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This weeks guest is Janice Bailon, who joins us from New York City. Born in Panorama City, California, and growing up in Ventura County, Janice embraces her California background. Janice feels California awarded her some of her greatest passions. She still cultivates these passions and hobbies: Forgotten classic cinema, movies, and musicals, especially from the 1970s and earlier, local seasonal produce and food history. One of Janice's most beloved personal and professional passions is Agave and the relationship between Mexico and the Philippines. Bailon proudly calls herself an “agave nerd” believing that if you think you know everything and are an expert of agave you really don't know anything. Professionally, Janice has been recognized as a leader in the hospitality industry with articles published in Forbes, Punch and other media outlets as well as a Tales of the Cocktail Best New Bar Nomination in 2022 for her work at San Francisco's For the Record. Janice also served as former President for the SF Chapter of the United States Bartender's Guild supporting members through the pandemic. In 2025 she was named as one of the Imbibe 75's and her program at Leyenda was the only New York Bar nominated for Outstanding Bar Program by the James Beard Foundation. Janice dedicates her efforts to shape a better world through her brainchild, Hospitality of Asians & Pacific Islanders (HAPI), a nonprofit organization established in 2022. Nestled in the unceded Ohlone territory, known today as the San Francisco Bay Area, HAPI's mission is to elevate the voices and stories of the Asian and Pacific Islander community within the hospitality industry. They strive to normalize the success and thriving of API individuals in the industry through a plethora of initiatives, including events to boost visibility and promote the community, a forthcoming mentorship program, and the dissemination of career development opportunities and resources. @mytinydancer fueledbyagave.co @hapi.community A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia for setting up our new website theindustrypodcast.club. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and drink nerds and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more……Imbiblia - check it out! Looking for a Bartending Service? Or a private bartender to run your next corporate or personal event? Need help crafting a bar program for your restaurant? Contact Alchemist Alie for all your bartending needs: @alchemist.alie Contact the host Kypp Saunders by email at kypp@babylonsisters.ca for products from Elora Distilling, Malivoire Winery and Terroir Wine Imports. Links kypp@babylonsisters.com @sugarrunbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

Alan Aquino,a professor of Asian American Studies at CSUN, shares his journey from childhood aspirations to becoming a community organizer and poet. He reflects on his upbringing in Panorama City, the cultural shifts he witnessed, and the impact of gangs in the 90s. Alan discusses the importance of education, representation in media, and the role of Asian American Studies in fostering community and understanding. He emphasizes the significance of pursuing one's passion, navigating the challenges of adulthood, and the power of poetry and hip-hop as forms of expression. The conversation concludes with Alan offering heartfelt advice to young adults facing hardships, encouraging them to embrace their journey one step at a time.Chapters (00:00) Introduction to Alan Aquino(03:37) Growing Up in Panorama City(06:43) The Impact of Gangs and Culture in the 90s(09:25) Schooling and Social Stratification(12:32) College Life and the Northridge Earthquake(15:43) The LA Riots and Their Aftermath(18:36) Pursuing Asian American Studies(21:37) Misconceptions About Ethnic Studies(24:42) The Journey into Poetry and Hip-Hop(43:07) The Journey of a Poet(44:18) CSUN: A Hidden Gem(46:25) Asian Americans in Media(47:22) Stereotypes and Representation(50:19) Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation(56:54) Batman: A Personal Talisman(01:02:21) The Essence of Community(01:09:15) Pursuing Passion vs. Stability(01:14:56) Navigating Hardships in LifeFollow Me on Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/thevoncastshow/https://www.instagram.com/shibavon/ https://www.iamvon.net/Alan IG:https://www.instagram.com/poetproflife/

Rok 2008. Jesień na dobre zawitała w Panorama City. Oprócz spadających liści i porannej mgły, przyniosła ona kultowe premiery kinowe, finały Ligi Baseballowej i memo od zarządu o rywalizacji między oddziałami firmy. Placówka w Kalifornii ma zaszczyt organizować biurowe igrzyska a stawka jest wysoka- bilety na mecz, dobre imię i... spotkanie z wampirami? The Office RPG jest autorską nakładką na mechanikę Genesys - Uniwersalny System RPG. Powstała ona z pomocą Patronów, podczas cyklicznych spotkań ze Wspierającymi na serwerze Discord.

MHD Off The Record's 'City in All Directions' highlights the best places to eat, learn, and play throughout Los Angeles. From hidden gems to community favorites, this segment connects listeners with local spots, resources, and opportunities that enrich life across the city. For our first episode of City in All Directions, we're heading to the heart of the San Fernando Valley to explore Council District 6, represented by Councilmember Imelda Padilla. This district covers a diverse range of neighborhoods, including Sun Valley, Panorama City, Arleta, and Lake Balboa.ResourcesDistrict website: Eat: El Carrusel BakeryWebsite: carruselbakery.comLocations in District:VAN NUYS14851 Victory Blvd Van Nuys, CA 91411(818) 988-3797ARLETA13923 Van Nuys Blvd Arleta, CA 91331(818) 896-7999Learn: Valley Relics MuseumWebsite: valleyrelicsmuseum.orgLocation in District:Van Nuys Airport7900 Balboa Blvd. Lake Balboa, CA 91406Hangar C 3 & 4Play: Sepulveda BasinWebsites:www.laparks.org/park/sepulveda-basin-sports-complex www.laparks.org/aquatic/balboalariverrecreation.org/sepulveda-basin-river-recreation-zoneengineering.lacity.gov/sepulveda-basin-vision-plan-final-plan-availablethejapanesegarden.com

The man accused of murder after allegedly hijacking a Metro bus in South Los Angeles has been identified as LaMont Campbell. There's a new case of dengue reported in Panorama City. Shohei Ohtani's record-breaking ball could be yours, if you have deep pockets. Plus more.  Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.Support the show: https://laist.com

Ezequiel "Wicked" Romo, a notorious gang leader, regained control of his old gang, the Blythe Street gang in Panorama City, Los Angeles, after serving 18 years in prison. Upon his release, Romo sought to reassert his dominance and "clean house," which led to a string of violent incidents and murders. His return to leadership was marked by efforts to eliminate rivals and restore the gang's control over its territory and illicit activities.Ezequiel "Wicked" Romo, a prominent figure in the Blythe Street gang, was found dead in July 2024. Romo, who had reclaimed leadership of the gang after his release from an 18-year prison sentence, had intensified gang violence in Panorama City, Los Angeles. His aggressive tactics and attempts to consolidate power led to a series of violent confrontations and murders within the gang and against rival factions..Romo's murder was a significant event, given his notorious reputation and the chaos he had caused. His death has been linked to ongoing power struggles within the gang, as well as possible retribution from rival gangs or internal factions dissatisfied with his leadership. The precise details of his murder are still under investigation, but it has left a notable impact on the local community and law enforcement efforts to curb gang violence.(commercial at 9:13)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Notorious Los Angeles drug lord Ezequiel 'Wicked' Romo, 47, is stabbed to death by three inmates while serving life for eight murders | Daily Mail OnlineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Ezequiel "Wicked" Romo, a notorious gang leader, regained control of his old gang, the Blythe Street gang in Panorama City, Los Angeles, after serving 18 years in prison. Upon his release, Romo sought to reassert his dominance and "clean house," which led to a string of violent incidents and murders. His return to leadership was marked by efforts to eliminate rivals and restore the gang's control over its territory and illicit activities.Ezequiel "Wicked" Romo, a prominent figure in the Blythe Street gang, was found dead in July 2024. Romo, who had reclaimed leadership of the gang after his release from an 18-year prison sentence, had intensified gang violence in Panorama City, Los Angeles. His aggressive tactics and attempts to consolidate power led to a series of violent confrontations and murders within the gang and against rival factions..Romo's murder was a significant event, given his notorious reputation and the chaos he had caused. His death has been linked to ongoing power struggles within the gang, as well as possible retribution from rival gangs or internal factions dissatisfied with his leadership. The precise details of his murder are still under investigation, but it has left a notable impact on the local community and law enforcement efforts to curb gang violence.(commercial at 9:13)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Notorious Los Angeles drug lord Ezequiel 'Wicked' Romo, 47, is stabbed to death by three inmates while serving life for eight murders | Daily Mail Online

Ezequiel "Wicked" Romo, a notorious gang leader, regained control of his old gang, the Blythe Street gang in Panorama City, Los Angeles, after serving 18 years in prison. Upon his release, Romo sought to reassert his dominance and "clean house," which led to a string of violent incidents and murders. His return to leadership was marked by efforts to eliminate rivals and restore the gang's control over its territory and illicit activities.Ezequiel "Wicked" Romo, a prominent figure in the Blythe Street gang, was found dead in July 2024. Romo, who had reclaimed leadership of the gang after his release from an 18-year prison sentence, had intensified gang violence in Panorama City, Los Angeles. His aggressive tactics and attempts to consolidate power led to a series of violent confrontations and murders within the gang and against rival factions..Romo's murder was a significant event, given his notorious reputation and the chaos he had caused. His death has been linked to ongoing power struggles within the gang, as well as possible retribution from rival gangs or internal factions dissatisfied with his leadership. The precise details of his murder are still under investigation, but it has left a notable impact on the local community and law enforcement efforts to curb gang violence.(commercial at 9:13)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Notorious Los Angeles drug lord Ezequiel 'Wicked' Romo, 47, is stabbed to death by three inmates while serving life for eight murders | Daily Mail Online

Today, we've got JD Pardo in studio to talk bikes and share some stories from his roles in various films over the years.Best known for playing the lead role of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the television series Mayans M.C. and a young Jack Toretto in Fast 9, JD has lived some incredible experiences over the years and we're looking forward to hearing all about them."Jorge Daniel Pardo is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jack Toretto in F9 (2021), as well as the lead role of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the television series Mayans M.C. (2018). Pardo was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, his father is from Argentina and his mother from El Salvador JD also played "Nate"/Jason in the NBC sci-fi series Revolution, co-starring Billy Burke.Previously he was best known for his role as Edward Araujo Jr./Gwen Amber Rose Araujo in the Lifetime Network movie called A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story. Pardo also had roles on FOX's Drive and The CW's Hidden Palms. Both series were canceled after their respective first seasons. Pardo played Young Santiago in the film The Burning Plain (2008) starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence with Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. JD played the half-vampire Nahuel in the second half of Breaking Dawn, and a member of a drug cartel in Snitch. Pardo also starred in The CW TV series The Messengers that aired during the 2014-2015 season.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao"JD'S INFO:-Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jdpardo/- X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/jdpardo?lang=enOUR WEBSITE: https://2lanelife.com/  USE CODE: "YOUTUBE" FOR 10% OFF OF PARTS & ACCESSORIES2LANELIFE INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/2lanelife/GAYLIN'S INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/xerox57/LANCE'S INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/biglancec/JOSH'S INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/imridingplaces/Want to SAVE on EagleRider Rentals? - CLICK BELOW https://www.eaglerider.com/motorcycle-deals/instagram-influencers-933?utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=2LaneLifeABOUT 2LANELIFEWe travel the country on our Harley-Davidson motorcycles, exploring some of the best roads the country has to offer. Our goal is to share all of the neat history and attractions across the back roads, a.k.a. the 2Lanes of America using a cinematic approach unique to our experiences. Along this journey, we meet tons of amazing people, and learn something new every time. We are here to inspire travel!Friends:Thrashin' SupplyLegend SuspensionsCustom Dynamics Motorcycle LightingEagleRider Motorcycle Rentals & Tours Feuling PartsKlock WerksCobra USAMaxima Racing OilsBell HelmetsSaddlemenRockford FosgateLaw Tigers Motorcycle LawyersGET YOUR MOTORCYCLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES AT https://2lanelife.com/

Venturing back into the early days of the Camerosity Podcast, the topic of panoramic cameras came up often on the show, so often that we jokingly referred to ourselves as the widest film photography podcast out there.  As we often do, the gang got distracted in later episodes by various other formats, brands, and special guests, but we thought it was time to revisit our love of all things panoramic and take a ride to Panorama City.  No, not that Panorama City in southern California, but the land of Hasselblad XPans, Fuji G617s, Horizonts, and Noblexes. Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our wide journey was a motley crew of panoramic enthusiasts, fans, and just passers by.  Returning guests, all the way from Cape Town, South Africa, Dean Blumberg, Ray Nason, Skip Williams, Richard Driver, Andrew Smith, and Mark Faulkner.  Also, first time callers Patrick Rapps, Rudi Berden, and Paul's ex-Fuji rep, Bob Grzesiak were in attendance. Not content with only talking to people who like to use existing panoramic cameras, also joining us from Silvergrain Classics is Marwan El Mozayen who most people in the film community know as helping to bring back a new version of the Widelux F8 swing lens panoramic camera.  With the support of Hollywood A-lister and renowned Widelux fan, Jeff Bridges and his wife Susan, Marwan shares the back story of how he became involved in resurrecting this panoramic classic.  Marwan isn't just some PR guy helping to spread word about his company's project however, as he has extensive knowledge of other panoramic cameras like the Noblex, Soviet Horizonts and many others. We started the show off with what we thought would be a pretty straightforward question, but the topic of what exactly defines an image or camera as panoramic elicited a pretty interesting discussion, relating panoramic still photography to that of cinematography and that angle of view should be considered in addition to physical size. Differences between wide angle panoramic cameras like the Hasselblad XPan and swing lens cameras like the Panoram-Kodak were discussed, along with cropped panoramic, 3D printed masks, how to use a perspective control lens to shoot panoramic digitals, and even some panoramic developing and scanning hacks that make like easier for the hobbyist.  With Marwan on the show bringing back the Widelux, we did a lighting round asking every participant what other cameras you would like to see someone make an attempt at bringing back (who wants to guess what Theo's was?). [label type="warning"]Silvergrain Classics Discount Code: [/label]During the show, Marwan El Mozayen mentioned that listeners of this show get a discount when ordering a copy of issue #19 of their magazine, which features a ton of information about the upcoming re-release of the Widelux.  To receive this discount, use code: WLX10 when ordering. Like all other episodes of the Camerosity Podcast, we were excited to go down the panoramic rabbit hole but had no idea of how deep it would be.  We ventured into some discussions that I could have never imagined, sharing the love and passion for this subset of  photography with a fascinating and very experienced panel of callers. As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. Our next episode of the Camerosity Podcast will be all about "unobtanium cameras", those cameras you never thought you'd get a chance to see, let alone use.  Maybe it's a rare one of a kind prototype, or a common, but REALLY expensive camera that is beyond your budget.  If you can't find or afford it, come on the show and join us for Episode 53, which will be recorded on Monday, July 24th! This next episode will be our Season 2 finale before the gang goes on vacation.  As we did last year, we're taking the entire month of August off to relax, soak in some sun, and maybe even catch up on shooting all of the cool cameras we've all picked up in the past year.  We will return in September! This Week's Episode What Do We Mean When We Say “Panoramic”? / Widescreen in Cinematography Banquet Cameras in the 1900s / Banquet vs Kodak Cirkut Cameras Aspect Ratio as a Starting Point for Panorama / Aspect Ratio vs Field of View as a Way of Defining Panorama Is the Fuji G617 Panoramic or Wide View? Can a Cropped Image be Panoramic? / Cropping Before and After Taking the Image / The Hasselblad XPan and the Noblex 135 S What Makes the Widelux Special? / The Mechanics and Simplicity of a Swing Lens Camera The Original Kodak Panoram / Kodak 3A Using 122 and 616 film in Old Folders for Wider Aspect Ratios Zeiss Super Ikonta 616 and Zeiss Cocarette / 3A Graflex Camera Hack and 3D Printed Adapters for Older Film Types Silvergrain Classics and the Project to Resurrect the Widelux F8 The KMZ Horizont Was the First “Modern” Swing Lens Camera The Shift from Medium Format to 35mm Swing Lens Cameras Under the Widelux Brand Jeff and Susan Bridges and their Love of the Widelux How to Visualize Shooting with a Widelux / Looking to Cinematography Instead of Still Photography for Panoramic Compositional Ideas Depth of Field in Panorama / Using Contact Lenses to Modify Swing Lens Properties The Best and Worst About the Noblex / Every Released Noblex was Really a “Mostly” Working Prototype The Mechanics of Reproducing the Widelux / Swing Lens Camera Repair Horizont 202 The Affordable Swing Lens Alternative Pulling Back the Curtain on the Hasselblad XPan's Reliability Issues Skip's Mamiya Pro S 220 Back with a Mercury 3D Printed Film Gate Adapter Dean's Bronica ETRS Kludge / Skip's Cameradactyl Homunculus 69 Turning to 3D Printing for Wide Aspect Ratio Adapters The Virtues of the Fuji G617 / The G617 goes to the North Pole Paul's Sony A7 RII with a Nikkor Perspective Control Lens for Digital Panoramas Rudi's Zone Image Pinhole 617 / Patrick's Sinhao Wide Aspect Hack Back to Silvergrain Classic and Details on the Release of the New Widelux Lightning round: Pick One Camera you Want to see Brought Back! Minolta XM Motor / Hasselblad XPan / Plaubel 67 / Fuji GW690 / A Miranda That Works / Mamiya 7 / Fuji GX617 / Nikon FM3a / Panon 120 swing-lens / Kodak Medalist / Mamiya 6 Theo's Panora Wide Pic / Minolta P's and Masked 35mm Point and Shoots / Viscawide 16 Lightroom and Photoshop for Panoramic Merging / Flatbed Panoramic Scanning Hacks Panoramic Chromes and AGX Imaging for Pro Level E6 Developing and Scanning Links If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group or Instagram page, or email us at camerosity.podcast@gmail.com. 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Albert Reyes was born in the Los Angeles suburb of Panorama City in 1971 and grew up in the working class neighborhood of El Sereno. Having been known to create artwork out of anything from what he has in his pockets to whatever he can find walking through his neighborhood. He has also shown in a gallery along with a painting by Picasso. These same strange dualities and juxtapositions are highly prevalent in his work, which tackles both conceptual and graffiti art. Recognized for his ubiquitous “GIVE “ tag, Albert has a distinctive artistic approach inspired not only by street art, comic books, and American pop culture; but also by contemporary and classical “high art “. Many of his drawings and illustrations incorporate everything from icons of corporate America to Hollywood stars to mass media to politics to consumerism. His goals are simple: make a living as an artist and use his talent to make a positive impact on people's lives.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE and COMMENT!Share with your friends.Thank you for listening.Donate through VENMO: @DANCNGSOBR Find Albert Reyes at:Instagram: @thealbertreyes ----my LINKS:Merch: http://rafa.LA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​/shopMy photography: http://rafa.LA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Recorded at Espacio 1839https://www.espacio1839.com_____Recorded on TASCAM Mixcast and Mics*************************************Suicide prevention:Dial: 988, for Suicide and Crisis LifelineOnline visit: https://988lifeline.orgSubstance Abuse and Mental HealthSAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357Online visit: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/nati...*************************************

The last time Kevin Ertell saw Russ Solomon, at the premiere of “All Things Must Pass”, Russ walked up to him and the first thing out of his mouth was, “Kevin! Can you believe what those fuckers have done to our website!?” During his time as SVP of Tower.com, Kevin spent many an afternoon in Russ Solomon's office while Russ peppered him with questions about online retailing from a recent article he had read. It was time that Kevin cherished. Kevin had a wide and varied career at Tower Records. Starting out in the original Las Vegas store in the video store, then to "apprentice" as the Classical Buyer for that store and out to Panorama City California as a Video Assistant Manager and eventual Store Manager. He landed as Sherman Oaks Video Store Manager under Regional Manager Gayle Boswell. While Kevin was in California he auditioned as the bass player for the band of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, but didn't get the gig.Working in the stores wasn't enough for Kevin. Having an interest in tech, he joined the Store Service team. With an all star roster of employees many will remember, he was a part of the nationwide and then world wide rollout of the Tower ISP program.Wanting to put that ISP knowledge to practical use and get closer to his long distance relationship, Kevin took the position of General Manager of the Tyson's Corner Virginia store. In a thriving, busy store he worked the Tower ISP program to its fullest, oversaw a one of a kind Cirque Du Soleil in-store and dealt with the wrath of a woman who worked for a US Senator who wanted Tower Records to remove their Playboy videos, lest they tempt her son.It was back to Sacramento to work on the challenge of Tower.com. Kevin tells us about the time it took to make Tower.com the #2 store in the US back when buying music on the web was not normal, how a consortium of retailers including Virgin, Best Buy, Borders Books and Tower Records got rejected by the record labels to sell major label music files before Apple Music and how after 20 years, in 2005 it all ended as Kevin was recruited by Borders Books to rebuild their Borders.com and help start up their Borders Rewards program.Kevin points out early in the episode that none of this would have happened had he not got a job at Tower Records in April of 1985 following an extremely dark chapter in his young life. Kevin said “I found my people. Tower saved me.”

Case #1 begins in Panorama City, California where a 65-year-old Census volunteer was struck and killed by a driver who ignored her presence in a well-marked crosswalk. The Los Angeles Police Department has a blurry photo of what they believe to be the car that hit the woman. Case #2 takes us to the parking lot of a liquor store in Lynwood, California where a homeless man was shot by the driver of a sedan. Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department say just prior to the shooting, surveillance video shows a bizarre chain of events that ended with the homeless man at the passenger side window of the car and the driver shooting from the driver's seat.

Jennifer Jones Lee and Wayne Resnick accompany Bill for Handel on the News. The three of them cover news topics that include: Tom Brady has announced, again, his retirement from the NFL, two people have been killed after a stoeln car pursuit crash in Panorama City, CA., and a student at Tustin High School has been injured in a campus stabbing; they're currently recovering at a nearby hospital.

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about their programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair and #MiamiBookFair2022 for more updates. Antoine Wilson‘s new novel, Mouth to Mouth, recently named one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022, is out from Avid Reader (Simon + Schuster) in the US and Canada, and from Atlantic Books in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Wilson is also the author of the novels The Interloper and Panorama City. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Quarterly West, and Best New American Voices, among other publications. He is a contributing editor at A Public Space. M.M. Kaufman is a fiction writer based in Georgia. She is a Fulbright Scholar and earned an MFA in the University of New Orleans' Creative Writing Workshop. She is currently the Managing Editor at Rejection Letters and works on the team for Micro Podcast. Her fiction is published with The Normal School, Hobart, Metonym Journal, Sundog Lit, Daily Drunk Mag, (mac)ro(mic), HAD, Olney Magazine, the Miller Aud-cast, Pine Hills Review, and elsewhere. Find her on Twitter @mm_kaufman and on her website mmkaufman.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bill Handel is accompanied by Wayne Resnick and Jason Middleton for the Early Edition of Handel on the News. The three of them discuss news topics that include: Fans poured their respects out to Vin Scully at Dodger Stadium yesterday, a shooting near a Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City has left one dead, and L.A. County hopes to move out of 'high' COVID category today.

Antoine Wilson reads from his new book "Mouth to Mouth," backed by an original Storybound remix with sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer. Antoine Wilson is the author of the novels "The Interloper" and "Panorama City," and his new novel "Mouth to Mouth" is out from Avid Reader (Simon & Schuster) in the US and Canada, and from Atlantic Books in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Quarterly West, and Best New American Voices, among other publications. He is a contributing editor at A Public Space. He has received the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and the San Fernando Valley Award for Fiction, and has been a finalist for The National Magazine Award, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, and the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award. He has taught writing at the University of Iowa, the University of California San Diego, the University of California Los Angeles Extension Writers' Program, Stanford Continuing Studies, and the Otis School of Art and Design. ​Support Storybound by supporting our sponsors: Norton: "Fencing with the King" and "The Family Chao" are available wherever books are sold. Acorn.tv is the largest commercial free British streaming service with hundreds of exclusive shows from around the world. Try acorn.tv for free for 30 days by going to acorn.tv and using promo code Storybound. Storyworth: Save $10 on your first purchase at Storyworth.com/Storybound Storybound is hosted by Jude Brewer and brought to you by The Podglomerate and Lit Hub Radio. Let us know what you think of the show on Instagram and Twitter @storyboundpod. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Storybound, you might enjoy reading, writing, and storytelling. We'd like to suggest you also try the History of Literature or Book Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we sit down with podcaster Miles Gray to talk about Panorama City's former GM factory turned shopping center, The Plant! 

"A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now." Such is the opening of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow (1973), the novel that won the National Book Award but repulsed the Pulitzer Prize Committee. Pynchon's special blend of paranoia and postmodernism made him one of the hallmark authors of the Cold War era. In this episode, Jacke takes a look at Pynchon's life and works, then is joined by a contemporary author, Antoine Wilson (Mouth to Mouth), for a discussion of his writing process and his recent trip to Pynchonland. ANTOINE WILSON is the author of the novels Panorama City and The Interloper. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, StoryQuarterly, Best New American Voices, and The Los Angeles Times, among other publications, and he is a contributing editor of A Public Space. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and recipient of a Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin, he lives in Los Angeles. His website is: AntoineWilson.com. Additional listening suggestions: 380 Ian Fleming | The Black James Bond 348 Philip Roth (with Mike Palindrome) 318 Lolita (with Jenny Minton Quigley) Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sit back, relax, and listen as Antoine Wilson discusses Mouth to Mouth, his fresh new novel with Ellen Daniels of the Mississippi Book Festival.Antoine Wilson is the author of the novels Panorama City and The Interloper. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, StoryQuarterly, Best New American Voices, and The Los Angeles Times, among other publications, and he is a contributing editor of A Public Space. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and recipient of a Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin, he lives in Los Angeles. His website is: AntoineWilson.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Co-Creation Station with Collin and Stephanie is a podcast about the Law of Attraction, the Art of Allowing, Spiritual Magic, and how to enjoy this strange and miraculous journey we call Life. Transformational Life Coach Stephanie Orlina, owner of Power in Joy, and Collin Worster, Musician, Teacher and Tarot/Oracle Card Reader, begin their discussion from a different starting point on each episode. Season 2, Episode 21: Why Yoga is Magical. Recorded on October 24, 2021 in San Diego, North Hollywood, and Panorama City, California.  Posted on November 8, 2021. Send us an email – we love to hear from you.   cocreationstation1111@gmail.com For more information on our Special Guest in this episode, Master Healer Tania Villegas, visit: healingwithtania.com Connect with Tania on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/healingwithtania Connect with Co-Host Collin Daniels Worster on Instagram: www.instagram.com/collin_daniels_worster For more information on Co-Host and Transformational Life Coach Stephanie Orlina visit: www.powerinjoy.com Connect with Stephanie on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/powerinjoy Collin is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Red Treasure.  You can find their albums "The Hothouse Trip” and “Dark Red Soul” on Spotify, Apple Music, AmazonMusic, and YouTube.

Co-Creation Station with Collin and Stephanie is a podcast about the Law of Attraction, the Art of Allowing, Spiritual Magic, and how to enjoy this strange and miraculous journey we call Life. Transformational Life Coach Stephanie Orlina, owner of Power in Joy, and Collin Worster, Musician, Teacher and Tarot/Oracle Card Reader, begin their discussion from a different starting point on each episode. Season 2, Episode 20: A New Way to Heal Your Body. Recorded on October 10, 2021 in San Diego, North Hollywood, and Panorama City, California.  Posted on November 1, 2021. Send us an email – we love to hear from you.   cocreationstation1111@gmail.com For more information on our Special Guest in this episode, Master Healer Tania Villegas, visit: healingwithtania.com Connect with Tania on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/healingwithtania Connect with Co-Host Collin Daniels Worster on Instagram: www.instagram.com/collin_daniels_worster For more information on Co-Host and Transformational Life Coach Stephanie Orlina visit: www.powerinjoy.com Connect with Stephanie on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/powerinjoy Collin is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Red Treasure.  You can find their albums "The Hothouse Trip” and “Dark Red Soul” on Spotify, Apple Music, AmazonMusic, and YouTube.

It's National Train Your Brain Day, so Antonio shared eight brain exercises to help keep you mentally sharp. Speaking of sharp, Joe from Store 3774 in Williamstown, New Jersey, won a 50th anniversary pin for getting today's InstaRewind correct. Way to go, Joe! The always inspiring “Hype Girl” Tina from Store 1641 in Williamstown, North Carolina, called to motivate all our associates and gave a shoutout to Antonio. Our calls from Tina are always fun, uplifting and appreciated. With only 18 days until Halloween, Potter from Store 1272 in Snyder, Texas, called to tell Antonio a Halloween joke. Our Social Media Highlights of the Day included a post from Store 2568 in Panorama City, California, congratulating Team Lead Vivian on her promotion to coach. What started as an entry-level role quickly became a life-changing career at Walmart. Congratulations Vivian! Tina and Rashon from Club 6489 in Calumet City, Illinois, also received praise for taking the initiative to keep the break area clean and sanitized. With cooler temperatures right around the corner, 90% of kids will eat snow at some point in the next few months, but what about the adults? Tune in to find out what percent will have “snow” much fun joining in on the action.

Ernesto Ayala, born in Panorama City and raised in San Fernando and Pacoima, is a proud Chicano and member of El Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida; a Chicano/Raza political organization he was born into and now serves as a Pro-Tern Chair. Sources "Original Settlers of Los Angeles." Los Angeles Almanac. 1998-2019 Given Place Media, publishing as Los Angeles Almanac. 2 Jan. 2019 http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi03c.php. Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Iguala Plan." Encyclopedia Britannica, February 17, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/event/Iguala-Plan. Kelly, David. “Vision That Inspires Some and Scares Others: Aztlan.” Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles), July 7, 2006. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-07-me-aztlan7-story.html.

The second episode of Beyond the Kale features Gabby & Junior, Founders of Veggietize Me. The company was created in honor of Junior's sister, Sophia Montano, who passed away after an accident. After weathering the Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions in Los Angeles County, Gabby and Junior are getting ready to open the first Veggietize Me brick and mortar in Panorama City. It will be the first all-vegan restaraunt in that city when it opens. Gabby's favorite restaurant is Palms Thai Restaurant in Hollywood, California. It isn't a vegan-only establishment, but they do have a vegan menu. http://www.palmsthai.com/index.html Junior's favorite restaurant is Vinh Loi Tofu in Reseda, California. https://www.vinhloitofu.com/ Veggietize Me Website: https://veggietizeme.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veggietizeme/ Follow Beyond the Kale Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyondkalepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondkalepod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beyondkalepod Music fromUppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-times License code: XH2BAQWKJQE9DTBZ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/tribe License code: B7OWOZ0UBCQ2RZ7J

Follow @foobarshowEpisode 234 - Happy Foothers Day!(2:27)The Foos talk about Joe C and Steph's dog, Taz's, toxic anal glands.-Joe C watches Cruela on shrooms.(21:51)Geeking Out:-A Wendys in Panorama City converted itself into a Mortys to promote the new season of Rick and Morty.-They discuss episode 2 of Loki and talk about the timeline variants.-We get a trailer and the titles for the first 10 episodes for season 3 of Titans on HBO MAX.-Batman is forbidden from eating out Catwoman.(1:08:44)The Joint Report:-California to infuse $100 Million into the Cannabis Industry.-Steve-O swallows a condom filled with weed to smuggle into Sweeden.(1:24:01)Sports:-NBA playoff standings.-Pitcher reactions to the new substance regulations and players' text messages get leaked.-The anniversary of the spitting incident with Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets.(1:44:06)Music Highlights:-How Not To Drown by CHVRCHES & Robert Smith-Pollyanna by Green Day-Taurus by Spirit(1:55:34)Foo FactsGive us a 5-star positive review on Apple Podcasts!Get your Foobar Show merch at foobarshow.comSUPPORT OUR SPONSORS-ALF Live Events for all of your live audio/visual needs at alflei.com-Get 30% off on Grassdoor by clicking through our banner on our website.-Check out The Fallen Electric at thefallenelectric.com & @thefallenelectric for music, news, and merch!

The team from Army Corps of Engineers will evaluate the oxygen systems at the following six older hospitals across the county: Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles; Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital, West Covina; Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City; Beverly Community Hospital, Montebello; Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood; PIH Health Hospital, Downey.

洛杉磯縣約有人口1千萬，現在突然成了全美國最嚴重的疫情災區。這裡： 每10分鐘，就有一個人死於新冠病毒。 每6秒鐘，就有一個人被感染。 這些人當中，受害最深的是一線服務的人員，包括零售行業和從事影視的工作者。本縣共有7個Costco每個有超過15名員工感染，其中Culver City 的那家有71人感染，Nan Nuys 50人，Woodland Hills 42人。8 個Home Depots 發生多人感染情況，包括： Alhambra, Cypress Park, Downey, South L.A., North Hollywood, Panorama City, Van Nuys 和Signal Hill。10個Target 共有217 員工感染。麥當勞、Chick-Fil-A 和 In-N-Out、Best Buy等也有員工感染。影視公司因爲拍片的原因，也有多人感染，所以很多公司暫停拍片。從圖表上可以看出，西語裔因感染的死亡率比白人高2.5 倍，黑人死亡率比白人高2倍。亞裔感染和死亡率排第三，白人最低。

My guest is Dennise Mejia. Dennise Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia, and migrated to the United States at five. Dennise has an impressive background. She is a DSCC State Delegate, entrepreneur, and owner of various companies. Influencer, Motivational Speaker, & Health and Wellness Coach and Business Consultant. Her passion is to Mentor and Empower Leadership in her communities and any opportunity with Millennials. She is a life learner and believes in always seeking personal growth at every stage of life. In 2012, during her health journey, she became an executive distributor and health and wellness coach with the Yoli Better Body System—a wellness program for all ages. Dennise is a dedicated civic leader in her local community and was appointed as a State Delegate for the Democratic State Committee where she serves as part of the Electoral College. She is a past founder of the Chicano Latino Immigrant Democratic Club of Los Angeles County. She is a current member of Kiwanis International and Past Vice President of the National Latina Business Women Association – Los Angeles, Co-Founder and Vice President of ICBWA International Cannabis Business Women Association, and Board Member with the multiple Chambers of Commerce Such the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Panorama City and Granada Hills chambers of Commerce. Nominated in 2019 By LA Style Magazine Entrepreneur of the year. Recognition by Mayor Eric Garcetti, Senator Jimmy Gomez, Senator Susan Rubio, Assemblywomen Blanca Rubio, Congresswomen Nannette Barragan. Currently active Advisory Board of NLBWA-CA, Advisory Board of Nosotros.org, Advisory Board Latino Coalition of Los Angeles, and Advisory Board AME Alliance of Multicultural Entrepreneur's When I interview her, one of my takings is when she mentioned one golden nugget: Develop a Diverse network. Your Network is your net worth. Meaning you cannot limit yourself to your circle. This podcast interview is in English and Español. También Dennise reflexiono en algo muy importante con lo que hemos y estamos viviendo con la Pandemia en el mundo. Estos son momentos para recapacitar. Hemos creado una sociedad muy sistemática y dependiente de la tecnología. Debemos estar preparados para lo peor y esperar lo mejor. Es momento de unificar relaciones, unificar hogares, crear, reinventar. Buscar formas de prepararnos para lo que viene. dennise@alphaprimeconsult.com www.donalyexpress.com www.icbwa-ca.org www.alphaprimeconsult.com

My guest is Dennise Mejia. Dennise Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia, and migrated to the United States at five. Dennise has an impressive background. She is a DSCC State Delegate, entrepreneur, and owner of various companies. Influencer, Motivational Speaker, & Health and Wellness Coach and Business Consultant. Her passion is to Mentor and Empower Leadership in her communities and any opportunity with Millennials. She is a life learner and believes in always seeking personal growth at every stage of life. In 2012, during her health journey, she became an executive distributor and health and wellness coach with the Yoli Better Body System—a wellness program for all ages. Dennise is a dedicated civic leader in her local community and was appointed as a State Delegate for the Democratic State Committee where she serves as part of the Electoral College. She is a past founder of the Chicano Latino Immigrant Democratic Club of Los Angeles County. She is a current member of Kiwanis International and Past Vice President of the National Latina Business Women Association – Los Angeles, Co-Founder and Vice President of ICBWA International Cannabis Business Women Association, and Board Member with the multiple Chambers of Commerce Such the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Panorama City and Granada Hills chambers of Commerce. Nominated in 2019 By LA Style Magazine Entrepreneur of the year. Recognition by Mayor Eric Garcetti, Senator Jimmy Gomez, Senator Susan Rubio, Assemblywomen Blanca Rubio, Congresswomen Nannette Barragan. Currently active Advisory Board of NLBWA-CA, Advisory Board of Nosotros.org, Advisory Board Latino Coalition of Los Angeles, and Advisory Board AME Alliance of Multicultural Entrepreneur’s When I interview her, one of my takings is when she mentioned one golden nugget: Develop a Diverse network. Your Network is your net worth. Meaning you cannot limit yourself to your circle. This podcast interview is in English and Español. También Dennise reflexiono en algo muy importante con lo que hemos y estamos viviendo con la Pandemia en el mundo. Estos son momentos para recapacitar. Hemos creado una sociedad muy sistemática y dependiente de la tecnología. Debemos estar preparados para lo peor y esperar lo mejor. Es momento de unificar relaciones, unificar hogares, crear, reinventar. Buscar formas de prepararnos para lo que viene. dennise@alphaprimeconsult.com www.donalyexpress.com www.icbwa-ca.org www.alphaprimeconsult.com

I sat down with Carrier Wagner, Founder & Executive Director of Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) for Episode 6. GALS is a free, all girls public charter school in Panorama City, CA. GALS is collocated on a beautiful LAUSD campus. The students at GALS get access to the Olympic sized swimming pool as well as the other athletic facilities. Each morning the students and staff start their day with movement doing yoga. Carrie and I discussed the social emotional component of their program and how it is very important to not only teach the kids about math and science, but to educate the girls on how to deal with their emotions as well. These are all very important qualities our future leaders must possess. Thank you to Carrier Wagner for taking the time to sit down with me tell us more about the fantastic personalized learning program at Girls Athletic Leadership School. You can find out more about GALS by visiting their website at www.galsla.org. You can support the Charter Chat Podcast by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, rating the episode and leaving a review. You can Follow Charter Chat at: Twitter: @CharterChatPod Facebook: www.facebook.com/charterchat/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/charter-chat-podcast Website: www.charterchatpodcast.com GUESTS: Carrie Wagner of Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) HOSTED BY: Juliet Lucero

Finding yourself emotionally, physically, and intellectually constipated? Then you've come to the right place! This week Amie and Tami are flashing back to their 80s roots and taking us all to the mall! Amie tells the terrifying and occasionally controversial personal tales from a haunted mall in Jakarta, and Tami learns about a Wal-Mart in Panorama City, California that's offering more than just everyday low prices (spoiler alert: it's also ghosts). Make sure you're not on your period and grab an Auntie Anne's pretzel! . Theme Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ . Artwork: Laura de Mooij www.instagram.com/disneybabydoll/

Roughly three or four times a decade we declare a national cinematic holiday in honor of the man who’s been reinventing the rules of mainstream cinema for the last quarter century. Regardless of how you feel about ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD, it’s hard to argue with the fact that Quentin Tarantino’s “9th” (mmm, “10th”?) feature film as writer/director is one of the most hotly-anticipated and hotly-debated films of the year—nay, the 2010s! Join us as we do a deep-dive into the career of the provocateur, demarcate the three[ish] phases of his career, and take a long, spoilerrific look at his newest period epic. Whether you’re floating in your Hollywood Hills pool, drinking a whiskey sour from a beer stein, or hanging out in your trailer, eating macaroni and cheese in the lowlands of Panorama City, this episode has a little something for everybody… Email: wlmpodcast@gmail.com Donate: Thanks! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Overcast / RSS

What if the guys had a failing radio show in 1999? This is partially what it might sound like… they then bring it back to modern times to have our ninja beaver battle it out with the little rascals who stole Magneto's powers. Then it's discount madlibs time, followed by announcing the winner to our 8bitdo contest! It's mediocrity at its best! Melissa Virus Author Heading To Federal Prison For Twenty Months! The Melissa Virus was an e-mail virus first released on March 26, 1999. The virus spread so rapidly that e-mail systems were overloaded by the virus propagating itself and is the fastest spreading virus to date. Have You Heard Of Napster? A new peer-to-peer service called Napster was just released and it has made it easier than ever to download all the music you want. Is it legal? The jury is still out on that but It is so amazing, you can download a song on your 56k modem in about 12 minutes! Are You Ready For Y2K? Now is the time to prepare for the Y2K bug (programs used by most banks, nuclear power supplies etc, only use two digits for the year)! Pull your money out of the banks, move away from power plants and build an underground bunker for when the nuclear missiles go off! digitalSoup Unsigned Spotlight: This Week's Track - "I Don't Care" by With Liberty With Liberty is a Melodic-ish Hardcore-ish Punk band from Panorama City, California, located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. Going against prototypical nuances from other punk bands, With Liberty brings in an eclectic blend of different genres, styles, and riffs to produce a unique and entertaining contribution to the modern punk rock world. It's all about having fun while having something to say. Check them out at their Facebook Webpage

Interview with Dr. Ramya Chelimela, who is a Western Dental Managing Dentist at our Panorama City office.

Thanksgiving Connected to Relationship Well, I am so thankful to be back with you. I think I may be the only person that was both in Dallas where it was 100 degrees and Newfoundland where it was 31 degrees in the same week. I'm thinking I'm the only one, there might be others. I had the privilege of ministering in different settings, and I'm glad to be back with you today. And really, the idea of thankfulness unifies this sermon that I'm about to preach as we begin a verse-by-verse study in this challenging book in 1 Corinthians, it is challenging because Paul systematically goes through many issues that were facing that local church in almost 2000 years ago, 20 centuries ago, and we find how relevant it still is today. And we're going to see that as we begin that journey today. But we begin with the idea of thankfulness. And I feel just an overwhelming thankfulness to be a pastor in this church, an overwhelming thankfulness to be at First Baptist Durham. I love you, I love being here. There's nowhere I'd rather be than here. I am delighted with the wisdom of God in setting up local church so that we can know and be known and we're drawn together. And so the idea of Paul giving thanks for the Corinthians unifies this for me. And so, I was meditating on thankfulness even this very morning, and I was thinking about how much thankfulness is tied to relationship. Imagine that you were just walking along in your life and some valuable material object just came in your path randomly. I don't know, I'm trying to picture... (I was working on this in the pew and I didn't come up with a real good solution because of the ethical obligations where you would need to give that back to whoever it was). But set all that aside, set the ethics aside, just go with me on the illustration. Some incredibly valuable thing falls into your lap. You're walking along the beach, or you're in a city urban park, and there's no one around, and there it is. And it's now yours. But there's literally no one to thank. Imagine getting the same valuable possession from a friend who loves you and has sacrificed financially, and is thinking about you and is giving it to you, how different that is. It's the exact same thing that's come into your life, but it's come through a heart of love, it's come through relationship. And I think about all the unbelievers, the atheists that have many of the same common grace blessings that come into their life: Sunrise, sunsets, food that they eat, fun experiences, material possessions, clothes, all of that, but they have no one to thank. I wonder what they do at Thanksgiving. I've heard some of the strangest things in November where they say, "Well, Thanksgiving is a time where we thank each other." And I think we should thank each other, but that's not what the Puritans thought. The Pilgrims were thinking that we should thank God because every good and perfect gift comes from God. And one of the greatest joys of my life is to realize that there are no random blessings in my life. None. They have all passed through the hands of God and have come into my life. Every good and perfect gift was intentional. It was thoughtful. And that this goes to the very issue of the sin problem and that there's this separation between us and our Heavenly Creator. By redemption in Christ, he is our adoptive Heavenly Father, and he wants us to know that he has good gifts to give us and that it's very personal. And so, as we go through 1 Corinthians, we're going to see more and more just how divided and dysfunctional and messed up this Corinthian church really was. And yet, how richly, fully, grateful the Apostle Paul was for them, and how thankful he was for them. I. Paul’s Apostolic Greeting (verses 1-3) So, we begin at Verses 1-3 as Paul gives his usual apostolic greeting. He starts in Verse 1, "Paul called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God." Paul was not an accidental apostle. He was not an accidental random Christian. He was called by God to be a Christian and to be an apostle. The will of God overruled Paul's will for his life. And you know the story is well-known how Paul was a zealous, ladder-climbing Jewish person who is seeking to advance in Judaism far beyond any of his fellow Jews in his day. And he was making that progress. And that was his desire, but suddenly on the road to Damascus he had an experience that he never forgot. Blinding light surrounded him, the light of the resurrected, glorified Christ. And Jesus called to him from heaven saying, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" "Who are you, Lord?" "I am Jesus." Those three words changed Paul's life forever. "I am Jesus, the whom you are persecuting… Now get up and go into the city and you'll be told what you must do." I think Paul, looking back on that time from that moment on, realized how much grace was shown him in that he wasn't struck dead at that moment. As he was in route to be persecuting Christ's precious church, and Paul himself would write later in this epistle, "If anyone destroys God's church, God will destroy him." He was making himself an enemy of God. It says in the Book of Acts, Saul began to destroy the church. Put those two together, then why didn't God destroy Saul of Tarsus breathing out murderous threats? Because of grace. Because of the sovereign, loving grace of God. And so Paul, called to be an apostle by the will of God, God's will overruled. And I say that's true of all of us who are Christians. A boy who we just heard a moment ago, God overruled his will for his life, he overruled my will when I was 19 years old. And the same thing, even if you were converted at an early age in a wonderful Christian family, your will was to sin and to rebel, but God overruled your will if you're a Christian. And so praise be to God. Paul’s apostolic authority attacked in Corinth Now Paul is establishing himself right from the beginning. And this is going to be a unifying theme in these two epistles, 1 and 2 Corinthians, how he has to defend his apostolic status. He has to defend his apostolic ministry because it was under attack by some false teachers that came in afterwards, after he had planted that church in Corinth and they disparaged Paul. They said his letters are awesome, but in presence, he is not much to listen to. And that was one of the nicer things they said about Paul. Now, Paul wasn't on some kind of an ego trip here where he's defending his apostolic ministry because he's a power hungry person, not at all. He knows that the doctrine that we get in Christianity is tied together in some very rich ways with the people that give it to us. Remember how Timothy was led to faith, through the genuine faith of his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, and how Paul says in 2 Timothy 3, "You know those from whom you learned it." And so, it's truth through relationship, through personality it flows. And so, he's got to defend himself, not because he necessarily in and of itself wants them to think well of him, but he wants them, the Corinthians, to receive the truths that God is going to be pouring into their souls through him. And if the false teachers can disparage the source, they're going to start questioning the doctrine, and that's the issue. So he has to defend himself. He also mentioned Sosthenes our brother. Now Sosthenes did not, as far as I can tell, help in any direct way writing the letter. It's not from Sosthenes because throughout the letter he's using the first person singular, "I this, I that, etcetera." Paul's speaking in his own voice. This is a letter from Paul, ultimately from God through Paul. But he mentioned Sosthenes, Sosthenes was one of their own. He's a Corinthian man, he was a Jewish man, and he pops up in the account in the Book of Acts, in Acts 18, where the Jewish people of that area made a united attack against Paul and drag them up in front of Gallio, the Roman procurator, the judge there, and Christ kept his promise to Paul, "No one's going to attack you and harm you in the city. I'm going to put a bubble around you." And so he got accused, but they threw it out of court, Gallio had no interest. So then the Jews turned and attacked Sosthenes there in front of the court, beat him up, the synagogue ruler. Now, I don't know if he was already a believer in Christ or following Christ at that point, or if Paul came later and said, "Let me tell you about Christ," and just picked them up out of that beating and led him to Christ. We don't know the order, but anyway he became a follower of Christ, and so he's Greek. And then he describes the Corinthian church and it's so beautiful, look in Verse 2, "To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy." Now, those are timeless words. It's true of our church here in First Baptist Church Durham, this is true of us. "The church of God in Corinth." We belong to God, our God is a jealous God, and we are his possession, purchased at infinite price. We belong to God, the church of God, and it's in a locality. That's what local church is all about, it's the church of God in Corinth. That was going to be their sight of ministry, that was going to be their sight of temptation. You remember how in the letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3, Jesus said, "I know where you live, where Satan has his throne." And so there's a challenge in every city. And in Corinth, their Corinth, that's where they were going to reach. those are the people they're going to reach with the gospel. We're called to the Raleigh-Durham, The Triangle area, this is our region, it's what we're called to do. Now Corinth (we've already talked some about it a few weeks ago) is a city that is 50 miles southwest of Athens. Some years ago, a good friend, church member, Allen Carlson and I, we had the opportunity of traveling after I spoke to a group of missionaries to travel in Southern Greece in the Peloponnese and then we went to Corinth. It's one of the few Bible places I've ever been. And we were there checking into our hotel and it was owned by these two brothers. And so I said to these brothers who spoke good English, I said to these brothers, "Do you realize that your city is famous all over the world?" He had no idea. So I showed him 1 and 2 Corinthians, and he'd never seen it at all. It was funny but tragic. Funny but tragic. I think they would consider themselves Orthodox Christians, but they'd never heard of 1 Corinthians or 2 Corinthians. Called to Be Holy But then Paul says, "sanctified in Christ Jesus." And this word, sanctified, is very important. It's a little bit different than the way I usually use the word sanctification. What it means is, "set apart unto God as his own possession," that's what it means here. It's like a religious term, and it's rooted in the Old Testament and the Old Testament animal sacrificial system. There were many aspects, physical aspects of the animal sacrificial system in the tabernacle later in the temple that were called to be holy to the Lord or set apart unto the Lord. For example, the priest had a golden plate on their turban which said, "Holy to the Lord." So the priest was set apart unto God, the priest was his. And then other aspects, like they had this incense… They had a special recipe, and it could only be used there in the sacrificial system by the Levitical priests. It was holy to the Lord, it was sanctified unto God. It could not be used for common use. Or the same thing with all of their tithes. You're to set aside a tithe, the tenth of all of your flocks or your crop, whatever. It was to be set apart and given to God, it was holy to the Lord, it belonged to him. And so here, he's extending that to the church. You are all, all of you who are Christians, you are holy to the Lord, you're sanctified unto God, once for all. So it's a once for all sanctification that he mentions here. The moment you're converted, you become holy to God. Out of all of the world, you are set apart and to be God's special possession, that's what it means here. And he says, "called to be saints." Some of the translation say saints, but one of the translation is "called to be holy." I think that's a little bit better. If you just say saints, you check out and it's like "called to be saints," and you think of it in a certain way. But the word saint means holy one. And so, I really prefer the translation, "we're sanctified and called to be holy." You're thinking, "Well, isn't that redundant?" No, it really isn't. Now we're going to get into the other use of the word sanctification. That's not really found much in the New Testament, but the idea is there. And that is that we're called upon to become more and more holy in our thoughts and in our lives. We're called little by little, more and more to put sin to death by the power of the Holy Spirit, to become sexually pure, to be pure in our minds, to be pure with our money, to be pure in the way that we do everything, to be pure in our lives. We're called to that. And so there's this progressive idea of holiness. Now, all of the issues of holiness that this dysfunctional, divided, immature church was facing, it was challenging their holiness. I mean, they would have problems with factions and divisions, they had a church discipline problem, which there was egregious sexual sin. And then in the next Chapter, Chapter 6, Paul goes on to general sexual ethics and purity in terms of temple prostitutes and things like that. Then there's just the issue of marriage, divorce and marriage, single people and marriage, sexual purity in that area, and also just healthy married life. And then the problem of meat sacrifice to idols... It's a struggle for this church. And they were called to be holy in the midst of all of that. This Letter is For Us Now, this letter that we're walking through today is intended for us. We're not reading somebody else's mail. Look what it says in Verse 2, "To the church of God in Corinth, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-their Lord and ours." Well, that is our official permission to read this letter. That's us. Not only to that church in Corinth in that location and in that time 2000 years ago, but to all Christians everywhere. We are called on to read this. Just like in Revelation 2 and 3, where Jesus spoke to each of the seven churches, and then at the end of each of those letters to the seven churches, he says, "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Plural. By the way, whenever the word "church" is plural, you're talking about local church. There aren't plural brides of Christ. But whenever you see churches, you're talking about local churches. And so, that was a local church in Corinth, we are to read their letter because we're going to face the same things and look how he describes who we are, "All those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-their Lord and ours." Those are Christians. That's one way of talking about Christians. We are those who are in the process of calling on the name of the Lord. It's so important that you hear that. Yes, that's the sinner's prayer. Yes, it's true that when you call on the name of the Lord, you will be saved. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. That's the essence of the sinner's prayer. What I would say is, any genuine sinner's prayer that was prayed by a person who's right there in the midst of the process of being converted, and you share the gospel and they say, "What do I do?" And you say, "Call on the name of the Lord. Call on him, call on Jesus to save you from your sins." And then he prays, and I never feed them the lines on the prayer. If they say "I don't know what to pray," I say, "What do you want?" If you don't know what you want, then we need to go back over the gospel, including heaven and hell. Do you want heaven and not hell? "Yes." "Alright, good, then ask for that." "Do you want forgiveness of sins?" "Yes." "Ask for that." "Alright, I got it now, I got it. I'm alright." "Good. Now pray." Alright? If you don't know what you want, then we got to talk some more. But if you are ready now to call on the name of Jesus, he will give you what you ask for in his name. But here's the thing, that's just the first of many times you're going to do that. Let me ask each one of you veteran Christians… Are you done calling on the name of the Lord? No. Oh, you need him. And you actually, the more you grow and you're growing healthy, the more you see you need Him. And so you're actually continuing to call on the name of the Lord. "Their Lord and ours." And I love that statement. There's only one Lord, there's one God and Father of all, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. One. There is one work going on in this world. Only one. There's only one Lord, and He is both their Lord and ours. And you're wondering right now, "Pastor, only at Verse 2?" Are we going to get through this? I'm not worried about that. I actually forgot my iPhone, it's in my office. So I brought my watch. I'll glance at it from time to time. Let's keep going. The Riches of Grace and Peace Verse 3, "Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." Now one thing, this is a very common greeting. Any of you read the epistles? You hear it again and again. It's always the same and in the same order, it's always grace and peace to you. It's never peace and grace. Why is that? Well, you just need to understand what grace is. It is by grace that we are saved. What is grace? Grace is a determination in the heart of God. It's a disposition in God's heart towards sinners. I like to use the word "settled." It's a settled determination in the heart of God to do you good at many levels though you deserve to be condemned at every level. So that's a kind of a working definition of grace. It is a determination, a settled determination in the heart of God to do you good, you could add through Christ, it's only by his blood, to do you good who deserve wrath and condemnation. So I give a broad definition. There are big gifts of grace and little gifts of grace, but it's all grace. And so when Paul writes in all of his epistles, "Grace to you," he's saying this epistle is grace. The things you're going to learn and get from this is grace. God wants to give you more grace. So just like a moment ago, I said you're not done calling on the name of the Lord so you are not done receiving grace, you need more grace, yet more grace. Oh, God, would you give me more grace? Now, we've already have received grace if we're Christians. "For it is by grace we have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it's a gift of God, not by works so that no one could boast." So we have received the grace of full forgiveness of sins, adoption into the family of God, the indwelling Holy Spirit. These are all by grace. But here's the thing, you need more grace, you're not done fighting sin, you're not done with this dangerous journey that you're on, you need more grace, and this epistle gives it to you. And so with Romans and so with Thessalonians, all of these… "Grace to you and peace." So he adds peace. So grace first then peace. It's never peace then grace. Why? Because you have a sin problem and if that's not dealt with, you will not be at peace with God, and He will not be at peace with you. We read in Romans 5:6-8, it was up there while they were playing music. While we were still sinners, when we were still enemies, we were redeemed. At one point, we were enemies of God, but now, in Christ, you have been reconciled to God. You have been reconciled. You who are at one point alienated from him, enemies and hostile to God because of your evil behavior and evil mind now he has reconciled. And so you're in a status of peace with God. And what's the worth and value of that to you? God is not at war with you, He is at peace with you and will be for all eternity, a status of peace. Therefore, Romans 5:1, "Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." But now this is talking about peace to you, so there's yet more peace. And this is where I would call it peacefulness or a sense or feeling of peace, being feeling at peace with God. And what's that worth to you? That you're not anxious, you're not troubled, you have a strong assurance of your salvation, and you have a feeling of peacefulness. And so we're told, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God and the peace of God that transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." So grace and peace flow into you as you study this epistle. II. Paul’s Thanksgiving for the Corinthian Church (verses 4-9) Alright. So now let's look at the thanksgiving, Verses 4-9. Paul gives thanksgiving for the Corinthian church. I just want to stop and just give you an application right here. The more thankful you are, the happier you'll be in your Christian life, and the more fruitful you'll be. The more thankful you are for the gifts of God's grace to you, the happier you'll be, and the more fruitful you'll be, the better your marriage will be, the better your friendships will be, the better local church life will be. So start with thankfulness. If you're having problems with someone, if you're having problems with the church or whatever, start thanking God. Start thanking God for the grace you see in them, start thanking God for the gifts. And that's what he does here. Paul's very well aware where he's going in this epistle. We have some problems to deal with. We have some mopping up to do. We have some construction work to do. But I want to just begin by thanking God for you. And it's not a minor thing, it's not a light thing. He is genuinely thankful in his heart, look what he says, Verse 4, "I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus." I'm just thankful for the grace I see in your life. This was in CJ Mahaney's Humility book. Just one of the most humble and building things you can do is think it and then say it. I just thank God for the grace I see in your life. It's a beautiful thing to do. It really joins Christians together. So he says, "I thank God always because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus." Now, here's a key theological principle. If you thank someone for something, you think they are responsible for giving it to you. Are you tracking me? Alright. You don't open a Christmas gift and then thank another person in the room for that gift. That would be confusing to everybody, especially to the person giving the gift. If your wife gives you a beautiful sweater, you open it up and you thank your daughter, that's a bad moment. Don't do that, alright? And so, when Paul thanks God for the salvation of other Christians, what is he saying theologically? God is responsible. One of my favorite sermon titles that I've ever done, did it years ago. And it's theologically accurate… And if you don't think it's exegetically true, let's come and talk afterwards. It was Romans 6:17, "Thank God you obeyed." Wow! "Thank God you obeyed." To God be the glory that I obeyed. You got to believe it and the more you go on in the Christian life, you'll know exactly how true that is. If God had not worked, I would not have obeyed. And it comes right from Romans 6:17, "Thanks be to God that though you used to be slave to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed that form of teaching to which you entrusted." Take all the words out and have "Thank God you obeyed the gospel." And so he gives credit and he's going to say it at the end. Look down at Verse 30. I know we're not quite going to get there today. We might not quite get to Verse 8 today, I'm doing my best. But look at Verse 30, you see what it says? "It is because of him, [God] that you are in Christ Jesus." Wow! That's a theologically explosive statement. It is because of God that you are a Christian. And so he's just thanking God for them. I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. I'm just so thankful that we're going to spend eternity together in heaven. I'm so thankful that all these problems I'm about to write in this epistle, some day they'll all be gone and we're going to spend eternity one in Christ, and I just thank God for that. I thank God he knit you together in your mother's womb. I thank God that at the right time he saved you by the same gospel I was saved with. I thank God that we're now brothers and sisters in Christ. You have the same indwelling Spirit I have. I thank God for the grace I see in your life. And beyond that, he thanks God for their gifts, their spiritual gifts, look at Verses 5-7, "For in him, you have been enriched in every way, in all your speaking and in all your knowledge, because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore, you do not lack any spiritual gift, as you eagerly await our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed." So they've been richly gifted or richly blessed with spiritual gifts. Now, three whole Chapters are devoted to spiritual gifts later in this epistle. Chapters 12, 13 and 14 all deal with spiritual gifts, including the famous Chapter, 1 Corinthians 13, is really about spiritual gifts. So he's going to get to that. But what are spiritual gifts? Spiritual gifts, we talked about many times, it's very, very important you understand. Spiritual gifts are special abilities given to individual Christians for the purpose of building the entire body of Christ up to full maturity. Special abilities for building the church, and every single Christian has a spiritual gift package. It's the way I like to look at it. Not one gift, but an array of special abilities that enables you or should be plugged into a regular repeatable habit pattern of ministry. For me, it's preaching and teaching, there's no doubt, and I should be doing this. This is what I do. So I study commentaries, I write sermons and other things. And so I have a gift package. Every one of you Christians has a gift package. So the question you have to ask is, "Am I using it? Is there a consistent pattern of ministry in my life? Am I using my gifts?" But he's thanking God there because this is a super talented or super gifted church, the Corinthians were. And he zeroes in specifically on all their speaking and knowledge. They've been enriched in every way through speaking and knowledge. Now I want to reverse it: knowledge and speaking. Isn't it better to know first then speak? Just think about it, you'll come to the same conclusion. But anyway, I'm grateful for your deep, rich theological knowledge. You are solid doctrinally, for the most part. And you also speak out of that knowledge, that doctrinal truth. And those are gifts. And he says, "I thank God" and he's going to get in Chapter 12 into a whole array of other gifts like healing and speaking in tongues, prophesies, he's got a whole bunch of things, and we'll get to all of that. There are two separate things: To have knowledge and to be able clearly to speak it and articulate it are two different things. When I was a student at MIT, I was surrounded by some of the most brilliant professors in the world. Some of them were good teachers. I'm not trying to be unkind. They all, as far as I can tell, knew their stuff but some of them were not so gifted in speaking it. I had a hard time understanding what they were talking about, but others, it was crystal clear. They're really just two different gifts. It's like the difference between being a super basketball player and being a coach, they're just different things. But they were good at both, they had a solid doctrinal knowledge and then really gifted preachers and teachers and otherwise, they're a gifted church. Now later, Paul is going to actually be criticizing some of them for their flaunting of spiritual knowledge, that they are flaunting their freedoms with the meat sacrifice to idols and their knowledge wasn't tied to love, and they're forgetting that their knowledge should be bound together with love so that they could care for the weaker brother and sister. And so we'll get to all that in Chapters 8-10 but he's going to criticize them in this area and say, "Look, you can have supreme spiritual gifts. But if you don't have love, it's worthless." You know exactly what I'm talking about, 1 Corinthians 13, "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am nothing. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and I have all these deep knowledge, but if I have not love, I gain nothing. I achieved nothing. I am nothing." So we'll get to all that. But he's saying, You're blessed, you're spiritually gifted, but there's more to talk about. And so in Verse 7, they do not lack any spiritual gift. Everything needed for that local church to flourish in whatever ministries God has for them to do, it's there. And the same is true in this church, we are called on to fulfill a specific mission here in this church. We're not called to be everything for Durham and in Raleigh and in Chapel Hill. We're not called to be everything but we're called to be something specific, and the ministries that God has for us to do many of which I would contend haven't even begun yet. Haven't even begun yet. There are ways we could bless this region that we're not blessing yet. And some of you are going to have a vision for it. You're going to have a passion, not the elders, you. And you're going to move out and we are going to support that, and others are going to join you and we're going to see fruit, we're going to see people converted. You know what I want to see in baptism? I love all of the baptisms that we have, but they come in categories and I would like to see an increase in one category, someone that says, "I was lost until I met a member of your church who spoke the gospel to me and now I'm saved." Don't you all want to see lots of those? I want to see that happen. I was lost until I met so and so, they'd share the gospel and now I'm here. Pray for that. That's what I wanted because we've got thousands of people pouring into this area, thousands of lost people. Don't we want to see them converted? So that's what we're looking for here. But everything that we need to do the job is here already. And he says, "You do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed." So he's talking about the second coming of Christ, the second coming of Christ, the unveiling of Jesus, it's the same Greek word. You're waiting eagerly for the unveiling of Jesus. There is no book that so clearly portrays all of that in the details as the book we just finished, the Book of Revelation. And isn't it interesting? You probably didn't notice this before but the Book of Revelation ends the exact same way 1 Corinthians ends. It says in Revelation 22:20-21, "He who testifies to these things, [Jesus], says, 'Yes, I am coming soon.' Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen." So that's the end of Book of Revelation. Listen to the end of 1 Corinthians. "Come O Lord, the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. Amen." It's amazing. So what it's saying? A vivid, eager expectancy to the second coming of Christ is part of a healthy church life. So foster that. God’s Faithfulness Now, in Verse 8 and 9, he talks about the faithfulness of God's sovereign grace. He, God, will keep you strong to the end so that you'll be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 9, "God who has called you into fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord is faithful." Our souls are under constant assault by the world, the flesh, and the devil. We're in enemy territory. We are called on to make an escape from a POW camp 20 miles behind enemy lines, and they're sending out search party searching for us to kill us and bring us back to the prison. So it is with Satan and his demons in this world system. We're in enemy territory and your soul is being assaulted everyday to turn away from Christ, to turn to sin and to turn to wickedness and idolatry, and to turn your back on your confession. How do you possibly think you're going to make it through the next number of decades if God leaves you that long and still be blameless and trusting Jesus right to the end of your life? What is your confidence? How do you think you're going to do it? Don't underestimate the enemies that are arrayed against you. But here I'm saying to you, don't underestimate the far greater power of God to keep you. God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear but with the temptation will make a way of escape. He's going to say that later. And so he is faithful and he's going to keep you strong to the end in Christ right to the end. And we trust in that. III. Paul’s Appeal for Unity (verse 10) Alright, now we get to the problems. We've had the greeting, Paul an apostle, grace and peace to you, I love you, praying for you. Now let's roll up our sleeves 'cause we have some problems to address and it's going to be a series of them. He's going to go from topic to topic to topic, and this is the first one. Verse 10, "I appeal to you brothers in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought." So of all the many problems that he deals with, the first that he deals with here are their divisions and factions, their unity. And when you think of the laundry list of problems that are coming, why would you start with this one? But this is absolutely vital. It's essential for Christ's church to be evidently, obviously united. And he's appealing to them to stop arguing with each other. Stop arguing. There are disputes. He's going to say in Verse 11, there are disputes. There are arguments going on between you, stop it. You're like, "Well, can you just stop arguing?" Yes, you can. I've said this before, you know what I'm talking about. Two of you in the family are having some kind of discussion. There's some heat involved, and then suddenly, a neighbor comes by to borrow something or the phone rings, and you suddenly become sweetness and light. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Just like that. So at least it's true, and it's theologically true. You don't ever have to sin again. You could be in the middle of sin, and not sin the next sin because you're not a slave to sin. You can just stop, say, "What are we doing? Come to my senses. I don't need to do this. We don't need to be divided. We don't need to argue. Let's pray together." And so he's deeply concerned about their unity because when we get to heaven, we are going to be perfectly united in mind and thought in every respect, just like the Trinity is. It's based on the unity of the Trinity: The Father, the Son, the Spirit are one. Three persons in absolute unity. And so Jesus prays in John 17, "O, Holy Father, may they be brought together to display the perfect unity that I share with you and you with me." "May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me." So our evangelistic success will be tied to how united we are with one another, how much we obviously love one another. Perfect unity. And look at it, Verse 10, we're not talking about a sham unity, we're not papering things over, we're not going to acting school. We really do agree. We really do agree. Look at Verse 10, "That all of you agree with one another and that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought." Another translation, "Perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." So how do we do this? I would go over to Philippians 2:2. This is how you think and how you love. Your mind and your affections are totally one. That's what he's yearning for. Perfectly joined together. Like a beautiful piece of furniture where two pieces of wood come together so perfectly, like this pulpit, I can see it right now. I can see the different grains of wood, but I can't feel any two different pieces at all because the skill of the joiner, of the craftsman is so good. You know what I'm talking about? That we would have two different people or a whole group of people come together so united that there's no difference at all. Now you're saying, "How is that even possible? Can two individuals who are deep thinkers and have strong opinions actually agree about everything?" Not only is it possible, you're going to spend eternity completely agreeing with lots of strong individuals from all over the world. And we will agree about everything. The more we can be united now, the more powerful we will be evangelistically. IV. A Church Rent by Factions (verses 11-12) Now, what's going on is, somebody says, "I follow Paul, I follow Apollos, I follow Cephas, I follow Christ." The ESV translation puts an "or" in between each of them. So he says in Verse 11, "My brothers, some from Chloe's household, have informed me there are quarrels among you." You're arguing, and what I mean is one of you says, "I am of Paul, or I am of Apollos, or I am of Cephas, [that's Peter], or I am of Christ." Those are my favorite ones. They're like, "No, no, isn't that right?" Not like that, it's not. Because you've got factions. "I'm of the Jesus party." Those are actually maybe the most dangerous of them all. "We have Jesus. You can have Paul, you can have Apollos, Cephas," is what it said. But at any rate, the body of Christ is rent, it's ripped apart by factions and divisions. And this was common in Ancient Greece. They would follow philosophers and their schools. "I'm of Plato," "I'm of Aristotle," "I'm of Socrates," "I'm of Epicurus," "I follow that way of life." They're used to this. And the problem with it is, it's way too arrogant and prideful and man-centered. You're focusing too much on Paul or Apollos or Cephas. You're focusing too much. Let's start with the Jesus party. Is Christ divided? We all have Christ, there's one body. So, no, Christ is not divided. We are all of Jesus. But you're immature in your thinking, he's going to say in Chapter 3, "Because you don't see who Paul really is or who Apollos really is." Look at Chapter 3:5-7, he says, "What after all is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but God who makes things grow." He says, "We're nothing. We are nothing. Everything is of God." So don't think too much of Paul or Apollos, whatever. A number of years ago, I went out to be in a wedding, I was the best man for a friend of mine from college. And brought me out to LA, then he and his new bride went off on their honeymoon, and I was there and I was so excited. I made a hour plus drive up to John MacArthur's church. He had been my mentor by radio and I'm going to go hear him preach Sunday morning. Drove up there, it actually took two hours to get up there, traffic and all, and even on Sunday. I got up there, I was there in plenty of time, and settled in at the church there, Grace Community Church, Panorama City. Settled in, ready to hear John MacArthur, only to be told Pastor John is going to take one week off, he'll be back next week. And I was crushed. And then I had this amazing experience through the Holy Spirit, who spoke to me and said, "I'm here." That was a convicting moment. Who are you here for? Truth be told, I was there for John MacArthur. And he wasn't there that day, but Jesus was there. And I'm not saying that God doesn't raise up some servants and make them extraordinary. Paul was extraordinary, there will never be another Paul, ever. But he's not indispensable. And when he died, the church of Christ went on and flourished. And we have some gifted teachers here. For the next five weeks, you're going to hear preaching from other gifted men, and I praise God for them. But there's going to come a time, if the Lord doesn't return in our lifetime, we'll all be gone. I yearn that this church still be here and healthy in this community. And so, we're yearning to see younger gifted men and women use their gifts, and younger gifted men preach and use those gifts. That's our desire. And so, don't focus overmuch on the human servant. And one thing you forget, he's going to say this in Chapter 3, if you say, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," and you put an "or" between it, it's like you get Paul, you can have Apollos. No, you misunderstand, you actually get them all. You get Paul and Apollos and Cephas and John MacArthur and any of the other teachers as long as they're teaching the truth. All of the truth comes from God, and you can get all of it. You don't have to pick and choose, you get them all because all things are yours. We'll get to that in Chapter 3. Well, I'm well aware of what time it is, and I'm also well aware how many pages I haven't covered yet. I have no idea what to do. But guess what? I've got five weeks to figure that out. So, I'm going to stop here, I'm going to just say this as we close. Factions and divisions have rent Christianity for centuries. Do you know how many Protestant denominations there are? I didn't know. 41,000. Any chance there's some sin in there somewhere? 41,000 different Protestant denominations. But when we get to heaven, it's going to be perfectly united. So, by way of application, let me just finish by urging all of you. Paul's going to say, "When I was with you, I was with you in weakness and fear, and much trembling, and I resolved to know nothing except Jesus Christ and him crucified." If I take this whole book, I'm going to unify it under one thing. No matter how many and how severe the problems are in the local church, Christ and him crucified is sufficient for all of them. He's going to bring each of these problems to Christ, again and again. V. Applications So I appeal to each one of you. I don't know your spiritual condition. If you are here today and you know you're outside of Christ looking in, I believe God brought you here to hear that your sins can be forgiven through the death and the resurrection of Jesus, if you just have faith in Him. So trust in Him. Don't leave here unconverted. Come and talk to me. If you've got questions about Christianity. This is what I'm here for. And there are other brothers and sisters that will be happy to talk to you. So first and foremost, don't go to hell, don't be condemned. You don't know how much longer you have. Secondly, if I could just urge you also, just enrich your thankfulness. Enrich it in your marriage. Thank God for your spouse. And then your local church, thank God for this church. Thank God for the brothers and sisters here. Don't take Him for granted. Thank God for the grace you see in other people and express it to them. And don't allow your heart to become divided with other people here in the church. Take advantage. I would urge you, just go over these announcements and just look at them and look at VBS. And thank God for the spiritual gifts of Susan Fisher and others that just do this every year. I'm amazed. Do you realize how bad VBS would be if I were in charge of it? It would be awful. Not because I don't love kids, I do love kids. But specifically, the administrative things. I would not order the goldfish, I would forget to order the goldfish. And many other worse things would happen. So, I'm just praising God for that. Take advantage of the sack lunch thing. Let's draw together and love on one another. I'm going to close in prayer. Lord, thank you for the time that we've had, however brief, to study your word. Grateful for it. And Father, I just pray that you would take the word of God and pour it into our hearts, help us to know how much we need you to continue to save us. We have been justified, but you continue to make us holy. And help us to help one another. Draw us together in a remarkable, evident unity so that we can be a light shining in this dark region. As thousands of people are pouring in here to live here, help us to witness to them and show them the life that truly is life. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Throwing out some sincere Thank Yous to whoever is listening from wherever you are around the world. Soundcloud tells me the city that has listened the most is Panorama City in California, so whoever is listening from out there, this episode title is for you. If you are that listener (or listeners) from Panorama City, or Strasbourg in France, or Jakarta in Indonesia, or Wood Green/Birmingham/Hornsey in the UK, do feel free to say hello. It would be nice to put a (digital) face to the name. But nonetheless, thank you for listening. Also I end today's episode with two versions of the same song, which is still a work-in-progress. If that puts you off from listening anymore, well it was fun while it lasted. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter:  -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/saddestnightout --

Learn from experienced practitioners about the importance of rediscovering the Great Commandments to love God and your neighbors, some of the blessings, and the challenges and ways to overcome those obstacles.Lynn Cory leads Neighborhood Initiative, which brings together pastors and congregations to show the love of Jesus in neighborhoods where they live. He is author of Neighborhood Initiative and the Love of God and The Incarnational Church (with Lyle Randles). He served as the associate pastor of the Valley Vineyard in Reseda, California, from 1987 until April of 2015. Before that, he pastored a house church and was the college pastor at Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California. He and his wife, Jo, live in Porter Ranch, California and have three sons, two daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren.

Essense Nixon (Trivia with Budds Player, expert Pool Player) and Shawn Jones (Professional Gay-mer, haunted house expert) meet face-to-face in a best friend battle of trivia wits! Listen to stories of racist ghosts, wing manning both sexes, and hear Budds politely decline a gigantic bong rip. Category Round:  TV Shows by Alphabet. Listeners Quiz prize:  Trivia with Budds shirt! Email ryan@ryanbudds.com with the three answers to enter.    Essense Nixon: https://www.facebook.com/essense.nixon Shawn Jones: https://www.facebook.com/ShawnsDank Theme song by Frawsty: https://soundcloud.com/frawsty PARTY, EVENT, FUNDRAISER COMING UP? Book Budds for some trivia! Email ryan@ryanbudds.com for more details on how to make your event unique and fun. SEE BUDDS HEADLINE THE CHICAGO IMPROV SUN APR 23RD! TIX HERE: http://chicago.improv.com/comedian/tw-eventinfo/Ryan+Budds/7260465/ Hosted by Ryan Budds. For more info on all events check these sites: http://TriviaWithBudds.com http://Facebook.com/TriviaWithBudds http://Twitter.com/ryanbudds http://Instagram.com/ryanbudds http://RyanBudds.com FULL SHOW NOTES by listener Amber McGeachy: Guests:      Esseence Nixon        Shawn Jones  Intro (0:29)      Trivia with Budds      Logan (1:37)           Bad ass movie       Solvang with the wifey (2:13)           Hans Christian Anderson            Lots of mermaids           Someone should make a movie called 'Mur-maids' about murderous mermaids      Budds is featuring for Rod Man at Chicago Improv on April 20-22 (2:59)      Headlining at Chicago Imrov on Sunday April 23 (3:30)       Podcasting from Panorama City (4:37)      Can't think of a town Budds would want to take a panoramic picture of less.  Known Essence and Shawn for 4 years. Lowly trivia players from Budds hosting days at Lee's  Podcasting in a haunted house.    Shawn (7:38)      Big Gamer            VR Headsets                 New Resident Evil, Roller Coaster             For Honor      Gay Icon (9:10)           Male Rosie O'Donnell            Gay Chameleon. Only shows his stripes when he chooses           Shawn and Essence have been friends for 8 years Backyard Comedy Shows (10:24)      Follow the FB page    Essence (10:51)      Big Pool Player       Friends with Whoopi Goldberg's grand-daughter       Going to a pot infused dinner party at Whoopi's grand-daughters house.    Categories:   Shawn:      Childhood snacks (12:59)           cracker cheese sticks           gushers            fruit roll ups            fruit by the foot           PB & J       Video Games from the 90s (14:30)           Mega Man                 Budds borrowed the game from a friend and sold it for $3  Side Note      Yard Guard (15:39)           Essence - Playground Pit Boss. Someone should make this movie too.  Rick and Morty (16:15) Animated Movies that Made Shawn Cry       Lion King  White People Clothing and Shoes            Air walks       Slap Bracelets  Bonus: Matilda Dialogue Off (or Shawn will just do it)   Essence (19:43)            Human Anatomy (19:54)           Nursing school. Will be done in 2019      Movies with Aliens           Fifth Element Tattoo            War of the Worlds freaks Essence out      Scary Movies (21:42)           Friday the 13th            Get Out                 6.8/7 out of 10                 Psychological Thriller                 Creepy White People       Gay Celebrities (23:16)           Ellen            Eddie Murphy (?)              Essence pulls in the gay guys and Shawn pulls in the lesbians and they swap      Celebrity Dick Pics (24:52)   Mooseden in Glendale (25:50)      Scavenger Hunt Trivia           Didn't work too well    Topic Reveal (26:19)      Childhood Snacks VS Gay Celebrities    Trivia Showdown: (26:36) Buzzword: Dildo (27:10) Combo Question: (41:27)     What company made a commercial in Feb 2016 with 2 dads "for real real life"           Campbells Soup  Categories with Budds (43:06)      TV Shows through the alphabet  Tie Breaker: (45:25)      What sport did Budds excel in until 8th grade?            Basketball Shawn won by one point! Close game!   Prizes; (46:53)       2nd Place: Ultimate Warrior Mini       1st Place: Louie Anderson Tickets   Plugs: (47:59)      Find Essence on Snap Chat @ MajorLabiaaa    Listener Quiz: (49:20) Prize: (49:34)      Trivia with Budds T-Shirt  Who played BatGirl in Batman and Robin? What does TNT stand for (TV Channel)? What network airs How To Get Away with Murder?   Friday there will be a bonus episode (50:34)      Actors for Autism  Chicago.Improv.com (51:38) Rate Review Subscribe (51:58)

Hopsin sheds light on growing up in Panorama City, early days of rap and what he learned from his experience with Ruthless Records. The independent success opens up on the rise and fall of Funk Volume, the process of 'ILL Mind of Hopsin 8', and his reaction to Dame Ritter's response; also he explains current status with former label mates Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton & SwizZz as well as what to expect from his new label Undercover Prodigy.

John Adams, co-host of The Afternoon Commute, is the guest on this episode of Trans Resister Radio. Southern California, its history and its mysteries are the topic at hand. As a SoCal native John has a lot of good insight on this topic. http://theageoftransitions.com/index.php/radiobutton/517-john-adams-interview-california-dreamin-trr151 Topics include: California, Irvine, William Pereira, Orange County, agriculture, suburbia, city planning, planned communities, utopia, UC Irvine, dystopian films, brutalist architecture, strip malls, Joseph Eichler, Panorama City, Lakewood, McDonnell Douglas, war based economy, MIC, labor, commute, city, Mexican immigrants, drought, arid climate, weather modification, urban sprawl, Target Town, downtown LA, cooking, fast food, restaurant culture, cronuts, health food, Paul Bragg, aerobics, eastern mysticism, Manly P Hall, Crocker family, Alan Watts, Main Street, Orange, Garden Grove, Walmart, corporations, Long Beach, gangsta rap, cheap entertainment, Jordan Maxwell, cults, the Jesus Movement, Children of God, the Source, Sunset Strip, Annie Hall, Millard Sheets, Home Savings and Loan buildings, Masonic temples

The Unknowns (Reagan Arthur Books)    You will not want to miss this event! Gabriel Roth has delivered a debut novel that, to many, signals the arrival of the next New Big Thing. Eric Muller has been trying to hack the girlfriend problem for half his life. As a teenage geek, he discovered his gift for programming computers-but his attempts to understand women only confirm that he's better at writing code than connecting with human beings. Brilliant, neurotic, and lonely, Eric spends high school in the solitary glow of a screen. By his early twenties, Eric's talent has made him a Silicon Valley millionaire. He can coax girls into bed with ironic remarks and carefully timed intimacies, but hiding behind wit and empathy gets lonely, and he fears that love will always be out of reach. So when Eric falls for the beautiful, fiercely opinionated Maya Marcom, and she miraculously falls for him too, he's in new territory. But the more he learns about his perfect girlfriend's unresolved past, the further Eric's obsessive mind spirals into confusion and doubt. Can he reconcile his need for order and logic with the mystery and chaos of love? This brilliant debut ushers Eric Muller-flawed, funny, irresistibly endearing-into the pantheon of unlikely heroes. With an unblinking eye for the absurdities and horrors of contemporary life, Gabriel Roth gives us a hilarious and heartbreaking meditation on self consciousness, memory, and love. Praise for The Unknowns:  "What a funny, moving, brilliantly cut gem of a novel. An ever-shifting Venn diagram of love and logic, The Unknowns floored me." --author of Panorama City, Antoine Wilson "The Unknowns feels at first like a very great and very funny coming-of-age novel, about a high-school loser destined for Internet riches. But then suddenly you realize you're reading something much more powerful: a beautiful and painful story about the dangers of learning too much-and about how little we can ever really know about other people."--author of The Last Policeman, Ben H. Winters  "The Unknowns is so staggeringly funny and smart that its depths and sorrows, when they came, took my breath away."--author of Dare Me, Megan Abbott "Gabriel Roth's first novel is a warmly wry coming-of-age story and a darkly funny-and darkly resonant-satire of one effervescent moment in San Francisco's abusive relationship with technology. If Peter Thiel had backed a character from Infinite Jest, he would have gone on to look something like Eric Muller. A tender, comic debut from one of the coder-novelists of the future."--author of A Sense of Direction, Gideon Lewis-Kraus Gabriel Roth was born and raised in London and educated at Brown University and at San Francisco State University, from which he received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. For several years he was employed as a reporter and editor at the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He now works as a writer and software developer and lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. THE UNKNOWNS is his first novel. 

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Elmore Leonard and Albert Murray, Barnes and Noble's Nook reversal, the largest publishers in the world, high school reading lists through the years, and new ways to experience...well you'll just have to listen. This week's episode is sponsored by Panorama City by Antoine Wilson.

Panorama City (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Acclaimed local author Antoine Wilson (The Interloper) will read and sign his highly anticipated new novel, Panorama City.  Booksellers have been buzzing about this book since advance copies went out in the spring, and with its strong early reviews, it has all the earmarks of a hit in the making! "Wilson's second novel (after Interloper) is fresh and flawlessly crafted as well as charmingly genuine." --Publishers Weekly "God bless Oppen Porter! His innocence and lack of pretense are our good fortune and our delight. Under his observation, our follies and schemes and manias go up in the brightest, funniest, heartrending flames. This is precisely (and artfully) because he does not judge them. Panorama City is charming and absurd, very funny and, best of all, humane through and through." --Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers Antoine Wilson is the author of the novel The Interloper, and his work has appeared in The Paris Review, StoryQuarterly, and Best New American Voices. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is a contributing editor of A Public Space and the recipient of a Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin. Wilson lives and surfs in Los Angeles. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS, OCTOBER 17, 2012. COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM THIS EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE:  http://tinyurl.com/ba8a3u3

The aimless hero of Antoine Wilson's second novel takes the world at face value and wishes to impart wisdom to his unborn son, after a life of suspended childhood himself.

Antoine Wilson is today's guest.  He's the author of two novels, the most recent of which is called Panorama City, now available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says "Wilson’s second novel (after Interloper) is fresh and flawlessly crafted as well as charmingly genuine. Oppen Porter is almost 30, a guileless man who lives in a small central California town with his reclusive father in a house overtaken by nature….Oppen experiments with various roles—dedicated worker, student of religion, thinker—eventually finding his place in the world, framing a classic coming-of-age story in an unexpected way." Monologue topics:  Board, literary collage, experimentation, exhaustive cataloging, good news, publication. This podcast now has its own app, available (free!) for the iPhone, iPod, or iPad, and is also availalble (free!) for Android devices. To learn more about the app and how to get access to premium content, please visit http://otherpeoplepod.com/premium-access. Also: You can subscribe to the show over at iTunes, or at Stitcher, free of charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices