments to pause in our day and just ask you, ask him, call on the holy spirit. Lord, we worship you. We praise you in your most precious name. We pray. Amen. If you need prayer, make your way forward. We have an amazing team of friends. Have a wonderful day.
1 (11m 53s): Us. Thank you. That your love is totally dependable. Lord. It's unconditional. So we can know, we can know of your love no matter what, Lord, it's hard for our, our human minds are finite minds to get ahold of the love of an infinite God. It's beyond our ability. Lord, all we can do is say, thank you. And we love you too, Lord God, thank you for just your goodness to me and to each and every one of us, we need your grace and your mercy and we just, we just need you all the time or so refresh us today where we need to be refreshed. 1 (12m 47s): I know so many people are struggling today with sicknesses and I've got people in hospitals and nursing homes and all kinds of stuff going on, Lord God. So many difficult challenges and yeah, it's on the other side of things. So many amazing things, so many good things, Lord God. And so I pray that you administer grace to those who are struggling and suffering today and encouragement to those and health to those Lord and, and God that you would also just bless those who are just so grateful today. We're grateful that you are faithful. Lord, thank you for who you are because we know all too well who we are and we need you. 1 (13m 33s): Jesus. We love you in Jesus name. Amen. This while everybody is still standing, I want to mix things up a little bit today. Why don't we take communion at the beginning of service instead of the end of service. So hopefully everybody's got elements that if not raise your hand and we will get those elements to you. I want us to stay standing. Just, this is a way to honor the Lord worship team. You guys can be dismissed. So as people grab their, okay, I've got elements. Thank you. 1 (14m 17s): So communion here at harvest church once a month, the family Sunday, fourth, Sunday of every month. And it's just a reminder of God's goodness, this, the sacrifice that he made for us, he reminds us through the scripture and we are reminded as we take communion that before the foundation of the world, God had a plan to bring salvation to us. We're going to be reading passages of scripture that communicate that truth to us. And so it's a bit tricky, but if you can peel off that top layer of cellophane on, there we go. Mine came off very easy that time. So I'm going to read and we're going to take communion. 1 (15m 1s): And I just want to encourage you if you're here today and you need to get yourself right with the Lord before you take communion, you simply do that by confessing your sins to him, acknowledging your need for Jesus, opening your heart to his love and to his life. And as you do that, the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ washes over you. The kindness of God is re is renewed in your heart and mind. And there's just beauty that follows. And so Lord, we thank you that your mercies are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. 1 (15m 42s): We thank you that your word we're thankful that your word speaks to us life and grace and truth. So Lord, as we read your word, as we take communion, as we pray, Lord, we just avail ourselves to you. We give ourselves to you. We say yes to you. Paul wrote in first Corinthians 1123 for I pass on to you. What I received from the Lord himself on the night when he was betrayed the Lord, Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, this is my body, which is given for you do this in remembrance of me. So let's go ahead and take the wafer. 1 (16m 29s): Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus, that you willingly went to the cross, allowed yourself to be nailed to a cross. Not because you were bad, but because I was mad now because you are a sinner, but because I, I am a sinner. So thank you for taking that, making that substitutionary sacrifice on our behalf, Lord, the same way. Verse 25, he took the cup of wine after supper saying this cup is the new covenant between God and his people and agreement confirmed with my blood. 1 (17m 12s): Do this in remembrance of me. As often as you drink it for every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again. So with that, let's go ahead and take the juice. Thank you, Lord. Thank you Lord. That when we're washed in the blood of the lamb, we are made white as snow. All of our impurities are gone in Jesus name. 1 (17m 54s): All of our failures have been forgiven. All of our sins are washed away in Jesus name. Thank you, Lord. That is such a refreshing truth. Lord God. As we talked about salvation and sanctification today, we're so excited for who we are in you and for the possibility of salvation coming to everybody that we know and sanctification coming to everybody that we know. And so Lord, we pray that you would make us excited about salvation and sanctification. Lord make us excited that we carry this message and that we've got something of life to offer people. 1 (18m 37s): So Lord help us to humbly do so excitedly do so. Bring that message to those in our world. We love you, Lord. We bless you Lord in Jesus name, amen. You can be seated. You can be seated. We're a brand new study today. We are in the book of Titus. We finished up Timothy and now we are in Titus and much like Paul's letters to Timothy. Paul has written a letter to this young man named Titus. He's a Greek believer in the Lord. Jesus Christ. Most likely the apostle Paul through his life in ministry led Titus to faith in Jesus Christ. 1 (19m 23s): And I want us to get this connection. I want us to make this connection to see that a life can be radically changed. And then through a process of salvation and sanctification can be used mightily by the king of Kings and the Lord of Lords. And so we see that Paul was instrumental in Titus's salvation, but then also instrumental in his discipleship process, equipping him to take the gospel message and to teach others the gospel well message. Titus traveled extensively with the apostle. Paul was involved extensively in his ministry. 1 (20m 3s): We read in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians that he, he lists Titus's name nine times over and over again. Titus is right there with the apostle Paul ministering, the administered together on the island of Crete, which is where Titus is assigned to minister to churches that have sprung up all over the island. And now we're seeing that the apostle Paul is passing the Baton. This is something that is part of the Christian faith. The Baton gets passed to us. Jesus passed the Baton. I shared this last week when he said, go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them, the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit this week. 1 (20m 51s): Well, last Friday we baptized 14 people at the beach. And then I think it was a couple of days after that there was this mom and her adult son. They took a mutual friend of theirs down to the beach at nine o'clock at night because he needed to get that ties. And there's no better time than the presence. And so they took him down at nine o'clock at night and the sons videotaping the baptismal and the mom is taking this man down into the waters of baptism in Pismo beach about the same place that we baptized all those people the Friday before. And they baptize him. 1 (21m 33s): Isn't that cool? The Baton has been passed to us. Jesus said, go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. So we're seeing people get baptized, get discipled in the faith, get saved first and then get baptized and discipled in the faith. And we're so excited to have that Baton passed to us. And so as we study Titus, we're going to see that Paul gave very specific instruction to Titus this young pastor who is going to help strengthen the body of believers that have sprung up in this Greek island to here. And so what I've done is I've downloaded this Bible project video. 1 (22m 17s): That's about eight minutes long, and this is something that we do from time to time when we're launching a new book of the Bible study, we'll take a moment and watch the video because the Bible project people put together an amazing video that just helps us to understand the purpose of the book of Titus, the chapters, the overall message, that conclusion and all of that. So before I preach through the rest of chapter one, before we, before I preach through the chat chapter one, we're going to take eight minutes and watch this video. So let's go and throw that up here. 2 (22m 53s): Can I sit here? Paul's letter to Titus. Titus was a Greek follower of Jesus who was for years, a trusted coworker and traveling companion of Paul's. He had helped Paul in a number of crisis situations in the past. And in this letter, we discover that Paul had assigned him the task of going to Crete, a large island off the coast of Greece to restore order to a network of house churches. Now creating culture was notorious in the ancient world. One of the Greek words for being a liar was created. So to be a cretin, these people were infamous for treachery and greed. Most of the men on the island had served as mercenary soldiers to the highest bidder and the island cities were known as being unsafe, plagued by violence and sexual corruption. 2 (23m 36s): However, the island of Crete had many strategic harbors and they serve as cities all over the ancient Mediterranean sea. And so from Paul's point of view, Crete was the perfect place to start a network of churches. Now we don't know the details, but somehow these churches came under the influence of corrupt cretin leaders. They said they were Christians, but they were ruining the churches. And so Paul assigned Titus with the task of going there to set things straight. And this letter provided the instructions. It has a pretty straightforward design. After a brief introduction, Paul gives Titus clear instructions about his tasks in the church. He then offers guidance about the new kind of household and then about the new kind of humanity that the gospel could create in these cretin communities. 2 (24m 20s): Paul then closes the letter with some final greetings. So Paul opens the whole thing by reminding Titus that his message as an apostle is about the hope of eternal life. That is the life of the new creation that is available starting now through Jesus, the Messiah and this hope was promised long ago by the God who does not lie. Now this little opening comment introduces an important theme underlying the whole letter. One of the problems in the cretin churches was that they had assimilated their ideas about Jesus, the Christian God, to their ideas about the Greek gods that they grew up with specifically Zeus, their chief, God cretin. People claimed that Zeus was actually born on their island and they love to tell stories and mythologies about Zeus's underhanded character. 2 (25m 7s): He would seduce women and lie to get his way. And Paul wants to be really clear. The God revealed through Jesus is totally different than zoos. His basic character traits are faithfulness and truth, which means the Christian way of life will be about truth also, which will be a real change for these cretins. So Paul then addresses Titus with a two-fold task. He says the first one is to appoint new leaders for each church community, a team of what he calls elders, mature husbands or fathers, whose way of life is totally different from cretin culture. They're to be known for integrity, total devotion to Jesus, for self-control and generosity, both in their families and in the community at large. 2 (25m 49s): And these new leaders are to teach the good news about Jesus and replace the corrupt leaders who need to be confronted that's Titus a second task. Paul identifies the teachers as those of the circumcision. In other words, they were ethnically Jewish cretins who said that they followed Jesus, but similar to the problems in glacier, these people demanded that non-Jewish Christians be circumcised and follow the laws of the Torah. If they really wanted to become followers of the Jewish Messiah. Paul says that they're obsessed with Jewish myths and human commands. And to top it off, they're just in the church leadership business to make money. And so Paul, in a brilliant move, he pulls a quote from an ancient cretin poet at the amenities who was very Frank and honest about the character of his own people. 2 (26m 35s): He said, Cretans are always liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons. They blur the lines between true and false between good and evil and they're just in it for the money. And so while these leaders claim to know God, they're cretin way of life denies him, they have to be dealt with. And this leads Paul into the next section because of these corrupt leaders, many Christians in these churches now have homes and personal lives that are a total wreck and three different times. Paul highlights the result of all of this, the message about Jesus is discredited. Their non-Christian neighbors now have good cause to make evil accusations. And all of this makes the teaching about God, our savior totally unattractive, not compelling to anybody. 2 (27m 18s): So Paul paints a picture sure of the ideal cretin household that is devoted to Jesus. It would be elderly men and women who are full of integrity and self control. So they can become models of care, character to the young people. And the young women shouldn't be sleeping around and avoiding marriage as was fashionable and Crete at the time. But rather they should be looking for faithful partners so they can raise stable, healthy families. And the young men are to do the same they're to be known as productive, healthy citizens, Christian slaves on create we're in a unique position because we know that because of the gospel, they were treated as equals in Paul's church communities. However, there was a danger that they would use that equality as licensed to disrespect their masters and then become associated with slave rebellions, which would further discredit the Christian message. 2 (28m 6s): You can see Paul negotiating a fine line here. He believes that the gospel about Jesus needs to prove its redemptive power in the public square. If it's really going to transform, create and culture, and that's not going to happen through social upheaval or by Christians, cloistering away from urban life. The Christian message will be compelling to cretins when Christians fully participate in public life, when their lives and homes look similar on the surface, because after it closer look, their neighbors will discover that Christians live by a totally different value system out of devotion to a totally different God. And that's the difference that Paul beautifully summarizes at the end of chapter two, he says the value system driving the Christian way of life is God's generous. 2 (28m 52s): Grace, which appeared in the person of Jesus and will appear again at his return. This grace was demonstrated when Jesus gave up his life honor to die a shameful death on behalf of his enemies so that he could rescue and redeem them. And it's that same grace that calls God's people to say no to corrupt ways of life that are inconsistent with the generous love of God. Paul then zooms out from the Christian household to a vision of Christians living like new humans and credence society of all people. Christian should be known as the ideal citizens, peaceable, generous obedient to authorities. Yeah. Known for pursuing the common good, but this is really different from how cretins grew up. 2 (29m 35s): How are Christians it's supposed to sustain this counter-cultural way of life? And Paul believes the power source is the love of the three in one God announced in the gospel. And he explores this with a really beautiful pawn. He says, God's kindness and love are what saved us despite ourselves. So that through the holy spirit, God washed and rebirth and renewed people and through Jesus has provided a way for people to be declared right before him. And all of this opens up eternal life. That is a new future in the new creation. This living story is so powerful. It can produce new kinds of people. 2 (30m 15s): Paul convinced that spirit empowered faithfulness to the teachings of Jesus will declare God's grace all over the island of Crete and all over the world. Paul concludes by promising to send back up for Titus, either Artemis or tickets. And then he says hello to their common friends. And so the letter ends, the letter of Titus shows us Paul's missionary strategy for churches to become agents of transformation within their communities. It won't happen by waging a culture war or by assimilating to the Korean way of life. Rather, he calls these Christians to wisely participate in creating culture. They need to reject what's corrupt, but also embrace. What's good there. 2 (30m 55s): If they can learn to live peaceably and devote themselves to Jesus and to the common good Christians will, in his words, show the beauty of the message about our saving God. And that's what the letter to Titus is all about. 1 (31m 12s): Good stuff, good stuff. You can watch. Any of those videos, a video, I believe for every book of the Bible, how's that you think after all of these years, I would have that microphone figured out. Thank you, pastor Ron. Hey, we're looking at a, the title of the message today. The faith, the faith that saves and sanctifies that's really what Paul was talking about is, is what he's talking about in the letter to Titus. And that's really what we were just understood is that God is in the business of saving people from dark and destructive cultures. 1 (31m 60s): And then it's not just saving us out of our culture and out of our sin, but then sanctifying us as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. And so we're not just meant for fire insurance, where we just get saved and move on with our lives, but we're actually saved for the purpose of serving God and becoming more and more sanctified as we follow him throughout the course of our life. Now sanctification is a lifelong process. Salvation happens immediately when we trust Jesus for our salvation, but sanctification takes to the rest of our lives. And we have to be patient with that process patient with ourselves and then patient with one another, because every one of us are in a different place on that sanctification process. 1 (32m 44s): So let's take a look at Titus chapter one, verse one, we'll get through all of Titus chapter one today. It says this, this letter is from Paul. A slave of God ended up possible of Jesus Christ. So Paul out of the gate reminds everyone. Now he doesn't need to remind Titus who he is. He doesn't need to speak to Titus and communicate who he is. He's writing this for the benefit of everybody who will read this book after, or this letter after it's been dispersed to Titus into the churches. Or so even to this day, we're reading this letter, understanding who the author is and what the purpose of it is all about Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. 1 (33m 30s): He's a bond servant of God and an apostle taking the message of Jesus, the message of the gospel to those that he is called to take it to you. I've been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to change them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. So there we have it in the first verse, we see the purpose of this letter. I had been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows, shows them how to live godly lives. So in this opening verse, we see the purpose of this letter. 1 (34m 13s): Faith brings us salvation and sanctification. Faith brings salvation and sanctification. Paul said, I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. Number one, in your notes, faith in Jesus first and foremost saves simplistic, right? But we are here as followers of the Lord. Jesus, because our faith in the risen savior has saved us. Or we're here sitting in church this morning with the opportunity before us to receive this salvation that is made available to us because of what Jesus has accomplished. 1 (34m 57s): We, we can't jump over this point. We can't forget about this point. This is why we take communion on a regular basis because it reminds us constantly of our desperate need for the salvation that is available through our faith in Jesus, this expression, those God has chosen that he said I've been sent to proclaim faith to those. God has chosen this expression embodies. It embodies the true balance of the gospel that says God initiated salvation and then respond. There's a divine initiation where before the foundation of the world, God saw our for him before you ever knew you needed God before you were even ever born before the foundation of the earth. 1 (35m 47s): God saw you and saw that you needed salvation. And so he made a way through Jesus, this to offer you salvation, there's this balance. And so this, this divine work of God, God, coupled with our need to respond. And so we have this information, this revelation, this gospel message communicated to us. And then we get to choose what to do with maybe you're here today and you've heard the gospel over and over and over and over and over and over again. But you've never truly embraced the gospel message. 1 (36m 26s): You've never truly accepted that race message of the Lord. Jesus Christ. That message is before you again, today that Jesus loves you and he died for your sins. And he's welcoming you with open arms, into his family, wanting to, to forgive you, to save you and to say defy you. And you simply accept that grace gift by saying yes to Jesus. Some of us have said no to that grace gift because we don't feel like our lives are in order or because we don't feel like we can follow through on our commitment to follow Jesus. 1 (37m 6s): Some of us have a dozen different excuses for not saying yes to Jesus. Maybe we just don't want to surrender our lives to him. Maybe we just don't want to allow someone else to be in charge of our lives. Jesus, grace is there for you. What will you do with them? The Bible says, if you confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart, that God has raised him from the dead. You will be saved the Bible. Doesn't say, get your whole life in order. Get all of your biblical questions, answered, figure out every dilemma in your life and then come to faith in Jesus. 1 (37m 49s): He said, if you confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart, that God raised him from the dead. You will be saved. There's this divine initiative and the human response that is before us. And I would just encourage you to accept the grace and the mercy of the Lord. Jesus Christ. I can't tell you how my life has been radically transformed since coming to faith in Jesus. My BC days are nothing like my AAD days, my, my after Christ days. And I'm so grateful for that. Verse two says this truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life. 1 (38m 30s): So Paul it's writing truth to those who have decided to follow Jesus. And this truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God who does not lie, promise them before the world began. So we're told in scripture that we're saved by grace through faith. And we see that throughout the old and the new Testament. And we can believe that we're saved by grace through faith because God does not lie. It's actually impossible for God to lie. So if God says that we're saved by grace through faith, and we have accepted that grace gift of his, then we are indeed saved by grace through faith. Some of us have a hard time believing that we're actually saved. 1 (39m 13s): And so we maybe confess our sins over and over again, come to, you know, make that prayer of declaration over and over again. And I think there's something great about confessing our sins to the Lord. If we confess our sins, he is faithful. And just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And so I think we need to be regular confessors of our sin, but it's not for the sake of salvation over and over and over again. Once we come to faith in Christ, it's a finished work of the Lord, Jesus Christ. God can not lie. And if we can not believe God about our salvation, we're going to have a whole lot harder time believing God about everything else in our lives. We're going to have a hard time believing that God loves us. 1 (39m 54s): We're gonna have a hard time believing that God is a provider for us. That he's a healer for us. That he's a Redeemer for us. That he's good. And we're going to have a hard time believing all of these things that we sing and read about in the scriptures. Hebrews six 18 says this. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore he or we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. So in creating culture, Paul's communicating this message with Titus they're ministering on the island. 1 (40m 38s): They leave. And then Titus gets sent back to minister in this culture where Zeus has been there, prominent God, and he's a liar and a womanizer. And so they've got to go into this culture, explaining something about this new God who never lies and who is always good and who is always faithful. There, there, there needs to be a differentiation in their hearts and minds about that. True living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the three in one God, the God that God, the father, the son, and the holy spirit, they need to see the difference. And this is part of the reason that God saves us out of a culture and sanctifies us so that people can see the difference in the lives of believers, of the Lord, Jesus Christ. 1 (41m 25s): But it's also what causes people to hunger for something that they haven't experienced before that they are used to following Zeus and his role model as a liar and a womanizer. That's all, they know, people are hungry for something of choice, true religion, true faith in the living. God people know that this can not be a proper representation of who God is. And so the gospel comes in and as the gospel goes throughout the island of Crete house, churches are popping up all over the place because people are hearing of this real gospel. 1 (42m 5s): Good news message. And they're believing it. And they're beginning to walk in it. And they're beginning to abandon Zeus abandoned this small G God, who's not a God at all. Who's a counterfeit. Who's there just to distract and to hinder people from following their real Lord and savior Jesus Christ. And so people begin to see the reality of the truth of who God is. And they begin to follow that. Some of us have done though, what the Christians have done. And we've kind of married Christianity with, with pagan culture. We've blended the two in such a way that people are confused by the way that we live our lives. 1 (42m 47s): They see us calling ourselves Christians, but we, we engage in pagan, cultural type things that cause confusion and hinder our ability, our sanctity education as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. And so we're dealing in our culture, what the cretins we're dealing with in their culture. This temptation to bring our old life into this new life with Jesus and try to marry those things we've been saved by God's grace, so that we might be redeemed and delivered out of that old life and sanctified by his grace because he's good. Not because we're good. So our God is real. And God's plan of salvation was determined before the foundation of the world. 1 (43m 31s): So you think about zoos, he's a liar, he's a womanizer. He's all about Zeus, right? God, on the other hand, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the try, you and God, father, the son and the holy spirit. They're all about you and me. So before the foundation of the world, imagine the Godhead, they have this plan to create mankind, but they know because they know everything. He knows everything. I'll say he knows everything. When I say they I'm talking about Trinity is there it's, it's, it's a really, really difficult concept to, to fully internalize, but they, God had his, they speak among themselves being one God in three persons, father, son, and the holy spirit. 1 (44m 14s): They're thinking about how things will unfold. And they're saying, Hey mankind, we'll see. And God said, let's make a way of salvation for them so that we might know them and have relationship with them and bring them into fellowship with us. This is what it says in second Timothy, one nine for God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time and that interesting. So before you would ever sinned, before you would ever born, they made a plan. God made a plan for you to know him. And it happened before the beginning of the time to show us his grace through Christ Jesus, all right, Titus one, three. 1 (44m 56s): And now it just the right time. He has revealed this message through the Bible, which we announced to everyone. It is by the command of God, our savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him. What's the work that Paul's talking about. The writing of the inspired word of God, the proclamation of the gospel of the Lord, Jesus Christ, right? Like on the road to Damascus, the apostle gets the Baton handed to him and he gets saved on the road and that the Baton is passed to him. And then he begins to take the message of the Lord, Jesus Christ, everywhere he goes. And then God uses him to write two thirds of the new Testament. 1 (45m 36s): And we're talking about the apostle Paul again, who, who persecuted the church and who was a hater of God and his people. And yet God redeemed him by his salvation. I am writing to Titus my true son in the faith that we share, may God, the father and Christ Jesus, our savior give you grace and peace. Paul's entails about what he's writing to Titus. This grace and peace that he's writing about is contrary to what the experience is of the church or the people who live or living in Crete. It's, they're not experiencing grace and peace because they're following false God. 1 (46m 16s): A false ideology. May God, the father and Christ Jesus, our savior give you grace and peace. So Titus working, create a title. So again, the faith that saves and sanctifies, number one, faith in Jesus saves. And the second point, the last point, faith in Jesus sanctifies, what does it mean to be sanctified? It means to be made holy or to be set apart, to be used for God's purposes, to be consecrated, to be dedicated to God. So Titus was set aside for his work on the island of Crete. I wonder what you are sanctified, set apart to do what work are you sanctified and set apart to do here in the earth? 1 (47m 4s): Because I always say this, I believe this is true. Then if you've got a pulse, you've got a purpose. If you're here in the earth, you've got work to do. And so the question is what is the work that God is calling you to do? Christie Suiza will be sharing a ways to get involved at harvest church here in just a few minutes. When I invite her up after I preach, she will talk about small groups that you can be involved in. And in those small groups, you can learn what salvation is all about, what sanctification is all about. And you can help lead small groups. You can be involved in the work and ministry of harvest church. As we get ready to move into 1 0 2 here in the next few months, we're going to need more people. 1 (47m 44s): It's another venue we're holding on to all of this venue, all of this, these buildings and location. And so we're going to need more people to be involved. Many of you are involved in para church ministries and organizations where you're ministering in the community, doing the things that God has called you to do, even as Titus was set aside for the work of God on the island of creed. I want us to figure out what we are set aside to do what sorry, serving opportunities are before you. How is it? The Lord has equipped you to do the work that God it has called you to do. So just be thinking of about that and be praying about that. 1 (48m 24s): And maybe as you hear Christi present today, all of the opportunities, maybe the thing will peak your interest and you'll say, Hey, I'd like to be a part of that. Or I'd like to be a part of that. And then just jump in with both feet and watch what we'll do Titus in verse five, I left you on the island of Crete. So you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town. As I instructed you, I liked that. He said complete our work there because it means that Titus isn't in it by himself. Paul started the work. Titus has carry on carrying on the work, but others will be there with him supporting him along the way. 1 (49m 7s): You are not in this life. As a follower of Jesus Christ alone, others have gone before you, there are people who will support you in your journey, and then you will pass the Baton at some point in your life. I left you on the island of Crete. So you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town. As I instructed you, an elder must live a blameless life. And now we're going to kind of get a snapshot of what sanctification looks like. And these are actually qualifications for those who want to serve as elders within the church of the living, God, there it's a high bar. This list of expectations and qualifications, for those who want to start as elders, it's actually very difficult, but by the grace of God, nobody would be able to manage this list and live up to it. 1 (50m 4s): So an elder must be a blame. A leader live a blameless life. Maybe your Bible says to you live above reproach. That means that somebody, because as if your lifestyle is not even able to actually use you, it's not that you get accused and acquitted it's that your life is so far above reproach that can even accuse you of doing wrong. That's the standard. Isn't that crazy? That's the, that's the standard. But this is by God's grace. What is capable for us as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. When we allow the sanctification process that God wants to accomplish in our lives. 1 (50m 45s): So an elder must live a blameless life. We see it here in verse six, and we'll hear the same qualification repeated in verse seven. Let's continue verse six. He must be faithful to his wife. That just means a one woman, man, someone who's married to one woman at a time and his children must be believers who don't have a reputation for being wild or rebellious. That's going to disqualify most of us, right? That's a tough one. She's children must be believers who don't have a reputation for being wild or rebellious. So part of the, the, the what's to be understood about that text is that we actually, as parents, as people who follow Jesus, have that responsibility to pass the Baton to our kids. 1 (51m 37s): And so it's not actually the church's responsibility, the Sunday school or the youth department. It's not our responsibility to make sure that your kids are saved. It's actually your responsibility. And we as Sunday school teachers or youth leaders come alongside what you are already doing, helping your kids to know Jesus. So that's part of that process. Salvation comes as your kids, see you model godliness in your life. And this will only happen if we allow the sanctification process happen in our lives. If we allow that sanctification process in our lives, then our, our kids will see something in us that they desire. 1 (52m 19s): They won't see perfection, but they will see on an honest pursuit of who God is and honored pursuit of God. And out of that, we get saved and sanctified, and our kids see something that is genuine. It's something that they want a child, a church leader and oversee, or a Bishop is a manager of God's household. So he must live there. It is again, he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick tempered often when we're arrogant, it's because we're comparing ourselves to someone else. And we estimate that our lives are in better shape than somebody else's life. And so we become arrogant a few weeks ago, Dr. 1 (53m 0s): Stacey Harmon, when he was teaching and preaching here from the pulpit, he said the, he said, we need to remember that we are not the standard. Remember when he said that you said we are not the standard, meaning that my life is not the standard. Your life is not the standard God. And his word is the standard. And so we need to make sure that we're when we're comparing ourselves, we're comparing ourselves to God and his word and trust. All arrogance will go out the window. You want to have any room in your life for arrogance. If you're looking at the word of God on a regular basis and comparing your life to the word, you will eliminate all arrogance from your life. So you must not be arrogant or quick tempered. 1 (53m 42s): It must not be a heavy drinker, violent or dishonest with money. I think Paul's writing this list in light of the culture, in the island of Crete. He's writing this because he understands the culture that he's up against. And so he's writing about living a blameless life, not being arrogant or quick tempered, or a heavy drinker or violent or dishonest with money because he's seeing all of these things happen on the, in the creed and culture on the island of he's seeing the people do all of these things. He said rather, and then he gives a whole list of things that we should be doing. 1 (54m 26s): And again, these are things that we do as we allow the sanctification process of God in our lives. We can't do it in our own strength with our own willpower. Yeah. Make these things happen. We can do some of these things okay. For a while. But if we want to do all of these things well for the long-term, we have to be filled with the holy spirit, the power of God that gives us the ability to do what God has asked us to do. So we can't not do the things. And we can't do the things apart from the work of the holy spirit, sanctifying our lives, rather Mercede he must enjoy having guests in his home, speaking of elders and, and what they should be doing. 1 (55m 9s): He must have enjoyed having guests in his home. Why? Because that's where fellowship and relationship and connection takes place. That's where people are getting, getting a discipled in their faith and growing as a follower of the Lord, Jesus Christ. He must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just, or fair again, thinking about what's going on in the culture in that day and thinking about what's going on in the culture of our day, this is the list. This is the standard that by God's grace, we are able to accomplish. As we just allow that sanctification process in our lives, we must live a devout and discipline life. 1 (55m 56s): You must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught. So not a new believer, but someone who understands and believes wholeheartedly the message of the gospel and what the scripture teaches. Then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it, where they are wrong. So wholesome teaching is teaching that confronts. This is what essentially Paul doing. He's offering wholesome teaching that is confronting the culture of the day. Wholesome teaching confronts the unbiblical teachings of those who are confused about God's plan of salvation and sanctification. 1 (56m 41s): Okay. First Sandy goes on for, there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation. So he's saying, Hey, if anybody's saying it's Jesus plus anything else, and that's the gospel, they're wrong. They're confused about what the gospel is all about. So if we say it's Jesus plus tithing, that equals salvation. That's wrong. If we say it's Jesus plus serving we're wrong because it's Jesus plus nothing else that equals salvation. 1 (57m 22s): Now sanctification is the process whereby we come, we become more and more like Jesus and less and less like our old self, our old man, our old woman. So there's a sanctification process that begins to change the way that we live our lives, the way that we spend our time, talent and treasure. So they were Judaizers in the island there and they were saying, well, if you really want, like, we are here on the video. If you really want to be a follower of the Messiah, then you, you have to be circumcised. And the disciples had already put that dispel, that myth and said that that wasn't accurate. It's Jesus blessed, nothing else. 1 (58m 4s): That equals salvation. First of all, 11, they must be silenced because they are turning whole families away from the truth, from the truth, by their false teachings. And they do it only for money. So they were spiritual leaders within the church who were operating only for financial gain. So they were being dishonest, not doing the true work that God called them to do. And so we have to be careful that we're not being conformed to the culture in which we live, but that the Bible is shaping us and be, and we're becoming more like Jesus and the culture of Christian, true Christianity, even one of their own men, a prophet from Crete. 1 (58m 51s): He said about them. The people of Crete are all liars, cruel animals and lazy gluttons. You know, that's the culture that they were in. I wonder what could be said of our culture. What would be their little pithy statement that would be said about our culture? I don't know. No, I haven't taken the time to write it out, but, but there are challenging and desperate and sinful things about our culture that are trying to influence us and draw us away from the things of God. People of Crete are liars, cruel animals and lazy gluttons. 1 (59m 31s): This is the culture. Titus is ministering. Yeah. And it's helpful for us to know the culture that we're in. Let's just play a game real quickly. I'm out of time already. Anyway. So let's just play a game and you just go with that. What would you use as a word to describe our 21st century culture? Sure. In Western and the Western part of the world here in California on the central good G get, get specific to like to the central coast. What would you use as a word? What is it unfocused? Interesting. Very good word on the word is unfocused. What else could we do you use to describe the culture of the central coast, worldly, unfocused, and worldly. 1 (1h 0m 15s): So we're, we're, we're kind of getting close to this year. Where, what else? Unfocused and worldly, let's do one more. Oops. That was a bunch of them. Who, what was it? Fearful, depraved, fearful and depraved. So it's helpful for us to understand our culture so that we, number one, don't become like our culture, but number two, so that we understand what we're trying to, what we're trying to do to help what we can do to help people who are stuck in that culture. So think about the culture of your family. Think about the culture of your work. Think about the culture of your neighborhood, and then ask the Lord, Lord, how do I operate within that culture? 1 (1h 0m 57s): So that I might bring salvation to those who need salvation so that God, you might work too, brings sanctification to their lives. Here we go. Let's finish this up. This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in their faith. They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands that people who have turned away from the truth. So Jewish myths are Jewish laws and traditions that NOLA Phi and contradict the holy scripture. So anything that we're believing that either no Ify replace or contradict the scripture is something that we need to be, be wary of circumcision. 1 (1h 1m 38s): Hand-washing these, these are examples, extreme rules around the Sabbath. I, I D these are all things that were happening in the day. And these are things that not even Jews even knew how to honor and obey. Let's get to these last couple weeks. Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure, but nothing is pure to those who are corrupted and believing because their minds in common, the agencies are corrupted to the right. Everything is pure. Have you noticed that in your life, like when you're in a really good place with the Lord, like everything is pure. Somebody can tell you a story. And all you do is see the episode about the story. But when your mind is corrupt to the perverse, everything is, somebody might tell you the same exact story, but you can come up with this perverse conclusion about, about the story. 1 (1h 2m 28s): Maybe you're seeing someone of the opposite sex walking down the street, a man, or a woman. And you're attracted to that man, or that woman, someone who is pure, what might say that is a handsome person, right there. Someone who is perverted would say, let's take that a step further. And it's not just a handsome person. That's someone that they want to get with. And because their perversion is in their mind, everything that they think about ends in perversion, but to the pure, everything is pure. So you've got this culture where there's perversion everywhere. And then the culture is they're trying to shift the culture by bringing purity into the culture. 1 (1h 3m 11s): And this is what they're up against. They're trying to communicate truth and trying to live differently. And there's perversion in the culture. There's corruption in the culture, verse 16. So people claim, they know God, but they such people claim. They know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient worthless for doing anything good. So you see the value of sanctification sanctification actually helps us to be qualified. We're qualified by God's grace and through the process of sanctification to do the works that God has called us to do. And so there's a process there, the faith that saves and sanctifies, faith, faith, faith in Jesus saves and faith in Jesus sanctifies. 1 (1h 3m 52s): And we can't, we don't want one without the other. We don't, we can't be sanctified without salvation, and we don't want to be saved without sanctification. We need both. We need both. And that's God's plan for both for, for all of us in Jesus name. Well, we've already taken communion. That's the end of my message. I'm wondering if it's Christie Suiza here. There she is. Christie's going to talk to us today about opportunities to get involved, to get plugged in. And so this is Christie . Christie has been on our staff team for the last dozen years or so. Something like that long time, she's only 20, but she's been with us for a very long time. 1 (1h 4m 33s): Christie, your full attention. 3 (1h 4m 35s): Good morning, everybody. Don't worry. I'm not going to sing. Yeah. I'm the director of discipleship here at harvest, and I have some exciting ways you can get connected and get plugged in. I know many of you are newer to our church and looking for ways to build those relationships, grow deeper in your faith and have that community of connection outside in our driveway. On the right-hand side, you'll find a couple of tables today. One of them has a list of all of our life groups that are going to be launching here in September. We have a lot of different groups, something for everybody just to highlight a few things. We have quite a few home groups that meet in a Royal Grande date. We have some home groups this time focused on parents of teenagers, and that are focusing on family groups. 3 (1h 5m 19s): We have a couple that meet in the Nipomo area. We also have a young professionals group as well as a college group. So those are great ways to get plugged in with others, your age in the community. Here we have men's groups and women's groups, both daytime and evening for men. We have a morning, one for women and one for young women. And then we have a new financial peace university class that's starting up as well. So if you're interested in learning about budgeting and how to honor God with your finances, stop by the table, and we'll be able to answer questions for you there on those. So stop by pick up a flyer and ask whatever questions you have. We'll also be out there next week as well, taking signups and getting as many people plugged in as possible. 3 (1h 6m 4s): Our second table is for getting involved in an area of ministry here at harvest church. And ed is such a blessing to serve and be involved and connected with the heartbeat of what we do here at harvest. So if you're not plugged in to a ministry team, I really encourage you to pray about where God wants to connect you. We have so many ways you can connect children's ministry. Don't worry, not everyone is teaching. And children's. We have people that help people that serve behind the scenes, people that greet children. So there's lots of ways to connect there. We have a women's ministry team. We have folks that serve and our coffee bar ministry that make the coffee and keep that area refilled throughout our Sunday morning services. 3 (1h 6m 46s): Believe it or not. We actually have people that clean this place too during the week. And we love our cleaning team members. So if you have free time during the week and would love to help clean, there's a big need. There, we have folks who serve on our tech team, behind our camera's up here on our worship team and our prayer ministry as well. So we have so many ways you can get connected here at harvest. So pray about it. Stop by the table, ask questions, and we'd love to help you find a spot or the Lord can use you here in our body. So thank you. Please stand with us. We're going to sing one more song bursty inside. 3 (1h 7m 47s): Yes, we can surely see 4 (1h 11m 9s): Thank you for salvation, for who you are, Lord, and for just this place, you have us in our community. And I just, I just pray that our Holly ladies would be multiplied in, would just stretch out across our region and across our, our, our communities and our families. Lord, when people just be pointed straight to Jesus, because of it, because of the, the worship that we give to you. And thank you for today. And I see blessed. It says, we go, let us never be the same.
As the school year comes to an end, you may be struggling to find your passion for teaching. Or maybe the pandemic has shown you a better way to teach your curriculum. This episode is all about how to overhaul your curriculum and get buy in to do so. Our guest has some radical ideas on how he threw away his textbook and became an unconventional middle school teacher. About Our Guest: Jon Hinthorne, An Unconventional Teacher Jon Hinthorne is fully committed to helping make our education system great, supporting young people to find a sense of purpose in life, and being unconventional while doing it. After falling in love with education in his first two years of teaching Spanish 3, 4, and 5 at Principia Upper School, he moved to Boston to join City Year Boston as a Corps Member working on a team of incredible young people in National Service. He was a tutor, after school leader, and mentor for 7th and 8th grade students in Mission Hill, Boston, MA. The next year he served another year as a National Teaching Fellow with Citizen Schools Massachusetts. He then moved to San Jose, California with his wife to complete his CA Teaching Credential and worked at City Year San Jose for three years as a Program Manager. He also completed his Masters in Education from Webster University during that time. He fell in love with (PBL) Project Based Learning and decided to move to the central coast of California to start a family and work at another PBL school called Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo, CA. Jon has found his home on the California central coast and at CCNTH. He also composes and produces solo piano music which can be found on iTunes and Spotify. He currently lives in Arroyo Grande, CA with his two young boys, Mason and Jacob and incredible wife, Jenny. This show is brought to you by K-12 Clothing. K-12 Clothing is a PTA-Dad created business focused on providing high-quality school apparel while increasing access to educational resources through fundraising in schools. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/k12clothing
This week's guest is the amazing Jon Hinthorne (Host of An Unconventional Teacher Podcast). In this episode, we talk about the struggles with burnout during a pandemic school year, how teachers have adapted to being the best for their students, and the motivation to start a podcast to give a voice to great educators.Jon graduated with a BS from Principia College double majoring in History and Spanish. He studied a year abroad in Granada, Spain where he became fluent in Spanish. Jon then moved to Boston to join City Year Boston as a Corps Member, was a tutor and mentor for 7th and 8th grade students at the Maurice J. Tobin School K-8 in Mission Hill, Boston, MA. The next year he served another year as a National Teaching Fellow with Citizen Schools Massachusetts at the Orchard Gardens Pilot School K-8. He then moved to San Jose, California with his wife to work at City Year San Jose for three years as a Program Manager. He also completed his Masters in Education from Webster University during that time. After that he returned to teaching as a classroom teacher at the Charter School of Morgan Hill for three years. He fell in love with (PBL) Project Based Learning and decided to move to the central coast of California to start a family and work at another PBL school called Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo, CA. Jon has found his home on the central coast and at CCNTH. He also composes and produces solo piano music which can be found on iTunes and Spotify. He currently lives in Arroyo Grande, CA with his two young boys, Mason and Jacob and incredible wife, Jenny. You can find more about Jon, his podcast, and his great work at https://www.anunconventionalteacher.com/
In November 2020, Jon Hinthorne (Spanish Teacher at Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo, California) launched Season 1 of this pay-if-forward project to unify and amplify the voices of unapologetically unconventional educators. Project Mission: We at An Unconventional Teacher aim to uncover why it is that the unconventional ways of yesterday are now becoming the conventional ways of today. We encourage you to join our growing community on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well as on our blog and weekly podcast (new episodes every Tuesday). Be Unconventional! Notable guests on upcoming episodes on the podcast: 1) Lynette Stant ~ 2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year (1st indigenous woman to earn that honor) 2) Kevin Dua ~ 2017 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year (1st African American to do so) 3) CherylAnne Amendola ~ 2017 New Jersey History Teacher of the Year & founder/host of "The Teaching History Her Way Podcast" 4) Kelsie Brook Eckert ~ 2017 New Hampshire History Teacher of the Year & founder/host of “The Remedial Herstory Project" 5) Nicole Naditz ~ 2015 ACFTL National World Language Teacher of the Year, PBS 2016-2017 LearningMedia Digital Innovator 6) Nicole Butler-Hooton ~ 2021 Oregon Teacher of the Year (member of the Apache and Stiltz tribes) 7) Gahmya Drummond-Bey ~ "The World's Teacher", Award-winning Curriculum Writer, Conscious Classroom Expert, Ted Resident Support An Unconventional Teacher - A pay-if-forward project Become a patron of our show through Patreon! Make a one-time donation through PayPal Podcast Credits: Host: Jon Hinthorne Podcast Editor and Producer: Jon Hinthorne Website: www.anunconventionalteacher.com Social Media: https://instabio.cc/anunconventionalteacher Website and Media Designers: Nina Telthorst & Gracie Bonwich
Jennifer Stillittano is known widely by her peers, students and others as a Project Based Learning (PBL) guru. Her knowledge about all things related to Project Based Learning is vast, and what is most impressive is how she implements that knowledge with her students each day. She discusses her willingness to take risks in her teaching in this podcast in relation to her entrepreneurship class. This class actually started its own candle making business and is still in business four years later. Beyond this, Jennifer plans and facilitates the adult learning at the school where she worlds, Central Coast New Tech High School in Nipomo, CA. She is extremely thoughtful in her work and a powerful figure in her field. Check her work on PBL out at her website: www.pbllab.com for more details. Lastly, go check out her student run candle making business out called Direlights at www.direlights.com and order a few hundred of their handmade and scented candles! All proceeds go back into building their business on campus. Central Coast New Tech High School Information: www.ccnth.org New Tech Network information: https://newtechnetwork.org/ Episode Highlights: Asking for Feedback (Checkout our Podcast blog here on this theme) 5 Whys Protocol Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Classroom: Student-run business: Direlights Real World Scholars: Grant given to Jen and her class to start and run their business Podcast Credits: Host: Jon Hinthorne Podcast Editor and Producer: Jon Hinthorne Website: www.anunconventionalteacher.com Blog: https://www.anunconventionalteacher.com/blog/ Social Media: https://instabio.cc/anunconventionalteacher Website and Media Designer: Nina Telthorst Graphic Designer: Gracie Bonwich Podcast Available on: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, Breaker, and Overcast Inquiries: anunconventionalteacher@gmail.com RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/40e71874/podcast/rss --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Workers in a farm field along California State Route 1 in Nipomo, California, in San Luis Obispo County. (Photo: Wikipedia) 0:08 – On Saturday, two deputies were shot and expected to survive. But the aftermath has provided the platform for some LA county officials to scapegoat the BLM movement. Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) is a professor and chair of Pan-African Studies at Cal State-LA. She is also co-founder of the LA chapter of Black Lives Matter. 0:34 – Author interview: Wendy Liu is a software developer and writer based in San Francisco. Her new book is Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology From Capitalism. 1:08 – The family of Breonna Taylor has accepted a $12 million settlement from Louisville, but the fight for justice continues. Derek Lindsey and Jill Franquelli are co-founders of Queers For Black Lives Matter, which is organizing a nationwide protest for justice for Breonna Taylor on Saturday, September 19. 1:21 – How are farmworkers coping through are harvests in the unprecedented, toxic smoke event and the COVID pandemic. Irene de Barraicua is the public relations manager with Lideres Campesinas, a grassroots, women-led organization coordinating statewide advocacy and support for farmworkers. 0:34 – What you need to know about the Oregon wildfires and climate change Meg Krawchuk is Associate Professor with the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University, and part of the Landscape Fire and Conservation Science Research Group. The post CA farmworkers confront heat, smoke and COVID pandemic through harvest; plus: Wendy Liu on her new book ‘Abolish Silicon Valley' appeared first on KPFA.
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