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Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture Meditations
Hello! I'm Allen Greeley and I love thinking and meditating on Scripture. Another word for it, which we don't use very often, is pondering. When the mother of Jesus heard the shepherds retell the vision of the angels celebratory singing; the Scripture says, "Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Luke 2:19). That alone is my goal with this podcast. I want us to treasure in our hearts what we hear from God and ponder it. It would be an honor to have you listen in and…
Episodes
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRecapping Philippians: Let Your Life Be a Light
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan and I as we talk through Philippians some more. Our focus is Philippians 2:12-18 in this episode. We invite you to…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsDon't Trade Forever for a Moment: Esau, Sanctification, and What Really Matters
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me perhaps the most powerful Scriptures on sanctification—Hebrews 12:14 says without it, we cannot see the Lord. Interestingly…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRecapping Philippians: Adopt a Humble Mindset
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan and I about the mind of Christ. This subject could take up a lifetime of study but in this context, the mind of Jesus was…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsSanctified, Not Finished: The Grace of Growing in Holiness
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me the on-going work of sanctification. There are Scriptures that give us the indication that sanctification is a one-time…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRecapping Philippians: Practice Humility, Build Unity
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan and I as we discuss what it means to live a life worthy of the gospel. What does a worthy life look like to Paul? On the…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Gospel of What Kingdom? — Getting Used to Different (Sermon on the Mount #1)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me the greatest sermon ever preached - the sermon on the mount. This will begin a series on this sermon, but I want to take a…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRecapping Philippians: Center Your Life on Christ
Send Allen a text - Paul with me—what does Paul mean when he says to live is Christ? We are recapping Philippians with Bryan and focusing in on the middle part…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsSet Apart by the Spirit: Where Sanctification Begins
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me where sanctification begins. There must be a starting point somewhere. In the first episode on sanctification (Sep. 28th)…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRecapping Philippians: Finding Joy in the Journey
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me, and Bryan, about the beginning of the Philippians epistle. Back on September 24th, I released an episode with Bryan about…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsGazing at Glory: Transformed into Glory
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how important and transforming it can be to gaze at Christ and His glory. We start with a principle from the sermon on…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsSanctified: Completely and Totally His
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me what sanctification means. This is one of those words we don't give much attention to. It's a "Bible-word" used only in…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsTalking Through Philippians (Feat. Bryan Schiele): Reading of Philippians
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me some of the overall themes in Philippians. There is an upcoming class on Philippians that Bryan Schiele is teaching here at…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsEverything Hangs on Love: The Purpose Behind Every Command
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me what all of Scripture is hanging on - the commands of love. The short narrative of a pharisaical lawyer approaching Jesus to…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Three-Day Test: Why God Lets Us Wait
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about the recurrence of 3-day trials in Scripture. Numbers have so much more meaning than just the numerical value. The…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsNeither Fight Nor Flight: The Third Response (Remembering Sep. 11, 2001)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me what our natural responses to trials are. It's normally fight or flight! That is the common way psychologists have worded…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsStolen Glory: The Idol No One Admits They Worship
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about the danger and idolatry of seeking glory from people. Sometimes we take this "no harm, no foul" mentality about…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsMaster and Portion: What Psalm 16 Teaches About Discipleship
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me what it looks like for God to be our Master. It's easy to throw out the common, broad descriptions of what that means—such…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsZion Rising: How Micah Foretold the Church
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about the Lord's church in prophecy. Most often when we think of future prophecies, we mainly think of prophecies about…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Sign of Joseph: The Resurrection Written in Genesis (Part 2)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me the "sign of Joseph". It's a play on words regarding what Jesus did say - "the sign of Jonah". There is nothing in Jonah's…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Eye is the Lamp: We Become What We Watch
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how our eyes dictate our actions. This episode is especially focusing on parents and grandparents. Right after the…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsSign of All Signs: Staking Everything on the Resurrection (Part 1)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about the greatest piece of evidence in Scripture concerning Jesus—the resurrection. It is the sign of all signs. When Jesus…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Seed Must Die: God's True Path to Glory
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me—what is the path to God's glory? Jesus had many instances of honor, adoration, even worship throughout His life on earth. We…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsNo Hammer Heard: The Sound of a Perfect Fit
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how quiet the construction site was during the building of Solomon's Temple. I Kings 6:7 gives us some unique…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWhat God Joined, Let No Paperwork Separate: When Marriage is Adultery
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me—is there ever a time when a remarriage is living in adultery? The clarity with which Jesus speaks on this is quite shocking…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsDo You Have Older Brother Syndrome? (Friend of Sinners Part 3)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me—what was the older brother in the prodigal story thinking?! We know he didn't welcome the younger son home, and we know he…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRun From, Run To: Defeating Materialism (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about materialism, and how to stop the psychological attachment to things. It is not enough to run away from something. We…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWhen Glory Interrupted Peter
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me the glory some of the disciples witnessed on the mount of transfiguration. This is a part of our glory series of lessons…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsYou Have to See the Movie: The Minor Prophets Come Alive
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how the Minor Prophets are quoted and repackaged in the New Testament. I am beginning a new Bible class here at the…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Gift Shop Gospel (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how difficult it is to be content. Shockingly, Paul will say that false doctrine and false religion are stemming from…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsCome Home: The Insult Jesus Never Denied (Friend of Sinners Part 2)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me a little more about why sinful outcasts wanted to be around Jesus. Sinners were drawn to Jesus' search for them, and His joy…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsHow Long Will Your Sin Keep 'You' a Secret? (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how we all have secret sins that most don't know about, even our closest friends and perhaps even our spouses. Sin has…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Insult Jesus Never Denied: An Uncomfortable Christlike Attribute (Friend of Sinners Part 1)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about an aspect of Christlikeness we may not feel very comfortable with - befriending sinners. His enemies used this as an…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsDon't Be Hasty: What the Laying on of Hands Really Means (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder the laying on of hands with me! This is not something we speak about very often in the church. It is not something physically that I…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsIt's All Him: How Every Portrait of Glory Leads to Jesus
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how all the different aspects and perspectives of God's glory lead us to Jesus. We have been speaking about God's…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsFresh Starts and Forever Limps (Wrestling with God #2)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me once more about Jacob's wrestling match with God. The Lord blesses Jacob and yet he limps away from it and remains that way…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsHonoring the Men Who Watch Our Souls (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about the leadership of elders. In the New Testament, after the apostles passed away, this is the highest role of leadership…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWhen Wrestling God Turns Into Surrender: Jacob's New Identity
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me one of the strangest passages in Scripture—Jacob wrestling God! On the eve of meeting Esau again Jacob wrestles God and the…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsUnveiled: The Team (feat. Bryan Schiele)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan about the need for the team. I love thinking about the church as a team. I've loved playing sports and following sports…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsUnveiled: The Race (feat. Bryan Schiele)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan about the Christian race. Runners do everything in their power to run their races as light as humanly possible. They are…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsUnveiled: The Hunger (feat. Bryan Schiele)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan Shciele about hungering for God. Keeping our hung and thirst for spiritual things can be difficult. Bible study can…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsUnveiled: The Student (feat. Bryan Schiele)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with Bryan about remaining teachable. A disciple is a learner, so we should even have to say this, and yet many of us feel like we…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsUnveiled: The Mirror (feat. Bryan Schiele)
Send Allen a text - Let's ponder with Bryan Schiele and his sermon series on being "Unveiled". We recorded an episode on February 10th with Bryan, advertising…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsGates, Greatness, and Godly Women: A Talk Your Son Needs to Hear
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how unafraid Scripture is to praise women of great faith and action. These passages where women are praised were…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsFrom Mary's Son to Our Family: What the Cross Created
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Before we jump into speaking about Mary, we'll first speak about the incredible work that…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWorse Than an Unbeliever? Taking Family Responsibility Seriously (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about honoring our widows within the church, and the family first policy Paul lays out in I Timothy. First off, I want us to…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsHoly, Holy, Holy: What Happens When God's Glory Hits You
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me Isaiah's theophany. In the most up close and personal vision of God's glory to this point in Scripture, the lessons are…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsEarned Respect: Focusing on Yourself (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me the discipline of focusing solely on yourself. This is a tough discipline to learn when people around you aren't doing the…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsHard Work, Humble Hearts: A Word on Scripture
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about biblical interpretation. It's work! Sometimes it is extremely hard, laborious work. It is possible to understand…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsRigorous Discipleship and The Gym of Godliness (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me what it means to hit the gym of godliness. Literally, Paul says it like that in I Timothy. Our last episode on I Timothy (on…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsA Story of God's Goodness - A Sinful Life That Ends in Faith
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about a man we either hate to love, or we love to hate! This Bible character elicits strong feelings on both sides, because…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWhy the Miracles in John are Uniquely Designed as Evidence for Jesus
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about why the miracles in the gospel of John are uniquely designed as evidence for Jesus as the Christ the Son of God. John…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWhat Does Glory on Christ's Church Look Like?
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me some more about the glory of God! We have been tracing this theme throughout the year of 2026, at the beginning of each…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsThe Demons in Our Head and Protecting Our Thoughts (I Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how we let lies slip into our thinking and ultimately how lies end up dethroning Christ. Paul says in I Timothy 4 that…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsWhen Disciples Need to be Baptized Again
Send Allen a text - Ponder this question with me - is there ever a time when someone should be re-baptized? I realize this term "re-baptism" is somewhat…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsGroundhog Day - Avoiding Spiritual Monotony (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how to stay spiritually motivated. If you have been around the church very long, things can feel like they are "same…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsStruggling With Spiritual Confidence? Growing to be Like Mordecai (Esther 3)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how to be spiritually confident. I'm sure you have met people who are oozing with confidence about the Lord and their…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsExalting Preachers Over Elders - Do We Have This Backwards? 1 Timothy Series
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me the simplicity of how the church was structured in the New Testament. I Timothy 3 contains the qualifications of elders and…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsDon't Come Too Close to God's Glory! How the Limits are Removed
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me about how God wants us to be near His glory! We will think about this in terms of God's glory filling the Tabernacle when it…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsNo-Kings Protests and a Demand for a King - Sin's Lunacy
Send Allen a text - Ponder with the stark contrast between the no-kings protests here in the U.S. vs. Israel's demand for a king in I Samuel 8. The greatest…
Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture MeditationsSaved Through Childbearing - Strange Reference to Christ (1 Timothy Series)
Send Allen a text - Ponder with me what it means when Paul said, "Yet she will be saved through childbearing..." (I Timothy 2:15a). This has historically been…