Cogitations

This episode stemmed from a very good discussion in the We Talk Truth Group. I hope you are edified and challenged. 

Jordan Peterson wrote a book about some rules. This podcast is about rule 8. 

This episode is pertaining to how the gift was given recorded in Acts 8. Could anyone lay hands on someone and they receive the Holy Ghost? You'd be surprised as some of the misconception there is out there about apostles, laying of hands, and the Holy Spirit. 

Today I received a question that asked about Deuteronomy 14:26. I am so thankful to receive questions like this. This episode is my answer to the question.

There is a verse commanding believers not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers that is often misapplied to marriage. This is, at the least, an irresponsible use of Scripture. In this episode I put this verse in context and talk about some of the ramifications of applying it to marriage. 

This episode is from a meme asking about being saved already. Are Christians saved already or are they in a location were God will save them at the appointed time? take a listen. 

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The secret to life is that cows don't give milk. I rand across this post on Facebook and it struck me as good. I thought I'd develop it into a podcast episode. 

COWS DON’T GIVE MILK

A peasant used to say to his children when they were young: —When you all  reach the age of  12  I will tell you the secret of life. One day when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that he was going to tell him, but that he should not reveal it to his brothers. 

—The secret of life is this: The cow does not give milk. "What are you saying?" Asked the boy incredulously. —As you hear it, son: The cow does not give milk, you have to milk it. You have to get up at 4 in the morning, go to the field, walk through the corral full of manure, tie the tail, hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket and do the work your self.

That is the secret of life, the cow does not give milk. You milk her or you don't get milk. There is this  generation that thinks that cows GIVE milk. That things are automatic and free: their mentality is that if " I wish, I ask..... I obtain." 

" They have been accustomed to get  what ever they want the easy way...But  No, life is not a matter of wishing, asking and obtaining. The things that one receives are the effort of what one does. Happiness is the result of effort. Lack of effort creates frustration. 

So, remember to share with your children, from a young age, the secret of life. So they don't grow up with the mentality that the government, their parents, or their cute little faces is going to give them everything they need in life.

Remember

These are some of my thought about how we can overemphasize baptism. Take a listen and let me know what you think.

I need your help. Take a listen to this podcast in which I use an illustration of my own making and see if you can help make it better. It is a good illustration but needs some refinement, I think. 

This episode is straight from a listener question. Are we authorized to partake of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with the accompaniment of mechanical instruments of music outside the assembly.