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Shadowlands Announcement for November 17th, 18th, & 19th
November 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBThe Newport Theatre Guild Presents “Shadowlands” this November. Based on real-life events, the stage play “Shadowlands” shows how the famous English author, C.S. Lewis, met and fell in love with the American, Joy Gresham. It is a story of humor and drama that has captured the imagination of audiences around the world. Now, the Newport Theatre Guild is partnering with the Liberty Church Arts Fellowship in Cosby, Tennessee to bring Nicholson's play to life for the first time in Cocke Count...
Going Through Hard Times: A Panel Discussion at Liberty Church
September 27, 2023 17:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThis past Sunday at Liberty Church, we had a panel discussion during our morning service on the subject of "Going Through Hard Times." The panel included people from our congregation. We invite you to listen to their stories, and we hope the discussion is encouraging.
Your Work Matters: A Devotion on Labor Day
September 04, 2023 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.43 MBDaily work can often feel like meaningless toil. Repetitive, mundane effort. We wake, we work, we sleep, only to start the process all over again… as the clock ticks on. But understanding the spiritual significance of our work as serving God brings an unexpected meaning to every day life.
When You Feel Like a Nobody
August 28, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBPeople admire celebrities for various reasons. Some can be healthy reasons. By that, I mean aspirational or motivational. You can admire somebody who takes his talent, combines it with a work ethic and makes creations that thousands of people can enjoy. But people can admire celebrities for unhealthy or pathological or pathological reasons—especially if you feel like a nobody and envy the rich and famous, or those that are excellent in what they do. Fans will do anything to have a bru...
God is Not Your Adversary
August 10, 2023 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWe’re tempted to believe that God's not really for us. If He's not for us, He must be against us, at least somewhat. He's actually a barrier to what would really make me happy. Just by who He is, He blocks my personal happiness. He stands opposed to me. Therefore He is an adversary. But the message today is contrary to all of that. The message is: God is not your Adversary.
What is Your Purpose in Life?
August 03, 2023 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.23 MBWhy are you here? Why do you exist? What is your life about? This podcast discusses the framework of our purpose in life.
Live Like New Humans
July 27, 2023 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.26 MBWhat does a new humanity look like? Colossians 3:8-17 describes what a new life in Christ looks like.
Do You Worship Idols?
July 10, 2023 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.79 MBDavid Powlison crafted probing questions that help us understand the condition of our hearts. What do I love most? Peoples’ approval? Comfort? Control? Which voice in this world do I obey? Whom must I please? What makes me tick? What sun does my planet revolve around? The point of all these questions is to help us find the idols of our hearts.
Finding Our True Selves
July 04, 2023 21:00 - 8 minutes - 5.74 MBHave you ever wished you could be someone else? Several people made comments along this line on Reddit. Here are some examples of what they said: "I wish I was pretty. I wish I was successful. I wish I had friends. I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish I was happy. I wish I wasn't broken. I wish I had hope. I wish I was worth anything to anyone." Someone else wrote: ”I built up an ideal version of myself in my head, and while daydreaming about it is nice, it kills me to know I'll never live ...
We Are Complete in Christ
June 26, 2023 20:00 - 5 minutes - 3.61 MBPeople often feel that religion is just an atmosphere of control, judgmental-ism, and rules, along with extreme and strange views. This is all too true in aberrant religious movements throughout history—even some religious movements that take the name of Christ. Instead of enjoying the freedom and joy that the Gospel brings into the life of a Christian, we take the gospel, a gift from God, and turn it into hierarchical power structures, religious domineering, and atmospheres of suspicion a...
Christ is Everything You Need. Right Now and Without Effort.
June 19, 2023 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MBChrist is Everything You Need, Right Now and without Effort." A summary of the message delivered to Liberty Church of Cosby, June 18, 2023. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-phillipson/making-progress License code: RNCGSLMCGHT0LMTM
Psalm 11 for Today
June 14, 2023 13:00 - 2 minutes - 1.49 MBSummary of message notes written by Tom Black: The virtues and values which have for some time undergirded our national character are under direct attack by the forces of those who have embraced the ideology and agenda of so-called "progressivism," which is the driving force behind the drastic spiritual and moral decline in our culture today with its destructive effects on our society. Seen as an enemy of the progressives, and an obstacle to their goal of radically transforming society, eve...
The Preeminence of Christ (Be of Good Cheer)
May 18, 2023 12:00 - 5 minutes - 3.6 MBPreeminent. What does it mean? Preeminent means “distinguished, or supreme, surpassing all others. It describes someone or something that is of the highest rank or importance, paramount rank, or dignity. Something outstanding. Something supreme. In the New Testament Book of Colossians, the Apostle Paul reminds us that Jesus Christ is the truly preeminent one, not just in the Field of Teaching, or in Religious History, or simply in the Minds of Christians. No, Paul tells us that Ch...
You Can't Say Anything at All.
April 20, 2023 15:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MBAngel Falls, Niagra Falls, Victoria Falls are some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. Definitely the most visited. There’s Yosemite Falls as well, the Gullfoss Waterfalls in Iceland, the Sutherland Falls in New Zealand. People travel the world and spend their fortunes to see their beauty—feel the power of them—hear the crushing weight of water plunging downward. But what if I told you all this descriptive language was a waste of time. All the travel documentaries were worthl...
Make the World Fit Women
April 14, 2023 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.24 MB“Don't think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women,” Gloria Steinem said. It’s a pretty famous quote. I haven’t followed Steinem’s writings, but this quote is a great launching point to discuss the idea of subjectivism. And the issue goes much broader than what we call “women’s issues.” And I want to make sure I hit this issue at the proper level. If Steinem means that we should change the world to make things better for women because it hasn’t been...
All Is Lost
April 07, 2023 21:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MBYour favorite stories, the best narratives have what many writers call an “All is Lost Moment.” In the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey loses thousands of dollars and is at risk of going to jail—through no fault of his own. In Star Wars, Darth Vader kills Obi Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker’s friend and mentor. In the classic, Pride and Prejudice, Jane learns that her sister Lydia and run away with Wickham—and that her family—along with her hopes for a future with Mr. Darcy—are ruin...
Where Do You Get Your Opinions?
April 04, 2023 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.17 MBAre you running short on opinions? Do you need some new ones to take with you today? Here are some opinions from Mindjournal that might help: 37% of people agree that cold weather is better than warm weather. 41% of people agree that orange juice tastes better with pulp. 35% of people agree that tomatoes ruin sandwiches. Or you can just take these opinions with you without the polling percentages. Just straight up opinions: Pancakes are overrated. Batman is not an interesting charac...
Are You Shocked at This?
March 28, 2023 23:00 - 3 minutes - 2.55 MB“We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” — C.S. Lewis Why do we seem to lose our humanity and how do we get it back?
An Attack on Our Humanity
March 24, 2023 12:00 - 5 minutes - 3.71 MBAre we in danger of losing what makes us human? Have we been fatally poisoned by a dangerous idea? Is humanity at risk of losing its soul?
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
March 21, 2023 12:00 - 4 minutes - 2.82 MBStanding on the grass between our houses, I got into a philosophical discussion with my friend. I had to be eight or nine years old and we got into a deep question. Are we animals? We had to know. It was important. We couldn’t agree, but we had resources to find out. All we had to do was run home and consult the authorities. This was years before home computers, let alone the internet. So… we asked our moms. My friend reported back and said yes, of course, we are animals. But tha...
Magic and Science are Soul-Mates & Siblings
March 14, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.82 MBOn Subjectivism #2 Magic and Science are Soul-Mates and Siblings. They’re a Match Set. Birds of a feather. Two of a kind and kindred spirits. In fact, they’re twins. Does this surprise you? Setting aside Arthur C. Clarke’s famous statement that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” how can I say that Magic and Science go together? Doesn’t science deal with the real world? It's based on repeatable, verifiable, peer-reviewed results from experiments...
Are You In Your Own Little World? (On Subjectivism #1)
March 09, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.58 MBDo you live in your own personal metaverse? The blockchain council describes the metaverse as “an expansive virtual world made up of persistent, 3D worlds rendered in real-time.” It’s a virtual space you can create to be almost whatever you want. In late two thousand twenty-one, Facebook changed its name to Meta because it views the metaverse as the future of the internet where we’re empowered to create worlds that fit our personal desires. This is the third iteration of the internet. ...
How We Can Indeed Mock God
March 07, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBDuring the last two podcasts, we talked about how we can’t mock God because our disdain does not, and cannot, change the reality of who He is and what He cares about. But on the other hand, there is a way that we can indeed mock God. The writer Matthew reports about Christ’s trial: “…the soldiers of the governor… gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in h...
Thoughts on Galatians 6:7-8
March 04, 2023 18:00 - 1 minute - 889 KBWho is Paul talking to when he writes, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap?” He’s talking to church people. He’s not griping about the surrounding culture or shaking his finger at the Roman Empire, warning corrupt outsiders that God is about to smack them down. No. He’s writing to those who believe in Christ. To those under grace. If we live out of Christ’s Spirit, we’ll reap the blessings of eternal life. We’ll experience a bit of ...
Thoughts on Galatians 6:7
March 03, 2023 15:00 - 1 minute - 930 KB“Why does Paul say, “God is not mocked” when He is mocked all the time? Look at the movies and the comedy shows. We turn up our noses at His mere existence. We sniff at the limitations of His law. We dismiss His concerns and show contempt for any moral reasoning that might even slightly cut across our desires. We laugh at and dismiss the warnings—along with the promised blessings of living in accord with His standards. But even though an entire Universe of people may laugh at...
Malice vs. Thanksgiving
November 18, 2020 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.71 MBTension in the air at Thanksgiving? Here is some help! Based on 1 Peter 2:1-3.
To the Next President of the United States
November 03, 2020 18:00 - 12 minutes - 8.64 MBThe Apostle Paul encouraged us from the earliest days of the church to pray for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. That’s what we will do. We’ll pray for you. It is our best interest to pray for you because we really just want to lead peaceful and quiet lives in a godly and dignified way. We want that for ourselves and for everyone else. We’ll pray that you have the wisdom to move our nation in that ...
Relating to Peter, the Apostle
October 16, 2020 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MBThe Apostle Peter was a man of faith and fear along with amazing accomplishments and crushing defeats. He’s relatable and understandable. Let his life encourage you. Listen to the introduction to his letter, 1 Peter.
Can We Be Likeminded? (Philippians 2)
August 19, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.17 MBIs there an answer to division, anger, and resentment?
Can We Be Likeminded? (Philippians 2)
August 19, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.17 MBIs there an answer to division, anger, and resentment?
The Word Became Flesh, A Meditation from John 1
July 23, 2020 22:00 - 1 minute - 1.27 MBAn audio meditation of selections from John 1 in the New Testament. Watch the video here.
Are You Guilty for What Your Parents Did?
July 16, 2020 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat does God say about Generational Guilt? Ezekiel 18 is a great passage! Listen to the Podcast, 15:41 min.
Are You Guilty for What Your Parents Did?
July 16, 2020 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat does God say about Generational Guilt? Ezekiel 18 is a great passage! Listen to the Podcast, 15:41 min.
Americans are Angry.
July 02, 2020 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.79 MB“We’re living, in effect, in a big anger incubator,” said Raymond Novaco, a psychology professor at the University of California at Irvine… How can we find relief in an age of uncertainty? Listen to the Podcast, 9:50 min.
Evil’s Kill Shot
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBDo you struggle with why God allows evil? This podcast considers the Biblical answer to this problem–although a short podcast can never say all that needs to be said! But these few minutes should be encouraging.
Does This Insult You?
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBAre you insulted by being call a ____________ ?
Christ Wants to Give You Rest
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBLiberty’s First Drive-In Church Service, Sunday April 27, 2020. Liberty Church met for the first time since the pandemic lockdown. It was a drive-in service transmitted to fm radios. Everyone was eager to see each other, even if it was from a distance. Thanks to everyone who made the day possible: testing the technology, working with parking attendants, and bringing in a trailer for a stage.
Resurrection is a Return from Exile: John 20:11-18
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBThe outdoor service for May 10, 2020, from our series on the Gospel of John that began January 2018. Missions Report at 00:50 sec. Scripture Reading by Tom Black, John 20:11-18 at 6:08 min. Prayer by Dave Ford at 7:30 min. Message begins at 8:45 min.
Returning to Liberty & My Interview with C.S. Lewis
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 8 minutes - 6.05 MBWe return to using our building again after the pandemic lockdown. Also, an "interview" with C.S. Lewis.
Security in an Insecure World
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBA message by David Stephens on Psalm 57.
The Reality of the Resurrection is Powerful: John 20:1-10
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBPsychologists have long known that people can be scarred for years by a single event. The term for it is trauma, but what is the opposite?What word would describe a positive emotional state that lingers for decades in response to a single event? There is no opposite of trauma, because no single good event has such a lasting impact.” (Tierney, John. The Power of Bad (p. 7). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. ) But is that ultimately true? Is there nothing we can call the opposi...
The Resurrected Christ is the Ultimate Experience of Life, John 20:19-23.
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBChristianity is More than Morals, Theology, Philosophy, and Ritual. It is Connection to the Presence and Power of the Resurrected Christ.
Basics for Days Like These
June 26, 2020 20:00 - 8 minutes - 5.53 MBIs there anything we all have in common? Do we have a place to start?
You Always Win
April 19, 2020 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIs the world a contest between winners and losers?
Placed in the Presence of God: A Meditation on Prayer
April 15, 2020 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBNote: We are grateful that no one in our congregation has been sick with COVID-19. I mentioned praying for those who had the virus but meant that in a general way for our country and our county. We also pray for the health care workers in our church and their families. See Videos Below: Archer’s Window A Little Pig Surprises What is the Gospel? Special Election
Easter 2020 Podcast
April 13, 2020 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!” “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!” – Revelation 5 Travis Cottrell: What a Beautiful Name It Is Kari Jobe: Revelation Song
Good Friday in a Physical World
April 10, 2020 22:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." - John 1:14
How Are You Holding Up?
April 08, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 4.97 MBListen to the podcast. Read the included devotional here. Watch Jim Lovell here.
Palm Sunday Audio Communion Service, 2020 Podcast #10
April 05, 2020 22:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBCelebrate Communion with us this Morning for Palm Sunday. Have the elements, bread and wine, for Communion before you, and we’ll share in the Lord’s Supper at the end of the podcast. We look forward to celebrating Communion one day in person, after the present crisis. But today we can celebrate together in spirit through this online audio service. God bless you all.