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In this show you will hear a recording of the message I preached to the congregation of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church on two reasons for the Incarnation. It begins a three part series on the purposes or reasons for the incarnation. The outline is as follows:
1) The Incarnation occurred to Reveal God to Us.
John 1:14, 18
John 14:7-11
Hebrews 1:1-3
2) The Incarnation occurred to Provide an Example for our Lives.
In this show you will hear my evaluation of the Project Appleseed event I attended with my three oldest boys this last weekend near Richmond, VA. If you have not yet attended one of these events you need to get one scheduled it was incredible. There are eleven things that I thought were excellent about the marksmanship training.
Safety
25 yard target simulating 100, 200, 300, and 400 yard.
In this show you will hear a teaching from Joshua 3-4. At this stage in Israel's history they are preparing to go into the promised land but encounter the barrier of the Jordan River. God provides them access into the Promised land and in doing so provides a picture of the blessings of God's grace in salvation. Here is the outline and some principles from the text:
Joshua 3-4
OUTLINE
Camping before the Crossing 3:1-4
Consecration for the Crossing 3:5-13
Completion of the Crossing 3:14-17
Commemoration after the Crossing 4:1-24
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3 Aspects of Salvation are pictured through this event
God Provides a Way into the Promised Land through Covenant Faithfulness
God Provides a Way into the Promised Land through Victory over Death
God Provides a Way into the Promised Land through Substitutionary Atonement
Episode-100- Introduction to Permaculture from a Biblical World View[ 34:08 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (383)
This show is an evaluation of the the Prime Directive and three Ethics of Permaculture from a Biblical perspective. I discuss the relationship between the Prime Directive (which is to take responsibility for oneself and ones children) and building a mult-generational legacy of abundance. In evaluating the first ethic, which is Earth Care, I relate it to the original mandate in the garden of Eden as well as the true nature of nature or creation and man's involvement in it. Regarding the second ethic, which is People Care, I mainly focus on the balance between people care and earth care and the balance needed between self reliance and community. The third ethic has probably had the most controversy over its interpretation and application and I discuss this third ethic from the standpoint of a steward.
In this show you will hear a recording of the message I preached to the congregation of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church this last Sunday from Joshua 1. Joshua 1 records the transition of leadership to Joshua after the death of Moses. In it Joshua is commanded to be strong and courageous. The details of the passage give us 4 actions that can be taken to fulfill the command to be strong and courageous. The outline and principles are below:
OUTLINE
God Commissions Joshua 1-9
Joshua Commands the People 10-15
The People Submit to Joshua’s Leadership 16-17
God Exhorts Joshua 18
In this show we complete the series on the varies forms of capital. This last type of capital is Cultural Capital. First I review the eight different types or capital discussed.
Social Capital
Material Capital
Financial Capital
Living Capital
Intellectual Capital
Experiential (Human) Capital
Spiritual Capital
Cultural Capital
I then discuss what Cultural Capital is.
Then I discuss the uniqueness of Cultural Capital
This is followed by looking at several different examples of groups that form their own unique cultural capital, including:
Family
In a business
In community
In an ethnic group
In a nation
Pop culture
CONCLUSION
Why is learning about and working at building more of the various kinds of capital important?
We want to build a legacy of abundance. Abundance comes from obtaining and developing your capital.
Go back through and review the 8 forms and what you can do to develop the various forms of capital in your life. Set some goals for each form of capital for 2013 and a plan to achieve it.
In this show you will hear a recording of the message I preached this last Sunday at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church from Exodus 32 on the tragedy of the Golden Calf worship. Here is the outline of the passage:
The Building of the Calf 1-6
God’s reaction to the Idolatry 7-10
Moses Intercedes for the people 11-14
Moses returns to camp with the two tablets 15-18
The Tablets broke out of anger over the Idolatry 19-21
Aaron’s lame excuse for the Idol making 22-24
Moses imposes discipline for the idolatry 25-29
Moses intercedes a second time 30-34
God brings judgment upon the people 35
IMPLICATIONS
1) God’s people must not follow the ways of the cultures around them
2) God’s people need an intercessor.
3) God’s people must take a stand against sin.
4) God’s people must expect judgment for sin
CONCLUSION
The Law cannot save or sanctify anyone. If that was all that was needed Israel would not have sinned so soon after being delivered and promising to keep the law.
We need more than a promise to God to obey Him.
We need a new life and new heart.
We need a better Mediator than Moses.
We are provided one in Jesus.
Episode-96- Wisdom about public policy issues from William John Henry Boetcker[ 30:28 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (434)
In this show you will hear my comments about ten maxims originally recorded by Rev. Boetcker almost 100 years ago but still very applicable to current public policy issues.
First are a few of my election 2012 comments:
Election results reflect the will of the people . If we want different results it starts with grassroots education of people.
Republicans have to run someone who is substantially different than the status quo if they are going to beat an incumbent.
Incumbents are really hard to beat no matter how bad or good things seem.
Wisdom about public policy from William John Henry Boetcker
The Rev. William John Henry Boetcker was a Presbyterian minister and notable public speaker who served as director of the pro-employer Citizens' Industrial Alliance, a position he held when, in 1916, he produced a booklet of "nuggets" from his lectures, which included maxims such as "We cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" and "We cannot help the poor by kicking the rich." Boetcker's collection of maxims eventually crystallized as the list of ten now-familiar entries (variously known as the "Industrial Decalogue," the "Ten Don'ts," the "Ten Cannots," "Ten Things You Cannot Do, "or the "American Charter") reproduced above:
1) You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
Government wasteful spending
What do we have being broadcasting loudly, spend spend spend. We even have economists proclaiming the importance of the consumer to our economy.
It is not consumerism that makes a country or a people prosperous it is thrift and savings.
2) You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
Financially the strong in this country are the wealthy the one percent. To weaken them through progressive tax structures does not strengthen anything but the government who creates more dependents on their redistribution.
Taking from the strong and giving to the weak does something else it makes the weak become weaker because they acquire a false amount from their production.
3) You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
e.g. I’m for the little guy. Its the wall street fat cats that are the problem
“You didn’t build that” Really. Talk to a business owner and ask what he sacrificed to build his business.
4) You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
Minimum wage laws
Lilly Ledbetter act
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111-2, S. 181) is a federal statute in the United States that was the first bill signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The new act states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action. The law directly addressed Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), a U.S. Supreme Court decision that the statute of limitations for presenting an equal-pay lawsuit begins on the date that the employer makes the initial discriminatory wage decision, not at the date of the most recent paycheck.
5) You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
Communists have tried this, socialists have tried this.
It is the rich who invest into development, capital, etc. It is capital that makes capitalism work. IT is the rich who have the most capital. Destroy the capital and your destroy wealth for all!
6) You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
We are a debtor nation. From whom have we borrowed the most? http://www.mygovcost.org/2011/03/11/to-whom-does-the-u-s-government-really-owe-money/
as of 2011 when the dead was only 13.5 trillion instead of over 16 trillion
2.4 trillion to SS trust fund
over 1/3 is owed to foreign countries (over 4.5 trillion)
1.6 trillion to China
854 Billion to Japan
217 Billion to Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria
190 Billion to UK
176 Billion to Brazil
1.6 Trillion to all other foreign countries
Borrower is slave to the lender.
7) You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
The media, politicians and many others are trying to polarize and incite class hatred.
Again the criticism of the 1%
Complaining about the welfare and food stamp recipients
Blaming the recipients of social security.
8) You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
It is true on a personal level, business level, and governmental level.
The federal government will take in $2.173 trillion in 2011.
The federal government will spend $3.818 trillion during the year.
So, just like many families, the government’s outgo exceeds their income—to the tune of $1.645 trillion in overspending. That’s called the deficit. Altogether, the government has $14.2 trillion in debt.
If their household income was $55,000 per year,
they’d actually be spending $96,500—
$41,500 more than they made! That means they’re spending 175% of their annual income! So, in 2011 they’d add $41,500 of debt to their current credit card debt of $366,000!
What’s the first step to get out of debt? Stop overspending! But that means a family that is used to spending $96,500 a year has to learn how to live on $55,000. That’s a tough pill to swallow. You can’t borrow your way out of debt.
9) You cannot build character and courage by destroying man's initiative and independence.
Character is built by taking chances failing learning, growing and trying again. It is built by people taking responsibility for winning and loosing.
Courage is someone taking their capital and investing it in some tools and starting a business.
When a government or a people take expect someone else to take care of them or give them someone they loose initiative independence and courage
10) You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
You give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for ever.
What if parents still wiped the butt of their children when they are 10 or 15 years old? Are you really helping them? of course not!
And yet we as a society do that with nearly everything. Health care. Provide it through comprehensive insurance or worse, government provided health care only hurts people in the long run. This is what got us where we are in the first place.
CONCLUSION
Issues never seem to change. These principles were written 100 years ago. Nothing changes they only get more defined and pronounced.
If we are going to build a legacy of abundance for ourselves and also for others we must agree with and be patterned by these principles in our own life and in society.
Start with yourselves and change what you can about that then move towards public policy.
In this show you will hear a message I delivered to the church in which I pastor, Mt. Tabor Baptist Church on Exodus 20 the Ten Commandments. It is just a brief sketch of the law since it is too time consuming to cover them all in depth in one message.
The First Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Allegiance and is found in verse 3.
The Second Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Worship and is found in verses 4-6.
The Third Commandment deals with the Sanctity of God’s Character and is found in verse 7.
The Fourth Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Time and is found in verses 8-11.
The Fifth Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Authority and is found in verse 12.
The Sixth Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Life and is found in verse 13.
The Seventh Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Sex and Marriage and is found in verse 14.
The Eighth Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Property and is found in verse 15.
The Ninth Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Truth and is found in verse 16.
The Tenth Commandment deals with the Sanctity of Heart and is found in verse 17.
The purpose of the law is to show us our need for a Savior and how we are to live for Him.
Join me for today's show where I talk about the role of the father as a priest in his home. Learn about the three roles of a priest (a worship leader, a consecrated example, and an intercessor) and how these three roles can be played out in the context of ones home and family.
In this show you will hear the message I delivered to Mt. Tabor Baptist Church this last Sunday from Exodus 14 on the Red Sea crossing. The outline is as follows:
God’s Redirection 1-4
Pharaoh’s Regret 5-9
Israel’s Reservations and Moses’ Reassurance 10-14
God’s Resolution 15-18
Night’s Rampart 19-20
Israel’s Route becomes Egypt’s Rout 21-25
Egypt’s Ruin 26-29
Israel’s Rescue 30-31
The implications of the text are as follows:
God Directs us to achieve His glory 1-4
Fear and Faith are inversely related 10-14, 30-31
Attempting to do as God’s people do without a Relationship with God leads to destruction 21-29
Salvation does not mean Perfection in this life 10-14-30-31.
In today's show I discuss the concept of Spiritual Capital as we continue our series on the eight forms of capital described by Ethan C. Roland of Appleseed Permaculture. I will probably be taking a little different direction than most who comment on the concept. First, I discuss what it is not. Second, I discuss briefly the idea that spiritual capital can be looked at as a subset of Social Capital. Third I look at spiritual capital and its acquisition from an eternal perspective as indicated by Matt. 6:19-21 and highlighted from three other Scripture texts (2John 1:8, John 4:36, 1Cor. 3:8, 14). When taken from this perspective it encourages us to be involved in sound doctrine, evangelism, and discipleship.
In this show you will hear a message I preached this last Sunday from Exodus 12, on The Picture of the Passover. The Passover was an incredible event in the history of Israel. Here is the outline of the chapter.
The Passover Commanded. 1-28
The Passover Completed. 29-30
The Passover Consummated. 31-42
The Passover Commemorated. 43-51
Here are the major principles of the passage.
1) The Passover Pictures God’s Sacrificial Method for Redemption.
2) The Passover Pictures God’s Multi-generational Perspective towards Redemption.
3) The Passover Pictures God’s Overwhelming Power of Redemption.
4) The Passover Pictures God’s Limited Inclusion in Redemption.
In this show I talk about the role of the father as prophet. A prophet of God is one who speaks God's Word with faith and persuasion. As such, the father is to speak to his family God's message for them with faith and persuasion. This can be done in many way in this show I talk about 6 of them. In other words here are six ways or means being a prophet to your family.
In this show you will hear a message I preached to the congregation of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church from Exodus 11 on the Sovereignty of God and the plagues. The outline is as follows:
In this show I discuss the 6th form of capital identified by Ethan C. Roland of Appleseed Permaculture which is Experiential or Human Capital. This form of capital is the acquired experiences of individuals that are used as assets. Join me as I discuss:
What is Experiential or Human Capital
Two ways to look at this form of capital
Some benefits of Human or Experiential Capital
What to do to acquire more experiential capital or leverage the experiential capital you already have.
Relationship between experiential capital and wisdom
In this show you will hear the message I preached to the congregation of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church this last Lord's Day from Exodus 3. This passage deals with the call of Moses and the revelation of God to Moses in preparation for deliverance. The outline is as follows.
1) God reveals Himself as Unapproachably Holy. 4-6
2) God reveals Himself as the one who Uses Man to accomplish His plans. 7-10
3) God reveals Himself as one who is Personal 12
4) God reveals Himself as the Preexistent One. 13-15
5) God reveals Himself as the Deliverer. 16-22
Resources for Today's Show
Send your legacy related questions to Steve@thelegacypodcast.com
In this report we find that the US is slipping quickly in its economic freedom. The question is how far down the list will we fall? Here is the outline of the show.
1) What kind of legacy are we going to leave our children
Will they inherit the blessing of abundance by being in the land of opportunity
2) What is the Economic Freedom of the World report 2010?
the Fraser Institute, a free-market think tank in Canada and the washington-based Cato Institute measure 41 indicators of the 144 countries.
The work of Economists James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall
3) What do they measure? 5 main areas
Size of the government
Legal System and Property rights
Sound money
Freedom to Trade Internationally
Regulations
4) Why is the study important? What are the general findings?
freer markets are better for:
per-capita income
economic growth
amount of income earned by poorest
life expectancy
political rights and civil liberties
unemployment rates
debt per capita
income inequality
gender inequality
Child labor
air pollution
forest growth
CO2 emissions
5) Where does US stand and where is the US trend?
In 2000 US was 2nd
by 2009 we had dropped to 12th
In 2010 we had dropped to 18th.
One estimate was that if the statistics were in for 2012 we would be 40th. (That would put Spain ahead of us)
Others around. (Kuwait 19), Qatar (17)
Protection of private property rights showed the greatest decline (thanks war on terror)
6) 5 reasons for the decline
increased use of eminent domain
war on drugs and terror
uncertainty in the business environment (who will get bailed out when)
growth in size and scope of government (adjusted government spending has growth b by more than 50 % since President Clinton left office.
regulations
Inflation
7) What does this mean for you and me?
If no change all the other things listed earlier will decrease
8) What can we do?
Prepare for worse economic conditions in the US
Strengthen your own economic position
Remove investments in US unless they are countries that do business in growing economies.
The father is to serve in his family as King, Prophet, and Priest. In this show you will hear some ways in which the father can exercise his role as king in his home. Join me as we look at 5 ways the father does this.
The father leads his family
The father provides for his family
The father protects his family
The father is policy maker and enforcer for his family
In this show you will hear a recording of the message I delivered to the congregation of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church from Exodus 1 and part of Chapter 2. The theme of the passage is God's providence particularly as it relates to preparing the nation of Israel for deliverance and preparing Moses to be the deliverer. The outline of the passage is as follows:
1) We see the Providence of God in Preparing Israel for deliverance.
A) Through Hard Labor
B) Through Extermination
2) We see the Providence of God in Preparing Moses to be the deliverer.
A) He is Hid by his mother
B) He is Protected in the reeds
C) He is Pitied by Pharaoh’s daughter
D) He is Nursed by his mother
E) He is Raised by Pharaoh’s daughter
The bottom line is that you can trust God to be working through the circumstances of life to accomplish His plan of deliverance!
