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Heart of a FriendEp. 55 | How to Cope with a Life That’s Too Short - Psalm 90 - Part 1Highlights: How to Cope with a Life That’s Too ShortPsalm 90 (Part 1) : Finding God in the PsalmsTwo responses to the brevity of life:Resignation: Learn to accept the brutal reality of a life that’s too short. Admit defeat.Resistance - Affirm that there IS something wrong with the way things are. Death is a tyrant. An enemy to be defeated.Our hope (is) finally to emerge from the tyranny (of time), the poverty of time, to ride it not...2025-05-0232 minHeart of a FriendEp. 54 | The Pathway to Paradise - Psalm 16 : Finding God in the PsalmsHighlights: The Pathway to Paradise - Psalm 16Finding God in the Psalms (Episode 54)The most unhappy people in the world are not those who have nothing, but those who have everything and have learned that it doesn’t make any difference.Paradise is an ever-receding horizon.Paradise is not a place, it’s a Person.Every vision of “the life we’ve always wanted” that does not have God at the center is a mirage.What will the Age to Come...2025-03-2430 minHeart of a FriendEp. 53 | Fulfill Your Purpose! Finding God in the PsalmsHighlights - Episode 53Fulfill Your Purpose!Finding God in the PsalmsFirst - Start with HumilitySecond - Connect with the CoachTo understand anthropology begin with theology. Discovering the purpose of life begins and ends with God.When God made us in his image, it means we were created to speak and act on his behalf…on behalf of the King, as if we were him. It’s our job description! It’s to be ambassadors of the...2025-02-1232 minHeart of a FriendEp. 52 | Antidote to FearHighlights - Episode 52 | Antidote to FearThe answer for our fears is not a what, but a who.First: Remember, God is BIGGER than our problem.Second: Pursue your friendship with God BEFORE you face a crisis.Third: Pray earnestly.Fourth: Take Action.God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.Fifth: Say “no” to fear.Fear knocked, faith answered and no one was there.Si...2025-01-2831 minHeart of a FriendEp. 51 | Three Reasons Our World’s a Mess and What We Can Do About It.” - What’s on My BookshelfHighlights Live No Lies, by John Mark Comer Deceptive ideas play to disordered desires that are normalized in a sinful society. The Devil The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. Disinformation is at the root of almost every single problem we face in our society and our souls Soak your mind and imagination in Jesus’ truths before you are assaulted with the devil’s lies. The Flesh Every time you think or do something it becomes easier...2025-01-1328 min
Films For The Very First TimeRat RaceFor our twelfth episode, Jordan picked the cult classic comedy, Rat Race which Casey has never seen.
We talk about where we were when the film was originally released and what kept Casey from seeing this movie all this time. Then we move on to the discussion of the film proper and finish with rating the episode out of 5 stars.
Rat Race
Directed by: Jerry Zucker
Written by: Andy Breckman
Premiered: August 17, 2001
Where to Stream Now: Paramount+
Next Week: Scrooged
W...2023-12-152h 06Heart of a FriendEp. 50 | Is Reading the Bible the Fastest Way to Lose Your Faith? A review: How NOT to Read the Bible.Highlights: How NOT to Read the Bible (Episode 50) The road to atheism is littered with Bibles that have been read cover to cover. To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click “I agree.” Never Read a Bible Verse By lifting verses out of context, they can easily be misunderstood. The story-line of the Bible must be understood so that we can see where the verse/passage/book fits into the larger over...2023-05-2536 minHeart of a FriendEp. 49 | What’s On My Bookshelf? | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 3What’s On My Bookshelf? A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 3 - Highlights Coronaviruses and influenza viruses are the ones that we are currently worried about. H5N1 (a bird flu)...if it ever gets airborne...it’s got a 60% death rate. (Dr. Larry Brilliant, Harvard Magazine) It is the advance of scientific knowledge, actualized by public policy and private behavior, that has given humans the advantage over microbial threats. Science and state-craft are the keys to...2023-04-2334 minHeart of a FriendEp. 48 | What’s On My Bookshelf? | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 2What’s On My Bookshelf? A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 2 Highlights We still have much to learn from the experience of those who lived and died before us. It is urgent that we do so. The long history of disease counsels us to expect the unexpected. The worst threat may be the one we cannot see coming. Bubonic Plague (Black Death)Three stages in history - The Justinian Plague (500’s A.D.), The Black Dea...2023-04-2134 minHeart of a FriendEp. 47 | What’s On My Bookshelf? | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper - The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Part 1What’s On My Bookshelf?Part 1 | A Review: Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle HarperThe Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse Highlights Up to around 1700 life on earth was short and full of sorrow. Life expectancy was below 30 years. Most people died of infectious disease...around 1900 a great threshold was crossed for the the first time in the history of our species: non-infectious causes of death accounted for a greater portion of total mortality than did infectious diseases. By mid-century dying of infectious disease had become anomalous, virtually sca...2023-04-1927 minHeart of a FriendEp. 46 | What’s On My Bookshelf | Part 1 | Eight Ways to Make This Your Best Year EverWhat’s On My Bookshelf | Eight Ways to Make This Your Best Year Ever 4000 Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans yet practically no time at all to put them into action...Stop trying so hard...It’s ok to give up on what’s impossible in the first place. One: Accept the limitations of a life-span that’s way too short. The key to begin resolving this problem is to work with the facts of our...2023-01-0236 minHeart of a FriendEp 45 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 8 | Six Reasons We Don’t Listen and What to Do About ItHighlights Ears: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 8 (Episode 45) Six Reasons We Don’t Listen and What to Do About It Six reasons most of us don’t listen well: 1. We’ve never been taught how. We are encouraged to listen to our hearts, and listen to our gut, but rarely are we encouraged to listen carefully and with intent to other people. ( Kate Murphy, You’re Not Listening) Listening well is not an ability we are born with. It doesn’t ge...2022-12-1931 minHeart of a FriendEp 44 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 7 | Miracle Grow for RelationshipsHighlightsEars: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 7 (Episode 44) Miracle Grow for Relationships Marriage The decision to get married is weighted heavily toward what we see...is this person physically attractive to me? But the decision to stay married is weighted more toward what we hear...do I have satisfying communication with my spouse? Thirty-six Questions that Lead to Love, (NYT January 9, 2015) Communication Exercise - Ask: What’s the biggest thing impacting you and how are you f...2022-12-0528 minHeart of a FriendEp. 43 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 6 | Persuasion Starts HereHIghlights - Ears (Part 6, Episode 43) Persuasion Starts HerePeople don’t care what we know until they know that we care.”To listen well is the first step in caring. Persuasion begins with listening well.Four scenarios:1. When someone is angry2. When you are trying to make a saleI discovered early on that people don’t buy from me because they understand what I’m selling. They buy because they feel understood.’ Jon benefits from his natural tendency to ask a l...2022-11-2225 minHeart of a FriendEp. 42 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 5 | Help! I’m Hurting!Ears: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 5 (Episode 42) Help! I’m Hurting! Highlights Be kind to everyone you meet because everyone you meet is fighting a battle. When it comes to helping the hurting...this is almost always true of our words. Less is more. Job’s comforters did everything right for the first seven days, and so do we when we do the same three things they did. First, show up. (90% of success is just showing up.) Second, empathiz...2022-11-1428 minHeart of a FriendEp. 41 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 4 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (4-7)Ears: The Soft Power of Listening - Part 4 (Episode 41) Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (Continued) HIghlights Listening well means to pay careful attention to what’s being said in a way that encourages people to continue to share even more of their story The fourth habit of highly effective listeners: Don’t use your own stories to compete with others. Don’t equate your experience with theirs. If they're talking about having lost a family member, don't start talking about the time you lost a family member. If they're t...2022-11-0324 minHeart of a FriendEp. 40 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 3 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (1-3)Highlights: Ears | Seven Habits of Highly Effective Listeners (1-3) A checklist for listening well First, keep the focus on the other person A support response does this by asking questions and reflecting/paraphrasing what the other person is saying. While listening...One of the most helpful things we should be listening for is an open door to ask another question. The insight you are seeking is often not behind that first, second or third door but many layers deep into the conversation. The key to each...2022-10-2524 minHeart of a FriendEp. 39 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 2 | The Secret Sauce of Great ConversationsHighlights: Ep. 39 | Ears | Part 2 | The Soft Power of Listening - The Secret Sauce of Great ConversationsCuriosity...it’s the single most important factor in listening well. It’s the secret sauce. Great conversations are driven by curiosity. So follow your curiosity.The obvious tool of my trade is the tape recorder, but I suppose the real tool is curiosity. (Studs Terkel) Curiosity is not an involuntary impulse. It’s a quality that we can choos...2022-10-0727 minHeart of a FriendEp.38 | Ears : The Soft Power of Listening | Part 1 | Five Reasons This May Be Our Most Important Life SkillHighlights: Ep.38 | Ears | Part 1 | Five Reasons This May Be Our Most Important Life SkillDefinition: Listening well is more than just hearing with our ears. It’s hearing with our hearts.One: Listening well creates a unique and almost sacred bond between people.Those who listen longer than most people ever listen will hear things that most people neverhear. (Carey Nieuwhoff)Two: Listening well brings real healing to others.We hurt in isolation; we heal in community.Be kind to everyone you meet, because everyone yo...2022-09-2228 min
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Feel The Most Game-Changing Full Audiobook Today!Growing in Christ by J. I. PackerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599933to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Growing in Christ
Author: J. I. Packer
Narrator: Andy Mace
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
Release date: June 28, 2022
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
A Clear Outline of Basic Christianity from Theologian J. I. Packer Followers of Christ grow spiritually by learning and living out the essentials of their faith, which are often taken for granted or overlooked in daily life. Renowned theologian J. I. Packer believed that Christianity is not automatic and must be learned by new believers and mature Christians alike. In Growing in Christ, Packer offers readers an...2022-06-287h 02
Exploring God’s Word with Brad ThurstonNow I UnderstandGrowth in understanding From the beginning the Old Testament speaks of God’s desire for all to come to a knowledge of the truth. The promises are not just for Abraham and his descendants, but for all who will call upon the name of the Lord! But the Jews see their purpose as defending God’s honor through their traditions and laws. So though the prophets declared it, it is not something that their understanding could comprehend. As a result, they did little about it. This passage is about a major change in understanding, and in application. This is t...2022-05-3044 minHeart of a FriendEp. 37 | Mere Christianity | Part 16 | The Road Less TraveledHighlights - Ep. 37 | Mere Christianity | Part 16 | The Road Less TraveledI didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity. (God in the Dock)Christ says, “Give me all. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work. I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. God is e...2022-05-1938 minHeart of a FriendEp. 36 | Mere Christianity | Part 15 | Next Steps Toward a Greater DestinyHighlights: Ep. 37 | Mere Christianity | Part 16 | The Road Less TraveledThe secret to the abundant life is not our responsibility but our response to God’s ability. (E.Stanley Jones)First: The Imitation of Christ - “Let’s Pretend.”Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already. That is why children's games are so important. They are always pretending to be grown-ups – playing soldiers, playing shop. But all the time they are hardening their muscles and sharpening their wits, so t...2022-04-0631 minHeart of a FriendEp. 35 | Mere Christianity | Part 14 | Your First Step Toward a Greater Destiny“Everything which really needs to be done in our souls can be done only by God.” “If Christianity only means one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance. There has been no lack of good advice for the last four thousand years! A bit more makes no difference!” Christianity is about being a friend of God. It’s relational. It’s not about being “faced with an argument which demands your assent, but (being faced) with a Person who demands your confidence.” “There is no...2022-03-0740 minHeart of a FriendEp. 34 | Mere Christianity | Part 13 | More Than What We've BecomeHighlights: Ep. 34 | Mere Christianity | Part 13 | More Than What We've BecomeWhen we draw our circle bigger we’re enriched. When we don’t we’re impoverished and diminished. Streams of Living Water, (Richard Foster) If you’ve benefited from the writings of C.S. Lewis, it’s because a few key people a generation ago decided to draw their circle bigger. They took a dip in another stream. We owe them a big debt and we’d be wise to follow in their steps. “Now the whole offe...2022-01-1929 minHeart of a FriendEp. 33 | Mere Christianity | Part 12 | Failure - A Defining MomentHighlights: Ep. 33 | Mere Christianity | Part 12 | Failure - A Defining Moment “The main thing we learn from a serious attempt to practice the Christian virtues is that we fail… God has been waiting for the moment at which you discover that there is no question of earning a pass mark in this exam. The first result of real Christianity is to blow that idea into bits.” It’s a necessary and defining moment for anyone wanting to walk in new life with Christ. “So, If you were to die tonight and God we...2022-01-0533 minHeart of a FriendEp. 32 | Mere Christianity | Part 11 | To Go The DistanceEp. 32 | Mere Christianity | Part 11 | To Go The Distance Highlights Faith as Lewis uses it here means “spiritual tenacity.”“Faith is…a necessary virtue. Unless you teach your moods “where they get off,” you can never be a sound Christian…but just a creature dithering to and fro, with its beliefs really dependent on the weather and the state of its digestion.”“There will come a moment when there is bad news…or he’s in trouble…or is living among a lot of other people who don’t believe…or when he...2021-12-2231 min
Limbach UnlockedThe Social Glue keeping my team together is....How does a leader navigate through conflict, challenges, and workload? How do team members self-regulate and accomplish their tasks and goals? These questions drive the current of this chat with VP & Eastern PA Branch Manager, Andy Wiegand. Get to know this servant leader and his approach to team dynamics and leadership in both physical and virtual spaces! You'll walk away the better for it.2021-12-2033 minHeart of a FriendEp. 31 | Mere Christianity | Part 10 | The Gift of TomorrowHighlights: Ep. 31 | Mere Christianity | Part 10 | The Gift of TomorrowWhat happens when we die? Only a fool ignores this question. “Think of yourself just as a seed patiently waiting in the earth; waiting to come up a flower in the Gardener’s good time, up into the real world, the real waking. I suppose our whole present life, looked back on from there, will seem only a drowsy half-waking. We are here in the land of dreams. But…cock-crow is coming.” Our present world is a shadow...2021-12-0832 minHeart of a FriendEp. 30 | Mere Christianity | Part 9 | Just Do ItHighlights: Ep. 30 | Mere Christianity | Part 9 | Just Do ItLove is the litmus test for authentic Christian living. It’s the one signature quality above all others that defines us as Christ-followers. “Love in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will…It would be quite wrong to think that the way to become charitable is to sit trying to manufacture affectionate feelings.” The Greek language has four words for love:Storge - Affection primarily in a family...2021-11-2429 min
Bildung mal andersLebendig durch den DepressionstornadoThemenmonat: Tod, Trauer, Sterben und Verlust
In dieser sehr berührenden und ehrlichen Folge spricht Mia mit Andy Feind. Andy hat, durch einen Schicksalsschlag ausgelöst, seit vielen Jahren chronische Depressionen. Er ist durch viele tiefe Täler gegangen. Auf dem Weg einen Umgang damit zu finden, schrieb er ein Buch. Dieses soll auch anderen helfen und der Gesellschaft Wege im Umgang aufzeigen. Im Interview teilt er sehr offen seine Geschichte. Wir sprechen auch darüber, wie Menschen mit Suizidgedanken umgehen können und wie das Umfeld unterstützend wirken kann.
Lass uns gern...2021-11-2057 minHeart of a FriendEp. 29 | Mere Christianity | Part 8 | The Greatest SinHighlights - The Great Sin According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice. Pride, in all its forms is essentially “self-conceit.”Vanity: People glory in the greenest lawn, the flattering cut of a new dress or suit, the cleanliness of the kitchen, a successful diet, the ability to namedrop impressively at social gatherings, the right car…the appearance of wor...2021-11-1030 minHeart of a FriendEp. 28 | Mere Christianity | Part 7 | A Terrible DutyHighlights: A Terrible Duty - Episode 28I said in a previous chapter that chastity was the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. But I am not sure I was right. I believe the one I have to talk of today is even more unpopular: the Christian rule, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Because in Christian morals “thy neighbor” includes “thy enemy,” and so we come up against this terrible duty of forgiving our enemies….They say, “That sort of talk makes them sick.” And half of you already want to ask me, “I wonder how you’d fee...2021-10-2727 minHeart of a FriendEp. 27 | Mere Christianity | Part 6 | How to Make Marriage WorkHighlights: How to Make Marriage Work: Two important keys to making marriage work. First - The determination that marriage is for life. “Christianity teaches that marriage is for life…a man and wife are to be regarded as a single organism…”one flesh.” They (various churches) all regard divorce as something like cutting up a living body…some think the operation so violent that it cannot be done at all; others admit it as a desperate remedy in extreme cases. They are all agreed!…What all disagree with is the modern view that it is a simple...2021-10-1328 minHeart of a FriendEp. 26 | Mere Christianity | Part 5 | Good SexMere Christianity | Part5 | Good Sex - Highlights“Some muddle-headed Christians have talked as if …sex, or the body, or pleasure, were bad in themselves. But they are wrong. Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions which thoroughly approves of the body - which believes that matter is good, that God Himself once took on a human body, that some kind of body is going to be given to us even in Heaven and is going to be an essential part of our happiness, our beauty, and our energy. Christianity has glorified marriage more th...2021-09-2929 minHeart of a FriendEp. 25 | Mere Christianity | Part 4 | Beyond Politics!About Politics: “Christianity has not and does not profess to have, a detailed political program. We are given the golden rule, ‘Do as you would be done by.’ But how that should be applied…to a particular society at a particular time is not specified for us. “That is why people who are fighting for quite opposite things can both say they are fighting for Christianity.” “Most of us aren’t really approaching the subject in order to find out what Christianity says: we are approaching it in the hope of finding...2021-09-1532 minHeart of a FriendEp. 24 | Mere Christianity | Part 3 | Time to Come Home“Enemy occupied territory - that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed…landed in disguise…But why is God landing in this enemy-occupied world in disguise? Why is He not landing in force, invading it? Well, Christians think He is going to land in force; we do not know when. But we can guess why He is delaying. He wants to give us the chance of joining His side freely.” We live in an Age of Invitation. God didn’t send a sword, he...2021-09-0132 minHeart of a FriendEp. 23 | Mere Christianity | Part 2 | Why is there so much evil?Highlights - Mere Christianity (Part 2) Episode 23Lewis is more than a pipe-smoking, ivory tower, arm-chair academic. He had literally/personally agonized and bled in the “trenches” over this question: If there is a God, then why is there so much evil and suffering? He knew first-hand, in a way that few of us have ever experienced, that “something is seriously wrong with our world.” “My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust.” “If a good God made the world why has it...2021-08-1830 minHeart of a FriendEp. 22 | Mere Christianity | Part 1 | A Clue to the Meaning of the UniverseLewis appeared on the September 8, 1947 cover of Time Magazine. This slightly stooped, round-shouldered, balding professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University was an international “rock star.”One irony…originally Mere Christianity was a series of radio talks! They were never written to be a book! Lewis gave these talks on the BBC during World War 2.His purpose: “Explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times…mere Christianity.”“When you have reached your own room, be ...2021-08-0426 minHeart of a FriendEp. 21 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 10 | A Relationship to Be PursuedHighlights - Episode 21 - Teach Us…A Relationship to Be PursuedNine prayer practices that have helped me continue to make progress in my own relationship with God.First: Think more relationally…less transactionally. It’s not what we say, it’s who we’re with. “Prayer is not a button to be pushed; it’s a relationship to be pursued.” (Carey Nieuwhof) Second: Recognize the value of a prayer model and use it. The prayers of others help us exercise new spiritual muscles…”the law of requisite variety”...2021-04-2933 minHeart of a FriendEp. 20 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 9 | This Means War!Summary Notes - Teach Us…This Means War! (Episode 20)We’re all in the middle of a cosmic conflict between good and evil - a world war. Life is not a playground it’s a battleground. “The whole of the cosmos is caught up in a fierce battle between two rival kingdoms.” (Gregory Boyd, God at War) If you know this is a battle-field and you know the enemy and his strategies, you can reduce your risk substantially! It’s no accident that the Lord’s Prayer is “book-ended” with the identities of the two major p...2021-04-0736 minHeart of a FriendEp. 19 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 8 | Here There Be TigersHighlights - Teach Us to Pray: Here There Be Tigers (Episode 19) “Lead us not into temptation…”A more accurate and helpful translation: “Spare us from difficult circumstances.” Two reasons - linguistic and theological. “It’s a confession of our weakness. It’s us essentially saying, ‘Lord, I’m weak. I can’t handle the pressure. I’m vulnerable. Don’t put me to the test.’” (Villodas) “It’s a vote of ‘no confidence’ in our own abilities…(it) confesses our feebleness as human beings. God expects us to pray that we will escape t...2021-03-2431 minHeart of a FriendEp. 18 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 7 | Set the Prisoner FreeEpisode 18Notes Highlights: Set the Prisoner Free (Part 7 - Lord’s Prayer) If you are a Christ-follower, there can be only one response when other people wound us… forgiveness. The Lord’s Prayer expects it. On this issue we’re all called to be super-heroes.Anyone thinking seriously about the Lord’s Prayer has to ask, “Is our forgiveness by God conditional upon our forgiveness of others?”They are inseparably linked. If I am unwilling to extend forgiveness to others, then I...2021-03-1029 minHeart of a FriendEp. 17 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 6 | Recovery Begins HereHighlights: Recovery Begins Here (Part 6 - Lord’s Prayer) “The central defect of evil is not the sin, but the refusal to acknowledge it.” (Scott Peck, People of the Lie) The practice of denial only allows the evil to grow worse. Recovery can only begin when we acknowledge the sin: “Forgive us our sins. “Trespasses” and “Debts” are metaphors for the same thing - sin. (cf. Luke 11:4). Different approaches to the problem of sin: • Avoid it. In the sho...2021-02-2433 minHeart of a FriendEp. 16 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 5 | Isn't Kroger Enough?Highlights: Isn’t Kroger Enough? (Part 5) “Give us this day our daily bread…” Do we really need this part of the Lord’s Prayer? We regard our food as less of a necessity and more like a hobby. Yes, we eat to live but more and more we live to eat. Isn’t this prayer an artifact from a by-gone era of scarcity?John Stott cites Martin Luther, “Luther had the wisdom to see that “bread” was a symbol for “everything necessary for the preservation this life, like food, a healthy body, good weather, house, home...2021-02-1031 min
Feel The Most Game-Changing Full Audiobook Today!Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon...and Beyond by Beverly GrayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482727to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon...and Beyond
Author: Beverly Gray
Narrator: Donna Postel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Release date: February 2, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
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Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon . . . and Beyond, the first full-length biography of Ron Howard, takes an in-depth look at the Oklahoma boy who gained national fame as a child star, then grew up to be one of Hollywood's most admired directors. Although many show biz kids founder as they approach adulthood, Ron...2021-02-029h 26Heart of a FriendEp. 15 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 4B | Want to Change the World?“When we depend on man we get what man can do…when we depend on prayer we get what God can do.” Prayer changes things. May your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In this prayer we’re asking for heaven to come to earth…we’re asking for what’s happening in God’s neighborhood to happen in our own…we’re asking for the mission launched by Jesus to continue in the present and to be consummated at his return in the future. There are two 2021-01-2730 minHeart of a FriendEp. 14 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 4A | The Lord's PrayerSummary Notes: Teach Us to Pray - Episode 14 (Part 4A) No one is happy about the world the way it is. But turning back the clock is not the answer. The answer lies in looking ahead. And this is the focus of this part of the Lord’s Prayer: “May your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” This part of the prayer expresses our longing for a better world.Is this one petition or two? The two parts of thi...2021-01-1326 minHeart of a FriendEp. 13 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 3 | The Lord's PrayerEpisode 13 Notes - Teach Us to Pray (Part 3)Top 5 prayers: family, guidance, health, forgiveness and thanksgivingThe trellis of the Lord’s Prayer helps our prayer life to grow up and in the right direction…it trains our hearts to pray differently…it breaks us free from the “treadmill list” of our top five concerns…it helps us to develop new spiritual muscle memory…it trains us to feel what is most important in the heart of Jesus…what should be our very first prayer.What does “holy” mean? To treat with the hi...2020-12-1630 minHeart of a FriendEp. 12 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 2 | We're Not In Kansas AnymoreEpisode 12 - The Lord’s Prayer - We’re Not in Kansas AnymoreIf God is in heaven and God is everywhere then heaven must be everywhere. In other words, heaven has no zip code.Heaven is the world we don’t see. This invisible world is what the Bible means here by “heaven.” To paraphrase: “Our Father, in the unseen but ever present reality that surrounds me.”Three implications:First, “In heaven” invites us to exercise faith. Faith is our way of “getting a...2020-12-0229 minHeart of a FriendEp. 11 | Teach Us To Pray | Part 1 | The Lord's PrayerEpisode 11 Notes - Teach Us to Pray (Part 1)God values our prayers, more than we may think! Jesus’ disciples never asked him to teach them how to preach. But they did ask him, “Lord, teach us how to pray.”The Lord’s Prayer or The Disciples’ prayer is, in a sense, everybody’s chance to walk where Jesus walked - to put the feet of our souls where Jesus put the feet of his soul when he prayed. Each phrase of the prayer is intended as a focal point…or…a seed thought which can be exp...2020-11-1832 minHeart of a FriendEp. 10 | Book Review of Quiet, by Susan CainEpisode 10 - Book Review of Quiet, by Susan CainEpisode Notes:Quote: “If there is only one insight you take away from this book…I hope it’s newfound sense of entitlement to be yourself.”TED Talk: The Power of Introverts Website: quietrev.com The Rise of the Extrovert Ideal - We went from being a “culture of character in the 19th century to becoming a”culture of personality” in the 20th…In a big city full of strangers, making a good first impression was a necessity for success. A magnetic, out-going person...2020-10-2834 min
Exploring God’s Word with Brad ThurstonPassions and PossessionsJesus is a teacher and prophet, not a lawyerHe uses all events to teachAgain he uses stories to tell of great spiritual truths: Life is a gift from God! No amount of possessions, however abundant can make it greater or give it security!“What Is Love? “Love is doing what’s best for someone else, whatever it takes.” (Pastor Tyler McKenzie - Northeast Christian Church in Louisville, KT) Love is NOT about how we feel. It’s not an emotion it’s a commitment to act in the best interests of others.How Does This Kind of Love Change T...2020-10-2729 minHeart of a FriendEp. 9 | Book Review of Grit by Angela DuckworthEpisode 9 - Book Review of Grit by Angela DuckworthEpisode Notes:The Grit Scale Test 1. New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones. 2. Setbacks don't discourage me. I don't give up easily. 3. I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.4. I am a hard worker. 5. I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete. 6. I finish whatever I begin. 7. My interests change from year-to-year. 8. I am diligent. I never give...2020-10-1436 minHeart of a FriendEp. 8 | The Slower You Go, The Faster You'll Get ThereEpisode 8 - The Slower You Go, The Faster You’ll Get ThereAnalogy with cross-country…It is important to run the right course. Is there a “course” we are meant to run?An important clue is here: 1 John 4:12. God’s love is incompletely expressed only from the perspective of the visible world. The world we live in needs love “with skin on.” It is our job to be the visible expression of God’s love. This is the race/course we are meant to run.This has been our “job description” from the beginning...2020-10-0732 minHeart of a FriendEp. 7 | Why am I a Christian?Episode 7 - Why Am I a Christian? Authentic faith is not something you inherit. Every person must make the choice for themselves.John gives the single most compelling reason that was the tipping point for my own decision to invite Christ into my own heart (1John 4:9-11)His act of self-sacrifice was undeniable. The love that motivated it, was unimaginable. His invitation to follow was irresistible. Why am I a Christian? Two words: The Cross.Four big concerns I...2020-09-3043 minHeart of a FriendEp. 6 | The Big Mistake People Make about the ChurchEpisode 6 - The Big Mistake People Make about the ChurchWe overweight the bad news and we underweight the good news. We may be a lot better than we think! Love is the litmus test of an authentic relationship with God.1st Question: Does this mean that it doesn’t matter what you believe or how you live as long as you are a loving person? No. John assumes that his readers are believers already.2nd Question: How do you explain: the world is...2020-09-2344 minHeart of a FriendEp. 5 | Thoughts on the Problem of Evil and SufferingEpisode 5 - Thoughts on the Problem of Evil and Suffering Why does God allow so much suffering? (Note: In times of trouble we don’t need explanations as much as we need the love of others.)12 Ideas:1: We’re not the first to ask this question. Earlier believers found a way through this problem in far more brutal times. We can too. Not fatal to faith.1: This question is problematic for everyone. Neither believers nor atheists can eliminate the problem by denying the existence of God.3...2020-09-1739 minHeart of a FriendEp. 4 | The Big Mistake People Make about God (1 John 4:7b-8)Ep. 4 | The Big Mistake People Make about God (1 John 4:7b-8)Episode 4: The Big Mistake People Make about God (1John 4:7b-8) - Why the way we think about God is wrong - the breakthrough everyone needs.Many think that God is some cosmic ogre - always out to spoil our fun?John makes two claims. First, God is love. Second, those who claim to know him should be characterized by love. This passage is like a literary sandwich. The two pieces of bread - “for love is from Go...2020-09-1631 minHeart of a FriendEp. 3 | A Simple Approach to a Better Life | Part 3 (1 John 4:7a)Episode 3 - Two practical steps toward implementing a transformational life-plan. Why hurry is kryptonite for your soul. Making the decision to love others changes US and it changes THEM. How Can We Get Better at Doing This? Practical steps: First...Slow down! John Ortberg: “Love takes time and time is the one thing that hurried people don’t have.” Most of us want to be more loving...but we are always in a hurry. Our hearts are in the right place. But...2020-09-1514 min