Bare Forests Podcast

HD can mean "high definition," but for Christians it means this.

We have an Advent Devotional--supplies are limited. 

We had mid-term elections to sort through. 

We also are called to know the Word but also something else!

There's a reason behind the name. 

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I had a conversation with a member of our church who was most distressed with a verse from 1 John 3:8-9. She read it from the King James Version of the Bible, which (on the surface) reads differently from more modern translations.

While this difference is easily explained, it leads to further conversations about how we as evangelicals often misunderstand and even misinform about the nature of the Christian life.

This podcast episode accompanies the article written on "Dear Christian: Sad is Not Bad." Photo by Guillaume de Germain on Unsplash.

In the video, I referred to a song that left my memory. Here it is: 

"In the Valley (Bless the Lord)" by CityAlight and Sandra McCracken

Christians must ready themselves to lose their personal rights as Kingdom people while being ready to stick up for others!

Better to deprive yourself from lustful intent than to destine oneself for hell.

In the previous paragraph, Jesus warned His listeners to avoid selfish anger in one’s heart that could lead to harming another imagebearer because this affects not only love of neighbor but also one’s worship of God. The solution was to reconcile oneself with the one with whom they are angry, even if that meant pausing one worship to do so.

In this paragraph, Jesus warned His listeners to avoid selfish lust in one’s heart that could lead to objectifying another imagebearer because this demonstrates not only a false love but a lack of love for neighbor and for the one who created them. The solution is to take drastic measures to remove that lustful intent from one’s heart.

The Scriptures tell us God's design not only for marriage, but also for divorce and remarriage. 

Here is a study from the Sermon on the Mount that we do on Wednesday nights. This study is from Matthew 5:21-26: "Settle Matters Quickly."

Thanks for joining us tonight for our 3D Wednesday. We will look at Chapter 31 of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith addressing "On the State of Man after Death and of the Resurrection of the Dead."