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3 episodes with phillip yancey
2 episodes with phillip yancey
2 episodes with phillip yancey
2 episodes with phillip yancey
Beskrivelse: Hvordan kan man inkludere Jesus som en del af hverdagen? Hvad er pointen med kirken?? Er man en 'dårlig kristen', hvis man ikke går i kirke eller læse i Bibelen eller sådan noget? Vi begynder samtalen her. Medvirkende: Maysie Keye (afd.-leder for Teens) og Heidi Axelsen (bestyrelsesformand i SABUS).AnbefalingerBøger: The Life You've Always Wanted – John Ortberg, If You Want to Walk On Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat – John Ortberg, Seeing Through New Eyes – Ty Gibson, He Chose the Nails – Max Lucado, Decisive Encounters – Roberto Badenas, Mere Christianity – C.S Lewis, The Table I Long For – Shawn Brace, Practicing The Way – John Mark Comer, What We Believe - Seth J Pierce Forfattere: John Ortberg, Joyce Meyer, Max Lucado, Brené Brown, Timothy Keller, Liz Curtis Higgs, Phillip Yancey, Ann Voskamp, C.S Lewis, Mark Finley, Morris Venden, David Asscherick, Ty Gibson, Shawn Brace, Nathan Brown, John Mark Comer, Pavel Goia, Seth J Pierce Film: War Room, Courageous, God's Not Dead 1, 2, 3, 4, I Can Only Imagine, Overcomer, Soul Surfer, One Night With the King, The Star, The Prince of Egypt, Joseph the King of Dreams Serier: The Chosen Podcast: Bible Books in 30 mins, Practicing The Way – John Mark Comer App: Storyline
En este vídeo, exploramos el delicado equilibrio entre la fe y el sufrimiento a través del testimonio y las enseñanzas de Danilo Montero. El Domingo 28 de abril de 2024, Montero compartió una poderosa reflexión sobre cómo la fe puede transformar el sufrimiento en una herramienta para el crecimiento espiritual. Exploramos la historia de un cantante y empresario mundial que, tras abrazar la fe cristiana, experimentó un giro sorprendente al anunciar su abandono de la fe para dedicarse a un negocio contrario al cristianismo. Este evento desencadenó preguntas sobre la relación entre la fe, el sufrimiento y la respuesta a la oración no respondida. A través de pasajes de la Carta a los Hebreos en el Nuevo Testamento, descubrimos cómo los héroes de la fe no experimentaron la realización completa de las promesas de Dios en sus vidas terrenales, pero mantuvieron su fe en medio del sufrimiento, mirando hacia una esperanza eterna. Con citas inspiradoras de Pastor Bill Johnson y Phillip Yancey, así como relatos personales conmovedores, exploramos cómo enfrentar el sufrimiento sin perder la fe, reconociendo que la vida cristiana es una carrera de resistencia, no de velocidad. Al final del vídeo, se nos anima a mirar a Jesús como nuestro ejemplo supremo de perseverancia y a mantener nuestra mirada en la meta eterna, confiando en que Dios está trabajando incluso en medio de nuestro sufrimiento para su gloria y nuestro bien. ¡Únete a nosotros en esta reflexión profunda sobre la fe, el sufrimiento y la esperanza eterna! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danilomontero/message
Carmen answers a listener question about how they can know that they have the Holy Spirit indwelling them, and how we can know what special gifts He's given us. Phillip Yancey, co-author of "What Went Wrong," talks about the spiritual hunger in Russia after the fall of communism, and how it was derailed by oligarchs and Putin. He also compares it to the spiritual hunger of the people of Ukraine. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here
In this episode, Angela talks to Christian Pregnancy Center COO Kristen Lonberger of Living Alternatives about their center's desire to treat their clients in a way that is congruent with their faith. They discuss how the practices of traditional pregnancy centers can make women feel shame and guilt, and how the staff at Living Alternatives has worked to ensure that their practices are both ethical and representative of Jesus. Guest BioKristen Lonberger is Chief Operations Officer for Living Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center; a faith-based non-profit organization that serves Illinois and Indiana. She holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Olivet Nazarene University and is working on her Master's in Organizational Leadership. Kristen seeks to empower others and is driven by the purpose of helping people step forward into freedom and a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. In addition to her role at Living Alternatives, Kristen is the Director of Family Ministries at Christ's Community Church of the Nazarene in New Albany, IN. Kristen is an avid reader and plant lover; she has been married to her husband, Dr. Carlos Lonberger, since 2003, and they have four sons together.Living Alternatives is committed to providing excellent care, compassionate support, and honest information to those facing pregnancy decisions through authentic relationships that display grace, honor life, and foster community. All services, resources, information, and emotional support are offered at no cost to the client.LinksProGrace Equip membership for direct service organizations: https://www.prograce.org/pregnancy-orgs ProGrace Transform: https://www.prograce.org/groups Living Alternatives: https://livingalternatives.org/ More thoughts on grace from Phillip Yancey: https://philipyancey.com/q-and-a-topics/grace
Do you often feel overwhelmed and like there's never enough time in the day? You're not alone. As a too-busy solopreneur or small business owner, it's easy to get bogged down in the daily grind and lose sight of what really matters. So in this episode, Trudy Rankin shares the 5 powerful daily rituals that she uses to stay focused, boost productivity, and avoid burnout. Trudy brings a wealth of experience to the table, having run her own online business for nine years and helped hundreds of people grow their online businesses. We also talked about: Changing your focus with a thought-provoking spiritual reading or practice. The importance of taking a daily walk and engaging with nature. A four-step process for daily planning, review, and reflection. Incorporating mindfulness breaks throughout the day. Practicing gratitude before bedtime. Listen to this insightful episode to learn how to incorporate these simple yet effective daily rituals into your routine and start feeling more grounded, focused, and productive. Want regular access to tips, techniques and advice from experts about growing your business? Sign up here. https://onlinebusinessliftoff.com/newsletter/ RESOURCES MENTIONED: Book: What's So Amazing About Grace by Phillip Yancey (affiliate link) Book: The Case For God by Karen Armstrong (affiliate link) Book: The Gift Of Pain: Why We Hurt And What We Can Do About It by Paul Brand and Phillip Yancey (affiliate link) Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear (affiliate link) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Fruits of the Spirit theme continues for Season 3 with acclaimed author Phillip Yancey. Together host Jennifer, the duo discuss the devotionals of John Donne (1571 - 1631 A.D.), a cleric in the Church of England and the exhibited virtue of patience. Where the Light Fell: A Memoir by Phillip Yancey Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University, and the author of several books, including The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints, Learning the Good Life: From the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before, and Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O'Connor and The Brothers Karamazov. Learn more about Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson. Information on Phillip Yancey: Growing up in a strict, fundamentalist church in the southern USA. Ever since, Yancey has explored the most basic questions and deepest mysteries of the Christian faith. Early on he crafted best-selling books such as Disappointment with God and Where is God When it Hurts? while also editing The Student Bible. Yancey worked as a journalist in Chicago for some twenty years, editing the youth magazine Campus Life while also writing for a wide variety of magazines including Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, National Wildlife, and Christianity Today. Learn more about Phillip Yancey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Fruits of the Spirit theme continues for Season 3 with acclaimed author Phillip Yancey. Together host Jennifer, the duo discuss the devotionals of John Donne (1571 - 1631 A.D.), a cleric in the Church of England and the exhibited virtue of patience. Where the Light Fell: A Memoir by Phillip Yancey Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University, and the author of several books, including The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints, Learning the Good Life: From the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before, and Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O'Connor and The Brothers Karamazov. Learn more about Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson. Information on Phillip Yancey: Growing up in a strict, fundamentalist church in the southern USA. Ever since, Yancey has explored the most basic questions and deepest mysteries of the Christian faith. Early on he crafted best-selling books such as Disappointment with God and Where is God When it Hurts? while also editing The Student Bible. Yancey worked as a journalist in Chicago for some twenty years, editing the youth magazine Campus Life while also writing for a wide variety of magazines including Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, National Wildlife, and Christianity Today. Learn more about Phillip Yancey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Philip Yancey is a familiar name in Christian households. Known for his many books, Philip spoke openly and honestly to Clayton about his recent diagnosis of Parkinsons Disease and how he still trusts a good and loving God who often chooses to reveal those qualities through his followers on earth. He has written many words on suffering and is now being called to put them into practice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Lisa and award-winning author Philip Yancey for a discussion about the revised and updated edition of his provocative book, What's So Amazing About Grace? Together, they uncover the secret to holding fast to your convictions, while also being respectful and compassionate towards those who think differently. In a culture that desperately needs civility with grace, Yancey challenges Christians to become “living answers” to the world's questions about the life-changing power of grace. Listen in for a conversation that will challenge, convict, and inspire you! Links Your God Knows Join Called Creatives Connect with Lisa Website Lisa Whittle - Instagram Lisa Whittle - Facebook Jesus Over Everything - Instagram Connect with Philip Website Philip Yancey - Instagram Philip Yancey - Facebook Philip Yancey - Twitter What's So Amazing About Grace
We're releasing last month's patreon-only episode on the main feed today. We talk about Yancey's book that came out in 2000 that validated doubts, disappointments and insecurities, while urging people to stick it out in Christianity, even if it didn't feel right. Krispin shares about how this book shaped his journey. Together, Krispin & DL reflect on it in the context of what we know from Yancey's memoir that released in 2021. We mention Yancey's interview with the I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist Podcast and their follow-up episode after the interview. We have a patreon-only episode up today about The Strong Willed Child by James Dobson. Become a patreon member to hear it! Joining patreon, you'll gain access to two extra episodes each month (like this one), our facebook community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. Leave us a voicemail at (503) 912-4130 or send a voice memo to propheticimaginationstation@gmaill.com. You can follow The Bad Place Podcast on Twitter and Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here and Danielle on Instagram here.
We kick off season 9 by welcoming back Philip Yancey. Having authored over 25 books, in which he has wrestled with God, with the Church, and with fellow believers, Philip Yancey has sold more than 17 million copies in English, and his books have been translated into 40 languages worldwide. Philip's bestselling titles include: - What's So Amazing About Grace? - The Jesus I Never Knew. - where the light fell With a journalistic, story-telling style, he invites readers to accompany him as he probes the deepest mysteries of the Christian faith, and challenges readers to live as followers of Jesus.To learn more about Philip Yancey's upcoming speaking tour please visit:https://effecthope.org/events/
Episode 173 Step 8 – Made a List of All the Persons We Had HarmedFrom the Life Recovery Bible, the full version of Step 8 is “We made a list of all the persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”The verse from the Life Recovery Bible that really drives home the overall need and purpose for this step is found in Luke, Chapter 6, verse 31: “Do to others as you would like them to do to you.”Who is the toughest person to forgive? Yourself! But until you and I forgive ourselves we'll not be able to grow in recovery. If you're not able to forgive yourself then how can you expect to forgive others? It's also important for you to evaluate all your relationships. And then, when you're ready and your list is completed – offer forgiveness to those who have hurt you and make amend for the harm you've done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.The three key points below offer a general overview of what Step 8 typically involves:Made a list of all persons we had harmed: In Step 8, individuals in recovery are encouraged to create a comprehensive list of all the people they have harmed directly or indirectly as a result of their addictive behavior. This can include family members, friends, colleagues, and others.Became willing to make amends to them all: This step involves developing a willingness to take responsibility for the harm caused to others and to make amends or restitution wherever possible. It's about recognizing the consequences of one's actions and being open to making things right.Prayed to God to help us become willing: Step 8 often emphasizes the importance of seeking spiritual guidance and strength to become willing to make amends. This may involve prayer, meditation, and seeking the support of a sponsor or accountability partner to assist in the process of making things right with others.We closed this episode with a quote from Phillip Yancey, a Christian author: “I can do nothing to make God love me more. Likewise, nothing I do will cause God to love me less.”acourageousrecovery.com
The gospel of grace begins and ends with forgiveness. And people write songs with titles like “Amazing Grace” for one reason: grace is the only force in the universe powerful enough to break the chains that enslave generations. Grace alone melts ungrace! (Phillip Yancey)
Phillip Yancey, “Grace, like water, flows to the lowest places.” (Taken from my friend Jeff Peabody's book “Perfectly Suited”) Unless we know and understand and begin to put into practice who God says He is and who He says we are, we will languish. The flourishing life we've been promised is rooted in relationship with the One who doesn't change. Today marks the beginning of our conversation in the spacious place around the messy middle—-the place between our knowing and living it out in our one ordinary life. Come join me as we keep practicing believing!
The idea of grace is so powerful and compelling that it can seem dangerous. What if we throw it around too easily? What if we give people a license to sin? How do we make sure grace is “balanced” by truth? But grace is always lopsided, it's always scandalous or it isn't grace. Grace meets us and embraces us long before we “deserve” it. The life of Paul shows us a living color demonstration of the scandalous grace of Jesus. “Knocked flat on the ground on the way to Damascus, Paul never recovered from the impact of grace: the word appears no later than the second sentence in any of his letters." (Phillip Yancey).
" If I fail to understand this teaching, I fail to understands him". - Phillip Yancey
JUDGES: A Faithful God in a Broken World "Idolatry: Everything Old is New Again" (Judges 17:1-18:31)For bulletin in PDF form click here.Message SlidesRight in Their Own Eyes - MacArthurManipulating God - YoungerContemporary Significance of Judges 17-18 - YoungerIsrael Hits Rock Bottom - HaysIdols, A Renegade levite, and a Rival Cult - ChisholmIntroduction: Canaanization Then and NowMicah Makes a New Religious ShrineRejection of God's instruction and authorityleads to chaotic lives that are too baffling to understand.(17:1-6)Micah Buys a New PriestYou can be religious without being spiritual. (17:7-13)The Tribe of Dan Seeks a New HomeWhen you are not fully committed to God's planyou can be deluded into thinking your plan is best(often convincing yourself it is God's plan).(18:1-7)The Tribe of Dan Buys a New PriestWhen you are pursuing your own interestsyou will often presume the favor of Godand twist your religion to affirm your pursuits.(18:8-21)The Tribe of Dan Sets Up a New Religious ShrineSelf-serving interests and pursuitscannot be covered up with religious rituals.(18:22-31) When God's people are ignorant of His instruction and rebel against His authority(putting themselves at the center of their lives)they are often indistinguishable from the world around them.Next Steps • Truth: Rejecting God's plan and authority creates chaos. • Warning: It is very easy to deceive yourself into thinking God is on your side when He is not. • Challenge: Be willing to live a life that is distinct from the world around you. This Week's Growth GuideGod's Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.•. Monday - Judges 17•. Tuesday - Judges 18•. Wednesday - Judges 19•. Thursday - Judges 20•. Friday - Judges 21Fellowship 101 | June 12 | 9:00 a.m.We invite you to join us Sunday morning, June 12, at 9:00 a.m. to learn more about Fellowship. This is a great opportunity to learn about our mission, values, and ministries. If you're new to Fellowship, join us in the conference room (first floor) to hear what God's doing and where He is taking us. During this time you will get to meet some of our ministry leaders and ask questions. We're excited to meet you! Register at www.fellowshipconway.org/register. New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you joined the Fellowship Family to worship this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect Card” and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Fellowship Kids VBS | July 11-15 Kids completing K-4th grades are invited to join us for a journey through Jerusalem, July 11-15, 9 AM-Noon. Registration is $5/child. Each child can invite one friend who they would like to hear the Good News. Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. Father's Day Slide ShowStart collecting your favorite photo of dad! The Fellowship Father's Day Slide Show is just around the corner. Submit your photos (1 photo only per family) to rmorrow@fellowshipconway.org. All photos must be received by Tues. June 14. Fellowship King of Smoke | June 12 | BeaverforkMen, join us as individuals and teams show off their grilling skills, all while hanging out and having fun. All men and their sons are invited to join while we partake of the meat that has been prepared by those competing. We are looking for 4-6 guys (or teams) to bring their best grillin' skills and be crowned the “King of the Smoke”. We'll make it easy, we will pay for the meat, you bring the smoke! Sign up at fellowshipconway.org/register Men's Book Club | June 2 | 6-8:00 p.m. “The Jesus I Never Knew” by Phillip Yancey. Get your book and join us Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. here at Fellowship (Room 2110). Come experience Downline this fall! Are you making disciples? Do you want to be better equipped in God's Word? For nine months, people from different Conway churches will gather at Fellowship to walk through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and be further equipped as disciple-makers in our churches, homes, and communities. Would you consider investing the time and energy in your spiritual life this next year by joining us in August of 2022? If you are interested in learning more about being a part of the Downline Institute that will kick off in August, please email Chris Kear at chris@downlineconway.com. Apply now at downlineconway.com/apply before it is too late. FinancesWeekly Budget 28,846Giving For 05/22 24,262Giving For 05/29 17,850YTD Budget 1,384,615YTD Giving 1,542,389 OVER/UNDER 157,773Generations CampaignTotal Pledge 1,535,065Received-to-date 1,643,118
Judges: A Faithful God in a Broken WorldSamson: Blinded by His WeaknessJudges 16:6-31For bulletin in PDF form click here.For Sermon Slides in PDF form click here.Samson SuccumbsPursuing passion leads to compromise.(Judges 16:6-18) Samson's StrengthThe Lord is the true source of strength and victory.(Judges 16:19-20) Samson Blinded, Bound, and BelittledThe consequences of sin and unfaithfulness are significant.(Judges 16:21-25) God's Deliverance and VictoryGod's purposes supersede self-focused followers.(Judges 16:26-31)Stay true to the Lord's call on your life, passionately and faithfully following Him.Next Steps • I will faithfully pursue what the Lord has called me to this week. • I will pray through my passions to ensure they line up with the Lord's purposes.This Week's Growth GuideGod's Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.•. Monday - Judges 16:1-31•. Tuesday - Judges 17:1-13•. Wednesday - Judges 18:1-10•. Thursday - Judges 18:11-26•. Friday - Judges 18:27-31FinancesWeekly Budget 28,846Giving For 05/15 22,494Giving For 05/22 24,262YTD Budget 1,355,769YTD Giving 1,524,539 OVER/UNDER 168,769 Generations CampaignTotal Pledge 1,535,065Received-to-date 1,642,738Fellowship 101 | June 12 | 9:00 a.m.We invite you to join us Sunday morning, June 12, at 9:00 a.m. to learn more about Fellowship. This is a great opportunity to learn about our mission, values, and ministries. If you're new to Fellowship, join us in the conference room (first floor) to hear what God's doing and where He is taking us. During this time you will get to meet some of our ministry leaders and ask questions. We're excited to meet you! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you joined the Fellowship Family to worship this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect Card” and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Fellowship Kids VBS | July 11-15 Kids completing K-4th grades are invited to join us for a journey through Jerusalem, July 11-15, 9 AM-Noon. Registration is $5/child. Each child can invite one friend who they would like to hear the Good News. Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. Father's Day Slide ShowStart collecting your favorite photos of dad! The Fellowship Father's Day Slide Show is just around the corner. Submit your photos (1 photo only per family) to rmorrow@fellowshipconway.org. All photos must be received by Tues. June 14. Fellowship King of smoke | June 12Men, join us as individuals and teams show off their grilling skills, all while hanging out and having fun. All men and their sons are invited to join while we partake of the meat that has been prepared by those competing. We are looking for 4-6 guys (or teams) to bring their best grillin' skills and be crowned the “King of the Smoke”. We'll make it easy, we will pay for the meat, you bring the smoke! Sign up at fellowshipconway.org/register. Men's Book Club | June 2 | 6-8:00 p.m. Starting Thursday, June 2, 6:00 p.m. we will delve into the book “The Jesus I Never Knew” by Phillip Yancey. Get your book and join us! Women's Philippians study Ladies, let's get in the Word together. Join us for the upcoming study: Philippians - “Where His Glory and Our Joy Collide.” Wednesday nights, beginning June 1 at 6:30 PM. Sign-up at https://tinyurl.com/3ht25fub. For childcare text Shanna at 501-336-0332.
Judges: A Faithful God in a Broken WorldSamson: Blind to His WeaknessJudges 16:1-14For bulletin in PDF form click here. For Sermon Slides - Click here AmbushThe pursuit of sinful pleasure has hidden dangers.(Judges 16:1-3) Astute EnemiesKnow your weaknesses, your enemy does. (Judges 16:4-5) Samson Falls for His MatchThe desire to be loved can blind you, leading to compromise.(Judges 16:6-14) Rely on the Lord for the strength to stay out of the enemy's entrapments meant to bind and afflict you.Next Steps • I will ask a close friend if they see any areas of sin in my life that I may be blind to. • I will confide in a close friend my areas of weakness and ask for accountability and prayer.This Week's Growth GuideGod's Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.•. Monday - Psalm 119:9-16•. Tuesday - 1 Corinthians 10:1-10•. Wednesday - 1 Corinthians 10:11-13•. Thursday - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10•. Friday - Psalm 103:6-18FinancesWeekly Budget 28,846 Giving For 05/08 30,165Giving For 05/15 22,494YTD Budget 1,326,923YTD Giving 1,500,277 OVER/UNDER 173,353 Generations CampaignTotal Pledge 1,535,065Received-to-date 1,641,578 Fellowship KIds Summer Volunteers Do you have a heart to see our kids develop a relationship with Jesus? Come join us as we partner with our families in leaving a legacy of faith. We are all called to make disciples and this is your opportunity to do just that. We have a place for you whether behind the scenes or face to face. If you are interested in joining us as we continue our journey through the Bible this summer. If you are interested in joining us as we continue our journey through the Bible this summer contact Heather McKinney at hmckinney@fellowshipconway.org.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you joined the Fellowship Family to worship this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect” section of your bulletin, tear it off, and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Fellowship Kids VBS | July 11-15 Kids completing K-4th grades are invited to join us for a journey through Jerusalem, July 11-15, 9 AM-Noon. Registration is $5/child. Each child can invite one friend who they would like to hear the Good News. Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. Father's Day Slide ShowStart collecting your favorite photos of dad! The Fellowship Father's Day Slide Show is just around the corner. Submit your photos (1 photo only per family) to rmorrow@fellowshipconway.org. All photos must be received by Tuesday, June 14. Fellowship King of Smoke | June 12Men of Fellowship this is a time to show off your grilling skills, all while hanging out and having fun. We are looking for 4-6 guys (or teams) to bring their best grillin' skills and be crowned the "Fellowship Smoke Master". We'll make it easy, we will pay for the meat, you bring the smoke! Email men@fellowshipconway.org. Men's Book Club | June 2 | 6-8:00 p.m. Starting Thursday, June 2, 6:00 p.m. we will delve into the book "The Jesus I Never Knew" by Phillip Yancey. Get your book and join us! Fellowship 101 | June 12 | 9:00 a.m.We invite you to join us Sunday morning, June 12, at 9:00 a.m. to learn more about Fellowship. This is a great opportunity to learn about our mission, values, and ministries. If you're new to Fellowship, join us in the conference room (first floor) to hear what God's doing and where He is taking us. During this time you will get to meet some of our ministry leaders and ask questions. We're excited to meet you! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register Women's Philippians Study Ladies, let's get in the Word together. Join us for the upcoming study: Philippians - "Where His Glory and Our Joy Collide." Wednesday nights, beginning June 1 at 6:30 PM. Sign-up at https://tinyurl.com/3ht25fub. For childcare text Shanna at 501-336-0332.
In his book, Finding God in Unexpected Places, author Philip Yancey discusses some ways the Father has made His presence felt.
Many parents contact the ministry of HOMEWORD looking for ways to share their faith in the Lord with their children.
Top 25 Tramp for the Lord – Corrie ten Boom The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me – Ian Thomas Moody Bible Commentary Humility – Andrew Murray The Pilgrim's Progress – John Bunyan The Case for Christ –Lee Strobel Why Revival Tarries - Leonard Ravenhill Knowing God – J.I. Packer What's So Amazing About Grace? – Phillip Yancey Secrets of the Vine: Breaking Through to Abundance – Bruce Wilkinson The Release of the Spirit – Watchman Nee Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God – Claude King and Henry Blackaby Steams in the Desert – L.B. Cowman True Spirituality – Francis Schaeffer The Knowledge of the Holy – A.W. Tozer Hinds' Feet in High Places – Hannah Hurnard The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters – C. S. Lewis Purpose Driven Life – Rick Warren The Prodigal God: Timothy Keller Desiring God – John Piper The Five Love Languages – Dr. Gary Chapman The Cure – Bruce McNicol, John Lynch, Bill Thrall My Utmost for His Highest – Oswald Chambers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
James Hein returns to The Well Mind to dive further into our spiritual wellness. In this episode, James and I explore the many facets of suffering and how it impacts our life, wellness, and relationships. Our discussion is wide ranging, touching on our experiences of guilt and shame, grief and loss, and the search for meaning and purpose. We talk about injustice, theodicy, anthropocentrism, and our justification through Christ. James offers insightful assessments of how constructing our worldly identity around our accomplishments, connections, and character inevitably leads to suffering, whereas rooting our identity in our status as redeemed children of God provides peace amidst the many storms of life. Notes from Episode 22 The Secular Age by Charles Taylor: https://g.co/kgs/zDh2Hq There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing by Adam Grant: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller: https://g.co/kgs/7R4nJo Disappointment with God by Phillip Yancey: https://g.co/kgs/UAe51H The Well Mind Podcast email: thewellmind@blc.edu
Today we're talking about the relationship Catholics may have traditionally had with the Bible, and the many ways we can engage with it today. Here are some resources I hope will help! If you'd like to chat further on this topic, you can find me on Instagram or at my blog. I'd love to hear from you, and thanks again to my talented friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in today's episode. 1. She Reads Truth and He Reads Truth, websites which offer themed reading plans and engaging online community. 2. Lectio Divina, an ancient practice of letting the Scriptures speak to you in prayer. Here's a good video primer on Lectio Divina from Fr. James Martin and a great step-by-step outline on how to practice Lectio Divina from Conception Abbey. 3. The Bible In A Year Podcast by Fr. Mike Schmitz featuring Jeff Cavins. 4. One Year Bible - lots of versions and translations available, this is just one of them. 5. Sacred Space - an online guided prayer website created by the Irish Jesuits which leads you step by step through a different scripture and reflections each day. 6. The Bible Jesus Read, a guide to understanding some of the Old Testament books and readings, by Phillip Yancey. 7. Beth Moore - Living Proof Ministries - Ms. Moore is a seasoned author and Bible teacher. Her YouTube channel features her many live teachings on a variety of Scriptures. (I have been moved to tears more than once watching Beth unlock the Bible and apply it to our everyday lives, and seeing her speak live a couple of years ago was a formative experience for me.) 8. Parish or online Bible study groups - check in with local parishes and churches, plus Catholic and Protestant colleges and universities for in-person or online Bible study group opportunities.
Emotional pain can bump our lives into behaviors that can hurt us further. But we can make a change by learning to listen to the pain, where it’s sourced, and what it wants us to do. He was in pain. I could see it, feel it, and totally understand it. I couldn’t take his emotional pain away, but I did want him to know one thing. She was also was in pain. In everything she said and did, there was an expression of emotional pain. I wanted her to know this one thing. The bumps of emotional pain We all experience emotional pain. Possibly pain has been one of the most contributing factors in the development of your self. You get hurt; you avoid what hurt you. The sharp chisel blows of life in some way have shaped your very being and doing. I keep thinking of bumper boats careering into you, pushing you this way and that. Perhaps when people express the words ‘God, I want to die,’ they are really simply wanting the pain to end. That pain of loneliness, abuse, shame, guilt, loss, rejection, etc. Those painful feelings become so overwhelming that they block out any light. The pain becomes such a normative experience that any belief that there is a life without that pain is beyond belief. When you’re in that place, there is no light. You’re surrounded and alone, in a darkness that is pounding against you. Storm waves of emotional pain keep crashing against the architecture of your brain. A Vicar is needed Jesus experienced pain. There was the crucifixion’s physical pain, which is beyond our understanding, but there was also the emotional pain. Something that we can understand. There was the pain of betrayal, vulnerable naked exposure, abuses, mocking, abandonment, rejection. Name the emotional pain, and Jesus would have experienced it. One of the most liberating words I have ever discovered is the word ‘Vicarious.’ It simply means to ‘do something or experience something in place of another.’ Vicar Jesus lived a perfect life on your behalf. He got everything right. Christ has also experienced every imaginable emotional pain that you are going through. He knows what being fully human is fully like. You have to ask yourself this question. ‘Would you trust a tour guide who hasn’t actually walked the path’? Jesus has walked the path and got the emotional wounds to prove it. Meet Your New Vicar When I am in emotional pain, I want a vicar. Someone who has been there, done that, and without any F.A.S.S. attitudes (Fixing, Advising, Saving, or ‘Setting one straight). When you are in emotional pain, you want connection. Alone, I die. Together, we climb. A vicar will be someone who will help you tease out the pain. What is the pain, and where is it coming from. What are the bumps and knocks causing you to do? They will also see where your pain takes you. Out of our being flows our doing. What habits have you created in your life to cope with emotional pain? Has that pain led to habits and demands to work harder, keep busy, perfectionism? The pain has an invite. What does your pain invite or even demand you to do? Pain can invite you into addictions: the bottle, the drugs, the porn. Maybe the shopping mall, the binge eating, the self-harm. Anything that numbs the loneliness, the shame, the loss. The young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God. Bruce Marshall. The World, the Flesh and Father Smith The invite of the brothel, or the porn website, is ‘Come. For the briefest of moments, we can dull the pain out of your existence’. The one thing to remember. You’re not alone. I want to talk about the pain I carry, but who will listen without F.A.S.S.‘ing me. We need to know that we’re not alone. When we are alone with our emotional pain, we quickly and easily succumb to the doing of things to dull the pain. We self medicate. I have a friend who has been there done that. Knows every imaginable pain that humanity has within itself. So I write to P.A.P.A. I journal and express that pain. As I express something gets relieved. Like the tension on a stretched out rubber band, it becomes relaxed. Some people draw and create art. Some write songs and sing. (think the laments of the psalms and lamentations) As I express, there is a quiet, soothing whisper that comes to console. Of course, you have to learn to listen for the words ‘I am with you,’ but in the darkness, they are always there. Then perhaps a new millimeter step of hope creeps into our being. A little movement can be a whole lot. We don’t need to reach for the stars when we have stardust in our hands. It’s a gradual thing—small millimeter steps. There will always be some element of emotional pain whilst in this human existence, but it doesn’t have to the dominant force. It can simply part of our shadow. There, but not dominating our vision. You’re not alone, never have been, never will be. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened [carrying emotional pain], and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Jesus Matthew 11:28-30 More Vicars Needed We need more good listeners who can point in their worn sandaled way to how their emotional pain has been transformed into something sacred and good. It’s about listening and being ‘with someone.’ So that when the emotional pain demands relief, wisdom is on the offer. A new millimeter path is available to take. It’s taking those journal scribbles and notes and gently reading between the lines to where the pain is. Then offering a prayer of ‘being with them.’ Emotional pain can bump our lives into behaviors that can hurt us further. But we can make a change by learning to listen to the pain, where it’s sourced, and what it wants us to do. Quotes to consider The heart and the key to the Christian message is the vicarious nature of the life of Christ. Yes, He died for you, but He also lived as you, and performed on your behalf. David Riddell Emotional pain always results when life’s experiences go beyond the answers we already have. Dig deeper for more wisdom or go on hurting. David Riddell Those who do not turn to face their pain are prone to impose it. Terrence Real Redeemed pain is more impressive to me than removed pain Phillip Yancey. Suffering often shapes and teaches us and precedes most significant resurrections. Richard Rohr Pain is the rent we pay for being human, it seems, but suffering is usually optional. Richard Rohr Unless a bishop, teacher, or minister has on some level walked through suffering, failure, or humiliation, his or her words will tend to be fine but superficial, OK but harmless, heard by the ears but unable to touch the soul. Richard Rohr Questions to answer Can you give examples of emotional pain? What behaviors or actions do you have that flow out of emotional pain? What quote above spoke to you the most? Further reading Barry Pearman Photo by Taras Chernus on Unsplash Get a weekly email to support your Mental Health * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name
Emotional pain can bump our lives into behaviors that can hurt us further. But we can make a change by learning to listen to the pain, where it’s sourced, and what it wants us to do. He was in pain. I could see it, feel it, and totally understand it. I couldn’t take his emotional pain away, but I did want him to know one thing. She was also was in pain. In everything she said and did, there was an expression of emotional pain. I wanted her to know this one thing. The bumps of emotional pain We all experience emotional pain. Possibly pain has been one of the most contributing factors in the development of your self. You get hurt; you avoid what hurt you. The sharp chisel blows of life in some way have shaped your very being and doing. I keep thinking of bumper boats careering into you, pushing you this way and that. Perhaps when people express the words ‘God, I want to die,’ they are really simply wanting the pain to end. That pain of loneliness, abuse, shame, guilt, loss, rejection, etc. Those painful feelings become so overwhelming that they block out any light. The pain becomes such a normative experience that any belief that there is a life without that pain is beyond belief. When you’re in that place, there is no light. You’re surrounded and alone, in a darkness that is pounding against you. Storm waves of emotional pain keep crashing against the architecture of your brain. A Vicar is needed Jesus experienced pain. There was the crucifixion’s physical pain, which is beyond our understanding, but there was also the emotional pain. Something that we can understand. There was the pain of betrayal, vulnerable naked exposure, abuses, mocking, abandonment, rejection. Name the emotional pain, and Jesus would have experienced it. One of the most liberating words I have ever discovered is the word ‘Vicarious.’ It simply means to ‘do something or experience something in place of another.’ Vicar Jesus lived a perfect life on your behalf. He got everything right. Christ has also experienced every imaginable emotional pain that you are going through. He knows what being fully human is fully like. You have to ask yourself this question. ‘Would you trust a tour guide who hasn’t actually walked the path’? Jesus has walked the path and got the emotional wounds to prove it. Meet Your New Vicar When I am in emotional pain, I want a vicar. Someone who has been there, done that, and without any F.A.S.S. attitudes (Fixing, Advising, Saving, or ‘Setting one straight). When you are in emotional pain, you want connection. Alone, I die. Together, we climb. A vicar will be someone who will help you tease out the pain. What is the pain, and where is it coming from. What are the bumps and knocks causing you to do? They will also see where your pain takes you. Out of our being flows our doing. What habits have you created in your life to cope with emotional pain? Has that pain led to habits and demands to work harder, keep busy, perfectionism? The pain has an invite. What does your pain invite or even demand you to do? Pain can invite you into addictions: the bottle, the drugs, the porn. Maybe the shopping mall, the binge eating, the self-harm. Anything that numbs the loneliness, the shame, the loss. The young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God. Bruce Marshall. The World, the Flesh and Father Smith The invite of the brothel, or the porn website, is ‘Come. For the briefest of moments, we can dull the pain out of your existence’. The one thing to remember. You’re not alone. I want to talk about the pain I carry, but who will listen without F.A.S.S.‘ing me. We need to know that we’re not alone. When we are alone with our emotional pain, we quickly and easily succumb to the doing of things to dull the pain. We self medicate. I have a friend who has been there done that. Knows every imaginable pain that humanity has within itself. So I write to P.A.P.A. I journal and express that pain. As I express something gets relieved. Like the tension on a stretched out rubber band, it becomes relaxed. Some people draw and create art. Some write songs and sing. (think the laments of the psalms and lamentations) As I express, there is a quiet, soothing whisper that comes to console. Of course, you have to learn to listen for the words ‘I am with you,’ but in the darkness, they are always there. Then perhaps a new millimeter step of hope creeps into our being. A little movement can be a whole lot. We don’t need to reach for the stars when we have stardust in our hands. It’s a gradual thing—small millimeter steps. There will always be some element of emotional pain whilst in this human existence, but it doesn’t have to the dominant force. It can simply part of our shadow. There, but not dominating our vision. You’re not alone, never have been, never will be. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened [carrying emotional pain], and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Jesus Matthew 11:28-30 More Vicars Needed We need more good listeners who can point in their worn sandaled way to how their emotional pain has been transformed into something sacred and good. It’s about listening and being ‘with someone.’ So that when the emotional pain demands relief, wisdom is on the offer. A new millimeter path is available to take. It’s taking those journal scribbles and notes and gently reading between the lines to where the pain is. Then offering a prayer of ‘being with them.’ Emotional pain can bump our lives into behaviors that can hurt us further. But we can make a change by learning to listen to the pain, where it’s sourced, and what it wants us to do. Quotes to consider The heart and the key to the Christian message is the vicarious nature of the life of Christ. Yes, He died for you, but He also lived as you, and performed on your behalf. David Riddell Emotional pain always results when life’s experiences go beyond the answers we already have. Dig deeper for more wisdom or go on hurting. David Riddell Those who do not turn to face their pain are prone to impose it. Terrence Real Redeemed pain is more impressive to me than removed pain Phillip Yancey. Suffering often shapes and teaches us and precedes most significant resurrections. Richard Rohr Pain is the rent we pay for being human, it seems, but suffering is usually optional. Richard Rohr Unless a bishop, teacher, or minister has on some level walked through suffering, failure, or humiliation, his or her words will tend to be fine but superficial, OK but harmless, heard by the ears but unable to touch the soul. Richard Rohr Questions to answer Can you give examples of emotional pain? What behaviors or actions do you have that flow out of emotional pain? What quote above spoke to you the most? Further reading Barry Pearman Photo by Taras Chernus on Unsplash Get a weekly email to support your Mental Health * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name
Prior to the release of his personal memoir, author Philip Yancey talks with Wayne Shepherd about his life story and writing.
We can live warped lives because of a shadow hanging over us, but that shadow can be removed if we face what’s causing the shadow and allow the light to flood in. Have you ever walked in a shadow? Of course you have, but you probably didn’t take much notice of it. We do it all the time. What about filtered light? Light that has been defused and filtered as it has passed through clouds. Again yes. We don’t notice it because we are used to it. It’s commonplace and the norm. Taking this metaphor a little further, we all live with a certain amount of shadows affecting our lives. What I am talking about are the shadows from the past. Shadows She is a grown adult woman, but she can still hear the voice of her father berating her. What about the man who never knew the fullness of a mother’s love, now the shadow invites him online. They and we grow used to the ambiance of the diffused light. It’s all we have ever known. Sure, at times, we get a glimpse of sunlight, of something different, but it’s so different that we don’t know what to do with it. We scurry back into the shadow. It’s safe. Normal and familiar. The Beetles sang ‘There’s a shadow hanging over me’ and the rock-solid belief in the power of ‘yesterday’. Plant in full light At the moment, I am pruning fruit trees. One of the trees I am pruning is an apple tree, but it’s on a lean. Not from the wind, or from being hit by some object, but because it’s hungry for light. Right above the tree, hang the branches of a large gumtree. Barry having dangerous fun!This larger tree casts its shadow over the apple, and the tree compensates to seek out the light. I really should cut the gum tree down. It would be quite a job, and to cut it down from the base would cause it to crash on the apple tree and destroy it. I would need to get a cherry picker and go up into the tree and cut it down section by section. I’ve done this sort of thing before. It’s kind of dangerous but so rewarding when you get to see the results of more light flooding into the garden. Turning to see The cause of the problem shadow will only be seen when we look at what is causing the shadow. I can look at the apple tree all day long and not solve the problem. It’s only when I turn my gaze and see what might be shadowing it will I come to an understanding. When we come to experience the full light, when we turn and see that which has its shadow on us, it can be like a gum tree has landed on us. For some of us, that’s what is needed. A deeply religious man, Saul, was one of those who had a light shattering moment. All this time Saul was breathing down the necks of the Master’s disciples, out for the kill. He went to the Chief Priest and got arrest warrants to take to the meeting places in Damascus so that if he found anyone there belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he could arrest them and bring them to Jerusalem. He set off. When he got to the outskirts of Damascus, he was suddenly dazed by a blinding flash of light. As he fell to the ground, he heard a voice: “Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?” He said, “Who are you, Master?” “I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you’ll be told what to do next.” His companions stood there dumbstruck—they could hear the sound, but couldn’t see anyone—while Saul, picking himself up off the ground, found himself stone-blind. They had to take him by the hand and lead him into Damascus. He continued blind for three days. He ate nothing, drank nothing. Acts 9:1-9 Saul thought he had been walking in the light. That he had been doing what God would have wanted him to do, yet he was in the darkest of shadows. The shadow of religiosity. Black and white, rules, and regulations, religion, and self-righteousness. What casts its shadow on you? This is an important work. Examing the shadows that are still haunting over you today. We all have them, and it requires a turning and looking up and back. What is casting that shadow? Is it the shadows of others gone long before? Generational shadows passed down from generation to generation. Maybe it was a parent, family member that hurt you. They may not even be aware of the infraction. Children are excellent recorders of their experiences but poor interpreters. David Riddell Perhaps its a shadow of something you have done, and you feel shame, guilt, grief, and loss. You’ve been warped by the shadow. You are stretching and seeking the light, but the shadow remains. Isn’t it time to make things new? Making all things new I believe God is on a love mission where they want to make all things new. And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 Paul found this newness. A gumtree had to fall on him to make him wake up to God’s presence, but for some of us, that is what’s needed. Better still to cut the gum tree down branch by branch. To slowly dissect the object casting the shadow and allow the light to flood in. Where to from here 1. Ask God to reveal what is casting a shadow.Jesus said these words about Spirit (Holy). The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn’t speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen. John 16:13 2. Own the shadow It’s a shadow that’s on you, so you need to take responsibility for it. Avoidance won’t shift the shadow. 3. Ask God for help in removing what is causing the shadow Imagine that huge gumtree and the enormity of the problem. You cant do it by yourself. We need someone larger and greater than ourselves. Supernatural goals need supernatural resources. Dr. Larry Crabb 4. Find others to help you dismantle the tree piece by piece. This will most likely be a journey of a lifetime. Removing branches one at a time. Safely and securely allowing the new light to flood in. Find someone to help. 5. Look for the new light and enjoy its warmth. As each small limb falls, there is a new light that dances around your life. You can grow straight, produce new fruit, and be enjoyed by others. You are one that has done the work and is now full of fruit. We all have shadows that limit the light reaching us. Surely we can pray and ask God to help remove the object that is a full awareness of their presence. Mental health is ... understanding the shadows we are living under and then beginning the process of removing the branches that hide the lightCLICK TO TWEET Quotes to consider Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin Those who do not turn to face their pain are prone to impose it. Terrence Real Redeemed pain is more impressive to me than removed pain Phillip Yancey. Questions to answer What has been a ‘shadow’ that has seemingly clung on to you? What would it be like to have some of those shadows removed and have more light enter your life? Are their experiences in your life that you might have recorded quite well but interpreted poorly? What would Spirit (Holy) want you to know as truth? Are you open to another interpretation? Barry Pearman Photo by Holger Link on Unsplash
We can live warped lives because of a shadow hanging over us, but that shadow can be removed if we face what’s causing the shadow and allow the light to flood in. Have you ever walked in a shadow? Of course you have, but you probably didn’t take much notice of it. We do it all the time. What about filtered light? Light that has been defused and filtered as it has passed through clouds. Again yes. We don’t notice it because we are used to it. It’s commonplace and the norm. Taking this metaphor a little further, we all live with a certain amount of shadows affecting our lives. What I am talking about are the shadows from the past. Shadows She is a grown adult woman, but she can still hear the voice of her father berating her. What about the man who never knew the fullness of a mother’s love, now the shadow invites him online. They and we grow used to the ambiance of the diffused light. It’s all we have ever known. Sure, at times, we get a glimpse of sunlight, of something different, but it’s so different that we don’t know what to do with it. We scurry back into the shadow. It’s safe. Normal and familiar. The Beetles sang ‘There’s a shadow hanging over me’ and the rock-solid belief in the power of ‘yesterday’. Plant in full light At the moment, I am pruning fruit trees. One of the trees I am pruning is an apple tree, but it’s on a lean. Not from the wind, or from being hit by some object, but because it’s hungry for light. Right above the tree, hang the branches of a large gumtree. Barry having dangerous fun!This larger tree casts its shadow over the apple, and the tree compensates to seek out the light. I really should cut the gum tree down. It would be quite a job, and to cut it down from the base would cause it to crash on the apple tree and destroy it. I would need to get a cherry picker and go up into the tree and cut it down section by section. I’ve done this sort of thing before. It’s kind of dangerous but so rewarding when you get to see the results of more light flooding into the garden. Turning to see The cause of the problem shadow will only be seen when we look at what is causing the shadow. I can look at the apple tree all day long and not solve the problem. It’s only when I turn my gaze and see what might be shadowing it will I come to an understanding. When we come to experience the full light, when we turn and see that which has its shadow on us, it can be like a gum tree has landed on us. For some of us, that’s what is needed. A deeply religious man, Saul, was one of those who had a light shattering moment. All this time Saul was breathing down the necks of the Master’s disciples, out for the kill. He went to the Chief Priest and got arrest warrants to take to the meeting places in Damascus so that if he found anyone there belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he could arrest them and bring them to Jerusalem. He set off. When he got to the outskirts of Damascus, he was suddenly dazed by a blinding flash of light. As he fell to the ground, he heard a voice: “Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?” He said, “Who are you, Master?” “I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you’ll be told what to do next.” His companions stood there dumbstruck—they could hear the sound, but couldn’t see anyone—while Saul, picking himself up off the ground, found himself stone-blind. They had to take him by the hand and lead him into Damascus. He continued blind for three days. He ate nothing, drank nothing. Acts 9:1-9 Saul thought he had been walking in the light. That he had been doing what God would have wanted him to do, yet he was in the darkest of shadows. The shadow of religiosity. Black and white, rules, and regulations, religion, and self-righteousness. What casts its shadow on you? This is an important work. Examing the shadows that are still haunting over you today. We all have them, and it requires a turning and looking up and back. What is casting that shadow? Is it the shadows of others gone long before? Generational shadows passed down from generation to generation. Maybe it was a parent, family member that hurt you. They may not even be aware of the infraction. Children are excellent recorders of their experiences but poor interpreters. David Riddell Perhaps its a shadow of something you have done, and you feel shame, guilt, grief, and loss. You’ve been warped by the shadow. You are stretching and seeking the light, but the shadow remains. Isn’t it time to make things new? Making all things new I believe God is on a love mission where they want to make all things new. And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 Paul found this newness. A gumtree had to fall on him to make him wake up to God’s presence, but for some of us, that is what’s needed. Better still to cut the gum tree down branch by branch. To slowly dissect the object casting the shadow and allow the light to flood in. Where to from here 1. Ask God to reveal what is casting a shadow.Jesus said these words about Spirit (Holy). The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn’t speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen. John 16:13 2. Own the shadow It’s a shadow that’s on you, so you need to take responsibility for it. Avoidance won’t shift the shadow. 3. Ask God for help in removing what is causing the shadow Imagine that huge gumtree and the enormity of the problem. You cant do it by yourself. We need someone larger and greater than ourselves. Supernatural goals need supernatural resources. Dr. Larry Crabb 4. Find others to help you dismantle the tree piece by piece. This will most likely be a journey of a lifetime. Removing branches one at a time. Safely and securely allowing the new light to flood in. Find someone to help. 5. Look for the new light and enjoy its warmth. As each small limb falls, there is a new light that dances around your life. You can grow straight, produce new fruit, and be enjoyed by others. You are one that has done the work and is now full of fruit. We all have shadows that limit the light reaching us. Surely we can pray and ask God to help remove the object that is a full awareness of their presence. Mental health is ... understanding the shadows we are living under and then beginning the process of removing the branches that hide the lightCLICK TO TWEET Quotes to consider Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin Those who do not turn to face their pain are prone to impose it. Terrence Real Redeemed pain is more impressive to me than removed pain Phillip Yancey. Questions to answer What has been a ‘shadow’ that has seemingly clung on to you? What would it be like to have some of those shadows removed and have more light enter your life? Are their experiences in your life that you might have recorded quite well but interpreted poorly? What would Spirit (Holy) want you to know as truth? Are you open to another interpretation? Barry Pearman Photo by Holger Link on Unsplash
This week in our morning reflections, Andy will be looking at the books that shaped him and molded him. Each day he'll be talking about a different book that is important to his life and his faith. Today Andy talks about two of Phillip Yancey's great books, The Jesus I Never Know and What's So Amazing About Grace. In Jesus, Yancey decides to look at who the Bible actually says that Jesus is. Not who has been told Jesus is, but what the Bible actually says. The answer may be different than you expect.
On this episode 107 of Men Unplugged, author and guest Phillip Yancey chats with Men Unplugged host, Jeff Jerina about the image of God. What does that mean? How does knowing this help you personally? How does knowing the you are made in the image of God help you cope with the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis that we face today? How does knowing that we’re fearfully and wonderfully made by God be a source of encouragement and blessing to others? In addition, you can obtain 2 additional (4 total) FREE resources when you get your copy of the Faith Without Fear book. The first bonus is an audio recording of something the Lord taught Jeff in March of this year. It's titled Mind Over Muscle and it’s a simple tweak that will help you share your faith even easier and with more confidence. Now, this is not a replacement to the Faith Without Fear book or training, it’s a quick fix if you find yourself stuck at times, not knowing what to say, or the fear of sharing the gospel creeps up from time to time - even though you read the book. It will massively help your witnessing efforts and if nothing else can help you in other areas of your life as well. The second resource is the full written transcript and template of this module. To get this special offer, visit FaithWithoutFearBook.com by May 31st. Key Resources and Points: LIMITED TIME OFFER: 4 FREE Bonuses plus FREE Shipping anywhere in the U.S. when you order the book, Faith Without Fear: How to Share What You Believe With Confidence and Power by May 31st. Visit FaithWithoutFearBook.com to order today! Read Show Notes Here: https://MenUnplugged.net/podcast/phillip-yancey
Q&A #152 Female Voice, Jesus a Nephillim, Inspiration, Sex, Joel Osteen, Enneagram, Evolution, Change the church and parenting 1. (1:29) I do enjoy your panel, but I think it would be enhanced with the female perspective. Where are the female pastors? 2. (2:30) Is Jesus a nephilum? And if so is that bad? 3. (5:15) Of course Jesus' words are the Word of God, and New Testament writers were eye-witnesses but is it really the only Word of God? I feel when 2 Peter and 2 Timothy talks about scripture being God-breathed, they are referring to the Old Testament (since that's all they had at the time). I am not saying many of their words were not Spirit-led (they were) but when, for example Phillip Yancey prays before he writes a book that the Spirit will lead him, will the Spirit not lead him? Will his book not also be led by the Spirit. In one letter Paul is specific to say that this particular opinion is not of the Lord, but of him (1 Cor 7:12). 4. (9:15) There seems to be a lot of different religious views on sex. In your view, what is the purpose of sex? Is it only for procreation? 5. (10:20) I've been listening to a lot of Joel Osteen sermons and I really have been impressed by God's promises to bless us materially, but my in-laws have been following his teachings for years and they are still poor as dirt. How come God promises material blessings to everyone but not everyone seems to receive those blessings?6. (23:09) What are your enneagram numbers? 7. (28:01) In previous conversations on this podcast, there has been discussion about the possibility of human evolution being a tool God used to created humans. Entertaining this possibility, at some point our evolutionary ancestors were really just animals and not humans at all. does that open the possibility animals can have some sort of relationship with God? Does that mean animals were also made in the image of God, or at least could eventually become a creature that is the image of God? 8. (35:45) I you could change one thing about our church, what would it be? 9. (37:40) I keep hearing that we need to parent our kids like God parents us. And usually the sentiment behind that is that God shows a ton of grace until he has no other choice but to use discipline. However it seems the parents that tell me this have kids that are out of control. I don't really know what to think about this because on one hand God's children, the Israelites, acted this way as well. But on the other hand, the wisdom of proverbs, and many other stories in the Bible, seem to promote discipline to ensure a child is not spoiled. Thoughts?___________________________________________Resources Listed(Video) L.a. Marzulli on the Nephilim - The Nephilim Trail by LA Marzulli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDW7VQozgB4&feature=share(Book) Lost World of Genesis One - John Walton(Book) In the Beginning - Henri Blocher
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The complete December 2018 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Phillip Yancey and Joe Gregory, hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.
Jeff was sharing this with Rebecca yesterday and this statement had such a profound impact on his understanding of grace. It comes from Phillip Yancey who wrote a book called, "What's So Amazing About Grace?" and here is the quote:"In one of his last acts before death, Jesus forgave a thief dangling on a cross, knowing full well the thief had converted out of plain fear. That thief would never study the Bible, never attend synagogue or church, and never make amends to all those he had wronged. He simply said “Jesus, remember me,” and Jesus promised, “Today you will be with me in paradise.” It was another shocking reminder that grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us."Isn't that incredible? You see, if we have the mindset that we have to bring anything to the table, then we have to bring everything to the table. It's not 80/20 or 90/10. We say all the time on the show that the only thing we bring to our salvation is the sin that makes it necessary. Remember that truth today!
Series: Life ChangeKEY MOMENTSJohn 11 Key moments in life can be positive or negative moments. There is an undeniable relationship between life change and unexpected circumstances. God uses every event to transform people into the likeness of Jesus and to build our faith in Him. John 11 The Story of Lazarus Biblical Lessons 1. God has knowledge of every situation we encounter. 2. In God’s economy, circumstances, pain, and tragedy are legitimate tools to change our lives. 3. Sometimes God creates tension in circumstances to solidify change. 4. God is near when your world is turned upside down. 5. God uses the events of our lives to get us to trust Him. What can you do when God uses hard circumstances to change you? 1. Seek God in all of life’s circumstances. 2. Try to find out what you are supposed to learn or change. A Bad Question: “What are you doing TO me?” A Good Question: “What are you doing IN me?” 3. Be patient when you don’t understand immediately. “The only thing worse than disappointment with God is disappointment without God.” Phillip Yancey 4. Hold onto God. His goodness will not change
"Absorb the priorities of the Kingdom of heaven and put its realities into practice." - Phillip Yancey
In part 3 of our interview with Dr. DiSilvestro, we ask him what his experience with suffering has been like and how suffering has impacted his faith.Dr. Robert DiSilvestro grew up on Long Island. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Purdue, Dr. DiSilvestro received his PhD in biochemistry from Texas A&M. He has spent the last 29 years as a faculty member at OSU, and now as an emeritus professor, Dr. DiSilvestro runs three start up companies based upon his research.Episode Notes:To learn more about Dr. DiSilvestro you can visit his TTI “faculty fellow” page here.For those struggling to believe because of pain and suffering in life, here is a good book by author Phillip Yancey called Disappointment with God.-----The Walk is a production of The Thompson Institute, a program of Cru at Ohio StateProduced by Aaron Badenhop & Jordan BrowningEdited by Seth Costello & Lukas MorelandMusic by Jordan BrowningSpecial thanks to Dr. Robert DiSilvestro
Sarah Arthur returns to the podcast as "A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time" is arriving in stores. We laugh our way through episode #140 and back at episode #59. Sarah is the author of numerous books and resources on the intersection of faith and great stories. Her first book was the best-selling youth devotional, "Walking with Frodo: A Devotional Journey through The Lord of the Rings," followed by the award-winning "Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Adventure through The Hobbit." She's also the editor of the literary guides to prayer series by Paraclete Press, including "Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide" (Jan. 2016). Sarah is a graduate of Wheaton Collegeand Duke University Divinity School, she speaks around the country on the role of stories and imagination in spiritual formation. She lives in Lansing, Michigan, with her young sons, Micah and Sam, and her husband, Tom, pastor of Sycamore Creek Church. A Light So Lovelyincludes interviews with people who knew Madeleine, including movie producer Catherine Hand and Madeleine's granddaughter, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, who wrote the book's foreword. Sarah also interviewed other writers/thought leaders including Phillip Yancey, Jana Riess, Sarah Bessey and Madeleine’s longtime housemate Barbara Braver. Be sure to look into Sarah's website for fall 2018 activities, including a podcast, in honor of Madeleine's would-be 100th birthday. Use the hashtag #mymadeleinemoment to share your favorite Madeleine moments on social media. Also keep Sarah in the loop with @holydreaming #alightsolovely! Lastly, Sarah has just finished her first novel which she has been working on for 15 years! She is currently shopping it to publishers, so look for that in the future. LINKS: Sponsor: United Faith Leaders alightsolovely.com #121 Coffee with Deanna Thompson #136 Coffee with Patrick Beaulier Madcap Coffee Michigan State University Books by Madeleine L'Engle: A Wrinkle In Time The Glorious Impossible The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention Books by Sarah Arthur: Coffee with God: 365 Devotions to Perk Up Your Day Walking with Frodo: A Devotional Journey through The Lord of the Rings Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Adventure through The Hobbit Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time
At several points in the study you have probably begun to question God, doubt Him, be angry at Him, or wonder if what you think about Him really makes any difference. We’ve brought many painful experiences to mind. When we look at them, we naturally ask, “Where does ‘the buck’ stop?” It stops with God (or whoever, whatever is in control… if anything is). It has been said that animals divide between herbivores (those eating plants) and carnivores (those eating meat), but that humans are verbivores – we live off of words, or, more accurately, off of the meaning we give to life through words. This is why we’ve emphasized the themes of story, journey, and identity so much. They are how we “digest” life. “No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to you more than you do. You are in an unending conversation with yourself. You are talking all the time, interpreting, organizing, and analyzing what’s going on inside you and around you (p. 56).” Paul Tripp in A Shelter in the Time of Storm In this chapter we will look at the unhealthy ways people commonly make sense of painfully broken relationships. Do not feel guilty if the way you make sense of your trauma is false. An abused child should not feel guilty for believing their abuse happened because they were “a bad kid.” The story is false, but seeing its falseness should bring hope not shame. God invites you to be very honest. “One bold message in the book of Job is that you can say anything to God. Throw him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointment—he can absorb them all… God can deal with every human response save one. He cannot abide the response I fall back on instinctively: an attempt to ignore him or treat him as though he does not exist. That response never once occurred to Job (p. 235).” Phillip Yancey in Disappointment with God Don’t get locked down trying to put your confusion into words perfectly or capturing your beliefs just right. Your hope is not rooted in your ability to articulate your experience perfectly, but in the freedom that comes when you doubt these false narratives enough that God can begin to replace them with truth. “There’s no single correct way to construct a person's abuse story (p. 147).” Steven R. Tracy in Mending the Soul One final introductory remark, you should realize you will not reason or re-narrate yourself out of negative scripts of codependency. However, until these scripts are put into words (Step 4) we just assume they are true. After we put these scripts into words we can grieve their influence over our lives (step 5), replace (step 6) these destructive narratives with gospel-rooted messages, and then how to more healthily engage life and relationships (steps 7 and 8) based upon the foundation of God’s love and personal dignity. To help you complete this step we will break this chapter into two parts: 1. 12 Potential Destructive Codependent Scripts2. The Journey From Facts to Themes to Story See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This is not the step in which you will answer, “Why did this happen to me?” But that is the question that drives us to make sense out of the defining experiences of our life, of which traumas are typically included. From the time we begin to annoy our parents with the incessant question “Why?” people seek to make meaning of and find order in life. Trauma crashes the narrative. Life no longer makes sense when something traumatic happens. If an event fit our existing narrative, it would have been “interesting,” “sad,” or “shocking” but not “traumatic.” By definition trauma, explodes our categories for living a life that seems to have coherence and direction.“Trauma can shatter an entire worldview in less time than it takes for the trauma to occur (p. 161).” Diane Langberg in On the Threshold of Hope In this chapter we will look at the unhealthy ways people commonly make sense of trauma. Do not feel guilty if the way you make sense of your trauma is false. An abused child should not feel guilty for believing their abuse happened because they were “a bad kid.” The story is false, but seeing its falseness should bring hope not shame. God invites you to be very honest.“One bold message in the book of Job is that you can say anything to God. Throw him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointment—he can absorb them all… God can deal with every human response save one. He cannot abide the response I fall back on instinctively: an attempt to ignore him or treat him as though he does not exist. That response never once occurred to Job (p. 235).” Phillip Yancey in Disappointment with GodDon’t get locked down trying to put your confusion into words perfectly or capturing your beliefs just right. Your hope is not rooted in your ability to articulate your experience perfectly, but in the freedom that comes when you doubt these false narratives enough that God can begin to replace them with truth."There’s no single correct way to construct a person's abuse story (p. 147).” Steven R. Tracy in Mending the SoulOne final introductory remark, you should realize you will not reason or re-narrate yourself out of having post-traumatic symptoms. False narratives may enhance post-traumatic symptoms, but they do not cause them. Identifying (step 4), grieving (step 5), and replacing (step 6) these false narratives help to disempower the memories of trauma so that the strategies of reconnecting with life and relationships (steps 7 and 8) have an easier time taking root. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Led into Temptation Matthew 4:1-11 The Season of Lent HAS to begin with the Temptation > The great point of Hebrews 4:15 - " This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin." (NLT) > It significantly effected Jesus; just look at the Lord's prayer: * "Lead us not into temptation" * "Give us our daily bread" * "Thy Kingdom come on earth" > Jesus was the only one who could have shared this story Where is the evil or the harm in these requests? > Stone to bread = feeding of 5,000; Physical safety = Resurrection; Authority now = Authority after the Resurrection > Malcolm Muggeridge - What should the messiah look like? * People's messiah? * Torah messiah * Kingly messiah? * Certainly NOT the Suffering messiah! Satan was tempting Him with a quick, non-suffering way to achieve the aims of the incarnation, the crown without the cross, to be human without the bad parts, to be the superhero rather than the Messiah > Isn't that often temptation's way, offering us the shortcut to security or pleasure that are in themselves good, but can be grasped in the hurtful, destructive way? > But looking over your own history, don't you sometimes wish God had been the conquering superhero, rather than the gentle Father? Why does God seem to sit on His hands? * Yet would we not find, like Elijah, that the Lord was not in the Wind, the Earthquake, or the Fire, but in the Still, Small Voice? * Satan was tempting Jesus to do things his way, the way that forces obedience rather than the way that encourages Love > "Yet what was offered Thee? There are three powers, three powers alone, able to conquer and to hold captive for ever the conscience of these impotent rebels [humans] for their happiness; those forces are miracle, mystery and authority. Thou hast rejected all three and hast set the example for doing so." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov > Satan's power is external and coercive; God's is internal and persuasive > Phillip Yancey, in The Jesus I Never Knew, "Only Love can summon the response of Love" Yes. Coercive power would only compel fear... Jesus chose... > God's kingdom, God's will, God's methods that promote love rather than compel fear > The path of self-sacrifice, the hard but GOOD path, the path that leads us to grace
Desire the Fire is back! Daniel and Chandler kick off Season 2 by catching up and talking about what has been impacting their spiritual walk. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made – Phillip Yancey https://www.amazon.com/Fearfully-Wonderfully-Made-Philip-Yancey/dp/031035451X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477068559&sr=8-1&keywords=fearfully+and+wonderfully+made
John 1:29-30 NLTLeviticus 17:10-11 NLT1 Peter 1:18-19 NLTGenesis 4:10-11 NLTRevelation 1:15 NKJVExodus 12:13 NLTJohn 6:53 NLTRevelation 12:11a NKJVGreat Resource for further study:In His Image by Dr. Paul Brand and Phillip Yancey
The most important question in the world: Who is Jesus Christ?Matthew 16:13-17 NLT2 Corinthians 11:4, 13-14 NLTJesus Christ is fully God.John 8:56-58 NLTIsaiah 9:6 NLTMicah 5:2 NASBColossians 1:15-20Jesus Christ is fully man. John 1:14 NIVPhilippians 2:6-8 NLT1 John 4:2-3 NLTLuke 2:1-7Luke 24:39 NLTIf Christ is not fully man, then he is not qualified to save us from our sins.Hebrews 2:17 NLTHebrews 2:14 NLTRomans 5:19 NKJVIf Christ is not fully God, then he is not worthy to be worshipped as our Lord.Hebrews 1:3 NLTGREAT RESOURCES:Who Is This Man? , by John OrtbergThe Jesus I Never Knew , by Phillip Yancey
Click here (or right click and select "save as") to download "Don't Waste God's Grace"Watch the full service here.Grace is complex in definition, but complete in its expression.Phillip Yancey says trying to define grace is like dissecting a frog in biology class.2Peter 1:2-3 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.2Cor. 5:21-6:2 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 1 As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. 2 For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. (Isa.49:8)Four Ways We Can Waste God's Grace:1. By relying on our own righteousness.1Cor. 15:9-10 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 2 Cor. 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.The definition of wretch is mean, base, and despicable.2. By Behavior That Dishonors The Lord. Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, A. License- “Since I'm under God's grace I can sin all I want.” Jude 4-5 …They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. 5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?B. Legalism- “I must obey the rules to earn God's love.”Gal. 4:9-11 How is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! 11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.C. Love- “Because I am loved, I love God, so I want to obey Him.” John 14:15 Jesus said; If you love me you will obey what I command. 3. By Failing to Grow as a Believer 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. A baby that does not grow is tragic. (Ken can we crop adult heads of church people we know onto baby bodies? One or two)4. By Assuming I Can Live Without God's GraceI tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation 2Cor. 6:2.“On your best day you are never good enough to be out of need of God's grace, and on your worst day you are never bad enough to be out of the reach of God's grace.”“Trust me now”“You have plenty of time”
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