Making amends is defined and compared with merely asking for forgiveness. Recovery groups and counselors, religions and sacred writings all speak to how people make things right with those they’ve hurt or used. An alternative to amends, forgetting, is addressed. Forgetting can help us find our way to the light. Scriptures considered include Luke 19:7-9, Matthew 5:23–24, and Luke 6:31. 

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Are Amends Really Necessary?

How can I be aware of the presence of God day by day? I’m placing guiding markers: Love and Faith and Hope. Every day we come to a moment when we act on the most important thing that needs to happen today. That is to connect with God. We experience God when we put a priority on his presence and imitate his nature of love.

Life in The Spirit

How can I recognize when someone is abusing me? How can I make a good decision on spiritual teachers? A toxic teacher puts forward novel or elitist ideas that reflect their broken character rather than the inspired Word of God. Toxic teachers eventually become focused on gaining (& controlling) followers. The warning signs of toxicity are discussed along with traits that make followers vulnerable to toxic teachers. Paul’s letters to Timothy are the primary resource in this podcast.

Toxic Teachers & Their Followers

Are science and faith in conflict and exclusive of each other?A lot is encompassed in “science and faith.” But fundamentally, it all comes down to cosmology - views about origins. Listen in as we cover some common ground in this discussion. Passages include Genesis 1:1, Romans 1:18-20, Hebrews 11:6, and Ecclesiastes 12:13.

Science and Faith - What's at Stake?

How can I be sure? How do I have assurance of being right with God when I’m so uncertain about my life? How can I know I’m saved when I feel so far away from God? This episode visits these questions and provides assurance. Assurance is confidently believing that we’re connected to God. We refer to a previous podcast about God. Here’s that link: Know God podcast on God’s will.

Knowing I'm Right With God

What should a person expect out of aligning one’s mind and heart to biblical teaching? Two alternatives are contrasted and have everything to do with the desire to have “enough” for the good life. Scriptures include 1 Timothy 1:5, 5:6, 6:5-19; and Luke 12:13-26.

Live Long & Prosper

Times of great disruption are the moments to draw close to God in community with others. Consistent connection in community is what gives us herd immunity to all kinds of evil and chaos and sets us on a positive life. Scriptures include Acts chapter 11.

Intimacy With God, Pt 2

Intimacy with God comes in unexpected ways and moments. One’s connection with God is made healthy by connection with other people. Scriptures include Luke 24:30-32; Acts chapters 1, 2, 4, 11, and 13.

Intimacy With God

What was Jesus asking His followers to do when he said, “Do not judge”? Did He want us to close our eyes to error and evil? Is there room to assess others, especially when we know we are not perfect? Listen in as we search for some balance on this question. Scriptures discussed include Matthew 7:1-6, Romans 2:1-4 and 14:12-13, and James 2:1-13.

Are We Supposed to Judge?

Have you ever wondered about the extent of the power of Satan? Why do people do wrong? How can evil be overcome? Scriptures in this podcast include James 1:13-15, Romans 7, 1 John 4:1-4, Ephesians 1:18-23, Luke 10:10-24, James 4:1-10, Ephesians 3:8-11, 1 John 5:4, and Revelation 20:7.

Is Our World Controlled By Satan?

The names of Satan in the Bible reveal a lot about his identity and power. Going beyond popular culture and mythology, discover a genuine description of the one who is the master of deception. His kingdom of darkness is being overcome by Christ’s kingdom of light. Scriptures include Genesis 3, 2 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 4:26-27, 6:10-17, and Matthew 16.

Introducing Satan - The Enemy of Our Souls

When parents model living by truth with the humility that it takes to change their convictions, children learn to develop and respect their own conscience. In this episode learn how to identify and live by your inner convictions and encourage others to do the same.

Training My Conscience

Jiminy Cricket and the story of Pinocchio is a well known picture of the conscience. Our conscience can be seamless with the truth that we know and the how we live our lives. The conscience is a fundamental aspect of our being and can be developed to be an asset for a healthy, happy life. Scriptures include Romans 2:14-16; Romans 14:1-6, Psalm 51, and 1 Timothy 1:5-9.

My Conscience Is My Guide

Humans are made in the image of God. What does that mean? What are the far-reaching implications? Does that mean humans are like an artistic depiction, or maybe a mirror reflecting the image of God? Listen in as we consider these and the implications of this biblical teaching. Passages include Genesis 1:26-28; 2:7; Colossians 3:9-11; and Psalm 8.

Image of God

Following up on an aspect of the previous episode, how, when does a human become a living soul? The brief conversation about soul and the image of God have huge ramifications on everyday life and ultimate values. This short bonus episode discusses Genesis 1:27 and the origins of human identity.

What is a Soul? Bonus Episode

Listen in on the conversation where straightforward questions are discussed to bring insights to know God within yourself and all of creation.

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