No matter what spiritual or cultural issue you face, the answer is to always share the truth of God and apply it to your life. That is exactly what co-hosts Jordan Chamblee and Cedra Sartin seek to do every week on Share Truth Apply Scripture, as they discuss a wide range of topics that concern young believers in today’s world. Listen on American Family Radio or online through the podcast.
No matter what spiritual or cultural issue you face, the answer is to always share the truth of God and apply it to your life. That is exactly what co-hosts Jordan Chamblee and Cedra Sartin seek to do every week on Share Truth Apply Scripture, as they discuss a wide range of topics that concern young believers in today’s world. Listen on American Family Radio or online through the podcast.
Tomorrow is the one day of the year set aside to honor the very special ladies in our lives we call Mommy. It is important for them, but it is also an important day for those doing the honoring. Wesley and TJ are joined by mother-to-be and Engage writer Ashley Gillespie to discuss practical ways we can honor young mothers. The team also discuss the blessing of places that are open 24 hours for people who might have forgotten to purchase something.
Once we have an inner conviction about topics important enough to discuss with someone, there is a proper manner to disagree. Engage project director Nick Dean joins Wesley and TJ to discuss important ideas to keep in mind when we find ourselves in a disagreement with both a fellow believer in Christ and someone outside the faith.
The trio study Romans 14, 1 Corinthians 6:1-11, and Galatians 2:11-13. Scripture is clear that arguments will happen among the family of God, but it does not have to end the fellowship.
This is Nick's final act as project director for Engage and we would like to thank him not just for his time on the program, but for all he has done for Engage over the last eight months. Nick, you are a great friend and brother in Christ. You will be missed. Thank you for everything.
The only person we ever 100% agree with is ourselves, unless we like arguing with ourselves. Whether it is online or in person, we must all decide what is worth ideas are worth arguing over and which ones are better left unmentioned. What is the different between open-handed and closed-handed issues? There is tension anytime two people discuss theology, culture, and methodology and ministry. But there is a way to handle that tension in a way that adheres to Scripture and honors Christ.
Wesley and Teddy are joined by Meeke Addison, spokesperson for American Family Association and author or Hard Truths, a 31-day devotional. How do we share hard truths in grace and love? Why do churches shirk away from teaching difficult passages and what has the result of that been? The trio discusses these questions and more in this episode.
You don't have to get far into Scripture before encountering a difficult passage. Whether you are reading through the entire Bible, studying a particular book, or seeing what Scripture teaches about a particular topic, you will find troublesome verses.
Wesley and Teddy discuss how they deal with difficult passages, their methods to wrestle with them, and resources they use when the really need help (which happens pretty often).
Wesley and TJ continue their discussion on heroes of the faith, but this time, they are joined by Tim Barton, history nut and speaker for Wallbuilder. Wesley learns to enjoy studying history, and TJ learns to learn about history.
Studying history doesn't have to involve memorizing dates and events. History is simply what happened to people. Wesley and TJ focus on the people in Christian history and discuss some of their favorite heroes of the faith including Richard Allen and Elisabeth Elliot.
Wesley and Teddy continue their discussion with Stephen McDowell, president of Providence Foundation and author of God'Blueprint for Life, Liberty, and Property: A Bible Study on the Ten Commandments. To read a short review by Wesley click here.
In this episode, the team discusses the final commandments of the second table. How society is dependent on honeset citizens, and why does God include coveting, jealousy in the list of big 10?
To listen to the previous episodes on commandments 5, 6 and 7 click here.
Wesley and Teddy continue their discussion with Stephen McDowell, president of Providence Foundation and author of God'Blueprint for Life, Liberty, and Property: A Bible Study on the Ten Commandments. To read a short review by Wesley click here.
In this episode, the team discusses the first three commands of the second table, why honoring your parents comes with a promise, that murder is more than taking a life, and adultery is more about properly loving your spouse than cheating.
To listen to the previous episodes on commandments 3 and 4 click here.
Wesley and Teddy continue their discussion with Stephen McDowell, president of Providence Foundation and author of God'Blueprint for Life, Liberty, and Property: A Bible Study on the Ten Commandments. To read a short review by Wesley click here.
In this episode, the team discusses the second two commands of the first table, don't take God's name in vain and keep the Sabbath. Do Christians keep the Sabbath even though we worship on Sunday? Is taking God's name in vain more than just something we say?
To listen to the previous episodes on commandments 1 and 2 click here.
The 10 Commandments only take a few verses of the Bible, but there is much more to them than meets the eye. Wesley and Teddy discuss the deeper meanings and applications of the 10 Commandments with Stephen McDowell, founder of Providence Foundation and author of God's Blueprint for Life, Liberty, and Property: A Bible Study on the 10 Commandments. To read a short review by Wesley click here.
This episode focuses on the first two commandments, have no other gods before God and have no idols.
Wesley and Teddy continue discussing the gospel response to persecution with Tom Doyle. Tom is regional director for the Middle East and Asia for e3 Partners. He also organizes 8thirty8, a ministry alerting Christians across the world to persecution happening right now.
Tom and his team provide specific prayer requests for brothers and sisters in the faith experiencing persecution.
The trio also talks about how to help Christians in persecution,and how we can consistently pray for the.
Persecution is not only part of Christian history, it very much a part of Christian present. Christians across the world right now are experiencing hardships for their faith in Christ.
We experience persecution because of the gospel. But the cause of our persecution also provides our response to it. So how are we as believers to respond when people hate us for us our faith? What is the gospel response when we hear of brothers and sisters have been killed for their faith?
Wesley and Teddy continue their discussion on Christian persecution with Tom Doyle, e3 Partners' director of the Middle East and Asia. Doyle is also the author of Killing Christians: Living the Faith Where It's Not Safe to Believe.
Doyle is also the man who developed the idea of the Orange Letter Campaign where Engage readers had an opportunity to write encouraging letters to the surviving family members of the 21 Coptic Christians killed by ISIS in February 2015. Doyle recounts handing those letters to wives, mothers, and children.
Cortney Sargent joins Wesley and Teddy to discuss how we can apply the truths of the gospel to the way we work, the way we interact with coworkers, even how it can apply to our schedules (other than being extremely grateful for wonderful tools such as Google calendar).
The trio also discuss Cortney's conference Up Together, which Engage will be sponsoring.
The gospel has implications for the believer and the unbeliever alike. For the unbeliever, the gospel is for salvation. For the Christian, it is for sanctification. Each of us are in as much need of the gospel today as the day we entered a relationship with Jesus.
Wesley and Teddy discuss this fact and how it applies to their everyday lives.
There is a reason most marriage vows include the phrase, "for better or for worse." Good times will come. Bad times will come. But in both times, and all the times in between, marriage is an illustration of the gospel.
But how does the love of God apply when one of the worst tragedies imaginable hits a marriage? How does a couple apply the gospel when their marriage is wrecked by a miscarriage? Engage writer Ashley Gillespie discusses the deep, hurtful, and hopeful truths in this episode.
From the time of creation, marriage has been one example of God's love for mankind. The covenant commitment, the two beings becoming one flesh, all the aspects of these relationship on earth point to an eternal reality: the gospel.
Wesley and Teddy draw truths from Scripture on how pursuing Jesus is the best way to pursue your spouse, and how much we all need the gospel to have a healthy marriage.