A Word Fitly Spoken

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

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

(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

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

 

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/ 

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

 

A (Word Fitly Spoken) Christmas Carol

When it comes to Christmas music, there are some songs we absolutely love … and others …well… not so much. So tonight, we're sharing with you a few of our favorite Christmas carols and songs, and some we’d really rather do without!

Resources

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

Christmas Mythbusters!

Silent Night

Silent Night, Holy Night (animated movie)

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Santa Pause with Justin Peters

Jingle Bells (Barbra Streisand)

It's About the Cross by Go Fish

O Magnum Mysterium

The Most Inconvenient Christmas

Baby, It's Cold Outside

The Best Christmas Songs of All Time- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

The Worst Christmas Songs of All Time- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

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The Women of Christmas

 The biblical story of Jesus’ birth would look and sound - and be - very different without the important role godly women played in welcoming our incarnate Savior to earth. Tonight, we’re going to open up our Bibles and take a look at the women of the very first Christmas story - Elizabeth, Anna, and Mary - and their example to us as Christian women.

Resources

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What Would You Do? December ’23

It's time for another great episode of What Would You Do, with scenarios sent in by you, our listeners! Listen in, play along, and let us know what you would do in each of these situations. 

Resources

Spiritual Formation

The Mailbag: How to Leave a Church

Tony Evans- Michelle Lesley-Discipleship for Christian Women

Why Is Submission So Scary?

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God Doesn’t Whisper to Me, Either

We recently aired an interview about extra-biblical revelation: “God Doesn’t Whisper, with Jim Osman".  Many of you commented and shared how the teaching that we must hear God’s voice did a great deal of harm to your understanding of His nature. In this episode, we want to share those testimonies from our listeners, and why we need to have a scriptural understanding of how God does - and does not - speak to His children.

Resources

God Doesn't Whisper with Jim Osman (lots of resources in the show notes of this episode)

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

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Visit our website: https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/god-doesnt-whisper-to-me-either/

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!