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Walking the Tightrope Between Two Worlds…

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Tightrope_walkingThe Bible teaches that as citizens of heaven, we’re to behave as citizens of heaven. Separate from sin. Separate from a self-absorbed existence. Separate from practical atheism – by that I mean the common outlook that if there is a God, he doesn’t matter much.

We’re to be dedicated to something more than these things. Dedicated to God. Dedicated to helping people find him. Dedicated to living for him. Seeking and saving that which is lost. We are part of the Kingdom of heaven.

However, while we’re not “of the world,” Christians are “in the world.”

This podcast speaks of our need to walk the tightrope between the world in which we reside and the Kingdom of our citizenship.

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How God helps us in life’s difficulties…

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Think about all the things you get ready for.

When you are a child, you get ready for school. Maybe you remember going shopping with your mother to get a book-bag or a lunch pail. As you grew up, you got ready for many other things. A date. A test at school. College.  And as time went on, you got ready for other things. Ready to get married. Ready for children. We’re told we need to be ready for those things. They are exciting things. Most of them are good things.

But who readies us for the things that aren’t exciting? Who helps us get ready for old age? For sickness? For heartache? For loneliness? For death? Those unpleasant things aren’t addressed by our society with the same energy as the pleasant things.

God addresses them. In Matthew 17:22-23, Jesus is addressing something that will be very difficult for his followers.  He’s addressed it before. And he keeps on addressing it.

Because it’s essential that you are ready for life’s difficulties.

This message speaks about how we can be more prepared for life’s difficulties.

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2009 Back to School Message…

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I’ll never forget how ill-equipped some of the kids I went to college with were.

University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning

Oh — not academically. They knew their stuff in that area. And not socially. They did fine making friends. And financially… it was like money grew on trees, for some of them.

Still, many of them were completely unprepared for what they were going to face as they went from their high schools to the university setting.

This message is designed to give students some tools to use when they are confronted by some of the less-academic (and often less-than-honorable) challenges provided by the college environment.

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