EP240: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Living Distinctly in a Secular World / Dave Ramsey was Right, Despite the Controversy / Re-Thinking Taylor Swift Songs

On this Episode: THE CHURCH CALENDAR IS AN OPPORTUNITY Ash Wednesday is upon us. The weeks of Lent are coming up. We have an opportunity now to set our minds toward Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday. Practicing and recognizing the church calendar is an incredible tool to live distinctly -- no matter where the Christian lives on this planet. DAVE RAMSEY CONTROVERSY ON STUDENT LOANS AND STIMULUS People didn't like it, but Dave Ramsey was right. More important than his financial points was this: you are responsible for you. God entrusts us all with some resources. Under his authority, we are responsible for what we do and don't do with our lives. We must be a people who don't wait for the government -- or anyone else -- to live our lives FOR us. RE-THINKING TAYLOR SWIFT LYRICS I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan. As she has re-released her "Fearless" album, I'm realizing how much she creates a world of hopeless girls, needing rescue from men and placing responsibility on men to be knights in shining armor. Is this healthy? More importantly, is it Biblical? It's a hard one for me, and I still don't know where I stand. A LOT MORE!