Clearly with Jimmy & Kelly Needham

What is the nicest way to tell your child they're desperately wicked and have no hope apart from the saving work of Jesus in their life...asking for a friend? Turns out Jimmy has a solution for you! In his first ever children's book he teaches the truth that our kids (and we) have more need for a savior than we think.

 Jimmy’s new book REAL BAD GUYS is out TODAY!

Our Recommendations:

• 🧀 Just for funzies: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
• 👀 Watching: Sebastian Martin (illustrator for Real Bad Guys)
• 📖 Reading: Jimmy’s new article about the importance of humor in discipleship!

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You NEED the Bible. Every day. In every area of life. But how much do you know about your Bible? How seriously should you take it? How reliable is it? What should you expect to get from it? Let’s have the Good Book itself tell us in today’s episode.

“The Bible is a unified story about a glorious King, a kidnapped bride, and the victory He won, so she'd be at His side!” - Jimmy Needham

Check out JimmyandKelly.com for more extensive show notes. Want to ask us a question? Email [email protected].

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• Our sponsor: BetterMan.com
• 👀 Visual Aids: 
• These timelines and maps can help you visually process the overarching story of redemption in the Bible!
• Our favorite timelines from Precept Ministries
• ✝️ Sermon: The end from the beginning by Jimmy Needham
• 📖 Reading:
• A Peculiar Glory by John Piper
• Practical Strategies for Bible Reading by Kelly Needham
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Teaching for children: 
• Jesus Storybook Bible
• How Do We Know That Christianity Is Really True? (Big Questions)

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Hey you!

I know you love your Twilight books, your Narnia series, and your Lord of the Rings scrolls BUT we got a text you don't want to miss: the Bible.

Oh yeah, you feel that Jesus juke? We know scripture can be confusing and even boring (if you don't know what is going on) but we are here to help!

Like a teen girl, we are all in on team Jacob (Malachi 1:2-3 says God is team Jacob too) ready to convince you the Bible is worth getting into and no book is worth skipping.

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• Our sponsor: BetterMan.com
• 👀 Series: How to Read the Bible by Kelly Needham 
• ✝️ Sermons: 
  • Stay Present with Jesus by Rodney Hobbs
  • The Bible is a Door by Jimmy Needham
• 📖 Reading: 
  • You Are What You Love: the Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith
  • Journaling: More than a Diary by Kelly Needham
• 🧠 Quiz: Bible Literacy Assessment
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Teaching for children: The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross: The true story of why Jesus died and rose again 

• Our sponsor: BetterMan.com
• ✝️ Blogs:
  • Tips on sharing the gospel with your friends
  • Five Natural Ways to Get to the Gospel
• 📖 Books:
  • Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
  • The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield

1. Date with purpose.
2. Date with clarity.
3. Date with priority.
4. Date with purity.
5. Date in community.

• Our sponsor: BetterMan.com
• 🎧 Listening: When Your Spouse is Addicted to Pornography
• ✝️ Sermon: Porn is a Kill-Joy
• 📖 Reading: 
  • The 7 Myths about Singleness by Sam Allberry - Highly recommended whether you’re single, dating, or married!
  • Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age by Ben Stuart
  • A Theology of Singleness
  • Marriage Gone Wrong: When Codependency Highjacks a Beautiful Union
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Books for teens:
  • Love Defined: Embracing God's Vision for Lasting Love and Satisfying Relationships
  • Sex, Purity, and the Longings of a Girl's Heart: Discovering the Beauty and Freedom of God-Defined Sexuality

• Our sponsor: BetterMan.com
• 🎶 Music: Unfailing Love (Kelly’s Song) by Jimmy Needham
• 📖 Reading: 
  • 7 Myths About Singleness by Sam Allberry
  • What did you expect? By Paul Tripp
  • The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Timothy Keller
• ✝️ Sermon: The Beauty & Breaking of Marriage by Rodney Hobbs
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Teaching for children: 
  • Arrows to Jesus: Gift-Giving to the Glory of God by Kelly Needham
  • Raising Passionate Jesus Followers by Phil and Diane Comer

• What is the purpose of food? Is there more than just one purpose?
• Are you eating food for spiritual hunger or physical hunger? Are you eating for any other reason than hunger?
• How can you be physically hungry but spiritually satisfied at the same time?
• How has this conversation pushed you to think outside of your comfort zone?
• We challenge you to write down one takeaway from this episode on a note card and put it in your pantry. Take a pic and share it on social media. Tag us so we can see it!
• Choose one of the verses from above and dedicate some time to memorizing it.

• Our sponsor: BetterMan.com
• Bible study we mentioned: Weight Loss Bootcamp
• 👀 Watching: This clip from Jimmy’s junior high acting days 
• ✝️ Learning: When eating is a sin
• 📖 Reading: The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
• 📖 Additional reading: Fasting & Feasting: 40 Devotions to Satisfy the Hungry Heart by Erin Davis

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• ✝️ Sermon: How to Live on Mission
• 📖 Reading: 
  • Purposefooled by Kelly Needham
  • Every Good Endeavor by Tim Keller
  • Just Do Something by Kevin Deyoung
  • She Works His Way