A Word Fitly Spoken

Potluck! February 2024

This week, we’ve got a new feature for you that we’ll hope you’ll love as much as our other features. We’re calling this one Potluck. And on these episodes, we’re going to cover biblical mini-topics that aren’t really long enough for their own, individual episodes, and don’t fit into any of our other features. Join us as we discuss discernment, accountability, discipleship materials for teens, Ecclesiastes, and more!

Resources:

Naomi's Table Bible Studies

Bible Studies- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

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Talk Back: The Yeast of the Progressives

What happens when speakers add their own opinions and worldly cultural influences to the Word of God? The examples we are sharing are not from Word of Faith or New Apostolic Reformation services, but from the other end of the spectrum - the Progressive Christianity movement. Join us as we "talk back" to the Progressives with what the Bible really says.

Resources:

1. Minister Carla Baily: Pilgrim Congregational Church Duluth, Minnesota, 
2. Dr. Adam Shoemaker, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
3. Andy Stanley, Northpoint Church in Atlanta
4. Elle Dowd, Church Website

White Paper: What you need to know about Progressive Christianty

The Progressive Disease of Spiritual Deception in Our Time

Evangelicalism has been hijacked by woke elitist progressive “Christians”

Progressive Christians and their doctrines of devils

Social Justice is an Attack on the Sufficiency of Scripture

Clergy Advocacy Board for Planned Parenthood

Andy Stanley- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

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Love and Marriage!

Hollywood marriages last about as long as peanut butter cups in a bowl full of raisins. Not much of a shelf life, and not based on Christ.

The Bible has a lot to say about what "real" marriages look like. With more than 60 years of marriage experience between them, Michelle and Amy discuss biblical love and godly marriages, and what they've learned.

Resources:

What is the validity of marriage in today’s world? - GotQuestions.org

What is God’s design for marriage? - GotQuestions.org

29 Things I’ve Learned in 29 Years of Marriage - Michelle Lesley

Must I reconcile with my abusive ex-husband? - Michelle Lesley

Donate to Benjamin's Education Expenses

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The Pew: The State of Women's Ministry- Part 2

Last October, LifeWay Research released a study called The State of Ministry to Women. They surveyed 1,000 female churchgoers and 842 women’s ministry leaders "aiming to assess the state of women's ministry, with a focus on acknowledging progress and identifying areas for further development.”

In part 1 of this episode of The Pew, we discussed the results of the survey of the women's ministry leaders. Tonight, in part 2, we’re going to take a look at the results of the survey that was administered to the women churchgoers. 

Resources:

The Pew: The State of Women's Ministry- Part 1

Survey home page

Survey of women churchgoers

Biblical Women’s Ministry – Part 1

Practical Women’s Ministry – Part 2

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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Talk Back: Alistair Begg

In this episode of Talk Back, we discuss the brouhaha over Alistair Begg's counsel to a grandmother about attending her grandchild's "wedding". What does the Bible have to say about sexual immorality and a pastor's responsibility to teach and counsel according to sound doctrine?

More at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/talk-back-alistair-begg/

Resources

Interview video with Begg's initial remarks (28:45)

AFR statement

AFR article

Begg’s response sermon (entire sermon)

Relevant portions (excerpts) of Begg's response sermon from Protestia

Justin Peters' video (recorded prior to Begg's response sermon)

The Mailbag: ...Why "Bye Begg"?- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Have You Been Dealt the Pharisee Card?

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The Pew: State of Women's Ministry - Part 1

Last October, LifeWay Research released a study called The State of Ministry to Women. They surveyed 1,000 female churchgoers and 842 women’s ministry leaders "aiming to assess the state of women's ministry, with a focus on acknowledging progress and identifying areas for further development.”

Tonight, we’re going to take a look at the results of the survey that was administered to the women’s ministry leaders. In part 2 of this episode of The Pew, we’ll discuss the results of the survey of the women churchgoers.

Resources:

Survey home page

Women's Ministry Leaders survey

Biblical Women’s Ministry – Part 1

Practical Women’s Ministry – Part 2

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Holy Habits for the New Year: Abolition for Women

Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions that tend to fizzle out within a few weeks or months. Instead, we want to introduce to you some holy habits you can integrate into your walk with the Lord. Last year’s holy habits were more about private sanctification in our own one on one relationship with Christ. This year’s habits are more outwardly focused on ministering to others. And one of the holy habits we want to encourage you to consider “doing” this year is abortion abolition.

Resources:

Abortion Abolition with Brett Baggett

Abolition Women on X (Twitter)

Abolition Women website

End Abortion Now

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How to talk to your church leaders about false teachers

We're taking you way back into our archives today while Amy and Michelle attend to family matters. We think you'll really like this episode from October 2019, as it's one of our most popular episodes of all time:

Over the last few episodes, we've been talking about the topic of discernment - how to handle things when we encounter false teachers and false doctrine.

In our "Doing Discernment" episode, we took a look at how to determine if a teacher is trustworthy and whether or not you should be following him or her. In our "Words with Friends: How to contend with loved ones" episode, we talked about how to approach and gently warn a friend who's following a false teacher.

But what about when false teachers or false doctrine impacts your church? What's the right and biblical way to address it? Michelle and Amy discuss how to talk to your church leaders about false teachers.

 

Resources:

Scriptures mentioned in this episode

How should I approach my church leaders about a false teacher they’re introducing? Michelle Lesley

Being Berean- 8 Steps for Comparing Teaching to Scripture Michelle Lesley

Defusing Demonic Dirty Bombs Steven Kozar, Messed Up Church

How to Leave a Church Michelle Lesley

Leaving the NAR Church: 55 testimonies from those who got out Amy Spreeman

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(Sorry, no transcript for this elderly episode!)

Holy Habits for the New Year: Biblical Counseling with Travis McNeely

Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions that tend to fizzle out within a few weeks or months. Instead, we want to introduce to you some holy habits you can integrate into your walk with the Lord. Last year’s holy habits were more about private sanctification in our own one on one relationship with Christ. This year’s habits are more outwardly focused on ministering to others And one of the holy habits we want to encourage you to consider “doing” this year is biblical counseling.

Check out all the links and resources we talked about in this episode here:
https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/holy-habits-for-the-new-year-biblical-counseling-with-travis-mcneely

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AWFS’s Evangelical Resolutions Wish List

Enjoy this throwback episode about New Year's Resolutions! We usually don't make resolutions, BUT, just for fun, we thought we'd share some resolutions we wish some of the celebrity teachers would make for 2024! As Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." We hope you enjoy the humor in these in-jest resolutions.

(Recorded in 2021. Sarah Young has since died.)

Resources:

Leaving Lysa: Why You Shouldn’t Be Following Lysa TerKeurst or Proverbs 31 Ministries- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

G3 Ministries

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More on our website: https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/evangelical-resolutions-wish-list/ 

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