PointTaken
184 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsThis is PointTaken, the show where we talk about the four areas of your life where you can have the greatest impact on the world: your marriage, your family, your leadership and your spiritual development.
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Episodes
Episode 170 - How to Make a Decision and Never Look Back [Ep. 3 REPLAY]
January 15, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBToday we're bringing you part two of our series "How to Make Decisions and Never Look Back." After the show, check out our new video content on the FBMMedia YouTube Channel.
Episode 169 - Happy New Year! [REPLAY EP. 2]
January 08, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBHappy New Year, PointTaken family! We have several updates in today's show. There are a lot of new things we're planning for 2022. Check out the new FBMMedia YouTube Channel. We'll be posting video from the past few months there on an ongoing basis.
Episode 168 - Just a Moment
December 25, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBMerry Christmas, PointTaken family! Today, Tom share's a short excerpt from Max Lucado's book, "God Came Near." After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 167 - Favorite Characters of Christmas
December 18, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBToday Tom and Matt discuss the most influential characters of Christmas and the impact they've had upon their spiritual development.
Episode 166 - Rescued From Darkness
December 11, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBChristmas is about God becoming a man to rescue us from our sin and rebellion. "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone." —Isaiah 9:2 ESV
Episode 165 - Hope During the Christmas Season
December 04, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBFor some, the Christmas season can be full of stress and pain. Today Tom disucsses how to naviagte suffering during the holidays in order to reach a place of hope.
Episode 164 - Thanksgiving 2021
November 27, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this week's episode, Tom provides some practical ways we can further lean into gratitude this Thanksgiving holiday.
Episode 163 - Leadership Credibility
November 20, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, Tom discusses the important things leaders must do to gain credibility with the teams they lead.
Episode 162 - One Thing
November 13, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBWe tend to lead scattered lives burdened by many urgent things that clamor for our attention to our day to day commitments. Today, Tom gives us direction on how to lift our heads above the chaos to regain our perspective on one thing. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 161 - Faith
November 06, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBHebrews 11:6 says, "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Today Tom discusses the reality of faith in our lives and shows how it permeates every aspect of our living. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 160 - Halloween and the Kingdom
October 30, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBIs there a way to redeem the observance of Halloween? As Christians, we should constantly strive to bring the culture of God's Kingdom to every platform we're given. Halloween is no different, and there are practical things you can do on this holiday to communicate the sweetness of Jesus to your neighbors. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 159 - Stress
October 23, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22.8 MBWhere do you turn when the stressers of life press in from every side? Today, Tom encourages us to find comfort in God's word. He has asked us to take on His yoke, and in return He promises rest.
Episode 158 - Excellence
October 16, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBHow you do anything is how you do everything. Today, Tom and Matt sit down to talk about how to pursue excellence in all areas of life.
Episode 157 - Two Stages of Parenthood
October 09, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBThis week, Tom and Matt discuss two important stages of parenthood. Every parent should embrace each stage, but it's important they come in the correct order. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review
Episode 156 - What if Jesus was Serious?
October 02, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBToday, Tom and Matt review Skye Jethani's book on the Sermon on the Mount called, "What if Jesus was Serious?" After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 155 - Emotions: Jealousy [PART 3]
September 25, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBToday we end our 3-part series on emotions by discussing the often hidden emotion of jealousy. After the show, please consider leaving us a rating and review on the podcasting platform of your choice. Check out the video from today's show on the FBMMedia YouTube Channel.
Episode 154 - Emotions: Anger [PART 2]
September 18, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBLast week we started a new series called Emotions by discussing the unhealthy role fear plays in our decision making. This week we turn our attention to anger and look at how destructive this emotion can be when expressed outside the bounds of Godly wisdom. Check out the video of this episode on the FBMMedia YouTube Channel.
Episode 153 - Emotions: Fear [PART 1]
September 11, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBThis week Tom and Matt start at 3-part series on emotions by discussing the emotion of fear. After the show, please consider leaving us a rating and review on the podcasting platform of your choice. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a review on Stitcher
Episode 152 - Keeping the Right Perspective About Work
September 04, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBToday, Tom provides 4 facts that should shape our perspective on work: Your work is to be viewed as a gift. Your work and your worth are not the same. Your work is a platform to honor God. Your relationships are more important than your work.
Episode 151 - Fatherhood
August 28, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBIn today's show, we're discussing the topic of fatherhood. Throughout our conversation, Tom provides three ways fathers can make a legacy-sized impact in the lives of their kids. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 150 - Biblical Facts About Marriage
August 21, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBWithin our current context, marriage has been downgraded to the realm of subjective, personal indulgence. However, when we start to search out the scriptures we find that the biblical authors had something much more robust and concrete when they communicate God's design for marriage. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review.
Episode 149 - Friendship
August 14, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBToday's episode is all about friendship and Tom has a great framework to help us identify the quality of friends we currently have. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 148 - Yes & No
August 07, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBToday, Tom explores the idea that our lives are shaped by what we say 'yes' and 'no' to. Throughout the conversation, he provides two things to which we should always say yes, and two things to which we should always say no. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 147 - Don't Forget
July 31, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBToday, Tom talks about the importance of remembering, and highlights the tools God has given us to do so. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 146 - Some Thoughts on Success
July 24, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week we turn our focus to the subject of success. The culture around us tells us to pursue our ideal selves at the expense of everything else. Scripture, as it always does, flips the status quo on its head and says to pursue God at the expense of ourselves. As we do, we'll start to see three things that will be required as we pursue life His way. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 145 - 5 Keys to a Functional Family
July 17, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBIf you've listened to the show for a while now, you've picked up on the importance of clear communication, affirmation, and shared values when it comes to general effectiveness in life. Today, Tom will frame all of these attributes within the context of the family. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 144 - Grace [PART 2]
July 10, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22 MBToday we continue part two of our series on Grace. If you missed part one, you can listen here: https://pointtaken.libsyn.com/episode-143-grace-part-1 You might also be interested in listening to our episode called "The Grace Test" from November 2018: https://pointtaken.libsyn.com/episode-11-the-grace-test
Episode 143 - Grace [PART 1]
July 03, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBGrace allows you to experience a reality that you have no ability to create on your own. We talk about this in-depth in today's episode and discuss how to be cheerful distributers of underserved merit to others. After the show, head over to the podcasting platform of your choice and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 142 - Gossip
June 26, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBThe past few weeks we've been discussing the power that lies within our words. In the last episode, we talked about how life can flow from our words. They have the potential to draw out hope and inspiration from other people. Today, we examine the other hand and discover how destructive unbridled words can truly be. Gossip destroys relationships. Consequently, God's word has a lot of warning we should heed as we reflect on the words we allow ourselves to use. After the show, head over to A...
Episode 141 - Life-giving Words
June 19, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 33 MBIn this week's episode, we continue the discussion on "words" by turning our attention to life-giving words. Tom provides three types of life-giving words every person needs to hear. After the show, head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 140 - Your Words Matter
June 12, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIt's interesting, as you read through scripture, it doesn't take long to discover that God has a lot to say about our words. And He should, because our words are a clear indicator of what is in our hearts. Since we have a good Father who is concerned about what is taking root in our hearts, it shouldn't surprise us that He gives clear guidance on how to deal with the fruit of our hearts, which is our words. Today Tom discusses the importance of our words and gives some clear guidance on how ...
Episode 139 - Comfort
June 05, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBToday we turn our attention the topic of comfort. As modern people living in a developed and increasingly automated world, we are quite familiar with the concept of comfort. Our physical surroundings are saturated with tools and tech that facilitate our comfort. And it’s a rich blessing. However, as familiar as we are with comfort in our physical surroundings, we’re often distant from the presence of comfort within our souls. We walk around empty and broken because we don’t tap into the sour...
Episode 138 - A Primer on Prayer
May 29, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBChristians believe in the power of prayer, but too few engage in the discipline to ever see the Lord's guidance in their day-to-day circumstances. Today, we discuss an Old Testament character whose prayer habit put his life in danger. Through his example, we can learn to have a more consistent and engaging prayer life. After the show, head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and leave us a rating and a review on the podcast.
Episode 137 - Leaders and their Families
May 22, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBHaving a healthy, life-giving family culture is essential to long-term effectiveness in leadership. Today, Tom walks through several tips on how to invest in one of the most important components of leadership—our family life.
Episode 136 - Memorizing Scripture
May 16, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBOur minds are maleable; much more than we tend to assume. And they will often take the shape of the molds (or influences) to which we expose them. Knowing that, one of the best things we can do to promote spiritual health is to take care of the things that shape our minds. Today, Tom discusses the supreme mind shaper—memorizing scripture—and discusses strategies for locking away more of God's word into your long-term membory.
Episode 135 - Happy Mother's Day! [REPLAY EP. 34]
May 08, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBToday we bring you an episode from Mother's Day 2019 when we sat down with Rhonda and Mackenzie to discuss the joys and challenges of motherhood.
Episode 135 - Happy Mother's Day! [Ep. 34 REPLAY]
May 08, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBToday we bring you an episode from Mother's Day 2019 when we sat down with Rhonda and Mackenzie to discuss the joys and challenges of motherhood.
Episode 134 - Relationships
May 01, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBApproach your relationships like this and you're destined for failure. Tom discusses this doomed approach today, and gives us direciton on how we can avoid some major relational pitfalls.
Episode 133 - Tough Love
April 24, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBLast week we discussed some of the important markers of healthy relationships. Today, we dive into one of the most important tools for ensuring long-term relational health—tough love. It's not pleasant. In fact, most people avoide it at all cost. However, the distance between superficiality and intimacy is often only bridged by tough love.
133 - Tough Love
April 24, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBLast week we discussed some of the important markers of healthy relationships. Today, we dive into one of the most important tools for ensuring long-term relational health—tough love. It's not pleasant. In fact, most people avoide it at all cost. However, the distance between superficiality and intimacy is often only bridged by tough love.
Episode 132 - Love Builders
April 17, 2021 17:54 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBIs your love growing, plateaued or dying? Today, Tom gives us several characteristics to consider when evaluating the state of our love.
Episode 131 - R.E.A.L. Leadership [REPLAY EP. 20]
April 10, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBToday's show is all about leadership! There are four key competencies all leaders must possess to be effective. Using the world real, R.E.A.L., Tom walks us through each competency and gives us a few pointers on how to grow.
Episode 130 - The Importance of Having Character
April 07, 2021 20:04 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBFew things are more valuable than your character. Today, Tom provides direction on how to build godly character in a culture intent on destroying it.
Episode 129 - 5 Ways to Better Understand People
March 20, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBWhat would be possible if you were able to connect more deeply in your relationships? What would happen at home? How about at the office? Today, Tom gives us 5 ways to understand people better that can open the door to deeper and richer relationships. After the show, head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 128 - Walking Through Grief [PART 2]
March 13, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBToday, we continue part two of our mini-series on grief. At the end of the show, Tom and Rhonda provide some helpful resources to navigate the turbulent emotions surrounding the grieving process.
Episode 127 - Walking Through Grief [PART 1]
March 06, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBGrief is an unavoidable reality of life. And it affects everyone differently. The next two episodes we'll dive deeper into the subject and talk about how to walk through grief in a way that is healthy.
Episode 126 - Asking the Right Questions [PART 3]
February 27, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBIn the final episode of the "Asking the Right Questions" series, Tom discusses how to choose wise counselors when making big decisions. After the show, head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 125 - Asking the right Questions [PART 2]
February 23, 2021 16:59 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBToday we continue with part two of the series "Asking the Right Questions." Intuition is a good skill to possess; however, when it comes to making life-altering decisions, it shouldn't be the only source of guidance. After the show, head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.
Episode 124 - Asking the Right Questions [PART 1]
February 13, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBHow do you react to tough decisions? Are you impulsive, trying to hurry through, or indecisive, delaying necessary action? Today, Tom challenges us to navigate big decisions by asking the right questions.
Episode 123 - Micah 6:8 Leadership
February 06, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBWhat does an Old Testament, minor prophet have to say about leadership? Well, quite a lot. And today Tom is going to walk us through how to shape our hearts, as leaders, around Micah's exhortation to the nation of Israel. After the show, head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and leave us a rating and review on the podcast.