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Dying to Live PodcastWalking With Confidence - The Assurance of SalvationAssurance of salvation is one of the most vital truths every believer must grasp. God hasn’t called us merely to know about Him, but to walk confidently as His sons and daughters. Yet for many, a quiet question lingers: Am I truly saved? What does it really mean to have assurance of my salvation?When can I know for certain? These aren’t just theological ideas — they touch the very core of how we do life together, how we worship, and how we endure through life’s trials. In this episode, we’ll explore what the Word teaches about assur...2025-06-0950 minDying to Live PodcastThe Prosperity Gospel - Exposing A Different GospelIn today’s episode, we’re addressing a subject that has deeply influenced many lives in different contexts and continents — the prosperity gospel. While it often comes wrapped in the language of faith, confession and blessing, it distorts the very heart of Christ’s Gospel message and leads many into confusion, disappointment, and crisis of faith. The truth is, following Jesus doesn’t mean we’re spared from suffering — believers still go through trials, hardship, and even persecution. But in the midst of it all, we are promised His presence, His grace, and eternal life. Our aim today isn’t to attack people...2025-05-2651 minDying to Live PodcastContraception From a Biblical PerspectiveWARNING - This podcast has content that is not appropriate for younger listeners. Contraception, methods of contraception and even sterilisation are minefields which Christian marriages have to negotiate in our church and society today. Which methods don't violate biblical principles and which do? Where does life begin and what contraception can end life? How do we process grey areas and with whom? Mike Davies and Michael D'Offay, elders in the life of JoshGen and Dr Melissa Janse van Vuuren look at these issues and give answers from theological and medical perspectives.2025-05-1249 min
Building His Church | Four12The Fight for Godliness Are you training yourself to become more like Jesus? When the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy, he instructs Timothy to train himself to be godly, as godliness holds value for this life as well as eternity (1 Timothy 4:7-10). God wants us all to grow into resilient believers who walk in humility, integrity, and obedience to Jesus. In this session, Michael d’Offay teaches us that this godliness comes through intentional training, when we continually aim to become more like Jesus. He unpacks Scriptural principles that will help us grow into the people God wants us to be...2025-04-3037 min
Building His Church | Four12Why I Believe in the Resurrection How can we know that Jesus rose from the dead? The Apostle Paul states that if Jesus were not raised from the dead, our faith would be useless (1 Corinthians 15:14). Thus, we know that believing Jesus was resurrected is such a fundamental aspect of our faith, but how can we know it to be true? In this Easter session, Michael d’Offay looks at three arguments that prove that Jesus died and was brought back to life. He looks at the claims of Jesus Himself, the life and death of the disciples, and the life of Paul...2025-04-2530 min
Building His Church | Four12How Encouragement Helps Us Endure Called to encourage one another. Jesus said that those who endure in faith to the end will be saved (Matthew 24:13). We are called to finish our race well, holding fast to Jesus throughout our lives. But how can we do so, with all of life’s trials and hardships? In this session, Michael d’Offay teaches us about encouragement – from learning how to become an encourager to God’s purpose in encouraging one another. He reminds us of the Lord’s plan in binding us together in fellowship as we walk together to spur each other on. As...2025-04-1631 minDying to Live PodcastWhat Do I Do When God Seems DistantThere are times in our lives when God feels far away and life feels like a wilderness. Where is God when this happens? Is He there with us or has He removed Himself? Can an omnipresent God be distant? How do faith and the emotional sense of God's presence play out in situations like this? Melanie du Toit, a prophetic voice in JoshGen and Michael D'Offay with Brett Bevan, both elders within the life of JoshGen, share perspectives from God's Word together with personal experience.2025-03-1047 min
Building His Church | Four12Knowing Jesus Who is Jesus and how do we walk in a real relationship with Him? The Bible says that “the people who know their God shall stand firm” (Daniel 11:32, ESV). One of our great and unique privileges as followers of Jesus is that we don’t only learn about Him – we are invited to truly know Him. God calls us into a real relationship through the sacrifice of His Son. The Apostle John had a close friendship with Jesus, being called ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ (John 21:20). In this session, Michael d’Offay unpacks three aspects of the Lord’s nat...2024-12-0432 min
Building His Church | Four12A Revelation of Jesus Do we see Jesus for who He truly is? We always look to the One we follow – Jesus is the object of our faith. However, how we see Jesus will determine the quality of our faith – a wrong view of Him will damage it, and a diminished view of Him will keep us from growing into who God wants us to be. Many believers mistakenly serve Jesus according to their culture or their imagination. In this session, Michael d’Offay highlights who Christ truly is, according to the Word of God. In the Book of Revelatio...2024-11-2136 minDying to Live PodcastNavigating Depression as Believers - Questions and Answers SessionThis is the Questions and Answers session of the podcast Navigating Depression as Believers. In order to have a full benefit from this Q and A session you'd need to listen to the previous podcast about Navigating Depression as Believers.Morne van der Walt and Michael D'Offay, elders in the life of JoshGen, together with Lorna Baker, a counselling psychologist, and Brigitte Melly answer questions from the studio audience.2024-09-3049 minDying to Live PodcastHow to Have a Daily Devotional or Quiet TimeWhether you have been a follower of Jesus for 6 months or 60 years, the challenge of having a quiet time or daily devotions is a very real challenge for many of us. In this episode Lee Serafin, Karen and Demetri Nikiforus together with Michael D'Offay share personal experiences, spiritual truths and biblical foundations around personal devotions, couples devotions and family devotions. There is not one way, a formula or pattern for daily devotions. As with all relationships our quiet times are diverse as we connect with Jesus daily and it's this connection that is the fundamental common thread we need to...2024-03-1151 minDying to Live PodcastFaith vs Presumption and PragmatismHow do we exercise our faith in God is an age old question we all face. With the extremes from both sides in the contemporary church, finding a balance is key to our walk with God. In this episode Luke Hulley and Michael D'Offay answer some of the big questions around exercising our faith.2024-03-0443 minDying to Live PodcastCults vs New Testament ChurchesIn this episode, with a live studio audience, we look at a word that impacts charismatic churches following the model of New Testament church and that is, cults. Why are churches often labelled as cults? What are we doing differently that attracts a label like this? So, the main question answered in part one of this episode by our guests Mike Davies and Dr Cornelia van Deventer together with Michael d'Offay is...how do we as New Testament believers recognise a cult and understand biblically why we aren't part of one?In part two our guests answer questions posed...2024-02-261h 18Dying to Live PodcastDealing with the Storms of Grief, Tribulations and SufferingJames says in chapter 1 of his epistle that we should..."Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds". He doesn't say if but when. In this episode, Wayne Turner and Michael d'Offay chat with Pamela Marais and Juliet van der Westhuizen as they share their remarkable God journey of trials, grief and suffering. They tell a story of how Jesus carried them through trials that no family should endure with the joy James commands of us. Losing a father, grandfather and husband was a messy, difficult and painful experience but God was in...2024-02-2045 min
Estação 337Semana Four12 - 2022 | Dia 3 (PM) - Michael d'Offay31.07.2022 - PM | Four12 Brasil2022-08-0148 min
Estação 337Semana Four12 - 2022 | Dia 3 (AM) - Michael d'Offay31.07.2022 - AM | Four12 Brasil2022-08-0146 min
Estação 337Semana Four12 - 2022 | Dia 2 - Michael d'Offay28.07.2022 | Four12 Brasil2022-08-0150 min
Estação 337Semana Four12 - 2022 | Dia 1 - Michael d'Offay27.07.2022 | Four12 Brasil2022-08-0156 min
Tea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 30, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – The New Definition for Specialty Tea Gets Refined | Research Reveals That Children Benefit from Drinking Tea| and Unilever’s Tea Brand Divestiture is on Pace| GUEST – Kyle Whittington reviews The Life of Tea by Michael Freeman and Timothy d'Offay | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week visits the tea lands from on high where rising temperatures in the atmosphere are causing shifts in the jet stream that alter ocean temperatures, causing an unusual period of extreme weather globally. The results from changes in the climate are visible this summer as heat domes, and drought...2021-07-3020 min
艺术有读BOOM（下）：权力的游戏，画商换代与超级艺术家崛起第二十七期BOOM（下）：权力的游戏，画商换代与超级艺术家崛起总时长：70分01秒 主播· Sammi: Tabula Rasa Gallery 画廊联合创始人，总监· 胡湖: 姐夫拍，艺术比特app创始人嘉宾· 陆晓凡：前艺术市场资深记者，现任职于某奢侈品牌Boom：Mad money，Mega Dealers and the Rise of Contemporary Art， 这是一本于今年5月21日出版的新书。当代艺术市场的飞速崛起少不了艺术品交易商—时代的品味塑造者—在幕后的参与。他们对艺术充满热情，在背后资助和发掘新生代的艺术家，有时甚至要忍受艺术家小有成就后被对手挖走。作者从艺术品交易商这一角色切入，通过深入采访和鲜为人知的轶事探索当代艺术市场的崛起，带我们走入一段光怪陆离的历史。关于作者Michael Shnayerson美国记者，1976年毕业于美国达特茅斯学院，1986年起供稿于生活杂志《名利场》（Vanity Fair）。参见：http://mshnay.com/bio本期提到的画廊主们：玛丽安·古德曼（Marian Goodman，1928- ）Goodman是 Boom 中屡次提及的当今第五大画廊主。上世纪60年代，因离婚后要抚养两个孩子，Goodman开始销售一些廉价的艺术图书和版画，随后于1963进入哥伦比亚大学学习艺术史，成为当时班级里唯一的女性。1965年 Goodman与人合伙成立 Multiples 出版机构，出版美国艺术家的版画、书籍和复制品，1968-1975年间将合作扩展至欧洲艺术家。在参加art basel和卡塞尔文献展期间，Goodman对欧洲艺术家有了更多了解。1977年，Goodman正式在纽约东57街成立画廊，后于1981年迁址至西57街，从此一直坚守至今，从未延伸到SoHo区或切尔西区。与其他大画廊的大力扩张不同，Goodman只在除纽约之外的巴黎和伦敦各开设了一家空间，目前代理49位艺术家，包括格哈德·里希特、史蒂夫·麦奎因（Steve McQueen）、莫瑞吉奥·卡特兰(Maurizio Cattelan)、杨福东等。Goodman在上世纪七八十年代因向美国引进欧洲当代艺术家而闻名，她总是将艺术家而不是自己推向聚光灯下，其处处为艺术家着想的作风，以及推动艺术家作品成为美术馆收藏的持续努力，收获了艺术圈广泛的赞誉与尊重。官方网站：https://www.mariangoodman.com/官方微信公众号：MarianGoodmanGallery延伸阅读：https://www.douban.com/note/714338030/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marian-goodman-40th-anniversary-1182434http://www.artlinkart.com/cn/article/overview/94cdwwrn/latestupload玛丽·布恩（Mary Boone，1952- ）Boone 生于宾州一个埃及移民家庭 ，1973年在罗德岛设计学院念完本科后，继续到纽约亨特学院学习艺术史，毕业后进入 Bykert Gallery 工作 。1977年，年仅25岁的 Boone 成立了自己的画廊。Boone 签下的头两个艺术家 Julian Schnabel 和 David Salle 都迅速窜红，1982年Boone 登上New York 杂志封面，被称为艺术界的新女王，同年她开始代理巴斯奎特，并于1984年正式举办巴斯奎特个展。80年代的 Boone 年轻、大胆、充满野心，大肆推动新表现主义艺术，她首创了画廊的 waiting list 制度，将尚未创作出来的作品提前销售给藏家，让艺术家提高产量。Boone 被视为80年代 Dealer 最成功的代表，但90年代初艺术市场陷入衰退后，Boone 也因过分参与市场炒作导致泡沫而受到指责。通过销售个人收藏，Boone 艰难的渡过了90年代的消退期，但画廊的重要艺术家纷纷离开。近年来，Boone 深陷多宗诉讼案 ，多以赔偿或认罪收场，今年更是被判两年半的监禁，画廊面临被迫关闭的可能。官方网站：https://maryboonegallery.com/延伸阅读：http://art.ifeng.com/2018/0917/3444203.shtmlhttps://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qKX-gPQpgsNRKHXs8sMxCA丽莎·斯佩尔曼（Lisa Spellman）1984年 ， 斯佩尔曼在纽约公园大道南303号创办了303画廊，画廊名称同时也受到了“现代摄影之父” Alfred Stieglitz 创办于安德鲁画廊的大楼303号房间的 Intimate Gallery 的启发。1987年，303画廊搬迁到纽约东村，1988年给克里斯托弗·伍尔举办了首个个展。1989年，从东村搬到 SOHO区，1996年又成为最早搬迁到切尔西区的画廊，在切尔西区经历多次搬迁后，Spellman买下了西21街555号，2016年新空间投入使用。今年举办了名为“303画廊：35年”的群展，并出版了同名书籍。官方网站：https://www.303gallery.com官方微信公众号：303gallery延伸阅读：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Mxs1lVFu-Nbd7VF83k41nQ玛丽安·博斯基（Marianne Boesky）Boesky的父亲是臭名昭著的股票套利之王伊凡·博斯基(Ivan Boesky，《华尔街》电影主角Gordon Gekko的原型)，她的画廊于1996年在纽约SOHO开幕，并声称画廊的启动资金与她父亲无关，以回应外界的质疑。Boesky 在90年代末开始代理村上隆和奈良美智，是较早在2019-08-281h 10
Conference Messages03 Assurance of SalvationMichael d’Offay looks at the ‘Doctrine of Assurance’. Answering the crucial question, “how do I know I am really saved?”.2017-10-0548 min
Conference Messages04 False GospelsMichael d'Offay shares with us how some of us assume that because we are Christians, we all believe in the same 'type' of Jesus. Explaining that false gospels do not have power that enables us to say no to sin and to find victory in our lives. Instead they make much of man, but diminish that which the Lord is doing and has already done.2016-10-0543 min
Conference Messages05 The Wisdom of the CrossMichael D' Offay takes a closer look at a section of scripture in 1 Corinthians 1 & 2, which deals with wisdom, and outlines the kind of wisdom god wants us to walk in and how to apply it today, with a specific emphasis on the cross.2015-10-0837 min