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It is rare to see the President so visibly frustrated (see The Apprentice, circa 2004), but after Iran and Israel seemingly ignored his ceasefire announcement – and his plea on Truth Social, ‘PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!' – Donald Trump has come down hard on both sides. In a clip taken this afternoon he exclaimed: ‘These are countries who have been fighting so long and so hard, that they don't know what the f*** they're doing.' Succinctly put by the President.The exchange of fire could be the expected tit-for-tat seen after the announcement of ceasefires in other global conflicts, but it has dampened the mood at Nato, which world leaders were approaching with cautious optimism, believing the road to de-escalation was clearing. What happens next?Also on the podcast, Keir Starmer is facing a huge rebellion less than a year after coming into power. Overnight, scores of Starmer's MPs have signed a reasoned amendment to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. This would effectively kill the bill at its second reading in the Commons on Tuesday. Can he de-escalate the precarious domestic situation?Lucy Dunn speaks to James Heale and Michael Stephens.Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

It is rare to see the President so visibly frustrated (see The Apprentice, circa 2004), but after Iran and Israel seemingly ignored his ceasefire announcement – and his plea on Truth Social, ‘PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!' – Donald Trump has come down hard on both sides. In a clip taken this afternoon he exclaimed: ‘These are countries who have been fighting so long and so hard, that they don't know what the f*** they're doing.' Succinctly put by the President.The exchange of fire could be the expected tit-for-tat seen after the announcement of ceasefires in other global conflicts, but it has dampened the mood at Nato, which world leaders were approaching with cautious optimism, believing the road to de-escalation was clearing. What happens next?Also on the podcast, Keir Starmer is facing a huge rebellion less than a year after coming into power. Overnight, scores of Starmer's MPs have signed a reasoned amendment to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. This would effectively kill the bill at its second reading in the Commons on Tuesday. Can he de-escalate the precarious domestic situation?Lucy Dunn speaks to James Heale and Michael Stephens.Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

PREVIEW: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports succinctly on the failure of the generously subsidized ESA to test a Grasshopper booster after years of delays. 1953

The Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022, as enacted in March 2025, amends D.C.'s outdated record-sealing laws to align them with contemporary record relief laws in other states. Succinctly stated, the Act provides a comprehensive framework for expunging and sealing certain records. In doing so, it can help remove the stigma of past convictions and make it easier for eligible individuals to get a job, rent an apartment, or secure a loan—all while still ensuring public safety. Because navigating the Act's eligibility requirements can be tricky, joining us to explain it all are D.C. Justice Lab's founder and Executive Director, Patrice Sulton; and Policy Counsel, Nye Winslow, with host Robin Earnest from the Steering Committee of the DC Bar's Criminal Law and Individual Rights Steering Committee.Robin M. Earnest serves on the Steering Committee for the DC Bar's Criminal Law and Individual Rights Community and received the Bar's 2024 Lawyer of the Year Award for her Community service. Robin is also a member of the D.C. Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions; and she teaches a course on Litigation With the Federal Government as a Professional Lecturer at GW Law School. Robin founded The Earnest Law Firm and is a CJA Panel attorney with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and D.C. Circuits, as well as the D.C. Court of Appeals.Patrice A. Sulton is the founder and executive director for DC Justice Lab–a team of law and policy experts researching, organizing, and advocating for large-scale changes to the District's criminal legal system. She teaches Adjudicatory Criminal Procedure and Trial Advocacy as a Professional Lecturer at GW Law School and was awarded the Distinguished Adjunct Teaching Award in 2021. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Network of Victim Recovery of DC. Most recently, Patrice served on DC's Criminal Code Reform Commission; the Police Reform Commission; and its Jails and Justice Task Force.Nye Winslow is the Policy Counsel with the DC Justice Lab where he shapes policy campaigns and offers legal expertise on policy issues. Prior to joining DC Justice Lab Nye worked as a Legal Consultant at the NAACP's Office of the General Counsel and focused on claims of racial discrimination in voting rights, policing, redistricting, and child welfare.

PREVIEW: Colleague Reuben Steff of the University of Waikato in Hamilton, NZ succinctly describes the autumn colors emerging across his islands. More later. 1911

Sustainability strategy experts Sam Wilson, managing director at Syntiro Associates, and Dr Dominic Tantram, partner at Terrafiniti, present a podcast precursor to the ‘Unmasking Greenwashing in the Events Industry: Understanding, Identifying, and Avoiding Misleading Practices' panel at Event Sustainability Live (ESL). Succinctly titled ‘Greenwashing', this episode sees Sam and Dominic do some background, their two companies having worked together, before defining the term and inadvertent incarnations. Steered by host James Dickson, they go on to talk/to explain materiality and double materiality, comms traps and much more. Clued-up contributors, real insight, and some telling hand gestures, this is a great use of time. It's equally powerful as background to the ESL session on November 21st, where Tara Blackburn, environmental sustainability manager at Hearst Lab Scout, and executive director at Evcom, Claire Fennelow, will join Sam and Dominic for the session. Event Sustainability Live takes place at ExCeL London between 20th-21st November and is free to attend, click here to register To keep up to date with all the news, subscribe for free here. If you would like to take part in a podcast, then please complete our submission form.

Christian Medical and Dental Association's Dr. Tiffany Schatz outlines prioritizing health checkups for kids before school starts and why it matters how we prepare what we eat. S. Michael Houdmann, author of "The 100 Most Asked Questions about God and the Bible" and CEO of Got Questions Ministries, unpacks communicating Truth in love, with a humble spirit.   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here

     Total depravity is the biblical doctrine that sin permeates all aspects of our being—mind, will, and sensibilities, and renders us helpless to save ourselves. It does not mean we are as bad as we can be, for there are many moral unbelievers in the world. Being contaminated by sin means whatever morality we produce can never measure up to the perfect righteousness God expects. Is there any person who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?” (Prov 20:9). The answer is an emphatic No! The human heart is corrupt, for “the heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick” (Jer 17:9). And “Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins” (Eccl 7:20), and “There is none righteous; not even one. There is none who understands; there is none who seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become useless. There is none who does good, there is not even one” (Rom 3:10-12; cf. Rom 8:8). Some might argue that we can perform good works and help to save ourselves. This is wrong. Scripture states, “your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God” (Isa 59:2), “For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away” (Isa 64:6). Salvation does not come by human works; rather, we are “justified by faith apart from works of the Law” (Rom 3:28), and salvation comes “to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly” (Rom 4:5), and we are “not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified” (Gal 2:16), “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Eph 2:8-9), and God “has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity” (2 Tim 1:9), and “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit” (Tit 3:5). By human standards, even the worst person can do some good. But human estimation is lower than God's estimation and it is God's standards that define what is truly good. According to Charles Ryrie, “Total depravity must always be measured against God's holiness. Relative goodness exists in people. They can do good works, which are appreciated by others. But nothing that anyone can do will gain salvational merit or favor in the sight of a holy God.”[1] Calvinist View of Total Depravity      For Calvinists, total depravity means total inability. They regard people as totally unable to respond to the things of God; like a physical corpse. Notable scholars such as B. B. Warfield, R. C. Sproul, John Piper, Wayne Grudem, John Frame, John MacArthur, and J. I. Packer hold this view. B. B. Warfield wrote, “nothing is more fundamental in the doctrine of the Reformers than the complete inability of man and his absolute need of divine grace.”[2] John Frame states, “We can never come to God out of our own resources. We are helpless to do anything to save ourselves. This condition is sometimes called total inability” (italics his).[3] J. I. Packer states, “Total depravity entails total inability, that is, the state of not having it in oneself to respond to God and his Word in a sincere and wholehearted way (John 6:44; Rom 8:7–8).”[4] That is, lost sinners cannot respond to God at all, as they are spiritually unable (dead) to respond apart from God's granting life and the ability to believe. This leads Calvinists to conclude two things. First, God sovereignly acts by Himself to regenerate the spiritually dead and make them spiritually alive. Second, God gives the newly regenerate a special kind of faith whereby they can and will trust in Christ as Savior. According to Wayne Grudem, regeneration is “the act of God awakening spiritual life within us, bringing us from spiritual death to spiritual life. On this definition, it is natural to understand that regeneration comes before saving faith. It is in fact this work of God that gives us the spiritual ability to respond to God in faith.”[5] According to John MacArthur, “Our response in salvation is faith, but even that is not of ourselves [but is] the gift of God. Faith is nothing that we do in our own power or by our own resources...Paul intends to emphasize that even faith is not from us apart from God's giving it.”[6] The result of these divine actions in God's elect means they will produce good works and will persevere in those works throughout their lives until they die. John MacArthur states, “The same power that created us in Christ Jesus empowers us to do the good works for which He has redeemed us. These are the verifiers of true salvation.”[7] Thus, good works from regeneration to the end of one's life are the proof of salvation. Failure to produce ongoing good works until the end of one's life is offered as proof he was never saved (Matt 7:21). The Biblical View of Total Depravity      The correct biblical view is that total depravity means total unworthiness, not total inability to respond in faith to God's offer of salvation. Despite the profound impact of sin on human nature, the Bible does not portray people as entirely incapacitated. Yes, all mankind is “dead” in their sins (Eph 2:1); but death does not mean total inability, but total separation from God, for even those who were dead still “walked according to the course of this world” (Eph 2:2). Mankind is totally depraved in the sense that sin corrupts every part of our being, intellect, will, and sensibility. However, it does not mean that fallen people are unable to respond in faith to the gospel of grace.      The first example of spiritual death in the Bible is found in the Garden of Eden. God had warned Adam and Eve, saying, “from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die” (Gen 2:17). The warning was that if they disobeyed God, on that very day, they would die (and death means separation, not cessation). Adam and Eve experienced spiritual death at the moment they disobeyed God. Yet, immediately after the fall, in their state of spiritual death, they could sense God's presence in the Garden, as they “heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden” (Gen 3:8). Furthermore, Adam heard God's voice when He “called to the man” (Gen 3:9), and Adam responded to Him, saying, “I heard the sound of You in the garden” (Gen 3:10a). Though they could not undo their newly fallen sinful state, it did not render them totally unable to perceive God or to respond to Him when He called out to them. And they did respond positively to the Lord when He promised to provide a descendant, a Seed of the woman, who would crush the head of the serpent (Gen 3:15). They also responded positively by accepting God's provision of clothing after He killed an animal, took its skin, and covered their nakedness (Gen 3:21).      Furthermore, God made mankind in His image, as Scripture states, “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen 1:27). Even after the historic fall of Adam and Eve, all people are said to be “in the image of God” (Gen 9:6), and “in the likeness of God” (Jam 3:9). Despite the fall of humanity into sin, the image of God in humanity remains intact, implying that humans still retain some moral capacity, which includes the ability to accept God's offer of salvation by faith. Though people are deeply affected by sin, they still possess some capacity for moral choice and responsibility, thus arguing against the notion of total depravity meaning total inability.      Regeneration is entirely the work of God in saving lost sinners who cannot save themselves (Rom 5:6-10). The sinner brings nothing of worth to salvation, but receives all that God has to offer by grace. John Walvoord states, “Regeneration is wholly of God. No possible human effort however noble can supply eternal life.”[8] Paul Enns states, “Succinctly stated, to regenerate means ‘to impart life.' Regeneration is the act whereby God imparts life to the one who believes.”[9] Regeneration occurs in the one who believes in Christ as Savior. According to Charles Ryrie, “Salvation is always through faith, not because of faith (Eph 2:8). Faith is the channel through which we receive God's gift of eternal life; it is not the cause. This is so man can never boast, even of his faith. But faith is the necessary and only channel (John 5:24; 17:3).”[10] The Bible teaches there is only one kind of faith, and that only those who place their faith in Christ will be saved. Faith does not save. Christ saves. The Strict-Calvinist believes there are two kinds of faith, one that is common to all, and another that is special and imparted only to God's elect. Believe to Receive Eternal Life      There are numerous passages in the Bible that place faith as the necessary prerequisite to regeneration. It is written, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16), and Jesus said, “This is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life” (John 6:40), and “he who believes has eternal life” (John 6:47). Paul wrote to Timothy about “those who would believe in Him for eternal life” (1 Tim 1:16). In these and other instances, “eternal life” is given after we believe in Jesus as our Savior. Furthermore, people are condemned, not because God has not made a way for them to be saved, but because of their unwillingness to come to Christ as Savior. The issue is individual choice, not inability. The apostle John said, “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). Jesus, speaking to unsaved persons, said, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life” (John 5:39-40). Jesus said the Holy Spirit convicts everyone of sin (John 16:8), particularly the sin of unbelief, “because they do not believe in Me” (John 16:9). There is only one sin that keeps a person out of heaven, and that is the sin of unbelief; of rejecting Jesus as the only Savior. Apparently unbelievers may resist the Holy Spirit, as Stephen said in his sermon, “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit” (Acts 7:51a).      Scripture reveals that “God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent” (Acts 17:30). This means they must not trust in themselves or any system of good works to save, but must trust in Christ, and Christ alone to save. Faith does not save. Christ saves. Faith is the non-meritorious instrument by which we receive eternal life. The Strict-Calvinist believes Christ died only for the elect (Matt 1:21; John 10:15), and only the elect are savable. The Bible teaches that Christ died for everyone (John 3:16; Heb 2:9; 1 John 2:2); therefore, everyone is savable. Paul said, “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men” (Tit 2:11), and that God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:4). Peter stated, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9). Anyone can be saved by believing the gospel message “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3-4). Jesus is Free from Sin      Concerning total depravity and the transmission of original sin, Jesus is the sole exception, for Mary's virgin conception (Isa 7:14; Luke 1:30-35) meant Jesus was not born with the taint of original sin. Being free from original sin, Jesus also had no sin nature. Furthermore, Jesus lived His entire life and committed no personal sin. Scripture reveals Jesus “knew no sin” (2 Cor 5:21), was “without sin” (Heb 4:15), “committed no sin” (1 Pet 2:22), and in whom “there is no sin” (1 John 3:5). His sinless life qualified Him to die a substitutionary death in our place, “the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Pet 3:18). Jesus died for everyone and paid the penalty for our sin (John 3:16; Heb 2:9; 1 John 2:2). Though His death is sufficient for all to be saved (unlimited atonement), the benefits of the cross are applied only to those who believe in Him, which includes forgiveness of sins (Acts 10:43; Eph 1:7), the gift of righteousness (Rom 5:17; Phil 3:9), and eternal life (John 10:28). Dr. Steven R. Cook   [1] Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Basic Theology, 253. [2] Benjamin B. Warfield, The Plan of Salvation: Five Lectures (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1915), 44. [3] John M. Frame, Salvation Belongs to the Lord: An Introduction to Systematic Theology (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2006), 112. [4] J. I. Packer, Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1993), 84. [5] Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 702. [6] John MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Ephesians (Chicago, Ill. Moody Press, 1986), 98. [7] Ibid., 101. [8] John F. Walvoord, The Holy Spirit (Grand Rapids, Mich. Zondervan Publishing, 1977), 132. [9] Paul P. Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1989), 338. [10]

     Total depravity is the biblical doctrine that sin permeates all aspects of our being—mind, will, and sensibilities, and renders us helpless to save ourselves. It does not mean we are as bad as we can be, for there are many moral unbelievers in the world. Being contaminated by sin means whatever morality we produce can never measure up to the perfect righteousness God expects. Is there any person who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?” (Prov 20:9). The answer is an emphatic No! The human heart is corrupt, for “the heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick” (Jer 17:9). And “Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins” (Eccl 7:20), and “There is none righteous; not even one. There is none who understands; there is none who seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become useless. There is none who does good, there is not even one” (Rom 3:10-12; cf. Rom 8:8). Some might argue that we can perform good works and help to save ourselves. This is wrong. Scripture states, “your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God” (Isa 59:2), “For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away” (Isa 64:6). Salvation does not come by human works; rather, we are “justified by faith apart from works of the Law” (Rom 3:28), and salvation comes “to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly” (Rom 4:5), and we are “not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified” (Gal 2:16), “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Eph 2:8-9), and God “has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity” (2 Tim 1:9), and “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit” (Tit 3:5). By human standards, even the worst person can do some good. But human estimation is lower than God's estimation and it is God's standards that define what is truly good. According to Charles Ryrie, “Total depravity must always be measured against God's holiness. Relative goodness exists in people. They can do good works, which are appreciated by others. But nothing that anyone can do will gain salvational merit or favor in the sight of a holy God.”[1] Calvinist View of Total Depravity      For Calvinists, total depravity means total inability. They regard people as totally unable to respond to the things of God; like a physical corpse. Notable scholars such as B. B. Warfield, R. C. Sproul, John Piper, Wayne Grudem, John Frame, John MacArthur, and J. I. Packer hold this view. B. B. Warfield wrote, “nothing is more fundamental in the doctrine of the Reformers than the complete inability of man and his absolute need of divine grace.”[2] John Frame states, “We can never come to God out of our own resources. We are helpless to do anything to save ourselves. This condition is sometimes called total inability” (italics his).[3] J. I. Packer states, “Total depravity entails total inability, that is, the state of not having it in oneself to respond to God and his Word in a sincere and wholehearted way (John 6:44; Rom 8:7–8).”[4] That is, lost sinners cannot respond to God at all, as they are spiritually unable (dead) to respond apart from God's granting life and the ability to believe. This leads Calvinists to conclude two things. First, God sovereignly acts by Himself to regenerate the spiritually dead and make them spiritually alive. Second, God gives the newly regenerate a special kind of faith whereby they can and will trust in Christ as Savior. According to Wayne Grudem, regeneration is “the act of God awakening spiritual life within us, bringing us from spiritual death to spiritual life. On this definition, it is natural to understand that regeneration comes before saving faith. It is in fact this work of God that gives us the spiritual ability to respond to God in faith.”[5] According to John MacArthur, “Our response in salvation is faith, but even that is not of ourselves [but is] the gift of God. Faith is nothing that we do in our own power or by our own resources...Paul intends to emphasize that even faith is not from us apart from God's giving it.”[6] The result of these divine actions in God's elect means they will produce good works and will persevere in those works throughout their lives until they die. John MacArthur states, “The same power that created us in Christ Jesus empowers us to do the good works for which He has redeemed us. These are the verifiers of true salvation.”[7] Thus, good works from regeneration to the end of one's life are the proof of salvation. Failure to produce ongoing good works until the end of one's life is offered as proof he was never saved (Matt 7:21). The Biblical View of Total Depravity      The correct biblical view is that total depravity means total unworthiness, not total inability to respond in faith to God's offer of salvation. Despite the profound impact of sin on human nature, the Bible does not portray people as entirely incapacitated. Yes, all mankind is “dead” in their sins (Eph 2:1); but death does not mean total inability, but total separation from God, for even those who were dead still “walked according to the course of this world” (Eph 2:2). Mankind is totally depraved in the sense that sin corrupts every part of our being, intellect, will, and sensibility. However, it does not mean that fallen people are unable to respond in faith to the gospel of grace.      The first example of spiritual death in the Bible is found in the Garden of Eden. God had warned Adam and Eve, saying, “from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die” (Gen 2:17). The warning was that if they disobeyed God, on that very day, they would die (and death means separation, not cessation). Adam and Eve experienced spiritual death at the moment they disobeyed God. Yet, immediately after the fall, in their state of spiritual death, they could sense God's presence in the Garden, as they “heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden” (Gen 3:8). Furthermore, Adam heard God's voice when He “called to the man” (Gen 3:9), and Adam responded to Him, saying, “I heard the sound of You in the garden” (Gen 3:10a). Though they could not undo their newly fallen sinful state, it did not render them totally unable to perceive God or to respond to Him when He called out to them. And they did respond positively to the Lord when He promised to provide a descendant, a Seed of the woman, who would crush the head of the serpent (Gen 3:15). They also responded positively by accepting God's provision of clothing after He killed an animal, took its skin, and covered their nakedness (Gen 3:21).      Furthermore, God made mankind in His image, as Scripture states, “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen 1:27). Even after the historic fall of Adam and Eve, all people are said to be “in the image of God” (Gen 9:6), and “in the likeness of God” (Jam 3:9). Despite the fall of humanity into sin, the image of God in humanity remains intact, implying that humans still retain some moral capacity, which includes the ability to accept God's offer of salvation by faith. Though people are deeply affected by sin, they still possess some capacity for moral choice and responsibility, thus arguing against the notion of total depravity meaning total inability.      Regeneration is entirely the work of God in saving lost sinners who cannot save themselves (Rom 5:6-10). The sinner brings nothing of worth to salvation, but receives all that God has to offer by grace. John Walvoord states, “Regeneration is wholly of God. No possible human effort however noble can supply eternal life.”[8] Paul Enns states, “Succinctly stated, to regenerate means ‘to impart life.' Regeneration is the act whereby God imparts life to the one who believes.”[9] Regeneration occurs in the one who believes in Christ as Savior. According to Charles Ryrie, “Salvation is always through faith, not because of faith (Eph 2:8). Faith is the channel through which we receive God's gift of eternal life; it is not the cause. This is so man can never boast, even of his faith. But faith is the necessary and only channel (John 5:24; 17:3).”[10] The Bible teaches there is only one kind of faith, and that only those who place their faith in Christ will be saved. Faith does not save. Christ saves. The Strict-Calvinist believes there are two kinds of faith, one that is common to all, and another that is special and imparted only to God's elect. Believe to Receive Eternal Life      There are numerous passages in the Bible that place faith as the necessary prerequisite to regeneration. It is written, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16), and Jesus said, “This is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life” (John 6:40), and “he who believes has eternal life” (John 6:47). Paul wrote to Timothy about “those who would believe in Him for eternal life” (1 Tim 1:16). In these and other instances, “eternal life” is given after we believe in Jesus as our Savior. Furthermore, people are condemned, not because God has not made a way for them to be saved, but because of their unwillingness to come to Christ as Savior. The issue is individual choice, not inability. The apostle John said, “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). Jesus, speaking to unsaved persons, said, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life” (John 5:39-40). Jesus said the Holy Spirit convicts everyone of sin (John 16:8), particularly the sin of unbelief, “because they do not believe in Me” (John 16:9). There is only one sin that keeps a person out of heaven, and that is the sin of unbelief; of rejecting Jesus as the only Savior. Apparently unbelievers may resist the Holy Spirit, as Stephen said in his sermon, “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit” (Acts 7:51a).      Scripture reveals that “God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent” (Acts 17:30). This means they must not trust in themselves or any system of good works to save, but must trust in Christ, and Christ alone to save. Faith does not save. Christ saves. Faith is the non-meritorious instrument by which we receive eternal life. The Strict-Calvinist believes Christ died only for the elect (Matt 1:21; John 10:15), and only the elect are savable. The Bible teaches that Christ died for everyone (John 3:16; Heb 2:9; 1 John 2:2); therefore, everyone is savable. Paul said, “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men” (Tit 2:11), and that God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:4). Peter stated, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9). Anyone can be saved by believing the gospel message “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3-4). Jesus is Free from Sin      Concerning total depravity and the transmission of original sin, Jesus is the sole exception, for Mary's virgin conception (Isa 7:14; Luke 1:30-35) meant Jesus was not born with the taint of original sin. Being free from original sin, Jesus also had no sin nature. Furthermore, Jesus lived His entire life and committed no personal sin. Scripture reveals Jesus “knew no sin” (2 Cor 5:21), was “without sin” (Heb 4:15), “committed no sin” (1 Pet 2:22), and in whom “there is no sin” (1 John 3:5). His sinless life qualified Him to die a substitutionary death in our place, “the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Pet 3:18). Jesus died for everyone and paid the penalty for our sin (John 3:16; Heb 2:9; 1 John 2:2). Though His death is sufficient for all to be saved (unlimited atonement), the benefits of the cross are applied only to those who believe in Him, which includes forgiveness of sins (Acts 10:43; Eph 1:7), the gift of righteousness (Rom 5:17; Phil 3:9), and eternal life (John 10:28). Dr. Steven R. Cook   [1] Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Basic Theology, 253. [2] Benjamin B. Warfield, The Plan of Salvation: Five Lectures (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1915), 44. [3] John M. Frame, Salvation Belongs to the Lord: An Introduction to Systematic Theology (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2006), 112. [4] J. I. Packer, Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1993), 84. [5] Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 702. [6] John MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Ephesians (Chicago, Ill. Moody Press, 1986), 98. [7] Ibid., 101. [8] John F. Walvoord, The Holy Spirit (Grand Rapids, Mich. Zondervan Publishing, 1977), 132. [9] Paul P. Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1989), 338. [10] Charles C. Ryrie, Basic Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1999), 377.

The Spirit's Regeneration, Indwelling, Baptizing, and Sealing Ministry At the moment of salvation, God the Holy Spirit performs several acts for new believers, which include regeneration (John 3:6; Tit 3:5; 1 Pet 1:3), indwelling (John 14:16-17; 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19), baptizing (1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:27), and sealing (Eph 4:30). Regeneration The word regeneration itself occurs only twice in the Bible (Matt 19:28 and Tit 3:5). In both places the Greek word used is paliggenesia (παλιγγενεσία), which means, “the state of being renewed… [the] experience of a complete change of life, rebirth of a redeemed person.”[1] Regeneration means new believers receive spiritual life at the moment they trust in Christ alone as their Savior. Geisler states, “The new birth of which Jesus speaks is the act of regeneration, whereby God imparts spiritual life to the believer's soul (1 Peter 1:23).”[2] Paul Enns agrees, saying, “Succinctly stated, to regenerate means ‘to impart life.' Regeneration is the act whereby God imparts life to the one who believes.”[3] Ryrie notes: "Although the word regeneration is used only twice in the Bible (Titus 3:5, where it refers to the new birth, and Mt 19:28 where it refers to the millennial kingdom), the concept of being born again is found in other passages, notably John 3. Technically, it is God's act of begetting eternal life in the one who believes in Christ. While faith and regeneration are closely associated, the two ideas are distinct, faith being the human responsibility and the channel through which God's grace is received, and regeneration being God's supernatural act of imparting eternal life."[4] David Anderson adds: "The NT uses a number of different words and images to convey the doctrine of regeneration. The noun palingenesia is used just twice: Matthew 19:28 and Titus 3:5. In Matthew, Jesus is speaking of the regeneration which will occur at His second coming. He refers to setting up His kingdom, placing the twelve over the twelve tribes of Israel, and rewarding those who have sacrificed for His cause. But in Titus 3:5, we have a direct reference to the rebirth of the believer: “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.”[5] To the concept of regeneration, the Greek words anothen (ἄνωθεν) and anagennao (ἀναγεννάω) can be added. Jesus, while speaking to Nicodemus, said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again [anothen] he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3; cf., John 3:7). The word anothen (ἄνωθεν) generally means “from a source that is above.”[6] That is, from a heavenly source. (At least two English translations, NET & YLT, render the word “from above”). Because Nicodemus confused physical birth with spiritual birth (John 3:4), Jesus clarified His statement, saying, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6). Jesus was talking about spiritual birth, or regeneration, which comes from the source of heaven. Peter used the Greek word anagennao (ἀναγεννάω) when he wrote about Christians who have been “born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Pet 1:3), and who “have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God” (1 Pet 1:23). The basic meaning of anagennao (ἀναγεννάω) is to “beget again, cause to be born again.”[7] In both instances the word denotes imparting new life. This work of the Spirit is directly related to the believer's salvation. According to Walvoord, “The work of regeneration can be assigned to the Holy Spirit as definitely as the work of salvation can be assigned to Christ.”[8]And the believer's new life is the basis for a new walk with the Lord. Ryrie notes, “Regeneration does not make a man perfect, but it places him in the family of God and gives him the new ability to please his Father by growing into the image of Christ. Fruit from the new nature is proof that regeneration has occurred (1 John 2:29).”[9] Lighter states: "The means by which regeneration is accomplished eliminates all human endeavor. Though personal faith in Christ as Savior is necessary, faith does not produce the new life; it does not regenerate. Only God regenerates. Human faith and divine regeneration occur at the same time, but the one is man's responsibility as he is enabled by the Holy Spirit, and the other is the work of God imparting the divine life."[10] Indwelling The indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit for every believer was an innovation that was future from the time of Jesus' ministry on earth. Jesus said, “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water'” (John 7:38). And John tells us, “But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified” (John 7:39). The Spirit would begin His special ministry on the day of Pentecost, and it would involve His personal indwelling of every believer. Prior to His crucifixion, Jesus spoke of this, saying, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you” (John 14:16-17). Notice that Spirit would not only be with them, would be in them. Merrill Tenney writes, “This distinction marks the difference between the Old Testament experience of the Holy Spirit and the post-Pentecostal experience of the church. The individual indwelling of the Spirit is the specific privilege of the Christian believer.”[11] This new indwelling ministry by God the Holy Spirit is different than His work in believers in the OT. Under the Mosaic Law, only a select few received the Holy Spirit (Ex 31:1-5; Num 11:25; 27:18; 1 Sam 16:13), and that was conditioned on His sovereign purposes. But now, in the dispensation of the church age, God the Holy Spirit would personally indwell both the local church (1 Cor 3:16-17), as well as each individual believer (1 Cor 6:19). Paul wrote to the Christians living in Corinth, saying, “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Cor 3:16). Concerning the Spirit's indwelling the church in 1 Corinthians 3:16, Radmacher states: "There are two words translated temple in the NT. One refers to the temple building and all its courts; the other refers strictly to the Most Holy Place where no one but the high priest could go. Paul uses the latter term to describe the local church, in whom God dwells. Unlike 1 Corinthians 6:19, where the word temple refers to the individual believer, and Ephesians 2:21, where the word speaks of the church universal, these verses speak of the local church as God's temple. God takes very seriously our actions in the church. destroy: Any person who disrupts and destroys the church by divisions, malice, and other harmful acts invites God's discipline (1 Cor 11:30-32)."[12] Paul also describes the Spirit's indwelling each Christian in 1 Corinthians 6:19, where he wrote, “do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” According to Constable, “Previously Paul taught his readers that the Corinthian church was a temple (naos; 1 Cor 3:16). The believer's body is also a temple. The Holy Spirit is actually indwelling each of these temples (Rom 8:9; cf. Matt 12:6; 18:15–20; 28:16–20; Mark 13:11; John 14:17, 23).”[13] What we find in the church age is that all three Persons of the Godhead indwell every believer (John 14:16-17, 20, 23); however, the Holy Spirit has a special ministry which began on the day of Pentecost (Acts 1:4-5; 2:1-4; 11:15-16; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:26-28), and will continue until the church is raptured to heaven (2 Th 2:7; cf. John 14:1-3; 1 Th 4:13-18; Tit 2:13). Chafer states: "The Spirit made His advent into the world here to abide throughout this dispensation. As Christ is now located at the right hand of the Father, though omnipresent, so the Spirit, though omnipresent, is now locally abiding in the world, in a temple, or habitation, of living stones (Eph 2:19-22). The individual believer is also spoken of as a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19). The Spirit will not leave the world, or even one stone of that building until the age-long purpose of forming that temple is finished…The Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost and that aspect of the meaning of Pentecost will no more be repeated than the incarnation of Christ. There is no occasion to call the Spirit to “come,” for He is here."[14] Baptizing The subject of baptism has been, and continues to be, a subject of confusion. The word baptize is a transliteration of the Greek verb baptizo (βαπτίζω) which broadly means to “plunge, dip, [or] wash,”[15] and is often used “of the Christian sacrament of initiation after Jesus' death.”[16] The Greek noun baptisma (βάπτισμα) refers to the result of a dipping or immersing. In Classical Greek literature, the verb baptizo (βαπτίζω) “was used among the Greeks to signify the dyeing of a garment, or the drawing of water by dipping a vessel into another.”[17] The Greek poet Nicander (ca. 200 B.C.) used both bapto (βάπτω) and baptizo (βαπτίζω) when describing the process of making pickles. According to James Strong, “When used in the New Testament, this word more often refers to our union and identification with Christ than to our water baptism.”[18]  There are numerous baptisms mentioned in the Bible, some are wet and some are dry. John the Baptist said, “I baptize you with water” (Matt 3:11a), clearly making the baptism wet. But then, John the Baptist spoke of Jesus, saying, “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matt 3:11b). These latter two baptisms are both dry, where no one gets placed into water. A few other baptisms mentioned in Scripture include the baptism of the cross (Mark 10:35-38; Luke 12:50), the baptism of Moses (1 Cor 10:1-2), and the baptism of Christians (Matt 28:16-20). For the Christian, water baptism is a picture of the believer's spiritual union and identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Rom 6:3-7; Col 2:11-12). Water baptism does not save (1 Cor 1:17). It never has and never will. God saves at the moment believers place their faith solely in Jesus (John 3:16; 1 Cor 15:3-4). At the moment of faith in Christ, God the Holy Spirit unites new believers spiritually to Christ, adding them to the church, the body of Christ. Paul wrote, “For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit” (1 Cor 12:12-13). Lewis Chafer states, “As a ground upon which the certainty of eternal security rests, the baptism of the Spirit should be recognized as that operation by which the individual believer is brought into organic union with Christ. By the Spirit's regeneration Christ is resident in the believer, and by the Spirit's baptism the believer is thus in Christ.”[19] Merrill F. Unger comments: "This momentous spiritual operation is set forth in the NT as the basis of all the believer's positions and possessions “in Christ” (Eph 1:3; Col 2:10; 3:1–4; etc.). The operation is prophetic in the gospels (Matt 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16–17; John 1:33–34, where Christ is the baptizer), historic in the Acts (cf. Acts 1:5 with Acts 11:16), and doctrinal in the epistles (1 Cor 12:13, where the Spirit is named specifically as the agent; Rom 6:3–4; Gal 3:26–27; Col 2:9–12; Eph 4:5). The Spirit's baptizing work, placing the believer “in Christ,” occurred initially at Pentecost at the advent of the Spirit, who baptized believing Jews “into Christ.” In Acts 8, Samaritans were baptized in this way for the first time; in Acts 10, Gentiles likewise were so baptized, at which point the normal agency of the Spirit as baptizer was attained. According to the clear teaching of the epistles, every believer is baptized by the Spirit into Christ the moment he is regenerated. He is also simultaneously indwelt by the Spirit and sealed eternally, with the privilege of being filled with the Spirit, as the conditions for filling are met."[20] Sealing Several times Paul used the Greek verb sphragizo (σφραγίζω) when writing to Christians. Paul wrote of God “who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge” (2 Cor 1:22). To the Christians at Ephesus he wrote, “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise” (Eph 1:13), and “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (Eph 4:30). In each of these uses the verb sphragizo (σφραγίζω) means “to mark with a seal as a means of identification…so that the mark denoting ownership also carries with it the protection of the owner.”[21] Laney Jr., states, “In ancient times a seal was used as an identifying mark, indicating the rightful ownership of the object sealed. And so the sealing ministry of the Spirit marks believers as God's own possession, guaranteeing their security for eternity.”[22] Concerning Paul's use of sphragizo (σφραγίζω) in Ephesians 1:13, Harold Hoehner comments: "God seals the believers in Christ with the promised Holy Spirit when they have not only heard but also believed the gospel of salvation. The sealing with the Spirit must not be confused with the other ministries of the Spirit. The indwelling of the Spirit refers to his residence in every believer (Rom 8:9; 1 John 2:27). The baptizing ministry of the Spirit places believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:13). The filling by the Spirit is the control of the Spirit over believers' lives (Eph 5:18). The sealing ministry of the Spirit is to identify believers as God's own and thus give them the security that they belong to him (Eph 1:13; 4:30; 2 Cor 1:22). The very fact that the Spirit indwells believers is a seal of God's ownership of them."[23] The Holy Spirit is Himself the seal that marks us as owned by God and guarantees our future redemption and glory (Eph 1:13-14; 4:30). These blessings are completely the work of the Holy Spirit for the benefit of Christians and occur at the moment believers trust Jesus as their Savior. These are facts based on objective statements in Scripture and are accepted by faith, not ever-changing subjective feelings. Though Christians can grieve and/or quench the Holy Spirit with personal sin (Eph 4:30; 1 Th 5:19), and though they may suffer divine discipline because of personal sin (Heb 12:5-11), they cannot grieve Him away. Joseph Dillow notes: "The ancient practice of using seals is behind the figurative use of the word here. A seal was a mark of protection and ownership. The Greek word sphragizō is used of a stone being fastened with a seal to “prevent its being moved from a position” (BDAG). In fact, this was apparently the earliest method of distinguishing one's property. The seal was engraved with a design or mark distinctive to the owner. The seal of ownership or protection was often made in soft wax with a signet ring. An impression was left on the wax signifying the owner of the thing sealed. When the Holy Spirit seals us, He presses the signet ring of our heavenly Father on our hearts of wax and leaves the mark of ownership. We belong to Him. He certifies this by His unchangeable purpose to protect and own us to the day of redemption. In Ephesians 1:13-14, we are told that the Holy Spirit Himself is the seal. He is impressed upon us, so to speak. His presence in our lives is thus a guarantee of God's protection and that we are owned by God. A broken seal was an indication that the person had not been protected. The Holy Spirit cannot be broken. He is the seal of ownership. In Ephesians 4:30, we are told that we are sealed unto the day of redemption. This sealing ministry of the Spirit is forever and guarantees that we will arrive safely for the redemption of our bodies and entrance into heaven (Romans 8:23). He is the seal that we are now owned and protected by God until the day of redemption."[24] Dr. Steven R. Cook     [1] William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 752. [2] Norman L. Geisler, Systematic Theology, Volume Three: Sin, Salvation (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2004), 123. [3] Paul P. Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1989), 338. [4] Charles Caldwell Ryrie, A Survey of Bible Doctrine (Chicago: Moody Press, 1972). [5] David R. Anderson, Free Grace Soteriology, ed. James S. Reitman, Revised Edition. (Grace Theology Press, 2012), 235. [6] William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 92. [7] Ibid., 59. [8] John F. Walvoord, The Holy Spirit, 131. [9] Charles Caldwell Ryrie, A Survey of Bible Doctrine (Chicago: Moody Press, 1972). [10] Robert P. Lightner, Handbook of Evangelical Theology: A Historical, Biblical, and Contemporary Survey and Review, 199. [11] Merrill C. Tenney, “John,” in The Expositor's Bible Commentary: John and Acts, ed. Frank E. Gaebelein, vol. 9, 147. [12] Earl D. Radmacher, Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary, 1464–1465. [13] Tom Constable, Tom Constable's Expository Notes on the Bible (Galaxie Software, 2003), 1 Co 6:18. [14] Lewis S. Chafer, He that is Spiritual (Grand Rapids, Mich. Zondervan Publishing, 1967), 26. [15] William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 164. [16] Ibid., 164. [17] W. E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, and William White Jr., Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Nashville, TN: T. Nelson, 1996), 50. [18] James Strong, βάπτω bapto, Enhanced Strong's Lexicon (Woodside Bible Fellowship, 1995). [19] Lewis Sperry Chafer, Systematic Theology, vol. 3, 337. [20] Merrill F. Unger and R.K. Harrison, “Baptism of the Spirit,” The New Unger's Bible Dictionary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1988). [21] William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 980. [22] Charles R. Swindoll and Roy B. Zuck, Understanding Christian Theology (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2003), 206. [23] Harold W. Hoehner, Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002), 240. [24] Joseph C. Dillow, Final Destiny: The Future Reign of the Servant Kings, 4th Edition (Houston, TX: Grace Theology Press, 2018).

Skirting the fringes of blues, country and outlaw folk, Clare and Yves speak to Luke Watt and Nigel Wearne of Above the Bit.

My guest is James Naughtie, one of the UK's most revered and recognisable journalists and broadcasters, perhaps best known for co-hosting the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 for 21 years. He's been the Chief Political Correspondent for both The Scotsman and The Guardian, as well as the Laurence Stern Fellow for the Washington Post. During his career, he has won both Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards and the Sony Radio Awards' Radio Personality Of The Year. A prolific author of novels and nonfiction, he was the Chair of the Booker Prize, made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and succeeded Dame Diana Rigg as Chancellor of The University of Stirling for a decade-long term. Succinctly, he's good with words. Recorded in the Media Yurt at - and with special thanks to - the Edinburgh International Book Festival, August 2023.

Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, July 6, 2009 Recapping bargains in Arcadia. Succinctly. What even is the point of them??? It is agreed Mr. Baldwin is scary. ** Episode cast Niko MacCleary is played by M. German Thomas MacCleary is played by Kale Brown Lia Webster is played by Cailen Karin Segretti is played by Corvyn Appleby ** Arcadia, CA is written and directed by Lee Seguinte, edited by Erik Seguinte, and produced by Law of Names Media. ** More information about our cast and crew can be found on our website. ** Theme music composed by Michael Freitag. ** Sound effects provided by https://www.zapsplat.com and http://fresound.org

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Succinctly stated and to the point, Coach Renée sheds light on the importance of being emotionally sober. Get into it! FOLLOW Coach Renée on FB & IG: @iamreneeroberts NEED A LIFE COACH?: www.iamreneeroberts.com

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Today's Five-Star Guest is Aron Murch, CIO and Co-Owner of 2H Media. As the Chief Information Officer at 2H Media, Aron plays an active role in making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources, implementing the information and computer technology systems, and overseeing the development and dissemination of technology for the business. In addition to his responsibilities as a partner, Aron acts as the design and development lead for the company, overseeing and implementing crucial branding and ecommerce projects.Learn More About 2H Media:  https://2h.media/about-us/Learn More About Aron:  https://2h.media/team/aron-murch/Get on our waiting list for our new nonprofit & fundraising community filled with on-demand courses and live webinars that are exclusive to members! Learn all about what's in store to support you and your leadership team at www.DoGoodYOUniversity.com!Support This Podcast! Make a quick and easy donation here:https://www.patreon.com/dogoodbetterSpecial THANK YOU to our sponsors:Donor Dock - The best CRM system for your small to medium sized nonprofit, hands down! Visit www.DonorDock.com and use the Promo Code DOGOODBETTER for a FREE month!Brady Martz - The Nonprofit Audit Specialists! Visit www.BradyMartz.com to connect with folks to make your fiscal life a heckuvalot easier!iTunes: https://apple.co/3a3XenfSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2PlqRXsYouTube: https://bit.ly/3kaWYanTunein: http://tun.in/pjIVtStitcher: https://bit.ly/3i8jfDRFollow On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodBetterPodcast/Follow On Twitter: @consulting_do #fundraising #fundraiser #charity #nonprofit #donate#dogood #dogoodBETTER #fargo #fundraisingdadAbout Host Patrick Kirby:Email: Patrick@dogoodbetterconsulting.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fundraisingdad/Want more great advice? Buy Patrick's book! Now also available as an e-book!Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing GoodAvailable through Amazon Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1072070359

Ehsan Khoman, Head of Commodities, ESG and Emerging Markets Research (EMEA), discusses MUFG's latest ESG publication, titled, “COP27 outcomes – Principles, policies, politics” (read it here). The report aims to offer corporates and investors a comprehensive breakdown of COP27 deliberations that concluded on 20th November, and what the next steps look like. Ehsan believes that COP27 did little to accelerate the speed of transition at a global political level, leaving ambition and action to take place at COP28 in the UAE in November 2023. After drawing to a close 39 hours late (the second-longest COP in history), many contentious matters, notably around language limiting fossil fuels, were left for future climate talks. Succinctly, faint contours of progress – not balanced – were achieved. Disclaimer: www.mufgresearch.com (PDF)

"Building a personal brand" is often used as a euphemism for "building authority". But is it really the same thing? What does it mean when we say we are building a personal brand?  In this episode, Elizabeth Harr and Alastair McDermott discuss what a successful personal brand looks like, the 4 key elements of a personal brand strategy, and the signature styles that you can choose from when developing your personal brand. They also discuss tips for people who are finding it tough to create content, why reducing cognitive load on the consumer is important, and why research is key to building authority.  “The personal brand strategy is really a roadmap centered around four things: the definition of who you are and where you're going to lay a stake in the ground as an expert, the tools that you're going to need to make that personal brand visible, the skills required, and then actually implementing it.” -- Elizabeth Harr on The Recognized Authority podcast “The hallmark of a successful personal brand, is one that can take a complex subject matter and explain it simply. Succinctly and simply.” -- Elizabeth Harr on The Recognized Authority podcast

Watering the lesson from Wednesday, "Walk Worthy," Brother Sam stressed that we live in constant anxiety because we neither know nor incorporate the word of God. Instead, we feed on the nightly news filled with negativity. Succinctly summed up: "Henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts." (Eph. 4:17-18). Faith and hope are the opposite of fear and dread. Feeding on the word of God strengthens us and gives us peace.

When sharing information, it is important to get to clearly share the point of your message quickly. This helps the reader or hearing to engage with what you have to share and to decide if they have interest in the content or not. When people are distracted by not understanding the main theme of what is being shared, it can be difficult to get their attention again. When people know you deliver messages clearly and succinctly, they are apt to pay attention to your communications.

vol. 1 episode 10Greetings,Here in the States, for many of us, it feels as though life as we know it is slipping away, or as the poet Rilke once described such a time, as though we stand on fishes. The ground is not solid. The light feels dark. Reaching out to touch can leave us disoriented when the other does not reach back.In the US we are experiencing our Pluto return; that is the constant “news” story for mundane astrologers and will be through the first weeks of 2024. In other venues, I have described what we are experiencing is like a slow-rolling occupation, a fascist take-over of our hearts and minds, although as I have also written elsewhere, and mention again in this podcast, there are many controlling interests involved in our current systemic breakdown for whom politics is not the point, but only a tool of expedience. And, in the US and other countries, who is right and who is wrong about who those machers actually are, is rapidly turning disagreement into fragmentation, and potentially violence.There is a lot to either fear, or face, or both.Using both classical and modern/Placidian houses, from our position here on Earth, Pluto, which talks to us about extremes and collapses, is currently appearing to move backwards in the later stages of Capricorn, a sign that talks to us about organization, status quo, and limitations. In the natal chart of the US, the version Elisabeth and I use in this podcast anyway, Pluto is thus positioned in the second house, signaling an extreme breakdown in manners to do with values, resources, and what sustains us. Here in the Northern hemisphere, Capricorn signals a return to the light in late December. Because astrology is a symbolic language, I don't get hung up on the literalness of whether it is being interpreted from the Southern or Northern hemisphere, so long as the inherent logic of the symbolic language remains intact.Regardless of whether it is becoming summer or winter, the important point is that there is a solstice that occurs in the sign of Capricorn, and so is a time we are acutely aware of how the earth turns toward and away from something simultaneously. Succinctly put: It is a threshold.Now, combine all these pieces and you can see that we are crossing a threshold which requires we turn away from what has been and face what will be. Whether we like it or not, we are being carried away from what we have sought to know as The Establishment, for good or for ill; there is a natural collapse of old structures that have organized us around our values, monetary systems, and systems of governance in the United States.There is opportunity here, and while much of it is out of our control, a lot is very much within our control. It's our ability to manage our emotions and wield our curiosity that will make all the difference. If we keep our wits about us, sometimes, we might find the solution we need is right on the tip of our nose. Learning the skill of repose also requires, as Elisabeth points out, that we face our grief over the endings we are encountering.There are other planetary transits that support this process of breakdown, but this Pluto return is the context, and thus why it is the main story for Elisabeth and me as cosmic reporters, and will be through the end of 2023.In this episode, we address what might be the necessary tools for crossing this threshold, and how astrology can better prepare you for the breakdowns that are inevitably coming. We discuss how having an understanding of the current and upcoming planetary patterns can better prepare you for what will at first seem like unending chaos, but is actually the natural motion of the cosmos that supersedes us all. And, as usual, we look at a few charts and perhaps against our better judgement, get a little snarky. Most of the charts are at the end of this post.We'd thought we'd not return from our break until mid-July, but several listeners prevailed upon us to get back in action, and since we love doing this so much, we figured why the heck not. Thank you for caring enough to bring us back from our respective kayaks in Maine and Tennessee.If you like this podcast, and regularly listen, consider subscribing to it on Substack, where it lives. Also, please share it with others. We are starting to get some attention that could lead us to help expand what we offer, but it only happens when you get involved and do your part to help us grow. You can learn more about Elisabeth's work at graceastrology.com and more about mine at ensouledconsulting.com.Until next time, which will be our regular bi-Friday (July 15), don't forget to LOOK UP!Whitney and ElisabethOff the Charts! A Stellar Newscast is a listener-supported production. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Source for charts: Elisabeth Grace/SolarFire/Astro databank. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ensouled.substack.com/subscribe

In last week's “Hard Truth” podcast—David Vance, ilana Mercer and guest Jack Kerwick (introduced here https://rumble.com/v15a75f-tucker-cancels-gop-so-should-you-republicans-have-done-nothing-to-defend-yo.html) cancelled the Grand Old Party (GOP). And on good grounds. The Republican Party HAS never stood up for you, WILL never stand up for you and is NOT going to do what it takes. Past is prologue. As Dr. Boyd Cathey has observed (https://barelyablog.com/national-review-conservatism-as-ugly-as-the-promulgators/ ), the “party which never conserves anything” had been exposed as such as far back as 1875. “The great Southern author, Robert Lewis Dabney, writing a decade after the end of the War Between the States … expressed presciently this tendency of dominant, post-war Northern conservatism”: The history of the Republican Party is “that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is to-day one of the accepted principles of conservatism.” https://barelyablog.com/national-review-conservatism-as-ugly-as-the-promulgators/ Some questions, however, lingered. Were we and our guest, Dr. Kerwick, being too theoretically pure? Perhaps conservatives should just put up and shut up about the Only Game in Town? Succinctly put by a viewer and reader: “Yup! The Republicans suck. But the Democrats want to kill me.” https://www.unz.com/imercer/tucker-cancels-gop-so-should-you-republicans-have-done-nothing-to-defend-you/#comment-5350787 To that, David provided the perfectly plain answer, as is his wont. WATCH. So did Andrew Breitbart. WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE. David and ilana also get down to some "Monkey Business." Look, “Monkey Pox” is not a worry. All you have to do is avoid Biblically prohibited copulation. But beware! The Powers, however, do want to make “Monkey Pox” a lockdown affair. (Oh, last week, https://rumble.com/v15a75f-tucker-cancels-gop-so-should-you-republicans-have-done-nothing-to-defend-yo.html, ilana went with a woke aesthetic, as viewers of the “Hard Truth” podcast told her bluntly. So, no more unwashed hair on this May 26, 2022 “Hard Truth” episode. Ilana cleaned up "good," as they'd say in the South.)   DAVID VANCE is one of the most outspoken, fearless political commentators in the UK and bears the scars for it. Having been in front-line politics as Deputy Leader of the UK Unionist Party for some years, he was delighted to oppose the anti-democratic Belfast Agreement and the Clintonian-Blair forces behind that. He even wrote a book about it all called “Unionism Decayed” (2008). David has been a successful businessman for decades and prides himself on his independence. He has turned in stellar appearances on ALL mainstream UK political programs, before being … cancelled. He doesn't care! He and ilana mercer have joined forces to create the punch-in-the-gut HARD TRUTH channel. Contacts: https://gettr.com/user/davidvance & https://gab.com/DAVIDVANCE ILANA MERCER, paleolibertarian author and theorist, has written a weekly column since 1999, in which first principles and a fidelity to reality have combined to yield a predictive, fun bit of writing on the most controversial, pressing issues of the day. From war to racism to trade deficits to anarchism to immigration and populism; as a reader put it, “We've learned to trust you.” Books: Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America From Post-Apartheid South Africa (2011) & The Trump Revolution: The Donald's Creative Destruction Deconstructed” (2016) Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/ilanamercer Twitter: https://twitter.com/IlanaMercer   Also try watching the video

The number one question folks ask us is, "What do you do?" Or, "What is your ministry about?" These are valid queries, and in this episode, I explain to you the what, why, and how of our ministry. Succinctly put, we exist to help people by providing life-changing resources so they can go and help others. You're welcome to listen to the podcast or watch the thirty-minute keynote presentation that breaks down what we do and why and how we do it. Show Notes: https://rickthomas.net/podcast/ep-392-the-complete-update-about-how-and-why-we-do-what-we-do/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a one-time or recurring donation(s) here https://rickthomas.net/donations/

Today we continue our series of Underdog Tales, highlighting some of the greatest upsets in sports history. This episode, we're doing something a little different, and discussing one of the craziest upsets in the history of pro wrestling: Brock Lesnar's defeat of The Undertaker at Wrestlemania XXX! Joining us to share his expertise is podcaster and former WWE writer, Dave Schilling. Succinctly describing who The Undertaker is... well, that's a difficult task. Whether he's an undead zombie, a gothic superhero, or a biker dude, he was a legend in the world of wrestling for years and years. Standing at 6'10 and wearing plenty of eyeliner, the Phenom was famous for his finishing move, the Tombstone Piledriver. Starting in 1991, The Undertaker was undefeated in his Wrestlemania matches. 21 times in a row. An achievement known as "The Streak." Then Brock Lesnar showed up. A monster of a man, this former college champion wrestler rose quickly in the WWE, becoming the youngest champion ever, before giving it all up to try playing football. When he returned to the ring, he star once again rose quickly. A clash between the rising star and the legend of yore was inevitable. And so, at Wrestlemania XXX in 2014, things came to a head. And not everyone was happy with how things went down. Listen in to hear what happened.

Why celebrating is important to build success habits and how you can celebrate not just your successes, but also live a lifestyle of celebrating who you are, the special moments in life, and the people you get to do life together with! Download a digital copy of my brand new coaching workbook, Master Your Quarter-Life on my website, http://sharonkilonhan.com If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends on social media and tag me at https://www.instagram.com/sharonkilonhan/ --------------------- Episode Vocabularies: Reinforce (v) strengthen (an existing feeling, idea, or habit). Physiological (adj) relating to the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions. Succinctly (adv) in a brief and clearly expressed manner. Intrinsically (adv) in an essential or natural way. Savor (v) enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) completely, especially by dwelling on it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/millenniallifeschool/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/millenniallifeschool/support

Podcast 132Culture As A Determination Of Happiness A Way Of LifeVol.1 Copyright 2021 ISBN 978-976-96768-7-9.mp3CULTURE AS A DETERMINATION OF HAPPINESS A WAY OF LIFE© 2021  VOLUME 1 is as an abstract statement captured and framed in 18 chapters in publication 244 ISBN 978-976-96768-7-9 and verbalised in Podcast 132.Contextually and metaphorically speaking in every cultural geographical space it is often assumed that Culture is viewed as A Determination of Happiness. Succinctly put this assessment seems reasonable especially when the same is viewed through several theoretical lenses such as Contextualism, Culture, Texture and Thick Description Culture, as A Determination of Happiness. The same is perceived as cognitive. In this environment because of the nature of these lens I am better able  to frame, capture and navigate this conversation Culture as A Determination of Happiness. This ethos becomes an unconscious process like a habit and intuition which can be interpreted as cultural learning and personal evolution. In the context of the discipline of photography and digital media as an Author, Cinematographer, Media Arts Specialists' License Cultural Practitioner, Podcaster and Publisher, I am fully conversant with the fact that a lens is a tool used to bring light to a fixed focal point. For example, in a film camera, the lens sends the light to the film strip, while in a digital camera (like DSLRs or mirror less cameras), the lens directs light to a digital sensor.Culture As A Determination Of Happiness   © 2021  VOL.1  ISBN 978-976-96768-7-9Was filmed by  William Anderson Gittens of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015On Location Regarding The following-Hibiscus, Brownes BeachChrist ChurchCodrington CollegeHackleton's CliffSaint Andrew's Parish ChurchSaint AndrewSaint JamesSaint JohnSaint MichaelThorsbySpecial thanks to the Creator for his guidance and choosing me as a conduit to express the creative gifts he has given me and my late parents Charles and Ira Gittens.  Thanks to those who assisted me along this journey namely my Beloved wife Magnola Gittens, my Brothers Shurland, Charles, Ricardo, Arnott, Stephen, Sisters Emerald, Marcella, Cheryl, Cousins Joy Mayers, Kevin and Ernest Mayers, Donna Archer, Avis Dyer, Jackie Clarke, Uncles Clifford, Leonard Mayers, David Bruce, Collin Rock. My children Laron and Lisa.  Well-wishers Mr.and Mrs. Andrew Platizky, Mr. Matthew Sutton, Mr.& Mrs. Gordon Alleyne, Mr. Juan Arroyo, Mr. and Mrs. David Lavine, Mrs. Ellen Gordon, Dr.Nicholas Gordon, the late Dr.Joseph Drew, Merline Mayers, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Millington, Rev. Dr. Scofield Eversley and Rev. Dr. Margaret Eversley, Rev. & Mrs. Donavon Shoemaker, Rev. & Mrs. Clayton Springer, Ms. Geraldine Davis, Rev.Carl and Rev Angie Dixon, Mr. David Brathwaite,Mrs. Zenda Phillips,Mrs. Gloria Rock, Rev.Pauline Harewood, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Russell, Mrs. Shirley Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Felton Ince, Mr. and Mrs. David Brathwaite, Mr.and Mrs. Ryan Miller Mr.and Mrs. Neilo Mascoll, Rev. Zenda Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quintyne, Special mentioned is given to Dr. Joseph Drew was my advisor, mentor, and teacher during my academic tenure as a Media Arts Major at  New Jersey City University (NJCU).  The focus of our parting conversation was about me honing my writing skills after I had graduated and returned to Barbados. Between the period 1995 to 2021, I have discovered that the more that I practice this leisure pursuit profession it seemed to be infectious among other nuances. The other elements such as beiSupport the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

In this episode I'm going to share with you How To Get Money To Start and Grow Your Business. Without a doubt – one of the best ways to FUND THE GROWTH of your company is by running INTERNAL PROMOTIONS that fund the next phase of your growth.   But what happens when you're ready for outside money? …and how do you know IF you're ready to work with an investor? …and what kind of an investor is right for you?   Well, that's what we're going to cover today…   Are you looking for Smart Money – meaning that the person or group funding you… also brings SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE or KEY RELATIONSHIPS that they're going to leverage to help you scale.   At the very least – you need to know 5 things that I will go over in this video, and THEN… I will go over what you need to be able to CLEARLY and SUCCINCTLY prove to someone in a few minutes.   And by the way… if you've been in business for more than a couple of years, you should know this stuff already… and if you don't YET know all of that… I promise that after you do this exercise – you will GROW in size, and PROFIT, and reach – even without any additional investment.   But - I've had people approach me with far less then this information asking for funding, and I've also had people approach me with far far more information and after hearing hundreds of pitches – let me tell you the secret…   When you know how to grow effectively, then scaling your business, and funding your growth - becomes predictable. The very first step is to review where you are and what needs to be fixed RIGHT NOW at the stage that you're at today, which is most likely different than the things that needed to be fixed six months ago or a year ago.   So, I want to give you free access to the tool we use to monitor my companies…   It's the Built To Grow Review. And if you use the link in the description or go to http://BuiltToGrowReview.com/123 you can get FREE access to it. 

Welcome to our podcast - FedBiz'5, where you get informed, get connected and get results.  In our last episode we discussed what is an Engagement Strategy?In this episode we are discussing the importance of Engagement Preparation, and the value of coaching to identify what the buyer's needs are before speaking with contracting officials.  Engagement strategy or “Coaching” is one-on-one consultation with our client to help further their efforts to form relationships with government buyers. It is all about preplanning and preparation. Before contacting a contracting official, you need to have a plan and a position your business to meet the needs of the buyer.  Your positioning focus should be in parallel with what is important to that buyer. Think of the ‘needs' (products or services) of the audience that buyer serves, and that is what you focus your value proposition on.  Next, what can make your business stand out compared to the competition?  Contracting officials get calls and emails every day.  How can you stand out compared to everyone else.BE PAREPARED - Know Your Value Proposition.Make sure your SAM and DSBSregistrations are complete, compliant, and optimized, as well as having a professionally prepared and aesthetically appealing Capability Statement.  These serve as your government calling card or resume, and you only get one opportunity to make a good first impression.Succinctly address what you have to offer.  What you do, and what have you done in the past.  Past performance, even in the commercial market, provides some level of assurance that you can fulfill the requirements of the award.  Explain what projects you have completed in the past and the scope of those projects.  Do not lead your conversation with your socio-economic status but address it later in the conversation, especially when you are SBA certified for set-aside awards.  Your value proposition is more important to lead with than if you are woman-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, or some other category.  While these categories are very important, do not start your conversation with, “Hello, I'm a HUBZone business (or whatever socio-economic category fits your profile).  When making your initial introduction, focus on what you do and how you have done it well for others in the past.  Taylor your conversation to the needs of the buyer.  Be prepared and practice explaining your value proposition, and what differentiates your business from the rest of the packThe buyer can then make a good assessment of your business and keep you in their ‘active' file for consideration when an award solicitation opens, or an award is under the $250,000 threshold for the simplified acquisition program for small businesses.FedBiz Access offers Engagement Strategy sessions, as well as marketing packages to targeted buyers in the federal government with its Federal Connections Package and on the state, local, and education market with its Local Connections Package.  In addition, FedBiz offers SBA Certifications and GSA Schedule fulfillment services through our experienced team of professional.This podcast is sponsored by FedBiz Access - https://fedbizaccess.com.  For government contracting made simple, call (888) 299-4498.

Ken and Paul discuss a lunch that Ken had with a Black man who denies that systemic racism exists. It got Ken thinking - how do we succinctly respond to someone who denies systemic racism in something as short as a workday lunch? He takes a crack at it. They also discuss: - A racist idea that they both realize is important to check as White men. - How monopolized power has resulted in dominant cultural norms, expectations, and rules that appear "race-neutral" on the surface, but, in fact, disproportionately disadvantage people of color.  - The idea of an individual's "merit" and how privilege can impede a fair shake. From their discussion, they reference Alicia Sheares' essay, "To dismantle systemic racism, White people must be willing to give up their power." See the full essay here: shorturl.at/lsSW8 Connect with The Modern White Man by subscribing to their newsletter at www.themodernwhiteman.com.

Join us as we sit down for a conversation with award-winning author Karl Beckstrand. Owner of Premio Publishing and writer of over 150+ multicultural books published for kids. We share an enriching discussion, including his thoughts on the meaning of life, the creative writing process, and the current scope of the book publishing industry. I appreciate his uniquely truthful and open interpretation of the world around us. If you have young ones, make sure to check out his recent best-seller Grow- How We Get Food From Our Garden -. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to his newest self-help novel coming out soon. MORE AHP: @Ahumanisticperspectivepodcast FB, IG, YTKarls Website: www.premiobooks.com

Welcome to episode 295 of The Today's Leader Podcast and today sees an interview with an incredible leader. Our conversation traverses over many terrains, taking us down many different paths. It is truly a fascinating journey today. Enjoy our interview today as I introduce you to Randy Herbertson.Randy is a recognized brand strategist and creative director with over 25 years of marketing and innovation experience. Randy's training and experience includes roles as a corporate facilitator and consumer insight specialist, and as an accomplished creative strategist where he has played a key role in a number of product innovations and corporate transformations.Randy provides insight to :- Creative DNA- Brand Vocabulary- Unique Messaging- AND So Much MoreConnect with Randy:My Moving Forward Blog - https://www.mymovingforward.com/aboutThe Visual Brand - http://www.thevisualbrand.com/Now is the time for you to take control of your leadership growth in this disruptive world we navigate. Our aim to help you become the leader you need to be, today. If you are looking to build better leadership skills, check out The Todays Leader website at todaysleader.com.auOur website showcases our Podcast and our magazine and we are pleased to say our masterminds are now available Supported by our network sites, Today's Leader is a collective mindset For the leaders and entrepreneurs of today, forging the path of success for tomorrow.The mindset to make a difference and the ability to create an impact.Think & Grow Business Hosts our Today's Leader Masterminds. TAGB where we focus on personal, professional, and business growth. Book your free 30-minute discovery call at https://thinkandgrowbusiness.com.au/book-your-free-discovery-call/You are standing Stronger, Braver, and Wiser. Don't forget the golden rule – Don t be an A-Hole

Welcome to episode 295 of The Today's Leader Podcast and today sees an interview with an incredible leader. Our conversation traverses over many terrains, taking us down many different paths. It is truly a fascinating journey today. Enjoy our interview today as I introduce you to Randy Herbertson.Randy is a recognized brand strategist and creative director with over 25 years of marketing and innovation experience. Randy’s training and experience includes roles as a corporate facilitator and consumer insight specialist, and as an accomplished creative strategist where he has played a key role in a number of product innovations and corporate transformations.Randy provides insight to :- Creative DNA- Brand Vocabulary- Unique Messaging- AND So Much MoreConnect with Randy:My Moving Forward Blog - https://www.mymovingforward.com/aboutThe Visual Brand - http://www.thevisualbrand.com/Now is the time for you to take control of your leadership growth in this disruptive world we navigate. Our aim to help you become the leader you need to be, today. If you are looking to build better leadership skills, check out The Todays Leader website at todaysleader.com.auOur website showcases our Podcast and our magazine and we are pleased to say our masterminds are now available Supported by our network sites, Today’s Leader is a collective mindset For the leaders and entrepreneurs of today, forging the path of success for tomorrow.The mindset to make a difference and the ability to create an impact.Think & Grow Business Hosts our Today’s Leader Masterminds. TAGB where we focus on personal, professional, and business growth. Book your free 30-minute discovery call at https://thinkandgrowbusiness.com.au/book-your-free-discovery-call/You are standing Stronger, Braver, and Wiser. Don’t forget the golden rule – Don t be an A-Hole

Con Lorenzo Barbieri, Sr. Cloud Solution Architect in Microsoft, oggi in veste di esperto e punto di riferimento per tutto quel che riguarda il mondo del public speaking, discutiamo del suo nuovo libro, Beyond Public Speaking for Geeks, e del mondo del public speaking in tempo di lavoro da remoto.Potete scaricare e leggere il libro direttamente dal sito di Syncfusion al seguente indirizzo: https://www.syncfusion.com/succinctly-free-ebooks/beyond-public-speaking-for-geeks-succinctly

My cognitive skills were activating at the fact that culture is seemingly the new economy. This ethos has galvanized my thinking especially since the word "culture" comes from Latin cultura, which means "cultivation", as in agricultura, "field cultivation". Succinctly put although Culture is a word for the 'way of life' of groups of people, meaning the way they do things therefore in all plausibility Can this way of doing things  invariably connote or be interpreted culture is seemingly the new economy.WORKS CITED   Newsweek / The Daily Beast.  "Department Stores Bring Down Retail Results". The Business of Fashion. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-09-18.  "Digital economy report "value creation and capture: implications for developing countries" (PDF). United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. New York. 2019.  "Dollar Stores Vs. Apple Stores: A Retail Nation Divided".  "Don Tapscott Biography". Retrieved 24 October 2013.  "Economie numérique et fiscalité". www.strategie.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Economie numérique et fiscalité". www.strategie.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions". Reuters. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Factsheets on the Commission's 10 priorities". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Global flows in digital age: how trade, finance, people and data connect the world economy". McKinsey Global Institue Report. 2014.  "Social media moderators asked to sign PTSD forms". BBC News. 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Social media moderators asked to sign PTSD forms". BBC News. 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Sweden leads the race to become cashless society". the Guardian. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2020-10-31.  "The Concept of a "Digital Economy"". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2015.  "THE COST OF CASH IN THE UNITED STATES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2016.  "THE COST OF CASH IN THE UNITED STATES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2016.  "The rise of the intangible economy: how capitalism without capital is fostering inequality". Imperial College Business School. Retrieved 2020-04-20.  "Top French court deals blow to Uber by giving driver 'employee' status". Reuters. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-04-20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_economy  "What is digital economy? Unicorns, transformation and the internet of things". Deloitte. 2020.  ) The term, "the service economy", conceptualizes not just a quantitative increase in terms of the   ALVAREZ León, LUIS F. (2018). "A Blueprint for Market Construction? Spatial Data Infrastructure(s), Interoperability, and the EU Digital Single Market". Geoforum. 92: 45–57. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.03.013.  Being too late in digital more costly than being too early: Deloitte Telstra joint report. Computerworld (2012-11-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.  Benhamou, Françoise (February 2018). "Quelle régulation face aux plateformes numériques?". Annales des Mines - Réalités industrielles. 2018 (1): 75–78. doi:10.3917/rindu1.181.0075  Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index - Digiconomist". Digiconomist. Retrieved 2018-06-08.  Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index - Digiconomist". Digiconomist. Retrieved 2018-06-08.  Blanckenburg, K. (2018). "Google search abuses dominant position to illegally favour Google Shopping: an economic review of the EU decision". Digital Policy, Regulation aSupport the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

I got dinner to go the night of 3.16 & a milkshake from another place that had been completely cleaned. I bought breakfast at McDonald's & seats were taped off so they just sold food to go.

Residential Insights - The Quiet RevolutionWe care for kids from 6 to 17 in a residential environment with a variety of problems from misbehaviors at home or school - to suicidal ideation. At Barry Robinson we set plans from the outset to help each child achieve an improved sense of personal responsibility and self awareness in a balanced, caring environment. Our teams objective: to redesign the standards for residential care.~ Robert McCartneyRob's Residential Insights - His Quality Care Mission As Executive Director of http://www.barryrobinson.org/core (The Barry Robinson Center,) a short-term 72-bed non-profit behavioral health system/residential program for both children and adolescents in Norfolk, VA, Rob sets a new, exemplary standard for residential care through improved residential insights. In this interesting episode, Rob discusses important details in the evolution of family-oriented residential care, including his innovative program to dramatically decrease physical holding and how he abolished seclusion as a means of child/adolescent management. You will appreciate hearing Rob's report on the evolution of his programs and how he manages to keep families together even though far apart. From the time they come in, he's planning on their going home. Ed Note: This is a republish of an earlier interview with insights about the evolution of residential care. Rob's Most Significant Contribution https://www.corebrainjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BarryRobiinson1.jpg ()For years http://www.barryrobinson.org/core (The Barry Robinson Center), here in Tidewater Virginia, only a few miles from our offices here at CoreBrain Journal and CorePsych, remained stuck in outdated thinking so prevalent even today in residential care facilities nationally. That world has changed. Their programs work with clients both nationally and internationally. Succinctly, Rob's treatment mission connects both individual/personal values with family evolution in innovated connected ways that help with the transition back home. Rob's leadership coupled with his excellent team, as you will hear in this CBJ/309 Episode, brings an explicit, deeper, more thoughtful treatment mission to an already remarkable campus. Here he tells you why and how. Rob's Residential Care Insights https://www.corebrainjournal.com/2019/04/309-residential-insights-improve-care-mccartney-2/ (I woke up in Atlanta with mind-changing) experience [spp-timestamp time="4:14"] The opportunity to work with military families and kids [spp-timestamp time="9:00"] Today 75-80% of our kids are from military families, globally [spp-timestamp time="10:15"] Our non-profit status helps us add more value for their experience here [spp-timestamp time="10:48"] It's not the job of residential to train the kids to be good residential kids [spp-timestamp time="18:30"] How I approach the important issue of restraint and seclusion [spp-timestamp time="23:00"] You have to recognize your personal stuff from the start [spp-timestamp time="31:00"] How to shop for residential care [spp-timestamp time="34:10"] ----------- Easily Forward This Audio Message Link To a Friend http://corebrainjournal.com/309 (http://corebrainjournal.com/309) ----------- Rob's Barry Robinson Website Connection http://www.barryrobinson.org/core (The Barry Robinson Center) - Norfolk, VA -------------- Produced By Studio Center - 7 Locations Nationallyhttps://studiocenter.com/ (Studio Center.com)--------------

The 2018 Lexus LC 500 is arguably the most attractive car made in the past several years. It turns heads in parking lots and gets stared at on the open road. Strangers point at it and give a thumb's up. The new Lexus belongs on the list of the 100 most attractive cars ever made. It would be among the few modern-day vehicles on the subjective selections automotive publications publish about every 10 years. The stunning new 2018 Lexus LC 500. Image © Bruce Aldrich/2018 Bruce Aldrich, co-host of The Weekly Driver Podcast, and I shared driving duties in the new Lexus from Sacramento to the Delta hamlet of Courtland and back last week. We were on assignment at Hemly Cider, the craft cider maker. We discuss the new top-of-the-line Lexus in Episode #29 of our podcast. Succinctly stated, the LC 500 is beautifully crafted inside and out. It's automobile design at its finest. Also in this episode: I write a weekly automotive column for Bay Area News Group in San Francisco region. I get e-mail letters from time to time and in recent weeks, a few emails were of particular interest. The new Lexus has run-flat tires. The timing was ideal because one reader of my column suggested I always include information of the type of tires included on new cars. The reader expressed her frustration with bad experiences with run-flat tires — their expense and lousy longevity. A recent column I wrote about the RV industry and its continuing problems was well-received and several readers e-mailed detailing their issues with sub-par manufacturing and difficulty getting satisfactory repairs. Thank you for listening to our podcast. All previous episodes are archived and available here . . . The Weekly Driver Podcast. If you like what we do, please forward the link to family, friends and colleagues and repost the podcast link to your social media outlets.

Part six of a series from Pastor Jim Bull on the book of Romans. The Bible passage for this sermon is Romans 13:8-14.