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Lightening the Load

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

The danger of pornography...a conversation with BJ Sipe

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail This week, BJ Sipe tells his powerful story of overcoming and dealing with pornography and how he helps others do the same. Support the show

The One Where I Got Covid

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Our podcast will resume ASAP as I currently and down with Covid. Tune in next week as I should make a full recovery by then! #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

"Coming Forward" - Monopisode

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

Here are some additional thoughts on "coming forward."

Episode 138 - "Bible Geeks: The Home Edition"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Transition to the New Year With Gratitude What kind of year has it been? What do you hope for in 2022? This week we throw back to an old, favorite segment, celebrating the "new wine" Christ brings and aiming to fit it with a "new wineskin" (Luke 5:33-39). We also share our Favorite Things about last year's Cross Training — like thinking holistically about discipleship and finding a conversational "sweet spot" with other Christians. Then we close the episode explaining what we have planned for the future of Bible Geeks. We're so grateful for those of you who spend time with us each week in thes

GEOGRAPHY (part 2): With Jeremy Dehut and Barry Britnell of Appian Media

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This is the second part of my discussion with Jeremy Dehut and Barry Britnell. Check out www.appianmedia.com for the great work Jeremy, Barry and the rest of the crew put together. I absolutely loved Bruce Feiler’s book, American Prophet, which detailed the importance of the Moses story in American life. So when I heard he had written a book about charting the story of God through actual journeys through Bible lands, I grabbed it quickly. What a disappointment. It became obvious early on that “Walking the Bible” was not about strengthe

S2 E2 - How Will They Know?

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail I had a great conversation with the owner and roaster of our local coffee shop today. As a disciple, he said when he started his business he had a decision to make: did he want to market & brand his faith, or allow it to come naturally? He decided he wasn't a "Christian Coffee Roaster" but rather a "Coffee Roaster who is a Christian". Well...isn't this exactly what Jesus said about being his witnesses? He doesn't want us to market him via t-shirts, titles, or bumpers stickers. People should know we are his disciples when we live as light and love one another. #SetYourMindAbove

"Coming Forward" with BJ Sipe

Adam Shanks · Preach Impediments

Most modern churches have an altar call or opportunity they offer so someone might respond to the call of the Gospel. Is this Biblical? How should we do this? In this episode, BJ Sipe gives us some insight on what really matters when we ask people to "come forward."

GEOGRAPHY (part 1): With Jeremy Dehut and Barry Britnell of Appian Media

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! This week I have the privilege of sharing my discussion with Jeremy Dehut and Barry Britnell of Appian Media, a wonderful resource for professional and Biblical material. Check them out at www.appianmedia.org. This is the first half of our discussion. We will discuss the insights the crew found into the book of Revelation while filming their most recent project — “Trial and Triumph: Revelation’s Churches.” Hal Hammons is the preacher for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven

Jesus in the Midst of Conflict - John 9-12

Jeff · Working with the Word

Things begin to get tense between Jesus and the Jews. In this episode we introduce and read through the next major section of John where we find Jesus in the midst of an intensifying conflict. But there's also a major breakthrough where Jesus says "My hour has come" - what is He talking about? What caused these conflicts, and where are they ultimately going to lead? 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® a

Psalm 36

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

This psalm contrast the character of the wicked- 36:1-4- with the character of God- 36:5-9 36:1 Transgression speaks- These two words are put together this way only here in the Bible. The word "speaks" is often translated "oracle" and refers to an oracle from the LORD. Here it is transgression or rebellion that is giving this oracle. "There is no fear of God before his eyes" Romans 3:18 quotes this. 36:4 The wicked man plans evil upon his bed. Compare Micah 2:1-2 and Proverbs 4:16. Contrast this to Deuteronomy 6:4-9. 36:5-9 God's character is said to be lovingkindness, faithfulness, righteousn

S2 E1 - Be A Watchman

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail The New Year started with a bang, but not the way we had noped. Tornado warnings were sounding off again as severe storms moved through the Midwest and South on New Year's Day. We ended up at some friends with a basement, glued to our TV as we watched a livestream of a meteorologist who was on the case. He sounded warnings as tornados were forming, helping give ample warning to those in it's destructive path to find safety. Well...just as he was a watchman for many, so we are called to be spiritual watchmen to those around us. We must sound the alarm and warn those of the judg

The keys to reading Paul in 2022

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Valley of Disappointment

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Well, here we are - 2022! Also, this starts seasons 4 of the ESM podcast! Thank you so much for your support. It has been fun. And I have high expectations for this year. Do you? I pray you have goals, aspirations, direction, and optimism. Today we will talk about the power of New Year's Resolutions if they are set up well and pursued with perspective and endurance. Let's talk about the valley of disappointment. Are you familiar with that? You are, I'm 100% sure of that. But have you identified it? Let's talk about what t

Looking forward to 2022

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail This is really a podcast episode about the podcast. I want to put "out there" what I plan to do this year so you can help keep me accountable. Maybe we can do the same for each other. Support the show

Episode #112 - All Things New

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Can you believe that it's New Year's Eve already? To me it feels like we are still stuck in 2020, and I know many people feel that way. I know this past year has been hard for a countless number of people, and they look forward to a reset with the new year. Sadly, our problems don't magically disappear with a new calender year - they carry over in the next. Well...the newness we are seeking one day will happen, but not here. One day, God will make all things new, and there will be no more pain, sickness, dispair, or death. Just hold fast to your hope and to your faith, because

Episode #111 - I Cut, You Choose

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes my podcast episodes are inspired by another podcast, and that is the case today. I was listening to Hal Hammons "Citizen of Heaven" podcast when he was sharing about a game called, "New York Slice". At the beginning of this game, one person "cuts" the slices, but must be careful, because they are the last to choose. The "I cut, you choose" method is effective, and teaches someone to not consider their desires, but others. Well...Jesus established this long ago when we gave us the golden rule. To serve others, even when you get nothing back from it, will change our re

Episode 137 - "Can We Just Move On?"

Ryan Joy · Bible Geeks Podcast

Open Yourself to Wise Advisors We made it! It's our final Cross Training episode and our last episode of another crazy year! Thank you for being part of this journey — we hope it has blessed you and your spiritual growth. This week we learn when "more is more," why Bob Evans' restaurants should have whiteboards, and how Google makes a dangerous doctor! It all ties in (somehow!?!) with the Scriptural directive to seek out good advice and choose carefully who we let influence us. We start by returning to Christ's childhood as a model of growing in wisdom by getting interested in the things of Go

Episode #110 - You Want What You Can't Have

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail Watching the kids play with all of their new toys is a ton of fun. Watching the kids fight over all their new toys is not so fun. It's typcial of a toddler, even if you get them exactly what they asked for, they still want what their brother or sister has. We are still teaching our children how to share, and be grateful for what they have. Well...I think we as adults also need this lesson. Jealousy, envy, and covetousness causes all kinds of problems with our lives. We need to learn to be grateful and content with what is ours instead of always demanding what belongs to somoen

Episode #109 - Inbox: 14,155

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail I am catching up on all of my work that I set aside to enjoy time with my family over the holiday, but now I have a lot to get busy doing. One of the things I was doing today was catching up on emails. Now, what my inbox says and what I actually need to check don't line up - because for the most part, I ignore so many emails because they're not important. Well...sometimes we do the same thing with God's Word. We just read and re-read the same things, because we don't see other parts as important. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode, I invite you all to joi

VISITORS: Hospitality. "The Tangible Kingdom." My guests. New York Slice.

Hal Hammons · Citizen of Heaven

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! Maybe it’s the holidays, Maybe it’s my new son-in-law. In any case, I’ve been spending a lot of time recently thinking about taking people on the outside and bringing them inside, creating blessings for host and visitor alike. This week we will discuss Biblical hospitality and Abraham’s example; barriers we may be erecting to keep brethren at a distance; the blessings that my guests have brought to the podcast; and how getting everything you want rarely comes from taking everything you can. In the spirit of the week, allow me to direct

A Second Look at the Birth of Christ

Mark Roberts · Monday Morning Coffee with Mark

Missions of Mercy

Kris Emerson · Excel Still More

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! I need to appeal to your heart. Both your love for Christ and the nature of Christ's love within you. Jesus loves people so much. He loves those who are His and those who are not. Those who have left Him hurt Him and He wants nothing more than to find them and bring them home. But what does that have to do with you and me? We are His instruments of redemption. It is Christ's will that you go on Missions of Mercy to show kindness and Christ to people who are weak, people who have drifted, people Jesus yearns to have back.

Conversations and critical thinking..talking with Kenny Moorer

Kenny Embry · Balancing the Christian Life

Send us Fan Mail Moving from being a parent of young children to older children can be tricky. This week I talk to Kenny Moorer, an evangelist in Alabama and an old colleague from Florida College. The big themes we talk about in this is learning how to have a conversation, critical thinking, and being the parent of adult children. Kenny is just a great guy. I hope you learn as much as I did. Support the show

Episode #108 - Priorities & Neglect

Set Your Mind Above

Send us Fan Mail One of my biggest pet peves is when shops & establishments that are not required to stay open during the Holidays still do so. Instead of giving their employees the time to be with their families, they make them come into the work unnecessarily and sacrifice that time. I was so happy to hear that our local coffee shops here in Danville were closing all day tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday. One owner said, "If you want to better serve your community, you have to first care for those in house who are serving your community." Well...we see the same admonitions given to us in Script