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Episode 108 - "I Am the Loser"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Fall at Jesus’ Feet With Thankfulness Most people know that gratitude impacts our walk with God, our joy, even our health! But how do we actually make it a regular part of our lives? This week we talked about losing our joy, weaponizing our gratitude, and carrying Jesus' side of the load. We ask questions like: can we give thanks for everything? Am I grateful for God's discipline? And how can loss increase my thanksgiving? It's amazing what this simple activity — giving regular thanks to God — can do. We hope the reminder helps you as much as it did us! The Big Idea: When we look at the world

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Episode #2 - Watered Down

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had all the ice melt in your drink, leaving it watered down and lacking substance? It's the worst - the only thing it's good for is to be thrown away. Well...it's time to throw out watered down preaching. We need good Bible teaching with substance, not shying away from speaking the truth, but with confidence we need to declare the entirety of the will of God. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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Episode #1 - Brand Name

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why clothes that are essentially the exact same look & material can be priced so differently between brands? It has everything to do with the designer and the brand name - that is what makes something valuable. Well...that is exactly what gives you such great worth - your designer. You have been made in the image of God. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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FUNDAMENTALS: Returning to base. "The Ten Commandments." Basic. Checkers.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! I talk a lot on this podcast about achieving, about striving for improvement, about not settling the achievements of the past. But sometimes you need to go back to square one and remember why we are here in the first place. This week we will talk about how we reorient ourselves in times of stress; how the most important of the Ten Commandments may not even be one of the ten; how the word “Basic” has taken on brand new meaning; and why we still need to play checkers and play it well. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive c

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Worthy is the Lamb - Reading Revelation

Jeff · Working with the Word

Revelation is perhaps the most cryptic book in the New Testament, but it was intended to send a clear message to the first century Christians about their victory through Christ. For us, it is easy to get caught up in speculations or the details of John's visions, so we need to first understand how Revelation brings the Whole Story to its climactic resolution. Mentioned / Additional Resources Understanding Apocalyptic Literature (Mark Roberts) Son of Man (Bible Project) Music Credits Intro - "Faith" by Vibe Tracks Outro - "The Starry Night" by John Tadlock (from Sight of the Stars )

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Prayer and Fasting

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The disciples could not cast out the demon. Why not? Because their faith was too small. And Jesus told them how to get that faith right where it needed to be: PRAYER and FASTING! Do you use these tools from Christ to grow your faith? For some of us, prayer is just a thing we do. And fasting... well... we don't do that, except to lose weight. But Christ has a two part plan to give you access to God's power. Let's look at two acronyms today P.R.A.Y. and F.A.S.T. to get this week going right to God's thrown and get the neede

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Digital Literacy: Could I get your attention...about attention

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail In some ways, this is one of the simplest episodes I've pulled together. In this episode, I start the first part of digital literacy which is taking control of your attention. Hopefully this reminds you about the fundamentals of Christianity. I think this concept is simple and profound in the life of Christians who often see themselves as victims of circumstances. I hope you pay attention to your attention. Support the show

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Episode 107 - "Locating Hope"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Let Hope Stabilize Your Life What do you look forward to so much it can keep you going when things get hard? It’s “hope” week in our Cross Training, so this week Jesus teaches us to pray with hope and Noah teaches us to live with confidence. How is hoping for heaven like waiting for a car alarm to go off? What words help us triangulate our hope? If you’re like us, you might appreciate a reminder of the spectacular future God has in store for us! We hope you enjoy it! The Big Idea: Our hope is not in an outcome, but in the God who faithfully brings a good ending. Weekly Challenges: Find this we

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SPORTS (part 2) - with guests Brent Moody and David Osteen

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Get three preachers to comment on a combination of the gospel and sports, you’re bound to go long. And we did. So here is the second half of my conversation with Brent Moody, preacher at the Decker Prairie church of Christ in Houston, and David Osteen, preacher for the O’Connor Road church of Christ in San Antonio. In this final segment, we start with Bocce and move on to topics including Tom Brady, Nick Saban, and a certain podcaster of mutual acquaintance whose name must remain unspoken. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods

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Mail Time - Reading the Epistles

Jeff · Working with the Word

Counting by book, there are more epistles (or letters) in the New Testament than any other kind of writing. From Romans to Jude, so much of God's story is communicated and preserved through personal correspondence between early Christians. Together, these letters explain the details of the gospel and instruct Jesus' followers how to live accordingly. But how do they fit into the Whole Story of the Bible? And how are they relevant today? Music Credits Intro - "Faith" by Vibe Tracks Outro - "The Starry Night" by John Tadlock (from Sight of the Stars )

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SPORTS - with guests Brent Moody and David Osteen (part 1)

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Running, boxing, wrestling—sports metaphors are all over the Bible. If you’re a sports fan, the Bible speaks to you in your own language. I’m joined this week by Brent Moody, who preaches for the Decker Prairie church of Christ in suburban Houston, and David Osteen, who preaches for the O’Connor Road church of Christ in San Antonio. We discuss giving ourselves a chance to win God’s race; taking lessons from Bible underdogs; and maximizing our scoring opportunities instead of settling for mediocrity. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the

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Myth and Passage

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Today we wrap up our short series on marriage. We started by looking in the mirror. Then we built a triangle and laid out a plan to grow towards God. Then we strategized a plan to make sure we are always fighting on the same side and never against one another. And we discussed the beautiful SECRET (my favorite) to get all of this back in place. Today we look at two final ideas: the myth and the passage. One of them is something we want to debunk and avoid (it is truly awful). And the other is something we need to believe

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S4 Ep3 - First Cut Is Close!

Appian Media · Inroads

Craig & Stu talk first cuts vs rough cuts and where "Trial & Triumph" is in the post-process. Craig gives us a listen in on a conversation Jeremy had with one of our experts in Turkey and we have a special announcement at the end of the podcast! To support post-production of "Trial & Triumph" and help fund other great Bible media donate today at www.appianmedia.org/donation-page. Contact us at www.appianmedia.org/contact-us to learn more about sponsoring this podcast. Support the show

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Psalm 5

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

This psalm alternates between petitions to God (vs. 1-3, 7-8, 11-12) and descriptions of the wicked (vs. 4-6, 9-10). The psalm distinguishes between the righteous and the wicked but it also reminds us that we only enter the LORD's house by the abundance of HIs lovingkindness (vs. 7).

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The digital stuff

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail This week I've got a lot on my plate with the end of the semester, so I'm doing an introduction to the idea of digital literacy. I've been meaning to put this episode together for a long time and now is the perfect time. I'm making an argument about why we need to pull the curtain back on what digital tools do to us and for us. God bless you this week! Support the show

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Episode 106 - "I Need To Get In on This!"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Rejoice in the Lord’s Salvation This week we’re moving onto another mark of the Master: joy! We’ll see how God rejoices over us with shouts of joy. A man and woman are thrilled to meet the redeemer of all humanity in the temple. And we’ll answer some questions about the earliest converts to Christ. How does acknowledging bad news highlight the greatness of good news? Why do some reject that fantastic news? And could our joy be stolen from us? Find out this week as we continue our Cross Training series. The Big Idea: The gospel of Jesus is grand and vast, solving the chronic problem of our huma

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TEXAS: Stereotypes. "Big, Hot, Cheap and Right." Secession. 42.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Somehow I made it through more than 100 episodes without talking about my home state. But I’ve been back in my ancestral homeland for close to a year now, and that’s long enough. So saddle up. This week we will discuss stereotypes and whether we truly deserve them; the strange bedfellows that Texas politics makes; the pros and cons of secession; and the Texas domino game we can’t get anyone else to play. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven po

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The Glue of the Bible - Reading Acts

Jeff · Working with the Word

"And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth..." So begins the story of how the gospel spread from a small band of disciples in a second-floor room in Jerusalem to the capital of the Roman Empire and Caesar himself. Acts is an exciting story, but it's much more - it's the very backbone of the Whole Story. Music Credits Intro - "Faith" by Vibe Tracks Outro - "The Starry Night" by John Tadlock (from Sight of the Stars )

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Strategy and Secret

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Welcome back to our three part series on marriage. We started a couple of weeks back with a lot of self evaluation. It starts with looking in the mirror and asking, "is it me?" Then, we talked about the life triangle, and how you must head closer to God. If both of you can do that, you will always find each other there, in the presence of God. Today, we start looking at teamwork. It is time to turn the pronouns towards "us" and "we." It begins by building a strategy, a game plan, a war approach, that IS NOT against one an

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S4 Ep2 - On the Chopping Block!

Appian Media · Inroads

It's rough cut time for the Appian Media documentary 'Trial & Triumph' and Craig is back with another update on how the progress is going. Watch the video of this podcast by clicking here: https://youtu.be/VLM4OK0Z8so To donate to this project click here: https://appianmedia.org/donation-page/ Thanks to all our generous supporters for making inRoads and Appian Media possible! Support the show

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Holding onto God in change, an interview with Gardner Hall

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail Do you feel like the world is changing all around you while you're trying to hold onto your Christianity? Do you wonder if the things changing around us should worry us or not? Gardner is a guy with a great perspective on the culture surrounding us, the hope we have in God and why today's Christian should inspire us with confidence. Support the show

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Episode 105 - "The Thank You Spiral"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Outdo Each Other in Showing Honor If you've ever sent a "Thank You" card for someone's "Thank You" card, this episode's for you! What does slingin' lattes at Starbucks or scoopin' ice cream at TCBY teach us about serving others? We're wrapping up our conversation of servanthood — a mark of the Master we're working on this year — with a discussion about showing honor to others. Jesus wasn't honored in his hometown, but how can we avoid treating those closest to us disrespectfully? We rejoice to know that he's restoring dignity to the disgraced. And we find a strange boy-meets-girl story where a

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