ARE YOU GETTING INTO HOLIDAY MODE OR ARE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSING YOU TO DREAD THE NUMEROUS UPCOMING GATHERINGS? TODAY’S SHOW IS GOING TO EXPLORE HOW TO BE THANKFUL WHEN LIFE HAS TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE.

NO ONE COULD ROUSE A CROWD QUITE LIKE JESUS. HIS REVOLUTIONARY TEACHING TURNED THE WORLD’S

ACCEPTED IDEAS UPSIDE DOWN. TODAY THE

DISCUSSION CONTINUES ON THE STORY OF TWO SONS—ONE WINDS UP IN THE PIG PEN; THE

OTHER STAYS CLOSE TO HIS FATHER. HOWEVER

THE SURPRISE TWIST IS THAT BOTH SONS

WERE EQUALLY LOST..THIS SHOW IS A

REMINDER THAT GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART.

EVERYONE WANTS ‘GOOD CHILDREN.’  IT’S SO NATURAL TO EVALUATE OUR CHILDREN’S

LIVES BY THE WORLD’S STANDARDS OF SUCCESS: 

GOOD STUDENT, HARD WORKING, ATHLETIC, SMART, NEVER IN TROUBLE...THE

MARKERS GOES ON AND ON.BUT IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN BE LOOKING AT THE WRONG RETURNS IN

EVALUATING SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF GOD’S ECONOMY?  THE STORY OF THE TWO LOST SONS (ONE

SUCCESSFUL; ONE NOT) SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION OF TODAY’S DISCUSSION.

LIVES BY THE WORLD’S STANDARDS OF SUCCESS: 

GOOD STUDENT, HARD WORKING, ATHLETIC, SMART, NEVER IN TROUBLE...THE

MARKERS GOES ON AND ON.

BUT IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN BE LOOKING AT THE WRONG RETURNS IN

EVALUATING SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF GOD’S ECONOMY?  THE STORY OF THE TWO LOST SONS (ONE

SUCCESSFUL; ONE NOT) SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION OF TODAY’S DISCUSSION.  

THERE’S NOTHING HARDER THING THAN WATCHING A LOVED ONE STRAY AND

HAVING NO POWER TO HELP THEM.  ASK ANY

PARENT WHO IS DEALING WITH A PRODIGAL WHAT THEIR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IS

LIKE.  WAITING IS SUCH A HELPLESS

FEELING.  TODAY’S EPISODE WILL TOUCH AN

EMOTIONAL NERVE AND ENCOURAGE ANY PARENT WHO HAS–-OR IS--WAITING BY THE WINDOW

FOR THEIR CHILD TO RETURN.

HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO EXTENDS GRACE AND MERCY BE CONSIDERED

PRODIGAL? HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO WHAT

WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AS THE "PRODIGAL SON" STORY? HAVE YOU EVER DEALT WITH A

PRODIGAL CHILD? WAS IT DRAINING?  DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THEIR

CHOICES? TUNE IN FOR SOME RAW

DISCUSSION ON THE TRUE MEANING OF BEING "PRODIGAL".

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BEAR ONE’S CROSS? MAYBE NOT WHAT YOU THINK! THE WORLD’S DEFINITION OF BLESSING IS THE ALLEVIATION OF

SUFFERING OR DESPAIR. HOWEVER, THE LORD

PRESENTS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEW. 

TODAY’S SHOW WILL TOUCH ON A VARIETY OF THEMES FROM HYPER-GRACE TO

CROSS-BEARING TO WHY A HASTY MARRIAGE? TUNE IN...

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL SOMETIMES USE PAINFUL

EXPERIENCES TO CLEANSE AND PURIFY HIS CHILDREN’S LIVES?  WOULD AN ALL -LOVING, FULL OF GRACE FATHER

ACTUALLY ALLOW DIFFICULTY INTO OUR LIVES AS A WAY OF TESTING OR REFINING US?   TUNE IN TODAY AND CHEW ON THESE AND MANY

MORE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CHARACTER OF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE.

DO YOU HAVE PAIN IN

YOUR LIFE? IF SO, DON’T WASTE IT! OWN

IT! IT’S AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN  PULL OUT OF US WHEN WE SURRENDER OUR

CIRCUMSTANCES TO HIS WILL. ON TODAY’S

EPISODE MATT TALKS ABOUT HOW PRISON ISOLATION CAUSED HIM TO HONE IN TO MANY

BURIED TALENTS THAT HE NEVER KNEW HE HAD. BUT GOD KNEW! IS THERE A SECRET TO A HEART CONTINUING TO BEAT

JOYFULLY THROUGH PAIN? LISTEN IN AND PRAYERFULLY

YOU WILL PICK UP SOME HOPE.

CONSIDER THE ODDS OF A SHEPHERD BOY DEFEATING A TRAINED WARRIOR FIGHTER WITH A SLING SHOT AND A STONE; OR HOW ABOUT THE CHANCES

THAT A CITY’S WALLS COULD COME TUMBLING

DOWN FROM THE BLOW OF LOUD TRUMPETS?  FLASH FORWARD to 2015....A YOUNG MAN LEAVES PRISON, AFTER ALMOST FIVE YEARS

AWAY, AND HE IS ENTRUSTED WITH BEING THE TEAM LEADER OF STUDENT MINISTRIES IN A THRIVING

CHURCH. IN GOD’S ECONOMY, ALL OF THIS

MAKES PERFECT SENSE BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE SAY YES TO GOD, HE OPENS LIMITLESS DOORS

OF OPPORTUNITIES. A MUST LISTEN!