Always be ready
Grow in thinking Biblically and living effectively | Occasional | ~7 minutes per segment
What’s so good about Good Friday? (Romans 5:8) | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 144
Because somebody had to die for my sins...and it's not me.
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Theme:
Because somebody had to die for my sins...and it's not me.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Got Questions Ministries, Got Questions? Bible Questions Answered (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2002–2013).
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
What is “Maundy Thursday?” (John 13:34) | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 143
Maundy Thursday commemoration of the night of “the new command.”
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Theme:
Maundy Thursday commemoration of the night of “the new command.”
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Samuel Macauley Jackson, ed., The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (New York; London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1908–1914), 257.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Discerning three symptoms of evil (1 John 4:6) | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 142
We are to discern between good and evil spirits, and we are to discern between true and false teachers…and that’s one and the same exercise.
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Theme:
We are to discern between good and evil spirits, and we are to discern between true and false teachers…and that’s one and the same exercise.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Gary M. Burge, Letters of John, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996), 183.
Joel C. Gregory, “1 John,” in The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to Revelation, ed. Matthew D. Kim and Scott M. Gibson (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2021), 579.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Planning a new year biblically, part 2 (Various) | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 141
True success is understanding and fulfilling God’s purposes in the world, of which your part is one slice.
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Theme:
True success is understanding and fulfilling God’s purposes in the world, of which your part is one slice.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Planning a new year biblically, part 1 (Exodus 20:2) | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 140
Let your wins, particularly those in the Spirit, have the last word and spur you on.
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Theme:
Let your wins, particularly those in the Spirit, have the last word and spur you on.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Sovann Pen, Facebook post. Learn more about Sovann at his website: https://www.sovannpen.com/.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Just what is “holy & common,” “clean & unclean,” and why should I care? | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 139
Jesus, the holy one, became unclean, so that through his blood we who are unclean might be both cleansed and sanctified to share in his holiness.
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Theme:
Jesus, the holy one, became unclean, so that through his blood we who are unclean might be both cleansed and sanctified to share in his holiness.
Source: Christopher J. H. Wright, “Leviticus,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 136.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Timothy P. Jenney, “The Holy Spirit and Sanctification,” in Systematic Theology: Revised Edition, ed. Stanley M. Horton (Springfield, MO: Logion Press, 2007), 411–412.
Michelle J. Morris and Douglas Mangum, “Cleanness and Uncleanness, Regulations for,” ed. John D. Barry et al., The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).
Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1999), 627.
G. J. Wenham, “Clean and Unclean,” ed. D. R. W. Wood et al., New Bible Dictionary (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996), 209–212.
Christopher J. H. Wright, “Leviticus,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 136–137.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
The path of the message, part 1 | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 138
One path of the message is you.
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Theme:
One path of the message is you.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic: An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2006), 38.
G. Curtis Jones, 1000 Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1986), 301.
Roger E. Olson, The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity, Second Edition. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016), 88.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
A framework for defending the exclusivity of Christ | #AlwaysBeReady Ep. 137
“I'm convinced that the most needful thing in our time is to get a vision of God that has a dramatic effect on you.” ~John MacArthur
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Theme:
“I'm convinced that the most needful thing in our time is to get a vision of God that has a dramatic effect on you.” ~John MacArthur
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Todd Miles, A God of Many Understandings?: The Gospel and a Theology of Religions (Nashville, TN: B&H, 2010), 2-5.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
How can you know for certain if you can’t test it empirically? | #AlwaysBeReady ep. 136
You can have confidence in non-science, too.
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Theme:
You can have confidence in non-science, too.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Six contemporary assaults on the Imago Dei | #AlwaysBeReady ep. 135
Know Scripture and the power of God.
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Theme:
Whatever the surface issue, the battle is ultimately spiritual.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Gerald Bray, “The Image of God,” in Lexham Survey of Theology, ed. Mark Ward et al. (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018).
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Three ways to spot a Sadducee | #AlwaysBeReady ep. 134
Know Scripture and the power of God.
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Theme:
Know Scripture and the power of God.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Daniel L. Akin, Exalting Jesus in Mark, ed. Daniel L. Akin, David Platt, and Tony Merida, Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2014), 281.
Rodney L. Cooper, Mark, vol. 2, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000), 202–203.
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Will there be potential for sin in heaven? | #AlwaysBeReady ep. 132
Sin is more stupid than poking a pencil in your eye. Infinitely more.
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Theme:
Sin is more stupid than poking a pencil in your eye. Infinitely more.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
What about those “dashing babies on rocks” passages? | #AlwaysBeReady ep. 131
Six things to take solace in when someone asks
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Theme:
Spiritual journaling remembers redemptively.
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted or quoted for today:
Lewis Smedes, Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve
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About the #ForTheHope Podcast
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #AlwaysBe segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.
About Roger Courville, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
#AlwaysBeReady series: Who is Jesus?
Spotting the real Jesus in a sea of fakes
In this series we led up to Easter asking questions…questions that roll up to knowing the real Jesus in a sea of fake Jesuses.
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IMPORTANT: #AlwaysBeReady segments do NOT have a home on the website yet, BUT if you use your favorite podcast app (e.g., Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart or…), you’ll get them as they come out.
Why ask the “Who is Jesus?” question? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/why-ask-the-who-is-jesus-question-alwaysbeready-ep-120
How do we even know who Jesus is? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/how-do-we-even-know-who-jesus-is-alwaysbeready-ep-121
Secret sauce
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/secret-sauce-alwaysbeready-ep-122One person, TWO natures?
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/one-person-two-natures-alwaysbeready-ep-123What’s in a (Jesus) name?
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/whats-in-a-jesus-name-alwaysbeready-ep-124The (unified) states of Christ (part 1)
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/the-unified-states-of-jesus-part-1-alwaysbeready-ep-125The (unified) states of Christ (part 2)
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/the-unified-states-of-jesus-part-2-alwaysbeready-ep-126The offices of the Christ
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/the-offices-of-the-christ-alwaysbeready-ep-127
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Keywords:
#whoisjesus #theology #christology #alwaysbeready #easter #goodfriday
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About the Podcast(s)
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day. The Bible read-through happens Monday through Saturday; Sundays have short “Reflections.”
We also publish, on most weekdays, #ForTheHope’s short #AlwaysBeReady segment where we explore an idea that helps us connect Sunday morning to Monday morning. You have to subscribe via a podcast software like Apple, Google, or Spotify to get them, but you can find examples here and here.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry — Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#AlwaysBeReady series: “Pre-Bunking” and other Jedi mind tricks
Pre-bunking and other Jedi mind tricks | #AlwaysBeReady series
I’m in the middle of a series that will run awhile…about the nature of information and communication as it relates to discerning the times and knowing what to do (1 Chronicles 12:32).
IMPORTANT: They do NOT have a home on the website yet, BUT if you use your favorite podcast app (e.g., Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart or…), you’ll get them as they come out.
If you want other examples on other topics, go here for a general look or here for a series on finding meaning and purpose at work and in work.
As you’ll see, this is a “work in progress” series
Pre-bunking? What’s the real question? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/pre-bunking-whats-the-real-question-alwaysbeready-ep-97
Behind the software https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/behind-the-software-alwaysbeready-ep-98
What did Jesus say about artificial intelligence? Part 1 https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/what-did-jesus-say-about-ai-part-1-alwaysbeready-ep-99
What did Jesus say about artificial intelligence? Part 2 https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/what-did-jesus-say-about-ai-part-2-alwaysbeready-ep-100
Future:
The language war on the Imago Dei
UIDs and personal sovereignty
How to lie with statistics
Techniques behind memorable stories
What else? Send me a note: roger@forthehope.com. Please!
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Keywords:
#meaning #purpose #greatcommission #culturalmandate #theologyoftech #faithatwork #theologyofwork
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About the Podcast(s)
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day. The Bible read-through happens Monday through Saturday; Sundays have short “Reflections.”
We also publish, on most weekdays, #ForTheHope’s short #AlwaysBeReady segment where we explore an idea that helps us connect Sunday morning to Monday morning. You have to subscribe via a podcast software like Apple, Google, or Spotify to get them, but you can find examples here and here.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry — Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#AlwaysBeReady series: Finding meaning and purpose @Work
Finding meaning and purpose at work | #AlwaysBeReady series
I’m in the middle of a series that will run awhile…about finding meaning and purpose in your day job (from a Biblical perspective, of course).
IMPORTANT: They do NOT have a home on the website yet, BUT if you use your favorite podcast app (e.g., Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart or…), you’ll get them as they come out.
If you want other examples on other topics, go here.
Here are a few recent examples. Shoot me a note…what do you like? Not like? Need more of?
Tap into purpose and mission https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/tap-into-purpose-and-mission-alwaysbeready-ep-82
Connecting material and spiritual purpose https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/connecting-material-and-spiritual-purpose-alwaysbeready-ep-83
The two battlefronts of living your work purpose https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/the-two-battlefronts-of-living-your-work-purpose-alwaysbeready-ep-84
Working in light of the “now and not yet” https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/working-in-light-of-the-now-and-not-yet-alwaysbeready-ep-85
Message in a bottle https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/message-in-a-bottle-alwaysbeready-ep-86
Is work an extension of church? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/is-work-an-extension-of-church-alwaysbeready-ep-87
A marketing concept that informs a Christian virtue https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/a-marketing-concept-that-informs-a-christian-virtue-alwaysbeready-ep-88
How do spiritual gifts fit your day job? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/how-do-spiritual-gifts-fit-in-a-material-day-job-alwaysbeready-ep-89
Holy Spirit at work grand finale https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/holy-spirit-at-work-grand-finale-alwaysbeready-ep-90
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Keywords:
#faithatwork #theologyofwork #meaning #purpose #greatcommission #culturalmandate
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About the Podcast(s)
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day. The Bible read-through happens Monday through Saturday; Sundays have short “Reflections.”
We also publish, on most weekdays, #ForTheHope’s short #AlwaysBeReady segment where we explore an idea that helps us connect Sunday morning to Monday morning. You have to subscribe via a podcast software like Apple, Google, or Spotify to get them, but you can find examples here and here.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry — Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Example #AlwaysBeReady segments
Give your feedback on the new #alwaysbeready segments?
In the few months I’ve been experimenting with short segments that supplement our daily Bible reading. I’d love your feedback.
IMPORTANT: They do NOT have a home on the website yet, BUT if you use your favorite podcast app (e.g., Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart or…), you’ll get them as they come out.
Below are some examples, or check out this series on finding meaning and purpose at work.
Shoot me a note…what do you like? Not like? Need more of?
A series on a world driven by tech and lies: Pre-bunking and other Jedi mind tricks https://www.forthehope.org/wip/pre-bunking-and-other-jedi-mind-tricks-alwaysbeready-series
Our Father’s dad jokes https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/our-fathers-dad-jokes-alwaysbeready-ep-101
Message in a bottle https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/message-in-a-bottle-alwaysbeready-ep-86 (catch the whole series here)
3 questions you must answer about truth https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/3-questions-you-must-answer-about-truth-alwaysbeready-ep-79
Should YOU call Peter, “Satan?" (Maybe!) https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/why-you-should-call-peter-satan-too-maybe-alwaysbeready-ep-71
Need clarity? Try this https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/need-clarity-try-this-alwaysbeready-ep-69
What should you DO? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/what-should-you-do-alwaysbeready-59
What do people REALLY want for Christmas?
https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/what-most-people-really-want-for-christmas-alwaysbeready-56All religions are basically the same, right? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/all-religions-are-basically-the-same-right-alwaysbeready-52
Little times well https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/little-times-well-alwaysbeready-51
If true, would you? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/if-true-would-you-alwaysbeready-ep-42
Dominance vs. influence https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/dominance-vs-influence-alwaysbeready-ep-40
Mastering mirth https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/mastering-mirth-alwaysbeready-ep-39
“The science says” https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/the-science-says-alwaysbeready-ep-38
Destination or manifestation? https://forthehope.simplecast.com/episodes/destination-or-manifestation-alwaysbeready-ep-35
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Keywords:
#faithatwork #theologyofwork #meaningandpurpose #greatcommission #culturalmandate
♱♱♱
About the Podcast(s)
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
We also publish, on most weekdays, #ForTheHope’s short #AlwaysBeReady segment where we explore an idea that helps us connect Sunday morning to Monday morning. You have to subscribe via a podcast software like Apple, Google, or Spotify to get them, but you can find examples here and here.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry — Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
BE the reminder?
What might it mean to BE the reminder?
Young Timothy was a bit worried about his age. And perhaps understandably so, because here in 2021 we don’t have a monopoly on people inappropriately dismissing other people who are different in age, race, and other categories. And if anything, first century Israel was even more guilty of thinking that gray hair entitled you to be the only “wise” voice in the conversation.
Paul, Timothy’s mentor, en-courage-d him otherwise, including in a couple letters that we still read in our New Testaments today. Not only was Timothy to be an unashamed workman in the faith, he was to actively refute heretical teaching and teachers (2 Ti 2:14-19).
The letter may have been written to Timothy, but God preserved it for us. Interestingly, one of Paul’s points is wrapped up in the context of the word “remind.” When he says “Remind them of these things…” (2 Ti 2:14a, CSB), the imperative is ongoing, as in “keep reminding” them.
It’s almost like God knew in advance that we’d be forgetful, that we’re wired to “use it or lose it.” We need to be reminded of His goodness, truth, and beauty, but part of living in community includes the charge that we are also to be doing the reminding.
As the writer of Hebrews put it, “…let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching." (He 10:24–25, CSB). To be sure, we all like meeting in person, but being a reminder isn’t limited by proximity in today’s world.
So here’s a reminder: How are you making sure that you get reminded? Whether it’s Follower of One’s daily encouragement or one of many daily audio Bibles, putting on your own oxygen mask is likely the most powerful step you can take in making sure that you’re ready in heart and mind to be that reminder for someone else.
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ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is, well, a daily audio Bible reading.. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.
You, me, vicars of large things
I Was Vicar of Large Things by R.S. Thomas
Sometimes truths you already know are expressed in ways that are exhilaratingly new to you. So it is with a poem I just discovered, and this which I’ve received I pass along to you.
I Was Vicar of Large Things
I was vicar of large things
in a small parish. Small-minded
I will not say, there were depths
in some of them I shrank back
from, wells that the word “God”
fell into and died away,
and for all I know is still
falling. Who goes for water
to such must prepare for a long
wait. Their eyes looked at me
and were the remains of flowers
on an old grave. I was there,
I felt, to blow on ashes
that were too long cold. Often
when I thought they were about
to unbar to me, the draught
out of their empty places
came whistling so that I wrapped
myself in the heavier clothing
of my calling, speaking of light and love
in the thickening shadows of their kitchens.
~R. S. Thomas
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ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is, well, a daily audio Bible reading.. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.
If trust in organized religion is low, now what?
Most of us aren’t called to fight PR wars. Indeed, we don’t have to.
In 1975, Americans’ trust in “the church or organized religion” as at 68%. In 2019, that number was 36%. The study’s authors speculate that a variety of scandals involving everything from televangelists to Catholic priests is to blame.
Of course, we must remember that The Enemy has a rather brilliant PR department. He must, given that Jesus is the only perfectly trustworthy person that ever graced the planet.
Most of us work side by side with colleagues in secular workplaces. Put another way, most of us aren’t in places where we influence mass media or wield big platforms wherefrom to proclaim the truth.
And I’d argue most of us shouldn’t try.
Rather, even as messages of truth are dismissed, lifestyles of trustworthiness are hard to argue against. As Paul puts it,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. (Ga 5:22–23, CSB)
What will happen is that people will wonder why you’re different, why you don’t spend time complaining the way others in their lives do, why you have joy despite the world being a mess. And that will create cognitive dissonance for them as they experience the reality of Jesus in and through you.
None of this is new. Remember Nero (falsely) blaming Christians for Rome burning?
Let them say what they want. Just make sure the people you know experience something different.
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ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is, well, a daily audio Bible reading.. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.