https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KX50apiNhqOYQeLd0ITYT?si=ea3ec6b9d80e4b0e Study Guide I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how …
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https://youtu.be/tLWG_eZIb_g Study Guide that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11 ESV Having expressed his dependency upon the grace of God for righteousness, Paul now …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/65CrYva7sMaiqfBCEyFV4k?si=5ed6076b17704fa1 Study Guide Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as …
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While reading through Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death again as I teach on media literacy, I was struck by his description of what is required of an individual in order to read a book. The entire book is worth reading, as it compares a print-based culture to a television-centered one, but the following selection, …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ErfJ4Z2zvopXqqBAKTSSb?si=58e55b0ea2ee4113 Study Guide Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3tNs8qofF4cwqUArkOFaoF?si=681bfcb2111d4711 Study Guide I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2l88oFDIAjROdSQ60tY9qC?si=da29c8a82af4402e Study Guide Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/49mb19ctHZ3qaEuUtogXNp?si=5db9bee61251454a Study Guide Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 ESV …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRjYb8rgfRg&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRbLqolyk-opLESoBoyJhOF&index=2 In chapter one, Ecclesiastes’ author, the Preacher (most likely Solomon), wrote us a poem about the vanity of everything under the sun. He observed the endless repetitions of the sun, wind, and seas and realized that we are same. Like the sea never fills, so our ears never hear enough. Like the sun continues …
In Book Four section 26 of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, he states: You've seen that. Now look at this. Don't be disturbed. Uncomplicate yourself. Someone has done wrong... to himself. Something happens to you. Good. It was meant for you by nature, woven into the pattern from the beginning. Life is short. That's all there is …
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