Finding Hidden Treasure
Promoting interest in Christian discipleship via connected means
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November 24, 2023 • 29 mins
Episode 128 centers on a study of Psalm 46. I had the privilege of teaching the study during the week that I stayed at a Hospitality House, nicknamed the Hangar, in Landscheid, Germany. The Hangar is an outreach of Cadence International, a mission organization which focuses on the needs of the military. They can be found at https://cadence.org/. The website for the Hangar is located at https://cadence.org/ministry/the-hangar/ .
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June 19, 2023 • 4 mins
Episode 127 explores an example of cross-referencing meditation on the Bible. While reflecting on one passage, other passages can provide deeper insight and show us a more, full-orbed view of the Scriptures.
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April 8, 2023 • 6 mins
Episode 126 is an exploration of the Gospel accounts of what happened when Christ encountered the dead. Dead doesn't stay dead. This has far-reaching and staggering implications for the life of every human being, both for now and into eternity.
The picture is that of a painting depicting the raising to life of the son of the widow of Nain.
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February 19, 2023 • 13 mins
This episode contains some thoughts about an extraordinary church service known as the Asbury Revival of 2023. This episode contains some thoughts on criteria which could be applied to seek to determine the genuiness of this revival. It also contains discussion of some parallels between what is happening in Asbury in 2023 with a series of revivals which swept the English-speaking world starting in 1857.
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December 24, 2022 • 7 mins
Episode 124 features a discussion of discerning and remembering the true state of things concerning a believer's life in Christ. It is good for us to believe the things which the Bible says about God. It is also good for us to remember the things which the Bible says about us.
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September 18, 2022 • 9 mins
Episode 123 marks Walt's return after a nine-month absence. In this podcast, Walt recounts the health issues that took him away for a while as well as some hopefully helpful insights about the deaths and resurrections which we face in this life.
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December 24, 2021
Episode 122 is a post concerning what may be the largest public reading of Scripture ever held. This is a brief retrospective on the special Christmas Eve broadcast held by the astronauts of the crew of Apollo 8, humanity's first voyagers to the Moon.
The photograph known as Earthrise was taken by the crew of Apollo 8. It shows the remarkable contrast between blue and white ball which we call home with the stark grey desolation...
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September 23, 2021
This episode is devoted to a reading of the text of the Morning Prayer of the Optina Elders. Find out more about the prayer and those who crafted it.. Go to https://restoringthecore.com/morning-prayer-of-the-optina-elders/
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July 25, 2021
This episode centers on a discussion which my wife Julie and I had about a question from one of her Bible Study women. They read Jen Wilkin's book "None Like Him" about God's attributes He does not share with us (Omni-present, omniscient, etc). Julie got a question from someone in her study asking, in essence: "Now that I know about these, what do I do with them?"
Link to Jen Wilkin's book "None Like Him"
https://us.10ofthose...
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Episode 119 centers on a discussion of the Lord Jesus' parable of the wheat and the weeds found in Matthew 13:24-30 as well as the explanation given by the Lord in Matthew 13:36-43.
Two specific applications look at the question: "Why doesn't God remove evil from the world?" as well asking us to expand our focus beyond the evils of our world.
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March 6, 2021
Audio-Post-11 is a reading of an article on my original blog School of the Solitary Place. In this post, I discuss several graces available to us in our time and place, particularly, for English speakers, the grace of having multiple translations of the Bible available to us in English.
The article can be found at https://schoolofthesolitaryplace.blogspot.com/2018/03/taking-advantage-of-great-grace.html
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December 17, 2020
Episode 118 explores some examples of those who realized that they needed to take their faith and walk in Christ more seriously. What they did, to use a sports phrase, was to "step up their game."
A link to John Piper's lesson on how George Mueller (1805-1898) [pictured above] took his faith practice to a new level can be found at https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/george-muellers-strategy-for-showing-god
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September 5, 2020
Episode 117 centers on how our culture's collective mindset is largely Christ-absent. The influence of Christ would largely be seen as irrelevant to our real-world, everyday lives. The episode also feature a discussion of several biblically-based, purposeful practices which a follower of Christ can do to keep Christ in our thoughts.
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July 28, 2020
Finding Hidden Treasure returns after a long absence. Episode 116 is a discussion of how easily we are distracted. The 17th century theologian and philosopher Blaise Pascal observed how we are distraction-seekers, even to our own hurt. The discussion looks at some modern examples of this. It concludes by encouraging us to recognize our capacity for self-distraction and to seek to live a Christ-focused life.
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March 8, 2020
Episode 115 is the audio of a prayer written by Pete Greig and the 24-7 Prayer Movement (www.24-7prayer.com). #prayer #coronavirus
A pdf of the written prayer can be found here
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December 25, 2019
Episode 114 presents us with a question and a challenge. Are you willing to accept grace?
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November 30, 2019
Episode 113 is a personal reflection on the treasure we find in Psalm 23;
The Gospel Coalition has a great article on two ways of life: Psalm 23 and the Anti-Psalm 23
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/two-ways-of-doing-life-psalm-23-versus-antipsalm-23/
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October 13, 2019
In this episode, Walt and Zack discuss the meaning behind the brief prayer "Restore Our Souls."
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August 10, 2019
This episode centers on a discussion of some factors in promoting biblical literacy for ourselves and others.
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My son Zack joins me on Episode 110 to discuss the need to find identity in Christ in every generation, including his and mine. Every generation of believers must come to understand who we are in Christ. This episode is intended to be an encouragement, particularly to the Millennial generation, to not let something or someone other than Christ set the agenda for you to define who you really are.
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