Half Time with Milan Bittenbender

Christians are such hypocrites! But, are they the only ones? Let's be honest. Does ANYONE actually live up to everything they claim to believe and hold true? Sometimes hypocrisy is intentional. I am willing to bet that what is labelled  hypocrisy is actually more often just our inability to live up to our own standards. But rather than going on and on, let's just get into the conversation. Join us in this episode as we explore the topic of hypocrisy.

One of the things "they" don't want you to talk about is...SIN. If we acknowledge that sin is a thing, then there is a responsibility to respond to it. Our current society would rather plunge straight forward without the weight of silly things like a conscience to hold us back from doing whatever we want. But...how's it working? Ignoring the human condition and the propensities that cause us to screw up is not helping. There are deep-seeded compulsions in the human soul that need to be acknowledged, understood and dealt with. If you don't deal with the root, the problem will always persist. So, is sin a thing? Can we put our finger on it? In this conversation, we discuss those questions. Comment and let us know what you think.

We all have an ego. Can’t get around it. Our ego is that perception of ourselves that we hold and throughout life attempt to prop up with any kind of success we rack up. Then comes an all out assault on our ego at midlife. Is it God…is it the devil…is it just the natural order of things? I’m not sure, but it is becoming more clear to me that dealing with our ego is one of the main struggles of the midlife part of our journey. Listen in on this episode as my friend, Dr. Chris Conrad, shares his journey through success, failure and ultimately a sabbatical experience where God was able to finally and gracefully help Chris come to terms with the turmoil his ego struggle was creating in his soul. 

Lots of bad things can happen when we are in the fog. Maybe that’s why the fog that often accompanies midlife is so disconcerting. In the fog we become disoriented, we lose our way and we can often feel like a collision with…who knows what, is inevitable. In this conversation with Brian Lubinski, we discuss ways to navigate through the fog and how to find flourishing on the other side of midlife. 

Genesis 3 and The Fall of Mankind

As I listened back to this episode, I couldn’t help but to hear Billy Joel faintly screaming, “We didn’t start the fire. It was always burnin’ since the world’s been turnin’. We didn’t start the fire. No we didn’t light it but we’ve tried to fight it.” So where did all this drama start? Is the world getting “worse and worse”, or has a certain craziness been baked into all of history? Whether you agree with the Bible or not, it seems to give us some pretty profound insights into why our world feels the way it does in a lot of ways. Join us as we take a look at the fall of man and its consequences for all of us.

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Randy knows leadership. He’s been teaching and training leadership for years and now runs his own leadership development organization called Lead Every Day. But Randy has learned over the years that even if you “win” in every other area of life, if you lose at home…you still lose. In this episode we talk about navigating the challenges a marriage faces through the midlife years. 

Links:

Randy’s new book: 

https://Winningbeginsathome.com

Randy’s Leadership Development company:

https://leadeveryday.com/

Randy’s own Leadership Podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/@Lead_Every_Day

Our world is such a politically charged landscape. If we are not careful, we may be sucked into fighting a worldly battle with worldly techniques. But as people of the Kingdom of God, we are called to live in this world, but not be OF it. How do we navigate these challenging times as members FIRST of God’s Kingdom, but also salt and light in our little corner of the world?

Links:
Click the following link to pre-order Miranda’s new book: Faithful Politics: Ten Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why it Matters. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1514007495/ref=nosim?tag=ivp02-20

The media bias chart Miranda referred to: https://adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/

Success is a funny thing. We can chase it for all we’re worth until we get it and then all of a sudden…it just doesn’t taste as sweet as we dreamed it would. Maybe midlife is a perfect time to make the adjustments from a pursuit of worldly success to a pursuit of significance. Maybe this adjustment of the soul can lead us into a strategy for a second half that will get us the “win” our soul truly desires. 

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This Episode is not part of the Half Time Podcast, but rather a podcast by Rob Byrd, in which I have been invited to be a religion/faith contributor. In this episode, we take a look at Genesis 1 and discuss the beginning. How can we make sense of our purpose if we don't know where we came from?

Go to TabooTalkBack.com to find more of Rob's projects.

This Episode is not part of the Half Time Podcast, but rather a podcast by Rob Byrd, in which I have been invited to be a religion or faith contributor. In this episode, we discuss the decline of religious involvement in America and its affects on society and culture.

Go to TabooTalkBack.com to find more of Rob's projects.