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THE BAD FUTURE: Laodicea. "The End of Faith." Cutting edge. Oculus.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! I have good news, and I have bad news. Please come back next week for the good news, which I am very excited about. But the bad comes first. This week we will cover the church so sick it thinks it’s healthy; one man’s effort to blame religion for everything; the trendsetters of our culture and how they are setting us all up for disaster; and my 48-hour experiment with the ultimate in isolationism. Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of

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Tyranny of Forgiveness

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! The title is " The Danger of Forcing Forgiveness " on the website. I was titled "The Tyranny of Forgiveness" in the printed magazine. Both articles are the same. Today's topic is heavier than usual. Sadly, the topic of sexual abuse and how abusers use forgiveness to cover themselves is needful in our time. There are victims who need help desperately, but are effectively being coerced into forgiving in a way that keeps them silent. They are simply staying controlled and manipulated and not getting the attention and mercy t

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S3 E15 - 183 Years, 2 Months, 25 Days

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail On Wednesday, I had the blessing of speaking to the Sycamore church that meets in Gravel Switch, KY. The church has met in this location since February 22, 1840 (that's before the civil war!) And now here I sat 183 years later in the same place. So much has changed since that church was first established, but you know what hasn't? Well...our faith. Though separated in so many ways over nearly two centuries, we pray to the same God & have hope through the same Savior. Not only this, but consider the great cloud of witnesses that have gone on before us. Consider the fruit they h

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Episode 177 - "Hey, You!"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Let God's Word Interrupt Your Thoughts How can God’s word interrupt our internal dialogue and focus us on what matters? And what’s better than a “360 degree turnaround”? This week we complete the Talking to Yourself guided study. First we discuss what Jesus Said in his six “But I say to you” statements in Matthew 5. Then we dive into the parable of the Rich Fool in a Here’s the Story that leads us to reexamine our lives in light of eternity. From Swifties to monkeys, basketball blocks to the Emperor’s Groove, we cover a lot of ground but the focus is on the way Jesus’ teaching redirects our th

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HALFTIME REPORT 2023: The Most Thought-Provoking Books I've Read (So Far)

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is a special edition of COH. I took the time to connect with my followers on Facebook and talk for a bit about the books I’ve been reading this year. It’s halfway through my biggest reading year ever, and there’s no way I will be able to even briefly discuss all of these books on the podcast. So I thought I would put together a few Top 10 lists of what I have gotten through so far in 2023. On the spur of the moment, I decided to share the list here on the podcast. These are the most thought-provoking books I have read this year. T

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Ep 181 - Dont Lose Your Senses

The Daily Answer

ATTN: The podcast site was down and would not load the audio this morning. Sorry for the late episode! Sin takes more from you than you think it will take all of you if you allow it. This is The Daily Answer with Mark Dunagan.

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Paul Greiving: Extended version

Jake Smith · Upon Their Shoulders

Join Jake Smith and Nick Weaver as they interview Paul Greiving, a member of the Pratt Parkway church of Christ in Longmont, Colorado. The key to evangelism is building relationships. In this conversation, young people can learn how to live their lives in a way that makes others want to follow Jesus.

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SCARY FUTURE: Ephesus. "Next." ChatGPT. PokemonGO.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! The unknown can be terrifying – and nothing says “unknown” like the future. This week we will cover how the mighty can fall hard and in a remarkably short span of time; what genetic manipulation could do with regard to divine authority and human ego; whether a machine can write an essay better than I can; and the games people play in the parking lot while we’re in the church house. Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast.

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Weak Love

Love Better

Bela Barenyi, the pursuit of deformation, and the crumpling of the unneccessary. This week, we accept our weakness as a design feature. Send us Fan Mail "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!"

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Just Get Closer

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Today was a trip down memory lane for me. I listened to the very first episode of Excel Still More: Just Get Better. That episode drew a little bit of criticism in the early days for sounding like another way of packaging work based salvation. I filed that away as something to consider but I just wasn't in a place in my life to see it. I've learned a lot since then. I trust you have as well. So I was ready to go back and listen and be woefully embarrassed. It turns out... it wasn't too bad. And I stand behind the content.

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S5 Ep11 Mount Ebal Curse Tablet Peer Review is COMPLETE

Scott Stripling · Inroads

When the announcement of the discovery of the Mount Ebal Curse Tablet was made in 2022 and sent shock waves through the archaeological community. It was met by some with extreme excitement and, by many, with heavy skepticism. Dr. Scott Stripling, the Head of Excavations at the Associates for Biblical Research and his team, asserted that this folded lead tablet contained the earliest known "proto-alphabetic" Hebrew text. The inscription, which they date to the end of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1200 B.C.E.), is a legal text and curse that invokes the god Yahweh. The team believes the tablet to be o

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S3 E14 - Get Used To Disappointment

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Kylie took the kids out today to do three things: go to the nursery, pick up lunch from Lee's with honey biscuits, and then go have a picnic at the park then play. Well, when thunderstorms rolled in right as they were picking up lunch, their hopes of the park were dashed. We had some very disappointed kids, which was fine. But what wasn't fine was taking it out on their mom. That's never okay, and she had no control in the matter anyhow. Well...how often when we get disappointed do we do the same thing? We lash out at others, or even worse, we lash out at God as though he had

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