Washed in the Word with Sean Doyle provides weekly expository Bible teaching along with Diving Deeper Study Guides. Washed in the Word seeks to help foster biblical maturation through biblical saturation. Thanks for joining us. Grab a Bible, a pen, & let's dive into Scripture together!
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NOTICE - You can find all our episodes, including new episodes, on The Blue Room Feed wherever you get your podcasts Ruing the Toffees since 1995... As Everton surpass 30 years without a trophy, join your co-hosts Kevin & Liam as we take the cold plunge into each and every cupless season - in no particular order. The aim? Reliving the goals, people and personal memories to determine where the "good times" have been hiding.
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8 Judges Chapter 12 "Jephthah II, Ibzan, Elon & Abdon: Leadership Lessons From Slighted Scriptures."
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54:28We'd love to hear from you. Text us. In our modern marketplace leadership books, seminars, & courses abound. But in Jeremiah 6:16 The Lord says: "Stand by the roads, & look, & ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; & walk in it, & find rest for your souls." Today we shall examine a topic that is overstudied from a passage that is too oft…
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7 Judges 10:1-12:15 "Tola, Jair, & Jephtha I: Which God Do You Serve?"
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1:02:50We'd love to hear from you. Text us. After a fast footnote about Tola & Jair our main story opens with a sad indictment in Judges 6:6 "The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD..." We have seen this pattern throughout the book of Judges. God saves His people under a deliverer judge & the very next generation wanders away…
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6 Judges Chapter 9 "Abimelech: Ten Towering Truths About Sowing & Reaping."
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57:37We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Galatians 6:7 says: "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows." The God of Nature is the God of Scripture. The God of Nature has made it clear that if you sow pumpkin seeds you get pumpkins not petunias. This immutable law extends to our actions. We reap what we sow. Sometimes there is …
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5 Judges Chapter 8 "Gideon II: Where the Real Battle Lies."
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52:12We'd love to hear from you. Text us. When we read the Bible we tend to think the real battles are at places like Mt. Carmel where Elijah stood alone against Jezebel’s 850 false prophets. We tend to think that the big battle is the real battle. The real battle is often not in attaining victory; it is usually in maintaining the victory. This is Satan…
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4 Judges Chapters 6 & 7 "Gideon I: Who Are You & Where is Your Faith?"
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1:02:17We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Today we meet Gideon. God will use Gideon to deliver His people from Midianite marauders, but in this deliverance, Gideon’s faith will be repeatedly tested. Grab your Bible, a pen, & print off the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying guided study questions & let's get washed in the Word! Free sermon o…
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3 Judges Chapters 4 & 5 "Deborah & Barak: Looking for a Few Good Men"
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57:57We'd love to hear from you. Text us. In 1779 Captain William Jones gave the US Marines one of their most iconic recruitment slogans when he advertised “for a few good men.” That slogan well serves the sentiment of Judges 4 & 5. This passage is unique in the book of Judges in that instead of having a person function as the deliverer figure guiding t…
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2 Judges Judges 3:12-31 "Ehud & Shamgar: Can God Use Me?"
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50:20We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Satan loves to sideline the saints. One of his most effective tactics is to keep us from saying “Here I am, Lord, send me.” When God calls forth from heaven: “Whom shall I send, who will go for us?” Satan whispers “Not you!” “You are too feeble, faltering, & filthy. You’re unworthy, your gifting is iffy, & your …
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1 Judges 1:1-3:11 "Othniel: How Did it Come to This?"
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44:03We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Today we embark on our journey through the book of Judges. Judges is one of those books preachers kind of tiptoe around. It’s a violent book. All its supposed heroes are deeply flawed. Some are fairly degenerate, yet God used them to deliver His people - though sadly God’s people quickly stray away into deeper &…
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15 James 5:19-20 "True Faith Works on Our Witness"
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47:12We'd love to hear from you. Text us. In our final session in the book of James we shall focus on six questions that pertain to the biblical reality that "True Faith Works on Our Witness." Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free sermon outlines & accompanying study guides are availab…
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14 James 5:13-18 "True Faith Works on Our Prayer Life"
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56:42We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Jesus urged us to "always pray & not give up." Yet somehow Satan has dulled us into saving prayers for Sundays & emergencies. In this our fourteenth session in the book of James we shall discover that "True Faith Works on Our Prayer Life." Grab your Bible, a pen, & print off the free downloadable study guide & l…
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13 James 5:7-12 "True Faith Works on Our Patience"
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47:50We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Patience is not something we always value, but it is something God values. God is so committed to us developing patience that He providentially permits us to enter into stretching situations so we can cultivate this vital virtue. Why is patience something God actively seeks to cultivate in us? Because He wants t…
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12 James 5:1-6 "True Faith Works on Our Greed"
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44:54We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Greed hides itself from its victim. Greed is all too often a cancer that remains undetected in our hearts. In our text today, God wants to help us scan our hearts before this cancer consumes our souls. In this our twelfth session in the book of James we shall endeavor to discover that True Faith Works on Our Gre…
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11 James 4:13-17 "True Faith Works on Our Presumption."
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55:46We'd love to hear from you. Text us. James’ entire epistle hinges on the premise that True Faith Works. James 1 & 2 showed us that True Faith Works on our Perspectives & our Actions. James 3 demonstrated that True Faith Works on Taming Our Tongues & True Faith Works Us Toward True Wisdom. James 4 demonstrated that True Faith Works on our Judgmental…
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10 James 4:11-12 "True Faith Works on our Judgmentalism"
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48:31We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Don’t Judge Me Bro! is the refrain of our age. People who know perhaps no other Bible verse can quickly quote “Judge not, Lest ye be judged.” This statement is used as a blank check by our society that any and all behavior is beyond any and all scrutiny in any and all situations. It is true that Jesus said in Ma…
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9 James 4:1-10 "True Faith Works on Our Conflicts"
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59:34We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Conflicts are common. If we are not careful those conflicts can rend relationships & ravage churches. The good news from James 4 is that True Faith Works on Our Conflicts. James 4, like a searchlight on a dark night, reveals why we fight and like a surgeon’s scalpel it shows how to make it right. Join us today i…
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Roberto's Difficult Second Season sees Everton struggle through a long, dark winter. They manage to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle, but suffer two of the most spectacular cup exits of the Good Times era. Solo Lo Mejor! This episode is in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Sean Ponzini and Gary Lunt for their contributions.…
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8 James 3:13-18 "True Faith Works Us Towards True Wisdom"
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57:22We'd love to hear from you. Text us. What marks true wisdom? How many kinds of wisdom are there? How many sources of wisdom are there? How can I identify which wisdom is being presented to me? And what is the result of employing each? Those are the questions James answers in our passage today as we endeavor to discover that True Faith Works Us Towa…
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Everton are back in Europe, and Roberto's blue army is loaded with players who flattered to deceive at the Brazil World Cup - Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka took the blame for another Steven Gerrard slip-up, Ross Barkley shared a bench with Frank Lampard Jr., Romelu Lukaku fell behind Divock Origi in the Belgium pecking order, Samuel Eto'o had a…
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7 James 3:1-12 "True Faith Works on Taming Our Tongues."
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52:00We'd love to hear from you. Text us. The tongue is a restless evil full of deadly poison, James tells us. So how do we tame our tongues? Join us today in our seventh message in the book of James as we see how "True Faith Works on Taming Our Tongues. Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & study guide and let's get…
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Gabbing About Good Times: Kevin v Gary Lunt
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37:28Reel Tours supremo Gary Lunt is back to discuss the 2015 Hollywood movie Creed, which used Goodison Park as a location for the showpiece boxing match between Adonis Creed and 'Pretty' Ricky Conlon. We talk that West Brom game where the pictures and audio were captured at half time, Tony Bellew's performance in the film and his real-life world title…
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We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Some allege that Paul & James contradict each other. Some use the book of James to argue that we are saved by works. James & Paul agree, but they look at faith & works from different vantage points. Paul explains how to get saved, James explains what saving faith looks like. Grab your Bible, a pen, & download th…
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Spring Re-Up and Sean Ponzini Interview
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1:12:12With the End of an Era at Goodison Park dominating Evertonian minds and the airwaves, the co-hosts take a minute to reflect on the celebrations of 18th May, before going through some of the many listener comments from throughout the spring months. Then, Kevin sits down with a key contributor to the creation of The Good Times Everton Podcast - film …
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5 James 2:8-13 "True Faith Works on our Actions II: Stop in the Name of the Law / Love!"
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55:14We'd love to hear from you. Text us. What is the legitimate role of the Law in the lives of New Testament saints? We are heirs of the Reformation which called us back to the cardinal biblical truths of sola gratia, sola fide, sola Christus, sola scriptura, sola deo Gloria That is, we are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, by …
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4 James 2:1-8 "True Faith Works on Our Partiality"
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44:57We'd love to hear from you. Text us. In this our fourth teaching in the book of James, the Holy Spirit zeros in on the reality that "True Faith Works on our Partiality." Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable study guide to dive deeper in Scripture together as we get Washed in the Word! Free sermon outlines & accompanying study g…
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Gabbing About Good Times: All Together Now with Keith Mullin
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46:08Liam is joined by musician and fellow blue Keith Mullin. They discuss Everton’s seminal 1995 cup final anthem and how it came about. They also discuss the Toffees since and the wonderful “Howard’s Way”. This episode is brought to you in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Sean Ponzini, Gary Lunt and Niall O’Donnell for their contributions.…
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3 James 1:19-27 "True Faith Works on Our Actions"
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52:05We'd love to hear from you. Text us. True faith is not mere mental assent to the facts of the gospel, it is a life changing relationship to the Lord Jesus where you start to act on the gospel. True faith changes us. This change starts in the heart but it inevitably heads to our hands. Works don’t save us, God saves us. We are saved by grace alone t…
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Everton are unbeaten at home (in the league) for 12 months. Bottom of the league Sunderland come to L4 next on Boxing Day. An heroic 10-man defeat sets the tone for the second half of many people's favourite Good Times season. This episode is in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Sean Ponzini and Gary Lunt for their contributions.…
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2 James 1:9-18 "True Faith Works on our Perspective Part II: Circumstances, Temptation, Salvation"
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48:23We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Perspective is powerful. How we see the world, influences how we interact with that world. Today, James calls us to a radical reassessment of our perspective on our circumstances, on temptation, & on our salvation. James is a book of action, yet he rightly starts not with a call to recalibrate our performance bu…
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1 James 1:1-8 "True Faith Works on Our Perspective Part I: Trials & Wisdom"
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57:02We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Today is our first session in the powerful, practical, easily applicable book of James. Today we will learn the lay of the land regarding the book's author, message, circumstances etc... We will see that True Faith Works on Our Perspective. Grab your Bible, a pen, & print off the free downloadable sermon outline…
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Kevin had a dream To do a podcast with Liam He had no money so he got an £8 microphooooone.
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16 Joshua 24:1-33 "How’s Your Serve?"
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1:00:42We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Our text today closes out our survey of the book of Joshua. Joshua 24 offers us a simple question: “How’s your serve?” Twelve times in eleven verses in the middle of Joshua’s final farewell the subject of serving the Lord crops up. Joshua made his decision, “as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” The pe…
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Gabbing About Good Times: Liam v Warren Doyle
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32:12Liam is joined by The Blue Room’s Warren Doyle to discuss 13/14, the arguable high point of the Good Times era. The lads discuss seminal games and moments such as Arsenal getting terrorised at Goodison and Warren’s rather eventful trip to Upton Park
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15 Joshua 23:1-16 "Godly Counsel for Spiritual Leaders"
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47:16We'd love to hear from you. Text us. What are spiritual leaders called to? What must we careful to remember? These two questions are addressed head on in the first of Joshua's final farewells. Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the downloadable sermon outline & study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free sermon outlines & accompanying study g…
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14 Joshua 22 "An 'Altar-cation': A Case Study in Biblical Conflict Resolution"
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1:00:13We'd love to hear from you. Text us. The Psalmist reminds us How good & pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity! But we live in a fallen world that is populated with broken people. Often, hurt people, hurt people. Sometimes even in our churches we will have interpersonal challenges.The question is how are we to biblically handle these …
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13 Joshua 20:1-21:45 "God Has a Plan Part II"
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49:00We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Thirteen messages ago when we first began our journey in the book of Joshua we started with a simple statement “God Has a Plan.” Today we are twenty chapters further in this great book graciously given by our Great God & with just four chapters remaining, God’s Word takes us back to that same subject but from a …
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The second half of the Covid season is bookended by heartbreak and elation for Liam. Sky's cameras are there to capture the latter. Elsewhere, Kevin gives the definitive verdict on the saga of Fabian Delph's 'wrong socks' at Arsenal. This episode is in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Sean Ponzini and Gary Lunt for their contributions.…
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12 Joshua 13:1-19:51b "Enjoying Our Inheritance"
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46:00We'd love to hear from you. Text us. This is our second message in this passage & our twelfth in our journey through the book of Joshua. Last time we examined these chapters with a God-ward focus, seeing that God is the Ultimate Promise Keeper. This time we shall look at those same seven chapters but with a man-word focus. In these 218 verses of re…
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For the first time, the 30-season Good Times odyssey goes Behind Closed Doors. Let us take you back to when it felt like the game - and the world - had changed forever, and relive the properly surreal experience of Neal Maupay scoring at Goodison. It's the first half of 2020/21! Thanks to Sean Ponzini, Gary Lunt and Niall O'Donnell for their contri…
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11 Joshua chapters 13-19 "Standing On the Promises"
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55:06We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Today we are in Joshua chapters 13-19. Most likely in your survey of Scripture you may have glossed over these 6 chapters of hard-to-pronounce Hebrew names & obscure tribal boundaries. Joshua 13-19 is often neglected because it reads like a real estate deed, because on one level that’s what it is but there is oh…
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Gabbing About Good Times: Liam v The Wombats' Dan Haggis
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51:12Liam sits down with drummer and bluenose Dan Haggis of The Wombats, to discuss their new album, world tour, and all things 2020/21. This bonus episode is in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Sean Ponzini, Gary Lunt and Niall O'Donnell for their contributions.
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10 Joshua 10:29 – 12:24 "Morality, Idolatry, & Fidelity"
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54:48We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Joshua 10 examines the extermination of the Southern Canaanite Confederation. Joshua 11 annals the annihilation of the Northern Alliance. Joshua 12 surveys the full scale of the slaughter stretching back to Sihon & Og’s defeat under Moses east of the Jordan to Joshua’s conquests west of the Jordan. To many, thes…
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They bought us Donny, They bought us Dele, They lost 5-0 to Spurs on the telly, Chasing points from week to week, No sign of Alli or Van de Beek, What have we, What have we done to deserve this? Thanks to Sean Ponzini, Gary Lunt and Niall O'Donnell for their gargantuan contributions to this episode which is in association with The Excelsior.…
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9 Joshua 10:1-28 "Be Strong & Courageous"
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46:32We'd love to hear from you. Text us. The New Testament calls us to faith & perseverance. Those are tall orders for feeble people in a fallen world. In order to muster persevering faith we would do well to appropriate an Old Testament injunction. Ten times in the Old Testament we are called “to be strong & courageous.” 40% of those occur in the book…
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8 Joshua 9:1-27 "Lean Not on Your Own Understanding."
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51:24We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Proverbs 3:5 famously declares: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart & lean not on your own understanding…" You & I might be bright, we might be educated & erudite, but we are not God. This is why Isaiah 55 reminds us: “my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD." As G…
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We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Have you ever really messed up spiritually? If you ever have experienced a significant spiritual failure you may now wonder “Can God ever use me again?” Today’s text tackles an immensely practical spiritual reality. When we have failed, when we have spiritually derailed, how do we get back on track? In our seven…
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Gabbing About Good Times: Liam v James Corbett
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51:30After a chat with Gaz Jones of the Everton Heritage Society about fundraising for St Luke’s, Liam interviews author James Corbett about 2021/22. With a carte blanche of seasons to pick from, James took a bullet for the co-hosts so that we wouldn't have to go through this one alone.
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We'd love to hear from you. Text us. What happens when we do it our way? When we know what God desires & deserves but we want what we want so we go out and get it? What happens when God tries to get our attention to bring us to repentance & we stubbornly, stridently refuse? Join us in our sixth session in our journey through the book of Joshua as w…
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¡Bienvenido, Rafa! Back in the studio after a debatably deserved festive break, it's the podcast that Knows The City®! Liam watching The Wire isn't the only 'Hell's frozen over' moment at play here, because - for one episode only - Rafael Benitez is the Everton manager. We've got all your favourites; Tim Curry, Ken Bruce, Salomón Rondón, the lot. V…
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We'd love to hear from you. Text us. Has God ever led you in a surprising or bewildering way? What does following God's way entail? Is it worth it? Join us today in our fifth message in the book of Joshua as we discover that "God's Way is Best" from Joshua 5:13-6:27. Grab your Bible, a pen, & printout the free sermon outline & Diving Deeper in Scri…
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4 Joshua 5:1-12 "God's Sovereignty in Our Journey of Faith."
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46:56We'd love to hear from you. Text us. What is one of the most helpful doctrines when it comes to our practical living in this topsy-turvy world? God's sovereignty. Join us today in our third teaching in our journey through the exciting book of Joshua. Grab your Bible, a pen, and print out the free downloadable outline & sermon study guide as we seek…
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