26 November 2023
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Keeping Healthy Limits with Things (TMF:2235)

Friday, December 01, 2023
Peace to Live By: Keeping Healthy Limits with Things (TMF:2235) - Daniel Litton
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       In reading Ecclesiastes from our Bibles, particularly chapter 3, we remember that King Solomon famously taught us that everything has its time. In fact, in reading the whole book of Ecclesiastes this theme, and similar thoughts to it, appear over and over. One thing we can take from understanding this knowledge is that we shouldn’t overdo anything in life. We shouldn’t spend too much time on anything. And this includes even things we enjoy for sure. I have seen this in my writing before. I love to write. Actually, I could spend hours writing if I wanted to. But I rarely do. That’s because when I get a heavy dose of writing out of my system, then I find later that I come to loath and despise it the next time it comes to do it. That’s simply because I overdosed the last time. When we do something too much, even something we really like, it causes us pain. For me, I usually only write one hour a day. Sometimes two. I break projects up like this because that way they always stay exciting.

Listening to the Bible in Audio (TMF:2234)

Thursday, November 30, 2023
Peace to Live By: Listening to the Bible in Audio (TMF:2234) - Daniel Litton
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       Like most people, the first book I ever listened to in the form of audio was the Bible. I think it was the King James Version. That’s probably been some twenty years ago. Even today, however, there are all kinds of audio Bible versions at our fingertips, and a lot of them free. So, listening to the Bible in the form of audio is great. You can recognize words you have never particularly noticed before, and verses can sound different than you have always thought. But it is also true that with the rise of technology there are many, many titles available in the form of audiobooks. Many you have to pay for, and there are a variety places you can get them, like from Audible, Apple, or Google, but many also are free. One free book I listened to for the first time lately was The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. This is a true timeless classic, and Mr. Franklin teaches us many things about our own character development. Whether this be his list for thirteen good virtues, or even his admission to his son of his mistakes, there is much that can be learned and modeled from this Forefather. Much of it parallels with the Bible.

Filtering Out Our Teachers, Part 4 (TMF:2233)

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Peace to Live By: Filtering Out Our Teachers, Part 4 (TMF:2233) - Daniel Litton
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       So, does that mean I should immediately disqualify her from my group and declare her ‘no good’ because she believes in speaking in tongues. Of course not. Otherwise, I would miss out on all the things I do agree with her on, which is quite a lot of things. And, also, she can then teach me new things. Now in what I’ve said here, some of you might realize that you don’t agree with your own pastor a lot of the time. Let’s say you only agree with him or her 30% of the time. Then, may I ask, what are you doing? Unless the church ‘experience’ (that is, your friends and the atmosphere of the church) makes up for where you disagree with the teaching of your pastor (which it probably won’t), they I highly suggest you consider changing churches. We all have different values. We all have different things we emphasize. You cannot be aligned in a place that doesn’t support what you ‘really’ believe. Yeah, you can be there, but you are going to be miserable week after week. It’s not gonna be a lot of fun. Church should be a blessing to go to, not a curse for you.

Filtering Out Our Teachers, Part 3 (TMF:2232)

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Peace to Live By: Filtering Out Our Teachers, Part 3 (TMF:2232) - Daniel Litton
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       And don’t get me wrong, even within my inner-circle of Bible teachers I do not agree with ‘everything’ they say. For starters, I think that one should agree with a Bible teacher at least two-thirds of the time to even consider that person part of the inner-circle. If you aren’t agreeing with them at least that much, how can they be part of your inner group? Anyhow, some of the people in my inner-group I might agree with what they say 67% of the time, others 80%, and still another 90% of the time. For instance, I agree with Joyce Meyer on a lot of her application of Scripture. However, I don’t agree necessarily with her on speaking in tongues. So, does that mean I should immediately disqualify her from my group and declare her ‘no good’ because she believes in speaking in tongues. Of course not. Otherwise, I would miss out on all the things I do agree with her on, which is quite a lot of things. And, also, she can then teach me new things.

Filtering Out Our Teachers, Part 2 (TMF:2231)

Monday, November 27, 2023
Peace to Live By: Filtering Out Our Teachers, Part 2 (TMF:2231) - Daniel Litton
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       With all the vast variety of Bible teachers out there, I limit myself to six different ones who are allowed to speak to me. That’s right; only six. Any others by whom I happen to listen to, I will listen in what I call ‘observation mode.’ This means I am listening to what they are saying, but not necessarily accepting it word for word. I may take one point from their thirty-minute sermon, but that will most likely be it. In other words, I don’t allow everyone to teach me. Only those six ministers have an exclusive pass to my personal auditorium. They are the only ones who are allowed to ‘really’ teach me (and just in case you’re wondering, two of those six are John MacArthur and Joyce Meyer. But that’s all I’m giving for now). And don’t get me wrong, even within my inner-circle of Bible teachers I do not agree with ‘everything’ they say. For starters, I think that one should agree with a Bible teacher at least two-thirds of the time to even consider that person part of the inner-circle.