You're Entitled to Our Opinion

You're Entitled to Our Opinion

We all have opinions but it's more important to know what God thinks. And we have our own but more importantly, we know the One who has all of the answers. And His opinion is really the only one that matters. Each week Jay and Tom tackle life issues and provide Biblical answers that can strengthen your walk and your talk. If you're a person of faith, they're here to encourage and equip you to "really believe what you say you believe is really real." If you're not a person of faith, our podcast can provide some answers to questions you may have about why people of faith believe what they believe. Jay Scribner was the lead pastor of Branson's First Baptist Church for over 25 years, ministered in many countries overseas, is author of the book "Jesus Follower: Beyond Belief, and heads the ministry Hope For America. Tom Johnson is the worship minister at his fellowship, was in the entertainment business for over 30 years, and authors the daily blog "Derf Nerfel's Thought of the Day." Together, they share from both life and ministry experience to bring encouragement and insight through this 30 minute weekly broadcast.

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May 23, 2025 31 mins

Well, is it either or both, when it comes to The Great Commission?

There's no question that it takes both of them to not only reach the lost but keep them solid in the faith. Evangelism alone boasts of about 5 - 15% of those who make a decision for Jesus are still walking with Him. Kind of a "been there, done that" as opposed to having their lives transformed.

True discipleship or disciple making builds the life of faith in a believe...

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Today's medical advances are incredible. Some would call it miraculous. But there's a difference between medical miracles and God's kind.

Then there are those who deny the existence of God because of the suffering and, if He did exist, why His seeming lack of intervention when it comes to sickness and suffering?

Why do we become ill? Answering this important question gives us solid ground to respond to those who are in the midst of s...

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May 9, 2025 30 mins

End time prophecy tells us that there will arise "the Man of Lawlessness."

But until then, everything will be peace and harmony, right? Absolutely not! And we're seeing lawlessness like we've not seen maybe ever. We're seeing violent behavior from people no one would expect to be the perpetrators.

We discuss in length moral relativism as opposed to moral absolutes and each of their sources. The "I do whatever I want to do whenever I...

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Each new sitting President is evaluated after they've been in office for 100 days so we've taken the time to research what we've seen happen and what the media is reporting for President Donald Trump.

Proverbs states "The king's heart is a strem of water in the hand of the Lord: He turns it wherever He will." As believers, we believe what Paul wrote in Romans, "There is no authority except from God."

With this in mind, we pray for ou...

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April 25, 2025 30 mins

The Bible commands that we forgive as we've been forgiven. That's quite a challenge sometimes when we've been severely wronged.

But the question remains, can we forgive And forget? The Bible clearly states in both the New and Old Testament that God chooses to not remember our sins when we repent. The Bible emphatically declares Him saying He "will" remember our sins no more.

How about us? Can we really choose to not only forgive bu...

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There is nothing more important than prayer - for a believer or an unbeliever.

For the unbeliever, it's the introduction to the God who loves them so much that He paid the sin penalty and set them free. It starts by asking.

For the believer, it's so much more than bringing a "grocery list" of requests to God. But even with this paradigm, so many Christians don't spend quality time with their heavenly Father.

This podcast deals with ...

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April 16, 2025 32 mins

For some people, prayer is an enigma. We can't see God, touch Him, or hear Him in the physical so how do we even know prayer even works?

Prayer is raw faith. And without faith, according to Hebrews 11, it's impossible to please Him...but He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

If we're going to be mature followers of Jesus Christ, we need be more than "Gab it and grab it" prayers. We need to understand and followthrough with what ...

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April 16, 2025 30 mins

Ever get "ripped off" by a vending machine? You put your money in but get nothing out of it?

Some people see prayer that way. They come to God and ask Him for stuff but He doesn't seem to come through by saying "yes" to their laundry list of requests..especially according to their timetable. We call God, "Father," but too often treat him like a bellhop.

One of the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, so Jesus did, and th...

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Your birthday isn't the same day every year. That's because you don't actually celebrate your birth day but your birth date. There's a big difference.

We celebrate Resurrection Day on the same day each year, adjusting for spring equinox but not the same date. However, there's another issue with what we call Holy Week.

Three days in the tomb is hard to cipher if Jesus died on Good Friday and rose on Resurrection Sunday. Many have tri...

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Remember Zachaues?

When he came into relationship with Jesus, his transformation was more than just faith in Jesus but he had an incredible change of heart. He made a commitment to restore fourfold to those he defrauded.

Restitution is something that many preachers gloss over.

We want forgiveness for our sins but we neglect both the Old Testament and New Testament commands to repay. Money, possessions, even reputation must be resto...

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Devolution is the descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state.

The opposite of evolution.

Recently, a televised government meeting showed us a clear example of this devolution.

It's one thing for politics to be partisan but we seem to have lost the ability to respect each other. And unfortunately, the people involved are representative of what is happening in society in general.

As believers, we need to operate on a different...

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