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In this episode of Anchored by Truth, RD Fierro and Melinda Carroll dive back into the popular song "The ABC's of Faith" to draw out rich, life-changing spiritual truths. While simple enough for children, the biblical figures highlighted in the song reveal a critical lesson for Christians of all ages: salvation is never a group package deal.

-- Group membership, ancestry, and cultural lineage offer zero standing when it comes to eternity and our standing before a holy God.

-- Jesus sharply confronted the religious leaders of His day for relying on their connection to Abraham while ignoring justice, mercy, and personal repentance.

-- Biblical heroes like Abraham, Mary, Noah, and Zacchaeus each demonstrate how genuine faith responds to God on an individual level through active obedience.

-- True faith isn't passive or lethargic; authentic encounters with the Savior always produce tangible action, transformed lives, and a desire to serve.

-- Passing down an enduring Christian faith to children requires intentional, creative effort from parents, grandparents, and leaders using every modern media tool available.

Listen in to discover how simple musical truths can anchor your family's heart in timeless scripture!

Scriptural References for Further Study:

-- Genesis 4

-- 2 Chronicles 24

-- Matthew 3:7-9

-- Matthew 23:23-24, 34-35

-- Luke 1:35-37

-- Luke 19:1-10

-- Romans 4:9, 16

-- Hebrews 11:19

-- James 4:8-9

-- Revelation 5:9

This is episode 378.

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Hearing the Still Small Voice in a Loud World

We live in a culture that celebrates self-reliance, success, and building our own kingdoms. But what happens when our plans collide with God's purposes? In this message, "God's Interruption," Pastor Steve Dow walks through biblical history to demonstrate how God consistently interrupts humanity to correct our paths, humble our pride, and redirect our focus toward the Great Commission.

Using the sobering account of King David’s unauthorized census in 1 Chronicles 21, Pastor Steve illustrates how secret pride leads to public consequences. David ignored the warning signs and the wise counsel of Joab, choosing to rely on the size of his army rather than the power of his God. When we build strongholds instead of pursuing the harvest, we set ourselves up for a divine course correction. This teaching is a clarion call to unplug from the chaos, still our hearts, and yield to the authority of Jesus Christ.

Main points discussed in this episode:

-- Divine interruptions throughout scripture, including Adam and Eve, Noah, the Tower of Babel, Abraham, the incarnation of Jesus Christ, and the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus.

-- The danger of hard-headedness and ignoring the promptings of the Holy Spirit when we are traveling down the wrong path.

-- The necessity of being a "sending agency" that prioritizes global missions and local evangelism over personal comfort and internal growth.

-- Recognizing that our choices never happen in isolation; individual trespasses create footholds for the enemy that can harm the entire community.

-- The contrast between the loud distractions of life (the wind, the earthquake, and the fire) and the still, small voice of God where true clarity is found.

Scriptures for Further Study

-- 1 Chronicles 21:1-2

-- 1 Chronicles 21:8-13

-- Romans 10:8-10

-- Romans 10:13-14

-- Ephesians 4:27

-- 1 Kings 19

-- Psalm 37:7

-- Psalm 62:5

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There's a woman mentioned in Matthew 8 who appears in exactly two sentences — and then never again. No name. No backstory. No follow-up. But Matthew went out of his way to include her. And what she did next after Jesus touched her life might be the most important lesson in the entire chapter.

She got up and she served. Not because she had to. Because she wanted to.

In this message, Pastor Ryan wraps up the summer "That's Crazy" series by asking a question that cuts close: what invitation from Jesus have you been saying no to — not because you don't love him, but because you've been so focused on what it might cost you that you never considered what God wants to give you on the other side of your yes?

📖 *Scripture Reference:* Matthew 8:14-15, Titus 2:14, Ephesians 2:10, Matthew 10:39, Proverbs 24:16, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Proverbs 11:25, John 13

💡 *Big Idea:* Peter's mother-in-law shows us that the natural response to encountering grace is service — not obligation, but overflow. When we say no to serving, we don't just miss out on impacting others. We miss out on the life, relationships, formation, and fulfillment God has waiting for us.

❤️ *Key Quote:* "You're never going to discover God's purpose for your life if you're unwilling to participate in God's work."

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📚 *Topics in this Message:*

The things we resist most often become the things we appreciate most

Matthew 8:14-15 — Peter's mother-in-law and a response that changes everything

Why Matthew specifically singled her out in the middle of a crowd of healings

The word "serve" in the original Greek — same root as "deacon" (practical and spiritual)

Grace doesn't just forgive us — it reshapes what we value

Four things we miss when we say no to Jesus's invitation

Miss #1: The life you were created to live (purpose vs. comfort)

The grand piano used as a dining room table — and what it means for your calling

Miss #2: People in your corner — Proverbs 24:16 and Ecclesiastes 4

Miss #3: Becoming who God wants you to be — John 13 and the disciples' feet

There are things God can only teach us while we serve

Miss #4: Seeing God work through you — and the text message from a Liberty volunteer

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The righteous will shine forth like the sun.

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Jesus taught the crowds differently than He taught His disciples.

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Matthew 13 talks a lot about the Kingdom of God.

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Why did Jesus teach in parables?

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What is the Kingdom of God?

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References:

(1) Many people have been taught evolution as an UNQUESTIONABLE FACT while being UNAWARE of the numerous historical errors, frauds, exaggerations, and premature conclusions that have appeared in its defense.

(2) Remember

Science is performed by fallible people.

A PREDETERMINED BIAS can influence scientific conclusions.

Incorrect ideas sometimes remain in textbooks for decades.

Scientific consensus does not guarantee the truth.

(3) Darwin acknowledged that there were “a crowd of difficulties” with his theory and stated, “Some of them are SO SERIOUS that to this day I can HARDLY REFLECT on them without being in some degree STAGGERED; but, to the best of my judgment, the greater number are ONLY APPARENT, and those that ARE REAL are not, I think, FATAL to the theory.”

(4) Notice one thing about Darwin’s response at the end of the above quotation: Objections to his theory are not fatal. He offers no evidence for that claim. That relegates his response to just an OPINION. Here is basic fact in my mind: Opinions DO NOT SOLVE scientific problems.

(5) The consequences for man — of Darwins’ theory — were clear. Man was no longer at the center of the living world. The human was not a created Being made in the image of God. Neither was the human the product of a Divine Plan — evolution does NOT have a plan.

(6) E. J. Larson, author of the 2002 book The Theory of Evolution: A History of Controversy writes on p. 58 “that Darwin did what he could to document his view that natural selection was a PLAUSIBLE MECHANISM — not necessarily the BEST mechanism, but at least a plausible one, because he needed at least SOME MECHANISM that was better than Lamarck’s theory, in order to have people buy into his theory of evolution. His mechanism was natural selection.”

(7) Of course, artificial selection no more PROVES evolution than the fact that humans have built computers proves that a computer can evolve solely by natural means without intelligence.

(8) Most surprisingly, Darwin RETREATED BACK to the DISCREDITED theory of evolution due to Lamarck, which postulated that biological characteristics acquired during one’s lifetime could be passed onto one’s offspring.

(9) B. Houston, author of the 2012 book Natural God: Deism in the Age of Intelligent Design, wrote that for Darwin, even the term “evolve” itself evolved. In the first edition of Origin of the Species published in 1859, [Darwin] uses only forms of the word “descent” rather than “evolution.” Not until the sixth edition, published in 1872, does Darwin use the word evolution (found on p. 124 of Natural God).

(10) Cambridge University professor Peter Vorzimmer wrote in an article entitled “Charles Darwin and blending inheritance” in Isis vol. 54, 1963, p. 371 that “the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin. . . . in the latter part of his life, when CONTRASTED with the Origin of Species in 1859, indicate a considerable CHANGE in his evolutionary thought over the intervening years . . . . the overall CHANGE effected appears GREAT and the resultant view nearly ANTITHETICAL to that of the first edition of the Origin, . . . . [and] such a RADICAL CHANGE could not be looked upon merely as a MODIFICATION of an earlier view, but as an ADOPTION of a DISTINCTLY new one.”

(11) In the introduction to a 1971 edition of Darwin’s book, the biologist L. Harrison Matthews observes, “The fact of evolution is the BACKBONE of biology, and biology is thus in a PECULIAR POSITION of being a science founded on an UNPROVED THEORY — is it then a SCIENCE or a FAITH? Belief in the theory of evolution is thus EXACTLY PARALLEL to belief in SPECIAL CREATION — both are CONCEPTS which believers know to be true but neither, up to the present, had been able to prove.”

(12) Michael Behe is the American microbiologist who introduced the concept of irreducible complexity in his book Darwin’s Black Box.

This is episode 285.

"Leadership means being a resource to your team."

— Captain James Pittman

What happens when a law enforcement agency willingly shines a light into its own dark corners to build ultimate community trust? In this episode, Javonni Hampton sits down with Captain James Pittman of the Leon County Sheriff's Office to explore his career and current position with the Office of Inspector General. From his early calling to restore order in chaos to leading revolutionary research partnerships with local universities, Captain Pittman pulls back the curtain on modern policing, true accountability, and why public safety is ultimately a shared community responsibility.

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