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Ep 351 - Your Foundation Will Be Tested

The Daily Answer

What is the cost of not putting on the armor of God? This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

Jeff Wilson: Extended version

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Jeff Wilson, a preacher at the Kleinwood church of Christ near Houston, Texas. True literacy is the ability to follow an author’s deep and complicated thoughts. In this conversation, young people can learn how to read their Bibles more effectively, use their time more wisely, and connect with their church family more consistently.

Jeff Wilson: Recovering the habits of attention

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Jeff Wilson, a preacher at the Kleinwood church of Christ near Houston, Texas. True literacy is the ability to follow an author’s deep and complicated thoughts. In this conversation, young people can learn how to read their Bibles more effectively, use their time more wisely, and connect with their church family more consistently.

Love's Mission

Love Better

A gruesome war, the power of a stamp, and Winnie the Pooh This episode is the second installment in a ten-part series on learning to love with all our heart, part of a broader goal this year to study the greatest commandments – to love the Lord (and our neighbor) with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. This week we learn about how to set a seal upon our hearts and how important it is to find a worthy mission. Send us Fan Mail "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!"

Ep 350 - The Bulwark

The Daily Answer

Only believers can fill the moral gap in any culture. This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

From Fishermen to Followers

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Tenacity and Willpower

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Say it with me: Anterior Mid-Cingulate Cortex! Or aMCC for short. Today we take a little look into the brain, to find a very special part that controls the willpower of the rest. If we can learn how it works, and how to make it stronger, well, there isn't any part of your growth in life that won't be affected and helped! But we have to build on the WHY of personal discipline we started with last week. God expects us to take inventory and responsibility for, every part of the life He has given each of us: body, mind, heart

The thing about raising boys...a conversation with Phil Robertson and Josh Creel

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to raise boys and how is that different than raising girls. In this conversation, I talk to two fathers of sons and what they've learned about raising sons which help their children grow, and themselves. Support the show

Ep 349 - Just Going to the Store?

The Daily Answer

Are you ever “just” doing anything simple, or is much more going on? This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

Ep 348 - Ordered Freedom

The Daily Answer

The world offers chaotic freedom or a life that is micro-managed by mere men. God offers a better choice. This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

Ep. 22 Charitable Deeds

Quail Valley Church of Christ

Let's talk about charitable deeds and the motivation it needs to come from.

Episode 196 - "The Big Kids"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

See Children Like Jesus Did What does Jesus' work have to do with his desire to "let the little children come" to him (Matt. 19:14)? The Bible Geeks A.V. Club is back to discuss season 1, episode 3 of The Chosen! After a brief recap of the story, we take a Closer Look at the Scriptural background for the episode's plot. We learn from two moments in Mark 9 and 10 when Jesus engaged with children (Mark 9:35-37; 10:13-16) and examine our engagement with kids in light of the Savior's example. There's more to think about on this subject than you may realize! We hope you enjoy reflecting on these dr

I Dare You

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray 2024 is a wonderful adventure in growth and change and increased faith and joy in Christ! Welcome to season 6 of the ESM podcast. It's been an amazing journey thus far and I am looking forward to this season. Today's content - the challenge to balance out four elements of your life: Physical, Mental, Social, Religious - is key to unlocking a better you and a better year. A better you, because this requires discipline from the inside out, not just in one category at a time. And a better year, because

Ep 347 - Check and Double Check

The Daily Answer

Once something fails or breaks, that might always be on your radar. This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

Psalm 101

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

This is usually considered a Royal Psalm. In the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, Psalm 101 is prescribed for use at the anniversary of the monarch’s ascension- Allen, 8; Goldingay, 139 The Psalm describes the kind of person the king longs to be and who he hopes to surround himself with. The people we surround ourselves with influence us for good or evil and the people the king surrounds himself with influence the whole nation. David's high aspirations were not realized in his personal life. His personal failures had a negative impact on the whole nation (II Sam. 11-12; I Kings

Dave Vaughan: Extended version

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Dave Vaughan, a deacon at the Richmond church of Christ near Polo, Missouri. Leaders are people who know the way, go the way, and show the way. In this conversation, young people can learn how to be vulnerable with other Christians and find a godly mate.

Dave Vaughan: If you miss heaven, you miss it all

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Dave Vaughan, a deacon at the Richmond church of Christ near Polo, Missouri. Leaders are people who know the way, go the way, and show the way. In this conversation, young people can learn how to be vulnerable with other Christians and find a godly mate.

Ep 346 - Learn to Separate

The Daily Answer

Learn to separate the message someone is trying to sell you from the message preached by their behavior. This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

Love Gratefully

Love Better

Happy New Year! This is the first of a ten-part series on learning to love with your whole heart. Nazi invasions, refugees, an $850,000 estate, and a lesson in gratitude. Send us Fan Mail "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!"

STRESS: Don't worry. "Putting an X Through Anxiety." Medication. Jenga.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Maybe we should have done this episode before the holidays. Then again, maybe you have just as much stress now but with more bills to pay. If so, I’m here to help. This week we discuss embracing the simple truth about stress; celebrating a tiny book on a huge subject; considering whether medicine is the problem or the solution (spoiler alert: it’s both); and playing a game that need not create as much stress as perhaps it has. Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He

A Conversation with Jonathon and Mark - Talking about Daily Bible Reading

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Ep 345 - Always Abounding

The Daily Answer

The Christian life does not have an over-the-hill side. There are no former glory days in this life. This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

I Dare You

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray 2024 is a wonderful adventure in growth and change and increased faith and joy in Christ! Welcome to season 6 of the ESM podcast. It's been an amazing journey thus far and I am looking forward to this season. Today's content - the challenge to balance out four elements of your life: Physical, Mental, Social, Religious - is key to unlocking a better you and a better year. A better you, because this requires discipline from the inside out, not just in one category at a time. And a better year, because

God and gratitude...a conversation with Don Truex and Scott Beyer

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail What is gratitude and why should we be a grateful people? In this conversation with Don Truex and Scott Beyer, we talk about what gratitude is, how to become more grateful, and if we are even good judges of our own graciousness. Support the show

YEAR END: My Best Books of 2023

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! We’re finally at the end of the road — the best books I’ve read in 2023. Here I discuss 10 books I read in the back half of the year and mix in the best from the first half. From self-help to Jesus allegories to nuclear apocalypse, you’ll find a little bit of everything here. Enjoy. Books that made the list (*=appeared on one of the Halfway Point lists): Salt: A Global History The Blood of Heroes * East of Eden, by John Steinbeck The Pearl, by John Steinbeck QBQ: The Question Behind the Question * The Character of Jesus, by S.E. Jeffer