It’s easy to fall into the trap of wanting our service to be noted and praised by men and women. But what really matters is being faithful in what God has given us to do, however small it may seem. And who knows how God will take a little thing that you’ve done and make it a great blessing for others?

Scriptures Referenced: John 3:16

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Maybe for you, becoming a better reader looks like reading more books, and with greater joy and understanding. For others it might mean becoming a more humble, Christlike reader—one who wears his or her learning lightly. There’s something here for everyone as Mike and Matthew share these eight tips from their own life as readers:

• read with a pen
• bundle with joy
• read with others
• slay your perfectionism
• read multiple books at once
• give a book only the level of attention it deserves
• be fussy about what books you choose
• read humbly

Scriptures Referenced: 1 Corinthians 8:1-3
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Sometimes in the weakness of our minds, we find ourselves weighed down again by guilt for sins from our past. Today’s gospel teaching on the podcast speaks to that exact issue. Mike and Matthew provide some practical counsel on how we can get past that tendency (think PLM!), but first they spend some extensive time looking into the Day of Atonement. The second goat on the Day of Atonement visibly took the people’s sins away – and the goat wasn’t brought back! Atonement is an important subject and helps us to understand what Christ has done for us on the cross, so it is worthwhile taking some time to dig into a truth that is vital to Leviticus and fundamental to our faith.

Scriptures Referenced:
Leviticus 16

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“Classes have started, assignments are due, and midterms feel like they are just around the corner already, and there’s not enough time to do it all!!!” True statement – there is not enough time to do it “all.” But God’s ancient book of Leviticus gives us valuable wisom in arranging our life schedules. Marcus Cain rejoins the podcast to help us get ready for another year of school.

Scriptures Referenced: Leviticus 23

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Welcome to Mortification 101, a crash course on how to put the sinful deeds of your body to death by the Holy Spirit. In this mini-course we learn the importance of mortification, the method, and the power. This is the episode your flesh doesn’t want you to hear!

Scriptures Referenced:
Romans 8:12-17; Galatians 3:3, 6:7-8; Matthew 18:8-9

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People long for the good life – a life of happiness that is free from diseases and death. Many are placing their hope in technology, but technology can’t solve the problem of indwelling sin, and what they wish technology could provide is something the gospel already offers them. Romans 8:9-11 speaks to the fantasies of transhumanism and cybernetic immortality and Mike and Matthew explain how by 1) Defining the Technological Terms; 2) Discussing True Spirituality; 3) Debunking the Transhumanism Fantasy; 4) Distilling Timeless Hope.

Scriptures Referenced: Romans 8:9-11

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When God designed our redemption, he thought of everything: freedom from Death, Sin, and Law (Romans 5-7), and power to live a brand-new life (Romans 8). As we learned last week, this power comes from the indwelling Holy Spirit. This week we learn how the Spirit empowers us. He does it by giving us a new mindset—the mindset of the Spirit.

Scriptures Referenced:
Romans 8:5-8; Romans 5-8; Ephesians 4:28

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The Lord Jesus taught that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, and will be filled (Mt 5:6). The key to satisfying that hunger and thirst is the indwelling Holy Spirit – He empowers righteous living and produces the sea change that fallen creatures require. In the words of Chuck Swindoll, “trying to live the Christian life without the Spirit of God is as futile as trying to earn righteousness apart from faith.” In this first of four August episodes on Romans 8, Mike & Matthew also discuss how the law relates to our Christian life, an important point of confusion for some believers today.

Scriptures Referenced:
Matthew 5:20; Romans 8:1-4

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