Walking His Way: Recent Episodes
Don Fanning
These are a series of brief studies of all the commands in the NT that Jesus commanded us to teach. Every believer should use these as the guidelines for his lifestyle if they wish to follow Christ. These are also excellent tools for making disciples as points for discussions and mutual commitments. These themes are taken from the book, "Walking His Way," available on Amazon and Don's website (www.donfanning.com). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/don-fanning3/support
The Christian life is not an external club we join, but rather the merging of our life to Christ's Spirit in our inner man. It is radically different from anything external. Let's see how it works in this podcast.
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The core value of a community, church, or nation is the family. Attacks on the family destroy any group from within. As the family functions so goes the nation. The beauty of the commands is harmony and peace wherever they are applied.
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How would you like to be in an organization who is committed to making everyone a success? They do everything possible to minimize failure, though everyone fails at some point, but what happens then? Here is God's plan for failure and success.
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Sin is subtle, easy to justify, and hard to accept as wrong, but it must be confronted. Make sure you have friends willing to keep you honest and obedient to God's Word. The wise person loves to be exhorted and corrected. Let's see how important this attitude is in God's Word.
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In the life of the church, we are to do everything possible to help each other avoid the destructive effects of sin and disobedience in our lives. It is not easy to help someone stop destroying his life through sin, but someone must intervene in love. Here is God's plan for us to help each other walk His way.
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How do you love someone you don't like? We have lots of people we disagree with in our lives, so how can we possibly care for them too? The only way is God's way -- He has the same problem! Listen for the answer.
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No one likes to be around people that constantly are gripping and complaining about everything. Nothing is good or right. There is always something wrong. Can you imagine how such complaining affects our Lord Jesus? Listen to find out how our complaining affects our Savior.
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Have you ever experienced the pain of slander? It really hurts. Why do we do it to each other? To make matters worse, it is even more destructive when we do it behind their backs. Listen now for God's answers to this plague among all of us.
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When you serve the public in any way, you open yourself for potential criticism and rejection, but among true Christians this should not be the case. However, the reality of often different from the ideal. Paul suffered as much from the ones he loved as he did from his enemies. Lets see how he responded to criticism.
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Can you imagine a world where everyone is more interested in help each other than in getting what you want in every situation? It seems beyond possibility with the way people live today. However, This is exactly what the Christian life is supposed to create. Let's see what the Bible says.
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Doing the right thing is not always easy, nor is it obvious to define what is "good," but this is where maturity and sensitivity to the leading of God's Spirit are necessary. Listen for how it works.
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The key to being strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus is to learn how to depend on His grace in difficult circumstances to fortify your inner spirit so you can handle criticism, rejection, disappointments, persecutions and afflictions. This lesson tells us how to walk in His presence and grace.
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Many are afraid of becoming a Christian because of all the legalistic "standards" that many think will make them more spiritual or acceptable to God. Such thinking is not just in error, it is dangerously false notions. Man's standards of conduct will never make you acceptable to God. There is only one way to follow Christ. Let's see what God says.
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How do you know you are a Christian? Do you know the test of a true Christ-follower? You don't become a Christian just by saying you are! Listen for the answers.
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Many aspire to leadership to be the greatest, most important or commanding authority, but Jesus taught a different type of leadership that leaves more lasting results and a legacy of changed lives. Listen for how it is developed.
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There is little to compare to hearing "well done" when you finish a task, but nothing will compare to hearing these words from your Savior after investing your life and energy in fulfilling His purpose for your life. Lets see what it says.
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Whether it be sports, business, politics or family, the key to success is unity to its goals and philosophy of operation. If you can't agree, it might be better to get out and go where you agree. In the Christian realm, the goals and philosophy are governed by the Bible. Let's see out it works.
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Prayer is lifestyle of living with God in the midst of our life and being. Everything is to be shared with Him as we express our feelings and thoughts to the All-wise God Who has chose to live within our lives as our Savior and Lord. Thus prayer is not a ritual to be repeated on Sunday but a constant communication of our lives to the One who gave His life to be free to accept and love us enough to live within us. Amazing! Listen for more.
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Unfortunately God knows our every motive, desires and ambitions. If we tend to follow Christ when things work out for our benefit, but vacillate and lie, cheat or deceive when they don’t work out the way we want, while inwardly we are saying, “God is not dependable”. This is a perfect set up for the emotionally unstable, undependable and self-centered person who has to fake his relationship with the Lord. God doesn’t help those who won’t listen to Him.
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Doubt is a debilitating characteristic that limits our performance in any area of life, especially in the Christian life. Too many give up serving the Lord because some previous things did not work out the way you wanted, so you begin to question if God was really interested in helping you or is He even listening. To know God, we have to learn HIs way of doing things and trust that His way is best
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I am often asked my opinion about someone's decision or plans, but often my answers are ignored. Sometimes it hurts and it makes me reticent to give any more advice. I've often wondered if God were this way. This lesson will show us how and why God wants us to ask Him often for HIs wisdom.
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Everyone wants to be respected and appreciated by others so we tend to pretend to be better than we really are. We don't want others to see our faults. We keep ours sins secret. Now God wants us to be transparent and honest with each other. How could we be respected if everyone knows our faults. This study will tell us the importance of this principles ... even though it is seldom practiced.
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How thankful are you for everything that happens in your life? Can you handle it when everything seems to be falling apart or friends betray you, or your body succumbs to disease. God brings a thousand difficulties into our lives to see if we have learned the lesson of giving thanks to Him. Why this is so important will be discussed in this lesson.
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The term "fox-hole" prayer refers to the desperation prayer of survival in war time. Likewise, it is usually our last resort to get serious about praying. Knowing that is the way we are, God tends to keep us near one desperate situation after another, just so we was learn to depend upon Him even if He is our last resort. This lesson will describe how we should be treating our greatest asset: prayer.
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We are rapidly approaching the end of time or rather the beginning of the eternal plan of God. This is not the time to live selifishly. Listen for why to live on purpose as never before.
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The key to answered prayer is to be of the same mind or thoughts about life's circumstances with God to know what He wants in your situation. Some of our attitudes can block that understanding, such that you don't see God's perspective. Selfish concerns quench our ability to think God's thoughts, thus He doesn't listen to our prayers. Listen for how this works out in life.
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Many promises to prayer appear to be apparently unconditional, but everything in Scripture must be understood in its context to get the proper perspective. God is not a mystical genie granting any wish. Then how are we to understand God's attitude toward our prayers?
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In the promise of god to grant your prayers if you believe has another implied condition: "that the Father may be glorified." What does this mean and how does it work in our prayers. Listen here for the answer.
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Don't accept the false accusation that some people are "too heavenly minded to be any earthly good." In reality, just the opposite is more true. Our real life begins when we start our eternal life with Jesus. He is full of purposes for each of us. Listen for "how then should we live."
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Who cares what happens to the rest of the world if they don't hear about Jesus? It is amazing how the the unsaved appear to be more concerned about the lost world more than believers. They almost always ask when hearing the gospel, "Yea, but what about all those who have never heard?" When they become believers, they tend to forget this global concern, until someone reminds them now to pray for laborers as the solution to their concern.
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The promises for receiving answers to our prayers are abundant and wide reaching. The key to applying them can change our lives. Be encouraged that these principles apply to anyone and everyone. What a blessing it is to walk with Jesus who guides us into unbelievable opportunities to reveal Himself through us. Listen for the secret.
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The most essential element in any society must be taught first in the family. Without this characteristic ingrained in the life of every child societies of all kinds will crumble and disintegrate. This not easy to accomplish so much training is necessary. This podcast will explain how God wants every family to equip their children.
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What is the secret that God tends to listen for in our prayers: memorized, repeated, words or urgent pleading for God's intervention. It is not the abundance of words but the cry of the heart. How this works is explained in this podcast. Don't miss it.
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The respect for the wives of ministry leaders either can make or break the husband's leadership. Listen here for the key factors in the wife's influence in the ministry.
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If there was a perfect formula for raising children harmonious and loving families would be common place, but sad to say, there are too many dysfunctional families. Wherever you have a negative attitude toward marriage and families, the principles in this podcast have been ignored. Listen for some good advice from God's word.
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Raising children is never an easy task. Expecting them to behave and become our friends is often an illusion because parents do not understand how to discipline their children correctly. This podcast will describe the wisdom every parent needs to avoid rebellion.
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As we rapidly approach the end-times as all signs seem to indicate we are to live seriously and on purpose. Listen for why this is so important in these end times.
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The key to a successful prayer is being on the same mind or thoughts about life's situations in order to know what God wants in our lives. Some things in our attitude can block God from hearing our prayers. We must pay attention to what He says. Listen here for how to stay in-tune with God.
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Sex is an important subject in the Bible and a biblical perspective is vital for a healthy marriage relationship. This podcast explains the attitude of God and thus the Christ-follower towards the sexual-romantic relationship in marriage. Don't miss it.
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As cultures develop inevitably convictions develop that seem right, even when they oppose what God describes as His Way. It can become too easy to ignore or disobey what God says in one area, and then in another, until the Bible becomes meaningless. This is another of those challenging commands that take meditation and commitment to put into practice. Lets face the challenge and do it God's way.
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The challenge of obeying God's commands is that they tend to be contrary to our way of thinking or what we desire. God said, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" (Isa 55:8). This is no where more evident than in the instructions for the marriage relationship. Everyone must learn submission. If we trust Him, we can obey Him. Listen carefully to these principles.
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Don't believe for a minute that men and women are the same (much less interchangeable). Everything about them is different. We both have much to learn, especially the husbands. God reveals the essential secrets to those who want to follow God's best for life. Listen for an introduction to marriage.
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When ignored or deprived of what we think we deserve it is easy to become embittered towards someone, even in a marriage. This is often a response to a hurt feeling, emotional abuse or betrayal, that must be dealt with quickly. Bitterness will be destructive to you. This podcast will explain how to respond for healing.
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God's instructions for the married couple is precisely to meet the deepest needs in each of their souls. Mankind has not changed in time, rather it craves a spouse committed to meeting each of their different needs. Truly only Christ can fully meet these needs, but we are to learn God's way and imitate His love for a fulfilling marriage.
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The Bible is very realistic about how to build a life-long marriage. These instructions cannot be ignored and expect to find happiness and harmony in marriage. Pay attention. This guidance really works.
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Divorce has never been a part of God's plan for a couple. He always has a solution to conflicts, if we are willing to listen, especially early enough in the conflict. This is the first of a series of commands directed to married couples. Be sure to listen to all of this series.
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Leadership, especially in the church, is never easy. From the beginning, God's plan is for some of the leaders to receive financial support from their congregations or synagogues. Financial remuneration is always a symbol of how much the congregation appreciate the commitment and benefit the pastor/elder brings to the lives of Christ's followers.
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God always gives us enough to share with others who have less. Nothing pleases the Lord more than our willingness to obey and to sacrifice, because this is His nature. His children follow His caring example.
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If we are wise, we learn to save our resources all our lives for emergencies and retirement, so you can live a few years relaxing. If heaven and the millennium are real, and they are, then God is going to recompense and reward us forever. Here is God's plan for our eternal savings.
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The greatest test of love is to whom will you be generous without expecting anything in return. How anyone spends his discretionary income reveals whom he loves and where his heart is. Listen for how God's providence works for those who learn to be generous.
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When you tell your children how to behave or give sincere advise to a friend but they both ignore everything you say, it hurts. That’s how Jesus feels when we disregard all that He told us to obey in our lives. Listen to a dialogue Jesus had with an early church like this.
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Discouragements and hurts are inevitable if you seek to follow Christ, but He is with you. He felt the same way, but Jesus never lost sight of His life’s purpose, nor should we. It is worth it to live with Him.
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If we have learned to trust in Christ for our salvation, we now must learn to trust everything He says, even when it is contrary to our feelings, especially about other people. Listen for how prejudice, especially racial prejudice, cannot be a part of our new life in Christ.
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We build our dreams for what we think we need or desire in this life. Now God calls us to build our dreams for our future in our next life with Christ. This life is a training period for what’s coming.
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There is a great difference between a wise person and a fool, especially in the Bible, and in practical living. The Bible gives us numerous symptoms to recognized the fools. Life will be much better if we live wisely instead of living as a selfish fool. This podcast will explain the difference
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We never have enough evidence necessary for making an absolutely correct decision, not in science, in the judicial courts and often for the will of God. However, we have sufficient evidence to make decisions or conclusions that make sense. If someone wants to believe in the Bible there is ample evidence to backup its declarations. The key is if you want to believe from the heart. Listen for how we should think honestly and reasonable about the Bible.
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Life is rarely ideal. The people we have to deal with daily seldom are our best friends (in fact, often they are enemies or antagonists) and our relationships often cause more pain than enjoyment. It is normal to blame others and even God for the disillusionment and discouragement in life, but to live like that is frustrating and to live with people like that is misery. Listen to how the Bible guides us to live better with a sense of victory every day.
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Only a handful of people on earth have a photogenic mind and absolute recall. Most of us have to learn and relearn everything that is important in our lives, especially precepts and commands from the Scripture to make them our guide in life… that is, if we really want to walk with Him.
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Christians sometimes are criticized for being so “heavenly minded that they are no earthly good”, but this exaggeration is not realistic if understood. If we understand our heavenly prospects all our earthly responsibilities take on new importance to be faithful and competent, but in balance. Listen for how we are to set our values.
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Our mind is a wonderful thing. It can imagine whatever it desires. Are there any limits to our liberty we should set for healthy thinking that results in successful living? Listen here for the keys to building healthy relationships.
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Liberty is a wonderful thing. Men will fight and die to guarantee it. But the freedom it offers can be as destructive as much as it is beneficial. Can humans be trusted to live honorably and productively without guidelines? Listen for the advice God gives His followers whom He has set completely free from all guilt.
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Living in our bodies has a greater purpose than enjoying all seven senses for pleasure, which are marvelous, but we all have a greater purpose. Listen to be challenged and empowered to live on a higher plain.
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Love is a wonderful thing… if you understand the meaning of the word. Many today want us to fall in love with Jesus in a sentimental or emotional way. Now we must discern between a sentimental love and genuine love that lasts forever. Remember: God’s mercy to mankind is not forever. Listen to gain understanding in your life.
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It is so easy to make God in our own image that we think we will be acceptable to Him no matter what we do in life. Surely He loves us and will do us no ill. Listen to where these thoughts led some in the Bible.
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Pride and presumption are killers. All through the OT men thought they were wiser than the revelations of Scripture and imagined God with human sentiments like them. Calamity resulted, as it will in our lives. Let’s listen to some illustrations to learn from.
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Deceivers and false teachers have learned how to manipulate an audience with stories and experiences that appear spiritual or mystical to gain admiration. Inevitably, false or contradicting teachings will follow. How are we to recognize these false teachers is the subject today.
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People tend to follow and find their identity (where they feel good and proud about themselves) in certain leaders, whom they like to compare to show how their leader is superior. This leads to useless arguments and negative feelings toward one another. What do we do about this in the churches? Listen for the answer.
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If what we talk about reveals what is really important to us, then a Christian should love to talk about his Lord. Listen to understand why we should be eager to brag about our Savior.
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There are lots of distractions or traps in life to get a person off track from his life-purpose, both from within and without of a person. Listen here to see how to keep on target for your life's purpose.
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How can we be free from the threats from others because we dare to follow Christ? Being identified with Christ and His Word is not very popular and never has been. How are we to prepare our inner spirit for the temptations and challenges we face to be true to Christ? Keep listening for some answers.
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When the world turns against us and we are treated with injustice, how does a Christ-follower respond? How can we find the inner strength to endure any circumstance? This podcast will explain.
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Life's situations often don't work out the way we planned and can be risky and dangerous. How should we respond? Here are some practical helps and illustrations that might help you endure life's challenges.
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When we look to earthly solutions to life's problems, leaving God out of the equation, it is easy to get discouraged and lose interest in serving Christ. Satan can convince us that it isn't worth it. How should we think to keep on keeping on? Listen for some answers from God's Word.
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Why am I here? What purpose is worth living for? A weekly paycheck is a pretty shallow way to live, but Jesus wants to give us a greater purpose than ourselves that fills our life with meaning as we make a difference in people's lives and in the world ... if we dare to trust Him. Lets see what He says.
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The quest for more and more thing, money, relationships, etc. can be a motivation for action, but the cost can be very high and the objective inevitably becomes a disillusion. It is a subtle trap that can ruin a life. Thus Jesus warns us against being deceived in this lesson.
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Fear grips all of us and quenches actions and decisions that could change our lives. Jesus challenges all of us to live without fear of what might happen. Trusting Him is easy to say, but if we can't control the outcome we tend to freeze up and stop or limit our activities. Maybe He wants us to launch out believing He will take care of what we need. Let's see what He said.
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Becoming a Christian is much more than joining a church or a club. It is accepting an entirely different world view and values. We are a new and different person when Christ lives in our lives. Long-term bonds with unbelievers may seem attractive at the beginning, but quickly turn into bitter conflicts of values and beliefs. Here is the biblical solution.
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Building friendships with unbelievers and "partaking" with unbelievers are two different relationships. One is necessary and the other is dangerous. Listen for how the Bible describes the difference.
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There are certain people you just can not afford to hire or associate with. It is always their way or no way. No one can do it right but them. They can sound so good but all they do is divide and run-down any organization or church. The Bible tells us how to recognize them.
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There are certain people you just can not afford to hire or associate with. It is always their way or no way. No one can do it right but them. They can sound so good but all they do is divide and run-down any organization or church. The Bible tells us how to recognize them.
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When striving to do right and believe true doctrine, one can become so preoccupied that any disagreement, however insignificant, has to be argued and resolved, leaving no area of uncertainty. The problem arises in areas where the biblical text is not sufficiently clear to be dogmatic about minucia or differing points of man-made theologies or philosophies. What should be the leader's position in this disputed arguments?
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If one never learns the negative consequences of disobedience, continued disobedience is inevitable, especially when there is no kind of consequences. This is true in the family, church and society. Leadership is built on the ability to graciously and lovingly apply discipline, called "tough love." No one should ever be a leader without this skill and conviction. This podcast will explain the biblical value of this skill.
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The ideal of the Christian Church is fidelity to the written instructions given for how to live and react to one another. Evil is anything that distracts or deviates or ignores these ancient instructions. When evil or evil persons become internal parts of the church, leaders have the moral obligation to identify such persons or teachings and "turn away from evil". This podcast will describe this care for His people.
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The secret to success is to stop thinking like a teenager and begin to think like a responsable adult. Parents repeat this often and dream of making it happen in their children, but we don't want to give up our childish ways. Many never do, and reap the consequences of failure their whole life. This podcast will introduce the inner secret that the believer possesses to gain this victory.
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The proof of our evil nature is the inherent attraction we have for pleasures prohibited, more than we can afford, and things that don't belong to us. The power of the Spirit from within the believer gives us the power to overcome this tendency in all of us. This podcast explains how this works in believers.
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We all need money to live, but some decide to live for money because the love it. This attitude breeds a multitude of harmful consequences. The Christ follower has learned a balanced approach to life. This podcast explains the wise way to live.
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Why do we want to get as close to evil or whatever is prohibited as we can without going too far? Is just a little experience of bad things going to be enough? The dangers are many. This podcast explains the wise manner to think and live.
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Everyone has an "old man" within him. Sadly this old man is not very attractive in character. We are told to recognize these characteristics and don't yield to them because they will bring hurts and rejection. God wants us to live "above" these negative traits. This podcast will explain the biblical manner to be victorious in our lives.
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Some people want to be able to ignore during their lifetime and expect Jesus will simply accept them into heaven because He is so kind. The truth is such persons are lost and will remain lost because during their lifetime "they refused to love the truth, and so be saved" (2 Thes 2:10). This is the time to know and love Jesus or we will never know and love him after this life. This podcast explains why now is the time to love Jesus.
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You can always tell royalty because of the way these people talk and how they say things. Our tongue betrays our nature and heritage. There is a certain kind of language that should never come from the lips of a child of the King. This podcast will describe the kind of speech that reveals our new life in Christ or our lost pagan nature of the unsaved.
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There are a number of practices in all cultures from immorality to teasing that hurt or destroy intimate relationships, families and friends. Christians should be the first to recognized these habits but most Christians do not, and so they suffer the same consequences as the unbelievers. This podcast will explain God's wisdom for a healthy relationship in all spheres.
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This podcast will explain the most beautiful and pleasurable relationship of sex in God's design for marriage. His plan is for a lifetime of passionate and enjoyable intimate relations in marriage which makes it all the more detestable when violated in immorality. Listen for how God's plan is to fulfill our deepest desires as we follow His way.
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God's plan is for the Christ follower to be distinct from the average unbeliever because of his character and godliness, but not isolated from them. This podcast will explain the healthy perspective of the Christian life.
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Why hasn't Christ returned to earth sooner? Is there something He is waiting to happen? Can we expect to see His return anytime soon? This podcast will give us some of these answers to keep us anticipating His return sooner than later.
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So many foolish decisions and encounters occur because someone is not thinking ahead or alert to his surroundings. Suddenly he feels trapped (sometimes to his immediate sensual delight) and feels he has to do something dangerous or compromising. This command tells us how to avoid the traps of life's temptations.
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Everyone gets discouraged, but success and victory always belongs to those who persevere. Paul challenged the early believers to Stand Fast and never quit serving the Lord no matter how discouraged or disillusioned we might become with our circumstances. Listen for how to do it.
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You would think that after all these centuries mankind would recognize the lies that suddenly come into our mind to convince ourselves that we must commit a sin (or various sins) to be satisfied. This podcast explains the steps that we tend to tell ourselves to take the next step mentally before ever actually committing the act. Anywhere along the way we could stop the slide into foolish actions. Let's be wise.
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Self-destruction is so common that it hurts any observer to watch. Every sinful temptation defeated is a great victory. This podcast will show us how we are deceived and how to avoid the traps and minefields of temptations in our lives.
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Don't misunderstand the reason Jesus has not returned to earth before now. He declared that the Church had a mission to declare the gospel to every language and people group on earth before He would return. This must be regarded as a priority. This podcast will explain the challenge before each of us in His church.
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When we know the endgame of what life is all about and what happens next, it puts all of life into priority. This podcast will explain what it will mean to meet Jesus face to face.
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Is the peace of God a way to determine the future or a principle of corporate life in the church? This podcast will explain the overarching principle of the peace of God principle for our living.
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If we came to Christ as a beggar and a leper, how would our life change if we suddenly became the child of a king? This podcast will describe this dynamic change that happened to us when we received Christ into our lives and what it should look like.
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To accomplish almost anything worthwhile in life requires great personal sacrifice, but few can become really great without enormous talent. However, any believer can sacrifice his time, energy, abilities, and life to learn to love people as Jesus did. It doesn't take enormous talent to please God and be used of God to love on unlovely and strange people who have never heard of Who He is and What He did. Anyone willing to die to selfish desires and egotistical ambitions in order to demonstrate that the love of Christ is the greatest satisfaction in this life. Listen on if interested.
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We tend to be so egotistical that everything should work just the way we want it to. When it doesn't we gripe and complain to everyone about how unjust, unfair or unlucky our situation has resulted, and fail to recognize there likely is a plan behind it all. This podcast will explain how God works His will into our lives for good purposes.
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Satan is very much alive, but he is not omnipresent ni omniscient. He is searching for the vulnerable to destroy. This podcast will describe what Satan is looking for to begin his seductive attacks to deviate and destroy us.
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It may seem like a contradiction, but there are two meanings to anger in the NT. If we confuse them we can justify horrible harmful behavior. This podcast will explain the difference and how to be victorious.
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There is a reason why so few people are interested in spiritual or eternal values. This podcast will explore some of these reasons and challenge us to make our lives count for more than selfish interests while fulfilling our purpose for being.
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When believers work together somehow they often become less productive and presume upon their equality in their Christian relationship. The Scripture celebrates their unity and equality in Christ, but this does not change their distinct relationship in society or institutions. Presumptions are generally the wrong way to think. This podcast will help us work through what might become a delicate relationship among believers.
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Often we are called upon to do or give something that is not easy for us to do. This is where God's grace empowers the Christ follower to demonstrate the wisdom of God in our practical life. This podcast will challenge us to put the love of God into reality by our responses to leaders or bosses who can be difficult to follow, but there is much more at stake than our personal feelings.
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The commands of the N.T. are practical and beneficial for the marketplace as well as our personal lives. This podcast could change much of our society if we dared to implement them. Attitude is everything.
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For the Christian who has to work in an organization, he must learn to be submissive and obedient both for his future career and for the reputation of His God and Savior Jesus Christ. The Words of God become meaningless without His followers being trustworthy and faithful. This podcast will explain the key to success in any level of society.
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We are not puppets that God makes us do His will, but rather we are free to chose to do His will or ignore it. Knowing the reality of God, only a fool would ignore the King of kings, but at times we do just that. This podcast exhorts us to see the foolishness of quenching the Spirit's guidance in our inner man and learn to walk in His will.
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The naive envy the lifestyle of Hollywood stars and athletes, but often a closer look shows the disastrous relationships, divorces, and empty lives. The Christian leaders don't have the stuff that such stars may have, but their principles of life has generated great families, enviable loving marriages and a life of purpose and deep meaning to hundreds of others. This podcast demonstrates the value of following leaders whose lives reflect the true meaning of Scripture.
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This passive command means to oriente our lives in harmony with the plans and purposes of the Holy Spirit so that He can empower or fill us to accomplish whatever He wishes in His own time. There is nothing like being an instrument that the Spirit can use for His purpose. This podcast will explain how it works out through our lives.
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The fact that the Holy Spirit is literally a person with emotions who lives within the believer in Christ. We cannot get away from Him, nor can He get away from us. This podcast explains how the Spirit feels living within His children. How does this matter to us will mark the difference in our life.
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This is not a weird, mystical experience for the believer, but a practical and empowering transformation resulting from an internal adjustment to the life and will of the Spirit as evidenced in the Scripture. This podcast explains how the Christ follower discovers His "burden is light" as he decides to put into practice what he learns for God's word.
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What does humility mean? Is it elusive or practical? This podcast will explain the value and means of building humility into our character.
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It is human nature to blame someone, especially God, for every bad thing that happens. No one wants to take any responsibility, except for all the good things that happen. Then we want to take the credit. How should a Christ follower respond to things that do not work out the way we wanted? This podcast will explain the character, purpose and design of God in the details of our life.
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Leaders are not as strong as they may seem. Everyone need someone to recognize them for what they have contributed to a task. Few ever give their appreciation. This podcast will challenge us to give encouragement and affirmation for those deserving it.
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Paul lived in a multicultural world as we do, yet he was expected to build relationships and communicate the gospel and God's truths to everyone of them ... as we are as well. This podcast explains the challenge of not giving offense to different cultural groups of our day.
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We are indwell by the Holy Spirit when we receive Christ as our Savior. Our spirit is regenerated given a life that will never end in the presence of Jesus, the only God of heaven and earth. Now we have the challenge of making the invisible God within us, as evident as to be observable. This podcast explains this important purpose in life for all believers.
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What could be more important than rescuing lost sinners from their eternal destiny? This podcast explains the greatest privilege and honor to risk it all for the salvation of another child of God.
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No one wants to be in a relationship when you are being judged and criticized for everything you do. This podcast will explain how to recognize this fault in a relationship and how to conquer it.
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It is easier, at times, to be harsh and cruel with our words, rather than merciful and non-judgmental. This podcast will explain the importance of mercy in our lives and what it will look like.
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It is easy to see faults in others but difficult to see bigger faults in our own lives. It is our nature. This podcast will help us learn to be as open to receive exhortation as we may have the desire to give it to others.
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The secrets to long-term and successful relationships are characteristics that must be learned. They are not natural to our nature. This podcast will examine how they are learned and why they are so important in every level of relationships.
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What would you say should be the mark of true Christianity that every believer must demonstrate? This podcast will examine the meaning of the branding of true Christianity by its universal characteristic.
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As the family goes so goes the nation. When the family follows popular opiniones or cultural norms that are progressively perverse, a dysfunctional family is inevitable and thus predominate today. The nation is not far behind. This podcast will lay the foundation for a healthy and interactive family that will build a nation.
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El fundamento de la sociedad y el estado es la familia. Según la familia va la nación. Así que es vital que la familia tenga principios que causa la familia a funcionar bien. Este podcast explicará las bases principales de la familia.
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Jesus taught that some who hear the word of salvation are soon "choked with cares, riches and pleasures of life and bring no fruit to maturity" (Luke 9:14). These are those who fall by the wayside and abandon the fellowship of believers. Someone needs to help restore them with caution. This podcast explains this important ministry to people who need help, if they will receive it.
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The cycle of rebuke, repent, and forgive should be a repeated cycle of experiences in the normal Christian life that grows to maturity. This podcast will explain how this process should function and bring oneness and bonding as nothing else.
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When someone sins against you, as a Christ-follower, we should go to that fellow believer and confront him with his disobedience, whatever it may be. This is not east, but necessary for everyone. This podcast will explain what must be taught to every believer to know what to expect if we chose to disobey the Scripture.
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Sometimes Jesus asks too much of us it seems. Why does He insist that we love all the other Christ followers, even the ones we may not like? This podcast will gives us His reasons and why we should be motivated to learn how to do it.
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It seems complaining and whining has become everyone's favorite pastime. It gets old fast. What a difference to be around someone who never gripes or whines. This podcast explains the reason Christ followers are to have a different attitude about life that is a delight to be around.
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There is one thing that would change the environment of any organization, this theme would be it. How we talk about each other is critical. It will never change until from the top down it is exemplified, taught and insisted upon being practices. This podcast will give the principles for creating relationships that matter, rather than destroy.
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Everyone has blind spots that impide his progress or success. If only someone, who sees that weakness, was willing to risk it to tell him of his blind spot, then he could work on it and improve. In the fellowship of believers this should be a constant experience helping each other to grow and mature. This podcast explains why mutual exhortation is so important.
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We tend to demand our rights and vengeance for any little offense or hurt we might have experienced. This quickly escalates to enmity or getting even, which provokes a retaliation and deep emotional separation, even in marriage and any relationship. Listen for God's answer. It is always the best option.
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Can you imagine being a part of a group or church that never judged or defamed each other, but rather were each dedicated to build up each other and make sure everyone was a success in their Christian life. This is the subject of today podcast. Don't miss it.
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We often assume that leaders are self-sufficient and do not need any encouragement or assurance, but that is not true. They need to know how much their ministry is appreciated often. How can you encourage your pastors? This podcast will help you understand your responsibility.
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The hallmark of a Christian is the unrelenting practice seeking to benefit others, both believers and non-believers. This outlined in many ways in the New Testament to spark ideas for how it could be practiced, but not in any legalistic manner, just a general principle that calls for our creative and committed ingenuity to make it happen. This podcast will challenge our commitment to Christ and His way of reflecting God's character.
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Everyone needs to be encouraged, especially to engage in a purpose for one's life that is bigger than himself. Our tendency to self-centered thinking leads to discouragement and despair. This podcast will help us live outside of our personal problems to honor our King.
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So many have no idea what will happen when they die so they live with the fear of uncertainty. For the Christ-follower this fear is transformed into a celebration of assurance that to die is to be with Christ. This podcast will encourage and clarify the reality of what happens next.
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Everyone wants unity in any organization, but is unity and conformity the same thing? Which does the Bible teach? This podcast will explain which one that God expects of us ... and the one that brings about a healthy relationship and organization.
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Why are relationships so hard to maintain? What can we do to assure they are meaningful? This podcast will cast a vision for what your family and communities could be by following three simple steps.
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The most damaging fame a person could be tagged with is as a lier or untrustworthy with confidential information. Nothing he ever says can be trusted. For someone who wants to communicate something important, like the gospel, it is vital that trust is built by never lying. This podcast will explain how this can transform your world.
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Are we really our brother's keeper, responsable to help them through life's difficulties? This podcast will answer this question and give the reasons for the answer.
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It is incredible how many Christians are hurt and destroyed by other Christians, often unaware of how damaging their words have been received. It is even worse when such slander is intentional. This podcast will discuss this tendency in every group, family or church.
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How can we protect ourselves from falling into the trap of becoming a hypocrite? This podcast will explain the danger and remedy for hypocritical thinking.
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How should we respond when people don't appreciate what we do for them or hurt us with their criticisms? Paul shows us how to react. Keep listening for the answer.
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Why are true Christ followers the most giving people on earth? This podcast will explain their inner motivation that changed their lives, and can change yours as well. Warning: this podcast might cost you.
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If a Christian is fully forgiven, why wouldn't he keep on sinning? This podcast answers this age-old question for how Christians should live, now that they are fully forgiven, and why.
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The importance of communicating our acceptance and affection for our brothers and sisters in Christ is emphasized in this command. This is easier with our blood-family, but more essential with our Spirit-family which alone is eternal. This podcast explains why this greeting is so important in the Body of Christ, the church.
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As individuals Christians have experienced peace with God. Now God expects us to establish peaceful relationships with all Christians in our community, which means conflict resolution and forgiveness constantly. This podcast discusses why this life principle is so important.
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Who wants to be part of a group that are constantly arguing and criticizing one another? This podcast describes the mind-set necessary to overcome this natural tendency to demonstrate the effect of the indwelling Spirit within the church body.
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How can Christians be encouraged in spite of discouraging circumstances? This podcast will explain the Bible answer to discouragement.
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We tell our children to grow up, but does that process ever end? This podcast explains the challenge of growing to maturity as a Christian and what it means.
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Every culture had opinions of what is offensive and acceptable. In Acts 15 the Jews had four behaviors that the gentiles needed to avoid to not offend their Jewish Christians. This principle is aplicable for every relationship. This podcast will explain how to build harmony and peace with those who we wish to have as friends.
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No one can live very long with a conceited person, because he is self-centered and selfish. This podcast explains how we need to think to bring harmony in all our relationships.
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One of the deepest needs in every human being is to feel accepted and secure with someone else. This precept is fulfilled in the practice of today's command. Don't just learn it, but try practicing it today.
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The core instruction for successful relationship is our attitude toward others. Reciprocity means to treat others the way they treat you, but Jesus said to treat others favorably and unconditionally because God treats you this way. This podcast lays the ground work for great relationships.
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There are some things in life we don't mess with, rather we stay as far away as possible. One of them is idolatry. The question is: how does the Bible, and therefore God, define "idolatry." A good thing to know! This podcast gives a clear description and remedy to this destructive force around us.
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Our circumstances can be difficult, cruel and unjust, but inwardly we can live in the presence of our Savior whose Spirit lives within every believer. His presence can never be separated from us, no matter what happens to us. This podcast will tell you how the early believers situations had no effect on their joy in this life.
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In this episode we will examine the text to see the overarching principle of the Lord's Supper and what it is designed to protect. Often the grammar is overlooked which inevitably leads to different views. As you see the evidence, take to heart the exhortation for the health of the church.
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Is it strange to you that there is a command to take the Lord's Supper? It is not optional for the believer. What does it mean? Why is it so important? This is the theme of today's podcast. It is important to know the truth of this ordinance.
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Submission is never easy for anyone, but society and the family become dysfunctional and useless without it. Needless to say, the church would disintegrate if every member does not learn the priority of submission to leaders and to God (through His Word). This podcast will discuss the mandate and implications of the quality submission in relationships.
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Our relationship with Christ is not a vertical, independent, isolated relationship only with Christ. It is a personal relationship with the entire body of Christ, which has serious implications if we want to honor and worship our Lord. This podcast will explain the nature of what it means to be right with God.
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Jesus said He was going to return to earth at the end of time. What are the signs of His coming? What is the hold up? This podcast puts it all into perspective and what we can do about it.
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Why does the world tend to hate Christians, and tolerate almost every other religion. This podcast will demonstrate why the Christian is not supposed to be surprised if this occurs.
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If you decided to follow Christ there are some inevitable consequences. It is always best to anticipate the upside and the downside of any investment or business, and likewise what it will mean to put your total trust in Christ Jesus, if you dare to follow Him. This podcast will look at this option for how to live our lives looking with the end view in mind.
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Whatever one believes to be true, does not necessarily mean that it is true. It is amazing how easily we can be deceived, especially with how we tend to justify all our actions, even selfish ones. This podcast will help us not become a fool in falling into the worse trap of a life.
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The desire to be famous, rich or powerful for spiritual activities is a deceptive trap. "Show-offs" do not rank well with our God, especially when faking a supposed relationship with God. This podcast describes how this looks like in the "christian" life.
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It seems incredible that people would have a strong distain for Christians who are taught to love everyone and seek peace, but this podcast gives several reason why Christians can be hated by the world.
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No one likes to be responsible for the reputation of someone else, but all Christ followers are responsible for the reputation of our Savior before a skeptical world, who might accept any excuse for rejecting Christ. Let's commit to never be the reason someone turns against Christ. Today's podcast give us what to avoid in our lives.
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Who would not want to be close to the Person who gave up his life to take the penalty for all of our sins? The amazing promise is that if we attempt to get close to God, He will likewise become closer to us. This podcast explains how this amazing relationship works.
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There is always someone we must fear in life, because we will always obey the person that we fear. We must chose carefully whom we should fear and why. This study will give some guidelines for our lives.
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Whatever a person believes about being accountable to God is how he will live this life. If we tell ourselves half-truths or false narratives we will soon believe them, which will form what is important or of value to us as to what we think we need, or will make us fulfilled. Soon we will develop convictions about how to secure or accomplish whatever we believe to be true about us. All of this is reinforced by our emotions into our life's motivation or trigger points. This is why knowing the truth about life and man and God are essential to having a healthy lifestyle.
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Often we may know what God expects of us, but we don't think He is going to do anything if we don't do it. That is the way Israel was in the O.T. and in the N.T. (according to Paul), but He did exactly what He said He would do. If we do not believe God will chastise us for disobedience, the temptation to disobey can become overwhelming. Today's command makes us face the fact that God will not let us ignore His commands.
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Just as men and women go through great pains to be accomplished in sports or win in a war together, they experience a profound allegiance to each other. In the same way, the Scriptures talked about the deep effects of suffering together for the name of Christ.
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It is silly to think we can take our bank account with us to heaven, as though dollars could be spent there. However, the Bible tells us how to send ahead treasures to heaven. Listen to see how.
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