Best Passing 4 Normal Podcasts (2025)

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Not of Which World? (John 17:6-19)

6d ago

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When we refuse to worship at the altar of consumerism, when we choose justice over profit, when we stand with the oppressed against their oppressors, and speak truth in the face of lies, we’re going to face resistance. We’ll be called naive, idealistic, unrealistic. We’ll be told that this is just the way the world works, that we can't change anyth…

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IFR Scenario Based Training 36:27

9d ago36:27

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Scenario Based Training has been really pushed to the forefront of how we teach and evaluate pilots in the past decade. Today we are going over some IFR scenarios straight from the ASA Oral Exam Guide that were chosen by YOU. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronau…

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When God Makes a Home (John 14:23-29)

12d ago

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Of course, it's not always easy. Some days, the world drags you into the courtroom and puts your soul on trial. You get accused—by others, by your own failures, by that nagging voice in your head. But you don't have to argue your case. You've got someone who already knows the truth and stands by you anyway. The Spirit shows up like a defense attorn…

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Wet Vs. Dry Leases - Commercial pilot check ride 17:10

16d ago17:10

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In today's episode, we delve into the world of aircraft leasing and explore the key differences between wet and dry leases, with a focus on how they pertain to commercial pilots. Whether you're preparing for your check ride, or already a working pilot, understanding these leasing options is crucial. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.yout…

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More Than Being Right (John 13:31–35)

21d ago

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Living this way isn’t easy. It means turning away from all the ways we’ve weaponized faith and marginalized people in God’s name. It means learning to see people as Jesus sees them, not as projects or enemies or obstacles, but as beloved children of God. In a world full of hate, fear, and division, love isn’t just our calling … it’s our superpower,…

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Common Vs. Private Carriage 12:49

23d ago12:49

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In this episode, we dive into the crucial differences between common carriage and private carriage as they pertain to commercial pilots. Understanding these distinctions is essential for your check ride preparation and overall flying career. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut Ti…

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Normal, Everyday Resurrection (Acts 9:36-43)

28d ago

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I find it fascinating, and not a little bit instructive, to think that God can make something out of us that nobody ever thought we could be. Knowing ourselves as we do—that God chooses us to embody the love and justice envisioned in this new reign is confounding. But if, when God tells us to get up, we get up and go, the story of the gospel is tha…

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Pass your Commercial Pilot Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 1 - Pilot Qualifications 46:25

30d ago46:25

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We are continuing our ACS breakdown series and expanding it to your commercial oral exam! We start the commercial series today with Pilot Qualifications. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwestaeronautics.com Music - Epidemic Sound: Go Highe…

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Sometimes They Do (Acts 9:1-20)

1M ago

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Dramatic conversion stories are never merely stories about dramatic conversions. They’re preludes to the real story. In fact, the real reason we care about this story at all is because of what happened after the euphoria wore off. Subscribe to us on iTunes! Sermon text: web | docBy Derek Penwell

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Passing Peace (John 20:19-31)

1M ago

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Jesus didn't say, "I've overthrown Rome! Now we'll have peace!" He simply said, "Peace be with you," while showing them his wounds. His peace bears the marks of suffering. It doesn’t deny pain; it transforms it. It doesn’t require the elimination of enemies; it embraces them. This is why passing the peace is indeed a political act. Every time we sa…

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VDP vs. MAP 12:48

1M ago12:48

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Today we are discussing exactly what a Visual Descent Point is and how it is different from the missed approach point. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwestaeronautics.com Music - Epidemic Sound: Go Higher - FLYIN Vegas - Onda Norte…

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The Dawn That Defied Caesar (Luke 24:1-12)

2M ago

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We’re the kind of Easter people who don't just decorate the sanctuary once a year, but who live with rolled-away stones and open doors and trembling joy. We practice resurrection in how we vote, how we spend, how we welcome the stranger, how we care for creation, how we speak to and about one another. We’re people who know that the most powerful fo…

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5 Tips for STUDENT Pilots 21:35

2M ago21:35

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Today we are discussing 5 tips that will make your initial pilot training more efficient, effective and will set you up for a long successful career! Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwestaeronautics.com Music - Epidemic Sound: Go Higher - …

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I Will Not Be Put to Shame (Isaiah 50:4-9a)

2M ago

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Words can heal and bring life: “The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.” There’s nothing quite so wonderful in the world as when you’re told that you’re loved and appreciated, or that despite your belief that you’re alone and despised, someone sees you, that someone cares even when yo…

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5 Tips for Instrument Students 19:36

2M ago19:36

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Today we are discussing 5 tips to make you a better instrument pilot and to make your instrument training easier and more effective! Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwestaeronautics.com Music - Epidemic Sound: Go Higher - FLYIN Vegas - Ond…

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Hiding the Poor (John 12:1–8)

2M ago

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Jesus wants his disciples to understand that poor and low-wealth people aren’t some distinct underclass that we can shuffle off to the shadows because they make us uncomfortable. They’re not a problem to be dealt with, not just a reminder of a broken system that renders some people disposable; they’re our neighbors, part of our community. We need t…

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Lousy Parenting (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)

2M ago

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This parable is a story about bad parenting, about a father who’s willing to give it all away … even to kids who’ve proven they don’t deserve it. It’s a story about the love of a parent who persists in pursuing us, even though we continue to run away from home or continue to turn our faces from the music, even after we’ve been ceaselessly invited i…

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Bad Regulations! 16:05

3M ago16:05

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It's no secret that sometimes the FAA just gets things WRONG. Sometimes they just make things confusing. Either way, these errors and ambiguities lead to many pilots mis-interpreting certain rules and requiring lawyers to clarify the FAA's position and intentions through letters of interpretation. Today we discuss two such issues with some very pro…

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Everything you wanted to know about HOLDS! (And more that you didn't.) 47:33

3M ago47:33

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Holds can often be the most frustrating parts to students in instrument training. They have a certain complexity that tends to confuse and complicate when combined with all the other skills and items you need to learn in instrument training. However, the reality is they are much easier than most people initially realize, so today we are going to br…

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The Approaches Your CFI-I Never Taught You 18:29

4M ago18:29

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Even though it's the most widely used approach in the professional flying world, the visual approach is largely overlooked in instrument training. In addition, the contact approach is so seldomly used at all, that most instructors fail to even mention it throughout a students' training. We talk about BOTH today! Send us a text Support the show Yout…

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How to fly on Instruments! 39:33

4M ago39:33

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With everything there is to learn in instrument flight training, one of the most difficult things can be learning how to simply control the aircraft! Today we discuss instrument attitude flying and the techniques and methods such as control performance and primary and support that can be utilized to help make control of the aircraft in the instrume…

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Is Your CFI Failing You? 27:59

5M ago27:59

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There are many ways I see subpar service and quality of training from CFIs, but today we are talking about the abuse I constantly see in one specific area of the experience requirements for the commercial pilot certificate. We will talk about the short-comings that are all too common with these training activities as well as the solutions I have pe…

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Pass your IFR Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 6 - ATC Clearances 49:03

5M ago49:03

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Talking with ATC as a student pilot is often one of the most challenging things people face in flight training. Unfortunately it tends to just get more complicated as you get into instrument training, but there are a few key things every pilot can do to make this task a lot easier. Join us today as we discuss ATC clearances and communications. Send…

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Pass your IFR Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 5 - Systems PART 2 37:17

6M ago37:17

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Today we are continuing with systems related to IFR flight. In today's episode we specifically discuss navigation systems, as well as airworthiness for IFR flight. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwestaeronautics.com Music - Epidemic Sound…

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Pass your IFR Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 4 - Systems 14:47

6M ago14:47

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Today we are diving into systems related to IFR flight. In today's episode we specifically discuss Anti-icing and De-icing systems, as well as Autopilot. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwestaeronautics.com Music - Epidemic Sound: Go Highe…

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The Days Are Surely Coming (Jeremiah 33:14-16)

6M ago

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We peer into the distance for the one who will execute justice and righteousness in the land, who will redeem God’s children from ordinary days, filled with the soul-crushing fear that this world of pain and fear, of injustice and bigotry is all there is. We steel ourselves for the call to live as just and righteous right now … in anticipation of t…

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Pass your IFR Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 3 - Cross-Country Planning 57:34

6M ago57:34

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I will start off by saying there is SO MUCH to go over in this portion of the Instrument ACS that I can't possibly fit it all into this one podcast episode. So if there is anything specific YOU want me to cover in a future podcast, please leave a comment and let me know what you want to hear more about! But until then, we continue with our overview…

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How Will We Know? (Mark 13:1-8)

7M ago

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We trivialize the gospel when we convince ourselves that it’s possible to be a disciple of Jesus without it ever costing us anything. Following Jesus is hard. He asks so much. And he fails to provide us with turn-by-turn directions. He’s a moving target. Can’t pin him down. Can’t control him. Subscribe to us on iTunes! Sermon text: web | doc…

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Pass your IFR Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 2 - Weather 50:21

7M ago50:21

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If there is one thing that really separates and instrument pilot from a VFR-only pilot, it's probably their ability to read and decipher the weather! It's often said that a pilot needs to be just as much a weatherman as they are a pilot and that is never truer than when flying IFR. Today we breakdown the things that DPEs will be looking for to gaug…

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IMSAFE. . . and how to USE it! 15:11

7M ago15:11

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IMSAFE is one of the first acronyms pilots are taught, but it often doesn't get the attention it really deserves! It's important to understand the real-life stressors and ailments we all deal with as individuals, rather than getting caught up in generalizations or hypotheticals. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaero…

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Is This the Best We Can Do? (Mark 12:38-44)

7M ago

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First, like so many people since Tuesday, the church constantly needs to be asking, “Is this the best we can do?” Then, we need to advocate for a just economic system that protects the vulnerable and refuses to devour widows’ houses. We need to demand a system that refuses to make the poor feel like they’re not full participants until they cough up…

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A Pretty Good Place to Start (Mark 12:28-34)

7M ago

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Love, you see, requires activity. Love isn’t an abstraction; it’s a way of living with other people that takes their needs as seriously as we take our own. The way we treat those who are hungry, the way we treat the laborer, the way we treat the disabled, the way we pursue justice—these all have to do with love. What we care about and what we refus…

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Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. . . EDUCATE? 13:19

7M ago13:19

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When it comes to the priorities in the cockpit, we often use the little mnemonic "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate", but as CFIs there is a forth one that gets added into the mix and that is EDUCATE. Today we talk about educating and where in the order of priorities it should fall. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaero…

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Revising Expectations (Mark 10:35-45)

7M ago

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Popular Christianity promises a Jesus who only wants to be your pal, a Jesus who doesn’t want you to be inconvenienced, a Jesus whose real concern is that all your biases are continually reconfirmed for you. A Jesus who knows what true glory looks like. And, let me tell you, that would be a whole lot easier on me. But unfortunately, I’m not good en…

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Pass your IFR Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown Part 1 - Pilot Qualifications 32:48

7M ago32:48

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Back by popular demand and for the first time on YouTube. . . We are continuing our ACS breakdown series and expanding it to your IFR oral exam! We start the IFR series today with Pilot Qualifications. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwest_aeronaut TikTok: nw_aeronaut Website: www.northwest…

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Can you Go Around on a Check Ride? 26:10

8M ago26:10

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So many pilots get it in their mind that go-arounds on a check ride are frowned upon, when in reality it's quite the opposite! The other oversight in training is that each specific approach and landing have their own techniques that need to be adhered to. We discuss all of this in this weeks episode! Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.you…

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Narration Vs. Teaching 16:06

8M ago16:06

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Today we talk about the differences between narration and actually teaching. Simply saying what you're doing doesn't convey all the information our learners need to know. We need to continue to incorporate the concepts of "what, why and how" into everything we do to help our learners fully embrace and understand the topics of flight training. Telli…

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A Radically Different World (Mark 10:2-16)

8M ago

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How do we stand with Jesus against a world that too often tramples the best interests of women and the needs of children, that regularly ignores the plight of the hungry, the houseless, the addicted, the stranger, and the outcast?” After all, the world we inhabit wasn’t created just to bless people like us; it was created to carve out space so that…

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The Normalization of Deviance 20:24

8M ago20:24

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The Normalization of Deviance is inherent to human nature, but it is something that we has CFIs and pilots need to do our best to mitigate at all times! FLYING Magazine Article: https://www.flyingmag.com/cfi-central/normalization-of-deviance-can-cause-problems-for-pilots/?MailingID=%25CAMPAIGNID%25&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_cont…

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How to teach as a CFI - The "What, Why, How" Method. 15:21

8M ago15:21

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The What, Why, How method is the basic structure I use for teaching almost anything! It's a great model that can be used both in the classroom and in the airplane. If you're an aspiring or current CFI, try this method out when teaching your students and let me know what you think! Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestae…

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Taking Ownership Over Your Flight Training 16:48

8M ago16:48

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A great question was brought up by one of my viewers on Youtube about how much ownership should students be taking in their own flight training. Join us today as we discuss the answer to this question and the dynamics between a student and an instructor. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @northwes…

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The Little Ones (9:30-37)

9M ago

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Therefore, as Jesus embraced the child as a symbol of powerlessness and death, we’re called to embrace our own lack of power, relying on the love and grace of the most merciful parent of all. Moreover, embracing powerlessness in ourselves opens us up to the welcome we must now extend to the little ones, those who’ve been left behind by the rest of …

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The Intricacies of the LAZY 8 22:25

9M ago22:25

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The Lazy 8 is not only one of my favorite commercial maneuvers, but is by far the HARDEST maneuver you will ever have to do on a check ride. Today we discuss the intricacies of this maneuver in an effort to help you understand and fly it better in the plane! Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instagram: @nort…

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Losing Your Life (Mark 8: 27-39)

9M ago

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Photo credit: Wikimedia.org We no longer have to wonder whether we have any responsibility for our brothers and sisters, those who can’t stand up any longer by themselves. We no longer need to ask whether those who’ve been forgotten, abused, or kicked to the curb are our people. Through the grace of the cross, we’re able to see not competitors in t…

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The HARDEST Check Ride 32:52

9M ago32:52

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So many people like to ask about what the HARDEST check ride is. . and there really isn't any one right answer to that question. In this episode I give you my take on what the hardest check ride is, and offer helpful tips for any upcoming check ride you may be taking. Send us a text Support the show Youtube: www.youtube.com/northwestaeronaut Instag…

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Irreconcilable Differences (James 2:1-10, 14-17)

9M ago

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So, requiring us to live lives that look like Jesus is a pretty tough thing to ask of us. But if I, who claim to follow Jesus, won’t live a life struggling to be faithful, how can I continue to call myself a follower of Jesus? If I, who claim to live a life shaped by the cross, don’t speak up for the weak, the poor, the forgotten, the bankrupt, tho…

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Congruity (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)

9M ago

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And even after all this time, the church is often just as quick to erect barriers to keep people out, turning customs into dogma, human precepts into doctrine. Unfortunately, many people’s experience of the church is having the ladder pulled up just as they reach for it. “Thanks for inquiring. But we’re just fine. We’ve already got things pretty mu…

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What Will They See? (Ephesians 5:15-20)

10M ago

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In a world in which every detail has to be nailed down before we move forward, where every nickel has to be accounted for before we strike out, where every eventuality has to be covered, the notion that God is in charge, that God will provide is seen as naïve—if not ultimately unwise. But maybe there’s a wisdom that Christians are called to practic…

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When the World’s on Fire (Luke 12:49-56)

10M ago

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And as painful as it is, Jesus says that for the fire of transformation to be kindled—the fire of God’s change in the world—we have to speak the truth about our current mess and the new world God desires. We live in a world where division feels inevitable, but Jesus announces a world where divisions are healed—not by passively ignoring injustice bu…

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The Broom Tree (1 Kings 19:1-15a)

10M ago

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Elijah goes to God seeking relief, a remedy for the great weariness he feels in his bones. He wants God to change the world, but all God offers to do is change him. Presumably, being in God’s presence is of greater value to us in our pain and despair than any stop-gap measures or dime-store remedies we could conjure up on our own. We often want God…

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