2016-02-24T00:48:15-08:00

Welcome to the Big Picture Podcast. I’m Joel Fieri and on this podcast, we seek to begin and hopefully sustain a conversation about current trends, ideas and issues in the Church and greater society. On today’s podcast I’m going to change things up a little by combining the Big Picture segment of the show with the Great Cloud of Witnesses all into one segment, and also I’m going to let someone else do the talking, or the writing at... Read more

2014-12-02T11:39:51-08:00

To purchase the entire DVD set of the Summit Lecture Series, visit summit.org. Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism that causes the process of evolution from a common ancestor to take place without an intelligent agent involved. His mechanism is natural selection acting on random mutation. That’s the core of Darwin’s theory. So, with that being said, let’s take a look at some of the evidence: First off, let’s look at the Miller-Urey Experiment. In 1952, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey sought... Read more

2016-02-23T22:59:50-08:00

From Jana Elizabeth Doughty: I turned 26 this year. Some people say 26 is the wrong side of 25. I don’t want to make any 55 and better listeners out there feel badly, so I’ll just say: Here is what I would tell my “early twenties” self. It’s okay. You don’t have to have it all figured out. (No one does and this doesn’t change). Spend time with God. As much as you can. Every morning. Every evening. Pick a... Read more

2016-02-24T03:23:31-08:00

From Dewey Bertolini, Pastor of The Safe Haven in McMinnville, OR: Welcome to Parable #1. That’s right! In this PODCAST, we begin in earnest now to understand Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13. Oh, you’re in for a treat. Because this first parable, just like the eight that will follow it, speaks directly to our lives at this time, in this place, in our day, today. This is as personal as it gets. Jesus now shifts His focus completely, from talking to... Read more

2016-02-24T02:12:06-08:00

I think we need to start over and rename just about every candy product currently on the market. For instance, Snickers – while delicious, the name implies that there may be a secret ingredient in there that the developers don’t want us to know about; Mars Bar – are we really supposed to trust the ingredients that aliens from outer space placed in these snacks?; Babe Ruth – this candy bar tastes like a fat, sweaty baseball player (mmmm…... Read more

2016-02-23T03:27:19-08:00

From Certified Life Coach Dixie Diamanti, Author of Climbing Out of the Box and Fifty Ways to Meet Your Lover: “How do I break this pattern in my life,” he asked. “You have to step out of your comfort zone, that familiar, cozy place of dysfunction, and be willing to purposely change; make new decisions.” I coached. With his head down, looking up at me, and a smile on his face, “Surely that should be easy, but I am afraid I will fail, ” he... Read more

2016-02-24T04:22:28-08:00

From Pam Rohr, author of Blended but not Broken – Hope and Encouragement for Blended Families: The wedding day has come and gone, the honeymoon (if you were blessed enough to enjoy one) is over… So now what? You’ve brought your two families together and you’re all living under one roof.  It’s exciting, but it can also be a sad time, especially for the kids.  Their dreams of seeing their parents reunite has been dashed by your new marriage.  And... Read more

2014-11-25T15:52:03-08:00

Every week, we share stories about the amazing ways God is at work around the world. We hope that you’ll be encouraged by these stories and inspired to greater involvement in God’s Great Commission to go out to the world – near and far – and train, instruct, and baptize people in Jesus’ Name. This week, we start with David, who bravely took a group of high schoolers to South India: Needless to say, it was an incredible journey.... Read more

2014-11-25T13:16:17-08:00

To purchase the entire DVD set of the Summit Lecture Series, visit summit.org. So, Charles Darwin went to the Galapagos Islands and noticed several different finches with different beak sizes and wing projections. They looked a little different from one another, so he concluded that they must have evolved over time. Perhaps they did, but the finches still remained finches. Therefore, it was change within an existing kind or species. Now, I agree that natural selection may cause this. Natural Selection... Read more

2016-02-24T00:47:26-08:00

Welcome to the Big Picture Podcast. I’m Joel Fieri and this podcast seeks to begin and hopefully sustain a conversation about current trends, ideas and issues in the Church and greater society. Today, I want to expand the greater society aspect of that scope and see how it applies to the rest of the world. As you know if you’ve been listening, I spend a good amount of time on this podcast talking about the seemingly rapid transformation of... Read more

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