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Many over the past 2000 years have questioned the validity of the Easter story. Could a man really die on a cross and rise again three days later? It doesn't seem plausible. So scholars, historians, and that one friend at work... have done their best to discredit the Bible's account of Easter morning.

On this episode of the Midweek Podcast, we take a hard look at the Gospels to see if there is any credence to resurrection. The answers might surprise you.

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If we are going to be people who walk with God, we are going to have to learn how to pray and communicate with God effectively. On this episode, Joy, our Prayer Team Leader, helps define prayer and gives us practical steps for making prayer a discipline in our life.

Five Phases of Powerful Prayers:
Praise & WorshipConfessionPetitionIntercessionMeditation» Watch the "Powerful Prayer" Sermon Series «

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On this episode of the Midweek Podcast, Pastor Ryan is joined by Denver Daniel, President of Open Door Christian Schools, to discuss the vital role parents must undertake in discipling their children. Denver encourages parents to embrace the responsibility of helping connect their children's faith to everyday life so they can become redeeming agents who influence culture for Jesus.

Interested in learning more about Open Door Christian Schools? Head to odcs.org and register for their upcoming open house on March 23rd.

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There's a lot of confusion about what worship is and what role worship is supposed to have in the life a Christian. On this episode of the Midweek Podcast, our worship leader, Teresa Holt, sits down with Pastor Ryan to discuss how worship impacts us individually and corporately. Plus, you'll get to hear the backstory of how Teresa got started in worship ministry to begin with!

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Right before the Apostle Paul gave husbands and wives relationship guidelines, he challenged the Christians in Ephesus to outdo one another in submission. But this challenge wasn't just to the Ephesians -- Paul highlighted this concept in letters to multiple churches because the way to win in the Christian life is through submission. As we work to encourage and support one another, each of us are able to reach further than we ever could on our own.

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We live in a soundbite world where things are often taken out of context, or worse, twisted into meaning something the original authors never meant. The ramifications for this are often devastating. Unfortunately, many of us are guilty of approaching Scripture the same way, taking verses out of context or twisting them to fit our worldview or bias. While there are certainly those that do this intentionally, many Christians have simply never been taught how to accurately "handle the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

In Part 2 of Keeping Scripture in Context, Pastors Ryan and Jared provide an overview of how the Bible is structured and layout a system for studying the Bible that will help you keep Scripture in context--and discover the theological principle for your life today.

OLD TESTAMENT OVERVIEW:
Pentateuch / Torah (Gen - Deuteronomy)Historical Books (Joshua - Esther)PsalmsWisdom Books (Job, Proverbs - Song of Songs)Prophets, Major & Minor (Isaiah - Malachi)NEW TESTAMENT OVERVIEW:
Four Gospels (Matthew - John)Book of ActsPaul's Letters (Romans - Philemon)General Letters (Hebrews - Jude)RevelationINTERPRETATIVE JOURNEY ("Journey Into God's Word" - Duvall & Hays):
Grasping the Text in Their Town -- What did the text mean to the Biblical audience?Measure the Width of the River to Cross -- What are the differences between the Biblical audience and us today?Crossing the Principlizing Bridge -- What is the theological principle in this text?Grasping the Text in Our Town -- How should individual Christians today apply the theological principle in their life?Try it out! Select a passage of Scripture and use the Interpretative Journey to guide your study. Then, send us an email to podcast@afreshwind.org and let us know what you're learning.

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