Contend Podcast

In this episode, Sam discusses the continued unrest in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

We then look at the history behind the song "Onward, Christian Soldiers."

We finish the episode talking about 2 considerations regarding the need for use to be contenders for the faith. Sam also introduces the "Contenders Throughout History" podcasts.

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In this episode, Sam talks about Gen Z and Millennials...there affiliation with religion and what that says about the decline in religious affiliation in the U.S.

We then look at the beautiful song, "My Jesus, I Love Thee"

We then end out the episode talking about "All You Need is Love". No - not the song, but rather the love that we need to have for God, our families, others, and our Country.

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Sam talks briefly about the State of the Union 2020 and compares compares the great men on women of American history with the great men and women in Christian history.

Then we look at the hymn "All the Way My Saviour Leads Me".

We finish the episode by looking at James 5:13-20 as we finish our "Daily Walk Through James" series.

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In this episode Sam talks about some things to think about in light of the death of Kobe Bryant.

We then take a look at the hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God".

We finish out the podcast talking about James 5:1-12 as the 9th week in our Daily Walk Through James series.

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In this episode we talk about the persecution in China along with an encouragement to do more to reach the lost. Check out a copy articles in the show notes.

Then we look at the story behind the song "I Need Thee Every Hour" for the book Heartwarming Hymn Stories. Get your copy in the show notes.

Then we finish the episode looking at James 4:1-17 as we continue our "Daily Walk Through James" series.

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In this episode Sam talks about the Pope saying that people don't have to believe in God to go to Heaven.

Then we look at James 3:14-18 as we continue our Daily Walk Through James series.

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In this episode, we look at two news stories: one about a new Netflix series and one about a Pastor kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Then we talk about the story behind the song "All Hail the Pow'r of Jesus' Name". Get the book that the story is from:https://www.swordbooks.com/search.aspx?find=heartwarming+hymn&log=false&category=3

We finish the episode with the 6th week in our Daily Walk Through James looking at James 3:1-13.

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In this episode we talk for a few minutes about the church shooting in Texas that was stopped by a safety/security member in the church.

Then we talk about the importance of setting goals for the new year.

We finish out the episode continuing our series through the book of James looking at James 2:14-26 looking at how our faith is perfected by our works.

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Sam talks about Hallmark and their decision to apologize for standing for traditional marriage as well as a terrible new Netflix original movie in the news segment. Sign the petition to get this movie removed: http://chng.it/ZcvFkwF5RJ

We then continue in our Daily Walk Through James looking at James 2:1-13.

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We look at more troubles for Chic-Fil-a as an example of compromising not being a good policy for life or business.

We also finish out the first chapter of James as we continue our Daily Walk Through James series.

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