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ART: The Renaissance. Picasso and Mailer. Postmodernism. Atelier.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! More than a year ago, when I posted the Beauty episode, I said an episode on Art was on the way. Like I tell my wife, I always follow through with my promises; I don’t have to be reminded every six months. Today we discuss whether Renaissance artists actually accomplished anything for Jesus; whether Picasso was a brilliant master or a self-involved egomaniac (I vote for both); how postmodernists are lying to us about great art; and why simply collecting paint won’t make you a great painter. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods

Bible Study with Friends with The Bible Geeks

Jeff · Working with the Word

Our Final Four series for 2021 focuses on Bible study in different relationships. Today, longtime friends Ryan Joy and Bryan Schiele (from The Bible Geeks podcast) help us kick off the series and help us think about the importance and value of Bible study with Friends. Don't forget to check out The Bible Geeks at https://biblegeeks.fm/ and https://www.facebook.com/thebiblegeeks. Music Credits "Faith" by Vibe Tracks "Margret, the Magician" by John Tadlock "The Starry Night" by John Tadlock

Episode #90 - Hard To Reach

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail My wife has now taken on the task of painting the interior of our house a new color. While it has so far been fairly easy, we've made it to the living room with 12 foot vaulted ceilings & other hard to reach places because of built in bookcases. We were not equipped to take this part on ourselves, which is why we borrowed a free standing ladder to help. All of our projects have gone something like this, where alone we couldn't do it, but with the help of others we could get the job done. Well...isn't reaching the lost just like this? Some people are hard for us to reach, but w

Take The Stairs (pt. 2)

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Let's keep talking about those stairs! This week we dive back in on the concept of personal discipline. Did you pick a quality and apply it last week? If you did, maybe you noticed how hard it was, or how many staircases were around every corning. I want to share a conversation I had with a friend who tried this last week. He found it harder than he thought, but almost immediately rewards. I saw God at work in his life. But look, you can't do this alone. You need help. Are you willing to acknowledge that? So let's look at

The Parable of The Life Browser

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Converting from Islam, a conversation with Saif Alsafeer

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail I think we often focus on what we are not doing in spreading Christianity. But this week, I wanted to talk to someone whose journey to Christ was both unusual but also highlighted how simple evangelism can be. Saif Alsafeer is an evangelist and soccer coach now in the north Georgia area. He shares his simple secret weapon for reaching people from different religions. I know you'll like him a lot. Support the show

Episode #89 - Throwing It All Away

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail This week, the football world was shocked when star wide receiver Henry Ruggs III drove intoxicated at incredible speeds and struck another driver. His choices ended the life of a 23 year old girl, as well as his career. He will spend the next 2-20 years in prison while his young girls family will spend the rest of their lives mourning her tragic loss. Well...do we take sin seriously? Sin is not worth the cost, which is our soul. Not only this, but our actions impact others - physcially and spiritually. This is bigger than you, and in the end, it's not worth it. #SetYourMindAb

Episode #88 - Pro Bono

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Susan Sparks has become one of my favorite people recently - she is my great Uncle Keith's attorney. She is a disciple of Jesus, kind, patient, and honorable in all of her work. But something I discovered blew me away - the countless hours she has poured into our case for our family have all been pro bono, that is to say, free of charge. Why would she do this? Her answer: because that's why God put her here, to help others in need. Wow. Well...we likewise as Christians have been called to do good works, and here's the catch: it's also pro bono. We do them voluntarily from a he

Episode 130 - "You Gotta Go Home!"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Pick Up Someone’s Baggage What burdens are yours to shoulder? This week, we learn to take radical responsibility from Jesus’ story about the shepherd and the lost sheep. We have some Deeep Thoughts about getting “voluntold,” making people feel small by serving them, and evaluating each other’s burdens. Bryan talks about times he wants to say, “you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.” And Ryan talks about when his “eyes are bigger” than his ability to actually help. Bearing one another’s burdens is at the heart of the church, but it takes both compassion and wisdom to support one an

Episode #86 - An Act of Kindness

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail I have been on a 10 year search for a particular copy of the Bible that has been long out of print, a World Publishing New American Standard New Testament. No matter where I looked, a copy was nowhere to be found. That is until a new friend learned of my search, and sent me my very own copy in the mail yesterday. I couldn't believe it. What an incredible act of kindness...Well, every single act of kindness is a fruit of hte Spirit, and ultimately a reflection of the gospel of Christ. Jesus saw our great need and from love was moved to action to do something for us who were ast

Psalm 31

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

The Psalm is quoted by Christ on the cross. Psalm 31:5 is quoted by Jesus in Luke 23:46. This does not mean that the psalm speaks exclusively of Jesus since 31:10 makes a reference to the writer's "iniquity"- NASB. Some versions have words like "misery" instead of "iniquity." The word "iniquity" is based on the Hebrew text and the word "misery" is based on the Greek translation of the OT. Notice some of the things that David experienced that Christ also experienced. They laid a net to trap him- vs. 4. The slandered him and plotted to kill him- vs. 13. David was a "man of sorrows"- vs. 10 and w

NERDS: with guests Jared Bollman and Jared Saltz

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! I hope no one considers “nerd” to be a pejorative term; my guests this week certainly do not. Jared Bollman is the preacher for the Fifth Street church of Christ in Beaverton, Oregon; The action figures in his office speak volumes. Jared also hosts the Biblically Speaking podcast on Facebook. Jared Saltz is a professor at Florida College and preaches for the Palmetto church of christ in Tampa. There is no Star Wars film, TV show or novel he has not consumed. We discuss our role as underdogs in our spiritual fight; the hyper-correctness

”I AM” - John 8

Jeff · Working with the Word

After briefly discussing what to do with bracketed or footnoted texts in the Bible (like John 7:53-8:11 where we read about the woman caught in adultery and brought to Jesus) we dive into Jesus' continuing discussion with the Jews, focusing on Jesus' "I am" statements in this chapter. What does He mean by "I am the light of the world"? And what was He saying about Himself by "before Abraham was, I am"? Resource Credits The NET Bible (see footnote 140 starting at John 7:53) The Christian Standard Bible Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright

Daily Bible Reading - Matthew 15:21 thru Matthew 16:28

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Daily Bible Reading Material Clicking here will take you to our webpage Click here to contact us Welcome to the Westside church’s special Monday Morning Coffee podcast with Mark Roberts. Mark is a disciple, a husband, father and grand dad, as well as a certified coffee geek, fan of CS Lewis’ writings and he loves his big red Jeep. He’s also the preacher for Westside church.

Take The Stairs (pt. 1)

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Are you the kind of person who takes the stairs? Or have you been the kind of person who doesn't even think about how important they are? Is the easy way the best way in all things? The world is full of people looking for shortcuts. The problem is, they are shortcuts to nowhere. They don't achieve what they want. They don't get to where they want to go, because they weren't willing to do the little things. They only did what they wanted, so they didn't get where they wanted to be. We can do better. We must. With some simp

Psalm 30

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

This psalm tells us God's anger is for a moment but His favor is for a lifetime- vs. 5. God will turn our mourning into danger and give us garments of joy instead of sackcloth- vs.11 Judgement is not the final word for God's people Exodus 34:6-7; Isaiah 54:7-10 Jesus fulfills the psalm in the greatest sense by HIs resurrection and He turns our grief to joy.

The Christian Mindset...a conversation with Benjamin Lee

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail How does your mindset affect your Christian walk? This week I talk with Benjamin Lee from the I Can Do podcast. He helped me understand mindset better and how focusing on the whole Christian came make a world of difference. Support the show

Episode #84 - Looking At The Evidence

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Everytime I see a jet stream up in the sky I think of my daughter. She loves airplanes, and she is so excited to point one out everytime she sees one. Actually, she doesn't even have to see it. As long as she sees a jet stream, she knows a plane was there. If you told her it was just a cloud, she wouldn't beleive you, she's smart enough to know a jet stream is no accident. Well...even though we cannot actually see God, we see clear evidence of him and his design in everything that he's created. From the teleological argument to irreducible complexity, when we follow the eviden

Episode #85 - When We Can't Do Anything...He Can

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Our son had a severe reaction to penicillin that landed us in the ER late last night. Our poor son was all swollen and covered in a horrid rash from head to toe, compltely miserable. As I sat there holding him, I felt terrible as there was nothing I could do to fix it. I love my son, and if I could have even taken his place I would have. Well...isn't that exactly what Jesus did for us? He saw our sinful condition, and through the cross on account of his great love for us he took our place. Now we are healed because he was sacrificed. Priase be to God for his great love! #SetYo

Episode 129 - "The Autobahn Race"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Live a Consistently Faithful Life What’s the thread you hang onto everyday? How can we block out God like smog blocks out the sun? And what “tech support” do we all occasionally need to keep our “spiritual operating systems” optimized? This week we appreciate our Favorite Things to keep consistent, like time outside, asking good questions, and starting the day quietly. In this week’s Like the Teacher passage, Jesus says he “always does the things that please” the Father — but what are we supposed to draw from that example? Along the way, we replace New Year’s resolutions with new DAY’s resolut

Confusion in the Capital - John 7

Jeff · Working with the Word

After Jesus' popularity tanked in John 6, His brothers offered what sounds like logical public relations advice: "Stop hiding and just prove yourself to the world!" But Jesus did not come to receive worldly acclaim. So instead He secretly arrived in a bustling Jerusalem for the Feast of Booths, where an atmosphere of fear and anticipation filled the air: who is Jesus? will He come? what will happen if He does? Jesus patiently waited - then in a dramatic and well-timed moment he openly and boldly declared Himself the fountain of living water, the Messiah! Resource Credits The Complete Jewish St

Episode #83 - Just Talking About Jesus

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail We love talking about the things we love. Today I was talking about the Biltmore Estate in Ashville, NC with a Barista and others joined in and shared their experience. It is second nature for us to share our own experiences, we do not have to think about it, we just do it. Well...why don't we just talk about Jesus with others? Many times we are afraid, we do not know what to say, or unfortunatley some might even feel ashamed. But I think primarily we overcomplicate things. You do not have to have a plan. You do not have to be a scholar. Just talk about what Jesus has done for

LOYALTY: Outside the camp. "Pirate Latitudes." "I swear to God." Maracaibo (2).

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Loyalty to an underachieving sports team can be noble. Loyalty to an abusive relationship can be destructive. It’s all about finding a worthy cause, group or individual. This week we will discuss whether you can be both a Jew and a Christian, and why you and I should care; the choice between patriotism and pragmatism in 17th Century Jamaica; whether “I swear to God” is a confession or a blasphemy; and how choosing a side early maximizes the upside and minimizes the downside. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of

It's all About Your Heart

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Surprising Self Confidence

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Self Confidence is defined as a feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgment. Each of us have a measure of self confidence, and I would argue that it is designed by God to be good. But it is not always good. Sometimes it is driven by pride and built upon the wrong idea, high self estimation. This does all kinds of damage. But when self confidence is built on something else, something amazing from God, then everything about it is wonderful. And you can have more of it, in the name of Jesus, than ever before