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POSTURE: Gird up your loins. "The Prince and the Pauper." Jordan Peterson. Aggravation.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Take a stand for truth. Be a stand-up guy. Stand up and be counted. We instinctively connect good posture and good character. If you don’t buy into that, if you prefer to be a slouch, it’s probably going to affect your relationships — including your relationship with Jesus. This week we will discuss what our loins are and how we gird them up; what separates princes and paupers; Jordan Peterson’s first rule for life; and what motivates me to play games, including awful games. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of

S2 E33 - Whose Image Do You Bear?

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Today we finally got our taxes started and will finish them up in the next day or so. Nothing like waiting till the last minute. Everyone has to do taxes, even though people hate it. Nothing is free, and everything comes at a cost. In fact, even Jesus has something to say about taxes - "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." Well...what is God's? I would suggest it's the same criteria for what belonged to Caesar - it is whatever bears his image. As we were made in the image of God, that means that what belongs to God is you & me. Not just some of us, or 10

Casting Out Demons

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Do you know what if feels like to be totally powerless to stop sin in your life? I understand that we have free will. But have you ever been so trapped, so held, by sin that you could not find your free will, or had absolutely no ability to access it? I know that feeling. Maybe worse, is when you see it happening to someone you love. What do you do when you can't fix it, they can't fix it, and not even time with Christians can free them from bondage? There is an answer. There is power so incredibly that it has not limits.

Daily Bible Reading, Week 15

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Click here for the 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.

The Lectureship: Leadership and Digital Discipleship

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail We talk about the lecture in July 28-30. If you'd like to get a ticket, you can go to www.balancingthechristianlife.com/lecture If you'd like to see the event website still in progress, you can go to www.balancingthechristianlife.com/lectureschedule Support the show

Jesus, the Way to the Father - John 14

Jeff · Working with the Word

What did Jesus mean when He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life"? And what does it mean that Jesus is "in the Father" and "the Father is in" Him? Jesus spoke all these things to the apostles at a time when they were troubled and in need of comfort, and these same truths are the basis for our assurance of faith today. Resource Credits The Christian Standard Bible Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Hol

S2 E32 - No Substitute For Obedience

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Today as I was getting the dishes unloaded and loaded, I asked the kids to leave the kitchen. Dane left, but Ava lingered and told me "just a minute". I said now, and she proceeded to return with a "gift" for me - and that is why she couldn't leave yet. It was a great teaching moment to show her if she wants to make me happy, she needs to do what I ask the first time, not what she thinks I might want. Well...we need to learn the same lesson with the Lord. God is not interested in us doing what we think might please him, he is interested in us simply doing what he says. Even th

"Reconciliation" - Monopisode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

Digging a little deeper into reconciliation, we look specifically at what is commanded in 2 Corinthians 5.20.

Episode 149 - "The Real Groaners"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Be Purposeful With Your Communication How is understanding our kids like collecting clues to a mystery our children haven't solved themselves? And how do we "answer a fool according to his folly" (Prov. 26:5) while also heeding the instruction to "answer NOT a fool according to his folly" (Prov. 26:4)? This week's conversation is all about how we speak and how we listen, particularly in parenting. Our Top 4 Proverbs on Communication challenge us to consider if our words are "graceful garlands" around our kids' heads and if we ever answer before we hear. And learning to act more Like the Teache

Psalm 47

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

This psalm pictures God as King- 47:2, 6, 7. His dominion is "all the earth"- 47:2, 7; "the nations"- 47:8. He subdues peoples and nations- 47:3 - and therefore all nations celebrate HIs reign as king- 47:1, 5. The reception given to Him is the reception that kings received when coming to the throne- I Sam. 10:24; II Sam. 15:10; I Kings 1:39; II Kings 9:13; 11:12. In a sense each of the Psalms tell the gospel story and Psalm 47 is no different. 47:1 mentions joy because God reigns and the word for joy used in the LXX of the OT is the same word used of response to Jesus in Luke 1:44. 47:1, 2, 7

S2 E31 - The Anticipation

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Today was filled with anticipation. We are eager to have Kylie feeling better from the flu, and the kids kept asking about her. I am eager for baseball to start tomorrow, as it's opening day! In the world of golf, people were anxious to hear if after 14 months Tiger would feel well enough to compete in the Master's tournament again. In the music industry, highly awaited albums are getting ready to drop anyday. We anticipate the things we love - we think and talk about them frequently. Well...do I anticipate the Lord's return? Is the second comming of Christ and the resurrectio

RACISM, part 2 - with Benjamin Lee and Saif Alsafeer

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! We pick up where we left off in my conversation about racism with Benjamin Lee and Saif Alsafeer. If you haven’t checked out part 1 yet, please do so. In this conversation we go back to Robinson Crusoe one last time to discuss how relevant the racism discussion is in today’s world and today’s church; and the hazards of stereotyping people based on a sliver of facts or surface appearances, especially in the era of social media. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of t

S2 E30 - Just a Kind Word

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Well, we're back to an abnormal schedule again (hence the late drop for the episode). My wife somehow contracted the flu, and prayers on her behalf are appreciated, especially while pregnant. Poor thing is miserable, so I'm back doing full time dad & work duty for this week. Today just wasn't going well, all the small things just weren't going right. That's when the kids came up to me with a toy that records their voices and told me to press the button. "I love you daddy" it played back. I was touched. In addition to some kind words from my wife, my whole day turned around on

"Reconciliation" - Hagan

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

We have a message of reconciliation that announces the truth of our reconciliation. But do we even know what that means? And how can we deliver a message about a word we don't understand?

RACISM, part 1 -- with Benjamin Lee and Saif Alsafeer

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! We begin Season 4 of the podcast this week with a very special conversation with Benjamin Lee and Saif Alsafeer on a very sensitive topic. I very much appreciated the perspective of these two men, and I enjoyed how we were able to approach the topic as brethren. This is the first part of our discussion. We spend it emphasizing our commonality and our need to live together in the body of Christ, as well as assessing the problem of racism in the church today and how we should combat it. Check out Benjamin Lee's podcast, I Can Do with Ben

Hal Elrod Interview!

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Today is a big day! This is the very first Excel Still More Interview! I couldn't think of anyone better than Hal Elrod. A you will hear today, his story is incredible! Three times he went through traumatic events. His attitude through those things, and growth after them... well, it is simply transformational. Today Hal shows you how to grow through struggles by taking control of every day of your life. Every single day can be your very best day. And it all starts at the beginning... that is, with The Miracle Morning. Let

Pergamum

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

"Beyers look for other Beyers"...a conversation about Christian Adoption with Scott Beyer

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

S2 E29 - But Is That Really True?

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail April Fool's Day. A day that I both love and hate. A day that I love because I enjoy a great practical joke. A day that I hate because you never know what to take seriously. No matter what you read or hear, it takes extra work to do some digging to discover whether or not it's actually true. Nothing can be taken at face value. Well...maybe that's not such a bad thing, and maybe we need to be doing that more, especially spiritually. We tend to take the words of others that we respect as truth, especially pastors & evangelists, but that can be dangerous when it doesn't aline wit

"Hallowed" - Monopisode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

We spend a few more minutes with the word "Hallowed," making sure we're "speaking as the oracles of God."

Episode 148 - "A Little Bit of a Baby"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Reflect God's Grace in Your Parenting One thing every Christian parent seems to have in common is extremely high expectations — for ourselves and our kids. So this week we get to the heart of the gospel, because even in a parenting series we can't go far without relying on God's grace. We draft our A-Team of merciful and gracious people, we talk about the power of an apology, and we wonder, "Which is harder to deal with, your mistakes or your kids'?" Finding Jesus in 2 Corinthians 12, we're reminded that Christ is with us in our pain and his grace is enough! So we hope you find encouragement a

S2 E28 - Seller's Disclosure

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Since our family is expanding, we've done a little bit of snooping into the market to see if we could get some more space for our growing family. When purchasing a house, it's important to look at the seller's disclosure, where the owner of a home is obligated to list current or potential problems with the property. If there are extensive fixes and needs, most buyers will back out. Only those who really love the property will purchase it "as is" and make the renovations themselves. Well...what would your seller's disclosure say for your spiritual life? I don't know about you,

PODCASTING, part 2: with Jared Bollman, Edwin Crozier and Kenny Embry

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is the second half of my conversation with Kenny Embry, Edwin Crozier and Jared Bollman, three of my favorite people in this space. We will discuss the blessings and hazards of social media, what draws us to this space, the price we pay to participate, and the upcoming Balancing the Christian Life Lectures. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encouraged to seek him and the Lakewoods Drive church through Facebook and othe

S2 E27 - They Forgot About the Monitor

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail My son did not like the idea that it was naptime today. He kept getting out of bed and we kept having to put him back in. At one point, he ran to his sisters room and got on her bed. As I walked down the hall, Ava yells "Oh, quick, hide!" and they ducked under the covers, as though I wouldn't see them there. After putting him back in bed, this continued, but each time we were aware because we were watching on the monitor. Well...we might laugh at this, but we are just like this with the Lord. We think that we can get away with things, that as though because we've fooled others

"Hallowed" - Haskett

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

God's name is to be hallowed. But what in the world does that mean? We discuss this and other strange words we use because we see them in the Bible.