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- 0:04Hello
- 0:04my
- 0:05friend
- 0:05Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:06Miller
- 0:06here
- 0:06with
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- 0:07Daily
- 0:07Bible
- 0:08Refresh.
- 0:08This
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- 0:14Testament
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- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:17Lectionary
- 0:18for
- 0:18this
- 0:19very
- 0:19day.
- 0:19The
- 0:20reading
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- 0:20understandable.
- 0:21I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21message
- 0:22version
- 0:22Relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:24listen
- 0:24to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:25ponder
- 0:25and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
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- 0:27steps
- 0:27you
- 0:27can
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- 0:28We
- 0:29pray
- 0:29and
- 0:29are
- 0:29done
- 0:30in
- 0:30less
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- 0:3010
- 0:30minutes.
- 0:31It's
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- 0:32you
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- 0:32voiceofgoddaily.com
- 0:34which
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- 0:35free
- 0:36personal
- 0:36Bible
- 0:37Study
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- 0:38ABC1,
- 0:4023
- 0:41Bible
- 0:42Study
- 0:42Method.
- 0:43Please
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- 0:43me
- 0:44in
- 0:44my
- 0:44mission
- 0:44of
- 0:44getting
- 0:45the
- 0:45audible
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- 0:46into
- 0:46two
- 0:47millionaires
- 0:47a
- 0:48million
- 0:48people
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- 0:50You
- 0:50can
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- 0:51and
- 0:52subscribing
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- 0:52podcast
- 0:53and
- 0:53tagging
- 0:54your
- 0:54friends.
- 0:55Subscribe
- 0:55here's
- 0:55today's
- 0:56reading
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- 0:58from
- 0:581
- 0:58Timothy
- 0:591:1
- 1:0011
- 1:01from
- 1:01the
- 1:01Message
- 1:02I,
- 1:02Paul,
- 1:03am
- 1:03an
- 1:03Apostle
- 1:04on
- 1:04special
- 1:05assignment
- 1:06for
- 1:06Christ
- 1:06for
- 1:06living
- 1:07hope
- 1:08under
- 1:08God
- 1:08our
- 1:09Savior's
- 1:09command.
- 1:09I'm
- 1:10writing
- 1:10this
- 1:11to
- 1:11you,
- 1:11Timothy,
- 1:12my
- 1:13Son
- 1:13of
- 1:13the
- 1:13Faith.
- 1:14All
- 1:14the
- 1:15best
- 1:15from
- 1:15our
- 1:15God
- 1:15and
- 1:16Christ
- 1:16be
- 1:16yours
- 1:17Self
- 1:18appointed
- 1:18experts
- 1:19on
- 1:19life
- 1:20on
- 1:20my
- 1:21way
- 1:21to
- 1:21the
- 1:21province
- 1:22of
- 1:22Macedonia,
- 1:23I
- 1:23advise
- 1:23you
- 1:24to
- 1:24to
- 1:24stay
- 1:25in
- 1:25Ephesus.
- 1:25Well,
- 1:26I
- 1:27haven't
- 1:27changed
- 1:27my
- 1:27mind.
- 1:28Stay
- 1:28right
- 1:29there
- 1:29on
- 1:29top
- 1:29of
- 1:29things
- 1:30so
- 1:30that
- 1:30the
- 1:30p
- 1:31so
- 1:31that
- 1:31the
- 1:31teaching
- 1:32stays
- 1:32on
- 1:33track.
- 1:34Apparently
- 1:35some
- 1:35people
- 1:35have
- 1:35been
- 1:36introducing
- 1:36fantasy
- 1:37stories
- 1:38and
- 1:38fanciful
- 1:39family
- 1:39trees
- 1:40that
- 1:40digress
- 1:41into
- 1:42silliness
- 1:43instead
- 1:43of
- 1:43pulling
- 1:44the
- 1:44people
- 1:44back
- 1:44into
- 1:45the
- 1:45center,
- 1:46deepening
- 1:46faith
- 1:47and
- 1:47obedience.
- 1:48The
- 1:49whole
- 1:49point
- 1:49of
- 1:49what
- 1:50urging
- 1:51is
- 1:51simply
- 1:51love.
- 1:52Love
- 1:53uncontaminated
- 1:54by
- 1:54self
- 1:55interest
- 1:55and
- 1:56counterfeit
- 1:56faith.
- 1:57A
- 1:58life
- 1:58open
- 1:58to
- 1:58God.
- 1:59Those
- 1:59who
- 2:00fail
- 2:00to
- 2:00keep
- 2:00up
- 2:01to
- 2:01this
- 2:01point
- 2:01soon
- 2:02wander
- 2:02off
- 2:02to
- 2:03dead
- 2:03ends
- 2:03of
- 2:03gossip.
- 2:04They
- 2:05set
- 2:05themselves
- 2:05up
- 2:05as
- 2:06experts
- 2:06on
- 2:06religious
- 2:07issues,
- 2:08but
- 2:08haven't
- 2:09the
- 2:09remotest
- 2:10idea
- 2:10of
- 2:11what
- 2:11they're
- 2:11holding
- 2:11forth
- 2:12with
- 2:12such
- 2:13eloquence.
- 2:14It's
- 2:14true
- 2:14that
- 2:14moral
- 2:15guidance
- 2:15and
- 2:15counsel
- 2:16need
- 2:16to
- 2:16be
- 2:16given,
- 2:18but
- 2:18the
- 2:18way
- 2:18you
- 2:18say
- 2:19it
- 2:19and
- 2:19to
- 2:19whom
- 2:19you
- 2:19say
- 2:20it
- 2:20are
- 2:20as
- 2:20important
- 2:20as
- 2:21what
- 2:21you
- 2:21say.
- 2:22It's
- 2:23obvious,
- 2:23isn't
- 2:23it,
- 2:23that
- 2:23the
- 2:24Law
- 2:24code
- 2:24isn't
- 2:24primarily
- 2:25for
- 2:25people
- 2:26who
- 2:26live
- 2:26responsibly,
- 2:28but
- 2:28for
- 2:28the
- 2:28irresponsible
- 2:29who
- 2:30defy
- 2:30all
- 2:30authority,
- 2:31riding
- 2:32roughshod
- 2:33over
- 2:33God,
- 2:33life,
- 2:34sex,
- 2:34truth,
- 2:34whatever.
- 2:35They
- 2:36are
- 2:36cynical
- 2:36towards
- 2:37this
- 2:37great
- 2:37message
- 2:38I've
- 2:38been
- 2:38put
- 2:38in
- 2:39charge
- 2:39of
- 2:39by
- 2:40this
- 2:40great
- 2:41God
- 2:41that
- 2:42ends
- 2:42the
- 2:42message
- 2:43or
- 2:43ends
- 2:43the
- 2:43reading
- 2:44of
- 2:44the
- 2:44message.
- 2:44So
- 2:45let's
- 2:45talk
- 2:45now
- 2:45about
- 2:46this
- 2:47whole
- 2:48issue,
- 2:48this
- 2:49whole
- 2:49topic
- 2:50of
- 2:50love
- 2:50without
- 2:51conditions.
- 2:52My
- 2:52name
- 2:52is
- 2:52Dr.
- 2:53Brad
- 2:53Miller
- 2:53and
- 2:53I've
- 2:54got
- 2:55a
- 2:55story
- 2:55that
- 2:55kind
- 2:55of
- 2:56sets
- 2:56up
- 2:56what
- 2:56we're
- 2:57talking
- 2:57about
- 2:57this
- 2:58here.
- 2:59My
- 2:59wife
- 2:59and
- 2:59I
- 3:00like
- 3:00to
- 3:00take
- 3:00a
- 3:00walk
- 3:00almost
- 3:00every
- 3:01day
- 3:01and
- 3:01we're
- 3:02we
- 3:02like
- 3:02to
- 3:02hike
- 3:03and
- 3:03do
- 3:03things
- 3:03and
- 3:03sometimes
- 3:04we
- 3:04take
- 3:04walks
- 3:04with
- 3:04our
- 3:05granddaughters.
- 3:06And
- 3:07one
- 3:08of
- 3:08them
- 3:08asked
- 3:08me
- 3:08about
- 3:08trees
- 3:09and
- 3:09why
- 3:10there
- 3:10are
- 3:10rules
- 3:11about
- 3:11growing
- 3:12trees
- 3:12and
- 3:12I
- 3:12couldn't
- 3:13resist.
- 3:13I
- 3:13told
- 3:14them
- 3:14they
- 3:14don't
- 3:15have
- 3:15rules,
- 3:15they
- 3:15just
- 3:16kind
- 3:16of
- 3:16go
- 3:17with
- 3:17the
- 3:17flow.
- 3:18I
- 3:18know
- 3:18that's
- 3:19an
- 3:19eye
- 3:19roller,
- 3:20but
- 3:20you
- 3:20know
- 3:20what?
- 3:21An
- 3:21innocent
- 3:22question
- 3:22like
- 3:22that
- 3:23actually
- 3:23connects
- 3:24beautifully
- 3:25with
- 3:25our
- 3:26passage
- 3:26from
- 3:27First
- 3:27Timothy
- 3:281:1
- 3:2811.
- 3:29We're
- 3:30diving
- 3:30into
- 3:30a
- 3:30text
- 3:31that
- 3:31challenges
- 3:31to
- 3:32think
- 3:32deeply
- 3:33about
- 3:34love,
- 3:35law
- 3:35and
- 3:36what
- 3:36really
- 3:36matters
- 3:36in
- 3:37life
- 3:37and
- 3:37faith.
- 3:38So
- 3:39let's
- 3:39explore
- 3:39the
- 3:39key
- 3:40points
- 3:40that
- 3:40I
- 3:40believe
- 3:41are
- 3:41relevant
- 3:42for
- 3:42progressive
- 3:43Christians
- 3:43today.
- 3:45Number
- 3:45one
- 3:45is
- 3:45that
- 3:46love
- 3:46is
- 3:46the
- 3:46center,
- 3:46not
- 3:47rules.
- 3:48The
- 3:48passage
- 3:48emphasizes
- 3:49that
- 3:49the
- 3:49whole
- 3:50point
- 3:50is
- 3:50simply
- 3:50love
- 3:51love
- 3:52uncontaminated
- 3:53by
- 3:53self
- 3:53interest.
- 3:54It
- 3:54says
- 3:55in
- 3:55my
- 3:5633
- 3:56year
- 3:56marriage
- 3:57to
- 3:57my
- 3:57wife,
- 3:58our
- 3:58relationship
- 3:59works
- 4:00not
- 4:00because
- 4:00we
- 4:00follow
- 4:00a
- 4:01rule
- 4:01book,
- 4:02but
- 4:02because
- 4:02we
- 4:03center
- 4:03everything
- 4:03in
- 4:04our
- 4:04love
- 4:04for
- 4:04each
- 4:04other.
- 4:06Similarly,
- 4:06progressive
- 4:07Christianity
- 4:08calls
- 4:08us
- 4:08to
- 4:09focus
- 4:09on
- 4:09love
- 4:10as
- 4:10as
- 4:10the
- 4:10core
- 4:11of
- 4:11our
- 4:11faith
- 4:11rather
- 4:11than
- 4:12getting
- 4:12caught
- 4:12up
- 4:13in
- 4:13rigid
- 4:13doctrines
- 4:14or
- 4:14judgmental
- 4:15attitudes.
- 4:17Second
- 4:17thing
- 4:17is
- 4:17about
- 4:18beware
- 4:18of
- 4:19religious
- 4:19gatekeeping.
- 4:20Paul
- 4:21warns
- 4:21about
- 4:22self
- 4:22appointed
- 4:23experts
- 4:23who
- 4:23love
- 4:24to
- 4:24hear
- 4:25themselves
- 4:25talk
- 4:25but
- 4:26miss
- 4:26the
- 4:26point
- 4:27entirely.
- 4:28You
- 4:28know,
- 4:28this
- 4:29reminds
- 4:29me
- 4:29when
- 4:30I
- 4:30work
- 4:30with
- 4:31cancer
- 4:31impacted
- 4:32people
- 4:33I
- 4:33have
- 4:33a
- 4:34podcast
- 4:34all
- 4:34about
- 4:34that.
- 4:35We've
- 4:36learned
- 4:36that
- 4:36authentic
- 4:37support
- 4:37and
- 4:37presence
- 4:38matter
- 4:38far
- 4:39more
- 4:39than
- 4:39having
- 4:40the
- 4:41right
- 4:41answers,
- 4:43sometimes
- 4:43even
- 4:43the
- 4:44medical
- 4:44answers.
- 4:46Progressive
- 4:46faith
- 4:47invites
- 4:47us
- 4:47to
- 4:48question
- 4:48those
- 4:48who
- 4:48claim
- 4:49exclusive
- 4:50authority
- 4:50over
- 4:51truth.
- 4:52A
- 4:53third
- 4:53point
- 4:53is
- 4:53that
- 4:53context
- 4:54matters
- 4:54and
- 4:55moral
- 4:55guidance.
- 4:56The
- 4:56passage
- 4:57notes
- 4:57that
- 4:58how
- 4:59and
- 4:59to
- 4:59whom
- 4:59we
- 4:59speak
- 5:00in
- 5:00is
- 5:01important
- 5:01as
- 5:01what
- 5:02we
- 5:02say.
- 5:03I
- 5:04like
- 5:04to
- 5:04watch
- 5:04the
- 5:04Pacers
- 5:05in
- 5:05Fever
- 5:05play
- 5:05basketball
- 5:06and
- 5:07sometimes
- 5:08one
- 5:08strategy
- 5:08doesn't
- 5:09work
- 5:09and
- 5:09the
- 5:09coach
- 5:10has
- 5:10to
- 5:10change
- 5:10strategies
- 5:12to
- 5:13just
- 5:13try
- 5:13something
- 5:13else.
- 5:15Progressive
- 5:15Christianity
- 5:16calls
- 5:16us
- 5:16to
- 5:16be
- 5:17contextual
- 5:18in
- 5:18our
- 5:18approach,
- 5:19understanding
- 5:20that
- 5:20rigid
- 5:21one
- 5:21size
- 5:21fits
- 5:22all
- 5:22rules
- 5:23often
- 5:24miss
- 5:24the
- 5:24mark.
- 5:25Here's
- 5:25your
- 5:26reactions
- 5:26tip.
- 5:27I
- 5:28challenge
- 5:28you
- 5:28to
- 5:28practice
- 5:29what
- 5:29we
- 5:29might
- 5:29call
- 5:29love
- 5:30centered
- 5:30listening.
- 5:32When
- 5:32you
- 5:32encounter
- 5:33someone
- 5:33with
- 5:34with
- 5:34a
- 5:34different
- 5:34view,
- 5:35political,
- 5:35religious,
- 5:37personal,
- 5:39don't
- 5:39try
- 5:39to
- 5:40jump
- 5:40into,
- 5:40correct
- 5:41or
- 5:41debate
- 5:41them.
- 5:42Take
- 5:43time
- 5:43to
- 5:43truly
- 5:43listen
- 5:44with
- 5:44love
- 5:45to
- 5:45them
- 5:46and
- 5:46notice
- 5:46how
- 5:46this
- 5:47changes
- 5:47the
- 5:47conversation
- 5:49and
- 5:49learn.
- 5:50Write
- 5:50down
- 5:50what
- 5:50you've
- 5:50learned
- 5:51from
- 5:51that
- 5:52experience.
- 5:54We're
- 5:54going
- 5:55to
- 5:55pray
- 5:55in
- 5:55just
- 5:55a
- 5:55minute,
- 5:55but
- 5:55I
- 5:55want
- 5:56to
- 5:56remind
- 5:56you
- 5:56that
- 5:56we've
- 5:56got
- 5:56a
- 5:57great
- 5:57resource
- 5:57for
- 5:57you
- 5:58help
- 5:58you
- 5:59with
- 5:59your
- 5:59own
- 5:59daily
- 5:59Bible
- 5:59study.
- 6:00It's
- 6:00called
- 6:00the
- 6:00ABC
- 6:011,
- 6:012,
- 6:013
- 6:02Bible
- 6:02Study
- 6:02Method.
- 6:03Head
- 6:03over
- 6:03to
- 6:03our
- 6:04website
- 6:04voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:06to
- 6:06pick
- 6:07it
- 6:07up.
- 6:08Let's
- 6:08pray.
- 6:09Oh
- 6:09God,
- 6:09you
- 6:10are
- 6:10a
- 6:10loving
- 6:10Creator
- 6:10and
- 6:10help
- 6:11us
- 6:11to
- 6:11strip
- 6:11away
- 6:11the
- 6:11layers
- 6:12of
- 6:12self
- 6:12interest
- 6:12and
- 6:13pretense
- 6:14that
- 6:14sometimes
- 6:14cloud
- 6:15our
- 6:15faith
- 6:16like
- 6:16a
- 6:16clear
- 6:17trail
- 6:17through
- 6:18the
- 6:18woods.
- 6:19Show
- 6:19us
- 6:19a
- 6:19path
- 6:20of
- 6:20love
- 6:20that
- 6:21leads
- 6:21to
- 6:21authentic
- 6:22relationships
- 6:23with
- 6:23you
- 6:23and
- 6:23others.
- 6:24When
- 6:24we're
- 6:25tempted
- 6:25to
- 6:25become
- 6:25experts
- 6:26in
- 6:26others
- 6:26lives,
- 6:26remind
- 6:27us
- 6:27to
- 6:27become
- 6:28experts
- 6:28in
- 6:28our
- 6:28own
- 6:29life
- 6:29about
- 6:29compassion
- 6:30instead
- 6:30of
- 6:31guide
- 6:31us
- 6:31to
- 6:32speak
- 6:32truth
- 6:32with
- 6:32love
- 6:32and
- 6:33to
- 6:33listen
- 6:33with
- 6:33open
- 6:33hearts.
- 6:34And
- 6:34remember
- 6:35that
- 6:35your
- 6:35message
- 6:36is
- 6:36always
- 6:36one
- 6:36of
- 6:36inclusion
- 6:38transformative
- 6:38love.
- 6:39And
- 6:39thank
- 6:40you
- 6:40for
- 6:40walking
- 6:40with
- 6:41us
- 6:41in
- 6:42this
- 6:42journey.
- 6:43Amen.
- 6:48My
- 6:48friend,
- 6:48I
- 6:49am
- 6:49delighted
- 6:50you
- 6:50chose
- 6:51to
- 6:51join
- 6:51me
- 6:51for
- 6:51today's
- 6:52reading.
- 6:53The
- 6:53Daily
- 6:54Bible
- 6:54Refresh
- 6:55is
- 6:55completely
- 6:57listener
- 6:57supported.
- 6:58Your
- 6:59gift
- 6:59goes
- 7:00a
- 7:00long
- 7:00way
- 7:00to
- 7:00getting
- 7:01the
- 7:01audible
- 7:01word
- 7:02of
- 7:02God
- 7:02from
- 7:03a
- 7:03progressive
- 7:04perspective
- 7:05into
- 7:05two
- 7:05millionaires
- 7:06a
- 7:06million
- 7:06people
- 7:07by
- 7:072028.
- 7:09I
- 7:09would
- 7:09be
- 7:09so
- 7:10grateful
- 7:10if
- 7:10you
- 7:11would
- 7:11go
- 7:11to
- 7:11voiceofgoddaily.com
- 7:13and
- 7:14share
- 7:14your
- 7:14gift
- 7:15of
- 7:15any
- 7:16amount.
- 7:17Thanks
- 7:17much.
- 7:18My
- 7:18name
- 7:18is
- 7:18Dr.
- 7:19Brad
- 7:19Miller
- 7:19and
- 7:20I'll
- 7:20be
- 7:20right
- 7:20here
- 7:20tomorrow
- 7:21with
- 7:21your
- 7:22Daily
- 7:22Bible
- 7:23Refresh.
- 7:24Please
- 7:24subscribe
- 7:25and
- 7:25tag
- 7:26your
- 7:26friends
- 7:27until
- 7:27tomorrow.
- 7:28Remember,
- 7:29God's
- 7:29loyal
- 7:29love
- 7:30doesn't
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- 7:31His
- 7:31merciful
- 7:32love
- 7:32hasn't
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- 7:33up,
- 7:34it's
- 7:34created
- 7:35new
- 7:36every
- 7:36morning.