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Breaking Soul Ties
This fifth episode of the Spiritual Warfare series features a 2015 conversation with John, Stasi, and Craig McConnell describing how to identity and break free from the unhealthy bonds of soul ties.
104 | Chaos, Initiation, and Atmosphere
Allen Arnold joins Sam and Blaine in the studio this week to talk about the presence of Chaos in our lives, and the ways that God approaches it.
Spiritual Beings
Most believers are confused by the range of spiritual beings who populate the cosmos. Jesus wasn't. Discover the biblical foundation for these unseen players in the battle between good and evil.
38 – Rise AND Rest – 4/24/2019
God moves mountains through imperfect people. That's really good news for all of us. Join Stasi as she mines from the book of Esther treasures that apply to our lives today. Video ClipsFriday Night Lights - Season 1, Episode 1. - 42:01 to (Start of credits)Anna & The King - 24:42 to 25:06 spliced with 32:05 to 33:26 Worship Set from April 2019New Wine - (4:03) (Hillsong Worship; There is More)Confident - (5:40) (Steffany Gretzinger; Blackout)Beautiful Jesus - (6:32) (Jonathan David & Melissa Helser; Beautiful Surrender)You are All I Need- (5:31) (Dara Maclean; Wanted)Take Courage - (4:01) (Kristene Dimarco; Where His Light Was)King of My Heart - (6:34) (Sarah McMillan; King of My Heart)Build My Life - (8:12) (House Fires; House Fires III)Throne Room Song - (7:54) (People & Songs; Throne Room Song)Resurrecting - (7:47) (Elevation Worship; Here As In Heaven)
103 | Dr. Tremper Longman III - Old Testament Controversies
Dr. Tremper Longman III is the man when it comes to ancient Near Eastern studies. Meaning, he’s written more than 30 books on the Old Testament and its world, he’s one of the main translators of the New Living Translation of the Bible, he’s consulted on numerous popular translations, and he’s spent a career helping folks understand what the heck is going on. As in, how do we develop hermeneutics, aka reading strategies? How do we read the Bible for genre? How do we read the Bible as a coherent narrative revealing a single good God? He’s got a new book coming out on the Old Testament (Confronting Old Testament Controversies), diving in to creation accounts, divine violence, history and conquest, and sexuality. We sat down to talk a bit about it.
You Have An Enemy
Part three of the Warfare series reveals how Satan, fallen angels and foul spirits wage war on God and his followers - and how to win those spiritual battles.
102 | Understanding Escape
It’s rankled the And Sons team a while: it seems like VR presents a real threat of escaping reality, in a negative sense, but haven’t folks found ways to escape reality anyway? Sports, books, hobbies, films, dirt bikes, all that? The question is, is there a difference between escaping from reality and escaping into reality, that is, allowing a larger reality to frame your experience? You talk about these things on a Monday morning so we sat down for a realtime conversation on the topic. We’re supposed to live in such a way that we’re not fried, not on empty, not always reaching for last-minute soul-caffeination. We’re supposed to escape. And we do. But is it working? When you ask your friends how they’re doing, do you know anybody who rarely says “Tired”? So. Let’s evaluate practices of medication and soul care. In brief: we’ve got to return to human nature, to fortifying out understanding of what people are for, generally, and how they thrive, usually. And we have to have a good understanding of our season. And we’ve got to ask God - What practice, rhythm, routine would you like me to take up? This isn’t a buzz kill. You’ll like what God’s calling you to. Pardon the obvious but really. You’ll like the life God is leading you into. Because we’re already escaping. But are we escaping in the right way, at the right times, often enough, getting the results we need? Are we experiencing goodness in our lives more often? Also in this conversation: the staging of the Old Testament, the reader’s imagination, uncovering addiction, and some thoughts on the fact everybody medicates. It’s the soul, so it’s a wandering conversation.
The Victory of Jesus Christ
In Part 2 of this series, discover a deeper understanding of spiritual warfare - and how breakthrough is possible.
The Shift to With
The Shift to With—By Allen Arnold What does it look like to pursue your identity and creativity actively and intimately with God? In The Shift to With, Allen Arnold provides a roadmap for experiencing bigger dreams, greater freedom and truer success in the very areas that make you come alive. In this teaching session, Allen reveals how we all spend our days either in the Orphan Realm or the Freedom Realm. Though few realize it, this impacts every aspect of how we live, love, and create. Discover how to make the foundational shift from a life of independence and self-reliance to a life wholly dependent on God—an unscripted life of expectancy, intimacy, and imagination as a Son or Daughter with God. For more, visit WithAllen.com
101 | Dr. Charles Stone: Holy Noticing : Christian Mindfulness and How to Love Your Life More
Dr. Charles Stone has been a student of the brain for a dog’s age and written on neuroscience across fields. It turns out, understanding human nature, physiology included, outlines a path into practices that promote make your life better. We know: not exactly a surprise but it got us thinking. Anyway, it turns out mindfulness, or being present to God in your moment, is a Christian discipline with roots reaching back millennia. In our conversation, Dr. Stone outlined a mindfulness practice that produces practical relief like happiness, gratitude, an experience of the presence of God, empathy, etc, as well as complex stuff like cognitive reserve, new neurological defaults, and a diminished fear response. One more thing. Get this: in a brain study on nuns, researchers found that nuns experienced Alzheimers and dementia about as often as other people. Surprise surprise. BUT: you wouldn’t know. The nuns didn’t show symptom of either. That’s because they had healthy brains, cultivated through practices like mindfulness and contemplative prayer and statio. When parts of their brains stopped working, other parts took over. It’s called having strong cognitive reserve, and the point is, take care of your brain now, and you’ll thank us later.
Spiritual Warfare: A Biblical Foundation
Spiritual warfare is a confusing, lightning rod topic for many Christians. In this new multi-part series, John and Morgan ground it in Scripture, dispel myths, and explain what it is—and isn't.
100 | Decade by Decade by Decade
For our 100th episode and Sam's 30th birthday, we reflect back on what small, daily, choices made in the days can look like over time. And the reverse: to not look at a single moment and miss all the choices that led to it.
A Lost Treasure
What does the thought of the return of Jesus provoke in you? John and Allen discuss this massive lost treasure of the gospels.
99 | Stasi Eldredge: On the Mother Heart of God and Mercy
What better way to explore the mother heart of God than through the eyes and experience of a mother? Whether you are a mother, had a great mother of your own, or missed everything that was intended, there is mercy for you. And not the "you are excused, we can move on now" mercy that gets slapped around. But deep, affirming, loving mercy from the heart of God.
What Sets You Off?
When something sets you off, do you shut down or blow up? Morgan and Allen share front-line stories that focus on our hearts when the heat is on.
37 – Intimacy – 3/20/2019
3/20/2019: Intimacy – "For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone." Song of Solomon 2:11. Where is winter for you? Where are you feeling frozen, buried, the ground of your soul hardened? Where do you need Jesus to come with His Rivers of refreshing? Because your Frozen Places are the very places He wants to meet you. Join Stasi for this months Women at the Well.Video Clip One Night with The King (Youtube clip): https://youtu.be/Ob8DTU_m-aI End at 4:40Song Played at end of SessionHere I Am - (4:46) (Chris Renzema; Age to Age)Worship Set from March 2019Reckless Love - (5:33) (Cory Asbury; Reckless Love)When You Walk Into The Room - (4:49) (Bryan & Katie Torwalt; Kingdom Come)How He Loves - (6:48) (Jared Anderson; Live From My Church)Where You Are - (6:30) (Leeland; Christ Be All Around)Pasm 45 - (5:26) (Shane & Shane; Psalms Vol 2)Jesus, We Love You - (6:55) (Bethel Music; We Will Not Be Shaken)Arms of Grace - (4:21) (Bryan & Katie Torwalt; Praise Before My Breakthrough)Awaken Love - (5:10) (Kim Walker-Smith; On My Side)Throne Room - (4:45) (Kim Walker-Smith; On My Side)