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Podcast 127: Answering Christmas Queries

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This time of year, we often get queried by friends and families alike about Christmas. How do you answer such questions? Let’s talk about it!

In this week’s episode, we mention two resources. Click here to check them out:

Also in this week’s episode, we mention a short form you can fill out to be considered for our feedback team as we work to reach more younger people in the world with the truth. You can find that form right here. Thanks for volunteering!

Podcast 126: Grow a Heart for Service!

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Serving others—in our family, in our congregation, and beyond—is at the very center of God’s purpose for our lives. Today we talk about the vital need we all have to grow a heart oriented toward service, willing to answer God’s call with a “Hear am I, send me!”

Podcast 123: Why Giving Thanks Matters

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Today, Friend of the Podcast Phil Sena, in town for Thanksgiving, joins us to discuss why taking the time to give thanks is important.

(Also, here’s a link to the Tomorrow’s World article that Mr. Robinson mentioned: “Hacking Thankfulness.”)

[Note: For some odd reason, the YouTube feature for the website was not working well when we first posted this, so in the event that happens again and you really prefer YouTube to the other options, you can (as always) stroll out to the YouTube Living Youth Programs channel where you will find it waiting, and you can also click this link right here to go straight to this episode. However, it seems to be working now, so hopefully it is embedded below and ready for you!]

Podcast 118: Hearing the Trumpets Now

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While the seven trumpets of the Day of the Lord are still ahead of us, can we hear them now? Do our lives reflect our belief that they really will sound? In this week’s episode, we discuss how the knowledge of what lies ahead should affect our lives today.

Podcast 117: What to Think About Celebrity Conversions

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There’s a growing number of celebrities converting to professing Christianity, Catholicism in particular. It might be someone we couldn’t care less about, or it might be someone we’ve long looked up to. What should we keep in mind when a popular public figure “converts”?

Podcast 115: You Become Your Entertainment

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The old saying “You are what you eat” applies to more than physical food. Your entertainment feeds your mind and heart and has a powerful and unavoidable impact on who you will become. So, choose well!

(In a post more than two years ago, Mr. Mark Sandor wrote about a related topic. If you haven’t read it before, you might hop over there later. Here’s a link: “Thinking Biblically: Entertainment.” And while it’s not about entertainment only, we recently posted a few thoughts about Philippians 4:8 here.)

Podcast 114: Be Not Easily Offended

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It’s easy to get offended—frankly, it’s become the default status of our culture. However, the ability to avoid being offended is a vital skill for developing real, Christ-honoring relationships of substance, and the Bible has guidance, perspective, and advice for young people seeking to develop that skill. It takes effort and practice, but it’s worth it!

Here are a couple of sermons related to the topic, if you are interested: