When you help the least of these…
Matthew 25:40
““And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’”
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Good leadership advice
This is excellent advice from Jethro, Moses’ father in law, with respect to selecting leaders. We should pay attention to this in the US.
Exodus 18:21
“But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.”
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Stories of Faith: digital witnesses for Christ
At long last, a new podcast channel for “Stories of Faith: digital witnesses for Christ” is available online at faithstories.speedofcreativity.org. I first wrote about this idea in September of 2008, but the idea of “Christian Digital Storytelling” is something that’s been on my heart since the summer of 2004 when I attended the Digital Media Academy at Stanford. I wrote about this in October of 2004, and still have some resources about “Christian Digital Storytelling” online at www.wesfryer.com/cds. I started the “3 Minutes About Jesus” project (3minutesaboutjesus.org) in the fall of 2010 and hope that project will grow in the months ahead.
I’m THRILLED to at last have the seven audio podcast interviews from 2008/2009 online in a “Stories of Faith” podcast channel. One of the big reasons this is “doable” at this point (besides finding the flash drive recently which contained three of the original, finished interviews) is my learning about Podcast Generator last semester teaching at UNT. See my September 2010 post, “Creating a course audio lecturecast (podcast) with Podcast Generator,” for more background. Podcast Generator is open source (free) and the easiest way I’ve found yet to publish a “real” podcast channel which includes a subscribable RSS/web feed on your own site. Sites like iPadio are great too, but there is no guarantee third-party commercial sites like this will be around in a month or five years. If you use an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, consider using the $2 app Podcaster to manage your podcast channels from your device WITHOUT needing to sync to iTunes. More info about that process is also available.
A simple keyword search on Google today for “stories of faith” (without quotation marks) yields over 48 million results. These include sharingfaith.org, greatfaithstories.com, ChristianFaith.com (a site filled with ads) and Inspiring Stories from Georgia Girl. Our landscape of voices is only going to grow more diverse in the years ahead. I think it’s important we share our Christian witness and testimony with others on the digital, global stage– and we invite others to share their stories too.
I submitted the “Stories of Faith” podcast channel to iTunes this evening so it will be listed there soon. I pray the sharing of these audio interviews and testimonies will bring more people to know Jesus Christ and join a local, loving community of Christian brothers and sisters.
Jesus is The Bridge
These are verses and the diagram we are using in 5th grade Sunday School to understand how and why Jesus is the bridge we can take to reach God.
James 4:17
“Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”
http://bible.us/Jas4.17.NLT Isaiah 59:2
“It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.”
http://bible.us/Isa59.2.NLT Proverbs 10:16
“The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin.”
http://bible.us/Prov10.16.NLT Hebrews 9:27-28
“And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.”
http://bible.us/Heb9.27.NLT Romans 3:23
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”
http://bible.us/Rom3.23.NLT
“Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”
http://bible.us/Jas4.17.NLT Isaiah 59:2
“It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.”
http://bible.us/Isa59.2.NLT Proverbs 10:16
“The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin.”
http://bible.us/Prov10.16.NLT Hebrews 9:27-28
“And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.”
http://bible.us/Heb9.27.NLT Romans 3:23
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”
http://bible.us/Rom3.23.NLT
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4 Applications for John 6:-15
By Mateen Elass on 23 January 2011
1. Every one of us looks for deliverance. Who are you looking to?
2. What image of God inhabits your heart and mind?
3. Do you worry you may have used up all of God’s grace in your life?
4. Since we are all created in God’s image and adopted into his family, how are we demonstrating God’s generosity?
5. Do you long for God more for who He is rather than what He can do for you? (Are you a cat or a dog when it comes to God?)
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Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.”
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1st BlastCast Podcast of 2011
Update 26 Dec 2014: Unfortunately the website Cinchcast went offline and I didn’t backup our podcasts there, so this recording has been lost. 🙁
Today our fifth graders recorded a short audio podcast about some of the themes and topics we’ve been discussing in Sunday School this year since the Christmas holidays. The audio recording is just over three minutes long.Several photos of our work this morning planning our podcast are available.
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Discipline Reminder
A good reminder today about God’s discipline:
“My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.
Proverbs 3:12-13″
Proverbs 3:12-13″
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Look for the fruit
I love these verses in Matthew 7:16.
“You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”
We need to pay attention to “our own fruit” as well as that of others. Plant seeds. Grow fruit. The blessings of the Lord produce the harvest. We are the workers in the field. 🙂
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Solar Under the Sun Ministries
On December 17, 2010, a representative of “Solar Under the Sun” ministry spoke with our men’s group in Edmond, Oklahoma. I obtained permission to record and share the six minute presentation.
This is the description I used for the video on YouTube:
This presentation was shared on December 17, 2010, at the men’s group meeting at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Solar Under the Sun is a ministry outreach program of the Synod of the Sun, bringing solar energy as well as clean water to developing nations through a variety of partnerships. Training programs are available too. Learn more on http://www.solarunderthesun.org/
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