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Many have athletes have asked us, “What does God think about me competing in a bikini or in posing trunks?”
While others in the Christian community have asked us, “How can you promote these events where people walk around half-naked and still call yourselves, Christians?”
Two great questions, but both require a response that stems from walking in relationship with Jesus and not a worldly answer sprinkled with Jesus.
This episode Jen and Lee dig to these questions providing thought proking responses. Listen in to hear their thoughts on Muscular Christianity.
Season 2: Ep 15 - Hurt People, Hurt People
There is so much drama in the world today, and our beloved sport of bodybuilding and the industry of health and fitness is certainly not immune to the pain that is occurring today. In this hour our sport and industry are being attacked from all sides. We have hurt people, hurting people. In this episode, Jen and I take an in-depth look at why we are a hurting people and present four (4) way in which we may heal as individuals and as a community at large.
Our podcast scripture gives a great framing work in which we must choose to live in our community is to rise from the ashes of this hurt.
Colossians 3:12-15
“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive one another if any of you have a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues, put on love which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.”
Fresh start - implies that our past is still with us leading to guilt, shame, and condemnation
New Life - means new life - no past - clean slate
Podcast Scripture:
Romans 6:4 (NIV) 4 We were buried in baptism as Christ was buried in death. As Christ was raised from the dead by the great power of God, so we will have new life also.
(Message) That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!
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Season 2: Ep 13 - You have a 100% of Success in Marriage
Podcast Scripture: Eph 5:20-33 Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another. Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.
No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.
Courtship Dialog
The things you did during courtship will only need to increase in marriage…
Tough times often require remembrance of the good times…
Four Keys to Success in Marriage
1. Respect - Respect can change behavior of a man - it is the greatest need of man - respect makes the wife attractive to the husband; A man should lay down his life for wife - a sacrificial husband is most attractive to his wife
2. Security - is the number one need of a wife - husbands - bring his wife to her full potential by caring for her all her needs as an equal - security equals her value; The role of every wife is to be his cheerleader rooting him on to become everything he was created to become. Your belief in him will inspire him to his full potential.
3. Crucify Your Sinful Nature - disable your sin nature and keep it from destroying your marriage.
The nature of sin is not to get along with anyone. It is egotistical, prideful, and self-seeking. By walking out these different roles in Ephesians 5, we crucify this sin nature in our marriage.
The issues of husband and wife are different in marriage. The wife often desires to make her own decision without consenting her husband. It is her need for independence. The serpent convinced Eve to take a bite of the fruit without consulting her husband.
The husband often is confronted by apathy, a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. Adam was standing right there when the serpent convinced Eve to eat of the fruit while he stood by and watched. Maybe Adam was distracted by ESPN or a good movie. Yet, all he needed to do was pay attention and kill the snake. God had given him dominion overall all things, yet apathy led him astray.
Ephesians 5 comes to the independent wife, putting an additional layer of accountability on her not to act without her consulting her husband. You are a part of a team and must be a team player. Ephesians 5 puts twice the accountability on the husband; you lay your life down for her. You cherish her the way you love your own life. Ephesians 5 crucifies your sin nature and prepares you to be victorious in a Christian marriage.
4. Come into Agreement - agree to respect, provide and die.
Bonus Tip --- when a conversation with your spouse that has become difficult, stop and ask yourself, “Do I want to be right or do I want to be righteous?” By choosing the latter, the marriage wins.
Podcast Scripture: Proverbs 18:20-21 “From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Did you know that if you can get your tongue fixed- you can get your heart fixed?!
The truth is that we can create worlds by our words. Words are powerful. The quality of our life is even dependent on the words we speak.
In this episode we discuss:
How our words have power
4 facts about the tongue
3 ways to bridle our tongue
and 4 ways our words can Nspire
Listen in and let the power of these words create a new world for you.
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Season 2: Ep 11 - Power in Pressing
Podcast verse: 1 Cor 4:8-9 “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
Pressing defined: to act upon through steady pushing or thrusting force exerted in contact : Squeeze: To squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape
Types of Personal Crushing:
Life’s events
Words
Relationships/Friendships
Marriage
Health
Finances
4 Ways to Preserve the Crushing
1. Focus on the truth
2. Don’t listen to lies; evaluate them against truth
3. Take the matter to God
4. Celebrate the victory
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The temptation of sin is danged in front of our eyes daily. Satan dangles enticements like money, sex, anger, porn, hate, greed, judgment in front of us, just waiting for us to take the bait so he can reel us into bondage. Don't take the bait! Today our host Jen and Lee Thompson discuss 5 Ways to avoid being hooked by temptation.
Romans 1:25 “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised.”
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Season 2: Ep - 9 Set Free
Podcast Verses:
Romans 6:22 “But know you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God. The benefit I reap leads to holiness and eternal life.”
1 John 3:8 “The person who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. The devil has sinned from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.”
Is it possible to sin no more? This is a question that I began asking after reading John 8:11 when Jesus told the adulterous woman, “now go and sin no more.” Some versions say, “leave your life of sin.”
Background questions -
Why is the cost of sin death?
Where is life found in the 10 commandments?
Is it possible to walk without sin?
We discuss and answer these questions with the Word of God. The answer we discovered in the scriptures might surprise you.
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Planned Parenthood, the abortion provider that terminates over 300,000 young lives every single year.
'They Even Refuse to Condemn Infanticide': Senate Dems Vote Against Saving Babies Who Survive Abortions
Breaking story on CBN News
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which was sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), failed to pass the Senate with a vote of 53-44. Sasse needed 60 votes to make it law.
The Act would require doctors to save the lives of children who are born alive after an abortion and treat them like any other patient in need of life-saving care.
"This is an issue that even most people who identify themselves as being pro-choice think it's wrong to kill the baby after it's born alive. This shouldn't even be part of the abortion debate, this should be a protection that's guaranteed everybody in America - if you're born alive, nobody can take that life," he continued.
"In a civilized society, there should brightly colored moral lines that neither party will cross. The killing of infants should be one of them. But Senate Democrats crossed that line today, putting every American on notice that there is no bridge too far, no policy too extreme. This should not be a partisan issue, but it is telling how extreme the Democrats have become that they even refuse to condemn infanticide."
Monday night's vote follows a series of shocking state measures around the country in which Democrats have removed all restrictions on abortion. Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would protect babies who survive botched abortion attempts.
The Bible is far from silent on the topic of the sanctity of human life, especially pre-born life in the womb. This resource provides just a few of the Scripture verses that speak to the value of pre-born life created in God's image from the moment of fertilization.
Why Should We Value Life?
"Know that the LORD Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture" (Psalm 100:3, NASV).
"Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the One who formed you from the womb, ‘I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself, and spreading out the earth all alone . . .'" (Isaiah 44:24, NASV).
"But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father, we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and all of us are the work of Thy hand" (Isaiah 64:8, NASV).
Who Is the Creator of the Pre-born?
"For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works and that my soul knows well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them" (Psalm 139:13-16, NKJV).
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations" (Jeremiah 1:5, NIV).
How Is God Concerned With the Pre-born?
But when He who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through His grace . . ." (Galatians 1:15, RSV).
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for giving us through Christ every possible spiritual benefit as citizens of heaven! For consider what he has done—before the foundation of the world He chose us to become, in Christ, His holy and blameless children living within His constant care" (Ephesians 1:3-4, PME).
Are the Pre-born Human Beings?
"When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit…[saying] ‘As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy'" (Luke 1:41, 44, NIV).
The Lord Jesus Christ began his incarnation as an embryo, growing into a fetus, infant, child, teenager, and adult: "While they were there, the time came for the baby to born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son" (Luke 2:6-7, NIV).
Who Is Responsible for Life and Death?
Then God spoke all these words, saying . . . 'You shall not murder'" (Exodus 20:1, 13, NASV).
"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live" (Deuteronomy 30:19, KJV).
Are Humans Permitted to Take Life Before Birth?
"If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise" (Exodus 21:22-25, NIV).
Should a Child Conceived as a Result of Rape or Incest Be Aborted?
"Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin" (Deuteronomy 24:16, NKJV).
Should a Child Who Might Be Born Deformed or Disabled Be Aborted?
"So the LORD said to him, 'Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?'" (Exodus 4:11, NKJV).
"Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands?' Woe to him who says to his father, 'What have you begotten?' or to his mother, 'What have you brought to birth?' This is what the LORD says—the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My children, or give Me orders about the work of My hands?" (Isaiah 45:9-11, NIV).
"Yet, to shame the wise, God has chosen what the world counts folly, and to shame what is strong, God has chosen what the world counts weakness" (1 Corinthians 1:27, NIV).
How Should A Woman View Her Body and the Pre-born Life Growing in Her Womb?
"Behold, children are a gift of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3, NASV).
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20, NKJV).
Does God Forgive Those Who Have Had Abortions?
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace . . ." (Ephesians 1:7, NKJV).
"I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins" (Isaiah 43:25, NASV).
In Closing:
Consider your own life. Spending nine months pregnant with a child you don't think you are prepared to parent can be difficult, but taking your unborn child 's life is a decision you can never reverse. Should you choose to terminate your pregnancy, you will likely suffer from guilt, remorse and grief, possibly for many years to come. In addition, abortion can cause medical complications that may make it impossible for you to become pregnant when you think you are ready to be a parent. You may be making a decision affecting not only this child, but also your future children.
Consider the life of your child. Expected or unexpected, every child deserves to be loved. Just like you, your unborn baby deserves a chance at a happy life. As you make a decision about what to do next, listen to your heart, like your baby does; he hears it beating all the time.
Sources & further reading:
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/february/they-even-refuse-to-condemn-infanticide-senate-dems-vote-against-saving-babies-who-survive-abortions
https://www.faithwire.com/2019/02/25/couple-sues-planned-parenthood-for-additional-unplanned-child-after-botched-abortion/
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2018/october/former-planned-parenthood-director-reveals-why-she-rsquo-s-desperate-for-people-to-escape-the-abortion-industry
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/lifechallenges/love-and-sex/abortion/what-the-bible-says-about-the-beginning-of-life
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Season 2: Ep 7 - Refined By The Fire
Podcast Verse of the day: Romans 5:3-4
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope”
6 Ways To Be Prepared for Fiery Trials
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