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The Back Porch
by Cruz Chavez
This podcast shares God's divine word by breaking down scripture and discussing relevant topics for Christians today. This is not a political platform, but a platform for those who love Jesus and want to know more about him. The Back Porch is supported by The Porch, in Inola Oklahoma, and the hosts are Matthew Trolinger and Cruz Chavez.
Episodes
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1 Corinthians 9: Pastoral Rights
1 Corinthians 9 is a chapter where the Apostle Paul defends his rights as an apostle and discusses the principles of self-sacrifice and serving others for the sake of the gospel. In the same message Cam and I discuss whether or not one can lose their salvation. We know these are big topics so...
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1 Corinthians 8: What Defiles the Body
Paul addresses an issue that is just the tip of the iceberg. He initially brings up eating food sacrificed to idols, but this is just one scenario as there are many things that Christians can eat, drink, say, or do, to turn others away from God. If you read Matthew 15, where Jesus talks about…
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1 Corinthians 7: Part 2
The church of Corinth has questions and Paul answers them. It's okay for Christians to have questions about the Bible, and it's not shameful for the wise men and women in the church to answer. That's what Paul does except these questions pertain to marriage and circumcision - should members in…
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1 Corinthians 7: Part 1
Cam and I discuss the purpose of prophecies for the first half of the podcast. We eventually found our way to 1 Corinthians 7, where Paul addresses the solution to the church's problem, that being marriage. In chapter 7 he reminds the church of God's commandment but then gives his personal...
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1 Corinthians 6: Civil Court Cases
The church of Corinth is facing some serious allegations, but it's not what you think. Paul finds out that the church of Corinth is playing with fire by living in sinful behavior all the while proclaiming to be Christians. No one is perfect, but the church is blatantly living in sin for all to…
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1 Corinthians 5: Accountability
This chapter is tough. Paul addressed a certain man in the church who is not only living in sin, but also boasting about it. It's so bad that even church members have joined him in boasting in the matter. Today's episode is about how to biblically address serious problems in the church and…
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1 Corinthians 4: Spiritual Parents
In this next chapter Paul continues to address the division in the church, except this time he clarifies that he states he's their spiritual father. This establishes a role leaders in the church have to students, new believers, and even long time members in the church. Those who have been…
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1 Corinthians 3: Planting, Watering, and The Growth
Before Jesus went to the Father, he preached that we (the believer) are unified through him. Just as there is one death, one burial, one resurrection, and one God, we should be one church. Division has always been around since the first church, but Paul addresses the issue that just because some...
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1 Corinthians 2: The Spirit of Wisdom
In Chapter 2, Paul explains to the church that proclaiming the gospel is not about lofty words or an amazing speech but is about Jesus. We live in a generation where most people cling to a church based on how the speaker makes them feel or if the worship is good. It's not bad to attend a church...
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1 Corinthians 1: Wealth In The Church
Paul always starts off his message with a greeting and it doesn't surprise me that he even encourages the church of Corinth. At the same time he doesn't waste time before he begins addressing conflict amongst the other believers. Some follow after Paul, others after Apollos, and others might even...
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Acts 28: Different Translations Explained
The group spends some time discussing two things: What does it mean when scripture says "God regretted". To most of us when we hear the words regret it sounds as if God made a mistake, but the way scripture is actually means that the Lord was deeply saddened by what was going on. We also…
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Acts 27: Paul Is Captain of the Boat
Details are important to any great story. Luke does an amazing job recording even the smaller details of Paul's journey across the sea, it verifies the events that took place but it also helps to have other sources to prove Paul's journey was in deed accurate.
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Acts 26: A Block of Ice
In this chapter Paul is still under Roman authority. This is probably one of the more famous chapters as it's where Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?" I personally believe Agrippa is on the fringe of believing in the Way, or at least he seems really...
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Acts 25: Paul Before Festus and Agrippa
In this episode Matthew and I discuss miracles that God performs all around us. There is no situation that is too great or small for the LORD, but in all things he is glorified. God can perform miracles in and around your life, all you need is faith that He is able and watch Him show up!
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Acts 24: Discipling New Believers
Cam and I discussed the importance of discipling new believers. It's not that most Christians don't want to disciple the new believer maybe we're too hyper focused on bringing people to Christ that we neglect to check in on those who already received Christ. Jesus says to go out and make…
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When to Speak Out Against Sin
No one is perfect and everyone struggles with something, but the world will demand believers to take a stance in their faith on certain things such as, good deeds, homosexuality, casting judgement, fellowship in the church, predestination, accountability, etc. These are all questions Christians...
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Acts 23: It Pays To Be Roman
In chapter 23, Paul is on the chopping block before the Roman centurion finds out that Paul is also a Roman citizen. Paul was then taken to Rome and set before Felix, a high government official, but one of the commanding officers finds out that 50 Jewish men planned to ambush and kill their...
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Acts 22: Uno Reverse
In chapter 22, Paul is questioned by the tribune. Just before they beat him Paul pulls out a uno reverse card and announces that he's a Roman citizen, which means it's not lawful for a Roman to be judged or tried without first being convicted, it's why Paul says, "its it legal for you to scourge…
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Acts 21: Questioned, Beaten, and Flogged
Paul goes back to Jerusalem, and it's not pretty. Even though many believers told him time after time to not go back to that city because he would be bound and beaten, but Paul, not afraid, was ready for whatever came his way.
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Acts 20: Beware Of The Wolves
Before he heads to Jerusalem, Paul is wrapping up his ministry in Greece. But before he does, he gives them his final instruction, which is to stay united and be aware of the wolves that claim to be Christ, along with those who join the church and corrupt God's word. A wolf in sheep's clothing is...
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Acts 19: God Always Provides!
Acts 19 is evidence that all nonbelievers, non-Christians, those who have never received the Holy Spirit, do not and cannot have the power and authority that Christ gives to Christians. Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will will enter the kingdom of heave, but the one who does the will…
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Acts 18: Fight The Good Fight
Chapter 18 is a tough chapter for Paul, because he's in a Greek country surrounded by non believers, who for the most part hate him because of the gospel. But the Lord instructs him to keep preaching and that he's protected. One thing I love most about this chapter is that God told Paul that…
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Sharing Our Testimonies
Over Spring Break Matthew traveled to Ethiopia, while Cam and I traveled to Dallas, TX for a mission trip. Our main purpose for this episode was to share how God moved over the past week. Even though we were in different countries God used us in different ways, whether praying with the homeless…
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Acts 17: Always Be Prepared
Paul begins to visit Greek cities and the first thing he notices are the idols everywhere in the city. The scripture says it provokes his spirit so he began to reason with the Jews and other devout persons. It was through this moment that lead Paul to speak before the Areopagus, where he...
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Acts 16: Drawn By The Father
Acts 16 we see Lydia and the Philippine Jailer give their life over the Christ. How it came about was more impressing, because it seems as if it was a coincidence that Paul and Silas stumbled upon the moment, but the scriptures shows they were being led by the Spirit even if they had not known…
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Acts 15: Customs
In Acts 15 there was much debate about certain customs within Jewish traditions, such as circumcision. The Bible says these men had a long debate over this topic, certain people believed in order to enter into heave they must first be circumcised. There are times we need to be prepared to give an...
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Acts 14: Boldly Share The Gospel
Acts 14 reveals how Paul continues to preach the gospel, except he begins to experience for the first time, "how much he must suffer for the sake of my name," as God prophesied in Acts 9. Paul is a great example to the believer that not everyone will respectfully and peacefully listen to the...
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Acts 13: Filled With The Spirit
In this next chapter, we see Paul beginning his ministry as Jesus called him to. Not only does he boldly proclaim the gospel, but he speaks and acts as the spirit commands. This is not an easy task to do, as sometimes anger and jealousy fills our human flesh causing us to lash out irrationally....
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Acts 12: Don't Be Shocked When God Answers Prayers
Acts 12, we see government persecute the church - James is killed and Peter is imprisoned. All the while the church was praying that God would somehow free Peter, and when He does Rhoda, a servant girl, is shocked at seeing his appearance and the apostles didn't believe that he was set free. God…
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Acts 11: In With The New Out With The Old
Peter is faced with explaining to the church why he spent time with non-believing gentiles. This was the first time the gospel was shared with non-Jews, what excitement, yet it Pete knew he would still need to explain himself to the church, as it was against jewish tradition to speak with…
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Acts 10: The Gospel Advances
Many times Christians think they have arrived, but in Acts 10 we see a great preacher like Peter, who for the first time, God reveals that Jesus death and resurrection was even for the gentiles. Peter was perplexed at his vision in chapter 10, but when God told him to go scripture says he...
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Acts9: The Road To Damascus
Chapter 9 is very interesting, as this is the famous chapter when Saul meets Jesus face to face. There's another similar encounter in Numbers 22, when Balaam is confronted by "The Angel of the Lord," which people speculate to be Jesus, and is basically tested while on his way to meet the king...
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Acts 8: Storing up Treasures in Heaven and not on Earth
Cam and I briefly cover chapter 7 before jumping into chapter 8, simply because Acts 7:44-53 talks about worshiping God and to the Temple. Jesus said it himself, "the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we...
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Acts 7: Never Forget God's Promises
God has made many promises, and many of them have been fulfilled. Steven reminds the Pharisees of God's promise to Abraham, His promise to Moses, and now Steven is trying to catch them up on the promise of the coming Messiah. At this point the Messiah has already come and when he came Jesus...
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Acts 6: Purpose in Your Service
Acts 6 is an amazing introduction to Stephen. This was an ordinary man, who was filled with the Holy Spirit, that God used to share the name of Jesus. Stephens purpose was to relieve the apostles of servitude, because they were becoming busier every day. Yet in Stephens service he still found…
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Acts 5: God's Standard
God sets the standard in Acts 5. Ananias and Sapphire are used as an example for the Christian standard, as they tried to lift themselves up seeking praise from the church yet lying to God about the land they sold - a double No No!! But Peter said it best, "we must obey God," and if there is no...
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Acts 4: Having Bold Faith
In the book of Acts chapter 4, Peter and John face persecution from the exact same religious leaders who murdered their Messiah. And with no hesitation and being filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter speaks boldly about the events that occurred the day of Christ crucifixion. The purpose of the...
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Acts 3: Physical Blessings and Spiritual Blessings
In Acts chapter 3, we see Peter and John, fulfilling their mission by taking the torch that Jesus passed to them to perform healings and preach repentance and salvation. This wasn't the first time healing and teaching was done in the same day, as we see many times in previous books where Jesus...
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Acts 2: The Greatest Sermon of All Time
Acts 2 is considered one of the greatest sermons of all time, and if you really think about it Peter does a great job sharing the gospel of Jesus. He not only talks about the resurrection, but he even references Joel and David, which are prophesies about Jesus. In this chapter we see the...
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Acts 1: Purpose, Promise, & Power
The book of Acts is probably one of the biggest turning points for the church. This is where Jesus not only gives the apostles a plan and purpose, but power to fulfill that purpose! We don't see the Holy Spirit come till chapter 2, but what great anticipation and planning there is just in chapter...
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1 Timothy 6: False Knowledge and True Contentment
In the last chapter of 1 Timothy, Paul really closes in on two things: False knowledge and finding contentment. We live in a generation where we have access to almost anything, if you want to do a quick Google search it takes 10 seconds, if you want to fly to another state or country you can…
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1 Timothy 5: Instruction for Ministry
As the body of Christ it can seem like most things tend to be the church's responsibility such as, providing child care, visiting widows, feeding and clothing local families in need. The list goes on, but in most cases resources are always limited whether it's, people, clothing, food, etc. Paul...
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1 Timothy Chapter 4: True Wisdom vs False Teachings
We live in a time where we have access to so much knowledge and wisdom, but sometimes the things we learn are not beneficial to our faith. Paul addresses these same concerns in the church and even cautions Timothy to keep a close eye on himself and his teachings, as it can have an impact on his...
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1 Timothy Chapter 3: Appointing Leaders in the Church
Timothy, is a young pastor who was appointed by Paul, to take his place while he was in prison. Even though he was young, Timothy still possessed traits to be a great leader in the church it's why there was so much trust placed in him to lead the church of Ephesus, but Paul knew Timothy was not...
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1 Timothy Chapter 2: Pray for Your Kings
Most Christians know the importance of prayer, but Paul gets very specific about his prayer life. He states that we should pray for the leaders in our country and in our towns, even if those leaders are not worthy of prayer. I think we can all agree that we don't love hostility but rather peace,...
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1 Timothy Chapter 1: The Importance of Reading Your Bible
We all struggle at times with reading our bible on a consistent basis, and sometimes when we're in the groove of reading our bible Satan finds a way to distract us pulling us away from our alone time with God. In 1 Timothy Chapter 1, Paul is writing to Timothy, encouraging him to remain in…
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Philemon: Spiritual Maturity and Accountability
Most people in our world avoid confrontation at all cost, even if we know someone we love is making a big mistake. Because we would rather keep our mouths shut than to speak up. In the letter to Philemon, Paul does the complete opposite because he knows the importance of holding each other...
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Philemon: Your debt has been forgiven
Most people in our world live by a moral code and usually these people stand by their word. Paul was a man who stood by his word stating that he would indeed repay another mans debt. We live in a selfish time where most people are would never think to pay off another person's debt, but the truth…
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Embed-Melech: The Walk on Hero
All throughout the Bible God has appointed many people to accomplish his will. Most of the time these were unlikely people who would not stand out among a crowd, but God raises these men and women up to do might things to reveal how powerful He actually is. In Jeremiah 38:1-13, there is a man…
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Philemon - God's Divine Will
One of the greatest joys I receive in ministry are the people that I meet. I love how God brings together amazing people from all over the world, and lucky for me I've had the privilege to serve along side some of the most amazing people, whom by God's divine will brought us all together. Our…
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This podcast shares God's divine word by breaking down scripture and discussing relevant topics for Christians today. This is not a political platform, but a platform for those who love Jesus and want to know more about him. The Back Porch is supported by The Porch, in Inola Oklahoma, and the hosts are Matthew Trolinger and Cruz Chavez.
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