New 4RMations Podcast

In this episode, Tim, Alan and Charlie talk about their experiences on social media. They discuss the positives and negatives of this medium, their personal blunders, temptations common to all, boundaries, and the roles they believe we all play in this arena as Christians.

In this week’s episode, part 3 of 3, Charlie interviews Tim Bethea. Tim and Charlie have been friends for about 10 years. Charlie had the privilege of performing Tim’s wedding and later, baptizing his children. Tim and Charlie were in a Band of Brothers together for years.

Tim is a singer-songwriter, plays the acoustic guitar, and drums. Many nights, you can find him performing in local venues. On Sundays, you can find Tim leading worship in his church.

A life filled with the pursuit of his calling, music, Tim is about to release his first album titled, Offertory: A Musical Journey.

In early 2017, the Lord led Tim to write a song for his congregation using the words from David’s Song of Thanks, found in 1 Chronicles 16. He continued to write and present a new song fo the Offertory for eleven consecutive weeks from the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany through Holy Week, with lyrics inspired by the appointed readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. His original music is influenced by folk, rock, gospel, ballad, ethereal, and Hebraic dance. 

You can connect with Tim on Facebook and listen to/watch more of his music on YouTube.

The album is available for pre-order on PayPal and will be available on all online stores and streaming services by 7/29/19.

Lyrics of “The Lord Reigns”, “Lord of Glory”, “Deliverance”, “Born of the Spirit”, “Awake, O Sleeper”, “The One (Lazarus Reprise)”, “The Lord’s Passover”, and “Woman” based on the ESV© Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV© Text Edition: 2016. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version©, is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

In this week’s episode, part 2 of 3, Charlie interviews Tim Bethea. Tim and Charlie have been friends for about 10 years. Charlie had the privilege of performing Tim’s wedding and later, baptizing his children. Tim and Charlie were in a Band of Brothers together for years.

Tim is a singer-songwriter, plays the acoustic guitar, and drums. Many nights, you can find him performing in local venues. On Sundays, you can find Tim leading worship in his church.

A life filled with the pursuit of his calling, music, Tim is about to release his first album titled, Offertory: A Musical Journey.

In early 2017, the Lord led Tim to write a song for his congregation using the words from David’s Song of Thanks, found in 1 Chronicles 16. He continued to write and present a new song fo the Offertory for eleven consecutive weeks from the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany through Holy Week, with lyrics inspired by the appointed readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. His original music is influenced by folk, rock, gospel, ballad, ethereal, and Hebraic dance. 

You can connect with Tim on Facebook and listen to/watch more of his music on YouTube. By part 3 of this interview, we will include links to his latest release.

Lyrics of “The Lord Reigns”, “Lord of Glory”, “Deliverance”, “Born of the Spirit”, “Awake, O Sleeper”, “The One (Lazarus Reprise)”, “The Lord’s Passover”, and “Woman” based on the ESV© Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV© Text Edition: 2016. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version©, is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

In this week's episode, Charlie interviews Tim Bethea. Tim and Charlie have been friends for about 10 years. Charlie had the privilege of performing Tim's wedding and later, baptizing his children. Tim and Charlie were in a Band of Brothers together for years.

Tim is a singer-songwriter, plays the acoustic guitar, and drums. Many nights, you can find him performing in local venues. On Sundays, you can find Tim leading worship in his church.

A life filled with the pursuit of his calling, music, Tim is about to release his first album titled, Offertory: A Musical Journey.

In early 2017, the Lord led Tim to write a song for his congregation using the words from David's Song of Thanks, found in 1 Chronicles 16. He continued to write and present a new song fo the Offertory for eleven consecutive weeks from the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany through Holy Week, with lyrics inspired by the appointed readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. His original music is influenced by folk, rock, gospel, ballad, ethereal, and Hebraic dance.

You can connect with Tim on Facebook and listen to/watch more of his music on YouTube. By part 3 of this interview, we will include links to his latest release.

Lyrics of "The Lord Reigns", "Lord of Glory", "Deliverance", "Born of the Spirit", "Awake, O Sleeper", "The One (Lazarus Reprise)", "The Lord's Passover", and "Woman" based on the ESV© Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV© Text Edition: 2016. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version©, is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

In this episode, Tim, Alan & Charlie talk about two upcoming events:

Men's Upstate SC BonfireMen's Battlefront Weekend

Why gather with a group of men? Why kick around a fire on a Saturday night? Why get away for a weekend to hear from God?

All these questions and more on today's episode.

Spring Bonfire 2019 on April 13 in Wellford, SC.

Join us for our first bonfire of 2019 on Saturday, April 13, from 6pm-9pm in Welford, SC.

Our bonfires offer a theme or demonstration, food, casual conversation, and a teaching on the masculine journey.

Tonight’s Meal: Chili Throdown!

Tonight’s Speaker: Brandon Barber of RiverBlade Knife & Fly Shop in Boiling Springs, SC.

What to Bring: Dress for the weather (rain or shine), bring a lawn chair, and a friend.

Cost: $12 to cover the cost of the event (food, drinks, , etc)*, more if you can, less if you can’t; we don’t want money to stop anyone from coming.

Registration: Please register on our Facebook page by saying you are “going” to the event. That helps us plan for food, etc.

Bonfire Location: 203 Green Rd, Wellford, SC 29385.

*All New 4RMations Bonfires are alcohol-free events

Men's Battlefront Weekend, May 3-5, 2019 in Rutherfordton, NC.

New 4RMations and The Forge present The Men's Battlefront Weekend: Taking Your Place In The Larger Story at The River Ministries Lodge in Rutherfordton, NC May 3-5, 2019.

This interactive weekend draws on the teachings of John Eldredge, Terry Walling, Dan Allender, and Michael Thompson.

The weekend helps men answer…

2 REORIENTING QUESTIONS

“What is the good God is up to in my life?”“How am I going to partner with that?”

With God’s help, you will find the answers by taking…

5 CRITICAL LOOKS

A Look Down: Understanding the epic battle from God’s perspective; the Larger Story of the pursuit His children who live in a world at war.

A Look Back: Recognizing how God has been forming you throughout your lifetime to take your place in the Larger Story.

A Look Up: Recognizing how God is calling you into restoration to complete your mission.

A Look Within: Identifying your unique and crucial role in the Larger Story.

A Look Ahead: Creating simple, clear, God-grounded action steps that move you back into the battle with confidence and purpose for the next season of life.

WHAT DOES THE WEEKEND LOOK LIKE?

Teaching & Interactive DiscussionPractical ExercisesReflective Alone-Time Hearing From GodGreat Food, Man Fun & Fire TimeAn Awesome Saturday Evening with The Forge!Meeting New People On The Journey

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO PARTICIPATE?

There is a good chance God is calling you to a new place in the story and you’ve not moved.

There is a good chance the people close to you are paying the price for the choices you are refusing to make. Identifying and engaging these things is mission-critical to fulfilling your unique and crucial role in God’s Larger Story; the good works God has prepared in advance for you to do. (Eph. 2:10)

Men will be able to tell their stories well after completing this weekend. Being able to tell their stories sets them up nicely to enter a men’s group that have entered covenant together to have each ot...

It's so tempting to lose sight of our place in the Larger Story. The Enemy loves to reduce us to our small stories; that is, that we are all alone to deal with the hell that is in front of us, that it never ends, and it is all purposeless.

Think about it. When you are at your worst, you have become completely self absorbed, lost sight of God's redemptive purposes, and long forgot your God-given unique and crucial role and settled into hopeless resignation.

In this episode, Charlie, Tim and Alan are working through John Eldredge's book, Wild at Heart. Every other week, they process their lives in real-time around the videos they went through the week before. This week, they cover Epic, that is, that we live in a four-act play, and that we are in Act III...a world at war in which God is doing his great redemptive work.

Charlie interviews Jake Poteat and Nate Gaffney of the progressive guitar band, Pale Glow.

Jake and Nate are two of the band’s founding members. Pale Glow wrote, recorded, produced and released their first self-titled EP recently.

In this 2-part podcast interview, Charlie, Nate and Jake talk about what it means to do what God created you to do, what decisions are required along the way, and the work ethic that is essential to reach our goals. 

Jake and Nate open both episodes with never-before-heard acoustic versions of two of the songs on their EP, Blaze and Sonder. That’s quite a feat considering, this was recorded in Charlie’s sunroom and those songs are typically played on 8-string electric guitars.

Pale Glow’s self-titled EP is available on iTunes & Google Play.

You can connect with Pale Glow on all social media at @PaleGlowBand.

Charlie interviews Jake Poteat and Nate Gaffney of the progressive guitar band, Pale Glow.

Jake and Nate are two of the band's founding members. Pale Glow wrote, recorded, produced and released their first self-titled EP recently.

In this 2-part podcast interview, Charlie, Nate and Jake talk about what it means to do what God created you to do, what decisions are required along the way, and the work ethic that is essential to reach our goals.

Jake and Nate open both episodes with never-before-heard acoustic versions of two of the songs on their EP, Blaze and Sonder. That's quite a feat considering, this was recorded in Charlie's sunroom and those songs are typically played on 8-string electric guitars.

Pale Glow's self-titled EP is available on iTunes & Google Play.

You can connect with Pale Glow on all social media at @PaleGlowBand.

Tim, Alan, and Charlie have been leading a group of guys through John Eldredge's Wild at Heart Live Boot Camp videos every other Tuesday night at RiverBlade Knife and Fly Shop in Boiling Springs, SC.

We are breaking each video into about 30-minute sections. We've just finished the first video, The Heart of a Man. So far, we've discussed our response to an adventure to live and a battle to fight. Tonight, we reflect on, a beauty to rescue.

Oftentimes, we take our need for validation to Eve, and that is surely no way to make her feel safe, secure, and on adventure with us. Tonight, Tim, Alan, and Charlie share their personal experiences about a beauty to rescue, and more.

They also discuss one of John's questions, "What movies, especially the characters, do you identify with, and why?" There is something in all great movies, or stories that borrows, from the Great Story, that relates to the cry our unique heart...and ultimately, our quest to relate to "the beauty", in a way that Christ relates to us.

Tim, Alan, and Charlie have been taking a group of guys through John Eldredge's Wild at Heart Live Bootcamp Videos on Tuesday nights.

Society at large can’t make up its mind about men. Having spent the last thirty years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive, safe, manageable and, well, feminine, it now berates men for not being men. Boys will be boys, they sigh. As though if a man were to truly grow up he would forsake wilderness and wanderlust and settle down, be at home forever in Aunt Polly’s parlor. “Where are all the real men?” is regular fare for talk shows and new books. You asked them to be women, I want to say. The result is a gender confusion never experienced at such a wide level in the history of the world. How can a man know he is one when his highest aim is minding his manners?”John Eldredge - Wild at Heart

Adventure is one of the things God invites us into to help us recover our masculine hearts. We were built to risk, to wrestle, to figure out, and ultimately to trust God. Adventure requires something of us that the predictable and managed life cannot provide. The good life is not the "easy" life, but the adventurous life.

In this episode, Tim and Charlie discuss how adventure has freed them up in places, share the adventures they've embarked on and lessons learned, and offer a new interpretive grid for "hassle", an invitation to see life with God as an adventure...where God trains up men to be the men He created them to be.