Interruptions are frustrating. Just when you’re closing in on the goal you’ve set - boom! Insert interruption of your choice; however, what if God deliberately allows for our lives and routines to be interrupted for a purpose? Not sleeping well lately? What if that refusal to fall asleep is God’s way of trying to get our attention? We’ll briefly look at a couple figures in the Bible and see how they handled divine interruptions.

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Community is often reduced to a buzzword in today’s culture. It can be a picture for something wholesome or a red flag for a group to avoid or even oppose. When the Apostle John writes the letter we call 1st John, he begins by hyperlinking to creation. What does the section we read as chapter 1 in 1st John have to show us about community and discipleship?

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Have you ever been excited about something but had to focus on something more mundane out of necessity? Jude knew this struggle. Being excited to write about the salvation shared by believers, he was instead forced to write about the danger of false teachers due to their infiltration into the local churches. Promising great things, these teachers produced nothing. Join in the discussion today as we read Jude and examine the implications this letter holds for discipleship.

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We’ve touched on the fact that God has invested in us and is looking for a return on His investment, but what did He invest? Is it skills & talents, or material things? These definitely fall into blessings He has given to us that deserve good stewardship, but there’s a unique investment believers have that those apart from God don’t have. More on that today!

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There's nothing more frustrating, and possibly damaging, than not having the proper tool to complete a job. Not only could you break the tool using it wrongly, but there's a possibility of destroying the very thing you're trying to improve. People are like that as well. We see in scripture that God has a wide variety of metaphors for His people, different applications and environments for us. How do we know what to be & where?

 

* yes, I'm well aware the account of the Romans salting Carthage in the 3rd Punic War is relegated to myth. My fault for not making that clearer in the recording.

 

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God has given us so much - from the air we breath to sustenance for our needs. He knows how to give good gifts to us and also how to bear with us as we place our trust in Him. What does our trust, or lack of trust in God reveal about our heart motives? This and more on today's episode.

 

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When following God’s lead on roads that seem impossible, fears and anxieties have a way of creeping in. If we operate from a place of fear, we’ll hamstring what God wants to do in & through us. How do we change our mindset and overcome fear?

Recording on the road this week with some thoughts about why what we think about when God comes to mind is not just important, but even more important that what we say we think about Him.

In a world dividing across ever-increasing lines, what possibility of unity do Christians have to offer the world? How can we be joined together beyond more than shared ideologies or recreational preferences?

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As we’re now in the new year are there any trends in our world we can look to as a gauge for what to expect this year? What about what God has to share with His people?

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