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Love One Another - John 13

Jeff · Working with the Word

It's no coincidence that the very first lesson Jesus taught His disciples during this final conversation was to love one another. Indeed, His whole life was about not only teaching but demonstrating this principle. What Jesus did to show what humility and self-sacrifice looked like was so shocking that even Peter was offended! But it's precisely the kind of love Jesus calls every disciples to imitate. 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.

PODCASTING: with Jared Bollman, Edwin Crozier and Kenny Embry

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! To cap the third season of Citizen of Heaven, I sat down over Zoom with three of my podcasting buddies to talk about the medium, how we are all using it, what potential pitfalls await us, and how we came to podcasting in the first place. I hope the conversation will be interesting and informative. Jared Bollman hosts the Man Up! podcast, as well as the Biblically Speaking channel on YouTube. Edwin Crozier teams up with Andrew Roberts to host the Text Talk podcast, an extension of the work he does with the Livingston Avenue church in Lu

S2 E26 - Life Requires Death

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back after an extended absence! We are so glad to have the podcast up and rolling again. Today, our podcast is inspired by a show I have recently gotten into called, "The Crafstman" centered around a master woodworker named Eric. In an episode, Eric was challenged as to how he could cut a tree down and make something out of it. He responded, "Because we have to. For us to live, something has to die, and we need to make the best of it." Well...if that doens't apply to our spiritual nature, I don't know what else could. We are alive because Christ died. The question that

Let's Talk Options

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! It was a nasty, cold, rainy, windy day. He was in a really tough spot and very upset about it. It wasn't the first time. On both occasions I was there with him. And on both occasions he calmed down enough to answer a very important question. This question is needed in the lives of us all. We are all prone to emotional reactions that cause more problems. We can often shut down totally when we don't know what to do. These decisions are often poor, but not just because they can make things worse. More importantly, they didn'

What did Jesus believe and teach about Marriage

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Details about the lectureship

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail This week we give details about the lectureship we've been planning for late July. You can sign up for tickets at www.balancingthechristianlife.com/lecture In this episode, Hal Hammons discusses the track he planned and Nathan Cox does the same. Support the show

"Grace" - Monopisode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

A quick look at a modern example of grace will make us uncomfortable, but it will also help us appreciate the great and unnatural truth about grace.

Episode 147 - "Wow, That Was So Cool!"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Seize Each Day's Teaching Moments What do self-driving cars and spiky hair have to do with purposeful parenting? This week we talk about seizing the moments when our kids are most ready to learn, asking: What wisdom does Moses give for parents answering big, spiritual questions? And what can we do to create the conversations that can help our kids work through what's really going on in their hearts? We also offer four of our favorite teaching moments, share the kinds of kid questions that stump us, and try to figure out how to keep our instruction relevant as our kids grow older. Find the stud

Psalm 46

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

What do we do when all our world is falling apart? Where can we look? To whom can we go for help? Psalm 46 can be divided easily into three parts based on the Selah's at the end of vs. 3, 7, 11. 46:1-3 Describes a natural calamity It does not seem to be a literal description but a statement that even in the worst case scenario that we can trust God. 46:4-7 Describes armies gathering for war outside Jersualem. Isaiah 36-37 and II Kings 18-19 describe a situation like this. But the nations gathered against God and His city will fall while God will not be moved. 46:3 The word "roar" is the same w

Truth Be Told

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! S.A.L.S.A. - San Antonio Leadership Service Action April 1-3 - O'Connor Road church of Christ, San Antonio, TX Fri 7pm / Sat 10am / Sun 9:30 and 2:30. "I'm fine." How often have you said this, but it wasn't true. Why is it so hard to admit when we need help? Do we think people don't care? Or maybe we just think we are behind repair. Closing ourselves off, and lying, leads to deeper darkness. But honestly with others starts with God. When we are truthful with God AND we understand the life giving truth about God... things

"Grace" - Bonus Episode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

Edwin Crozier paint a beautiful picture of grace using Biblical examples. If we understand the many ways God displays grace towards His people, we will be better able to see grace in our own lives.

"Grace" - Edwin Crozier

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

Grace is a word we often use in many ways, but it has in many ways lost its meaning for us because of over use and theological debates. Join Edwin Crozier in developing a better understanding of grace.

WORDS: Context. "Robinson Crusoe" (4). Profanity. Scrabble.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Words are the tools of my profession. Whether written or spoken, live or recorded, they are the weapons of my warfare, to borrow from 2 Corinthians 10:3. This week we will discuss a word used constantly by preachers like me — and if you ask me, we ought to use it more; the havoc that 300 years of usage can wreak on our vocabulary; the lie we tell ourselves about profanity and what it says about our view of God; and how the smallest of words can make the greatest of impacts. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of

Cheerful Giving

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Practicing at Home

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! "You are a vessel, built and restored by God, to be filled with the Spirit, so that you can pour the Spirit into the lives of everyone you meet." Sounds great, right? Like a mission of mercy, laid out before you every day and everywhere you go! Well, how many of us understand that this includes our home? In fact, it must start in our home. God has given us family and connection so that we can be patient, loving, merciful encouragers of one another. The qualities Jesus prescribes for being a light to the world must first b

Learning from a new Christian...a conversation with Daniel Lookadoo

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever learned a lot from someone new in the faith? Today I talk with Daniel Lookadoo, a truly inspiring young man who understands Christianity well and can teach you a lot about having a passion for the faith. I know you'll love Daniel. Support the show

"Gospel" - Monopisode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

The Gospel is an amazing message, and the Gospels (aka. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) are great tellings of that amazing message. Each book emphasizes the message that Jesus is King, but each do so uniquely. Explore these four gospels in a short lesson on this good news!

Episode 146 - "These Are My Emotions"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Take Responsibility for What You Can Control What's your goal in parenting, and is it possible we've directed our attention to the wrong person's behavior? This week, we distinguish our responsibilities from our kids' responsibilities in session 7 of our Training Wheels guided study. What Jesus Said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount shows us we aren't building additions on our parents houses and we don't have the remote control on other people. We ask, "Do You Understand?" what God wants us to take from Ezekiel 18, realizing we need to keep our "eyes on the ball" and skip the blame shiftin

Psalm 45

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

This psalm describes a royal wedding. The king is mentioned in 45:1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15. 45:1 The writer speaks of his skill and his good theme 45:2-9 Give a description of the queen These verses present an ideal picture of who the king is. The king is the best looking of men- vs. 2; I Sam. 9:2; 16:12; II Sam. 14:25; I Kings 1:6 The king is the mightiest of warriors- vs. 3-5; I Sam. 8:20 The king fights for the most noble of causes- vs. 4 The king loves what is right and hates what is wrong- vs. 6-7 45:10-15 are an address and a description of the king vs. 10-12 are more of an address to the

"Gospel" - Ben Hall

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

Understanding what the gospel is can be helpful for us as we commit to Christ as our King and commit to sharing this message with the world around us who so desperately need to know Jesus. It truly is a simple concept when we boil it down to "good news."

REPENTANCE: Kingdom prep. "Robinson Crusoe" (3). Fake apologies. Civilization.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! “Repentance” is a church word. We don’t hear it very often in our daily lives in the world. And maybe that’s the problem. We’re not doing it because no one is talking about it. This week we will discuss our utter unworthiness of the kingdom of God, our utter unwillingness to learn from our mistakes, our utter incompetence at simple apologies, and my own utter refusal to accept the consequences of my actions. Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heave

Corinth

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

The Positive Thinker

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! I hope enjoy this excellent stuff from Dr. Jim Kirby! He is truly a great and godly man. His positivity and wonderful personality are exactly what most of us need. But... it is also exactly who most of us can be. Positive thinking unlocks your best attitude and greatest potential. Walk with me through the speech given by Jim at the Tarleson State University in 2015. Jim retired that year due to brain tumors that affected him. Even in trial, he shines through as a "can do" person who continues, even now, to do things that

Joy...one flavor of good spiritual fruit

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail This week I wanted to talk to some friends and fellow podcasters about joy. So I got my friends Keith Stonehart, BJ Sipe and Jared Bollman together...and that's what we did. It was a lot of fun, but the conversation was a lot deeper than I anticipated it would be. I love this conversation. These are some great guys who understand joy pretty well! Support the show

"Forgiveness" - Monopisode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

A quick examination of John 8 and Jesus's interaction with the woman at the well allows us to examine our own ability to forgive and how we can do it better.