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POISON: Snake-handlers. "The Poisoner's Handbook." Napoleon and arsenic. Council of Verona: Poison expansion.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Poison is bad. You should avoid it, generally. That’s my policy, anyway. And as obvious as I may think that approach is, clearly some people disagree. Today we will deal with people who think the poison of the world can’t possibly hurt them; people so distraught they would rather take poison than deal with their day-to-day lives; the possible benefits of poison, when used carefully and with wisdom; and the poison selfish people may use to destroy you, and how you can make yourself immune. Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for

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Reconnected: A conversation with Steve Wilkes about addiction

Love Better

One of my goals with this podcast is to introduce an audience I love to people I love. I’d like you to meet Steve Wilkes. Steve Wilkes is a husband, father, Christian, and drug and alcohol counselor. Steve and I talked about addiction in its many forms through a biblical lens. For those listening with children’s ears nearby, we never talk about anything in a graphic way, but the words ‘pornography’ and ‘suicide’ do show up a couple of times. We talk about chemical dependency, behavioral addictions, and Steve’s own road to restoration with the Lord. It turns out that recovery from addiction is

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Practicing the Way (Pt. 2)

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Sponsors: Jon Cunningham, Owner, Cunningham Financial Group Website: www.cunninghamfinancialgroup.com Phone: 205-326-7364 Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide Mortgage Websites: https://statewidemortgage.com/ https://tylercain.floify.com/ Phone: 813-380-8487 Welcome to the Practical End of the book Practicing the Way. I've added some caveats and concerns about the book. But if you'd like a copy, you can get it HERE. Today we talk about Vision and a Plan. Vision is the ability to see the better version of yourself an

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HALFTIME REPORT: My Most Surprising Books of 2024 (so far)

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! When I buy a book, I weigh three considerations: my level of interest, the cost, and the. book’s length (more or less in that order). I will never read a book I don’t want to read. I will rarely pay anywhere remotely close to retail (Hal Hammons, famous tightwad; you know my schtick by now) And I would rather read a short book than a long book; if you saw my To Be Read stack, you’d understand why. My “surprising books” tend to be ones where either my level of interest was pretty low and I was surprised in a good way, or ones where my l

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Psalm 115

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

115:2 Why should the nations say, Where, now, is their God?- 42:3, 10; 79:10; Joel 2:17; Micah 7:10 This question may be “motivated by the fact that the Lord had no idol who represented His presence” Longman, 393. 115:4 the work of man’s hands- Psalm 135:15-18. The word work in vs. 4 is the noun from the verb translated do in vs. 3. The participle is used in vs. 8 to those who make idols. In vs. 15 God is Maker of heaven and earth. “There is no spiritual force or reality behind the idol; it did not represent an invisible ‘god’; it had no more reality than its material craftsmanship (4-7; Is. 4

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S4 E14 - Simon Says

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Our summer intern Daniel was teaching the very young children last night, and they needed to get their wiggles out. So, he decided to start up a brief game of Simon Says in order to accomplish that. The kids enjoyed playing along, trying not to get tripped up and only moving when "Simon Said" to. The name of the game in our Christian walk is not Simon Says, but the Lord Says. Just as Israel only moved when the Lord directed them through a cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, so we are still directed by God through his Word. We must not go beyond what the Lord has said or

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KNIVES: Moses and Zipporah. "Passover." Sharpness. Spoons.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! A knife is like most tools – helpful when used properly, dangerous when used by the wrong person or with the wrong training. This week we’ll discuss the strangest knife story in the Bible and what it says about our connection to God; the strangest and most beautiful knife story on my bookshelf; the debate over whether sharp knives are worth the price you pay (and I don’t mean at the store); and an updated version of a kid’s game that will send you running for the first-aid kit. Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewo

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Westley Pollard: Extended version

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Westley Pollard, a shepherd at the Dowlen Road church of Christ in Beaumont, Texas. Tradition can hinder people from listening to the Bible. In this conversation, young people can learn how to seek the will of God in his word and make Jesus happy above all else.

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Westley Pollard: Make Jesus happy

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Westley Pollard, a shepherd at the Dowlen Road church of Christ in Beaumont, Texas. Tradition can hinder people from listening to the Bible. In this conversation, young people can learn how to seek the will of God in his word and make Jesus happy above all else.

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Practicing the Way (Pt.1)

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Sponsors: Jon Cunningham, Owner, Cunningham Financial Group Website: www.cunninghamfinancialgroup.com Phone: 205-326-7364 Tyler Cain, Senior Loan Officer, Statewide Mortgage Websites: https://statewidemortgage.com/ https://tylercain.floify.com/ Phone: 813-380-8487 We covered a lot today so I wanted to just provide an outline you can follow. Firstly, here is a link to John Mark Comer's book: Practicing The Way. Today we covered the idea of "No Accidental Saints" - The path to greater discipleship, apprenticing under Christ

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