Podcasts about obeying

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This week's topics: • African Bottom • New default 'Happy Birthday' song • Slot leaving Liverpool & concerns with new manager • Manchester City's new manager & Pep Guardiola's legacy • Premier League's top teams all under transition, except for Arsenal • Wedding talk • Crying at weddings • Different wedding clothes for parties of different sizes • Obeying your husband • Varying differentiations of reading holy text • Divorce and Christianity • The murder of Henry Novak and fallout of that • Calling a 18 year old man a boy • Kemi Badenoch catching heat for truncated quote • Nigel Farage stroking racial war? • Policing in London • Cyrus Carmack-Belton's killer - running away - acquitted of murder • Stand Your Ground law • #StavrosSays : Pozer - Malicious Intentions [https://open.spotify.com/track/6scm1j3DHw8v3fQruA9q47] Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.instagram.com/ESNpodcast @esnpodcast on all other social media esnpodcast@gmail.com It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your apple products. You can do that here... www.bit.ly/esnitunes

June 8th, 2026:  Bl Isabella of France;  Tobiah, Jesus, Sarah & the Church;  Fidelity to Doctrine on Marriage & God's Covenant with Man;  Obeying the Law of God;  Cultivate Good Soil;  I Lift Up My Eyes to the Mountains

Hearing-And-Obeying-Amo-O'Kennedy-7-June-2026 by Shofar George Sermons

Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI, a Fellow at Hertford College at the University of Oxford, and the author of multiple books, including, most recently, Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI. Greg and Carissa discuss Carissa's newest work, where she links prediction to surveillance and argues that forecasts are speech acts that intervene in the world, often becoming self-fulfilling or self-defeating. She says humans seek prophecy to relieve anxiety, but this grants power to predictors and can undermine autonomy, democracy, and fairness, especially via opaque algorithms, social-credit-style control, and pattern-matching decisions like lending.  Carissa urges transparent, contestable criteria, skepticism about incentives behind predictions, and treating unwanted forecasts as invitations to defy rather than “obey in advance.” Their conversation critiques utilitarianism and effective altruism for relying on long-term prediction, discusses fatalism and moral luck, and advocates resilience, scenario planning, Epicurean agency, and literature as an antidote to doomscrolling, shrinking attention, and AI-driven cultural convergence. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.* Episode Quotes: When forecasts become commands 25:28: Instead of obeying predictions by believing them uncritically, I suggest that we interpret them as invitations for defiance. And maybe some predictions you do not want to defy. Maybe some predictions you're like, “Okay, yeah, I like that future, and I'm on board.” But with the ones that you don't like, I think the correct attitude is, “No, we're not. No, we're not. That's not where we're going.” Can predictions bend reality? 25:34: When we believe that prediction uncritically, when we listen to it as if it were a fact, because grammatically it sounds like a fact, what we are doing is obeying implicitly in the sense of Timothy Snyder, of obeying in advance before we are issued an explicit command. When we interpret predictions as facts, we implicitly obey in advance. Obeying in advance 23:54: When we believe that prediction uncritically, when we listen to it as if it were a fact, because grammatically it sounds like a fact, what we are doing is obeying implicitly in the sense of Timothy Snyder, of obeying in advance before we are issued an explicit command. When we interpret predictions as facts, we implicitly obey in advance. Show Links: Recommended Resources: Pythia Bayesian Inference Robert K. Merton Oedipus Epicurus Epicureanism Stoicism Notes from Underground Hilary Putnam J. L. Austin How to Do Things with Words Laplace's Demon Peter Singer Guest Profile: CarissaVeliz.com Faculty Profile at Hertford College Faculty Profile at Oxford University Wikipedia Profile LinkedIn Profile Social Profile on X Guest Work: UnSILOed Ep 501: The Philosophical and Ethical Dimensions of Privacy and Surveillance with Carissa Véliz Amazon Author Page Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI The Ethics of Privacy and Surveillance Privacy Is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of Grow Yourself, Kevin McNulty sits down with Kyle Merrick for a powerful conversation about identity, belonging, adoption, authenticity, and the hidden ways people lose themselves trying to fit into the world around them.Kyle shares how growing up adopted shaped his search for identity and why so many people unconsciously become versions of themselves they never intentionally chose. This conversation explores emotional honesty, social conditioning, approval-seeking, individuality, self-awareness, and the courage it takes to think for yourself.This is not about rebellion for the sake of chaos. It's about consciously questioning inherited identity long enough to discover who you truly are underneath it all.Anarchy For A Day: What Happens When You Stop Obeying Who You Were Told To Be

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Jake completes our series "The Worship Practice" by discussing Obeying.

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In today's message, Pastor Kerrick shares about how the Holy Spirit desires to operate in your life.Study Questions From The Message For You To Answer In Your Journal:In what ways might you be giving God what is left over in your time, finances, or energy rather than your first and best?What does it mean to walk in the spirit of seeing and knowing, and how can you cultivate a lifestyle of receiving visions, dreams, and inner promptings from the Holy Spirit?

The idea of obedience brings complex reactions for many of us, perhaps stirring fears of legalism or a sense of anxiety. But when coupled with love – our love for God and God's love for us – obedience to Jesus is the only way of true freedom and joy. Obedience to Jesus draws us into a life of personal transformation, deep and healthy relationships, and active participation in God's work in the world.   Join us as we finish our four-part “Spread the Love” series on the ECV mission statement by considering what it means to “love and obey Jesus Christ in all things.”- Series Description - For God so loved the world, he sent Jesus. As God does, we do, too. Our call is to spread the love as sent ones, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Join us for Spread the Love, a four week series beginning this week, as we explore ECV's mission statement as an invitation to join God in bringing God's kingdom of love to the world around us.ECV's Mission: The Elm City Vineyard exists to call all people to revolutionary lives of action through Spirit-empowered communities that love and obey Jesus Christ in all things.

Every six years God promises a bumper crop so Israel will let the land have a sabbath in the seventh year. Obeying this command requires no faith - the farmer can see the sixth year bounty. If he plants on the seventh year, he is taking more than God is offering. Such ill-gotten wealth creates all sorts of societal problems.

The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050726.cfmFather Daniel Klimek, PhD, explains that the Council of Jerusalem established that faith in Christ, not painstaking adherence to the Mosaic Law, is the path to salvation, while clarifying that moral works remain essential as a fruit of that living faith. Father Daniel contrasts the secular view of God's commandments as unnecessarily restrictive chains with the biblical reality that obeying Christ is an act of love that brings complete joy and human flourishing. By remaining in this relationship of love, believers discover that true freedom is found, not by ignoring the law, but in honoring and obeying the Father who desires their happiness.⭐️ Support our Ministries: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/donate?source=pod✝️ Explore Divine Mercy on Divine Mercy Plus! https://divinemercyplus.org/?source=pod⛪️ Plan Your Visit to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy!https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/?source=podFollow Us on Social Media!   

eries: God's Promises, Our JourneyTitle: "Will you trust God or take control?"Scripture: Genesis 22:1-24 NIV Hebrews 11:17-19James 1:13-15John 1:29Bottom line: “We handle God's tests by trusting His promises, obeying His voice, and relying on His provision.”INTRODUCTIONCONTEXTOUTLINECONCLUSIONDISCUSSION QUESTIONSNOTESYOUTUBE DESCRIPTIONMAIN REFERENCES USEDMy opening prayer: Lord God, help us grow to be and do like Jesus, while abiding in him and leading others to do the same. Bottom line: “We handle God's tests by trusting His promises, obeying His voice, and relying on His provision.”OPENING STORY/ILLUSTRATIONControl vs. TrustImagine you're riding in the passenger seat while someone else is driving…Not just anyone—your spouse, your friend, maybe even your child learning to drive.You're coming up to a busy intersection…You see the light turning yellow…And what do you instinctively do?You reach for the imaginary brake pedal.You lean forward.You tense up.Why?Because you're not in control.And when we're not in control… we feel insecure.That's not just true in a car.It's true in life.Every time we feel insecure, we reach for control.And every time we reach for control, we reveal what we really trust.In Genesis 22, God puts Abraham in the ultimate “passenger seat” moment.God asks him to do something that feels unthinkable… unreasonable… even unbearable.And the question becomes:Will Abraham trust God… or try to take control?CONTEXTThe thread is security. Last week we saw...Abraham seek security through deception (Gen 20)Abraham seek security through control (Gen 21:1–21)Abraham seek security through agreements (Gen 21:22–34)This week, we hope to see Abraham find true security as he learns to trust in God's promises, obey his voice, and rely on his provision.Why does God test us?To reveal what we really trust (pleasing God)To display His worth through our obedience (glorifying God)God tests us to deepen our trust in Him and display His worth through us.Because he's teaching us to trust him as our ultimate security when we're tempted to reach for control.How do we handle God's tests?By trusting his promises,Obeying his voice/word, and Relying on his provisionOr, more specifically…Expect tests from God (1-2)Focus on promises, not explanations (3-5)Depend on God's provision (6-14)Look forward to what God has for you (15-24)Bottom line: “We handle God's tests by trusting His promises, obeying His voice, and relying on His provision.”First, there's a difference between testing and tempting:Temptation (James 1:13–15):“When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” James‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬Comes from within and from the enemy → aims to pull us away from God → exposes weakness.Testing (Genesis 22:1):“Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.” Genesis‬ ‭22‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬Comes from God → aims to draw us closer to Him → strengthens faith.Temptation is designed to make you fall. Testing is designed to make you stand.Consider how unreasonable God's test was as you consider how we might respond to his tests in our lives…OUTLINE (influenced by Warren Wiersbe & ChatGPT):We handle God's tests in life by:Trusting His promisesObeying His voice (word)Relying on His provisionExpect tests from God. (22:1-2) WW writes, “In the ‘School of Faith' we must have occasional tests, or we will never know where we are spiritually. Abraham had his share of tests right from the beginning.”“Family test” - leave nation, neighborhood and extended family and go“Famine test” - left Canaan and went to Egypt #FAIL“Fellowship test” - let Lot choose which way to go when they split up“Fight test” - rescued Lot and Sodom's citizens and stuff“Fortune test” - declined Sodom's wealth“Fatherhood test” - Sent Hagar & Ishmael away first time #FAIL“Farewell test” - Send Hagar and Ishmael away second timeOne test I faced was baptism. Another was my calling into ministry.Was “baptized” as an infant so didn't believe I needed to be baptized after my conversion; it took 2 pastors and 10 years for me to see the truthWas “called” into full-time ministry within a month or 2 of being baptized leaving successful career in EngineeringIf you walk with God, tests are not the exception—they are the curriculum.Focus on promises, not explanations (3-5) “Faith does not demand explanations; faith rests on promises.” -WW“Our faith is not really tested until God asks us to bear what seems unbearable, do what seems unreasonable, and expect what seems impossible.” -WWWhen God sends a test or trial, our first response is usually, “Why me?” Or “Why, Lord?” Instead of “What can I learn through this?”"Deliverance will get you out of Egypt. But surrender will get Egypt out of you." (Or Sodom, or Babylon, or America...)We live by promises, not by explanations. Abraham says, “We will worship and then we will come back” → implicit faith in resurrection (cf. Hebrews 11:17–19)Faith doesn't need to understand everything—it just needs to trust what God has said.If you wait for God to explain everything, you'll never obey anything.Depend on God's provision (6-14)Two statements reveal the emphasis in this passage:“God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” (8), &Yahweh Yireh, “The Lord will see to it.” (14) #provide“Where God guides, He pro-vides.” -Old PastorHow does God provide?Where…does the Lord provide? Where you sent you to walk in his will. Should we expect his provision when we don't walk in his steps?When? Right when it's needed. Sometimes at the last minute. He's never late.How? Often simply. He surprised Abraham with the ram in the thicket right next behind him.To Whom? To those who humbly walk with him. Why? For his pleasure and his glory!What kind of provision is available?Resurrection-powered provisionEphesians 1:19–20 & 3:20You don't experience God's provision sitting on the sidelines—you experience it on the path of obedience.Look forward to what God has after the test. (15-24) What comes after the test?New Approval (12) “Atta boy!”New Son (13-14) → Isaac received backIsaac likely never the same. God gave. Abraham gave back. God gave back.Don't let the gift replace the Giver—Abraham didn'tNew Assurances. (16-18) New names for an expanded future. (14; 23)Yahweh Yireh (14)Rebekah (23)God is already preparing the next chapter while you're still in the test.CONCLUSIONBottom line: “We handle God's tests by trusting His promises, obeying His voice, and relying on His provision.”How do we handle God's tests?By trusting his promises,Obeying his voice/word, and Relying on his provisionEvery test exposes what we trustEvery test invites surrenderEvery test reveals God's sufficiencyWhat is your Isaac?Are you trusting God—or trying to control the outcome?Ram → Lamb → GospelAbraham looks up…and there's a ram caught in the thicket.God provides a substitute.Isaac lives…because something else dies in his place.Pause. Let that sit.Expand the PatternThis moment isn't just about Abraham and Isaac.It's pointing forward.Another Father…another Son…another sacrifice.Connect to ChristIn John 1:29, we read:When John the Baptist saw Jesus, he said,“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”On that day in Genesis 22—God provided a ram.But one day—God would provide His own Son.⸻In Genesis 22…God stopped Abraham's hand.At the cross…God did not stop His own.Let that land. This is your emotional peak.⸻Why?Because our greatest problem isn't lack of control—it's sin.And our greatest need isn't control—it's a Savior.⸻So the question isn't just:“Will you trust God in the test?”The deeper question is:Will you trust the God who gave everything for you?⸻You don't have to control your life…because the God who tested Abrahamis the God who gave His Son for you—PrayQuestions (Write this down) - grab an index card and penWhat is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Write this down on the index card in the seat pockets.DISCUSSION QUESTIONSDiscovery Bible Study process: https://www.dbsguide.org/Read the passage together.Retell the story in your own words.Discovery the storyWhat does this story tell me about God?What does this story tell me about people?If this is really true, what should I do?What is God saying to you right now? (Write this down)What are you going to do about it? (Write this down)Who am I going to tell about this?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastNOTESYOUTUBE DESCRIPTION MAIN REFERENCES USED“Genesis,” by R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word Commentary, Edited by Kent HughesExalting Jesus in Genesis, by BethancourtThe Genesis Record, by Henry MorrisThe Genesis Factor, by David Helms & Jon Dennis“Look at the Book” by John Piper (LATB)“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)"Genesis" by Briscoe (TCC)Outline Bible, D Willmington (OB)Willmington's Bible Handbook, D Willmington (WBH)NIV Study Bible (NIVSB) https://www.biblica.com/resources/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/Chronological Life Application Study Bible (NLT)ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) https://www.esv.orgThe Bible Project https://bibleproject.com“The Bible in One Year 2023 with Nicky Gumbel” bible reading plan on YouVersion app (BIOY)Claude.ai

Matt Barfield concludes our church's missions emphasis month by focusing on the commands of Christ to reach the world around us. Message originally preached Sunday evening April 26, 2026.

Week 18 - Exodus 35-40; Leviticus 1-19:  "Obeying the law does not justify us or make us right with God."Please visit us at CFMpodcast.org

Leviticus affecting our lives today; Christ's baptism; Fire?; "Euphrates" (fruitful); Flow of sacrifice; Charity alone; Ordering wood?; Information sources; Unhewn stone?; Metaphors; Burnt offerings; Goat?; Codification?; Strong delusion of modern Christianity; Interpretation of the Old Testament without Holy Spirit; Divine fire; Faith of Abraham; Withered tree; Life in the presence of God; Evolution?; Lev 9:16 Untranslated aleph-tav; Spirit-led decisions; Eighth day?; What was Moses teaching?; Lev 9:24 Day of completion?; Not to be that way with YOU!; Covetous practices; Obedience; No exercising authority; Image of the beast?; Making the word of God to effect; Prospering society; Moses' way; Living altars; Making Israel great; Turtledove goddess?; Lev 10:1 Nadab and Abiju; vav-yod?; Serving the Lord in earnest; Mourning?; Excuses; Tabernacle of the congregation?; Declaration of Independence; Where do rights come from?; Woodrow Wilson; Splitting the vote; Lev 10 what did they do wrong?: Opening the box; Towers of modern religion; Not seeing your covetousness; Drunk on mistaken understanding; Righteousness?; Trees without fruit; Strange/Divine fire - what's the difference?; Obeying the Lord; v9: Do not drink wine nor strong drink; Modern religion; Individual inspiration; Sharing light; Religion without snares; Repenting and seeking His kingdom and righteousness; Statutes? Chet-kuf-hey; Revelation; Freewill offerings alone; Obedience?; Red Heifer?; "Leaven"; Conceived in hell; Church welfare; Wilderness of unrighteousness; v16 Moses seeking the goat; Atonement; Practicing Pure Religion to draw near; Moses' disappointment; Taking back responsibility; Goat = strength; Eating in the holy place?; Sin offering - extra for atonement; Efficient social welfare; Lacking oversight; Focus on doing the right way; Right to use; Widows and orphans; Hospice; Altars; Loving our enemy; Laying down your life; Uniting Israel; Red Heifer?; Putting away your idols; Blind eye to covetousness; Social safety net based on love and charity; "Priests"; Burning incense?; Seek the Way of Christ.

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This episode examines the concept of spiritual rebellion, defining it not merely as overt sin, but as the failure to immediately hear and obey God. The sermon breaks down how believers often mask rebellion as confusion and challenges the entitlements that limit what God is permitted to ask of them.Topics covered:The definition of rebellion as delayed or selective obedience.The four phases of overcoming rebellion: Rebellious, Entitled, Overcoming, and Hearing and Obeying.Identifying and surrendering 12 specific entitlements, including time, comfort, emotions, and personal recognition.How living in "exceptions" and expecting special treatment hinders spiritual maturity.Embracing the humility of Christ (Philippians 2:5-8) to break patterns of self-will and entitlement.

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The Bible calls us to be doers of the Word, not just hearers—but that takes a level of discipline many of us struggle with. Dr. Tony Evans explains how to find both the motivation and the strength to live out what God says.

The Bible calls us to be doers of the Word, not just hearers—but that takes a level of discipline many of us struggle with. Dr. Tony Evans explains how to find both the motivation and the strength to live out what God says.

Pharaoh said, "I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go." He was about to receive a masterclass in who Jehovah really is. But the real question isn't whether Pharaoh would let go—it's whether we are willing to let go of our own "Egypt." Summary: In this episode, we dive into the heart of the Exodus story (chapters 7–13). We move beyond the cinematic spectacles to find the deep, personal doctrine of repentance and redemption hidden within the plagues and the Passover. The War of the Gods: We analyze how each of the ten plagues was a specific "judgment against all the gods of Egypt," proving that Jehovah stands supreme over the Nile, the sun, and even life itself. The Hardening of the Heart: We clarify the JST corrections to the text—God didn't take away Pharaoh's agency; Pharaoh hardened his own heart, choosing pride over the "finger of God." Pharaoh's "Negotiations": We look at the four ways Pharaoh tried to compromise with Moses—and why "partial obedience" is just another form of bondage. The Passover Lamb: We explore the meticulous requirements of the Passover and how every element—the unblemished lamb, the bitter herbs, and the blood on the doorposts—points directly to the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Leaving Egypt for Good: We discuss the importance of not "leaving a forwarding address" for our sins. True deliverance requires us to go into the wilderness with no intention of looking back. Call-to-Action: Are there "shallow promises" you've made to the Lord that you keep falling back on when the pressure is off? How can the "Blood of the Lamb" help you fully exit your Egypt this week? Let's talk about it in the comments. To stay "Unshaken" as we cross the Red Sea next week, please like, subscribe, and share this video! Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:06 Will Wandering Children Return 6:51 Stephen's Story of Moses 24:28 Hearkening to Prophets 33:08 Moses & Aaron against Pharaoh 37:09 Water to Blood 45:44 Letting Our Sins Go 50:05 Frogs & the Consequences of Sin 1:00:24 Lice & Natural Consequences 1:07:51 Flies & Obeying on Our Terms 1:16:33 Cattle & Distinguishing the Righteous from the Wicked 1:19:36 Boils, Pestilence, & Hitting the Heart 1:24:00 Hail & Deciding for Ourselves 1:35:44 Locusts & Last Chances 1:47:11 Darkness & Total Sacrifice 1:52:47 Plundering the Riches of Egypt 2:04:33 The Final Warning 2:10:16 Passover Symbolism 2:22:38 Besting the Gods of Egypt 2:26:55 The Feast of Unleavened Bread 2:36:27 More Passover Instructions 2:40:59 Unconditional Surrender 2:50:14 More Passover Commandments 3:00:49 Redeeming the Firstborn 3:16:02 Leaving Egypt 3:21:34 Conclusion

The Bible calls us to be doers of the Word, not just hearers—but that takes a level of discipline many of us struggle with. Dr. Tony Evans explains how to find both the motivation and the strength to live out what God says.

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Matt bitches about his family...Doug's vacation is over...Matt hits puberty...Is a sleeping mask suspect...What are you a fucking parrot...Does a movie Doug loved hold up...Is it Lethal Weapon or not...Picking out the stragglers...Obeying the social contract...Rules are meant to be changed...Is Matt touched or not...

Send us Fan MailYou know what God says… but are you actually living it out?In this episode, Chelsey Holm exposes the gap between knowing truth and obeying it—and why that gap is where frustration, disconnection, and control take root in marriage.Many women have knowledge of Scripture, desire to grow, and a heart for God… but are still reacting, striving, and trying to manage outcomes instead of walking in simple, Spirit-led obedience.If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or like nothing is shifting—this episode will show you why.Transformation doesn't come from what you know. It comes from how you respond. Support the showChelsey Holm | the Wife Coach "I help Christian wives surrender fully, live Spirit-led, and be set apart according to God's design in marriage, motherhood, and life."Ready for a next step? If this episode stirred something deeper and you're ready to move from insight into surrender, I created a short guided experience called From Awareness to Surrender.This mini course includes three short teachings, a guided exercise, and a prayer recorded over you to help you stop cycling and start responding differently—rooted in surrender, not striving.

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God designed Scripture to bring life to us and our faith. Therefore, there are many reasons for Christians to read, know, and obey the Bible. It's worth investing our entire lives in! Knowing Scripture can help you guard your heart, find purpose, and know Truth about who God is and who you are. If you […]

God designed Scripture to bring life to us and our faith. Therefore, there are many reasons for Christians to read, know, and obey the Bible. It's worth investing our entire lives in! Knowing Scripture can help you guard your heart, find purpose, and know Truth about who God is and who you are. If you […]

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When Dads Lead, Families Change. Dr. Chris Harper, CEO of BetterMan and Pastor preached a special message on Obeying the Word of God. Judges 11:29-40, Leviticus 27:2-6

Jill digs into the parable of two houses being built—one on sand and the other on the rock. What does Jesus' simple story with a heavenly meaning have to teach us about obeying God's Word? Find out in this powerful message. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1141/29?v=20251111

Jan 25th 2026, Eden Lawson

Is Ephesians 5:18 really the most important verse in the New Testament for believers? In this conversation, we break down what it truly means to be filled with the Holy Spirit — and how to actually live it out every single day.This episode is brought to you by our ministry partner Accountable2You. To join thousands living in Freedom with nothing to hide visit https://accountable2you.com/dialin. **Use our unique code: DIALIN to get 25% off your first year of an Accountable2You Personal or Family Plan** We cover:What "be filled with the Spirit" really means (and what most Christians get wrong)Why you can't obey a single command without the Holy Spirit's powerThe 4 valves of a Spirit-filled life: Surrendering, Listening, Obeying, and TrustingThe difference between the "black and white" of Scripture and the promptings of the Holy SpiritThe "Fill Up & Tune Up" method using the 6 guitar strings as a daily spiritual rhythmWhether you're a new believer or a seasoned Christian, this episode will give you a practical, biblical framework for walking in step with the Spirit moment by moment.

It's not often that it happens, Slushies, but it's always a treat when it does. We're switching to fiction for the day with “Colfax,” a flash story from Patricia Q. Bidar, author of the short fiction collection Pardon Me for Moonwalking. Spoiler alert: read the story first in the show notes or listen to the story in full at 41:50 before our discussion ruins it for you. Something about the story's theme and concision reminds Sam of Louise Glück's prose poems in her late collection, A Faithful and Virtuous Night. Sam also appreciates how the story allows a female character the same kind of recklessness found in Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son. Jason shares his surprising childhood connection to Vacaville, CA, one of the story's locales. And in his role as bad cop, Jason raises a question about uncanny children. Tune in to find out what he means by that. While we're all bracing for winter storms, we're happy to dwell, for a moment, in California Central Valley's humid and fertile atmosphere. As always, thanks for listening! At the table: Tobi Kassim, Samantha Neugebauer, Jason Schneiderman, Kathleen Volk Miller, Lisa Zerkle, and Lillie Volpe (sound engineer) Bio:        Patricia Q. Bidar is a western writer and Port of Los Angeles native. Her novelette, Wild Plums (ELJ Editions), was published in 2024 and collection of flash fiction, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press), in 2025. Patricia's work has appeared in Waxwing, Wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Pinch, and Another Chicago Magazine; in the Wigleaf Top 50, and in many anthologies including Flash Fiction America (W.W. Norton), Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions. Visit patriciaqbidar.com   Website www.patriciaqbidar.com   Facebook         https://www.facebook.com/patriciaqbidar Instagram        https://www.instagram.com/patriciaqbidar/ Bluesky              patriciaqbidar.bsky.social     Colfax Cristina swallows the last of the loose pills from Julian's glove box. Within a few minutes, fresh energy blooms and fizzes within her; the sensation is of tumbling backward into space.  Julian: a drug dealer so giant and peevish the floor mats on the driver's side are bunched and ruined. Underneath his criminal veneer, Julian is just a mundane mammal who's driven Cristina, an animal woman, to flight.  Half an hour later, she's reached Colfax. In this heat, this fecund place. The car has mashed against the gas station's cashier hut. Years ago, when Cristina was growing up here, this was a drive-in theatre, with a massive image of a vaquero on a rearing steed. Sweltering nights, Cristina would watch movies with her lonely mother, car windows open wide, clasped in the smell of tomatoes, melons, and insecticide.  Rain begins to pepper the hood. Cristina rises into vegetal air. She doesn't recall opening the door.  The window to the hut is dirty and rain spattered. She peers between cupped hands at the empty stool inside, the bank of cigarette packs. Lightning cracks; after a few seconds, thunder rumbles. Cristina presses her hand over her heart. Is she alarmed? Are the pills goosing her pulse? But she feels calm. The sky is a tight lid. It was a mistake, stealing Julian's car. Julian, who took her in. Identified and claimed her after Cristina finished her time and was so adrift and alone.  Cristina was working as a server in a West Sacramento brewery. Her last customer on a slow Tuesday night was a black-haired guy in a cowboy hat. Stiff-looking jeans and a pearl-buttoned shirt. A face that seemed not to match the hair. “Lady,” he said so low she had to incline her head. “You think no one sees you. I do. I do.” She joined Julian that very night on one of his quests. He was what her mother would have called a peeping tom. He wanted her to wear nylon hose, like he did. Why not? No one was getting hurt. It was simply watching. Watching women. Women when they were themselves and unaware they were being observed. In a word: seen. Julian was no Rawhead, no Slenderman. Not one of those serial killers roving California freeways in the nineteen-seventies, the ones Cristina's mother had been obsessed with. Now she imagines someone peering in through the car door and seeing her, Cristina, slumped behind the wheel. People idealize farmland, farm girls as wholesome. Green, yellow, and blue.  The sky is cobalt now. Fifty feet away is a bus shelter, sagging and white. A small form is hunched inside. Lightning again, and then, immediately following, that bass sky-rumble. Cristina runs. Inside, a child of about nine swings its legs. Windbreaker, hood up.  "Hello there?" Cristina ventures. "I'm studying these ants," the kid returns. A girl. "Would you like a churro?" Cristina cannot see the girl's face but is struck by the way she sits. A bell buried deep inside of her tolls. "Is this the bus stop for town?" Cristina asks. The churros smell nice; hot grease and cinnamon. Cristina used to make them for her little sisters. She thought she might become a baker one day. At least, when anyone asked, this was what she had answered. She should be hungry. "That's my car, in case you were wondering,” Cristina says. Nothing. She crouches down beside the girl. “Dead at the service station. Lucky, I guess.” The child considers this. "Well, not really." She speaks patiently, the way Cristina used to speak to adults at her age. As if they were her younger sisters or the kids in the slow class at school, or the witless ladies in the school office. “On second thought, I'll take one of those churros." Cristina says. But the girl has returned to her task: surveilling a line of ants. Cristina's mind unspools the types. Velvet ants. Pharaoh ants. Argentine ants. Thief ants. The odorous house ants, and then — wasn't there a sugar ant?  The smell of water-heavy crops and soil and chemical fertilizer thickens the air. All of the choices Cristina has made in life have led her to this place. "There's nothing left," she says aloud. "It depends on how you see it," the girl returns, pushing her eyeglasses up into place with a forefinger. Cristina squints at the obscured face. Then the girl daintily lifts and lowers her hood. And bares the side of her left pinky finger. The small oval scar is exactly like Cristina's.  “Did your mother tell you that people with six fingers and toes are giants sired by angels and human women? Something apart from God,” Cristina said. Those surgeries when she was four.  “She says I'm a monkey.” Cristina remembers a long-ago birthday party, her ninth, attended by zero children.  She feels the sky drawing her up, then. At the same time, the inverted bowl of sky pushes down. It is like that optical illusion where you can't tell if the black horse is headed toward you or walking away. Hail pounds the roof of the shelter. The discs of ice flash under the bright lights of the gas pump island. The girl returns to dropping pinches of dough onto the ants. Obeying their internal imperative: a perpetuation of their kind.  Cristina sees Julian preparing for bed. Applying his eye cream. Clapping twice to extinguish the bedside light. He refers to himself as cerebral. But what is so deep about dealing painkillers during the afternoon shift at the One Stop Spy Shop in Vacaville? Life with Julian had amounted to a slow and downhill slide, and that was for sure. “We live our lives with our ancestors as witness,” the girl says at last. Her words hang in the air like wet almond blossoms.  Cristina has to ask. “Am I that? Am I alive?” And a roar consumes the sky. A silver bus is careening toward them from behind blue oaks. And a metal monster slips from the asphalt. Rolls end over end. Sky-blotting. Deafening. Images rise and blend and collapse. The blanched face of the driver. The silhouettes of passengers. One of whom is standing. Julian? Something blooms and expands in Cristina's head. But there is no bus. No careening crash. Only a fecund silence. And the girl tears a piece of the churro, nudging Cristina's lips with the sugar and cinnamon confection. It is absolutely delectable and somehow still warm. Like the corner of a golden kitchen in bygone evenings. A humming mother, changing her dressings. An iron stove and a gray kitten, satisfied and warm.  Cristina really, finally, is free. She has made it back to the beginning.  Apart from time, the girl and Cristina stand in the little windbreak like gingerbread children or figures in a Frida Kahlo painting. The girl takes her hand. And then it is she and Cristina and the animal female chain, extending into and past the vanishing point: Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl Girl.

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