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Ancient Truths for Today hosted by Dr. Vallen Prest
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Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
35 min
Today's podcast discusses a couple of questions. What damage can bitter envy or selfish ambition do to a person? How can we get or experience heavenly wisdom?
Peace is an important aspect of the Christian life. How can we sow seeds of peace?
Some 20 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
41 min
In Biblical times the term jealousy could be both positive and negative in connotation. The difference is between "jealous of" and "jealous for." is one of the things addressed in this podcast.
Some 20 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
38 min
What is wisdom and is earthly wisdom different than heavenly wisdom? What are the marks of humility?
Some 20 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
48 min
Why does power tend to corrupt? Are governments inherently evil? These are some of the questions we tackle in this week's podast.
Some 20 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
44 min
Our discussion continues to look into the issue of the tongue and how we can tame it. We look into how our speech can build up or tear down.
Some 20-25 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
48 min
What motivates a person to teach the Bible? Why is such a small thing as the tongue cause so many problems?
Have you ever noticed that people rarely take the sins of the tongue seriously? Finally, what makes it so difficult to tames the tongue?
These are some of the issues we address in this podcast.
Some 20 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
40 min
In this podcast we compare how James uses Abraham's faith to prove that faith must create works (or deeds) vs. Paul who also refers to Abraham's faith without works brings salvation.
As we grapple with these two seemingly opposite views we discover the three different stages of Salvation and how each proves both men correct.
Some 20-25 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
42 min
We look at the examples of Abraham and Rahab's faith and how faith produced works or deeds. We discuss what should motivate us to do good deeds after we have been granted eternal life.
Some 20-25 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
33 min
How often do we see someone in need and even though we have the ability to help their physical needs to we give them lip service "Be ye warmed and filled"? And why do we believe that the work of the ministry is what we hire ministers and staff to do for us? Just some of the issues we discuss in this podcast.
Some 20-25 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
46 min
What kind of faith saves a person? How do good deeds play into salvation? These are some of the questions we tackle in this podcast. We also look at how one word can mean two different things. For example, in James chapter one we look at how translators distinguish between trials and tests. Here in chapter two we look at how some translators distinguish between works and deeds.
Some 20-25 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.