Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
988 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 347 ratingsTop 5 devotional podcasts worldwide according to Chartable.com: Connect with God in the time it takes you to drive to work or empty the dishwasher. Every episode focuses on one passage, explains it and applies it to your life. Co-hosted by Keith Simon, Jensen Holt McNair, Tanya Willmeth, and Patrick Miller.
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The Biggest Threat to Our Faith | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 10.38-41
April 20, 2020 22:30 - 11 minutesThe early Christians faced death. We face another kind of threat that's very different but just as damaging. Discover what it is as https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) draws from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A38-41&version=NIV (Luke 10.38-41) to continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (Learning to Follow Jesus). Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for related shows and resource...
Why Jesus Had to Die | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 9
April 15, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes"The way to life is death. The way to glory is service. Or, as he puts it in Luke 9.48, 'It is the one who is least among you who is greatest.' Jesus lived that statement out to the fullest." Do you ever wonder why Jesus had to die? It's a good question. It's one his disciples asked too. They didn't expect it to happen when he told them about it beforehand, and they didn't know how to react to it afterward. Get a better understanding of what Easter is about in this episode ashttps://www.thecr...
How to Say 'Enough' to More Stuff | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 9.12-17
April 13, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"How would our lives change if we stopped putting our trust in wealth and possessions to keep us safe? I know my life would probably change tremendously." Does money make you anxious? Do you worry about financial security? Jesus understands what a pressing concern money is for people. That's why he addresses wealth repeatedly throughout his ministry and even performs miracles to teach his followers how to trust in him. Learn the lesson of this story fromhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?s...
How to Radically Change Your Life | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 9.12-17
April 13, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes - 6.62 MB"How would our lives change if we stopped putting our trust in wealth and possessions to keep us safe? I know my life would probably change tremendously." Does money make you anxious? Do you worry about financial security? Jesus understands what a pressing concern money is for people. That's why he addresses wealth repeatedly throughout his ministry and even performs miracles to teach his followers how to trust in him. Learn the lesson of this story from Learning to Follow Jesus (https://www...
It Doesn't Feel Like Easter | Keith and Patrick
April 08, 2020 22:15 - 26 minutesEveryone is saying it doesn't feel like Easter. But maybe this is showing that we've made Easter about the wrong things? How can we make it feel like Easter? Keith and Patrick give practical thoughts and ideas. Here are some great ways to make this feel like Easter: Good Friday Fast and Pray: Join us in fasting and praying for God to end Coronavirus. We'll do a live zoom prayer on Friday morning. https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/good-friday-fast-and-pray (https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/...
How to Answer Jesus's Calling | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 9.23-24
April 07, 2020 10:30 - 7 minutes"A lot of us have been taught to think of a Christian as one who has prayed a prayer, confessed their sin, asked Jesus to be in their heart. That kind of thinking makes the rest of the Bible's teaching optional, as least as far as being a Christian is concerned." Is that how you were taught to be a Christian? It's not wrong, but it's not entirely right either. Jesus calls us to follow him. Listen tohttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff...
How to Wait on God | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 8.41-56
April 06, 2020 05:30 - 7 minutes"What happens when those losses aren't things that God retrieves and recovers but simply become lifelong setbacks, lifelong hurts?" Like we discussed in a previous episode,https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/waiting-on-god-takes-work-davids-life-in-22-stories-1-sam-24/ ( )https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/waiting-on-god-takes-work-davids-life-in-22-stories-1-sam-24/ (waiting on God takes work). It's painful and trying and scary. It's easy to feel alone and betrayed.https://www...
7 Ways to Maximize Your Work From Home | Keith and Patrick
April 02, 2020 10:30 - 28 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. Also Patrick and his wife Emily (who happens to be an interior designer) put together 20 tips for working from home. You can read their https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/stories/how-to-work-from-home-effectively/ (blog here). ---- "God cares a lot about our work. And ho...
What to Believe In | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 8.26-39
April 01, 2020 10:30 - 8 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "So already there, you're finding out that the demons know more about who Jesus is than the disciples." Being a Christian isn't simply believing in Jesus. Did you know that? Luke 8.26-39 shows that even the demons believed in Jesus. But you still have to have faith. So ...
How to Quarantine Without Getting a Divorce, Killing Your Kids, or Kicking Out Your Roommate
March 31, 2020 10:30 - 36 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. ---- "Here's a great mindset to take on: 'I am the biggest sinner in my house.' And so that means that everyone else in my house, they're constantly having to show me patience. They're constantly having to show me forgiveness." Doctors aren't the only ones with grim pre...
Why People Walk Away From Jesus | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 8.1-15
March 30, 2020 10:30 - 14 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "I think that's a sobering description of why people walk away from Jesus. It's not that people become angry with him, or they feel like he's failed them. It's not that, again, they don't have an intellectual reason to follow Jesus anymore." God offers hope, love, comfo...
What Does Saving the Environment Have to Do With Salvation?
March 26, 2020 10:30 - 55 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "We have narrowed salvation to focus only on our souls or only on individuals. And we have missed what God is doing on a cosmic level, what God is doing on a bigger level." When we think about salvation, we probably think about our souls, but it's way bigger than that. ...
How Did Jesus Empower Women?
March 25, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "Mary was doing what a man was supposed to do at that point. Martha was doing what a woman was supposed to do. And Jesus said to Martha, 'Enough of that.'" Some people see Christianity with a horrible history of patriarchal oppression. But Jesus empowered women in ways ...
Should Christians Stay In or Get Out and Serve?
March 24, 2020 10:30 - 26 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "Love is never safe. Whenever you love people, it's always demanding. It always requires some sort of sacrifice. Love always demands something from us." As Christians, we're trying to love and serve our neighbors, but what's the best way to do that? Some people say thro...
Who's the Sinner?
March 23, 2020 10:30 - 18 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "That's good news to all of us because all of us have a little bit of Simon living inside of us. All of us have a little bit of Pharisee inside of us." It's easy to judge the Pharisees for questioning Jesus. But then we become just like them: condemning other sinners. A...
What the Living Can Learn From the Dying: Seeing Through the Eyes of a Dying Man, John Drage
March 19, 2020 10:30 - 53 minutesWant to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "If God gives an answer, what I would do is argue with him. There's no answer that someone could give you, your wife, your kids, that you would say, 'Oh, okay, that makes sense.' So I think, instead of giving us an answer, God gives us something better." After years of ...
What Makes Faith Revolutionary?
March 18, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes"Faith is always risky. And the centurion gets it. And he takes on the risk willingly. Giving his allegiance, pledging his allegiance to Jesus could mean losing his job—and not just losing his job but maybe even losing his life. But he does it anyway." What is faith? It's not mere intellectual assent. It's not praying a prayer. It's revolutionary, life-giving allegiance. We learn this from one of the most unlikely people. A Gentile. And not just any Gentile, a Roman centurion—a high-ranking o...
How to Deal With the Storms of Life
March 16, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"What I want you to see is the storms were not responsible for the house collapsing." No matter what stage of life you're in right now, you know that life isn't perfect. You've been through tough times, and you know they're not all behind you. More trials will come your way. How do you prepare for storms in advance? How do you deal with them in the moment? Jesus teaches us how to do both in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+6.46-49&version=NIV (Luke 6.46-49). It's a short stor...
How should Christians respond to Coronavirus
March 13, 2020 10:30 - 19 minutes"How we respond to Coronavirus will tell the world something about Jesus." Throughout history, Christians have responded to pandemics like these with tangible expressions of love. When we do, the world learns something true about Jesus: he is the loving King. Keith & Patrick discuss how Christians should respond to Coronavirus today. How can we be led by faith instead of fear? How can we love our neighbors well? How can we protect ourselves against underreacting and overreacting? To learn mor...
I Pledge Allegiance to King Jesus: An Interview with Matthew Bates
March 12, 2020 10:30 - 29 minutesWhat do you think of when you hear “allegiance”? The Pledge of Allegiance (to the flag…)? Pledging your allegiance is dedicating your life to something. It’s not just being willing to suffer and die for a cause; it’s living it out in everything you do. Is that how you view Christianity? In this episode, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) discuss allegiance and the gospel with http://matthewwbates.c...
The Most Important Question: Who Do You Follow? | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 6.39-40
March 11, 2020 10:30 - 7 minutes"So the most important question you can ask is this, and you have to know this answer. And if you don't know it, you're in trouble." Some people seem to be natural-born leaders, don't they? Maybe you're one of them. You're team captain, you're class president, you're CEO. But no one starts out at the top. Listen to this episode to hear about https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick's) existential crisis about being a follower and the crucial question he derived from it...
What Does a Christian Look Like? | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 6
March 09, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"I do good to someone, knowing they will do good to me. I will lend to someone, knowing that they will pay me back in some way. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just not Christian." Did you know that Christianity is one of the most diverse groups of people in the world? There are believers all across the globe—people with different languages, customs, professions, and traditions. But we all unite in his name. That's been true since the very beginning, when Jesus chose his disciples. http...
How to Break and Make Life Changing Habits
March 05, 2020 10:30 - 33 minutes"Your habits end up shaping what kind of person you become. And they're small little choices that happen over and over and over throughout your life." You might not give much thought to habits but what about lifestyle? They're really the same thing. Small habits build up and shape how you live your life. But making and breaking habits can be challenging, life-changing. And changing your life isn't easy! Get some tips from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) and h...
Remembering the Sabbath | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 6.6-11
March 04, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes"And here's what's crazy. Jesus treating the Sabbath as a day for blessing and giving life and freeing people, that led the Pharisees and teachers to want to kill him. Why?" Jesus broke the traditional Sabbath rules and observances, so does that mean the Sabbath doesn't matter anymore? It sounds like such an outdated thing from the early books of the Old Testament. Don't Sunday sermons replace the Sabbath? Inspired by Luke 6.6-11, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patri...
What Keeps People From Following Jesus | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 5.27-32
March 02, 2020 10:30 - 12 minutes"And so Jesus has come for all people, to call all people to repent and to believe in him, but only some people hear that as good news because only some people know that they are broken, that they are sinners. Some people are offended by Jesus." Have you ever tried to help someone who doesn't think they need help? They get mad at you! Instead of thanking you for the assistance, they get upset with you for "interfering." The Gospel is supposed the be the https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podca...
Can Evolution and Genesis Be Friends? A Guest Interview With Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass
February 27, 2020 10:30 - 43 minutes"I was putting my confidence and trust in the wrong sorts of things. For a long time, I would put my trust in human arguments against evolution. But that's not actually where God really wants us to really build our confidence." https://pathology.wustl.edu/people/joshua-swamidass-md-phd/ (Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass) is a professor at Washington University, founder of the platform https://peacefulscience.org/author/swamidass/ (Peaceful Science), and author of a new book, https://peacefulscience.or...
Timeout! Learning When and How to Take a Timeout | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 5.15-16
February 26, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"God became a human. That means that God took on our human limitations." There just aren't enough hours in the day! How many times have you thought that? There's so much to do and never enough time. We try to be the responsible by getting things done and even getting ahead, but, as hard as it is to accept, we can't do everything. We have to prioritize, and sometimes our lived priorities don't actually represent our stated priorities. Sometimes the things we care about the most get the least o...
Surprise! What Happens When You Encounter the Glory of God | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 5.1-11
February 24, 2020 10:30 - 13 minutes"At that moment, Peter got a glimpse of who Jesus is. Whenever we see Jesus in all of his glory and beauty, whenever we get an accurate understanding of who he is, well, it causes us to see our own sin." Sometimes you think you know a person, and then they surprise you. If you've been a Christian for a long time, especially if you've grown up in church, it can feel like you have God all figured out, and he's pretty boring. But then he'll amaze you. Hear how that happed to one of Jesus's first...
How to Beat Digital Distraction and Live Purposefully | Keith & Patrick
February 20, 2020 10:30 - 34 minutes"Phillip Morris just wanted your lungs. The app store wants your soul." -Bill Maher Technology helps us go faster and get more done. But could speed and convenience cost us a meaningful life? Does going faster matter when we don't know what we're moving towards? Technology isn't the problem. Distraction is. But the constant stream of notifications, likes, emails, and text messages are precisely what distracts us from spending time on what we actually value. In this episode, https://www.thecro...
Why the Gospel was Treason | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 4.43
February 19, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes"Now you might begin to see why the message of the good news of the Kingdom [of God] could be dangerous, even subversive. It could even be treasonous." Do you ever wonder what the Gospel's all about? Is it a religious text telling us what to believe? Is it a historical document filled with scholarly information? Is it a literary book telling a story? What is the Gospel? Learn what it means from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) as he studies a recurring them an...
Why is God Saving the Wrong People? | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 4.14-30
February 17, 2020 10:30 - 15 minutes"If Osama becomes a Christian, that's no greater miracle than if you or I become a Christian." Jesus said to love our enemies, but what about genocidal dictators like Adolph Hitler or radical terrorists like Osama bin Laden? They don't just fight against people, they fight against the church. How do we respond to them? Gain insights from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith's) reading of Luke 4.14-30 as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast...
How to Be Free | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 4.14-30
February 12, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"In the modern era, we tend to think about freedom as freedom to do what I want or to be what I want. Freedom means a complete lack of strictures and regulations. But the Jewish conception of freedom was very different." Freedom is one of the fundamental concepts that shape our world. It's one of our highest values. It's what many people live and die for. But what if we've gotten it wrong? Discover how to be free from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) as he inv...
How to Fight Temptation | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 4.1-13
February 10, 2020 10:30 - 11 minutes"Now when we are led into seasons of temptation, I can't tell you exactly what God's up to... But it gives me great comfort to know that God is in this, that God is with me, even when I'm being tempted." It's tempting to think that God's abandoned us when we're struggling. That's what temptation is all about: separating us from God. But Luke 4 shows that God still walks with us, even when we don't feel His presence. Learn how Jesus fought and overcame temptation and how we can do the same as ...
UPDATED Kobe Bryant: 5 Lessons After the Tragedy | Keith and Patrick
February 07, 2020 11:30 - 26 minutesOur apologies - we posted an older recording on this topic. This is the updated recording. "Real relationships, real community, is always costly. Now it's worth it, but it costs. It costs me to die to myself and to put another person's needs in front of my own." Some people say that "dying is a part of living." Not only will we eventually die, we'll encounter death throughout our lives. In this episode, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) and https://www.thecrossingch...
Jesus’s Secret Identity | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 3.21-38
February 05, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"The god-man-emperor, Augustus, demonstrated his divinity by acts of power and violence. Luke didn't want his audience to think Jesus was that kind of king." How do you introduce yourself? First impressions are pretty important, and fancy titles like "CEO" or "Director" are pretty impressive. So why doesn't Luke introduce Jesus as the "Son of God" right away? Find out from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) as he focuses on https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?...
What Repentance Really Is | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 3.1-14
February 03, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"We have a tendency to minimize our sins. We have a tendency to be more sorry that we got caught than grieved over our sins." Ever heard the phrase "easier said than done"? Nowhere is that more true than with apologies. Sometimes simply saying "sorry" isn't enough. We teach kids how to apologize, but teaching them how to repent isn’t as easy. Learn what repentance really is (and isn't) from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) as he studies https://www.biblegateway.com...
What's More Important Than Family? | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 2:41-52
January 29, 2020 10:30 - 11 minutes"They had to put family second in order to put Jesus first. And here we see that even Jesus had to do this. He had to put His parents second so that He could put His Heavenly Father First." Stating that family comes first—that nothing comes before family, that family means everything—sounds good, right? It sounds noble and virtuous. But that's not quite right. Family is pretty important, but it's not the MOST important thing. https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) e...
How to Find Your Place in God’s Story | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 2.21-40
January 27, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes"The last act is about to begin: God is about to console Israel. God is about to rescue them from exile. God is about to draw the Gentiles into His own family and to announce forgiveness for all people—Jew and Gentile alike." https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A21-40&version=NIV (Luke 2.21-40) stages the beginning of the end. The Bible contains two large books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, which each contain several more books of their own. It's tempting to read ...
Why Winning Looks Like Losing | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 2:1-3
January 22, 2020 10:30 - 11 minutes"Oftentimes, it looks as if the kingdom of God is being defeated by the kingdom of Caesar, by the kingdom of this world, by the kingdom of whatever power is ruling." Sometimes it feels like Christianity is at war with the world and losing. But, despite years of persecution and pushback, Christianity has survived over two thousand years. It's been challenging the world since the very beginning and always come out stronger. Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) ...
Why God Chooses the Humble | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 1:46-55
January 20, 2020 10:30 - 9 minutes"Our culture is fixated on being great, but Mary says, 'God fixes the world through the lowly.' Our culture calls the thoughts of the proud and the powerful 'visions'—they're visionaries—but God calls the humble to build His vision of heaven on earth." Do you ever wonder why other people are chosen over you? Why did they get the job? Why did they get the recognition? Why did they get the opportunity? In the back of your mind, you're probably thinking, "I'm better than them. I'm more deserving...
How to Give Your Life to God When It Feels Impossible | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 1:28-38
January 15, 2020 10:30 - 13 minutes"Three times [Jesus] goes and prays and asks God to take this cup of judgment away from Him. And yet, every time he prays, 'not my will but Your will be done in my life.' You can hear Mary, can't you?" When Mary submits to God and becomes the mother of Jesus, she surrenders her entire life to Him. She doesn't just suffer the pain of childbirth and a compromised engagement. Gossip and scandal follow her for the rest of her life. Her Son is her Savior, and He's not at all what she'd expected fr...
What God DOESN'T Care About | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 1:26-45
January 13, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes"I think what Luke is trying to help us see is that God doesn't care about your background; He doesn't care about your religiousness." In the last episode, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) talked about Zachariah's response when the angel Gabriel visited him. This time, Keith discusses Mary's response. God made great promises to both of Zachariah and Mary. He didn't care about their contrasting reputations or social standing. Explore what God does care about as Keit...
What to Do When Religion Fails You | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke 1:5-25
January 08, 2020 10:30 - 13 minutes"The story of Zachariah is a warning to religious people." Sometimes Christians are clueless about what it means to be a Christian. When you've grown up in a Christian household and have been one for as long as you can remember, when it's all you've ever known, it can be hard to describe. You might think you get it, but you really don't. Zachariah was a priest, and his faith failed him. He demonstrates what faith isn't. Learn what to do when religion fails you as https://www.thecrossingchurch...
How to Become a Christian | Learning to Follow Jesus | Luke
January 06, 2020 10:30 - 17 minutes"There's kind of a disconnect between the way we talk about how somebody begins a relationship with Jesus and how Jesus actually talked to people. We make it about this moment of asking people to be our Savior, but that's not the way Jesus talks." If someone asks you how to become a Christian, what do you say? Do you tell them to pray a prayer that accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior? It's a common answer, but https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) and https://www.thec...
How to Give Anxiety to God with Guest Host Rachel Tiemeyer | 1 Peter 5:7
January 01, 2020 10:30 - 8 minutes"Casting our anxiety on God is a way to humble ourselves before Him. Or, another way to put it, worry is actually a form of pride." Join us in welcoming our first guest speaker! In addition to being an active church member and busy mom, https://thrivinghomeblog.com/about-thriving-home/ (Rachel Tiemeyer) is a co-founder of https://thrivinghomeblog.com/ (Thriving Home) and co-author of two cookbooks (including a new book on https://www.amazon.com/Freezer-Cooker-Delicious-Whole-Foods-Pressure/dp...
Bureaucratic Terrorism | David in 22 | 2 Samuel 24
December 30, 2019 10:30 - 16 minutes"One scholar calls this https://www.jstor.org/stable/43717700?seq=1 (bureaucratic terrorism). [...] They're not just ideas. No, these future possibilities represent human lives. As the king goes, so the people go. " Some people call this the Age of Terror. And some people distrust their leaders and the threat of an internal enemy even more than the threat of an external enemy. Leaders don't only shape the future; they impact its viability. They can create the future, and they can destroy it. ...
What's the Story and Who's the Hero? | David in 22 | 2 Samuel 22-23
December 25, 2019 10:30 - 12 minutes"I identify with David: I, too, am a mixed bag. But it reminds me that I can't read this story with the idea that I'm supposed to be like David." Leaders set examples. They become examples: ideals to respect and emulate. The Bible is full of leaders—like David, a man after God's own heart. Samuel tells the story of David, but that's just a couple of chapters in a big book. What about the whole Bible? What's the story of the Bible and who's the hero? Learn how to read the Bible from https://ww...
How to Protest and Why You Should | David in 22 | 2 Samuel 18
December 23, 2019 10:30 - 10 minutes"It's an uncomfortable fact for a lot of Christians that the Bible is so comfortable taking God to court." Protesting demonstrates what you stand for and what you stand against. We live in a fallen world, surrounded by wrongs and injustices, so it's easy to feel helpless and hopeless. But we're not completely helpless. https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) explains why you should protest as he reads through https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+18&v...
How to Live With the Consequences of Sin | David in 22 | 2 Samuel 15
December 18, 2019 10:30 - 10 minutesGod's forgiveness reconciles us with God, but it does not erase or eliminate the consequences for the sins that we committed There's always a consequence for your actions. Sometimes it's a good consequence, like a little smile turning someone's entire day around and causing a ripple effect. But sometimes it's a bad consequence that can ruin someone's life —and also cause a ripple effect. Sin isn't just a personal problem with personal consequences. Hear how the consequences of sin span across...
What Causes a Dysfunctional Family Legacy | David in 22 | 2 Samuel 13
December 16, 2019 10:30 - 10 minutesYou know the sad thing? Dysfunction seems to be the norm in most families. I mean, most of us, when we were kids, we made vows: "Oh, I'm not going be like my parents. Oh, I'll do things differently" Dysfunctional families are everywhere. Everyone has some sort of family dysfunction. No one believes the cover images of perfect, smiling families. There's always something going on in the background, even if we can't see it and don't know what it is. What causes a dysfunctional family legacy? Whe...