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In this explosive interview, the Matchroom CEO fires shots over the Simon Jordan and Ben Shalom situation, reacting to the recent show clash drama and giving his thoughts on Dave Allen and Eddie Hearn. Smith pulls no punches as he defends Matchroom, addresses criticism, and speaks on the state of British boxing right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

De eerste emoties en pijntjes zijn een beetje gezakt, maar er móét nog uitgebreid worden teruggeblikt op de Giro d'Italia. Dylan van Baarle en Wout Poels hebben in de laatste week veel meegemaakt en vertellen hun versies van de verhalen. Want was Simon Yates nou boos op zijn ploeggenoten, de dag voordat hij op legendarische wijze de roze trui veroverde? En wat had Van Baarle dan anders moeten doen? Poels, normaal gesproken altijd de beste versie van zichzelf in de derde week van een grote ronde, haalde niet uit de laatste dagen van de Giro wat hij eruit had gehoopt te halen. En dus heeft hij zijn gedroomde trilogie van ritzeges in alle drie de grote ronden incompleet. Reden om nog een jaar langer prof te blijven? Zijn ploeg Astana is er in ieder geval alles aangelegen om zijn doel alsnog met hem te halen en is daarom in verregaande onderhandeling om zowel Van Baarle als podcast-host Marijn Abbenhuijs naar het team te halen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Key Bible Verse: "(Jesus) said to (Peter) the third time, 'Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. " John 21

(3:44) Bible Study: Acts 2:36-41 What does Jesus want the people to repent from? What do we need to repent from? John 20:11-18 The importance of oral tradition in the Gospels. (22:58) Break 1 (26:10) Letters: Was Jesus really a carpenter? How do you reconcile thou shalt not kill and the ability to bare arms? Father answers these and other questions. Send him a letter at simon@relevantradio.com (34:20) Break 2 (34:57) Word of the Day Gardener (37:51) Phones: Paul - My wife is Lutheran and she was reading Revelation 21: 1-4, why need no heaven Michelle - After the resurrection, Jesus waits for the disciples fishing and they caught nothing. Then they find Jesus with breakfast, and asks 'Simon, do you love me more than these' What are THESE? Karen - When Mary and other Mary go to Jesus tomb, who was the 'other Mary'? Ted - If a Cardinal is over 80, could he be elected Pope?

We live in an increasingly self-focused society, which only exacerbates the loneliness that plagues modern life. According to my guest Sah D'Simone, we are not meant to be alone; it is side by side with others where true wisdom flourishes.  He's here to tell us why connection is a fundamental piece of a deep spiritual practice, and how to connect with others authentically. Sah D'Simone is a spiritual revolutionary, mystic, artist, award-winning filmmaker, and bestselling author. He is well-known for hosting the top-rated Spiritually Sassy Show podcast and creating the Somatic Activated Healing (SAH) Method™. His trauma-informed approach is informed by his grassroots work in orphanages, homeless shelters, and rehab centers in Indonesia, Nepal, India, and the US. Sah uses his method to support Cedars Sinai Hospital as a member of their Spiritual Care Chaplain intern team. In this interview, Sah draws on his insights and tools to introduce a new way to transform the way we relate to others by releasing an “us vs. them” mindset, cultivating radical compassion, and creatively transforming our struggles into opportunities for awakening. In this way, we can deepen our friendships, build community, and heal the world.

Simon Delaney sits down with Anton ahead of the release of his new book 'Watching Over You.'Simon was a regular fixture on stage and screen for years and speaks with Anton on his decision to make the switch to writing after all the years of acting experience behind him.From Richard Linklater to Michael Gambon, find out who Simon was really starstruck by.Hit 'Listen' to hear this great chat.

"In today's teaching, 'Lead Us Not Into Temptation,' Dr. Corral helps us understand what Jesus meant when He said, 'Simon, Satan hath desired you to sift you like wheat.' Does the Word teach us about stages of temptation? How does the believer arm themselves to guard against lusts and temptation? Find out in today's teaching."

"And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.'" (Luke 22:31-32)

'SIMON JORDAN IS A NUMPTY' - FRANK SMITH ON FRANK WARREN & SIMON JORDAN SPAT & TAYLOR/CATTERALL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Episode Notes Nick Rehak of Rabbit Hole Podcasts joins Rob as the team try and figure out who is 'Simon'.

Adriaan en Simon spreken over: een vertaalfout / 4 mei / theater na de Dam / kun je geld verdienen met een podcast / het inspreken van je eigen audioboek / Gerrit Achterberg / Artis & zelfcensuur / bonus: de ongefilterde 4 mei-toespraak van Adriaan Storytel sponsort van deze aflevering. Maak gebruik van het aanbod voor luisteraars van de podcast om Storytel 30 dagen gratis te proberen. Ga naar: www.story.tel/vandisOp Storytel zijn vrijwel alle boeken van Adriaan, door hemzelf voorgelezen, te beluisteren: ‘De kolonie mept terug' / ‘Stadsliefde' / ‘Naar zachtheid en een warm omhelzen' / ‘Klifi' / ‘In het buitengebied' / ‘Zilver' / ‘Vijf vrolijke verhalen' / ‘Tikkop' / ‘Nathan Sid' / ‘Ik kom terug' / ‘Familieziek' / ‘Een barbaar in China' / ‘De wandelaar' / ‘Adje doet heel druk'Simon tipte ‘Dubbelspel' van Frank Martinus Arion. Adriaan laat een fragment horen van zijn favoriete voorleesboek ‘Alleen op de wereld'.Nieuwsgierig? Ga naar: www.story.tel/vandis en probeer het gratis uit!Het poëtisch intermezzo is gewijd aan ‘De werkster' van Gerrit Achterberg en aan Lidy van Marissing (winnaar van De Sybren Poletprijs) met het gedicht ‘hoe de koetsier'.Het gedicht van Van Marissing is te vinden op de onvolprezen website Neerlandistiek: https://neerlandistiek.nl/2024/04/lidy-van-marissing-verhoudingen/Wil je een vraag stellen of reageren? Mail het aan: vandis@atlascontact.nlEen optreden van Adriaan bijwonen? Data, tijden, kaartverkoop: https://www.adriaanvandis.nl/agenda/Van Dis Ongefilterd wordt gemaakt door Adriaan van Dis, Simon Dikker Hupkes, Bart Jeroen Kiers en Sten Govers (van Thinium Audioboekproducties). Volg de uitgeverij op Instagram: @atlascontactWebsite: www.atlascontact.nl© 2024 Atlas Contact | Adriaan van Dis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Simon Alexander Ong. Simon is an international Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author of Energize and Award Winning Life Coach. Through his coaching Simon helps leaders, entrepreneurs, organisations and celebrities to transcend perceived limitations and experience extraordinary transformations through the power of insight, perspective and energy management.Simon shares his career journey, candidly explaining that he began by running someone else's race. He started a career in finance as that felt like what society expected him to do. Alongside his job he discovered he had a natural passion for helping people in their day-to-day lives; a passion which ultimately led him to becoming a professional coach. His success led to TV work and the publication of his book. Simon reflects that ‘when you pursue the path that lights you up, that brings you joy you begin to open opportunities that weren't there before.'Simon argues that energy management, not time management, is the key to productivity, and that there are four dimensions of energy: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Mental energy is about your mindset, emotional energy is about how you relate to yourself and others, and spiritual energy is about meaning and purpose. Simon explains that if you are energy rich, even if you are time poor, you are going to get far more done in those hours and days than others might in months or years. Energy gives you the momentum to be truly productive. Simon discusses the impact of surrounding yourself with positive energy and inspiration: ‘the fastest way to make meaningful progress in any area of your life is literally to design an environment around you that makes it impossible not to succeed'. He goes on to describe how you can achieve this and enhance your workflow. Simon shared the story of the Energise cocktail, created at the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair to compliment his book. You can see the cocktail being mixed here.  Hosted by Jeff Dewing Watch the podcast on YouTube Discover Cloudfm GroupWebsite  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  LinkedIn

Yesterday, Leo Varadkar shocked the nation with his resignation as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael.He said: ‘I don't feel I am the best person for that job anymore' But who is the right person for the job? What qualities would you like to see in a new leader? Andrea Gilligan was joined by Eoghan Gallagher, President of Young Fine Gael, Adrian Cummins, CEO of the Restaurants Association, Peter Dooley, Dublin Renters Union and others to discuss...

Gethsemane is the greatest display of the perfect humanity of Jesus in the Bible, it also offers opportunities to ponder the excellencies and perfection of his character. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - One sacred day, God spoke to Moses from the flames of the burning bush. "Take off your shoes, for the ground on which you are standing is holy ground." What does this mean? Since God is everywhere, all at once, holy ground means that God was about to be uniquely revealed, revealed in an extraordinary way, and Moses's knowledge of God was going to be greatly increased by this encounter. "Draw near to listen. Draw near to fall on the ground in fear and wonder in worship and adoration." If that's true at the burning bush, then how much more true is it when we come to Gethsemane? Gethsemane is the greatest display of the perfect humanity of Jesus Christ in the Bible. It contains almost incomprehensible mysteries, but also tremendous opportunities to ponder the excellencies of Christ, His glories, the perfection of His character, His courage, His obedience, His trust in His father, His willingness to suffer for us, His love for us, His reversal of the disobedience of Adam, also His frailty and His weakness, His mortality, His emotions. All of this is on display. We will spend eternity in heaven, I believe, pondering these themes and others that flow through this account. This morning, we're going to spend just a little while on them. My desire, my goals with this sermon is first and foremost to exalt Jesus Christ our Savior, based on the words of this account, that we may worship Him with all of our hearts for what He did for us at the cross. Secondly, that we would understand more accurately the humanity of Jesus, His emotions, His submission, His mortality and frailty, His temptations, and yet His sinlessness. Thirdly, that we would understand the power of prayer in facing temptations, in strengthening us to do the will of our Father. Fourthly, to motivate us to trust in Christ's finished work on the cross, more than ever before. Fifthly, to help us understand the proper use of our own will, that we would learn to imitate Jesus Christ every day in saying, "Not my will, but yours be done," no matter what the cost. And sixth, to feel intensely personally, if you are a Christian, to feel intensely personally Christ's love for you. For you. In Galatians 2:20, Paul gives us permission to do this, to say, "Christ loved me and died for me. He gave Himself for me." It is right for us as Christians to say both Christ loved me and gave Himself for me, and Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, that multitude greater than anyone could count, from every tribe, language, people, and nation.[Revelation 7]. But in Galatians 2:20, “Jesus loved me and He drank my cup for me.” Here we're going to walk through all of these themes, and I don't know what the Holy Spirit's going to do in your heart as we walk through, probably a little different than He'll do in mine. But if those things will be achieved in you, then I will have preached for the glory of God in Christ. Let's walk first through the facts of Gethsemane. I. The Facts of Gethsemane All His life, Jesus lived under the shadow of the cross. B.B. Warfield, the great Presbyterian theologian, said the prospect of His suffering was a perpetual Gethsemane to Him. He said, in Luke 12:50, "I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed” or straitened, like in a straitjacket, "I am until it is completed." There is clear evidence in the Gospel. This is very important for us to understand. Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen to Him. In Mark 9:31, Jesus said, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days, He will rise." There's no doubt about this at all. He said it again and again. As Jesus comes to Gethsemane on that faithful night, the time had come for Him to face the cross straight on, and make a final decision about what He was going to do. The Lord's supper is over. They have finished the Passover meal. They have sung a hymn. They've crossed the Kidron Valley into the garden of Gethsemane. Verse 32, "They went to a place called Gethsemane." What is Gethsemane? It was a private garden on the Mount of Olives, probably walled off, owned by some rich friend of Jesus, who allowed Jesus and His disciples to frequent the place. It was outside of Jerusalem, across the Kidron Valley from the city, away from the maddening crowd of millions of pilgrims that had come from all over the settled world for the Passover feast. The word Gethsemane itself means “oil press”, probably included a physical press for making olive oil from the harvest of olives on the mount, and the crushing of those olives produced a reddish, viscous, precious fluid, olive oil, to flow into containers for sale or for use. But this also could stand somewhat of a spiritual metaphor for the crushing pressure, spiritual pressure, that Jesus would experience there, so intense that by the end of the time there, His blood was flowing like sweat, like great drops of blood dropping from His face. Why did Jesus go to Gethsemane? It was a place, a regular place of retirement and prayer, a refuge for Him and His disciples. It was commonly used by Jesus and His disciples. Therefore Judas, who had left by then to betray Him that very night, would know exactly where Jesus was going that night. It was His habit to go there. He made it His habit, because in part He wanted to make it easy for Judas to find Him that night and betray Him. This is evidence, clear evidence of His willingness to lay down His life for us. He was never a victim trapped by external circumstances He didn't foresee or couldn't control. It's not the case. John 10:18, Jesus said, “No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down freely of my own accord." It's vital to understand that. Jesus comes to Gethsemane for all those reasons, and He gives a command to His disciples, and He separates away from them. Look at verse 32-33, "Jesus said to His disciples, 'Sit here while I pray.' Then He took Peter, James, and John along with Him.” Luke tells us that Jesus separated from His disciples by a distance of a stone's throw, maybe 100, 150 feet, but He also took His closest disciples with Him. They were His best friends in the world, His closest friends, and He wanted to be with them at that point, Peter, James, and John. These are the same three, of course, that had viewed Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. It's amazing that these three saw Him at His most glorious, His most radiantly glorious in the days of His incarnation on Earth, and also would see Him at His most humbled and abased here in the garden of Gethsemane, eyewitnesses of both. He went there, Jesus did, He separated Himself so that He could pray. Jesus' understanding of prayer is infinitely greater than ours, clearly greater than Peter, James, and John's that night. Jesus knew it was only by prayer that He would be able to get through the cross, so He went there to pray. We see the awesome and the overpowering emotional distress that comes upon Jesus. First of all, it's stated in the accounts. Verse 33, “He began to be deeply distressed and troubled.” In Matthew 26:37, “He began to be sorrowful and troubled.” It's not only stated in the accounts, but Jesus says it about Himself. Look at verse 34, "'My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,' He said to them." "Jesus knew it was only by prayer that He would be able to get through the cross, so He went there to pray." These overpowering emotions, there are two words, we're going to save one of the words for later, but He says He's “sorrowful”. The root word has to do with grief, sadness of an overwhelming nature, usually associated with death. Then “troubles”. It refers to a distracted or anxious state of mind or soul, like someone consumed with anxiety about an impending event. His statement says, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow," as though He's surrounded by it. He's walled in by grief. There's no escape from it except by His own death, right there in the garden. "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow, even to the point of death," He says. I don't think this was just a phrase or a metaphor. I think it was literally true. I think He was literally close to dying in the garden of Gethsemane. So the Father has to dispatch an angel to strengthen Him. Luke 22:43, "An angel from Heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him." What an amazing moment that was. Aa amazing picture of His frailty, the frailty of the Son of God in His humanity. This angel that was dispatched from Heaven, was created by Jesus, and yet at that moment, Jesus is so much weaker than the angel. It says in Luke's account, Luke 22:44, "And being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground." This is literally true. We look at that, it's not just an analogy, but it's drops of blood. I would think then that what happened was His blood pressure spiked there in the garden of Gethsemane, the internal pressure so great that it seemed like the capillaries just under the skin burst, they couldn't handle the pressure, and the blood came out of the pores. I mean, not a little, a lot, and it's flowing down His face and dripping to the ground there in the garden of Gethsemane, great drops of blood. It seems quite likely that, had Jesus not been physically strengthened at that moment, He might've died right there in the garden. Then Jesus prays. Look at verse 35-36, "Going a little farther, He fell to the ground, and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from Him. "Abba Father,” He said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me, yet not what I will, but what you will." His physical position, He's on His face, He's prostrate, totally weak, helpless, submissive to God, as low as He can be. As Joseph Hart put in a 1759 hymn, "Come you sinners, poor and needy. View Him groveling in the garden, low your maker prostrate lies." And then the request is, “If it's possible, Abba Father," He said, "Everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me." For any parent of a child, this prayer must be the most heartrending you can possibly imagine. “Abba" means “daddy”. He's reduced to speaking like a little child. I can scarcely imagine what this must have done to His heavenly Father, who's the most perfect, compassionate being there could ever be, whose heart goes out to those that suffer, but especially His Son, whom He loved with a perfect love, with a love so complete that we can't even imagine how great that love would be. How much would Jesus's prayer rip the heart of a loving heavenly Father? "Daddy, you can do anything. If it's possible, take this cup from me." What loving father wouldn't do everything he could to alleviate the suffering, this kind of suffering from a child? But Jesus is also probing the limits of the sovereignty of God within the scope of His plan, “If it's possible.” Later, that same evening in Matthew's account, when Peter draws his sword to rescue Him from the cross, He tells him to put his sword away, and says, "How then would the Scripture be fulfilled that says it must happen in this way?" No, it isn't possible. Once it is written, once it is written, and God has made His commitment and signed it in the blood of millions of sacrificial animals, over centuries of history, and specific careful promises laid out in the prophets, there was no other way. What is this cup? How do we understand the cup? In Scripture, the cup in prophetic language frequently represents the judgments of God, the righteous judgments of God on a sinner or on sinful people or sinful nations. It's a regular pattern, the word “cup”. The most potent example of this word cup is in Revelation 14, "God's wrath and judgment poured out on the damned." Revelation 14:10-11, "He too will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of His wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb, and the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. There is no rest, day or night." That's the cup. That's your cup and my cup set before Jesus there in Gethsemane. It's Hell. It's the wrath of God poured out on sinners. Jesus is staring into the cup of the wrath of God, and understandably in His humanity, shrinking back in horror. The wrath of God is terrifying, God is a consuming fire. The wrath of God is His omnipotence focused like a white-hot laser beam on the destruction of His enemies. Jesus is shrinking back from that, from drinking the cup of God's wrath in our place. We could also imagine He's shrinking back from being our sin bearer. We don't understand the purity of the person of Christ. We're just so used to sin. 2 Corinthians 5:21 said, "God made Him, Jesus, who had no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." It's like having tons of raw sewage poured on a perfectly pure being, spiritual sewage. In the atonement, then Jesus, the only perfectly holy man that has ever lived, would become sin for us. He would bear the defiling sins of all of His people from every generation of history, all the filth and corruption, all the lust and murder, all the covetousness and greed, all of that poured onto Jesus as our substitute. Then we see the submission of Jesus. Verse 36, "Yet not what I will, but what you will." This is the centerpiece of this magnificent moment. This is the center of it. "Not what I will, but what you will." This is the greatest act of submission and courage in the history of the human race. More on this in a moment. Then we have the admonishment of the sleeping disciples, verse 37-38, "He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. 'Simon,' He said to Peter, 'are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.'" Matthew tells us Jesus said this to all three of them, but Mark focuses specifically on Peter. By contrast with Jesus, we have the weakness and the unbelief, really, of the disciples exposed here. Jesus specifically warns them of falling into temptation, not merely being tempted, but being ensnared and overcome by it. That's what it means to fall into temptation. He tells them that the remedy is to watch and pray. He also marvels at their weakness that they're not able to watch and pray with Him for even one hour. Peter in particular should have been getting ready for the most intense spiritual struggle of his life, but instead he's giving in to the weakness of the flesh. That famous expression, “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” That was Peter. Amazing also, isn't it, the shepherd heart of Jesus, to break off His intense prayer to His father, which He knew better than any of us, how much He needed, breaks that off to go back and check on His disciples, make sure they're praying, make sure they're getting ready for what they're about to face, to reason with them, to pray, and watch and pray. Then in verse 39, we have Jesus' second prayer, "Once more, He went away and prayed the same thing." Matthew gives a little more detail. "My father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." It's an evolution of the conversation that He's having with His father on this issue of the cup. Then He goes back, and we have the disciples' second failure, verse 40, "When He came back, He again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to Him." Luke tells us in Luke 22:45, "When He rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow." Then we have Jesus' final prayer. It's assumed in Mark and openly stated in Matthew 26:44, "So He left them and went away once more, and prayed the third time, saying the same thing." Finally the end of the account, verses 41-43, "Returning the third time, He said to them, 'Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough. The hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us go. Here comes my betrayer.' Just as He was speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priest, the teacher of the law, and the elders." Jesus has effectively faced His final temptation there in the garden and conquered it, and now He rises from His moment of greatest weakness, and goes forth mightily to conquer sin and death with unflinching courage. II. The Mysteries of Gethesemane Those are the facts of Gethsemane. Now let's talk about the mysteries of Gethsemane. A. W. Tozer said, "If you've never faced mystery in your study of God, I doubt whether you've ever heard a single word from God at all." We will not plumb the depths of Gethsemane here. The issue has to do with Jesus' incarnation, the theological mystery of the incarnation. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is perhaps the most profound mystery in the Bible. How can Jesus be both fully God and fully man? Many over the centuries have questioned this, and sought to deny one or the other. Dualistic philosophies and theologies like the Gnostics early on, and the Docetists, deny the humanity of Christ, saying He only seemed to be human. Gethsemane is a powerful antidote to this heresy. Jesus' humanity is on full display here, especially in His weakness, His frailty, His wavering, His fear, shrinking back, and to some mysterious degree, His limited knowledge. The fact that Jesus in His incarnation can learn things. We’ll get to more of that in a moment. Jesus's emotional life is real and full and perfect. He fully displays the reality of His title, Man of Sorrows. How then can Christ be both omnipotent deity and this weak humanity? How do we understand and explain His stunning fear of death? Lots of people face death more courageously, overtly courageously than this. It's not that rare a story. Soldiers that are willing just to die, so that others may live. That actually is not all that rare. Socrates famously took the cup of hemlock, knowing it was his own death in that cup, unflinchingly drank it to the bottom and died. But Jesus seems different, just a quantum level difference. Martin Luther said, "No man ever feared death like this man." How can we understand this? How can the infinite creator of all things visible and invisible need help from an angel? How can He need strengthening? How can He shrink back like this from death? So, clearly the answers to all these questions is a mystery, but it shows clearly the humanity of Christ. We get to verse 33, and here I want to show you something that, unless you have the KJV, you won't see. The King James Version is the only version that translates the Greek word in the simplest way, the most direct way. "Now, when Christ entered Gethsemane, He knew exactly what was going to happen to Him factually." Factually. He knew He would most certainly die on the cross as a ransom for sinners. But apparently, it seems, there was a dimension of knowing that was withheld from Him by His father until this moment. Why do I say that? There's a shocking word in the KJV translation of verse 33, which accurately translates. It's not a mistranslation, it’s a good translation. "And He taketh with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy." Sore amazed. The word “amazed” stops us in our tracks. The word “sore” just means extremely, like overwhelmed with amazement. So in some mysterious way, Jesus was amazed at Gethsemane. The same word is used of a crowd reaction to Jesus's ministry, or to the apostles healing of the lame beggar in Acts 3. It is frequently translated in those places, “astonished.” It implies some sense of wonder or surprise. Something is hitting Jesus here that He didn't see coming, and hence He is sore amazed. How does that apply to Jesus at Gethsemane? I believe that when Jesus began to pray, the Father revealed to Him in an immeasurably more vivid way, to His soul, to His mind and His soul, what it would actually be like to drink the cup of His wrath on the cross as our substitute. Drinking the cup of God's wrath poured full strength on Him. The revelation occurred within Jesus's mind and soul, and knocked Him to the ground. This kind of showing or display language was essential to Jesus' role and His daily ministry, actually. In John 5:20, Jesus said, "The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. Yes, to your amazement, He will show Him even greater things than these." More in general in the Scripture, this is a regular pattern, that the prophets were shown spiritual visions and realities in the spiritual realm. They had visions and dimensions like Ezekiel, of wheels within wheels and all that. This is prophetic vision. This is common, actually. But Jesus says He openly got His marching orders from the Father daily. He doesn't say any word except what the Father has told Him to say. He doesn't do anything except what the Father is doing. The Father shows the Son what He's doing. What did He show Him in Gethsemane? He showed Him the cup. "Father, what are we doing next?" "Well, today I'm going to kill you. Kill you for the sins of the world. That's what we're doing next, and this is what it'll be like." It's akin to the difference between seeing an old black and white photo of the Grand Canyon and seeing like an IMAX movie or a virtual reality helicopter tour through the ravine itself. It's just a whole different level of impression made to the mind. As Christ began to pray, God turned up the intensity in Christ's mind of what it would actually be like to drink the cup of His wrath, to absorb the lightning of His indignation, to go through Hell in our place as our substitute, and it knocked Him to the ground, it increased His blood pressure so it spiked, He starts bleeding out of His pores. Why did He do it? Why did the Father do this? I think He did it, I believe, to give Christ the ability to make a more informed choice of whether He would do it or not, whether He would go through with their plan. He refrained from doing it earlier, because look what happened to Him. I mean, the human body can only stand so much strain. It would've been too great for Him to bear. I think, in effect, some infinitely mysterious conversation went on between the Father and the Son. The Father shows the Son the cup, and then the Father says, "Son, this is what the cup of my wrath will be like for you to drink." Jesus answered, "Father, is it possible for me to save my people without drinking that terrifying cup?" The Father. "Son, no. There is no other way. Will you do it anyway?" And now comes what I've called the most heroic moment in human history. "If it is not possible to save my people any other way than drinking that cup, may your will be done." If you ever don't feel loved by God, think about that moment. Think about that. That's your cup He drank, mine too. At that moment, Christ put His own will completely under the will of the Father. At that moment, as I said, He overturned the wretched choice made by the first Adam, that he had made in the Garden of Eden. All the wretched choices that the sons and daughters of Adam have made since by their willful sinning, that's yours and mine, all the bad choices we have made, He overturned all of that. Here, Christ showed the proper use of human will, and that is to do the will of God. So, bow your head and worship all generations of Christians. This is the most perfect act of obedience ever. We also have the mystery of Jesus' prayer. Is His will somehow different than the Father's? Are they at cross-purposes? Some have wondered if the wrestling Jesus displayed in Gethsemane, "If it is possible, take this cup from me," was indicative that His will was somehow against the cross, as though He's battling within Himself, as though He and the Father disagreed about this. In general, we just as Christians have to treat Gethsemane like holy ground, and limit your speculation, and don't go too far. Jesus has said plainly in John 10:30, "I and the Father are one." No doubt about that. He wasn't against the Father's will. He loved the Father's will. Isaiah 53:10 says, "It was the Lord's will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer. And though the Lord makes His life a guilt offering, He will see His offspring and prolong His days. The will of the Lord will prosper in His hand." It's so beautiful. It's like the Father wrote a magnificent concerto, and Jesus the soloist played it to perfection. He made it beautiful. The will of the Lord prospers. No, they're not at cross-purposes, not at all. It just shows that the cost to Jesus, and indeed to the Father, was infinitely high, and the Father was willing to pay it. He did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up to this for us all. III. The Glories of Gethsemane Finally, the glories of Gethsemane. We've said, the free will of Jesus, properly on display. Jesus went to the cross of His own free will. He was not coerced, He was not forced. Therefore, for those that talk often about free will, this is free will. This is what free will looks like. He had no sin nature holding Him back, no corruption. He was free, and He used it perfectly to do the will of God. That's what it's for. That's what free will is for, to do the will of God. Because the Father has a will, too. Our will is patterned after the fact that the Father has a will. Jesus taught us that the best use of human will is to find its joy and its delight and its fruitfulness in the will of God. He taught us that. From this moment in time on, Jesus will only be able to escape the cross by a direct application of His supernatural power, His wonder-working power, to get out of it. Physical forces will come on Him at the end of this account and seize Him, and the only way He'll be able to get out of it is by using His power. And He could do it, but He was not going to do it. This is His last moment of freedom, and He gave it up willingly. Therefore, we need to understand the significance of this choice theologically, Romans 3:26. Some have blasphemously, I don't even want to say these words, but blasphemously called the idea of substitutionary atonement Heavenly child abuse, as the Father's crushing His son in some way. Rather, in Gethsemane we have God the Father revealing to the Son as much as He possibly could do, what it would be like to drink the cup, and asking Jesus to make a choice, and He did. Therefore, it was of His own free will that He did it. "Not my will, but yours be done." This removes any charge of injustice against the Father concerning substitutionary atonement. Romans 3:25, "God put Jesus forward as a propitiation by His blood to be received by faith." Propitiation is the one who removes the wrath of God by drinking the cup. Romans 3:26, "He did it to demonstrate His justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus." It is a perfect display of justice, not injustice. Why? Because in part of this transaction that we've been describing here. The willingness of Jesus to do it removes any charge of injustice. We see also the obedience of Jesus versus the disobedience of Adam. I've mentioned it, but the clear parallel is set up in Romans 5:19, "Just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man, the many will be made righteous." That's staggering. You know what that means? By Jesus's obedience, He makes you righteous, if you're a Christian. What that means is He makes you obedient, positionally obedient. You are seen by God in Christ at the moment of your conversion to be as obedient as Jesus. How about that? That is our imputed righteousness. It's staggering. This is the righteousness given to you as a gift. God sees you as obedient as Jesus was there in Gethsemane, as a gift. What is that act of obedience? It's His willingness to die on the cross. Philippians 2:8, "Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross." Then Hebrews 5:8-9, "Although He was a son, He learned obedience." What a staggering phrase that is. "He learned obedience from what He suffered, and once made perfect or qualified, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him." Wow. Adam used his free will to rebel against God, and we all died in that. The second Adam, Jesus, uses His free will to make a right choice, and we all live and are seen righteous in that. That's our salvation. "Adam used his free will to rebel against God, and we all died in that. The second Adam, Jesus, uses His free will to make a right choice, and we all live and are seen righteous in that. That's our salvation." Finally, we see the perfect love of Jesus, first for God, and then for His people. In Gethsemane, we see Jesus loving God and us sinners more than He loved Himself. It was the revulsion of the thing that caused Him to shrink back, but it was love, first and foremost love for God, and secondly love for us, that caused Him to deny Himself, first vertically, John 14:31, "The world must learn that I love the Father, and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me to do." Think about that. "The world must know and learn that I love my Father, and they'll know that when they see me go to the cross." Secondly, love for us. John 15:13-14, "Greater love has no one than this, that he laid down his life for his friends. You are my friends." We see that courage of Jesus, that love that drives out fear. Many people have willingly laid down their lives to save others. It occasionally happens, very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man, someone might possibly dare to die. So, the Congressional Medal of Honor is given to people that were willing to lay down their lives in the battlefield. It happens. But nothing ever in history has been like this incredible moment of courage. IV. Applications of Gethsemane Come to Christ. Trust in Jesus. There is a cup of wrath, of righteous, just wrath, poured out from God on sinners. Either Jesus will drink that cup in your place, or you'll drink it for all eternity. Those are the choices. There's no other option. You can be in denial that there is such a cup, but there is a cup of God's wrath against sin. Jesus is offering in the gospel to drink yours for you. Trust in Him, repent of sin, turn away from wickedness, and turn to Christ in faith, and let Him save you. If you're already a Christian, worship Christ for what He did for you. Thank Him for what He did for you. I don't know how you're made up. I cry basically at one thing, for the most part. It's always the same. It's Christ's love for me as a sinner. It just melts me. I melt every time, and this melts me. This text probably melts me more than any other text. I almost can't talk about it in everyday life without choking up. I never stop thinking about this, my savior drinking my cup. I want to take and sharpen this and apply it on the matter of Christian contentment. When I was studying Christian contentment, I wrote one statement that people who have read the book that I wrote said is the most convicting in the whole book, and that is this: "Has Christ crucified and resurrected done enough for you to be happy today? Or does He have to be a little more?" Let's take it in the language of Gethsemane. Is it enough for Jesus to drink your cup and that's it, so you don't have to drink it and you'll spend the eternity in Heaven? Or does He have to do some more beyond that? I'm not minimizing the things you would pray for. For the healing of somebody that you love and you want to see them heal. I'm not minimizing that. I'm just asking you to put it in perspective, Him drinking your cup for you is the greatest act of love and gift that could ever be. Keep in mind, Romans 8 said He did not spare His own son. God's not holding anything back because He's stingy. He has given the greatest thing He could ever give, His beloved, His perfect son, shattered on the cross. It should be enough, it should be enough for you to be happy. What about obedience? What about free will? This is how you should use your free will the rest of your lives. What do you say? Just choose to say to God, no matter how difficult it is, "Not my will but yours be done." Close with me in prayer. Father, thank you for this infinitely deep text. We'll never be able to finish it, to plumb the depths of it, to understand it. I pray that you would take its lessons and burn them into our hearts. Help us to be overwhelmed with thankfulness, with gratitude. Help us to be overwhelmed with love for Jesus. Help us to want to imitate Him and to use our wills the way He used His. Help us to understand that, oh Lord. And God, I pray that no-one that's here today would leave this place still under the wrath of God, but they would just simply transfer that, the sin and the wrath, onto Jesus by faith, by simple faith, and trust in Him that they would know the full and perfect forgiveness of God. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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Some years ago, I took my second trip on behalf of a youth ministry to South Africa. On the first trip, I remember how very lost I felt when I got to the airport. I'd been on an airplane for 18 wonderful hours. I got there late at night, I had no car, no directions. I didn't know anything about anywhere in the nation of South Africa. Well, I'm glad to report to you that someone met me there at the airport. They didn't just leave me saying, "Hey, listen, if you can get out to where we are we'll take care of you once you get there." That's a good thing. They'd have never seen me. I went as far as I could go, and they met me there. I know someone who does that for people all the time. And if you understand how He works, well you might just be willing to risk the trip. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Why Failure Doesn't Have to Be Final." Now, our word for today from the Word of God is found in John 21, and I'll begin reading at verse 15. Let me put this in context: Jesus has risen from the dead. Not long before, Peter had said to Him, "Lord, I will follow you to prison and to the death." You remember that Jesus said, "No, you'll betray Me three times." And sure enough he did. He denied the Lord three times. He even said, "I never knew Him." What an embarrassment now. He's about to face the Lord, knowing he has failed Him. Well, Jesus meets Peter as he's out on a fishing trip. It looks like Peter's about to go back to that same old mediocrity. He's returning to fishing, it appears, but Jesus says, "I want to meet you privately." And you can imagine Peter. I don't know, maybe he thinks, "Oh-oh. Are we going to talk about that night?" Here's what Jesus said, "When they finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of John, do you truly love Me more than these?' 'Yes, Lord, he said, You know that I love You.' Jesus said, 'Feed my lambs.' Again Jesus said, 'Simon, son of John, do you truly love me?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.' Jesus said, 'Take care of my sheep.' The third time He said to him, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' But he said, 'Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.'" Now, with the backdrop of a major failure, all Jesus wants to know is, "Peter, do you love me?" Maybe you have failed Him recently. Do you know what He wants to know? "Do you love me?" Now, there are two very different love words used here. Phileo, which is a friendship kind of love, and agapao which is "I will love you, no strings attached." The first two times Jesus says, "Do you love me, no strings attached?" Peter says, "Yes, Lord, I phileo - I friendship love you." Finally Jesus says, "Okay, Peter, do you phileo - do you friendship love me?" And Peter says, "I do love you." Do you know what's interesting here? Jesus meets Peter where he is. He wants to do the same with you. He says, "Let's start with the little love that you have - let's start with the little faith that you have. You can get back to Me. You can begin again." And one day Peter will die for Christ. But right now He's just got that little, but growing love. So, would you bring Jesus the little love you have, but would you bring Him all you have? You can begin again. You don't have to get all the way there, because Jesus...He's the Savior who's waiting to meet you where you are.

Some years ago, I took my second trip on behalf of a youth ministry to South Africa. On the first trip, I remember how very lost I felt when I got to the airport. I'd been on an airplane for 18 wonderful hours. I got there late at night, I had no car, no directions. I didn't know anything about anywhere in the nation of South Africa. Well, I'm glad to report to you that someone met me there at the airport. They didn't just leave me saying, "Hey, listen, if you can get out to where we are we'll take care of you once you get there." That's a good thing. They'd have never seen me. I went as far as I could go, and they met me there. I know someone who does that for people all the time. And if you understand how He works, well you might just be willing to risk the trip. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Why Failure Doesn't Have to Be Final." Now, our word for today from the Word of God is found in John 21, and I'll begin reading at verse 15. Let me put this in context: Jesus has risen from the dead. Not long before, Peter had said to Him, "Lord, I will follow you to prison and to the death." You remember that Jesus said, "No, you'll betray Me three times." And sure enough he did. He denied the Lord three times. He even said, "I never knew Him." What an embarrassment now. He's about to face the Lord, knowing he has failed Him. Well, Jesus meets Peter as he's out on a fishing trip. It looks like Peter's about to go back to that same old mediocrity. He's returning to fishing, it appears, but Jesus says, "I want to meet you privately." And you can imagine Peter. I don't know, maybe he thinks, "Oh-oh. Are we going to talk about that night?" Here's what Jesus said, "When they finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of John, do you truly love Me more than these?' 'Yes, Lord, he said, You know that I love You.' Jesus said, 'Feed my lambs.' Again Jesus said, 'Simon, son of John, do you truly love me?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.' Jesus said, 'Take care of my sheep.' The third time He said to him, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' But he said, 'Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.'" Now, with the backdrop of a major failure, all Jesus wants to know is, "Peter, do you love me?" Maybe you have failed Him recently. Do you know what He wants to know? "Do you love me?" Now, there are two very different love words used here. Phileo, which is a friendship kind of love, and agapao which is "I will love you, no strings attached." The first two times Jesus says, "Do you love me, no strings attached?" Peter says, "Yes, Lord, I phileo - I friendship love you." Finally Jesus says, "Okay, Peter, do you phileo - do you friendship love me?" And Peter says, "I do love you." Do you know what's interesting here? Jesus meets Peter where he is. He wants to do the same with you. He says, "Let's start with the little love that you have - let's start with the little faith that you have. You can get back to Me. You can begin again." And one day Peter will die for Christ. But right now He's just got that little, but growing love. So, would you bring Jesus the little love you have, but would you bring Him all you have? You can begin again. You don't have to get all the way there, because Jesus...He's the Savior who's waiting to meet you where you are.

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Welcome to "The Power Of God's Whisper Podcast," where we explore how to listen and respond to God's voice. I'm your host, Matthew Adams, and today we're focusing on Luke 7:40: "Jesus answered his thoughts. 'Simon,' he said to the Pharisee, 'I have something to say to you.'" In this episode, we'll discuss how God speaks to us through stories, metaphors, and illustrations, and learn from Jesus' interaction with Simon the Pharisee. Let's dive into three detailed points to consider as we seek to recognize and understand the messages God shares through stories.In Luke 7, Jesus used a story to challenge Simon the Pharisee's perspective on a sinful woman. This method of communication allowed Jesus to share a powerful message that could penetrate Simon's heart. Like Simon, we too can learn valuable lessons from the stories and metaphors that God uses to speak to us.Point 1: God speaks through stories God often communicates with us through stories, metaphors, and illustrations, as they can pierce the barriers of our hearts and provide new insights. By paying attention to the stories in our lives, we can discern the messages that God is trying to share with us.Point 2: Stories provide new perspectives Stories can give us a radically new perspective on situations and help us understand things differently. Like Jesus' story for Simon, we can find fresh insights and understanding if we're open to seeing things from a new angle.Point 3: Embrace the challenges in God's stories God's stories can be challenging, but accepting these challenges can lead to significant growth and transformation in our lives. By recognizing and embracing the messages in the stories God shares with us, we can experience meaningful change.Conclusion: As we listen for God's voice, it's important to remember that He often speaks through stories, metaphors, and illustrations. By paying attention to the stories around us and being open to new perspectives, we can gain a deeper understanding and wisdom.Call to Action: This week, take some time to reflect on the stories in your life and consider what messages God might be trying to share with you. Embrace the challenges and lessons that come from these stories, and allow them to reshape your understanding and perspective. Share what you learn with others, and together, grow closer to God.Thank you for joining us on "The Power Of God's Whisper Podcast." If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with others and subscribe for more discussions on hearing and responding to God's voice. Until next time, may you listen closely to the stories God shares and experience the transformative power of His whisper.Let's Pray…Jesus, feel free to challenge me like You challenged Simon. I'm open to change. I invite You to reshape my perspective, even if it stretches me out of my comfort zone.My Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to My Reasons To Believe at myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to "The Power Of God's Whisper Podcast," where we explore how to listen and respond to God's voice. I'm your host, Matthew Adams, and today we're focusing on Luke 7:40: "Jesus answered his thoughts. 'Simon,' he said to the Pharisee, 'I have something to say to you.'" In this episode, we'll discuss how God speaks to us through stories, metaphors, and illustrations, and learn from Jesus' interaction with Simon the Pharisee. Let's dive into three detailed points to consider as we seek to recognize and understand the messages God shares through stories.In Luke 7, Jesus used a story to challenge Simon the Pharisee's perspective on a sinful woman. This method of communication allowed Jesus to share a powerful message that could penetrate Simon's heart. Like Simon, we too can learn valuable lessons from the stories and metaphors that God uses to speak to us.Point 1: God speaks through stories God often communicates with us through stories, metaphors, and illustrations, as they can pierce the barriers of our hearts and provide new insights. By paying attention to the stories in our lives, we can discern the messages that God is trying to share with us.Point 2: Stories provide new perspectives Stories can give us a radically new perspective on situations and help us understand things differently. Like Jesus' story for Simon, we can find fresh insights and understanding if we're open to seeing things from a new angle.Point 3: Embrace the challenges in God's stories God's stories can be challenging, but accepting these challenges can lead to significant growth and transformation in our lives. By recognizing and embracing the messages in the stories God shares with us, we can experience meaningful change.Conclusion: As we listen for God's voice, it's important to remember that He often speaks through stories, metaphors, and illustrations. By paying attention to the stories around us and being open to new perspectives, we can gain a deeper understanding and wisdom.Call to Action: This week, take some time to reflect on the stories in your life and consider what messages God might be trying to share with you. Embrace the challenges and lessons that come from these stories, and allow them to reshape your understanding and perspective. Share what you learn with others, and together, grow closer to God.Thank you for joining us on "The Power Of God's Whisper Podcast." If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with others and subscribe for more discussions on hearing and responding to God's voice. Until next time, may you listen closely to the stories God shares and experience the transformative power of His whisper.Let's Pray…Jesus, feel free to challenge me like You challenged Simon. I'm open to change. I invite You to reshape my perspective, even if it stretches me out of my comfort zone.My Reasons To Believe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Power Of God's Whisper at myr2b.substack.com/subscribe

On Today's episodes I have a full debrief with the most talked about player ever seen on 'Australian Survivor. It is 'King George' from the latest season of ‘Heroes vs villains!' We first were introduced to 'George Mladenov' on 'Brains vs Brawn' two years ago but nothing could have prepared us for what he had in store for us this year. More Conflict! More strategy! more awkward conversations! (this time on the beach) and one epic Tribal Council that broke the internet! 'George' polarised his audience but also made this season what it was.... and I know 'liz' has won (congratulations) but I think 'George' is the real series-winner from 'Heroes VS Villains' and I am very excited to talk to him today. We will talk about George's ability to read people game and if he managed to manipulate and control his fellow players. George will discuss his pregame preparation and if he and 'Hayley' did get together to plan out the season?  I'll ask about the impact 'George's' game had on the others and where his friendship with 'Simon,' 'Shonee' and 'Liz' has landed. I will also unpack that epic tribal-council and find out if 'George' thinks he went too far... and if he felt he was antagonising 'Simon.'  Plus we will some exclusives on the whole series including some behind the scenes secrets which I am sure you will love.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get ready, because we have the 'Swiss army knife of humans, Gary Wilson back for some more entertaining conversation! He was our first guest on the show, and I vividly remember the excitement I felt in June 2020 as I sat down with him to record the first of many episodes. We joked back then that he would return for episode 500 (while mocking our own sarcasm), but lo and behold, we are now on episode 549, and Gary is once again gracing us with his presence. For those who need a quick reminder, Gary is a former member of Victoria Police's Special Operations Group, bomb squad, and a bodyguard for various celebrities, including Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, and the royal family. He is also known by many names, such as '007,' 'Flipper,' 'Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up,' and 'Simon the likable.' Not only is he a formidable human with an impressive set of skills and stories, but he also has an infectious personality that can light up a room and make people laugh within seconds (although he occasionally gets me in trouble in workshops like a mischievous school kid). In this episode, we'll hear more tales from Gary about how he navigates his colorful life, manages himself and his mind, and keeps himself going. Additionally, I've asked him the question that's been on everybody's lips: "Hey Flipper, how on earth did you manage to snag yourself a Victoria's Secret model to marry?" It's another fantastic story that I can't wait to share with you! TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches/ Website: www.rollwiththepunches.com.au LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/tiffaneecook/ Facebook:  www.facebook.com/rollwiththepunchespodcast/ Instagram:  www.instagram.com/rollwiththepunches_podcast/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/tiffaneeandcoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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After our series of episodes with tech leaders from the Silicon Valley, this week we hear from Peter Whalley -  entrepreneur, visionary and leader from the thriving IT sector right here in our own backyard.The Good, the Bad, or the ‘What-the!'Simon shares two experiences of receiving feedback and mentoring around something he feels vulnerable about – and how one experience paralysed future performance while the other validated, challenged and empowered him. Worth the TimeAn oldie but a goodie. We discuss one of the first business books that Simon ever read – Maverick by Riccardo Semmler, who inherited a struggling manufacturing business in Brazil. Words of Authenticity: This week we have pulled an extract from an e-book we wrote (and will publish soon) on Leading Change.During change, people tend to overestimate what they are leaving behind and underestimate what they are gainingSimon and Kirralea discuss why change efforts tend to struggle (and often fail) and provide a few tips on how to approach change better. Our Guest Our guest is Peter Whalley, Managing Director of Plus Software and VisionAI Head of APAC of Computer Vision.Peter has a great story to tell and he shares it in an engaging and captivating way. We discuss the roller coaster journey he embarked on, starting as a young and uncertain adult in South Africa. That journey brought him to Australia, initially on behalf of head office, to bring a struggling IT business into line.After beginning a transformational change process with two of the senior leaders in Australia, they bought the organisation from the South African owners and took it to new levels of success.Peter discusses:The personal changes he needed to make when he discovered his default leadership styles didn't always land as intended in an Australian contextHis approach to engaging people, inside and outside the company, in a change to the fundamental way the business operated – a change that was essential to the ongoing survival of the organisation but that was also a radical departure from the traditional modelThe imposter syndrome he struggled with as young leader in his first board room environmentYou can connect to Peter via LinkedIn here (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterbwhalley/)Unpacking the interviewSimon and Kirralea discuss the key messages that emerged from the discussion with Peter and share some of their experiences working with those dynamics in organisatio******************************************************Want to check out how Authentic your organisation is? Take our free online Authentimeter Assessment tool hereYou can find full shownotes for this episode and more here Visit our website The Real Learning ExperienceFollow us on instagram or Linked InGot a question for the Podcast? You can drop us a voice message via instagram or email us at: authenticity@reallearning.com.auThanks to our Podcasting producer, Josh at Deadset Podcasting for all his work behind the scenes. Thanks for listening!

As you would know I am obsessed with Australian Survivor and I am doing the exit interview chats for 'Hero's vs Villains.' So this episode we will be talking to the latest booted castaways from Week 4 First up we have 'Jordie Hansen' who no secret is one of my favourite contestants in both seasons I have watched with him in in. 'Jordie' reentered the 'Australian Survivor' universe with a nick name firmly slated as 'The Joker.' Beautifully selected as a 'villain' and 100% a fan favourite for many 'Survivor' enthusiasts.   We will talk massive Idol fails and whether you can ever play two sides successfully? We will discuss Pieces to camera and if they actually mean anything to how your game is going? I really want to know if 'Simon' can pop out from his current 'Deputy Dewey' Role as any second in charge wanting to be in charge? 'Jordie' will also share who he thinks could win and if he would ever return to the Australian format again? We then have 'Benjamin Law' who is another journalist, but he is also known for his popular writing on TV shows, novels and theatre. I think of him as an 'LGBTI' activist and his name being attached this this show was very exciting to me. We will find out why he thinks people thought he was shifty? We will discuss making the fake Idol and if he could have used his Idol clue as a different advantage.      Benjamin will also reveal why he probably won't return to show and who will most likely stand in his way. Plus 'Benjamin' and 'Jordie' will breakdown the 4th week of the series on 'Network Ten' which will give you some exclusives on what actually went down during their epic time on the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's podcast I have ‘Fraser' who was booted from 'Australian Survivor' this week after a very hectic Tribal Council. 'Fraser' was totally doing well in my mind - minding his p's and q's! When somehow he got caught in the crossfire of 'George' vs 'Simon.' Which saw 'Fraser' "Blindsided" and sent home.  This week has been pretty crazy in Survivor world. First JLP lost his mind building hype for this week's episodes and then the media started signing off on it too and now fans hav been saying it was best Tribal Council ever in 'Survivor' history…….. and I tend to agree with them. So we have a lot to discuss. I will find out if he thinks 'George' was right to send him home instead of Jordie? Does he think 'Simon' should have used his Idol for 'Stevie?' We will get his answer on the fairness of that secret challenge for immunity. Plus we will get plenty of exclusives from behind the scenes of the third week of 'Australian Survivor' which you can catch-up on 'Ten Play' now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First up we have 'Anjali Rao' who is know as an international journalist, TV personality and former ‘housewife' on the 'Real Housewives of Melbourne.' We will find out what makes 'Anjali' a villain and why producer mysteriously buried her former role on housewives during the promotion of the 2023 series.  I will also ask if she has permanently swapped journalism for reality?  Plus 'Anjali' will breakdown the 1st episode which will give you some exclusives on what actually went down during her bonkers time on the show.   ************************************************************************************************ We then have 'Michael Warren' who is another journalist who also joined Anjali on the Villain tribe.  We will find out how super fan Michael feels about his time on the show and if he felt audience connected with his character correctly.  Stick around for his breakdown on the tribal council as we discuss if 'George's' dramatic take downed actually did throw him off. I honestly think this will still divide Survivor fans and I will leave this for you to interpret his retelling of the situation.  ************************************************************************************************ Then finally 'Mimi' will unpack her episode which will see us discuss if 'Simon' really does have an idol? What her biggest mistakes were? If in fact her midnight cookie crushing was responsible for her being booted. I genuinely think these chats are a great companion to the show… so feel free to follow me this season of 'Australian Survivor' on 'Network Ten.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Church Planted In Adversity --- 1 Thes 1-1, Acts 17-1-10--1. Introduction--a. Plans for first half of 2023.--b. Paul's customary salutation.--c. Peek to the past. Acts 17-1-10---2. Christ's Grace - He Sends Out His Workers to Thessalonica--a. He overrules Paul's original plan. Acts 15-36-41--b. He calls Silas and Timothy to His service. Acts 15-40, 16-1-3--c. He directs Paul to Macedonia. Acts 16-11-12, 17-1--In our service to Christ,-Hold our criticisms, exercise more faith in Christ.---3. Christ's Peace - He Sends Out His Word to Thessalonica--a. He sends light through the gospel. Acts 17-1-3--b. He overcomes darkness through His Spirit. Acts 17-4-9--In our service to Christ,-Conquer our fears, exercise more faith in Christ.---And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. -Matt 28-20--'Simon, Simon--Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.-But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail'.-Luke 22-31-32--For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, -with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. -1 Thes 4-16----4. Christ's Grace and Peace - He Has Sent His Workers and Word to You--a. He has been gracious to you.--b. He has not wronged you.--Believe Jesus Christ,-He is a good God, He is a good Man.

Roso & Dan catch up with Alison Lee ahead of the upcoming NZ Cup.

What's your policy on offering discounts? Do you have a discount marketing strategy. In this episode of the Nauti Nerds marketing podcast Tom talks us through when you should and shouldn't be offering discounts to customers. A discount is a tricky thing. Do it too often, and people won't really value you. Don't do it enough, and they'll go somewhere else, that's cheaper. So that's why you probably need to have a discount marketing strategy in place. Particularly when you're on actual one to one calls with customers and they're asking you what kind of 'deal' you can do. Tom tells us a story of one such conversation he had with a customer who was angling for a discount. And the statement 'Simon' made that led to the most frequent use of our laughter sound effect yet!   New to the Nauti Nerds marketing podcast? You can catch all previous episodes here. Please do click whichever button your favourite app uses to keep you updated with new episodes, whether that's subscribe or follow! The Nauti Nerds is a Nautilus Marketing podcast. Like what you've heard?  Leave us a review! Just click here to be taken to your favourite platform to leave us a rating! The Nauti Nerds podcast is part of the Podknows Podcasting Network.

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''Simon and Garfunkel, I'm sick of the two of ye, put that bloody hose away'' [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2022/05/11121250/SSTSTM_1105.mp3"][/audio] It's Wednesday. You know what Wednesday means? It means it's time to Say Stuff That Suits The Music! Dave plays the tracks and Dermot says whatever comes into his head. This week we hear about BMW's new car, the pharmacy that now hosts it's own Jazz Band and there are some big stars singing about pressure washers. You just have to love Dermot's mind! Click Play above to hear the full sketch

Mills and Swoon 60 Second Love Story no 3 'The Yellow Dress' by Penelope la Maréhttps://www.tale-teller.club/love-storiessearch all episodes herehttps://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/stories-of-romance-tale-teller-club-me_jPsLiCpG/#mills_and_swoon #60secondshorts #series #challenge #writers #writerschallenge #writerscommunity #authors #writing #wordsmith #penelopelamaré #romance #romancewriter #romantic, #faith, #love, #lovers, #romance, #lovestories, #attraction, #free, #freestories, #teacupshorts, #relationships, #taletellerclub, #taleteller, #books, #taletellerbookclub, #freepodcasts, #lovepods, #lighthearted, #storiesoflove, #marriage, #books, #tale-teller, #tale #teller#club, #readaloud, #talkingbooks, #famousbooks, #classics #ardour, #passion, #jealousy, attraction, free, free-stories, heartbreak, broken-#hearts, #sex, #sexuality, #millsandswoon, #60secondshorts. #sexscenes, #erotica, #literature,#rosecoloured #romance #lovestory #classics #free #freelibrary #freebooks #free_audiobooks #publicdomain #talkingbooks #taletellerclub #lovers #poetry #prose #shortstories #lovers #taleoflove #brokenhearts #findlove #passion #passionate #passionateembrace #steamy #search #best-love-stories#remote_entertainment #jealousy #passion #rosecoloured #romance #lovestory #classics #talkingbook #freeaudiobook #free #freelibrary #freebooks #free_audiobooks #publicdomain #talkingbooks #taletellerclub #spotifylovepods #immersivestories #virtual_library #24hourbooks #taletellerbookclub #loversbooksMary had shed a million tears. But broken bones and black eyes would be a thing of the past now her brutish husband was dead.Today though, her fears were fading away with Simon's final words, a sympathetic eulogy from a brother-in-law who had supported her through those years of abuse.The wake was a somber affair of black suits and mumbles of regret. Tight-lipped family members who had never asked the truth. Then, Mary descended the stairs in a bright yellow summer dress, a flamboyant hat, new shoes that said she was free, and a suitcase filled with hopes and dreams.'Simon,' she said, 'are you ready my darling?'There was a hush then gasps around the room as Mary and her brother-in-law kissed, a glorious kiss that marked the end of an era and a new beginning.© 2022 Tale Teller Club / Penelope la Maré

Mills and Swoon 60 Second Love Story no 3 'The Yellow Dress' by Penelope la Maréhttps://www.tale-teller.club/love-storiessearch all episodes herehttps://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/stories-of-romance-tale-teller-club-me_jPsLiCpG/#mills_and_swoon #60secondshorts #series #challenge #writers #writerschallenge #writerscommunity #authors #writing #wordsmith #penelopelamaré #romance #romancewriter #romantic, #faith, #love, #lovers, #romance, #lovestories, #attraction, #free, #freestories, #teacupshorts, #relationships, #taletellerclub, #taleteller, #books, #taletellerbookclub, #freepodcasts, #lovepods, #lighthearted, #storiesoflove, #marriage, #books, #tale-teller, #tale #teller#club, #readaloud, #talkingbooks, #famousbooks, #classics #ardour, #passion, #jealousy, attraction, free, free-stories, heartbreak, broken-#hearts, #sex, #sexuality, #millsandswoon, #60secondshorts. #sexscenes, #erotica, #literature,#rosecoloured #romance #lovestory #classics #free #freelibrary #freebooks #free_audiobooks #publicdomain #talkingbooks #taletellerclub #lovers #poetry #prose #shortstories #lovers #taleoflove #brokenhearts #findlove #passion #passionate #passionateembrace #steamy #search #best-love-stories#remote_entertainment #jealousy #passion #rosecoloured #romance #lovestory #classics #talkingbook #freeaudiobook #free #freelibrary #freebooks #free_audiobooks #publicdomain #talkingbooks #taletellerclub #spotifylovepods #immersivestories #virtual_library #24hourbooks #taletellerbookclub #loversbooksMary had shed a million tears. But broken bones and black eyes would be a thing of the past now her brutish husband was dead.Today though, her fears were fading away with Simon's final words, a sympathetic eulogy from a brother-in-law who had supported her through those years of abuse.The wake was a somber affair of black suits and mumbles of regret. Tight-lipped family members who had never asked the truth. Then, Mary descended the stairs in a bright yellow summer dress, a flamboyant hat, new shoes that said she was free, and a suitcase filled with hopes and dreams.'Simon,' she said, 'are you ready my darling?'There was a hush then gasps around the room as Mary and her brother-in-law kissed, a glorious kiss that marked the end of an era and a new beginning.© 2022 Tale Teller Club / Penelope la Maré

TODAY: If Simon too so long to change his mind and mature, we can not be in a rush either. We are not in charge of our growth. Unlearning is painful and ‘crisis' usually triggers change and growth. There will be many ‘beliefs' we need to deconstruct, but the process will lead to a better and more beautiful perspective of who Jesus ‘really' is. If your journey doesn't include humility, you are doing it wrong. If it doesn't look like ‘Love', then it isn't something you want in your beliefs. This Easter series will look a perspectives of different characters and how they processed the words of Christ and His influence in their lives. Watch today's ‘edited' message on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/4rck7XWDEVA or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST https://anchor.fm/michael-zenker ***Love what you are hearing? Donate today and help keep this going: · Hope Fellowship: https://hopefellowshipycc.com/donate/ · Growing In Grace Canada: https://square.link/u/QcTAIu0c For MORE good news: · Michael Zenker's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelZenker · Hope Fellowship, Your Community Church Website: www.hopefellowshipycc.com · Hope Fellowship FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/hopefellowshipycc · Still Growing In Grace - YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKfv-9uArQHIzcebDIyS8F3nj2MF_FV-H · Still Growing In Grace FACEBOOKpage: https://www.facebook.com/growingingraceministriescanada · Still Growing In Grace Website: https://growingingrace.ca/

True Crime Personality and Psychology True Crime Psychology and Personality is a podcast that profiles criminal personalities, discusses personality disorders, and examines real life events from a scientifically informed perspective.   Want more mental health content? Check out our other Podcasts: Mental Health // Demystified with Dr. Tracey Marks  Healthy // Toxic Cluster B: A Look At Narcissism, Antisocial, Borderline, and Histrionic Disorders Here, Now, Together with Rou Reynolds   Links for Dr. Grande Dr. Grande on YouTube Produced by Ars Longa Media Learn more at arslonga.media. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Legal Stuff The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only and is not professional advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phil Donlon recently joined host Elias in the cave! You can catch Phil on 'Power Book IV Force' on Starz Sunday nights as Simon McDougal! We talk about how he got into acting, his role as Simon, and meeting Al Pacino in Chicago during the Premiere of his film "Two Bits" to give him a copy of the play "Al Pacino, Al Pacino" which Phil wrote and directed for his college directing project & so much more! You can watch this interview on YouTube https://youtu.be/RL4uL4JCGus Have a question? Email us  themccpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Social Media for the latest show updates  www.twitter.com/themccpodcast www.instagram.com/themccpodcast www.facebook.com/themancavechroniclespodcast www.themccpodcast.com       

Cyberpunk might be the best it's going to get this week. Forbidden West is getting the buzz you expect. Baldurs Gate 3 is a 2023 game like it or not. More No Man's Sky updates! No rude words in Wordle. Lost Ark hits some Steam records. Legacy of The Sith seems neat! Dear Martha! Scott played Mutant Football League, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, and Advance Wars 1 and 2, and a LOT of Wargroove. Beau and Jon played Lost Ark. :)

Cyberpunk might be the best it's going to get this week. Forbidden West is getting the buzz you expect. Baldurs Gate 3 is a 2023 game like it or not. More No Man's Sky updates! No rude words in Wordle. Lost Ark hits some Steam records. Legacy of The Sith seems neat! Dear Martha! Scott played Mutant Football League, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, and Advance Wars 1 and 2, and a LOT of Wargroove. Beau and Jon played Lost Ark. :)

Alun R facilitates the second of 4 sessions of his own supernatural thriller game, Against the Dark Conspiracy. This session was organsied as part of The Gauntlet RPG Community's monthly calendar of games (www.gauntlet-rpg.com) and continues to extend the shared Vampire Conspiracy that it hosts. This series includes the playtest of the 'Occult Intelligence/Cult' background for the game, and the 'Librarain' specialism ... We learn a little more about the history the team members share and their relationships clarify on two separate road trips to Moravia where, as far back as you care to look, the first son of the Throndal dynasty is always named 'Simon'. There's a legal firm with a partner that Anton believes is a blood mage and Mia finds the firm's data system is 'hardened' and has a secure link to the parking garage next door. Meanwhile, Dylan's charm gets the team a plan of the building and its relationship to the extensive disused mine tunnels beneath the town. Finally, Timothy stakes out the building ... and has a bad feeling about the 8th floor ...

This episode is sponsored by Zondervan's new book Why is there suffering? by Bethany Sollereder.Download the transcript for this episode here.Meet our GuestThe Rev Dr George AthasGeorge is Director of Research and Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew at Moore Theological College in Sydney.Featured MusicMichael Levyis a composer for the lyre. His music is a blend of some original ancient melodies and some of his own creations. His arrangements for solo lyre are based on reconstructions of some of the incredibly rare, actual surviving written music of antiquity. We played two of these reconstructions in our episode, with permission: Ma Tovu and Kandel's Hora. You can find out more about Michael's work, and listen to more of his music at ancientlyre.com.Yamma Ensemble is an Israeli world music group who have a beautiful love of the Hebrew language and ancient instruments. We played parts of their live recordings of Psalm 104 (see below) and also a track featuring the ancient Shofar, based on the Mi'mekomcha, a Jewish prayer. All music used with permission. Links Here's a basic timeline of Jerusalem that might be helpful to get your bearings. Watch Alexander, the 2004 biopic we reference at the top of the ep. Though, to be honest, it really wasn't very good. Get the Oxford Classical Dictionary here. Read a little more about George Athas's upcoming book Bridging The Testaments (Zondervan Academic) in this article he wrote for Eternity News. Read George's PhD thesis, The Tel Dan Inscription (Sheffield Academic Press) which focused on the amazing 1993 discovery in Galilee of an inscription mentioning the dynasty of king David (of David and Goliath fame) - it's likely the first mention of David outside the Bible.  Here's an interesting New York Times article about Jewish communities in Myanmar and India who claim to be descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. Find out more about the archaeological evidence we have for the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple ('the first temple') by the Babylonians in 586 BC. Take a look at the Cyrus Cylinder, housed in the British Museum, which features an inscription mentioning how wonderful the Persian King Cyrus is, of course, but also that he allowed certain subjugated peoples - like the Jews - to return to their homelands and restore their own temples. So, what's The Talmud? Here's an introduction. The Jewish Virtual Library has a heap of maps from this period, so you can see stretch of the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Hellenistic World and the Herodian Kingdom. You might like to check out the 1998 documentary In The Footsteps of Alexander to get a good overview of Alexander The Great. Get to know more about Ben Sira. This YouTube discovery - a Maccadean/Hamilton mash up - made Producer Kaley's day. Read more from Josephus on The Jewish War and Antiochus IV Ephiphanes persecution of the Jewish people. Meet the High Priest Simon (also called 'Simon the Just')  Then, meet Antipater, the Roman-friendly governor of Judaea and founder of the Herodian Dynasty (father of Herod The Great) And then, of course, there's Herod I The Great, who was later made King of Judaea by the Romans. Take a look at Herod's Temple, the 'Second Temple'.And also, this article about the engineering feat of the temple and those massive foundation stones. Josephus records:  Herod announced, "I know the Jews will greet my death with wild rejoicings; but I can be mourned on other people's account and make sure of a magnificent funeral if you will do as I tell you. These men under guard — as soon as I die, kill them all…." Salome disobeyed, and released the prisoners when Herod died, Josephus added. Herod died a very painful death, and his symptoms were recorded in detail. Read this article for more gross details after Jan Hirschmann, professor of medicine at the University of Washington, in Seattle, analysed his symptoms and gave her own diagnosis in 2002 (article from The New Scientist) Who wrote Ecclesiastes? Read this analysis from Zondervan Academic and John Walton. This is a really indepth article on the challenges in dating the Book of Daniel, from The Gospel Coalition. Here's the verse in the Book of Jude that references the apocryphal text 1 Enoch. Here's what John Dickson said about that reference in the episode: "This isn't necessarily because Jude thought 1 Enoch was Old Testament Scripture - it wasn't! - but he did think it made an excellent theological point - about the coming judgment of God - and so it was worth citing with approval. " Here are some readings from the so-called 'intertestamental texts':  From the Book of 1 Maccabees:1Mac. 4:30-43   When he saw that their army was strong, he prayed, saying, “Blessed are you, O Savior of Israel, who crushed the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of your servant David, and gave the camp of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan son of Saul, and of the man who carried his armor. 31 Hem in this army by the hand of your people Israel, and let them be ashamed of their troops and their cavalry. 32 Fill them with cowardice; melt the boldness of their strength; let them tremble in their destruction. 33 Strike them down with the sword of those who love you, and let all who know your name praise you with hymns.”1Mac. 4:34   Then both sides attacked, and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men; they fell in action.a 35 When Lysias saw the rout of his troops and observed the boldness that inspired those of Judas, and how ready they were either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries in order to invade Judea again with an even larger army.Cleansing and Dedication of the Temple1Mac. 4:36   Then Judas and his brothers said, “See, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it.” 37 So all the army assembled and went up to Mount Zion. 38 There they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins. 39 Then they tore their clothes and mourned with great lamentation; they sprinkled themselves with ashes 40 and fell face down on the ground. And when the signal was given with the trumpets, they cried out to Heaven.1Mac. 4:41   Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary. 42 He chose blameless priests devoted to the law, 43 and they cleansed the sanctuary and removed the defiled stones to an unclean place. From the Book of 1 Enoch:1Enoch 1:1-10 - The word of blessing of Enoch, as he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be present in the day of distress, when all the enemies are removed, and the righteous will be saved. 2 And he took up his parable and said: “Enoch is a righteous person, to whom a vision from God was opened to him, having the vision of the Holy one and of the heaven. It was shown to me, and I heard the holy messengers, and as I heard from them everything and understood I saw, but I was not considering the present generation, but I speak to one being distant. 3 and concerning the present elect I said, and concerning them I raised my parable: My great holy one will go forth from his habitation, 4 and the God of eternity will walk upon the earth, upon Mount Sinai and he will appear from his camp, and he will appear in the power of his might from the heaven of heavens. 5 And all will be afraid and the Watchers will believe, and they will sing hidden things to all the heights of the [earth]. And all the heights of the earth will shake, and trembling will take hold of them and great fear up to the ends of the earth. 6 And the mountain will be shaken and will fall and will be scattered, and the high and lofty mountains will be brought low, to be passed, and they will melt as wax before a fire in flame. 7 And the earth will be torn asunder (into) a split crevice, and all that is on the earth will be destroyed, and judgment will be upon all. 8 And with the righteous he will make peace, and upon the elect will be preservation and peace, and mercy will be given to them, and all will be of God, and he will give approval to them and he will bless all, and he will take hold of all, and he will help me, and light will appear to them and upon them he will make peace. 9 He comes with his myriads and with his holy ones, to make judgment against all, and he will destroy all the ungodly, and convict all flesh about all works of their ungodliness which they in an ungodly way committed and the harsh words which they have spoken. From Ben SiraBen Sira 2:1-18. My child, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for testing. 2 Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be impetuous in time of calamity.3 Cling to him and do not depart, so that your last days may be prosperous.4 Accept whatever befalls you, and in times of humiliation be patient.5 For gold is tested in the fire, and those found acceptable, in the furnace of humiliation. 6 Trust in him, and he will help you; make your ways straight, and hope in him.7 You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; do not stray, or else you may fall.8 You who fear the Lord, trust in him, and your reward will not be lost.9 You who fear the Lord, hope for good things, for lasting joy and mercy. 10 Consider the generations of old and see: has anyone trusted in the Lord and been disappointed? Or has anyone persevered in the fear of the Lord and been forsaken? Or has anyone called upon him and been neglected?11 For the Lord is compassionate and merciful; he forgives sins and saves in time of distress.12 Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks a double path!13 Woe to the fainthearted who have no trust! Therefore they will have no shelter.14 Woe to you who have lost your nerve! What will you do when the Lord's reckoning comes?15 Those who fear the Lord do not disobey his words, and those who love him keep his ways.16 Those who fear the Lord seek to please him, and those who love him are filled with his law.17 Those who fear the Lord prepare their hearts, and humble themselves before him.18 Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, but not into the hands of mortals; for equal to his majesty is his mercy, and equal to his name are his works. From the Dead Sea Scrolls, the so called Messianic Apocalypse which was discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran (scrolls were scattered across eleven caves at the site). Though fragmentary, the passage powerfully expresses the Jewish hope for a Messiah, an eternal kingdom and the healings and good news promised centuries earlier by the prophet Isaiah:"… the earth will listen to his anointed one (mashiach /messiah) [and all] that is in them will not turn away from the precepts of the holy ones … For he [the Lord] will honour the pious upon the upon the throne of an eternal kingdom, freeing prisoners, giving sight to the blind, straightening out the twis[ted.] … And the Lord will perform marvellous acts such as have not existed, just as he sa[id,] [for] he will heal the badly wounded and will make the dead live, he will proclaim good news to the poor." 4Q521. OK... now, who are the Essenes?  The Sadducees? The Pharisees? The Zealots? Read again Luke 4:16 - 21:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.  And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captivesand recovering of sight to the blind,to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19  to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

"Seething Simon" is a piece of flash fiction by British writer, Gary Gordon. The story is based on the doll, 'SIMON', created by Gillydollvintage (purchased by Gary as a gift for HorrorBabble).   Narrated by Ian Gordon Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill

Simon (of the Armenian tale 'Simon, The Friend of Snakes') is definitely a friend of the snakes, and being such he gets a wonderful reward indeed! Help keep The Folktale Project going by becoming a supporter! Find out how at https://www.folktaleproject.com/support. 

We're at Mediatech Africa 2017 for this edition of the TalkCentral podcast. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by "Mr Mediatech" Simon Robinson to chat about the event, as well as all the week's biggest technology news. On the podcast this week, the US$20 4G phone, and why it's potentially a very big deal. Also this week, Vodacom's impressive first-quarter financial results and Openserve slashes wholesale ADSL and fibre prices. Plus, are you brave enough to be one of the first to hitch a ride on Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy? Regardt's pick this week is Mozilla's Project Common Voice, while Simon has again chosen BlackTrax (on display at Mediatech) and Duncan's pick is Justice Malala's Burning Platform podcast on CliffCentral. Stream or download the podcast to find out who's been chosen as winner and loser of the week. Podcast website

This week Neil Jones, James Pearce and Joe Rimmer are joined by author Simon Hughes, who discusses his new book 'Ring of Fire: Liverpool into the 21st century - the players' stories'Simon offers his insight into the book's interviewees, in particular Gerard Houllier, whose Anfield legacy is discussed at length. The Frenchman is the most successful Liverpool manager of the last 25 years, but is he remembered as fondly as he perhaps should be? Also discussed are Michael Owen and Fernando Torres, idolised for a spell before leaving under clouds. Time to forgive and forget, or is that too idealistic a viewpoint?Well worth a listen, this one. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy