Episodes
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So Long, Farewell Finale Episode
This episode will explain the reasons for the title. Thank you to all who have listened to this podcast. There will be some links below of recommended youtubers to follow for more information on the NAR movement....
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Bible Book Tag (via Booktube) Ep. 51
The host takes questions from the Bible Book Tag that is trending on Christian Booktube and adds to them. What is the host's favorite Scripture, music, movies, and books? These questions and more will be answered in the this episode. Note: the host has contacted the originator of this tag for...
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The Girl In The Gatehouse Book Review Ep. 50
The host gives their summary of the book and says what they liked and enjoyed about the book, as well as its potential downfalls. There is also a little bit spoken about the primary theme of this book for Christ followers to take away from it. The host will also share her rating and current book...
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"Return To Boone's Hollow" Book Review Ep.49
This episode will review the second book completed in 2024 by the host. This book is the second book in a duology by Kim Vogel Sawyer about a place called Boone's Hollow. "Return to Boone's Hollow" is a continuation from "The Librarian of Boone's Hollow". The host will talk about what they liked...
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"To The Farthest Shore's Book Review Ep. 48
In this episode, the host reviews the first book that was completed in 2024, Elizabeth Camden's, "To The Farthest Shores". This is the first Elizabeth Camden book that the host has read. Did she like it? Were there any questionable applications of theology? Listen in and find out. Camden,...
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2023 Lessons from Bible Reading and "Counterfeit Kingdom" Ep. 47
This episode discusses convictions that the host is currently wrestling with and reflections that have arose from their reading of the Old Testament. specifically 1 &2 Chronicles. Some hard concepts and realities regarding the Church are discussed as well. Is it really worshiping the God of the...
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2023 Book Review and 2024 Reading Goals Ep. 46
This episode ranks the 12 books that were read in 2023 from least favorite to most favorite. Then the host lays out their 2024 reading goals. There is one (more) book that was forgotten in the 2024 line up. Carrie Turansky's "The Governess of Highland Hall". The episode reviews mentioned should…
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Christians and the Occult Ep. 45
This episode makes some observations on the general attitude that many if not most proclaiming Christians seem to have towards practices and traditions that have roots in the occult. With October 31st just around the corner, it is time to for proclaiming Christians to reflect on these questions…
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Podcast & Reading Updates
This episode updates the listeners on some uploading schedule changes that most likely will occur as well as the host's reading goals for 2023. Will they be met? Will they have to be changed?
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At Love's Command Book Review Ep. 44
This episode reviews the first book in Karen Witemeyer's "Hanger's Horsemen" series, "At Love's Command". The host will share what they enjoyed about the book and what they had problems with in the book. This episode will also include some real life applications as we see them today when it comes...
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What I Have Been Learning In My Bible Reading Ep. 43
This episode will unpack some key lessons that the host has been learning as they have been reading through the Old Testament. What patterns do we hear repeated from God's people, Israel time and time again in the Old Testament books? Do those proclaiming to be Christians really love what God…
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A Biblical Worldview on Male and Female Ep. 42
The content of this episode was inspired by a youtube video of Brylan Riggs (that will be linked below). This episode takes a closer look at a Biblical definition of male and female and how that is to inform how proclaiming Christians should respond to the identity chaos in our current culture....
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NAR Music Infiltrating Churches Ep. 41
This episode will function as an introductory episode for a series that goes into depth on the "theology" of the NAR movement. This episode will specifically focus on why NAR influenced music, should not be used in Churches that are striving to equip those striving to live out a life in obedience...
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The Librarian of Boone's Hollow Book Review Ep. 40
This episode will review Kim Vogel Sawyer's "The Librarian of Boone's Hollow". A summary of the plot will be given along with thoughts on the romance aspect of the book. The host will also share their mid year top 5 books of 2023, explaining what they liked about each of them. Below, there will…
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The Dancing Master Book Review Ep. 39
This episode honestly reviews Julie Klassen's book "The Dancing Master" and updates the podcaster's reading goals for the year of 2023. Since the time of the recording, the podcaster has completed "Counterfeit Kingdom" and "The Librarian of Boone's Hollow". There is also a review of "Julia's Last...
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The Importance of God's Moral Law Pt. 4 Ep. 38
This episode will walk through 1 Kings 8 and 9. 1 Kings 8:22-23, 31-40, 46-50a, 57-61 and 1 Kings 9:1-9 from the NASB. These verses seem to speak for themselves as they talk about blessing for those who walk in the LORD'S ways, following His commandments, statues, and ordinances and destruction…
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A Biblical Worldview on the Question of Origins Pt. 3b Ep. 37
This episode will start with a continuation of this series, studying Job 38: 4, but also going through verse 11 for more context. We look at God's challenge to Job on who was there when the world was founded. As the host was reading verse 8 from the NIV Study Bible, she accidentally skipped over…
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A Biblical Worldview on the Question of Origins Pt. 3a Ep. 36
This episode continues with the theme of the series starting with episode 17 and continuing in episode 20. This episode specifically studies 2 Corinthians 10:5, relating it back to the authority of God and His word, how that is the starting point of a Biblical Worldview and why that starting…
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Where Are Christians Placing Their Focus? Ep. 35
This episode will talk about a theology on the topic of death, then go into asking where Christians are placing their focus. Has 2020 led Christians to place their ultimate trust in their health? Have many Christians lost sight of what following God entails? Do many proclaiming Christians…
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When A Nation Forgets God Book Review Ep. 34
This episode briefly touches on the topics of Erwin W. Lutzer's book: "When A Nation Forgets God: 7 Lessons We Must Learn From Nazi Germany", giving listeners an overview of the book. After the overview, there is a discussion (or perhaps more accurately the host gets on her soapbox) on the…
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Saving Nine Book Review Ep. 33
This episode gives a brief review of Senator Mike Lee's book, "Saving Nine". Towards the end there are also some announcements on where to follow this podcaster to keep up with her reading goals as they have changed since episode 28. To learn about Mormonism, please check out Allie Beth Stuckey's...
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The Importance of God's Moral Law Pt. 3 Ep. 32
This episode takes on more of a philosophical (though one could also argue these points to be theological as well) view of why God's Moral Law matters to those wanting to love God with all of their heart, soul, mind, and strength. What would society look like if Christians threw God's Moral Law...
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The Importance of God's Moral Law Pt. 2b Ep. 31
This episode continues with points made in part 2a as it picks up at Psalm 119. How well is the Church in the United States doing with this? Does the Church actually care about the Law or has the Church twisted scripture to make it coincide with the rather unbiblical zeitgeist of our age? Listen,...
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The Importance of God's Moral Law Pt. 2a. Ep. 30
In continuation with episode #14, this episode focuses on Leviticus 26 and revisits the issue of God's Wrath (talked about in episode #15). Leviticus 26 is read from the NASB although some words ended up getting cut off in this recording. (Those spots will be sited down below.) This chapter…
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Julia's Last Hope Book Review Ep. 29
The host gives yet another book review after having read a new Christian Fiction author, Janette Oke. This review will give the host's reflection of what they thought about the theology in this book as well as their overall review of the book. As Lynn Austin's books have been reviewed in season…
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2023 Reading Goals Ep. 28
After doing an episode on the books read in 2022, it would make sense to share reading goals for 2023. Since this episode ended up being fairly short, it was decided to air it along with the previous episode. The schedule plan is still to release an episode every other Tuesday (or Wednesday)....
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Book Rankings from 2022 Ep. 27
This year the host is opening season 2 with a ranking of the books that she read in 2022. From Christian Non-fiction, to political philosophy, to Christian Fiction, they will be ranked from least favorite to most favorite. Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice. Barnes & Noble, Inc., 2006 Austin…
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Merry Christmas Ep. 26
With Christmas coming up, Ann gives a few thoughts heading into the Christmas season. She also gives a couple of announcements at the beginning of the program. Incase the email address was not clear it is camelshepherd21. This will be the last episode of season 1. Merry Christmas! "Hark the…
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A Church In A Civil War Ep. 25
This episode talks about the spiritual civil war going on within the Church that is evident amidst the results of the last election. Are proclaiming Christians actually following a Biblical Worldview when they vote? The controversy of whether or not former President Trump should be the Republican...
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Trusting God Amidst Difficult Circumstances Ep. 24
Ann finally reveals her reasons for taking a long break from podcasting in September. She talks about how this life change came about, how she approached it, and what she learned about trust along the way. Towards the end, she leaves with a couple of questions about "trust". Do we really trust…
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The Tyranny of Big Tech Book Review Ep. 23
This episode attempts to summarize a few of Senator Hawley's main ideas in his book, "The Tyranny of Big Tech". As done on the reviews for Lynn Austin's books, theological and Biblical Worldview take aways are discussed in this episode. Senator Hawley and his wife, Erin's podcast is also talked...
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Chasing Shadows Book Review Ep. 22
From the same author of "Candle in the Darkness", and "Wonderland Creek", "Chasing Shadows" takes place in the Netherlands starting before the Nazi invasion and ending at the end of World War 2. Like the other two books, "Chasing Shadows" delivers Biblically sound theology that is discussed in…
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Wonderland Creek Book Review Ep. 21
Here comes another book review. Written by Lynn Austin (author of "Candle in the Darkness"), "Wonderland Creek" takes place during the Great Depression. A lot of specifics are not able to be discussed due to spoilers, but this book definately has characters that talk about faith and their...
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Program Change Announcement
There have been some crazy things happening outside of my podcasting life that will effect September's programing schedule and most likely the schedule to come. Though a very brief event is shared, this announcement lets listeners know what to expect with this podcast moving forward. Also, the...
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A Biblical Worldview on the Question of Origins Pt. 2 Ep. 20
This episode continues the series started back in episode 17. This episode will discuss more information on the importance of knowledge and wisdom and begin to explain why evolutionism is not in line with a Biblical worldview. There will be a study on Proverbs 1:7 and a quick study on Colossians...
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Standing Up For Truth Ep. 19
This week's episode examines the truth about the definitions of love and marriage according to God's Word, the Bible. This episode also examines the number of genders that God's Word tells us that there are in reality. Does the Church at large actually care about these issues or have the cares of...
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Candle in the Darkness Book Review Ep. 18
This episode is a little bit different from the rest, as this episode is a book review. However, the commentary on this book does go along with the topics that are discussed on this podcast. Candle in the Darkness is a Christian Historical Fiction book written by Lynn Austin. This review will…
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A Biblical Worldview on the Question of Origins Pt. 1 Ep. 17
This episode kicks off another series of episodes that will go into more detail on the question of origins. These episodes will explain why a Biblical Christian Worldview is only consistent with one view on the question of origins. This episode goes back to the basics of why Christ followers need...
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We Are Not Good Ep. 16
We live in a time and culture where we are being bombarded with messages from, as Casting Crowns puts it, "the book of 2nd Opinions". One of them being, that we are essentially good deep inside, our human nature is truly good, we just have to try harder. The Church has not done the best job in...
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The Avoidance of God's Wrath in the Church Ep. 15
We hear a lot about God's love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness in the Church, but what about God's wrath? Does God hate anything? Are we supposed to just allow those continually committing acts of wickedness and evil in God's eyes to just get away with it? You would think so based off of…
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The Importance of God's Moral Law Pt. 1 Ep. 14
This episode explains why God's Moral Law should be taken seriously by anyone who truly wants to live out the life that God has called His followers to live. "If you love me, you will obey my commandments." However, most Churches these days seem to have lost site of why God's Moral Law matters…
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Taking Back the Biblical Worldview Ep. 13
This episode establishes some basics of a Biblical worldview and why Christians need to care about striving to live out a Biblical worldview. We talk about some of the major problems within the Church, that are causing the Church to drift away from a Biblical worldview. Does the Church really…
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Follow Your Heart Pt. 2 Ep. 12
This episode explains what our culture means by the ever so popular phrase, "follow your heart". Is this application one that aligns with a Biblical Worldview? If so, why, and if not, why not? These answers are discussed in this episode as we discuss what it means to strive towards a Biblical...
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Follow Your Heart Pt. 1 Ep. 11
This episode will talk about how the human heart (on its own strength) is deceitful. This episode looks at passages: Jeremiah 17:9, 30: 15, Colossians 3:5, Galatians 5: 19-25, and 2 Peter 1: 3-4 to discuss the natural condition of the human heart. We also touch on what Natasha Crain tells us…
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Observe Good Friday Announcement
This is less of an episode and more of an acknowledgement of the Easter weekend coming right up. Instead of trying to rush another twenty plus minute episode for listeners to listen to this Friday, the host encourages Christian listeners to remember what Good Friday and Easter Sunday are all…
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Placing God's Money Where God's Word Is Ep. 10
This episode is meant to challenge Christians (as well as the host), to become more mindful of where the money that God gives us is going towards. Is it going to an organization or business that hates Biblical values? Is it going towards today's questionable, Evangelical elites? Why does this...
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Book Podcast and Youtube Recommendations Ep. 9
In this episode, Ann takes a little break from the lessons and gives her recommendations of books to read, podcasts to try and you tube channels to follow. The recommendations will be primarily people who either talk about the importance of Christians striving to understand and live out a…
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The Indescribable Love of God Ep. 8
This episode makes more closing remarks on Problems with Women's Month after finding some additional information in Michael Knowles' book, Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds pg. 227. A highly recommended read. Afterwards, this episode talks about how indescribable God's love for…
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Problems with Women's Month Ep. 7
This episode explores some problems with how the current culture celebrates women during women's month and particularly, international women's day. Unfortunately, these habits have crept into the Church, and are noticeable on social media. Has anyone else noticed the lies that women in the Church...
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Christianity and Celebrities Ep. 6
This episode responds to a podcast where viewers who have decided to listen to other commentary on When Calls the Heart Season 9 before deciding whether or not to give it a try are challenged to examine their motives. After all, let he who is without sin be the first to cast a stone, correct?…
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Ann will share her thoughts on theology, politics and culture. You can hear a variety of subjects inspired by books that she reads and podcasts that she listens to.
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ANN M RIDDLE
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