http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/08-12-12am.mp3 There is a story in the book of Amos: "As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch" Though all be devoured but for two legs and a piece of an ear, God can restore.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/08-05-12am.mp3 Faith is an expression of the future.  It is a belief in things that are not yet but will be.  That God will call what is not as though it were.  Thought it may be years in the making, generations in the fulfillment, will you live in a manner trusting in God's promise.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/07-29-12am.mp3 Everyone is headed for a collision with eternity. Trials may come. Storms will howl. But what will happen at the end of the storms? What will happen at your end? Are you ready to finally get off the bubble and listen to God's call?

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/07-22-12am.mp3 There is nothing magically in the water. Nothing that happens. It is only a symbol. However, sometimes to get beyond the old way of life, one must symbolically bury that life beneath the waves of baptism.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/07-15-12am.mp3 How many churches have a wooden altar in the front of the building? Often it has become just an object of decoration or just a place to offer a list of wants to God. But what is the biblical standard of an altar? The altar was a place not just to ask but to: meet with God, to mark a place of change or a place of memorial. But something always died at an altar.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/07-08-12am.mp3 Sometimes getting off the bubble is not easy.  Sometimes you just cannot get over your issues with a push.  The best push comes from the mouth a friend, from the words of victor, from the testimony of a witness.

 http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/07-01-12am.mp3 How to get off the bubble of habits.  How to get off the bubble of self-defeating cycles.  How to get off the bubble when your prayer life is stale.  How to get off the bubble when the word of God seems dusty.  How to get off the bubble when your spiritual fervor has gone away.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/06-24-12am.mp3 Stuck in a rut. Back up against the wall. Painted into a corner. Stuck on the bubble. Kept in the status-quo. Just not able to move from the past to where God wants you. What old habits, selfish attitudes, terrestrial perspectives, and narcissistic reactions need to be left behind so that God may change the world through you?

 http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/06-17-12am.mp3 God created men with the heart of a warrior. A warrior with a cause to fight for. To be a man of God. To be a godly father. To break a line of sin handed down generations. Name your cause; because, a warrior without a cause to fight for will find the wrong thing to fight for.

The most commonly quoted scripture from the Bible.  Many Americans can even recite this verse even though they are seldom in church.  But what connections can we pull from from a rose bush and John 3:16?