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Sometimes when you read the bible , the stories can seem a little fantastic. Are there limits to what God can do, and if so, what are they?
Bible Verses: Matthew 8:26, Matthew 9:6, Luke 1:37, Philippians 4:13, Job 42:2, Jeremiah 32:17, James 4, Luke 22:42, Luke 12:48, Genesis 9:1, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 6:18, 2nd Corinthians 5, Isaiah 53:10
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8/9/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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This week, we give you a radio tour of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
In 1901, President McKinley — and thousands of others — were in Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition, a world’s fair celebrating the promise of the dawning century. There, an assassin shot the president, who died about a week later. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was rushed by stagecoach to Buffalo, and at the home of friend and attorney Ansley Wilcox was administered the oath of office to become America’s 26th president.
The Wilcox home is now an official historic site operated by the National Park Service. The museum commemorates the 1901 exposition, the dawn of new identities for the United States, and the life and work of this “Rough Rider” President.
TR Site Executive Director Spencer Morgan talks in this podcast about the exhibits and stories visitors will find.
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The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 20, Steve Smith speaks with Dr. Richard Blackaby, President of Blackaby Ministries, International about his father’s legacy, social media’s influence on ministry, and the responsibilities of Christians living in divisive times.
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8/8/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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Many Christian colleges — like their secular counterparts — are facing financial and enrollment pressures which threaten their futures.
Christian journalist Warren Smith, today’s guest on Family Life’s “Faith Under Fire”, analyzes the issues which have led to numerous faith-based schools retrenching, with some forced to merge or close their doors. He says decisions need to be made — by college administrators, by families with college-bound students, and by churches and denominations. If there is value to higher education with a Christian centering, there are ways to make that more feasible.
In addition to identifying problems with tuition costs and college debts, Smith has some success stories too: Christian universities which have “doubled down” on their unique identities, and some who have focused on degrees which reward graduates with high salaries and numerous career opportunities.
Warren Smith is president of MinistryWatch.com, a Christian news organization which covers national and global ministry organizations, transparency for Christian donors, and religious news across the spectrum. Ministry Watch has done extended coverage on Christian higher education, inspiring trends, and college closures (such as the recent one at Clarks Summit University in the Family Life listening area).
“Faith Under Fire” with Greg Gillispie is a Thursday news feature on the Family Life radio network, on the air and through our live streams. Expanded versions of those interviews are also available from our website and many podcast feed apps. Search for “Family Life News”.
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8/7/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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Is Getting Even Getting It Right?
The theme of seeking revenge weaves through entertainment and politics. It seems baked into the culture. In this Inside Out podcast, Martha talks with therapist Paula Rinehart.Her recent article in The Gospel Coalition is titled Gospel Hope for a Culture Fixated on Getting Even.
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The theme of revenge weaves through our entertainment and politics, and seems baked into the culture. It’s presented as the inevitable option when someone suffers loss, humiliation, or betrayal. “Perhaps the most primal inclination is to get back at the other party, and I think the illusion is that that will stop it in some way, shape, or form, or it will prevent another hurt,” says therapist and author Paula Rinehart.
“Getting even just seems to drive the nail deeper, that great irony to it all,” she says. “I think, as we move about in the world, the possibility of offering people what could be the possibility of forgiveness really stands out in a culture that has decided revenge is the only option.”
“The first step out of that is bringing something into the light so it can be thought through or prayed through or talked through,” she says. “And that tends to step us out of the kind of knee-jerk reaction of just getting back at the person.”
She points out that Jesus asks us to live in opposition to our instincts and open ourselves to the work of God in us. “Forgiveness of really significant things takes a power that’s greater—it’s not just something I’ve conjured up myself,” Rinehart points out. “It’s really based on the power of the cross and the power of God to bring something quite unexpected and redemptive from things that seem like kind of the end of the story to me.”
No one is saying forgiveness is easy. But the surprising thing is that when we go through the work of forgiving others, we benefit. “What we don’t want to miss in our need to get even with someone is the real freedom that God can bring in our life in very deep places in us through forgiveness—forgiveness and the light of knowing that God is going to deal with this,” she says.
Read Paula Rinehart’s article Gospel Hope for a Culture Fixated on Getting Even. She writes for The Gospel Coalition and lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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8/6/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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A Buffalo-area pastor is back home, after a cross-country adventure.
A 3,000-mile bike trip.
His second!
These two adventurous challenges happened for two differing reasons. Pastor Pat Hilkey eight years ago was among many pastors facing incredible stresses and pressures of church leadership. He decided at the time to use the physical and spiritual adventure of riding a bike across the country as an avenue for his personal renewal. Now, this year, the preacher jumped onto the saddle again, to help his congregation pay off the church building.
Meet Pastor Pat Hilkey of the Evangel Assemblies of God congregation at Williamsville, New York. He tells his story to Family Life’s Mark Webster,
