Two principles for a happy marriage: severance and permanence. You must leave your old family for your new one, and you must stick with it.

Scripture makes it clear—whatever you do, do it to the glory of God. But how do you do that on the job—maybe working a cash register, waiting tables, filing paperwork, or driving a taxi? How can that sort of work glorify God? There is more to your work than a paycheck—much more—as John MacArthur shows you in his study called Wisdom for the Workplace.

You may not think of yourself as controlling. You’re just trying to protect the people you love and keep things from falling apart! Lysa TerKeurst reveals how fear can quietly drive our need for control, but how trusting God with the things we can’t fix can bring freedom and peace. You can’t control every outcome…but you can trust the One who can.

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The promises of God glitter like diamonds on the pages of Scripture. Will we gather them? Claim them? Delight in them? Pursue them? Elijah did. He prayed, not just once, but seven times!

“Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea” (1 Kings 18:43-44). God’s answer came as a cloud the size of a hand, and that was enough to excite Elijah.

Faith sees the distant cloud. Faith sees promises as though they were fulfilled. Can you see the hint of an answer to your prayer?

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Season 3, Episode 5

In this episode, Michael and Zach continue their “Cosmic Vocabulary” mini-series by moving from individual spiritual beings to the structure of the unseen realm. They explore biblical terms such as “sons of God,” “host of heaven,” “holy ones,” and elohim, showing how Scripture uses several overlapping categories for members of God’s heavenly court. The discussion also examines “the satan” as a title in Job, the spiritual “princes” of Daniel 10, Paul’s language of rulers and authorities, and the debated identity of the twenty-four elders in Revelation. From there, the episode turns to one of the most controversial categories in the series: the Watchers. Michael and Zach distinguish the three biblical references in Daniel from the much larger Watcher tradition found in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, explaining what these ancient texts can—and cannot—tell us about Genesis 6, fallen angels, and later Jewish interpretation. Throughout the episode, they carefully separate canonical teaching from historical background and speculation, while showing why this vocabulary matters for understanding the Bible’s supernatural worldview.

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0:00 Opening Banter: HOAs, Trampolines, and Bird Watching

7:08 Cosmic Vocabulary II: The Heavenly Court

8:23 Sons of God, Host of Heaven, and Holy Ones

10:32 Psalm 82 and the Divine Council

17:24 “The Satan” as a Title

22:14 Princes, Powers, and Spiritual Rulers

24:20 Deuteronomy 32 and Territorial Beings

34:05 The Watchers

36:16 First Enoch, Genesis 6, and the Watcher Tradition

44:18 Jubilees and Other Second Temple Sources

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Why did Jesus tell Mary not to touch him? If I don't move to Texas, will God forgive me? I wonder if I have committed the unforgivable sin!