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ANGER, part 1: with Reagan McClenny and Scott Taylor

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This week I have a special pair of guests for you. Reagan McClenny is a long-time friend of the show. He preaches for the Timberland Drive church of Christ in Lufkin, Texas. Scott Taylor is a first-timer. He preaches for the West Mason church of Christ in suburban Cincinnati. Reagan and Scott will help me deal with the topic of anger this week. In the first part of our conversation, we discuss the example of Elijah and the difference between righteous indignation and just plain old losing your cool. Go to www.balancingthechristianlife.

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S2 E52 - A Shepherd Smells Like Sheep

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever come home smelling like work? When you are immersed in a distinct smell, like on a farm, or working fast food, you end up coming home smelling like what you were immersed in. This has happened to me many times, as I am sure it has happened to you. Well...a shepherd should smell like their sheep. Leaders of the Lord's church do not do so from a distance. They are immersed in the flock that is literally to be among them. They are serving, assisting, teaching, and building up the saints in and outside of the collective assembly. If churches want to cultivate growth

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Don't Forget To Die

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Click here for the sermon 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.

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Popping the Me-Bubble

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Have you ever watched two me bubblers have a conversation? It is funny to watch. One talks about themself. Then the other one talks about themself. The cycle just goes back and forth until someone loses interest. I'm not sure why we are like that, but I've been there. What if one of us shows interest in the other person and asks a follow up question? What if we gave entire attention to one when they needed it? What if I didn't feel the need to make it about me to make it worth while? These questions mean a lot in my life.

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Hurt and Healer

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Here are a few cool things coming up this month: www.balancingthechristianlife.com Check out this link to dig in on a tremendous lectureship that starts on July 28th. There are nearly 50 speakers on 5 different tracks, all devoted to helping you grow and carry out the Lord's work. I had the honor of doing the keynote address at the beginning of the series and I highly recommend you dig in on this and share with your friends and family. I've also mentioned three places I'll be worshipping and preaching this month. July 19-

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S2 E51 - A Season of Change

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail We are currently undergoing a lot of changes. We are prepping for the new baby, which will of course be the biggest change. The kids are starting to share a room. We sold our small car. We changed auto, home, and health insurance. There is a lot happening over here. New beginnings and endings can be scary, but they are inevitable. Well...Solomon teaches us that there is a time for everything. We must see the blessings both in the beginning and the end of a thing. If we constantly live in the past, we will miss the blessings of the future. This life will always bring change, bu

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TIME, part 2: with Jeff O'Rear and BJ Sipe

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! I’m back with the second part of my conversation with Jeff O’Rear and BJ Sipe. Again, Jeff is the evangelist for the Judson Road church of Christ in Longview, Texas, and co-host of the Working with the Word podcast; BJ is the evangelist for the church of Christ in Danville, Kentucky, and the host of the Set Your Mind Above podcast. BJ is another contributor to the Balancing the Christian Life Lectures; links are in the show notes. We finish by talking about the number of days and years it takes to get all the way home and the decisions

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TIME, with Jeff O'Rear and BJ Sipe

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This week I spend some time with Jeff O’Rear, evangelist for the Judson Road church of Christ in Longview, Texas, and co-host of the Working with the Word podcast; and also BJ Sipe, evangelist for the church of Christ in Danville, Kentucky, and the host of the Set Your Mind Above podcast. BJ is another contributor to the Balancing the Christian Life Lectures; check it out if you have not already. In the first half of the conversation we discuss Solomon’s ideas about time in Ecclesiastes 3, and Morgan Tyree’s book about sorting our time

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Killing Sin

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Click here for the sermon 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.

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Redeeming the Time

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! What is your attitude about time? Do you understand growth is not about you doing complex, incredible things? True transformation is the result of simple, easy to do things, consistently done, and benefitted by the power of time. Time is a gift, an asset. It does things you cannot do. Your absolute best effort today cannot do what time can do with smaller, more consistent behavior. As I enjoy a deeper read into "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson, he doubles down on the power of time to bring about what you didn't think possi

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Psalm 56

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

Title of the Psalm- Compare different translation here. 56:1-2 David begs for mercy because of wicked foes 56:3-4 David places His trust in God 56:5-6 The viciousness of HIs foes 56:7-9 Prayer for judgment on foes and God's care for him 56:10-11 David's trust in God 56:12-13 Thanksgiving for God's deliverance Jesus experienced the same mistreatment that David wrote of in this psalm 56:1-2, 5-6 Compare what Jesus experienced with David Jesus puts His trust in God in the midst of terrifying circumstances 56:3-4, 10-11 Compare Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36 Jesus offered loud crying and tears 56:8 wit

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S2 E50 - Food & Fellowship

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Tonight is full of anticipation, and that's because my three day men's golf trip begins tomorrow. 12 of us are headed to Tennessee to hit 72 holes over 3 days. But it's not about the golf, as we always say, "It's about the food and fellowship." I'm excited about this trip because of how I will bond with these men, and be encouraged by them. I won't remember the golf details, but I will remember our time spent together. Well...the first century church models for us the importance of spending time together in food & fellowship. That we not just merely worship together, but that

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TRUTH, part 2: with Chris Kramer and Adam Shanks

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is the second half of my conversation on the topic of truth with Adam Shanks and Chris Kramer, two of several participants in the Balancing the Christian Life Lectures who will be appearing in this space in coming weeks. In these two segments we discuss what we think of Ron Wyatt and his outrageous claims, as well as spurious Biblical arguments in general; and the “Telephone” game so popular at gatherings of young people that turns out to have been triggering to one of my guests. We’ll start with what I’ve been playing. Hal Hammon

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"Pastor" - Ralph Walker

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

In today's episode, I interview Ralph Walker about the word "pastor." As both an evangelist and a pastor, he has a fantastic understanding of the difference between the two roles and what the word pastor should mean for us today.

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TRUTH: with Adam Shanks and Chris Kramer

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! I’m joined this week by Adam Shanks and Chris Kramer, both first-time guests on the podcast. Adam is the preacher for the Edwards Lake church of Christ in Birmingham, Alabama, and the host of the Preach Impediments podcast. Chris is the preacher for the church of Christ Northside in Russellville, Kentucky, and a regular contributor to the Answering Religious Error stream on Facebook. Both will be contributors this month to the Balancing the Christian Life Lectures. In the first half of our conversation, we will discuss the nature of th

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Daily Bible Reading, Week 27

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Click here for the daily Bible reading schedule 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.

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The Two Houses

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! In 1859 Charles Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities" about the French Revolution of the late 1700's. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. If you lived anywhere near London or Paris, you knew what that meant. The world was filled with turmoil, different classes, and unpredictability. Dickens notes that it is always like that in every culture, and often within most people. Most people fight the power of both darkness and light, hope and despair, on an ongoing basis. Did you know it should not be that way wit

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Psalm 55

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

OT events seemingly alluded to in this psalm. 55:9 seems to allude to the tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9. 55:9-11 The picture of the wickedness of the city is quite a contrast with Psalms. 46 and 48. 55:15 "Let them go down alive into Sheol" Numbers 16:30-33 NT and Psalm 55 55:22 Casting our care upon God is encouraged in I Peter 5:7. 55:23 God hurling the wicked to destruction is in Revelation 19:20-21 among other places. Jesus fulfills Psalm 55 55:2, 4 The word used in the main ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament translated "anguish" in vs. 4 is a word that is used to describe t

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S2 E49 - It's A Scam

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail I am so done with Facebook marketplace and these other platforms. We are trying to sell our vehicle, but nearly every message is a dead end. They never answer, never show up, or low ball you. But the worst? The scammers. The one's that intentionally are out to deceive you and steal from the unsuspecting. Educating yourself about their tactics is essential. Well...the greatest con artist is Satan. We seeks to deceive and destroy us. However, we are not ignorant of his schemes. We must be alert and equipped, and in doing so, we can save our very souls from falling prey to his li

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