Entries by Wallace Smith

“Teach Us to Pray”

Here is the sermon from Mr. Rod McNair we mentioned in the most recent podcast discussing prayer and meditation. If you want to learn some of the fundamental elements of prayer, based on Jesus’ own instructions, this sermon teaches you exactly that. We highly recommend giving it a listen. In fact, the sermon is available […]

Podcast 37: Tips on Prayer and Meditation

Today’s podcast was recorded last week while Mr. Phil Sena was still visiting with us, and it focuses on a couple of questions from you. Seems like you want some tips on prayer and meditation! As for the sermon mentioned in the podcast, we’re going to add that to another post. In fact, it’s probably […]

Podcast 36: Tips for Bible Study

You want to study your Bible, but it seems intimidating sometimes. Is there a simple way to get started? Our guest today, Mr. Phil Sena, pastor of Living Church of God congregations in Ohio, offers helpful advice to get you past your excuses and into your Bible!

In Search of the Eternal (Dopamine) Buzz

Some of us have noticed a lot of podcasts talking these days about dopamine—the neurotransmitter your brain uses to “reward” behavior—and how our current society is addicted to triggering it in so many unhelpful ways. (For example, social media is like a dopamine-triggering machine training you to keep on scrolling and scrolling and scrolling…) One […]

Podcast: Politics, Jury Duty, and the Military

In a world that is increasingly political, being representatives of a different kingdom presents its challenges. Join us today as we jump into our (non)relationship to politics and related topics. The YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcast embeds are below. Also, the podcast refers to a Living Church News article, “Christians and Causes.” A link to […]

Podcast: Surviving Christmas

It’s that time of year again. As Christians who don’t keep Christmas, the season presents its special challenges! In this episode, we discuss some of those challenges, prompted by a request from one of our listeners. At a certain point in the podcast, we refer to a Tomorrow’s World Whiteboard video, which you can find […]