Sessions On Life

Josh and Ubi welcome special guest, Jalen Chestnut from The Rock Global Outreach Ministries

Join your hosts Ubi Ntewo and Josh Calhoun as they discuss engaging in prayer. 

1 John 5.14-15 [CSB]

I. Powerful prayer is heard and used by God.

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask

anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know

that he hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we

have asked of him.

II. Powerful prayer gives us confidence before God.

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything

according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he

hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have

asked of him.

III. The power of prayer is in the one to whom it is

directed.

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask

anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know

that he hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we

have asked of him.

Matthew 6:5–13 [CSB]

5 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words. 8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.

9 “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy.

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13 And do not bring us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.

Join Ubi Ntewo and Josh Calhoun as they hear a testimony of a featured guest, Ethan Price and hear some of his story of growing in faith. 

ENGAGING WITH SCRIPTURE

Determining the original meaning of the text.

Authorial intent vs. Reader-response.

- Authorial Intent: discovering the author’s message.

- Reader-response: discover the audience’s response.

Cataloging the “then and now,” differences.

- Covenant: Old covenant vs. New covenant

- Situation

 - Culture & language

 - Governance & politics

Cataloging the “then and now,” similarities.

 - Covenant

 - Situation

Discovering the spiritual principle or the Spirit of the text.

 - Use “then & now” similarities to determine the spiritual principle.

 - Apply the parts-whole spiral [reflect back & forth between the teaching of the text and the teachings of the whole Bible].

Applying the principle in our lives or “walking the spirit” of the text.  

 - Scripture is meant to be lived out.

 - A text generally has one spiritual principle but many applications.

 - Wrong application of a spiritual principle can be very harmful.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:

Grasping God’s Word [by J. Scott Duvall & J. Daniel Hays]

Sessions on Life: Episode 3 | The Power of Scripture 

12 For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

60 Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?” 61 Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

22 Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, 23 because you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this word is the gospel that was proclaimed to you.

In this episode, we begin our examination of scripture by looking at the nature of scripture. 

Psalm 19.7-11

The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one’s life;

the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.

The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad;

the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.

The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever;

the ordinances of the LORD are reliable and altogether righteous.

They are more desirable than gold—than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey

dripping from a honeycomb.

In addition, your servant is warned by them, and in keeping them there is an abundant reward.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

McDowell, Josh, and McDowell Josh. The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. Authentic Media, 2015.

SHELLEY, BRUCE. CHURCH HISTORY IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. ZONDERVAN, 2021.

Welcome to Sessions On Life with Learners Of Christ the King (LOCK) United. In this first episode, we wanted to introduce ourselves, and tell you a little bit about why we are starting this podcast. We want to give anyone at any point on their faith journey a place to learn from our experiences and talk about some questions in faith. 

Hosts: Ubi Ntewo + Josh Calhoun