Before All Things

Alan and Jireh consider Rest and Holidays with the Bible open, before the Lord of all things.

Alan's Three Questions:

1. Are you clear on who/what gives you rest? Self/things or God

2. Are you really resting?

3. Are your holidays taking you to Christ or away from him?

Alan's One Resource:
- Travelling the World as Citizens of Heaven  by Stephen Liggins
- Crazy Busy  by Kevin DeYoung  

Jireh and Alan consider Job Satisfaction with the Bible open, before God.

Jireh's Questions:
1. What are you thankful for at work?
2. When do you feel most valued?
3. Can you imagine how good heaven will be?

One Resource:
Chase Kuhn and Peter Orr on the “Dignity of Work” @Moore College, Centre for Christian Living 2017
https://ccl.moore.edu.au/resources/watch-the-dignity-of-work/ 

Jireh and Alan consider Disappointments in relationships with the Bible open before God.

Jireh's 3 Questions:
1. What were we expecting?
2. Have I communicated it clearly?
3. How can I love the disappointer?

Jireh's 1 Resource:
"Forgive" by Timothy Keller

Alan and Jireh consider buying property, before the Lord.

Alan's Three Questions:
1. How are you stewarding God’s possessions right now?
2. Where does property sit in the gospel logic? (study<>degree<>job<>house<>church) 
3. Count the cost and work the tensions - is it possible to finance the loan on one income?

Alan's One Resource:
'Money Counts' by Graham Beynon.

And we're back!

For the next four weeks, we'll look at these four topics:
1. Buying Property
2. Disappointment in Relationships
3. Job Satisfaction
4. Rest/Holidays

Jireh and Alan consider Anxiety and Depression with the Bible open.

Alan and Jireh consider the topic of Entertainment with the Bible open.

Alan’s Three Qs:

1. Are you relaxing well? Energised?

2. What’s going into your eyes/soul?

3. Are people affected?

Alan’s One Resource:
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You - Tony Reinke

Jireh’s Three Qs:

1. What’s your time for?

2. How Christian are you when entertained? (during)

3. How does your entertainment serve your service of God? (after)

Jireh’s One Resource:
Movie - Luther by Eric Till

Alan and Jireh consider investing and cryptocurrency from a Christian perspective.

Helpful for today's Episode:
- "Explained" Netflix Series by Vox (Season 1, Episodes 5 and 7)
- "Explain Crypto to Complete Beginners: My Guide" by Coin Bureau (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYWc9dFqROI&t=810s) 
- "How Cryptocurrency actually works" by Mrwhosetheboss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQgy8QDEBI&t=649s) 

Alan's Three Questions:
1. How you use little money is how you'll use lots of money.
2. Are you as intentional with giving as getting?

Alan's Resource:
- "Beyond Greed" by Brian Rosner

Jireh's Three Questions:
1. How did you come up with your investment strategy?
2. What sort of Christian does investing make you to be?
3. How can you invest your money to love your neighbours?

Jireh's Resource:
- "Generosity Project" by Tony Payne

Special thanks to Chibby, Jono So, Ray Choy, Ray Zhu, Felix Fung, Michael Zeng, Clement Lau, Ed Han, Ethan Zuo.

Alan and Jireh consider online/mobile dating from a Christian perspective.

Jireh's Three Questions:
1. Why Online?
2. Who are you sharing this with?
3. How will you slow down your thinking in Christ?

Jireh's Resource:
- https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/4-reflections-about-online-dating/
- "Gospel Speech Online" by Lionel Windsor

Alan's Three Questions:
1. What are you looking for online? (thrill, affirmation, being loved, expectations etc.)
2. What are you sharing/showing online? (physical/emotional/spiritual)
3. Why should a Christian date you? (Have you put in the hard work?)

Alan's Resource:
- https://paa.moore.edu.au/resources/gods-wisdom-for-dating-paul-grimmond/
- https://paa.moore.edu.au/resources/dating-qanda/ 

Coinciding with our Deep Roots Sermon Series comes a Four-Part Podcast Series, exploring what Online Dating, Investing in Stocks, Entertainment and Anxiety looks like for those of us who have Deep Roots in Christ.

By the end of each of the four podcast, we hope to give you three questions to ask yourself when considering the topic as well as recommend one resource for you to go to, other than the Bible.

Questions: #deeprootsq