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Glad you Asked - Merry Christmas!

Are nativity scenes and Christmas pageants violating the second commandment? What about Advent observances and candle-lighting ceremonies? And why do we celebrate Christ's birth on December 25th anyway? These are all great questions sent to us by our listeners, so today Amy and Michelle dig into Scripture and church history to share the answers, in this encore "Glad You Asked" Christmas edition!

Resources:

Scriptures mentioned in this episode are linked in the resources below

How December 25 Became Christmas Biblical Archaeology Review

Nativity Scenes and the Second Commandment Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Unique Ways Christmas helps us Share the Gospel A Word Fitly Spoken

10 Ways to Share the Gospel During the Holidays Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

The Mailbag: Merry “X-mas”? Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

What is Advent? Got Questions

Regulative vs. normative principle of worship—which viewpoint is correct? Got Questions

Christmas Mythbusters Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

How Christmas helps us share the Gospel

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again, and with all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s easy for the Gospel to get lost in the shuffle. But the Great Commission never takes a vacation, and the holiday season provides some unique opportunities for sharing the gospel that we don’t have during the rest of the year.

Michelle and Amy discuss ways to share the Good News that are unique to the holiday season in this encore episode.

Resources:

A very merry Glad You Asked – Christmas Edition - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Santa Pause with Justin Peters - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Unique Ways Christmas helps us Share the gospel - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Christmas Dinner with the Sexual Sinner - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Is Christmas Pagan? - Michelle Lesley
25 Christmas Myths and What the Bible Says - Gabe Hughes

10 Ways to Share the Gospel During the Holidays Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women (most of the resources we mentioned in this episode are linked in this article)
The Gospel A Word Fitly Spoken
WhyIBoughtYourCoffee.com
Bezeugen Tract Club (get 30 FREE tracts per month!)
Living Waters Tracts

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

Christmas Mythbusters!

Was Jesus born in a barn? Did Mary really ride a donkey? And doesn't Jeremiah 10:3-4 forbid us from having Christmas trees? In true Mythbusters fashion, Michelle and Amy let Scripture give us the final authority on Christmas beliefs - truth or legends!

Resources:

A very merry Glad You Asked – Christmas Edition - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Santa Pause with Justin Peters - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Unique Ways Christmas helps us Share the gospel - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Christmas Dinner with the Sexual Sinner - A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast
Is Christmas Pagan? - Michelle Lesley
25 Christmas Myths and What the Bible Says - Gabe Hughes
Christmas Mythbusters - Michelle Lesley

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More on our website at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/christmas-mythbusters/ 

Glad you Asked! December 2022

It's our December 2022 edition of Glad you Asked! In this episode we tackle questions by going to Scripture:

• What if my work place openly celebrates or even partners with people who advocate for and support things like abortion or the LGBTQ?
• Where does contentment play into my plans for home renovation projects such as a new bath or kitchen?
• What would your advice be to someone doubting their salvation?
• I'm dating, and I feel like he is the one. How can I be sure that this is a God thing, and not just something that I want? 

And a few more!

Visit our website: https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/glad-you-asked-december-2022/

Resources:

Titus 2: Teach What Is Good?- A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast

Women's Ministry-  Part 1  Part 2- A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast

Searching for a new church?- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Biblical Counseling Resources- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

A Study in 1 John- Naomi's Table

Am I Really Saved? A First John Check-Up- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

A Theology of Thanksgiving

Do you have a theology that includes thanksgiving all year long? Even in the worst circumstances or the direst of situations?

God wants His people to be thankful to Him, not just because He deserves our thanks, but because it is good for us to be thankful. It helps us fix our eyes on all He has done for us - from the greatest gift of all, giving His precious Son to save us from our sins.

Michelle and Amy wish you a Thanksgiving filled with gratitude and kindness. We are thankful for each and every one of you!

Resources:

Thanks and Thanksgiving Articles- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

What should be the focus of Christians on Thanksgiving? - GotQuestions.org

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

Practical Women’s Ministry - Part 2

Last week in Biblical Women's Ministry -Part 1, you learned about the biblical aspects of a women's ministry in the church. In this Part 2 episode, Michelle and Amy discuss some of the more practical aspects of how to “do” women’s ministry. We offer some suggestions you may want to implement in your own women’s ministry as well as sharing with you how we’re serving the women of our own churches.

Resources:

Titus 2: Teach What Is Good?- A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast

Teaching What is Good - Naomi's Table

A healthy women's ministry, who can find? - Naomi's Table

Good News!

How to Study the Bible - and How Not To!

Bible Studies- Naomi's Table

Bible Studies- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

All Word and No Play- The Importance of Fun and Fellowship in the Doctrinally Sound Church- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/practical-womens-ministry-part-2/

Biblical Women’s Ministry - Part 1

The local church is one of the greatest blessings God has given us as Christians. We get to fellowship with our church family, teach and disciple one another, pray for each other, help each other, and sharpen each other. How can women do this in their local churches?  Michelle and Amy begin a two-part series on women’s ministry. In this episode, you'll learn how to make sure your women’s ministry is biblical. In part two, we’ll talk more about the practical aspects of women’s ministry.

Resources:

Titus 2: Teach What Is Good?- A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast

Teaching What is Good - Naomi's Table

A healthy women's ministry, who can find? - Naomi's Table

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at www.awordfitlyspoken.life/

Should Women Vote?

In this episode, Michelle and Amy talk about an interesting discussion that's come up in recent months about how the 19th Amendment came to be, and how the women's suffrage movement was born out of feminism.

Now that many theologically conservative Christians and social conservatives recognize this, some have wondered aloud if our nation should go back to a head-of-household voting system in which the husband casts his ballot on behalf of his family.

Resources:

History of women’s suffrage in the United States- BallotPedia

Election 2020 – How Can Christians Vote Biblically?

A patriotic Gospel? Putting politics in perspective

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/should-women-vote/

Why we celebrate Reformation Day

Did you know that October 31 is Reformation Day? It's a time when Christians recognize and even celebrate a huge, game-changing event in our history more than 500 years ago: Reformation Day commemorates the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

 

Yet many Christians today are unaware of this landmark incident in their heritage which birthed the Protestant church. Michelle and Amy reprise this discussion from 2020 about the commemoration of one of the most important events since the closing of the canon of Scripture.

 

Resources:

 

The Mailbag: What is Reformation Day? - Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

What are the 95 Theses of Martin Luther? - Got Questions

Reformation 500: Can Roman Catholicism be Considered Christianity? - Berean Research

Protestant and Catholic: What’s the Difference? - Berean Research

The Five Solas of the Protestant Deformation - Berean Research

Free resources on Luther - Ligonier Ministries

Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer - Ligonier Ministries

Martin Luther (1953 movie)

Steve Lawson's books and sermons on various Reformers

Why We're Protestant by Nate Pickowicz

Luther: In Real Time (podcast)-  Ligonier Ministries

Reformation articles and resources, October 26-30 - Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Visit www.awordfitlyspoken.life for more!

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

Christians: WHen Halloween Comes Knocking

Halloween is a multi-billion dollar celebration marked by witches, ghosts and goblins, candy and parties.

Not all Christians take part in Halloween. Some have taken a step back to rethink this tradition, and they have changed how they look at Halloween. Others say they honor God through Halloween by making it a Christian outreach -- a time to share the Gospel with the lost. Still other Christians say we have the freedom in Christ to dress up in costumes, attend secular or church-based festivals, and take their children trick-or-treating.  In this episode, Michelle and Amy take a look at where these traditions come from and what the Bible has to say about Christians and Halloween.

Resources:

• Should Christians Participate in Halloween? 7 Scriptures to Consider – Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women
• Christians and Halloween: Where do you land? - Berean Research
• Occult – Sorcery - Berean Research White Paper
• Christians and Halloween – A History – Amy Spreeman Archives

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!