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There has been a little buzz about some constellation alignment later this month. A few people have asked me about it, so I talk about this current event today.

Today I reminiscence on the decline of the church from the digital revolution. Listen in for the problem and some solutions.

This was recorded a while ago when I was visiting Rock Springs, WY where I used to live. I was responding to the terror attacks in Paris the morning of this recording, but used this to talk about the calling of Christianity.

This is not a usual Daily Walk. On this walk I discuss my own time and place during the tragic and significant time of 9/11.

This walk was inspired by a recent sermon I heard focusing on missions. A lot of people misunderstand what missions are, and even worse we focus more on our own pleasures more than God. On this daily walk I discuss the problem with pursuing the American Dream rather than figuring out how to better serve Christ.

On this walk I discuss the fallacy that when we come to Christ, everything will go well for us on earth. That is not the case, and Jesus even reminds us in John 15:20 that we will be persecuted. We are commanded to pick up our cross and follow Him in Matthew 16:24. This does not mean our life will be terrible if we come to know Jesus, but that we will have everlasting Joy, especially in eternity.

On this walk I discuss what Jesus says about worry. The NASB Bible calls this section of scripture The Cure for Anxiety. Our culture tries to make us anxious. They want us anxious to sell us things to make us feel better. They make us anxious to stay fixed to the news for ratings, but Jesus tells us the cure:

Jesus Cure for Anxiety: Matthew 6:25-34

Follow along and stop worrying!

On this Daily Walk I have a look at a topic I have seen appear in a few movies and television shows: Angels and redemption. Biblically, angels do not have a means of redemption, but why does that matter in the scope of a story line? I will discuss the ramifications of this trend on this walk.

On this Daily Walk I discuss progressive thought and how our western culture is radically moving along without Christian thought and input. Listen in on the scientific breakthrough that lead me to this talk.

Here is the article I read about DNA data storage:
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/uw-microsoft-claim-big-breakthrough-with-data-storage-using-dna/

During this daily walk I discuss the Parable of the Laborers and talk about our modern day application.

The parable is found in Matthew 20:1-16

During this walk, I will discuss the importance of considering our influences in life. Since our heart is frequently a reflection of our life, we should be careful about what we allow in our head through our consumption of media, but we should also not be limiting ourselves to merely Christianized forms of entertainment.

Today’s Daily Walk takes us down a path of Shallow Evangelism. The American Church is very wide, but very shallow. We are very good at getting a lot of people to pray for Jesus, but our follow-through is to be desired. We should rather focus on discipleship. I give some thoughts to discipleship at the end of this walk.

We are too focused on living in Christian bubbles and we need to pop them to let the Christians out in the world. On this Daily Walk, I talk about Lecrae, the HipHop artist and his new book, Unashamed. This split is important for us to continue on our walk in Christ.

Once again, the audio quality is not what I wanted, but the content was just too good not to share and I did not want to risk redoing because I liked the message.

On this daily walk I discuss the role of the Christian in the culture. We are to impress our love on the world, but not always our laws. God is strong enough to change the hearts of the people and if we are too busy trying to change the laws of the nation without changing the souls of the nation, we are setting ourselves up for failure. Change the hearts and the nation will line itself up. Remember that the Gospel spread in the Roman cities that were not ‘Christian’ nations.

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On this daily walk, I talk about the use of electronic bibles in the form of cell phones, tablets, and projection screens. Some debate has ensued over the years regarding the effectiveness of digital bibles. Herein are my comments.

How do we respond to people not living by God’s commands? On this Daily Walk I discuss what Jesus had to say about the topic from the parable of the Tares among Wheat.

Jesus tells his disciples exactly what the parable of the sower means. In Matthew 13, Christ tells us that seeds fall in four locations: The path, the shallow soil, the weeds, and the fertile ground. On this daily walk, I give some thoughts on these four soils as they relate to our modern culture.

Jesus did not speak in parables to easily teach the principles of the Kingdom of Heaven. I know that is the regular teaching in Sunday school, especially kids classes. Jesus gave a much deeper reason to His disciples when they asked directly: Why do you speak in parables? On this daily walk, I tell you what Jesus told them.

Believers of the world, we need to stop trying to get non-believers to follow the rules and guidelines of our God. We should love the people of the world, live like citizens of heaven, and preach the Gospel. Let’s let God work it out. But if we are saved, we should certainly start living like it. All this and more in today’s daily walk.

There are over 115 English Bible translations. WHY!!!!

In this video, I discuss my thoughts on the number of Bible translations that are available. I frequently am asked about what Bible I read and is x,y,or z a good translation. I seek to read a different translation every year, and I think that we have way too many translations.

Here are my thoughts.