LifeLift

LifeLift

Hosted by: Andy Jenkins

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ā€œI Hate Theologyā€ is an Absolutely Dumb Statement (Grace Basics 3)

Over the past few years itā€™s become popular in hipster-ish types of churches (not that Iā€™m opposed to ANY expression of the church) to say things that SOUND right but actually breakdown to ā€œnothingā€ when placed under...
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The Happy God (Grace Basics 2)

I knew a pastor who used to say, ā€œGodā€™s in a good mood.ā€ To his dying day, heā€™d chuckle- in a serious way- when he said it. He was convinced that God was absolutely happy. Somehow, I was totally uncomfortable with...
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(God is Good and) Good is Gooder Than Most People Think (Grace Basics 1)

What is God actually like? Thatā€™s a big questionā€” and one that matters. You see, we practically ā€œlive outā€ our beliefs, even those weā€™re not aware of. And, one of the biggest, most important beliefs is what we think...
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10x Potential + (Heaven in Business)

A few weeks ago I met Andy Masonā€¦ online. Weā€™re in a common Facebook group, because we use the same software to run our websitesā€¦ One of his posts led to an offline conversation which led to us swapping books. He was...
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The bill always comes due (Future Grace #7 of 7)

The Lord established an everlasting covenant with David in 2 Samuel 7:16. He promised an offspring of his would always sit on the throne. Notably, this occurred BEFORE David committed adultery with Bathsheba and then...
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The body (still) keeps the score (Future Grace #6 of 7)

ā€œRepressed emotions are unfinished business,ā€ David Stewart writesā€” they highlight pages in the past that continuing altering our story in the presentā€ (Healing Oils of the Bible, p116). As this relates to pain in the...
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The thing that requires the greatest faith (Future Grace #5 of 7)

The disciples spent a lot of time with Jesus. Thatā€™s how ā€œdiscipleshipā€ worked back in Biblical times. Whereas weā€™ve reduced the concept to ā€œ... the breed of discipleship they experienced was a life-on-life encounter...
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Soul memory works like muscle memory (Future Grace #4 of 7)

There are 3 facts about human nature: šŸ‘‰ FACT 1 = Weā€™re designed to explore and grow. We, by our nature, venture forth and look into the unknown. šŸ‘‰ FACT 2 = Some of that exploration causes PAIN. That is, not all...
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Everything (literally, everything) all at once (Future Grace #3 of 7)

Albert Einstein said that time is relative. He didnā€™t reject the existence of time. Rather, he rejected the distinction between past, present, and future. ā°ā°ā° ā€œThe light you see now left the sun 8 minutes ago,ā€ a...
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Whoā€™s really the center of the universe? (Future Grace #2 of 7)

During my first year of college I developed the habit of sitting down with a paper calendarā€” the kind I still carry to this dateā€” the first day of class, syllabus in hand. I always wrote which chapters were being...
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Itā€™s better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting (Future Grace #1 of 7)

Solomon tells us itā€™s better to ā€œgo to a house of mourning than a house of feastingā€ (Ecclesiastes 7:2). That is, something in looking at life soberlyā€” from the vantage point of our humanityā€” shifts everything into...
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Sacred space where others are overwhelmed by grace

Culture trumps just about everything. If you create an environment where people can thrive, they generally come alive. šŸ’™ Let me tell you where Iā€™m headed in this talkā€¦ Proverbs reminds us that the ā€œfear of the Lordā€...
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