For reasons that you will hear in this PODCAST, its timing could not be better. Thank you, James!!!
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As you are about to hear in the PODCAST, it’s all a matter of perspective, isn’t it?
POV—Point of view. Ours, or God’s?
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It’s not that complicated. AND, as you will hear in this PODCAST, it costs us nothing!
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Settled! As you will hear in this PODCAST, “settled” is such a wonderful word.
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Just the fact that you are choosing to listen to this PODCAST is proof-positive that you haven’t yet given up.
We have one most-compelling reason never to give up.
Hear what that reason is right here.
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As you are about to hear in this PODCAST…
It is today as it was then.
Sadly so.
Tragically so.
Abusively so.
BUT (I am thrilled to say) UNNECESSARILY so.
May this much-needed change begin right here, right now, with us.
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In 1 Peter 2:5a (NLT), Peter painted this amazing picture. Speaking of you and me, he wrote,
“And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple.”
Living stones. As you are about to hear in the PODCAST, Peter may have been an uneducated fisherman. But he was inarguably the master of the metaphor.
Last week, he referred to us as “priests”—a metaphor rich with a wealth of meaning once we understand the role of priests throughout the biblical narrative.
For this week, “living stones.” What a meaningful metaphor that is—“living stones.”
As we are about to learn, this is perfect for us to consider as we close out 2018—a year that has dealt with most of us in a remarkably unkind way. The challenges we have faced, the trials we have endured, the obstacles we have overcome… And yet, and yet, like “living stones,” you are still standing. And for that, I applaud you!
Now to the point at hand: Does anything strike you about Peter’s reference to “living stones”?
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Welcome to a well-deserved pat on the back.
As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, I am thrilled to be able to look you in the eyes (metaphorically speaking) and say to you (literally speaking) with absolute confidence and conviction that you fulfill the mandate of Peter’s words to a degree that would delight the apostles’s heart, as well as my own.
The fact that you as a precious podcast listener have taken the time to click on a link to this podcast given the enormous numbers of online distractions proves that you “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.”
My friend, we have so much to talk about.
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Life is short.
People are fragile. So very, very fragile.
We who have committed our lives to a Gentle Jesus should of all people be a cascade of kindness to others.
As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, that is Peter’s message to you and me today.
Pretty basic. In a perfect world (which ours is not), this should not even need to be said.
But sadly, it does need to be said. And we need to be reminded that…
Life is short.
People are fragile.
We who have committed our lives to a Gentle Jesus should of all people be a cascade of kindness to others.
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As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, it is one of the most, if not the-most-blessed, doctrines in all of the Bible.
So naturally, theologians have to come along and muddy it all up to the point where today it is MUBAR:
Messed Up Beyond All Recognition.
I’m talking about the blessed doctrine of—fancy name—imminence. As in the imminent return of Jesus. As in the clear and (as you will hear in mere moments) unambiguous Bible teaching that Jesus could return at any time. As in the glorious truth that nothing needs to happen to precede Jesus’ return.
The “blessed hope” for which we do hope, every single day.
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