This week features question number three of the five tough questions that people ask about God. We look at the question of people who have never had the chance to hear the gospel. Are they condemned to hell? This podcast, like the others, features the teaching of Joey Davis of the Clear Creek Church of Christ. Your comments are always welcome to me.
The scriptures and links referenced in this podcast are below:
The Romans Quest (new audiobook)
We continue our look at five tough questions which are asked about God when Christians begin to share their faith outside of the church building’s walls. This week’s question: If God is loving and just, why does he allow suffering and injustice? Listen for some answers.
Scriptures referenced in this podcast are:
Last week’s podcast challenged us to be a BLESS-ing by sharing how Jesus’ intersects our story. When we rise to that challenge, we’ll hear questions. Some easy. Some hard. Beginning with this episode, we examine five hard questions that people may ask you about God. How should you answer? Listen for some help with this question.
Scriptures referenced in this podcast are:
This podcast stays in the realm of Bible teaching this week – or rather faith sharing. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, how easy is it for you to share with others your faith in Him? For many, I would say that it is probably difficult. My home congregation is trying to make it easy for everyone to share the story of their faith. So, I am pleased to share the first of several messages about sharing. Today, we learn how being a BLESS-ing can help you share your faith in Christ. BLESS is an acronym to help you remember some basic steps in sharing. Take a listen for more details!
Most of the time we read passages like Luke 21 in light of an end-of-times narrative. However, I think that Jesus’ hearers – his disciples and apostles – would have heard this narrative in a different way. Jesus was preparing his disciples with instructions for survival in perilous times. In their day, Jerusalem was going to be destroyed, the church was to be scattered through persecution, and disciples would be killed. How would they get through those times?
In many ways, our times are not so different. There is persecution for believers in Jesus – some that leads to death. Churches are in trouble for various reasons. And times seem to be getting more difficult. How to God’s children cope?
In this podcast, I go back to Jesus’ instructions for His first followers from Luke 21:5-36. Let’s hear Jesus’ words as they might have heard them, not as an end-of-times narrative. What do we learn of coping in perilous times?
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Did you know that God cries? There are two specific incidents in the scriptures which have startling similarities. I talk about those incidents and what they mean for you and especially for me as a Narrator of Audio Books! Join me for a short journey into the scriptures for a unique insight.
Links to the Scriptures used in this podcast:
It’s week #3 for taking a look at a short synopsis and hearing a new sample from each of the audiobooks that I’ve recorded over the last couple of years. This week, we review a devotional book, a police mystery, some poetry, an action adventure series, and some historical fiction.
I also share some thoughts about the murderous rampage which took place last week in Chattanooga, my adopted home town.
Here are he links for this week’s book selections:
God, Me, & a Cup of Tea, by Michele Huey
Grave Obsessions-Volume 1: Chiseled Heart, by Patti J. Smith
Here Among the Ruins, by Regina Puckett
Knighthawke, by Jerry Mincew
Knighthawke: Vanishing Shadows, by Jerry Minchew
Let Freedom Ring-Volume 1: The Sutler of Petersburg, by Joy Ross Davis
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This week’s podcast is adapted from author Tony Hilling’s blog post about his novel, The Voice of Aedistamen. Since I have produced the audiobook for the first volume of this series, “The Child’s Arrival”, I thought the blog would help shed some light on a book which takes place in this fictional world of Aedistamen. Tony’s post points us to a sample from the book, an original song he composed and performs, and a spiritual idea for all to consider.
Links referenced in this podcast:
Tony Hilling on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tony.hilling
Tony Hilling on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyHilling
Tony’s book, The Voice of Aedistamen
Tony’s song, That Towering Cross
John Paul & Lauren
This week’s podcast comes courtesy of a blog posted by a young man studying at The Princeton Theological Seminary. He asks the question which titles our podcast: How Would Jesus Date? Intriguing to me. Even better are the thoughts he shares with us. Thank you, John Paul Cooke for sharing these thoughts and allowing me to use them in this podcast.
My friend, Becky Wooley, has written a murder mystery/clerical crime/satire called Non-Prophet Murders which is full of spiritual ideas. While making you scratch your head trying to figure out “who-dun-it”, Becky challenges you to think about the Church and your beliefs and allows you to laugh, too. How does she do it? Well, you have to listen to the podcast to find out!!