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The Scripture & The Sense Podcast #306: Hosea 9:1-2 by Daniel Whyte III

The History Behind the Hymns passage of Scripture is 2 Timothy 2:3-4 which reads: "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."

The History Behind the Hymns quote for today is from A. W. Tozer. He said: "After the Bible, the hymn book is next. And remember, I do not say a songbook or a book of gospel songs, but a real hymnal containing the cream of the great Christian hymns left to us by the ages."

The quote in connection to today's hymn is from Charles Spurgeon. He said: “The trumpet still plays the notes of war. You cannot sit down and put the victory wreath on your head. You do not have a crown. You still must wear the helmet and carry the sword. You must watch, pray, and fight. Expect your last battle to be the most difficult, for the enemy’s fiercest charge is reserved for the end of the day.”

Our hymn for today is "Am I A Soldier of the Cross” by Isaac Watts.

The History Behind the Hymns passage of Scripture is 2 Timothy 2:3-4 which reads: "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."

The History Behind the Hymns quote for today is from A. W. Tozer. He said: "After the Bible, the hymn book is next. And remember, I do not say a songbook or a book of gospel songs, but a real hymnal containing the cream of the great Christian hymns left to us by the ages."

The quote in connection to today's hymn is from Charles Spurgeon. He said: “The trumpet still plays the notes of war. You cannot sit down and put the victory wreath on your head. You do not have a crown. You still must wear the helmet and carry the sword. You must watch, pray, and fight. Expect your last battle to be the most difficult, for the enemy’s fiercest charge is reserved for the end of the day.”

Our hymn for today is "Am I A Soldier of the Cross” by Isaac Watts.

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Dead (UCNN 10.27.19) by Daniel Whyte III

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Gospel singer Micah Stampley mourns death of 15-year-old daughter (BCNN1 10.26.19) by Daniel Whyte III

Gospel singer Micah Stampley mourns death of 15-year-old daughter (BCNN1 10.26.19) by Daniel Whyte III

Welcome to Class 68 of "The Ramp" to the Highway of Success course for young men. I am Daniel Whyte III, chairman of the National Association to Save Young Black Men in partnership with the Martin Luther King Senior Institute for Young Men & Young Women. The Institute aims to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Sr., commonly referred to as "Daddy King", whom God used to raise the great leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Our purpose is to guide young men and young women, and help them get on the path to becoming kings and queens for the glory of God.

No one likes to admit to making mistakes. It is amazing what lengths we go to to try and cover up our mistakes and failures. Below are three reasons why it is a waste of time to try to cover up our mistakes and failures:

1. Covering up our sins and failures never causes us to prosper. Proverbs 28:13 says: “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”

2. People who are not transparent rarely help other people.

3. Many already have your number—you just don’t know that they do.

Welcome to Class 68 of "The Ramp" to the Highway of Success course for young men. I am Daniel Whyte III, chairman of the National Association to Save Young Black Men in partnership with the Martin Luther King Senior Institute for Young Men & Young Women. The Institute aims to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Sr., commonly referred to as "Daddy King", whom God used to raise the great leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Our purpose is to guide young men and young women, and help them get on the path to becoming kings and queens for the glory of God.

No one likes to admit to making mistakes. It is amazing what lengths we go to to try and cover up our mistakes and failures. Below are three reasons why it is a waste of time to try to cover up our mistakes and failures:

1. Covering up our sins and failures never causes us to prosper. Proverbs 28:13 says: “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”

2. People who are not transparent rarely help other people.

3. Many already have your number—you just don’t know that they do.

My name is Daniel Whyte III, and welcome to the God Receives Glory Even From Football podcast #8. This podcast is based off of my new book of the same name. I wrote the book because I believe out of all the national sports God has received more glory and praise from American football over the past one hundred years than all of the other sports combined. This episode is chapter seven of the book, titled "Fourth Down in Life is Analogous to a Tough Decision: To Go For It or Punt."

Theodore Roosevelt said “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”

I Kings 18:21 says “And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.”

The fourth down decision is probably what most coaches get paid their huge salaries for even though it is a decision that comes quite often in the game. However, each fourth down decision is consequential and impacts the end result of the game. Of course, there are some fourth down decisions that have not only changed a game but have changed football history down through the years. Coaches have been fired for making the wrong fourth down decision. Coaches have been hired or have received extensions for making the right fourth down decisions. For you see, a lot goes into a fourth down decision. One of the things that is in the mix is that great coaches know their teams like the back of their hands. And they know if they have the heart to go for the 4th and 4 that would give them a new first down or whether or not they have a team of guys who need to punt and gain better field positions to defend their goal line. Like a Mozart can not only read and write music but can hear the music, the great coaches know the X's and the O's very well in the playbook, but they have the uncanny ability to “hear” the right call on fourth down plays or decisions. This separates, if you will, the great coaches and the not-so-great coaches.

At some point in your adult life you are going to be called upon to make the fourth down decisions of life. And if you are a true adult these decisions are going to come quite often. We live in a day and time where most people hate to make these everyday fourth down decisions. Today, we have a thing called “adulting”; something that we have never heard of before. In other words, there are adults who do not like doing adult things much less making the fourth down decisions of life. But if you are going to get over the bridge of troubled waters and make it safely to the other side you are going to have to bite the bullet and make the fourth down decisions of life. The ball is in your court. It's your call. What are you going to do? Mildew or barbecue? Whatever you do, make the best decision possible and be prepared to live with it.