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#177-The House Always Wins
The gambling industry is like an uncontrollable fire. It doesn't honor God and it ruins people's lives. The world tries to normalize gambling and it is easier…
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#176-Heroes in a Declining Culture
God called Jeremiah to extract the precious from the worthless since he was living in a declining culture. In the NFL in the 1960s, Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus…
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#175-Ignorance is Bliss
The Bible makes it clear that deception is going to happen in the end days. We must eat (read & study) from God's Word so we are not deceived. We should be…
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#174-Balls and Strikes
An Umpire in baseball has to call a ball or a strike accurately in the game of baseball. Coach George Darlington was an assistant football coach at the…
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#173-Answer the Bell
Richard Bell was told he would never graduate, but he "answered the bell", gave his life to Christ, and turned his friction into traction. Richard Bell had the…
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#172-Fourth Quarter
We are called in God's word to finish strong in our walk with Christ. This episode recapped the fourth quarter event that Alive and Active Radio held in…
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#171-A Bowl of Soup? Really?...
In Genesis 25 Esau is overwhelmed with his own hunger that he sells his own birthright for a bowl of soup. When you allow different hungers (temptations) in…
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#170-Perimeter Blocking Pt. 2
A wide receiver must be willing to do the dirty work and he must be precise and technical in blocking for his teammates. Paying attention to detail will…
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#169-Perimeter Blocking Pt. 1
In football, perimeter blocking is when wide receivers unselfishly block the defensive backs in order to open up a hole for the running back to run through…
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#168-Step on Sin Spiders
Proverbs 30:28 talks about creepy crawlers and insects and how they are found in the king's palace. There are spiders in our life that we have to squash. God's…
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#167-When Opportunity Knocks
The Bible talks about how lizards and spiders are weak but they are found in the king's palace. When life hits us hard and opportunity knocks, we get ourselves…
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#166-Don't Play My Kid
Proverbs 30:24 talks about how the locusts go out in ranks and.they have no king. Youth sports has become a lot about putting a spotlight on the individual kid…
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#165-Synergy
Proverbs 30 verse 27 says the locusts have no king but all of them go out and ranks. Synergy is the concept that two or more are greater than the sum of its…
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#164-Loose Lips Sink Ships
The Bible has approximately 780,000 words in it. The word of God instructs us how to live which includes how we should control our tongues. The book of James…
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#163-The Pipeline
Proverbs 30:24-28 describes four animals who are small yet exceedingly wise. The rock badger finds a place of refuge in the rock even when the elements are…
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#162-Calculated Loaves
Proverbs 6:6 talks about how the ant is wise, resilient and relentless. We are called to get into the paint with the Lord and be wise and strategic in the way…
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#161-Are You Prepared to Die?
Proverbs 30:24-25 shows us that God hardwired the tiny ant with exceptional wisdom. Ants are resilient, diligent, elite organizers and they prepare for the…
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#160-Silent Servants
1 Peter 5:2 says to be shepherds of God's flock and to watch over them not because you must, but because you are willing as God wants you to be. As Christians…
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RE-RELEASE #36-All Rise Pt. 2
Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead and defeated death. Believers are born-again (John 3:3) by the Spirit of God. God has put all things under His…
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RE-RELEASE #35-All Rise Pt. 1
We "Get To" worship an ALIVE and RESURRECTED JESUS. Religion is man's attempt to reach God, but salvation is God coming down through Jesus Christ to reach man…
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#159-Jailhouse Prayers Rock
In Acts 4, Peter and John displayed a confident boldness in the Lord despite the Councils threats. Peter and John weren't living out of fear and death…
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#158-Revival
Revival is understanding our sin, lamenting and confessing to the Lord. Revival is a death and resurrection process. Revival happens one soul at a time and we…
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#157-Who is My Neighbor?
In Luke 10 Jesus explains who our neighbor is. Everyone is valuable to God and He created each person in His very image. If you are a follower of Jesus, you…
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#156-Give Me a Compass
In Acts 1, the disciples have lost their way after Jesus death and resurrection. Jesus helps get them back on track by telling them that they will receive…
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RE-RELEASE #99-Senior Discount
In 1 Kings 1, David had grown old and unfortunately the consequences of not disciplining his son Adonijah have caught up to him. Adonijah knew his brother…
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RE-RELEASE #118-How Tough Was That
The Bible is full of people like Joseph and Paul who endured difficulty, suffering and isolation. They could have been crushed but they were strengthened by…
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RE-RELEASE #117-How Tough Do You Want to Be?
Steve Prefontaine was a world-class runner who beat other runners with his incredible toughness. As Christians we are being beat down by the world and taking…
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RE-RELEASE #106-The Big If
In 1 Kings 6 the Lord came to Solomon and promised Solomon that if he observed His laws and kept His commands then the Lord would live among the Israelites and…
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RE-RELEASE #102-The Great Ask
In 1st Kings 3, God comes to Solomon in a dream and asks him to ask for whatever he wants. Solomon understood the important responsibility of leading God's…
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RE-RELEASE #136-Serving You Up
Jesus said if you want to be a great leader then you must be a great servant first. Are we willing to humble ourselves before the mighty hand of God? We look…
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#155-The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Jesus is the gift that keeps on giving because He rescues us like He rescued Peter. Jesus didn't give up on Peter after Peter denied Him. Instead He showed…
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#154-Mr. Clean
In John 13, Jesus demonstrated to his disciples what role they have with one another and how they should live. We live on a dirty earth and we need to serve…
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#153-Happy Hour
The world might think it's strange that Christians don't partake with them in living the happy hour lifestyle. We are told in 1st Peter 4 to not join the non…
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#152-Buy The Truth and Don't Sell it
In Daniel 1, Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself and eat the King's food or drink the wine. Daniel understood who God was and he was not going to…
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#151-Grace is Not a License to Sin
Sin and Grace go together. Our sin leads us to our need for grace and our sin is necessary to understand grace. When you recognize how much you are loved by…
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#150-The Great One
Jackie Gleason was one of the funniest actors ever, but even a famous actor cannot talk / bluff his way into heaven. The only way to get into Heaven is…
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#149-Aha Moment Pt. 2
In Matthew 16, Jesus foretells his death and resurrection but Peter rebukes him. Jesus spoke truth to Peter and told him to set his mind on things of God and…
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#148-Aha Moment Pt. 1
In Matthew 16, Jesus asks who do people say that He is and Peter answers you are the Christ the son of the living God. God opened Peter's heart so that he…
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#147-Play the Hand You're Dealt
Jesus healed many people when He was on the earth. One of them was Simon's mother-in-law. However, the main reason He came was to fulfill God's plan for saving…
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#146-Third and Long
When we are born again, we see the immense love of Jesus through the righteous life He lived on our behalf and the suffering that He endured on the cross for…
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#145-A Fisherman's Life Pt. 2
Peter wasn't fully ready to follow Jesus because he didn't understand the intensity of what was going on. Peter needed people who would call him out and…
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#144-A Fisherman's Life Pt. 1
Peter followed Jesus but at times he wasn't alert or humble. We too can be picked off by the enemy so we must be trained in God's word, alert and confident in…
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#143-Necessary Endings
There are times in our lives where there has to be a necessary ending so we can move on. Stephen was a man in the book of Acts who preached the word but sadly…
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#140-Think Responsibly Pt. 2
When it comes to alcohol, it can be very easy to get outside of your natural state of mind. Paul says in Ephesians 5 to be very careful how we live and we…
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#141-The Three D's
There are a lot of players in the NFL that succumb to debt, divorce, and drugs. Those three issues lead to a dead end. As Christians we need to look at the…
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#142-Sunday Morning Youth Sports Says Who?
Hebrews 10:25 says to "... encourage one another all the more as you see the day approaching." Youth sports are a growing industry and Christians are taking…
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#139-Think Responsibly Pt. 1
The Bible makes it clear that we should not get drunk with alcohol, but instead we should be filled with the Holy Spirit. Alcohol has the potential to alter…
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#138-Seasons Change Pt. 2
The Bible is full of people who experienced seasonal changes in their life, but their faith didn't waver. Despite the fact that Joseph was thrown in prison for…
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#137-Seasons Change Pt. 1
Seasons change in life. As Christians, no matter what comes our way, we are called to be steadfast and trusting in the Lord. Psalm 27 is a great reminder that…
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#136-Serving You Up
Jesus said if you want to be a great leader then you must be a great servant first. Are we willing to humble ourselves before the mighty hand of God? We look…
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#135-It's Not Buttering My Bread
Are we loving and trusting in the Creator more than creation? Paul learned to be content in Christ. We too are called to be content in the Lord. We should…
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RE-RELEASE #93-Pleasantly Persistent
Jesus wants us to be persistent in prayer because He listens to us, and The Holy Spirit fine tunes our prayers before they get into the throne room, all the…
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RE-RELEASE #119-Pleasing Aroma
2 Corinthians 2 tells us to spread the fragrance of Jesus everywhere we go. 1st John 1 tells us to confess our sins and when we do that God forgives us of our…
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RE-RELEASE #106-The Big If
In 1 Kings 6 the Lord came to Solomon and promised Solomon that if he observed His laws and kept His commands then the Lord would live among the Israelites and…
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RE-RELEASE #98-C2C Pt. 2
In Luke 22, Peter denied Jesus three times. Jesus looked at Peter with love and pursued him after his resurrection. Peter went back to fishing, but Jesus met…
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RE-RELEASE #97-C2C
In second Samuel 24, David's pride shows itself as he takes a 10-month census to count how many soldiers he had. At the end of the census David realizes the…
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RE-RELEASE #102-The Great Ask
In 1st Kings 3, God comes to Solomon in a dream and asks him to ask for whatever he wants. Solomon understood the important responsibility of leading God's…
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RE-RELEASE #118-How Tough Was That
The Bible is full of people like Joseph and Paul who endured difficulty, suffering and isolation. They could have been crushed but they were strengthened by…
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RE-RELEASE #117-How Tough Do You Want to Be?
Steve Prefontaine was a world-class runner who beat other runners with his incredible toughness. As Christians we are being beat down by the world and taking…
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#134-The Ron Brown Story Pt.4
Coach Brown had been rescued from the kingdom of darkness and now the Lord had positioned coach into being around several high-profile coaches. Coach Brown…