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Episode 253: Final episode
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Episode 252: Did Jesus descend to hell?
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Episode 249: What does it mean to be gospel-centered?
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Episode 246: Devotional Download
Jason, Kyle, and Greg share about their recent devotional lives.
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Episode 245: How should we understand texts that seem to contradict election? Part 1
Highlights: John uses the word “world” in different ways, many times not intending to mean “every individual without exception.” John 1:10, 6:33 “…whoever believes…” does not communicate that all people are able to believe. Rather, all who do believe will be saved.
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Episode 244: What is the difference between self-love and confidence?
Highlights: The bible assumes man loves self and exhorts man to love others. Mark 12:31; Phil 2:3-4 The NT does exhort us to confidence…in the Lord. Phil 3:3; 2 Cor 3:4-5
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Episode 243: Does Numbers 5 justify abortion?
Episode Highlights: The passage describes a ritual test for adultery. The connection some have made to abortion is based upon a poor translation by the NIV, which mistakenly makes a reference to miscarriage. The passage has nothing to do with pregnancy, miscarriage, or abortion.
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Episode 242: How can I find my spiritual gift?
Episode Highlights: It appears from the NT that it is not essential to know your gift in order to exercise it. As our gifts are manifestations of the Spirit (1 Cor 12:7), we should walk in submission to Him that we might be used in whatever way He chooses (Gal 5:16, Col 3:16, Rom 8:13,…
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Episode 241: Why are some verses not recorded in some versions of the Bible?
Episode highlights: Chapter and verse divisions are not original to the biblical text. The verse divisions are tied to a Greek edition (Textus Receptus) that is based upon relatively few, relatively late manuscripts. Our modern translations are based upon many more manuscripts, some dating to the 2nd century AD. These better manuscripts indicate that some…
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Episode 240: Preparing Kids for Life After High School
The biggest issue is the spiritual test that comes from no longer having parents as a pressing influence toward church involvement/membership.
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Summer Break!
We’re taking a brief Summer hiatus from posting new episodes. Lord willing, we’ll be back with new content on Tuesday, August 2!
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Episode 239: Parenting adult children?
Episode Highlights: The Bible assumes a change in the parent/child relationship at adulthood. Prov 22:6; Eph 6:4 A key guidelines is to treat adult children as we would any other adult. We should: allow them to make their own mistakes; love them enough to prevent catastrophic mistakes; and, confront their sin as we would that…
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Episode 238: Ectopic pregnancies?
Episode Highlights An ectopic pregnancy results when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, virtually dooming the baby, and seriously imperiling the life of the mother. Some in the pro-life camp have found this to be a situation where a biblical love of life necessitates preserving the life of the mother by ending the doomed…
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Episode 237: How to guard against morbid introspection?
Episode highlights: The NT indicates that introspection should be occasional, not vocational. As we spend time with the Lord, He will expose our hearts. Morbid introspection can be counteracted with some simple guardrails.
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Episode 236: What are the marks of a God-honoring friendship?
Episode Highlights: Does this friendship keep God at the center? Does this friendship image God through unity? Does this friendship entail service unto mutual sanctification?
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Episode 235: Forgiveness follow-up: Can’t I forgive for my own sanctification?
Episode Highlights: We’re told explicitly to forgive the repentant. Luke 17:3 Forgiveness is distinct from emotional baggage handling. Eph 4:26-27 Forgiveness is inextricably bound to reconciliation. 2 Cor 7.
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Episode 234: How do I lead spiritually? part 6
Episode highlights: A man should lead his children by bringing them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Eph 6:4 Our discipleship should utilize intentional observation and individual interaction.
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Episode 233: How should I help my friend when she vents about her husband?
Episode Highlights: Distinguish between venting and seeking counsel. Gently steer her away from venting by offering to pray with her or asking if she needs counsel. If the wife needs counsel, be sure to only give counsel about how to handle her own heart since you don’t have all the information (Prov 18:13, 17)
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Episode 232: How do I lead spiritually? part 5
Episode Highlights: The Bible calls a man to give special care and attention to loving, knowing, and protecting his wife. Some influences from which a man can and should protect his wife are sin, ungodly influences, and over-commitment.
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Episode 231: How to help my husband without “nagging”?
Episode Highlights: Understand your multi-faceted role as a Christian wife Model stewardship in your own life Give plenty of space on non-essential issues Frame everything in love
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Episode 230: What is biblical counseling?
Episode Highlights: Stuart Scott: “Biblical Counseling is the Spirit-empowered process of one Christian coming along side another with words of encouragement, admonition, comfort and help, drawn from Scripture and presented in the context of relationship towards both God and man.” Biblical counseling is founded upon the convictions that the Word is sufficient (2 Tim 3:16-17),…
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Episode 229: How do I lead spiritually? part 4
Episode Highlights: Pursuit of the destination is a corporate activity, not a solitary one. Pursuing the destination with others entails stirring one another up to love and good deeds. (Heb 10:24-25) Regular meetings with other men, centered on stirring one another up, are an essential component of a man’s spiritual wellbeing and his ability to…
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Episode 228: How do I deal with emotional baggage?
Episode Highlights: The biblical method of change requires “putting off” and “putting on” (Eph 4:22-24) We should turn our thoughts from the offender’s character and works to the Lord’s character and works. We should put off any desire to repay evil for evil and instead proactively love the offender.
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Episode 227: Don’t Miss This!
Episode Highlights: Lust is a broad issue pertaining to all kinds of aberrant desires. Everyone in the church could use equipping on this issue, whether as a help for themselves or to come alongside others. Come to “Directing Desire: Looking to Jesus in the Battle Against Lust” May 14, 8:00a-12:45p at PBF.
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Episode 226: How do I lead spiritually? part 3
Episode Highlights: Prayer is an essential means of pursuing fellowship with the Lord. Meaningful participation in the church is an essential means of pursuing fellowship with the Lord. The spiritual disciplines are not ends in themselves, but conduits through which we enjoy the Lord.
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Episode 225: How do I lead spiritually? part 2
Episode Highlights: Spiritual leadership requires a man to pursue the destination personally. The spiritual health of the head of the household is a crucial factor the health of the household. A man’s personal fellowship with the Lord is the well from which he will lead his family. A man pursues the destination through practicing the…
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Episode 224: Is gambling a sin?
Episode Highlights: Gambling is nowhere explicitly forbidden in Scripture, but there are sufficient principles to discourage it. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. 1 Tim 6:9-10 Gambling is incompatible with biblical stewardship. Hastily gained wealth is the domain of the fool. Prov 13:11, 28:19-20
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Episode 223: How do I lead spiritually?
Episode Highlights Spiritual leadership requires me to know the destination to which I am leading, which is loving God (Deut 6:4-5; Matt 22:37). Spiritual leadership requires using God’s tools to get my family to the destination. Spiritual leadership requires using God’s power to get my family to the destination.
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Episode 221: How can I respond to my spouse’s anxiety?
Episode Highlights: A woman married to a man who is not obeying the Lord should focus on her own heart, understanding that there may be something the Lord wants to teach her. She should also focus on her God, understanding that her hope is in Him, not her husband. Husbands must recognize the great blessings…
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Episode 220: Premarital Counseling, Part 8 – The Sexual Relationship
Episode Highlights: A major obstacle to sexual intimacy is the pervasive adoption of cultural ideas about sex. God’s design for sex is mutual serving in marriage, understanding the delightful responsibility to help one another with sexual temptation. A godly sexual relationship takes place in the context of vibrant conversational, spiritual, and emotional sharing.
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Episode 219: Does having unsaved children disqualify a man from eldership?
Episode Highlights: Paul has in mind children still living in home. The grammar indicates that the qualification pertains to the submissive behavior–not the conversion–of the children. The parallel passage in 1 Tim 3:4-5 confirms that the concern is that a man manages his household well.
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Episode 218: Premarital counseling, Part 7–Children
Episode Highlights: The Bible seems to expect that those who can have children will. Gen 1:28; Psa 127:3-5 Parents should prioritize their one-flesh relationship. Gen 2:24 Parents should pursue unity in parenting. Parents should honor one another, and thereby teach their children to honor parents. 1 Peter 3:7; Eph 5:33, 6:2 Parents should commit to…
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Episode 217: How do I reengage with my spouse?
Episode Highlights: Have a straightforward conversation. Reach a diagnosis: is one or both spouses not pursuing the Lord? Recognize the dangers: what could happen if we do nothing? Make a plan: what do we need to do to remedy the situation?
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Episode 216: Premarital counseling, Part 6–Money
episode highlights: any marriage should begin with shared biblical financial principles (Prov 6:6-11; 22:7; Matt 6:24-34; 2 Cor 9:6-8; 1 Tim 6:10; Jas 1:17) Each person should know their own financial tendencies and those of their spouse and seek to balance/help one another. Budgeting is a wise way to accommodate numerous biblical principles. The more…
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Episode 215: What should I do about my spouse’s unwanted physical attention?
episode highlights: We should consider God’s design for sexual delight in marriage and how that informs the situation. We should be aware of the biblical responsibility to make ourselves available to meet the sexual needs of our spouses. We should pray that God would bring our hearts and desires in line with His Word.
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Episode 214: Premarital counseling, Part 5–Conflict Resolution
Episode highlights: We should commit to timely reconciliation (Eph 4:26-27) We should commit to righteous motivations (Matt 22:36-39) We should commit to prayerful examination (Matt 7:3-5) We should commit to a godly approach (Jas 1:19-20) We should commit to full understanding (Prov 18:13, 17)
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Episode 213: Premarital counseling, Part 4–Eradicating Assumptions
Episode Highlights: Much miscommunication could be avoided if we were determined to eradicate assumptions. Prov 18:13 Wrong assumptions are the cancer of relationships. One way to eradicate assumptions is to commit together to ask and answer “dumb questions.”
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Episode 212: What if I’m more stirred by devotionals than the Bible?
Episode Highlights: Devotionals, to the extent that they are biblically faithful, are just biblical teaching, which the Bible assumes we need. 2 Tim 3:16-4:4; Eph 4:11-12 The average Christian can grow to delight in the Scriptures. Psa 1:1-2; 119:14, 47, 92, 97 One could use a devotional as a catalyst to deeper reading/study, by going…
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Episode 211: Premarital Counseling, Part 3– Gender Roles
Episode highlights: The gospel enables husbands and wives to live in accordance with the good gender roles of Gen 2. Eph 5:22-31 A husband can lead well by being zealous for his own spiritual well-being, eradicating false worship in his home, and providing opportunities for spiritual growth for his wife and children. A wife can…
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Episode 210: Premarital counseling, Part 2– The Fall and The Gospel
Episode highlights: The roles of the male leader and female leader are part of God’s good pre-Fall design. Gen 2; 1 Cor 11; 1 Tim 2 The Fall marred the desires of man and woman, hardwiring a female desire to lead and a male desire to abuse authority. Gen 3 The Gospel provides a reversal…
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Episode 209: What should my relationships with former members of my church look like?
Episode Highlights: The local church requires a special level of engagement by virtue of the church covenant and obedience to the one another commands. Covenant church membership does not require the neglect of relationships outside, but does prioritize those inside.
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Episode 208: Should Christians watch horror movies or go to haunted houses?
Episode Highlights: This is most likely a conscience issue; one should not violate his or her own conscience while also not pressing his or her convictions on others. Romans 14 With issues of Christian liberty, is it wise to consider whether a particular activity will be spiritually helpful or detrimental. 1 Cor 6:12
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Episode 207: We didn’t receive pre-marital counseling. What should we do?
Episode Highlights: Suggested books: The Meaning of Marriage (Keller); Strengthening Your Marriage (Mack); Sexual Intimacy in Marriage (Cutrer) A successful one-flesh relationship cannot take place without healthy “leaving & cleaving.” Gen 2:24
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Episode 206: Relationship between salvation, baptism, and the Holy Spirit?
Episode Highlights Baptism is an act of obedience following conversion that serves as one’s public profession of faith. Water baptism is not the mechanism whereby the Holy Spirit comes to indwell the believer. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit takes place at one’s conversion, prior to baptism.
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Episode 205: What if my husband won’t pray with me?
Episode Highlights: This is a common phenomenon among Christian men–to lead well initially, but to trail off to spiritual neglect of wife and family. The wife should keep in mind her husband’s role as a spiritual nourisher in Ephesians 5:24ff. She should also remember that she has a responsibility as his sister in Christ to…
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Episode 204: How can we recognize demonic oppression?
Episode Highlights: The typical hard distinction between possession and oppression isn’t supported by the Scriptures. It is better to think of one phenomenon–demonic influence–having a wide spectrum of manifestations. Signs of demonic influence will vary depending upon the severity, ranging from absolute control of the individual to spiritual distraction. Some signs of demonic influence could…
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Episode 203: How to best love those who are overly political?
Episode Highlights It’s important to understand the nature of the issue first. Is this a biblical, wisdom, conscience, or preference issue? We should strive for patience and interrogate our own motives. Eph 4:1-3; Phil 2:3-5 We should ask good questions and listen well. Prov 18:13; Jas 1:19-20 We should lovingly bring attention back to the…
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Episode 202: Does the Bible have anything to say about aliens?
Episode Highlights: The Bible doesn’t directly address the issue, but that doesn’t rule out the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Given the Bible’s portrayal of man of the pinnacle of God’s creation, created as a spiritual being in God’s image, it is unlikely that if there are beings elsewhere they have souls. If…
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Episode 201: Are there good reasons to leave a church?
Episode Highlights: The NT doesn’t directly address this issue, likely because it assumes we will not leave churches except under truly exceptional circumstances. Many of the typical reasons we leave churches are treated by the NT as normal parts of church life, and it gives us instruction for how to handle them. Good reasons to…
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Summer Break!!
We’ll be taking a break from posting new episodes to the podcast until mid-August. Our next episode will be our 200th, which will post on August 17. Enjoy your Summer!
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Episode 199: How should we respond?
Episode Highlighs Pursue loving hearts and interactions. John 13:35; Gal 5:14 Strive to give no offense and take no offense. Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. James 1:19 Be sensitive regarding the time and place of our conversations. Eph 4:29; Prov 15:23 Turn the conversation toward the sufficiency of the…
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Episode 198: What about generational guilt?
Episode Highlights When sin or guilt affects a subsequent generation in the Bible it is by blood, not race. Exo 20:5 Examples of corporate guilt and repentance in the Bible involve current, ongoing sin. Ezra 9:7; Neh 1:6; Dan 9:20 The Bible explicitly teaches that children are not to be held accountable for the sins…
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Episode 197: What is standpoint epistemology?
Episode Highlights Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with what we can know and how we know it. Standpoint epistemology holds that a person’s knowledge is determined by their standpoint, or experience. Knowledge is therefore subjective. Oppressed classes have inherent, infallible knowledge about oppression that is not accessible to the oppressor class. Standpoint…
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Episode 196: What is intersectionality?
Episode Highlights Intersectionality holds that a persons identity is a result of the intersection of their experiences of oppression. Intersectionality suggests that one form of oppression cannot be addressed without addressing all others. I.e. racial injustice cannot be sufficiently addressed without also addressing gender inequality, age discrimination, etc. Intersectionality unbiblical defines a person’s identity according…
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Episode 193: Should we judge believers or not?
Episode Highlights James 4 has in mind slanderously condemning fellow believers. It’s inherently ungodly. Don’t do it. Romans 14 has in mind issues of conscience. Don’t condemn someone doing something not forbidden by Scripture. 1 Cor 5 commands us to judge in the sense of putting people outside the church who engage in unrepentant, gross…
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Episode 192: Does it really mean that? Matt 5:48
Episode Highlights Do we have to be perfect in order to enter eternal life? Yes! Matt 5:20 Christ fulfills the law on our behalf. His righteousness is imputed to us. Matt 5:17; Rom 8:1-4 The best understanding on this verse is not that we must be perfect in order to enter heaven, but that the…
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Episode 191: What are some ways a husband and wife can work side by side in ministry?
Episode Highlights: Be wise. Be responsible. Be flexible. Be committed. 1 Corinthians 12:27 (ESV) – Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
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Episode 190: Should Christians do business with LGBT couples? Part 2
Episode Highlights If we are going to set up moral boundaries in our businesses, we should do so consistently. I.e. not just homosexual sin, but heterosexual sin. Jesus’ example with sinners was consistently compassion, then “go and sin no more.” (John 4:1-29; 8:1-11)
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Episode 189: Should Christians do business with LGBT couples? Part 1
Episode Highlights What is God’s character toward the lost? Yes, wrath; but first, common grace and kindness (Matt 5:45). Approaching the question from the perspective of those called to make disciples may lead us in a particular direction. This is our explicit mandate, not stemming the social tide. (Matt 28:18-20) I don’t want to only…
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Episode 188: Is pornography grounds for divorce?
Episode Highlights The near and extended context of Matt 5:27-28 indicates that Jesus is seeking to help the people apply the law to their hearts and avoid a surface-level conception of obedience. Jesus does not intend to absolutely equate lust with adultery, so as to imply that the temporal consequences should be the same. It…
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Episode 187: Am I getting swept up into our culture of anger?
Episode Highlights Pastor John joins us to give a personal testimony The resources we read, watch, and hear can profoundly affect the way we think, leading to anger in various areas of life. Cutting off our access to these resources and devoting ourselves primarily to spiritual resources can help to reorient our hearts to seek…
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Episode 186: The Growth in Godliness Journal
Episode Highlights: Pastor Jason shares his new resource for daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reflection on the Lord’s work in our lives. The journal is a helpful tool to structure a daily devotional time for anyone, new believer or seasoned Christian. The resource could be tailored for us in a discipleship relationship. It is currently…
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Episode 185: Print or electronic bible?
Episode Highlights: This is most likely falls into the category of preference. So each person will different. There may be good reasons to use a print bible in some settings and electronic bible in other settings.
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Episode 184: Are Mormons Christians?
Episode Highlights: Mormon theology teaches a different god, Christ, and way of salvation. If someone holds to Mormon theology, he or she cannot be saved. Someone could call themselves a Mormon, but simply not know what the Mormon church teaches. The best way to help this person would be to invite her to read the…
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Episode 183: Does it really mean that? Prov 28:13
Episode Highlights: Most proverbs are general truths, and should not be treated like promises; they can have exceptions. (e.g. Prov 22:6) Some proverbs teach gospel truths which are universally true; there are no exceptions (Prov 28:13; Psa 32:1-5: 1 John 1;8-9). Repentance doesn’t not make us no longer sinners. We repent and believe unto salvation…
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Episode 182: Age of accountability?
Episode Highlights: Our condemnation before God is due to sins willfully committed by us. Matt 16:27 The greater revelation a person receives the greater will be their culpability. Matt 11:20-24 While there may not be explicit teaching that God saves those who cannot repent and believe, it is reasonable to trust that God will do…
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We interrupt this program…
Sorry to say that the virus has prevented us from producing a new episode this week. We’ll get back to it as soon as possible!
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Episode 181: How is Jesus’ joy related to ours?
Episode Highlights: We will rarely agree with every word of a given resource. Most resources will require us to “spit out the bones.” The vast majority of errors/heresies related to Christology arise from imbalances related to the hypostatic union–the doctrine that Christ is one person, fully God and fully man. Being fully man, Jesus does…
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Episode 180: Lessons from 2020
***Due to technical issues, this episode utilizes backup audio. We’ll be back to normal quality soon!*** Episode highlights: The devil will not miss an opportunity to cause division in homes, churches, and societies. Extra time does not automatically translate to more time with the Lord. Intimacy with the Lord requires vigorous intentionality. Journaling can be…
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Christmas Break!
Hey folks! We’re taking a short break to celebrate Christmas, have a baby, deal with some medical issues…and rest! Lord willing, we’ll pick up again with a new episode on Tuesday, January 12. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. May the Lord bless your time with family and friends, celebrating the Lord’s…
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Episode 179: Why don’t we cast lots anymore?
Episode Highlights: Casting lots was an OT and early NT method for discerning the will of God, similar to rolling dice. It was regarded as communication from God. Exo 28:30; Lev 16:8-10; Num 26:55-56; Acts 1:26 The confidence in the method was based upon the conviction that God is in control of all things, even…
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Episode 178: How do we prevent secular festivities from overtaking Christmas?
Episode Highlights: The Scriptures don’t give us instruction on how, when to celebrate the Lord’s birth, making it largely an area of freedom. Romans 14 Distinctions between the secular and spiritual in Christmas celebrations may depend upon a particular person’s history. 1 Cor 8-10 The best way to keep Christ central during Christmas is to…
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Episode 177: God’s sovereignty and government over-reach
Episode Highlights: God’s control and our responsibility can be thought of as concentric circles with God’s control being an all-encompassing circle, our responsibility being a smaller circle within it. Eph 1:11; Acts 17:24-27 Our priority as believers (the main emphasis of our circle of responsibility) is the spread of the kingdom. Matt 28:19-20 Paul’s example…
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Episode 176: Reversal of gender roles in the home?
Episode Highlights: There are clear biblical roles for husbands and wives regarding leadership, love, and submission in the home (Eph 5:22-31). It is not clear that women should work exclusively in the home and men should work exclusively outside the home (Prov 31:16, 24; Gen 29:9; Exo 2:16-17; Song 1:6, 7-8; Ruth 2:1-3; Acts 18:2-3)…
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Episode 175: Dealing with besetting sexual sin
Episode Highlights: If not already, engage in the typical mechanics of fighting sin: radical amputation (Matt 5:29-30), putting off/putting on (Eph 4:22-24), mind renewal (Rom 12:2), accountability (2 Tim 2:22), and prayer. It is crucial to have a clear view of the compassion of Christ for sinners. He is drawn to us, pities us in…
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Episode 174: Should Christians “prep”?
Episode Highlights: It’s appropriate to prepare for the future. Pro 6:6-11; Matt 24:42 It’s sinful to fret about the future. Matt 6:25-34 We should understand ourselves to be stewards of God. 1 Cor 6:19-20; Psa 24:1-2 We should be generous. Acts 4:34-35; Matt 5:42; 1 John 3:17
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Episode 173: Is surrogacy always wrong?
Episode Highlights: The main moral difficulty with gestational surrogacy is the element of in-vitro fertilization. In-vitro usually results in the death of embryos, which violates the Bibles teaching on the sanctity of life. Psa 51:5; Exo 20:13 We can celebrate the life of this child and admire the self-less motive of the surrogate in this…
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Episode 172: What should I do about inappropriate dreams?
Episode Highlights: We are not in control of our dreams and so should not feel guilt about the dreams themselves. There may be issues/desires in our waking hours which are contributing to the dreams that need to be dealt with. Isa 29:7-8 The dreams could be a warning, temptation, or testing. Job 33:14-18; Deut 13:1-4;…
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Episode 171: Questions about prayer and fasting
Episode Highlights The NT assumes that we will fast, but doesn’t give clear direction about when or how. (Matt 6:16-17; 9:14-15) A fast will be most beneficial when we have a clear spiritual purpose in mind. Helpful insights on fasting can be found in Donald Whitney’s book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. We shouldn’t…
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Episode 170: How should a couple handle tithing when they don’t agree? Part 2
Episode Highlights The couple who disagrees about giving should discuss all biblical/wisdom principles about giving. They should pray that the Lord would give them generous hearts and unify them on the issue. In the absence of an agreement, the husband should make a wise decision (to give as much as they can both joyfully give)…
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Episode 169: How should a couple handle tithing when they don’t agree? Part 1
Episode Highlights: To truly tithe, one would need to give 23.3% of their income. Deut 12:6-7, 14:22-29, 26:12-13. Tithing is not the standard of giving for the New Covenant believer. The NT models joyful generosity that far exceeds a “God owns 10%” mentality. Acts 2:43-47, 4:32-37, 11:27-30. Believers should give as much as they can…
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Episode 168: Should Christians petition to cancel Cuties?
Episode Highlights: This is not merely an issue of contending for a higher moral standard in society, but of protecting the weak. The Bible calls the strong to protect the weak. Acts 20:35; Psa 82 There are multiple levels of victimization involved in the airing of this show. Christians cannot allow the victimization/sexualization of children…
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Episode 167: Counseling a child regarding assurance?
Episode Highlights The Bible doesn’t point to our conversion experience as a source of assurance. The Bible does point to spiritual growth as a source of assurance. (2 Peter 1:5-10) We can help our children by making sure they understand the distinctions between justification and sanctification. We can help our children by helping them to…
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Episode 166: Another trial after the 1,000 year reign?
Episode Highlights: A premillennialist might say that it depends upon who “we” is. Glorified believers reigning with Christ likely will not have to endure. Unglorified believers who survived the tribulation likely will. Believers born during the millennium definitely will. A problem with a premillennial understanding of Rev 20 is that it requires death to exist…
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Episode 165: How do I answer my kids’ questions about my past?
Episode Highlights: Tell the truth. Our authority comes from the Lord, not from our perfectly navigating life. Sordid details may not be helpful. We don’t want to put a stumbling block in front of someone by getting into such detail that we are introducing them to things they aren’t even aware of. If a parent…
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We’re taking a short break!
Our podcast team is taking a short break from recording and posting new episodes so that we can do some important things like having babies, nursing loved ones to health, etc. We’ll plan to post our next episode on Tuesday, September 1. Until then, please find one below you haven’t heard and share it with…
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Episode 164: Can a seared conscience be re-sensitized?
Episode Highlights: – The conscience is our God-given capacity to make moral judgments about ourselves. (Rom 2:14-15) – A seared conscience is one that has become desensitized due to an individual repeatedly ignoring its voice. (1 Tim 4:1-2) – A seared conscience is dangerous because it makes us more vulnerable to the harmfulness of sin.…
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Episode 163: How far should I pursue an estranged family member?
Highlights: – Such strained relationships with unbelieving relatives should not surprise us as Jesus came to “bring a sword” (Matt 10:32-38) – In all such situations, “as far as it depends upon you, be at peace with all men” (Rom 12:18). – Pray for the heart of Christ toward the estranged relative.
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Episode 162: Opposing mask ordinances?
Highlights: – Depends upon what we mean by “oppose.” – Since our constitution gives us the right to redress in the courts, there is nothing wrong with seeking to have a mandate overturned. (Rom 13:1-2) – It is not biblical to simply disobey the mask mandates, even if we hold that the mandates are unconstitutional.…
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Episode 161: Dealing with teen anxiety…an upcoming resource
Highlights: Jason, Greg, and Kyle discuss a resource Jason is writing to help teens deal with anxiety by pressing into the joy of meaningful fellowship with the Lord. Anxiety Survey Link: http://www.providencebiblefellowship.com/anxiety
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Episode 160: CCW for Christians?
Episode Highlights – The sanctity of human life based upon creation in God’s image leads to numerous injunctions to protect the weak from the wicked (Psa 82:3-4, Prov 24:11) – While we are not under the OT law, it does provide a window to the character of God. On this issue, the law indicates that…
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Episode 159: My life isn’t turning out how I’d hoped…
Episode Highlights: – This is the broad experience of man (Prov 19:21) – We should be thankful God’s plans are always fulfilled, even at the expense of our own, in light of His supreme wisdom and love (Rom 8:28-30) – The key to overcoming depression and despair over unfulfilled plans is desiring Jesus above all…
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