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As global oil prices surge and governments scramble to protect shipping routes through one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints, the crisis has become a stark reminder of how deeply modern economies remain tied to volatile fossil fuel markets. Even countries that produce large amounts of oil domestically are feeling the shock waves from a conflict thousands of miles away. For many energy experts and climate officials, the lesson is clear: the best way to reduce vulnerability to geopolitical crises is to reduce dependence on oil itself. Independent media has never been more important. Please support this channel by subscribing here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g?sub_confirmation=1 Join this channel with a membership for exclusive early access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential news for the US and across the world. Visit us online at http://www.fiveminute.news Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/fiveminutenews.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/fiveminnews Support us on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/fiveminutenews You can subscribe to Five Minute News with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker, or enable Five Minute News as your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing skill. CONTENT DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed on this channel are those of the guests and authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Anthony Davis or Five Minute News LLC. Any content provided by our hosts, guests or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything, in line with the First Amendment right to free and protected speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we continue our Lenten book study on "The Way of Trust and Love" and focus on Chapter 3: Being Reconciled to Our Weakness. We talk about how our struggles with ourselves often spill over into our relationships with others and how learning to accept our own weakness can soften our hearts towards the weakness we see in those around us. We also reflect on the tension between accepting our littleness and desiring real conversion, how we become more aware of our imperfections as we draw closer to the Lord, and the gift of community in helping us clearly see our lives. This week, we invite you to receive God's love, extend that love to yourself, and then offer it freely to others. Heather's One Thing - Attending the funeral of Francis Bergsma Sister Miriam's One Thing - Stations of the Cross with Our Sister St. Thérèse from Little Way Books Michelle's One Thing - The funness of our listeners! Journal Questions: Where am I experiencing a lack of harmony in myself and in my relationships with others? Do I truly desire conversion? What parts of me are resistant to conversion? Where am I looking at the weaknesses of others instead of examining myself? When do I speak to myself with words of self-condemnation? Discussion Questions: What weaknesses or defects are you wrestling with right now? How is God inviting you into deeper communion with Him in this weakness? How is the Lord inviting you to embrace littleness this Lent? Where is the Lord calling you to forgo constant management of your life and to embrace the mystery & trust of a life with Christ? How have you slowed down this Lent? How has this slower pace impacted your spiritual life? Quotes to Ponder: "If we accept ourselves as we are, we also accept God's love for us. But if we reject ourselves, if we despise ourselves, we shut ourselves off from the love God has for us, we deny that love. If we accept ourselves in our weakness, our limitations, it will also be easier for us to accept other people. Often, quite simply, we can't get along with other people because we can't get along with ourselves." (Father Jacques Philippe, The Way of Trust and Love, Page 48-49) "I am no longer surprised by anything, I am not sorry to see that I am weakness itself. On the contrary, I glory in it, and I expect to discover new imperfections in myself every day. (St. Thérèse of Lisieux) Scripture for Lectio: "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6) Timestamps: 00:00 Morning Star Studio 00:56 Intro 01:42 Welcome 03:58 Scripture Verse and Guiding Quote 04:45 Embracing Our Weaknesses First 9:00 Having a Real Desire for Conversion 13:55 Fearing Our Weakness 15:54 Desiring to be a Saint 18:55 Familial Living vs Transactional Living 22:21 One Things Sponsor - Morning Star Studio: Morning Star Studio creates works that inspire prayer, deepen faith, and reflect the divine beauty that calls all hearts to the Sacred Heart of Jesus — through paintings, prints, and even billboard art on your local freeway. Whether it's an image of St. Carlo Acutis for a teenager preparing for Confirmation, St. Joseph for the father figure in your life, or the timeless beauty of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary — Morning Star Studio provides opportunities to bring powerful sacred art into homes, schools, parishes, and hearts. Transform an ordinary space into a place of encounter, reflection, and grace. Engage with sacred art that truly penetrates the mind and heart. Visit www.themorningstarstudio.com and use code ABIDE to receive 15% off your purchase. Instagram: @morningstar_studioart
On this episode of The Sick Podcast, NHL Hall-Of-Fame defenseman Chris Pronger, Pierre McGuire and Brian Wilde join Tony Marinaro to break down the Montreal Canadiens' 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, the Habs' concerning defensive struggles, where these issues stem from, which players need to step up their defensive efforts, Brendan Gallagher inserted back into the lineup, the lack of action from Kent Hughes to give his team a boost at the trade deadline and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pastor Scotty brings a message from 2 Samuel 24 entitled, "When Strength Becomes a Weakness."
What did Jesus really mean when He said, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5)? In this message, we unpack the powerful truth behind meekness in the Sermon on the Mount. In a world that often celebrates power, control, and self-promotion, Jesus presents a radically different picture of strength. Discover how meekness shapes our character, reflects the heart of Christ, and leads to the surprising promise that those who walk in humility will inherit the earth.Messages, teaching and encouragement from Pneuma Life Church pastors and leaders! Pneuma Life Church is a spirit-filled and bible-based church located in Saint Johns, Florida. It's lead by Pastors Jason & Jessica Huffman. Join us live (and online) for services each Sunday at 10AM4100 Race Track Rd. (Durbin Creek Elementary) Saint Johns, FL 32259 Visit us online at: https://pneumalife.churchEmail: hello@pneuma.life
Subscribe for more Videos: http://www.youtube.com/c/PlantationSDAChurchTV Deeper Dive Theme: Dawn asks Pastor Kevin if it's possible for a Christian to perfect? Don't miss this episode because the answer may surprise you. Episode Title: The Perfect Problem Host: Dawn Williams Guest: Pastor Kevin Acosta Date: March 15, 2026 Tags: #psdatv #perfection #perfect #complete #maturity #mature #grow #growth #ChristianLife #grace #power #weak #weakness #Christ #perfect #perfection #plato #socrates For more life lessons and inspirational content, please visit us at http://www.plantationsda.tv. Church Copyright License (CCLI): 1659090 CCLI Streaming Plus License: 21338439Support the show: https://adventistgiving.org/#/org/ANTBMV/envelope/startSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Avoiding grief keeps you spiritually stunted. Tough guys who never grieve become brittle and break under real pressure.My girlfriend left me a few days ago. She stored all the micro triggers instead of processing them—wounded her own heart. Suppressed grief shows up as numbness, anger, addiction. Your energy isn't created nor destroyed—it just goes somewhere. Fill your days with walking, meditation, stretching, fresh air, exercise, healthy food. I healed through weightlifting without music. Earn your consumption.We put ourselves in hell. We create the weight by not processing. Sometimes God says you'll carry this until you're ready. I couldn't put this into words 10 years ago, but I felt different from birth.Listen if you're ready to feel it, release it, let it break you open. The grief you won't feel becomes the prison you live in. On the other side is a breakthrough you can't think your way into.New episodes out every Monday and Thursday at 10 AM Eastern TimeGet The Book: https://go.justinegliskis.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=book_funnelEmail: hey@justinegliskis.com to get in contact with meDiscover a podcast designed for entrepreneurs and solopreneurs navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship, offering insights on stress management, health and wellness, and overcoming imposter syndrome, while emphasizing work-life balance, energy alignment, and inner peace; explore topics like burnout recovery, business automation, scaling a business, business growth strategies, client management, mental resilience, overcoming anxiety, and achieving clearer thinking for sustainable success, using the blade of awareness, solving emotional dysfunction and unveiling the trickster within. Experience transformative solitude for entrepreneurs who seek to overcome loneliness while embracing spiritual isolation as a pathway to energy alignment and emotional clarity; learn to thrive alone and awaken in solitude through purposeful mental reset practices that cultivate an abundance mindset and build emotional resilience rooted in inner peace and deep self-inquiry, enabling mindful business growth through productivity that flows from peace rather than pressure, offering essential burnout recovery and healing alone strategies with specialized alignment coaching focused on deep listening skills that unlock success in silence and develop a resilient entrepreneur mindset capable of sustainable achievement.
There are seasons when it feels like nothing you do is good enough. You try your best, put in the effort, and still feel like you fall short—especially when you compare yourself to others who seem to succeed more easily. Over time, these experiences can form a quiet but painful belief: I’m not good enough. But Scripture offers a different perspective. In 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Apostle Paul shares a powerful truth from the Lord: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Paul had his own struggles and limitations, yet God reminded him that weakness is not a barrier to God’s work—it’s often the place where God’s power becomes most visible. The world often tells us that our worth comes from performance, achievement, or recognition. When we can’t meet those expectations, we begin to question our value. But God does not measure you by how flawlessly you perform or how your abilities compare to someone else’s. God’s grace covers every shortcoming. Every person has areas where they struggle. No one excels at everything. In fact, Scripture tells us that all have fallen short of God’s glory. Our imperfections are part of our humanity—but they are also the places where God’s grace meets us most clearly. Instead of allowing weakness to convince you that you’re failing, you can allow it to remind you that you depend on God. Your limitations don’t disqualify you from His love or His purpose. They simply create space for His strength to work through you. When you feel like you can’t do anything right, remember this: God’s grace is already enough. Main Takeaways Feelings of inadequacy often come from comparison and past experiences. God’s grace is sufficient even when we feel weak or unsuccessful. Weakness creates opportunities for God’s power to work through us. Our worth is not determined by performance or perfection. God’s love and grace remain constant despite our shortcomings. Today’s Bible Verse “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Your Daily Prayer Prayer excerpt for listeners: “Lord, remind me that Your grace is enough when I feel weak or inadequate.” Listen to the full prayer here. To view the prayer in written format, visit the links below. Want More? Relevant Links & Resources Continue growing in faith and encouragement: LifeAudio.com – Christian podcasts and devotionals Crosswalk.com – Daily prayers, articles, and Bible study resources This episode is sponsored by Trinity Debt Management. If you are struggling with debt call Trinity today. Trinity's counselors have the knowledge and resources to make a difference. Our intention is to help people become debt-free, and most importantly, remain debt-free for keeps!" If your debt has you down, we should talk. Call us at 1-800-793-8548 | https://trinitycredit.orgTrinityCredit – Call us at 1-800-793-8548. Whether we're helping people pay off their unsecured debt or offering assistance to those behind in their mortgage payments, Trinity has the knowledge and resources to make a difference. https://trinitycredit.org Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
God's most magnificent plan unfolds not through human power and strength, but through weakness—supremely demonstrated when Jesus willingly submitted to arrest and crucifixion in the Garden of Gethsemane. When we embrace our own weakness and dependence on Christ, we discover that God's power is made perfect in our vulnerability, transforming us into servants who reflect His upside-down kingdom values.Series Summary: The religious leaders at the cross hurled a challenge at Jesus: “Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” They demanded proof before faith. But the Gospel of Mark, especially in its story of the Passion, invites us into a different reality: believing in order to see. From the anointing at Bethany to the silent emptiness of the tomb, Jesus' journey subverts our expectations. The one hailed as king is crowned with thorns. The one with power to calm storms submits to arrest. The consistent, sure thread through the chaos is his Word. As the angel at the tomb reminded the trembling women, “He is going ahead of you…just as he told you.” As we study through Mark's Passion, we are invited to follow Jesus—not by sight, but by faith in his sure and leading Word.Add St. Marcus as your church on the Church Center App!Fill out our online connection cardHow can we pray for you? If you'd like to leave an offering or monetary donation to our ministry please click here.
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Today’s Bible Verse: “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” — Hebrews 4:16 Hebrews 4:16 offers a powerful invitation: come to God with confidence. Because of Jesus, believers are not kept at a distance from God’s presence. Instead, we are welcomed to approach His throne—not with fear, but with boldness and trust. “Want to listen without ads? Become a BibleStudyTools.com PLUS Member today: https://www.biblestudytools.com/subscribe/ Meet Today’s Host: Reverend Jessica Van Roekel
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This week we look at John 9:1-41, the story of an amazing healing – and how it got Jesus into trouble with the authorities who loved a power struggle. © Kate Heichler, 2026. To receive Water Daily by email each morning, subscribe here. Here are the bible readings for next Sunday.
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In this episode, we explore the stigma surrounding mental health in the Muslim and South Asian communities, emphasizing the importance of therapy and vulnerability. The conversation highlights the challenges men face in expressing emotions and the significance of connection in therapeutic settings. We discuss the impact of childhood experiences on adult behavior, the difference between coping and healing, and the role of social media in shaping mental health perceptions. The episode concludes with empowering messages about creating hope and taking actionable steps towards mental well-being.
3-8-26 AM Out of Weakness by Clays Mill Baptist
Whatever your weakness, remember that God can use it to show His strength and make a difference in the world. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org Find more encouragement on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.'” The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. But the LORD said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the tail”—so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand— “that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” Again, the LORD said to him, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” And he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow. Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your cloak.” So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. “If they will not believe you,” God said, “or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign. If they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.”But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.” Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”
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Ken Rideout returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard, and the life experiences that shaped it. We discuss his rise from addiction and adversity to sobriety, business success, and a 2:28 marathon, plus his recent Austin Half Marathon win at 54. This conversation explores discipline, faith, identity, risk, and what it takes to build a meaningful life on the other side of hard.CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro01:30 The Other Side of Hard02:58 Winning the Austin Half at 5405:49 From Addiction to Endurance07:46 Leaving Wall Street, Starting Over12:04 The Marathon Breakthrough15:41 Loving the Process, Not Just PRs18:54 Family, Roots, and Perspective23:38 Breaking Out of Your Environment27:06 Insecurity, Recovery, and Growth29:24 Marriage, Fatherhood, and Real Life31:56 Cancer Scare and Perspective Shift36:28 Faith, Weakness, and Identity43:41 You Are More Than Performance53:26 Build the Life You WantORDER KEN'S BOOK HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Want-Other-Side-Hard/dp/1668087057ORDER MY BOOK HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Go-One-More-Intentional-Life-Changing/dp/1637746210FOLLOW:Become a BPN member FOR FREE - Unlock 25% off FOR LIFE https://www.bareperformancenutrition.com/collections/performance-nutritionIG: instagram.com/nickbarefitness/YT: youtube.com/@nickbarefitnessThis podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal [health or profession] advice. Bare Performance Nutrition (BPN) is not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. This podcast is not intended to replace professional medical advice.This podcast may not be republished without the written consent of Bare Performance Nutrition (BPN)
3/8/26. Five Minutes in the Word scriptures for today: 2 Corinthians 13:4. Power through Weakness. Resources: biblehub.com; logos.com; ChatGPT. Listen daily at 10:00 am CST on https://kingdompraiseradio.com. November 2021 Podchaser list of "60 Best Podcasts to Discover!" LISTEN, LIKE, FOLLOW, SHARE! #MinutesWord; @MinutesWord; #dailybiblestudy #dailydevotional #Christian_podcaster Podcast website: https://www.hwscott.net/podcast.php https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9zaXqv64YaCjh88XIJckA/videos https://m.youtube.com/@hhwscott
➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/This is a conversation with Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director of Eurasia Group Europe and an insider and one of my go to sources on European politics. It has been a very dramatic year for Europe and it only seems to get more dramatic - and so we go through how has Europe been holding so far and where are we gonna go from here. We talk about the U.S. war with Iran - specifically about the chaotic European reaction to it and how that has shown how much Europe is still lacking any common unified foreign policy or about why are European powers willing to shoot down Iranian drones in the Gulf but not in Western Ukraine. And why Mujtaba believes that Greenland is still a major underpriced risk and why crisis over Greenland might have only paused and restart at any point. About Friedrich Merz in the White House and whether European unity towards Trump has started to fall apart - and much more.
William Taylor - James teaches us that God gives grace to the humble who submit to him. If humbling ourselves before God is the gateway to receiving his grace, pride is the opposite. James identifies key indicators of proud resistance to God's grace. It is humbling stuff.
William Taylor - James teaches us that God gives grace to the humble who submit to him. If humbling ourselves before God is the gateway to receiving his grace, pride is the opposite. James identifies key indicators of proud resistance to God's grace. It is humbling stuff.
We hope you enjoy today's Scripture reading and devotional aimed at motivating you to apply God's word while strengthening your heart and nurturing your soul. Today's Bible reading is 1 Samuel 17. To read along with the podcast, grab a print copy of the devotional. Browse other resources from Brian Borgman. ESV Bible narration read by Kristyn Getty. Follow us on social media to stay up to date: Instagram Facebook Twitter
Strength In Weakness: A series through 1 & 2 Samuel 2 Samuel 19:8-43
Corinthians#4 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, 2:1-5 In this message we are reminded of a powerful kingdom truth: God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Paul turned human weakness into a platform for God’s power, preaching not with eloquence but with the Spirit’s strength. What the world sees as foolish or weak, God uses to display His glory
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Daniel shares a special message of freedom with a guest panel including Ethan Robison and Audrey Miller. Together they share stories of how God has been moving in their lives personally, as well as our church family. Through their vulnerability and the power of testimony, their stories encourage everyone to step into the freedom, love, and strength God has for us all.
Prisoner of Jesus the Messiah Ephesians 3:1-13 by William Klock Ask yourself what happens when the church is being faithful in its gospel calling and life. As we've worked through the first two chapter of Ephesians, Paul has explained that the church is God's new temple. It's a people purified by the blood of Jesus so that God can draw near in the person of his Spirit to dwell with us. That's always been God's plan for humanity and for creation. The garden was his temple and he placed us there to steward it well, on the one hand, and on the other, to dwell with him and to enjoy his presence—life with him. And ever since we rejected that calling, God has been working to restore us to it. And so the church, this people washed clean of sin and death by Jesus, and then filled with his Spirit, this new temple, we're the working model of God's coming new creation in the here and now. And if we're faithful in being that working model, what happens? The ideal, the hope is that people hear our proclamation of the kingdom and they see the first beginning of God's new creation when they look at the church. In the midst of the darkness, the church should be light. In the midst of death, the church should be life. The church should be here to show a better way through the cross. To prophetically wipe away the tears of the hurt and mourning and to confront the principalities and powers, the false lords and the corrupt systems of the world with the truth of the gospel and the lordship of Jesus. And people do hear and see and experience the faithfulness of the church. In us they meet the living God and the Lord who died for them and they encounter his glory and they kneel in faith and are, themselves washed by Jesus and filled with the Spirit. But our idea of the faithful church often stops there. Maybe that's because we think of the church, not in terms of faithfulness, but in terms of success. Butts in the pews. Money in the plate. Acclaim by the world. And yet for the first Christians the opposite was true. They were small. They were poor. They were persecuted and imprisoned and martyred by the world around them. And that's because, when the church is faithful in living and proclaiming and witnessing the presence of God's new creation and the Lordship of Jesus, the principalities and powers—that was how Jews like Paul thought of the unseen powers, once placed by God to oversee peoples and nations, but now in rebellion against him—those principalities and powers, earthly kings, and the powerful people invested in those kingdoms and the corrupt systems that run them—Brothers and Sisters, if we're doing our job showing that God's new world is breaking in and that Jesus is setting things to rights, those powers will fight back. They will try to shut us up or shut us down. They will throw us in prison. They will kill us. Or they will try to corrupt us. They'll divide our loyalties: Sure you can worship Jesus, but you'll also need to kneel to Caesar. They'll get us to adulterate the gospel with materialism and commercialism or politics. They'll convince us we can have one set of values in the church and another in business or in government. With that in mind, look at Ephesians 3. Paul rites, “It is because of all this that I, Paul, the prisoner of Messiah Jesus on behalf of you gnetiles…” Paul sort of interrupts himself there for rhetorical purposes, but we should pause here too. Paul was in prison. Probably this is when he was in prison in Rome, but it could have been in Ephesus. And for a lot of people in his word, that meant that Paul was out of favour with God. How often do we hear that sort of thing today? There are parts of the church that have been corrupted and compromised by the idea that faith means health and wealth, happiness and prosperity. That you can name it and, by faith, claim it. And if you don't get it, well, then you don't have enough faith or you're out of favour with God. If we were to turn over to Second Corinthians we'd see that that's how the Corinthians interpreted Paul's imprisonment. But this is pagan thinking. But Paul knew better. In verse 13 he tells them, “Don't lose heart because of my sufferings on your behalf. That's your glory!” In other words, he's imprisoned because he's been faithful to the calling God gave him. He's imprisoned because of his great faith. He wants the Ephesians to understand the paradox of the cross: God's power is made perfect in weakness. We're prone to forgetting this. When we bail on a church because we think it's too small, when we start adopting sales tactics as if the gospel is something to sell, when we cozy up to corrupt leaders and rulers looking for favour, when we think we have to project or pursue strength in order to win, we've lost the plot that is centred on the cross of Jesus. You can't adulterate God's new creation with the old. If we do, we lose our witness and we stop challenging the principalities and power of the old with the lordship of Jesus and the glory of the kingdom. So Paul was in prison because he was being faithful, because he was establishing, just as God had called him to do, these little communities that were breaking the rules of the old order: bringing Jews and gentiles, men and women, slave and free together into a single family. This was the family through which God will make his glory known throughout the earth. Remember the priests mocking Jesus on the cross, to come down if he was really the son of God, then they would believe. But Paul knew—and the people in those little churches in Ephesus knew—it was because Jesus is the son of God that he had to stay on the cross. It was through his weakness, through his death that the great enemy, death itself, would be defeated and the battle won. Weakness is the powerful way of the cross. Paul had got the attention of the powers of the present evil age and it landed him in prison, but instead of thinking that God had failed, Paul knew that this was actually the sign, the proof that the gospel and the Spirit were doing their work, that they were truly rising to challenge the old gods and kings. So he goes on in verse 3, “I'm assuming, by the way, that you've heard about the plan of Gods' grace that was given to me to pass on to you? You know, the mystery that God revealed to me, as I wrote briefly just now. Anyway… When you read this you'll be able to understand the special insight I have into the Messiah's mystery. This wasn't made known to human beings in previous generations, but now it's been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. The mystery is this, that, through the gospel, the gentiles are to share Israel's inheritance. They are to become fellow members of the body, along with them, and fellow sharers of the promise of Jesus the Messiah.” God's great mystery, his secret purpose that was there all along, promised to Abraham and to Moses, to David and to the Prophets, but missed by so many people in Israel—and of course totally unknown to the gentiles who did know about those promises—that mystery hit Paul like a ton of bricks the day he met the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus—or maybe it was three days later when Ananias prayed for him and his eyes were opened. Paul started to rethink everything his Jewish Pharisee brain knew—and it knew the whole story—but suddenly he was looking it at through a new lens, through the reality that this Jesus who was crucified as a false Messiah had been raised and was, in fact, the Messiah after all. And if that were true—well, that wall outside the temple, the one carved with the warning that gentile must not pass on pain of death—that wall was now irrelevant. In fact, that whole temple had become irrelevant because of Jesus. He's said this back in 2:19 and now he says pretty much the same thing again, “The mystery is this, that through the gospel, the gentiles are to share in Israel's inheritance. They are to become fellow members of the body…fellow sharers of the promise in Messiah Jesus.” In Greek he drives this point home with real force using three words that all begin with the prefix syn that means “with”. The gentiles are with-inheritors, with-body, and with-partakers—to put it very literally in English. For those in the Messiah, the distinction between the Jews and the rest of the world is gone. And we often read right past it, but this was absolutely key, heart of the gospel stuff for Paul. Israel's story reached its climax and the promises were fulfilled in the Messiah and in his death for the sins of the whole world. In that moment the whole sacrificial system, the whole system of purity and impurity, the temple itself became irrelevant for everyone—whether or Jew or gentile—for anyone who throws himself or herself at the feet of Jesus in faith and love to be purified once and for all and forever by his blood, to be filled by God's Spirit, and thereby to become a part of God's new temple. When the scales fell from Paul's eyes, he was the first to really grasp all this. The other apostles back in Jerusalem were still debating whether gentile believers had to be circumcised or not. So Jesus sent Paul to go announce to the gentiles that it's not necessary. There's now a single people defined by faith in the risen Messiah. Of course, Paul first went back to Jerusalem to make sure his fellow apostles understood this, too. But his mission was to proclaim the good news to the nations. I expect most of the his first converts were those gentiles who were already on the fringe. The “god fearers” as the Jews called them. Greeks and Romans who encountered Jewish society and saw something they'd never seen before. In a world of moral filth, they saw in Israel a passion for holiness, a desire for justice, a hope of God setting the world to rights—a hope few in the gentile world had. And they couldn't go to the temple, but they could sit in the synagogues and hear the scriptures read and there they heard about the faithfulness of Israel's God. And so they hung around, on the fringe, longing for what this family had, but knowing it was not theirs and thinking it never could belong to them. Hoping that maybe there could be a place for them, even if on the fringe, in this story of hope. And Paul came to them excited, to announce that in Jesus, they were co-inheritors, fellow body-members, and fellow partakers of all those promises God had made to his people. That in Jesus and the Spirit, the could actually become the temple of the living God…not on the fringe, but actually the temple in which he dwells. Imagine the excitement those first gentile believers felt. Like children in an orphanage, waiting and longing for years to have a place in and the love of a family, now they were part of the family. They'd escaped from the fickle gods and moral filth and hopelessness of paganism and were now sons and daughters of God. So having made clear this point that is so central to everything, Paul goes on in verse 7: “This is the gospel that I was appointed to serve, in line with the free gift of God's grace that was given to me. It was backed up with the power through which God accomplishes his work.” I have to think that Paul never ceased to marvel at this. The guy who made it his career to round up Christians so they could be brought before the Jewish council—and stoned like Stephen—that evil guy was called and chosen by God to proclaim this good news. Washed clean by the blood of Jesus and made an apostle. If anyone understood grace, it was Paul. If anyone knew the power of God made perfect in weakness, it was Paul. And so he goes on in verse 8: “I am the very least of all God's people. However, he gave me this task as a gift: that I should be the one to tell the gentiles the good news of the Messiah's riches, riches no one could begin to count. My job is to make clear to everyone just what the mystery is, the purpose that's been hidden from the very beginning of the world in God who created all things.” Paul, the least deserving of anyone having been such a great persecutor of Jesus and his church, has been given the grace to proclaim the riches of God, his immense wealth. The riches of the Messiah. Sonship in God's family. The inheritance of the word. And one day that world set to rights and fellowship with the living God forever. This is good news. Not good advice, like, “Hey, let me tell you about Jesus. Try him out and see if he works for you and if not, oh well.” No this is good news. Sin and death are defeated, the corrupt principalities and powers are on borrowed time, God's kingdom has come. And those powers have heard the proclamation of Paul and his churches and they're angry. Maybe if it had just been all talk, maybe if they'd just proclaimed it as good advice, maybe if they'd let themselves be corrupted by the desire for strength and power, but no…the principalities and powers, the king and gods of the present age are angry, because they've seen this good news at work. Caesar was the great peacemaker who had forged all the peoples of his vast empire into one with his sword and his armies. But this crucified Messiah who came out of a weak and conquered people, whose missionaries had gathered a bunch of largely poor people, women, and slaves—their unity across all their difference brought about by a message of grace—that was a real threat to the order of the old world. The Lord Jesus was the real deal. Caesar was a cheap copy. And while the Caesars of the world will one day be brought down, they won't go down easily. And yet, it's in just this that the church has its greatest witness the power of God, the power of the cross, the power of the good news. God's power is made most manifest when we are at our weakest—laughed at, imprisoned, martyred. Those things are proof of the power of the gospel. And now Paul brings the first part of the chapter to its climax in verse 10: “This is it: that God's wisdom, in all its rich variety, was to be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places—through the church! This is God's eternal purpose, and he's accomplished it in Messiah Jesus our Lord. We have confidence and access to God in him, in full assurance, through his faithfulness.” I've heard and read Tom Wright say that if you want to understand what Paul is really getting at in this first half of Ephesians, look at the 10s: 1:10, 2:10, and 3:10. In 1:10 we see God's purpose to bring all things together in heaven and on earth in the Messiah. In 2:10 we see the church today, justified by grace through faith, called to have the vital role to play in God's plan to bring everything together in the Messiah. And here in 3:10 Paul reminds us that when the church is faithfully the church—that fellowship of people from every nation, tribe, and tongue who have given their allegiance to the Messiah, then the principalities and powers are put on notice and called to account. As Paul says here: “God's wisdom, in all its rich variety, was to be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places—through the church!” For two thousand years God's promises to set creation and humanity rights was out there, but how was it going to happen? Brothers and Sisters, it's through the church being the church, with uncompromising allegiance to Jesus, living in the power of the Spirit, refusing to compromise, refusing to give an inch to evil men, to wicked systems, to the gods of the present age. Not one inch. Because, the resurrection and ascension of Jesus tell us, in those famous words of Abrham Kuyper, “there is not one inch in the whole domain of human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!” And knowing that with full assurance, uncompromisingly living that out, we the church are, as Paul put it in Chapter 2, we're God's poiema, his beautiful, finely crafted handywork. We put on display God's wisdom in all its polypoikilos, the ESV translates it “manifold”. I'm tempted to translate it a little more freely as something like “all the colours of the rainbow”. Think of the vision of the church in Revelation 7—an uncountable multitude from every nation, tribe and tongue. The church is meant to display the polychromed, Technicolor glory of God's new creation and, in doing so, to reveal the shabby drabness of this wicked old age and its gods and kings. But what the church has done instead is to fracture. This colour here and that colour over there. It's to our shame. And perhaps it's because we ourselves have lost the glory of that Technicolor world the church is meant to represent, we seem to be perpetually drawn back to the shabby drabness of the present age and it's cheap attempts to do what only Jesus and the Spirit can do. Again, we treat the church and the gospel like commodities to marketed and to be bought and sold. We try to divide our loyalty between Jesus and mammon or sex or power. We become captivated by the ugliness of violence and war. Or we sell our souls for a mess of political pottage, losing our vision of new creation and our passion for goodness, truth, and beauty and instead of trusting in the God who will bring it about, we trust in horses and chariots and chase after lesser evils instead of the good. Brothers and Sisters, that what the principalities and powers, that's what the devils want. They want us to think that we can bring God's kingdom by using the world's ways. But it won't, it can't work. Because doing so simply paints the church with the same shabby drabnesss of their world and casts a veil over the glory of God and the goodness of the gospel. It removes us as a threat to those powers. But when we are faithful to being the church. When we are uncompromising in our loyalty to Jesus. When love one another and are truly one, instead of fracturing our witness to the unity of the people of God, that's when the world and its rulers take notice. They recognise that, as Paul wrote back in 2:6, we are already seated with God in the heavenly places in the Messiah. That doesn't mean we're somehow above the mess. Instead it means we're right here in the midst of the mess, taking on the corrupt and evil powers of this age with power of the cross of Jesus for the sake of the people around us. We're here, with the authority of heaven, to shine the light of the gospel and to put on full display the Technicolor glory of God. Even as the powers fight back. We've all seen it. It's not always as obvious as Paul being in prison. More often than not, it seems that when a church being faithful to preach God's word and to live out the gospel and the life of the Spirit, all hell comes at us out of nowhere. People start grumbling and creating divisions. People leave over stupid things. World or national events distract us from the gospel. or divisions become obstacles to faithfulness. Those are times for prayer and to double-down on faithfulness to Jesus and the gospel when we're tempted to give up or tempted to compromise. But Paul would tell us to be prepared. When you're being faithful, when a church is putting on display the manifold wisdom of God—new creation—the enemies of the gospel will see, they'll feel the threat, they will strike back. That's why Paul was in prison. And he tells them, “That's your glory.” Think again back to the Solomon's dedication of the temple. That stunningly grand and beautiful building, skilfully and purposefully crafted so that the glorious presence of God could dwell with in it. So that God could shine forth from it. That was the glory of his people on display for the sake of the whole world. And Solomon and all Israel watched as the cloud of glory descended and filled the temple. I always struggle to visualize just how amazing that must have been. But the key takeaway here is this, Brothers and Sisters: that glory now indwells us. We are now God's temple, his skilfully and purposefully crafted handiwork, purified by the blood of Jesus, so that he can dwell in us. And if we, by his grace and sure of promises, are faithful to be what he has made, we will shine forth that glory: life in the midst of death, light in the midst of darkness, hope in the midst of despair, glorious Technicolour in the midst of dreary mud puddles, new creation in the midst of the hold. Let's pray: Almighty God, consider the heartfelt desires of your servants, we pray, and stretch out the right hand of your majesty to defend us against all our enemies, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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In this episode of Mining the Media, the guys welcome back intelligence analyst Lance Fairchok for a deep dive into the shifting balance of power in the Middle East and beyond. The discussion begins with the weakening of Iran's ruling mullah regime and the broader implications of recent military and geopolitical developments in the region. Lance explains how Iran's reliance on Chinese military technology has revealed serious vulnerabilities when confronted by superior Western systems. But the conversation quickly moves beyond Iran. Lance outlines the third-order strategic effects now facing China. If Chinese weapons systems fail to perform in real-world conflict, it undermines Beijing's reputation as a rising military superpower and weakens its ambitions to become the dominant global power. The team also explores how these developments intersect with President Trump's broader geopolitical strategy—what Lance describes as "five-dimensional chess." From energy policy and sanctions to shifting alliances in the Middle East, they examine how multiple strategic moves across different arenas may be reshaping the global power structure. Throughout the conversation, Lance brings his deep expertise in Islamic doctrine, intelligence analysis, and media narratives, helping listeners separate propaganda from reality. Bottom line: What happens in Iran doesn't stay in Iran. The ripple effects reach Beijing, Washington, and the entire global order. Please be sure to visit our website at www.miningthemedia.com and share with your friends, relatives, associates, and neighbors.
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For more from Craig, visit www.thegrowmeco.com. Happy HodlingCraig kicked off the week focused on geopolitical uncertainty and the S&P 500, noting that after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, futures immediately gapped lower more than one percent, reinforcing his view that Bitcoin continues to trade like a liquidity-driven tech asset rather than “digital gold.” He's been warning about S&P consolidation for weeks, and with support now being tested again, he believes a decisive breakdown in equities could drag crypto lower as well. Structurally, he sees Bitcoin repeating prior bear-market behavior: sharp move down, consolidation, then another leg lower, with six consecutive red weekly closes and no meaningful bounce yet. Craig is not treating this as accumulation; he's watching for potential downside continuation or a rally back into the former monthly uptrend “cradle zone” for possible short setups. He also cautioned against trading narratives, pointing out how last week's Jane Street spike quickly faded as headlines shifted to war. His approach remains process-driven and selective, scanning daily and executing only when structure aligns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.