#139: Showdowns (Part 1)

by Jeff | Sep 4, 2016

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Jeff Strommen @jstrommen | Dave Wager @wagerdaw | Jason Kemper @kempster220

Millions of students returned to school over the past couple of weeks. In this week’s episode, Jeff and Dave unpack how to best navigate through life when it seems like it’s all a mess of chaos and change. One of the top issues we hear about coming from the chats with our live coaches centers around anxiety. If you’re feeling anxious about the new school year, take a few minutes and have a heart-to-heart with one of the amazing Coaches on our chat line. You’ll be glad you did. Then, have a listen to our conversation.

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See You At The Pole is coming September 28! | NNYM North Central

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#092: When You Feel Like A Turtle

by Jeff | Aug 2, 2015

Anxiety can be defined as a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. The effects of anxiety are far reaching. But what has anxiety actually cured? If anything, it’s caused us to hide in our turtle shell until the moment has passed. And we usually miss the thing we’re supposed to learn on the journey.

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#009: Christians are afraid of Halloween? #HNR

by Jeff | Oct 27, 2013

#009: Christians are afraid of Halloween? #HNR

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Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen
Dave Wager @wagerdaw

As I drive through neighborhoods this time of year, I see witches, ghosts, skeletons, black cats, zombies and pumpkins carved into monsters. Tombstones decorate front yards with white, fuzzy spider webs. Some are just downright spooky!

All the costumes and candy aside, this is a really dark time of year. And if we’re not wise, it can be downright demonic. Halloween is really not a Christian sort of holiday. You could make a case as to why Christians should not participate in it since it has such dark spiritual overtones to it. In fact, that argument has already been hashed out pretty well already. Dave and I want to take a different approach and ask questions that steer the conversation to talk evangelism. Spiritual things matter. Everybody is searching for answers to things they can’t explain.

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In day-to-day conversation, how often do you talk about angels or demons? Probably very little if you’re like me. Here are some good discussion starters for tonight…

+ What’s the big deal about Halloween anyway?
+ Why is our society enamored with dark spiritual things (ie. ghosts, witches, goblins, zombies, etc)?
+ How do we recognize demonic spiritual influence in our lives?
+ Should we even talk about such demonic things, for they could bring doom and gloom on us?
+ What does it mean to be spiritually superstitious?
+ How can Christians use Halloween to be evangelistic?

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The Truth About Christopher Columbus

by Jeff | Oct 14, 2013

Like many of you who endured the years of public education, you probably learned a few facts about Christopher Columbus. Most of which, you likely forgot after the unit test. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t until recently that I discovered the “new world” of Christopher Columbus that wasn’t really sailed in the classroom… (via The Oatmeal)

I really want to know, in light of this – should Christopher Columbus Day be celebrated today? Perhaps we should wish everyone a Happy Bartolome Day instead.