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Episode 90: 7 Steps for Spiritual Discernment

When we try to teach biblical discernment, it is difficult for the same reasons that teaching someone to play baseball is difficult. Baseball is a relatively simple game to play…if you know how to play baseball. If you do not know how to play baseball, it is a game filled with complicated, sometimes abstract instructions, …

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Episode 89: God’s Hand in Difficult Days with Rob Tims

Have you ever gone through a difficult season of life, only to look back and see God at work through the whole thing? Rob Tims is a husband and father of four children. He is also the pastor of Beech Haven Church in Athens, Georgia. On this episode of the podcast, Rob and I dig …

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Episode 88: Creating the New Testament Canon with Benjamin Laird

Benjamin Laird is associate professor of biblical studies at the John W. Rawlings School of Divinity of Liberty University. He is a respected New Testament scholar and the author of several books. On this episode of the Podcast, I speak with Dr. Laird about his latest book, Creating the Canon: Composition, Controversy, and the Authority …

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Episode 87: The Burden and Gift of Living with Alan Noble

Tremendous suffering is the normal experience of being in this world. Beauty and love and joy are normal, but so is suffering. Alan Noble is a professor at Oklahoma Baptist University and has written a fantastic book on the burden and beautiful gift of living. In, On Getting Out of Bed, Alan Noble encourages his …

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Spiritual Fitness is Your Decision

You are responsible for your own spiritual fitness and maturity. That is a pretty direct statement, but after several weeks working through the beatitudes, it has become increasingly clear that Jesus demands a degree of personal responsibility. You are not responsible for your own salvation. You are not responsible even for the conviction of sin …

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Episode 85: Healthy Choices as Spiritual Disciplines

I’ve written several times on physical health in the past and just recently, I wrote on gluttony. On this episode of the Podcast, I try to merge the gluttony conversation with a few words about physical health and what it looks like to find balance. I hope you will join me as we consider the …

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We Need to Talk about Gluttony

We need to talk about gluttony. Ok. I said it. Well, I typed it, which means I don’t have to meet your hard stares or sideways glances. But, the gluttony conversation is one that needs to be had in the American church. We fear this conversation because gluttony is so widespread. it has become an …

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You May Be The Only One

Yesterday I wrote to encourage you when you feel alone and broken. I wrote to remind you that you are not the only one who struggles. Today, I write to tell you that you may be the only one. Not the only one who struggles, but the only one who can reach your neighbor, friend, …

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