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Text TalkRevelation 20: The Book of LifeRevelation 20 (Kingdom NT)Andrew, Edwin, and Elijah discuss the books of judgment with emphasis on the book of life. Edwin walks through the history of the concept of this book.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to f...2024-08-0919 minText TalkRevelation 3: LaodiceaRevelation 3:14-22 (LSB)Andrew and Edwin discuss Jesus's letter to the church in Laodicea. Edwin presents a different twist on what it means to be lukewarm.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more....2024-04-1115 minText TalkPsalm 92: Praise (PATHS)Psalm 92 (Bassford)Andrew and Edwin introduce a third co-host for the summer of 2023. Colin Slayton is working with Andrew and the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue to grow and train in the work of evangelism. We are excited for him to join us on Text Talk as part of his work this summer.Additionally, this week, we are walking through the PATHS plan for daily meditation on the psalm. Today, Andrew, Colin, and Edwin read Psalm 92 with an eye towards praising God.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode...2023-05-2914 minText TalkPsalm 91: The Promise and the ResponsePsalm 91 (CSB)Andrew and Edwin are saddened to see Israel's response to God's promise within this psalm. Edwin makes a stronger case for seeing this psalm in the day's of Moses pairing it with Moses's song in Deuteronomy 32. This psalm is the positive promise. Deuteronomy 32 is the negative warning. Israel doesn't heed either.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conv...2023-05-2515 minText TalkPsalm 91: The PlaguesPsalm 91 (NKJV)Andrew and Edwin consider a potential timing and author for Psalm 91. Edwin suggests Moses following the time of the plagues. If not written by Moses at that time, the author was channeling Moses from that time.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the...2023-05-2315 minText TalkPsalm 90: The Lord is Our Dwelling PlacePsalm 90 (ESV)Andrew and Edwin dig into the one and only psalm attributed to Moses (spoiler: but Edwin doesn't think it is the only one actually written by Moses, stay tuned next week). Then they discuss the timing in Moses's life when this psalm may have been written and how significant that makes the very first line about the Lord being the dwelling place of Israel.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at...2023-05-1515 minText TalkPsalm 88: God's Response to Psalm 88Psalm 88 (NASB95)Andrew and Edwin find Jesus in Psalm 88. Shock of all shocks, Edwin changes his mind on the air and agrees with Andrew on where he finds Jesus. But they also recognize this psalm begs for an answer and response. Jesus is that response.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to m...2023-05-0514 minText TalkPsalm 79: Atone for Our Sins!Psalm 79 (NASB95)Edwin and Andrew wish Marita, Edwin's wife a Happy Birthday! And, they also find Jesus in Psalm 79 by digging into the need for God to provide atonement.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find...2023-03-0315 min
The Aesthetics of LeadershipDr. Ryan Livingston - Gratitude to GodBack all the way from Episode 5, Dr. Ryan Livingston…transformer, healer, survivor…is back in the conversation. In this episode, we discuss how prayer can involve both asking for help and having faith, and how connections to others can help avoid darkness. Additionally, we outline the importance of finding a spiritual tribe, being disciplined and aware of one's self-worth, and understanding the importance of prayer. Lastly, we discuss The Crack that Heals platform and Forged Medical and ProHealth Place clinic, which offer primary care spine health, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, IV drips, and functional medicine/wellness services. On IG @Crack.That.Heal...2023-02-271h 14Text TalkPsalm 75: Jesus JudgedPsalm 75 (NASB95)Andrew and Edwin find Jesus in two different but overlapping ways. Edwin discusses how he sees Jesus receiving judgment on our behalf. Andrew talks about seeing Jesus as the judge. It makes for a great conversation.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the...2023-02-0316 minText TalkPsalm 74: When You Don't UnderstandPsalm 74Edwin has struggled with Psalm 74. He just doesn't understand how the psalmist didn't understand the answers to his questions already. However, how amazing God accepts the prayer anyway. Andrew and Edwin talk about what a comfort that is for us when we realize we may not understand our own situation and yet God let's us pray. Praise the Lord!Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join...2023-01-2515 minText TalkPsalm 68: To God Belongs Deliverances from DeathPsalm 68 (NIV)Edwin and Andrew talk about Edwin's favorite part of Psalm 68: to God belongs deliverance from death.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more. Michael Eldridge sang all four parts...2022-12-1515 minText TalkPsalm 64: EnemiesPsalm 64 (ESV)Andrew and Edwin go head on with the enemies. Okay, well, it's not quite that intense. However, we often struggle, thinking if we were serving the Lord properly everyone will like us. However, throughout the psalms, we see enemies again and again. In this conversation, Andrew and Edwin talk about the kind of enemies we'll face and how God will help us overcome.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at Te...2022-11-1415 minText TalkPsalm 56: Will the Wicked Escape?Psalm 56: (Christian Standard Bible)Andrew and Edwin get to the central question of this psalm. Will the wicked get away with it? Will the enemies escape in their sins? We fear that when enemies attack, don't we? David had the same question. Oh yeah, and Edwin might present a chiasm in this conversation.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conv...2022-09-2115 minText TalkJames 2: Justified by Works and NOT by Faith AloneJames 2:18-26Payton Roth joins Edwin for today's conversation. How are we justified? The only place in the Bible that uses the words "faith alone," and it says we are not justified by faith alone. Payton and Edwin talk a bit about how this fits with what Paul says in Romans and Galatians. They also talk about the demonic faith.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join...2022-08-1216 minText TalkJames 2: The Law of LibertyJames 2:8-13Andrew and Edwin talk about the three uses of "law" in this paragraph. Andrew invites Edwin to share his take on what being judged under the law of liberty is. Get your Year of Jubilee hat on.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest amon...2022-08-1016 minText TalkHebrews 13: Outside the CampHebrews 13:7-16Payton Roth joins Edwin again to discuss going outside the camp to suffer reproach with Jesus. Having grown up under the New Covenant, there may be some aspects of this word picture we miss. Edwin and Payton dig into the Torah to discover the pictures of shame and reproach of going outside the camp, but also of atonement. They round the discussion out by discussing the two cities of Jerusalem: earthly and heavenly.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you ar...2022-07-2716 minText TalkHebrews 12: Why Look to Jesus?Hebrews 12:1-3It's a first! Andrew and Edwin have a bit of a disagreement. But what an amicable way to disagree. Edwin suggests Hebrews 11 urges us to look to Jesus because our author pick and chose the characters to highlight and the bits of the story to remember because they foreshadow Jesus. Andrew thinks it is just examples of faith. In the end, they decide they may be making a distinction without a difference and focusing just on emphasis. What do you think?Read the written devo that goes along with this episode b...2022-07-1915 minText TalkHebrews 10: "I Have Come to Do Your Will"Hebrews 10:5-10Edwin welcomes Payton Roth onto Text Talk. Payton is working with the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue as a preaching intern. He is developing and honing his skills to preach the gospel and teach the Word. In this discussion, Payton and Edwin see the example of Jesus in doing God's will and encourage us to come to do God's Will. They also find insight on how God's law is written on our hearts under this New Covenant.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Le...2022-07-0515 minText TalkMatthew 26: The Rooster CrowedMatthew 26:57-75Andrew and Edwin discuss Peter's triple denial of Jesus and the rooster that brought him back to his senses. Edwin suggests we all need to recruit a rooster.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here...2022-03-0416 minText TalkMatthew 26: I Will Die for You!Matthew 26:26-35Though yesterday we saw some surprising humility, Peter is back to some shocking confidence. However, Edwin sees a silver lining to this confidence, even if it is a bit of overconfidence. Andrew and Edwin discuss the benefits behind verbalizing commitments to the Lord.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to m...2022-03-0115 minText TalkMatthew 11: Why Isn't Jesus Protecting Me From ThisMatthew 11: 1-6Andrew and Edwin consider the seeming doubts of John the Baptist. Was he really unconvinced Jesus was the Messiah? Or was it something else. Edwin refers to Richard Foster's "Studies in the Life of Christ" to make a different suggestion. And that brings them to a powerful application for our own lives today when we think Jesus isn't behaving the way we expect Him to.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us...2021-11-1516 minText TalkMatthew 9: King of Heaven or Prince of DemonsMatthew 9:27-34Andrew and Edwin delve into the Pharisees' counternarrative about Jesus. The Pharisees claimed He is acting by the power of the prince of demons. Andrew and Edwin don't accept their counternarrative, but they spend some time considering it and showing the Pharisees show us our choices. We have to do something with Jesus. We either have to follow Him as Lord or castigate Him as a demon. There is no in between.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are le...2021-11-0415 minText TalkMatthew 2: Rachel WeptMatthew 2:13-23Andrew and Edwin break down one of the saddest events in history: Herod's slaughter of the children in Bethlehem. Matthew tells us this fulfills the prophet's declaration that Rachel wept. This opens some thought for study that once again reminds us that Jesus fulfills so much more than just a scattering of sentences throughout the Old Testament, He fulfills all of the Old Testament.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at...2021-09-1715 minText TalkMatthew 2: Out of Egypt I Called My SonMatthew 2Andrew and Edwin continue to look at the prophecies Matthew claims Jesus fills. However, they find one that seems a bit off. In fact, it doesn't seem much like a prophecy at all. It wasn't foretelling the future, but describing the past. Our hosts explain why this is actually even more profound than what we most commonly think about prophecy.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. 2021-09-1616 minText TalkMatthew 2: The Lies of LiarsMatthew 2:1-12Herod was a liar. Andrew and Edwin discuss the difference between Herod as a lying, foolish king versus those wise men we learned about yesterday.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out...2021-09-1515 minText TalkMatthew 2: The Wisdom of Wise MenMatthew 2:1-12Andrew and Edwin take a look at the "wise" men. Who are they and what makes them so wise?Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more. Michael Eldridge sang...2021-09-1415 minText TalkMatthew 2: A Ruler from BethlehemMatthew 2:1-12Matthew's first arguments that Jesus is the Christ had to do with ancestry. He embarks on new evidence by relying on Old Testament prophecy. In this conversation, Andrew and Edwin consider the prophecy about the Messiah's birthplace.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest amon...2021-09-1316 minText TalkMatthew 1: Jesus--Son of Tamar, Rahab, and RuthMatthew 1:1-6Matthew handles this genealogy a bit differently than the one he calls to mind toward the beginning of Genesis. Matthew includes some of the mothers. But what a shocking group of mothers: Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth. He also includes the one who had been the wife of Uriah. These are shocking stories and connections to bring up at the beginning of a book designed to claim the main character is the Messiah, the Christ, the Savior of the Jews and the entire world. Andrew and Edwin discuss how amazing this is and what great support...2021-09-0915 min