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Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture Meditations — 184 episodes

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Gates, Greatness, and Godly Women: A Talk Your Son Needs to Hear

2

From Mary's Son to Our Family: What the Cross Created

3

Worse Than an Unbeliever? Taking Family Responsibility Seriously (1 Timothy Series)

4

Holy, Holy, Holy: What Happens When God's Glory Hits You

5

Earned Respect: Focusing on Yourself (1 Timothy Series)

6

Hard Work, Humble Hearts: A Word on Scripture

7

Rigorous Discipleship and The Gym of Godliness (1 Timothy Series)

8

A Story of God's Goodness - A Sinful Life That Ends in Faith

9

Why the Miracles in John are Uniquely Designed as Evidence for Jesus

10

What Does Glory on Christ's Church Look Like?

11

The Demons in Our Head and Protecting Our Thoughts (I Timothy Series)

12

When Disciples Need to be Baptized Again

13

Groundhog Day - Avoiding Spiritual Monotony (1 Timothy Series)

14

Struggling With Spiritual Confidence? Growing to be Like Mordecai (Esther 3)

15

Exalting Preachers Over Elders - Do We Have This Backwards? 1 Timothy Series

16

Don't Come Too Close to God's Glory! How the Limits are Removed

17

No-Kings Protests and a Demand for a King - Sin's Lunacy

18

Saved Through Childbearing - Strange Reference to Christ (1 Timothy Series)

19

Let a Woman Learn - Thinking Across Cultures (1 Timothy Series)

20

"Unveiled" Sermon Series Coming - Conversation with Bryan Schiele

21

ICE Protests and the Exclusive Way of Jesus (1 Timothy Series)

22

Haman’s Holocaust Threat That Should Have Never Happened (Esther #2)

23

Squandering the Glory We Were Made to Image and Seeing His Glory Better

24

The Security of Believers vs. Handing Over to Satan (1 Timothy Series)

25

Shipwrecked Faith and Handing Over People to Satan (1 Timothy Series)

26

Convincing Esther - Being Open to God’s Providence

27

The Prototype Sinner or the Worst of Sinners? (1 Timothy Series)

28

Is There a Time When Scripture is NOT Good? (1 Timothy Series)

29

Dealing With Church Problems - What is Our Aim? (1 Timothy Series)

30

The Classroom of Creation - Letting God's Glory Put Things in Perspective

31

Hearing with Ears Like Jesus - "Ears You Have Dug for Me"

32

The Chain Gang of Love - Summing Up Helping One Another Thrive

33

Preacher Talk or Church Curriculum? Themes of I Timothy (Letter Reading Follows)

34

Pierce My Ear, Lord - I Want to Stay Forever

35

Moving From Thanksgiving to Worship with His People

36

Satan and Archangel Michael Arguing - So Cryptic! But Don't Miss the Point

37

When God Doesn't Agree with Me - Bringing Baggage to Scripture

38

Absolute Confidence in Prayer, Like Elijah (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #14)

39

LORD Sabaoth, God of Angel Armies (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #13)

40

Helping the Church with Our Extra Manna

41

Be Gone! The Insidiousness of Short-cuts (Battling Temptation #3)

42

Snapping Back into Spiritual Reality (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #12)

43

High Priestly Training in the Wilderness (Battling Temptation #2)

44

Christ in the Wilderness - Prep Work to Help Us (Battling Temptation #1)

45

Grace Greater Than Our Idolatry (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #11)

46

Worldliness as Adultery, or Idolatry? (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #10)

47

Strange Fire and a Strange Death - A Thought on Scriptural Authority

48

Time to Yield! Wisdom to be Open (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #9)

49

Wisdom to Seek Congregational Peace (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #8)

50

Charlie Kirk and the Free [Hate] Speech Debate (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #7)

51

Justification Showdown Between James & Paul (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #6)

52

Shhhhh - Everyone Quiet! God Has Spoken

53

Prepping Our Heart for an Implant (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #5)

54

Build, Pray, Keep and Wait - A Recipe for Keeping Ourselves in the Truth

55

Leaving the Faith So Soon? But He Saved You in Baptism

56

'My Trials Aren't Helping!' Who is to Blame? (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #4)

57

A Respectful but Uncompromising Stand - Daniel's Balancing Act

58

Receive This Implanting with Meekness (Blue-Collar Christianity, Reading from James)

59

No Excuses, Just Resolve - The War Against Temptation

60

Punked! A Humiliating Life (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #3)

61

The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Our Trials (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #2)

62

Wisdom an Outcast Would Love (Blue-Collar Christianity, James #1)

63

Investigating Excellence! How Can We Better Edify One Another?

64

Revealing God's Face, Through Forgiving Others

65

Trusting God's Faithfulness as Much as His Power - the Rest of the Story (ours)

66

A Despised, Rejected Victor - Christ in the O.T. Series #15

67

The Contagion of Christ, Reversing the Curse of the Law

68

The Contagion of Uncleanness - Does Being 'Around' Religion Help?

69

Another Human, Like Us, Praying...and It Worked!

70

The Crucifixion of Jesus in Hebrew Poetry - Christ in the O.T. Series #14

71

Thriving Through Prayer and God Empowering Us to Lead Productive Lives

72

Fighting Discouragement From a Cave - Fallout from Mt. Carmel (I Kings 18-19)

73

Dads, Revival is Waiting! Calling All Abrahamic Dads - Happy Father's Day

74

I, Paul, Write This Greeting With My Own Hand (II Thessalonian Reading)

75

God's Two Approaches to Anger Management Counseling

76

Betrayal of a Close Friend, a Macbethian Tragedy - Christ in the O.T. Series #13

77

God's Name is Not God - What is it Then? A Pondering From Josiah Greeley

78

Celebrate Your Covenant with God! In the Lord's Supper

79

Treating Everyone Equally, A Sign of Thriving Churches

80

Passover Reimagined in the Lord’s Supper - Christ in the O.T. Series #12

81

Happy Memorial Day! The Best Memorial on the Best Memorial Day

82

The Humble King of the Universe - The Conundrum of Servant Leadership

83

Jesus Had God's Spirit, But How Do We Know That? - Christ in the O.T. Series #11

84

The Comfort of An All-Seeing God

85

Priesthood Face-off, Melchizedek vs. Levitical - Christ in the O.T. #10

86

Religiously Elite Kill Churches - Beauty of Confessing Weakness

87

Of Ephods and Kings - Should These Go Together? Christ in the O.T. Series #9

88

What Does God Do With a Farm That Doesn’t Produce?

89

A Weird Easter Sermon: Resurrection - Historical or Metaphorical?

90

Where Should I Go To Church? Religious Consumerism vs. Discipleship

91

Anxiously Waiting in Doubt of God's Promises - Did God Change His Mind?

92

A House Containing God, History Changing Promises - Christ in the O.T. Series #8

93

The Troubling Violence of the Conquest, and Scripture as a Whole

94

Greatest Moabite Love Story Ever Told - Christ in the O.T. Series #7

95

Heart Widening Surgery - Helping and Being Helped

96

I Put You Under Oath - Read This Letter (Thessalonians)

97

Passing Through Carcasses, No Fingers Crossed - God's Faithfulness

98

Legit Faith and a Legit Fall

99

Stars and Scepters, Christ in the O.T. Series #6

100

"Someone Just Tell Me What God Wants Already!"

101

Christ's Resurrection, the Firstfruits of More - Christ in the O.T. Series #5

102

Small Beginnings, Big Discouragement

103

Is Jesus Really In Control Of This World?

104

The King from Judah and the Grape Harvest - Christ in the O.T. Series #4

105

The Hope of Living Forever, and Encouraging Others With It

106

A Footstool of Enemies - Christ in the O.T. Series #3

107

Sin Spiraling and a Call to Bless - Christ in the O.T. Series #2

108

God in a Troubled Marriage

109

The Human Satan Crusher - Christ in the O.T. Series #1

110

Your Life's Wind Effect - Born Again Part 3

111

A Great Grace and a Severe Blow

112

Salty Communication, and the Delicate Walk of Geese

113

How Low Can I Go? The Lowliness of Jesus

114

A Spirit Birth, Born Again Part 2

115

The Gift of Speech, and My Nephew Jack

116

A Water Birth, Born Again Part 1

117

Prayer, Faith's Relentless Pursuit

118

The Riddle of God's Character, Jonah part 5

119

Where Do I Start With This Person? The Art of the Parable

120

Probation or Forgiveness? The Philemon Perspective of Reconciling

121

Nineveh and the Faith of Abraham - Jonah part 4

122

Sifting Through the Dragnet

123

Reconciling Brothers, More Important Than Worship

124

Beginning the New Year Like an Israelite

125

Apathy, Hypocrisy's Best Friend - Jonah part 2

126

A Prayer From Sheol - Jonah part 3

127

Tarshish Bound Pharisee - Jonah part 1

128

Dark Days and the Bright Morning Star

129

You Stink So Good

130

The Stench of Faith

131

Day of Judgment, Come Quickly

132

The Tragedy of Edom and the Beauty of Brotherly Unity

133

Thanksgiving Week Psalms - 136, 145

134

Thanksgiving Week Psalms - 107, 118

135

Thanksgiving Week Psalms - 100, 103

136

Thanksgiving Week Psalms - 34, 92, 95

137

The Holy Spirit and the River of Your Heart

138

The Galilean Problem

139

A Distracted Marriage is a Challenged Marriage

140

Conversation Amongst Tents

141

Dealing With Shame and Guilt, Our Way or God's

142

Unassuming Approach to Life, Inquiring of Him

143

The Danger of Presumption, Even When It Makes Sense

144

Election Season and Mustard Seeds

145

One Like a Human Ascending to the Ancient of Days

146

Whose Son is He?

147

Beauty of Reading the Letters of Scripture as a Letter (followed with Galatians reading)

148

Noah’s Baptism, and Ours

149

God Finally Speaks About Suffering

150

Passing the Torch of Leadership

151

Open My Eyes, Lord!

152

Elder’s Are So Needed, Here’s Why

153

Forgiving Each Other

154

Why Suffering Exists and Why I'm Suffering Are Different

155

Impactful Leadership - A Study of Elders/Overseers/Shepherds/Pastors

156

Dinner With A Pharisee

157

Contentment's Little [BIG!] Secret

158

Suffering and Entitlement

159

The Righteous Live By Their Faith

160

Christ's Church And Its Incredible Magnitude

161

Suffering’s FAQ Section of Scripture

162

Write It Down, God Risking His Reputation

163

God Must Be With Those People!

164

Be Careful Judging Others - With the Measure You Use

165

God, I Need Some Answers Here

166

Normalizing Paul's Mission

167

Attacks of September 11th - Evidence For God

168

Revival Series # 9, No Christian Left Behind

169

Revival Series # 8, Attacking Discouragement Head-On

170

A Friend To Many

171

You're So Gifted! - Gift The Church With Them

172

The Day the Sun's Light Failed

173

Revival Series # 7, Seeing Ourselves as Part of the Solution

174

Trusting in Ourselves, and the Disgust For Others It Creates

175

Thank you God, for the Family!

176

Revival Series #6 - Revival Slows, Worldliness Creeping In

177

Revival Series #5 - Revival Slows, the Discouragement of the Past

178

Revival Series #4 - How Could This Promise Be True?

179

Revival Series #3 - What Every Revival is Rooted In

180

The Most Dangerous Liar You Know

181

Revival Series #2 - God's Deep Desire To Be With Us

182

Harming the LORD's Anointed

183

Revival Series #1 - Waking From a Deep Sleep, For a Purpose

184

The Comfortable [False] Security of External Things