Best Ap Physics Podcasts (2025)

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Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change 28:10

16d ago28:10

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The COP30 climate summit is taking place in the Brazilian city of Belém, a gateway to the Amazon rainforest, which continues to face widespread deforestation. We all know that our climate is changing and that we are largely responsible for this, but we can’t tackle the problem unless we understand what’s going on. One scientist who’s done more than…

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Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours 28:22

23d ago28:22

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Imagine if you were listening to an opera or a Taylor Swift concert, and as the lights in the auditorium dimmed, the music was accompanied by a rainbow of colours only you could see. Perhaps while listening to your friends talking, you simultaneously experience a smorgasbord of tastes, with different words evoking different flavours, maybe a delici…

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Caroline Smith on meteorites and potential ancient life on Mars 28:24

1M ago28:24

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Caroline Smith is passionate about space rocks, whether they’re samples collected from the surface of asteroids and the Moon and hopefully Mars one day soon, or meteorites, those alien rock fragments that have survived their fiery descents through our atmosphere to land here on Earth. She is Head of Collections and Principal Curator of Meteorites a…

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AP De Silva on building molecular fluorescence sensors for healthcare 28:11

1M ago28:11

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From humble beginnings in his native Sri Lanka, to a more than 40 year academic career at Queen’s University Belfast, Prof. AP (Amilra Prasanna) De Silva’s research into molecular photosensors has led to a pioneering career in that’s evolved from chemistry to medical diagnostics on one hand, to information processing on the other. Prof. De Silva ch…

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Peter Knight on quantum technologies 28:09

1M ago28:09

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There are problems and tasks so hard and complicated that it would take today’s most powerful supercomputers millions of years to crack them. But in the next decade, we may well have quantum computers which could solve such problems in seconds. Professor Sir Peter Knight is a British pioneer in the realms of quantum optics and quantum information s…

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Eleanor Schofield on conserving Tudor warship the Mary Rose 28:20

2M ago28:20

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In July 1545, King Henry VIII watched from Southsea Castle on England's south coast as his fleet sailed out to face the French - only to witness his prized warship, the Mary Rose, sink before his eyes. Raised from the Solent in 1982, the ship is now the centrepiece of the Mary Rose Museum, along with thousands more artefacts that were recovered fro…

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George Church on reimagining woolly mammoths and virus-proofing humans 28:21

2M ago28:21

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"My ideas are often labelled as impossible, or useless, or both. Usually when people say that I'm on the right track." George Church is a geneticist, molecular engineer, and one of the pioneers of modern genomics. He's also someone who makes a habit of finding solutions to the seemingly impossible. Over the course of his career so far, George devel…

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Gareth Collett on a career in bomb disposal 28:29

2M ago28:29

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Movies might have us believe that bomb disposal comes down to cutting the right wire. In fact, explosive devices are complex and varied - and learning how to dispose of them safely involves intense training, as well as the ability to stay calm under pressure. This was the world of Dr Gareth Collett, a retired British Army Brigadier General and engi…

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Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease 28:23

2M ago28:23

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Many people will be familiar with Parkinson’s disease: the progressive brain disorder that causes symptoms including tremors and slower movement, leading on to serious cognitive problems. You might not know that it’s the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world. Today it affects around 11.8 million people and that’s forecast to double by…

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Mark O'Shea on close encounters with venomous snakes 28:28

3M ago28:28

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Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies 28:39

5M ago28:39

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There can't be many people in the world who've saved lives in hospital emergency rooms and also helped care for the wellbeing of astronauts in space – but Kevin Fong’s career has followed a singular path: from astrophysics and trauma medicine, to working with NASA, to becoming an Air Ambulance doctor. Kevin is a consultant anaesthetist and professo…

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Dame Pratibha Gai on training atoms to do what we want 28:23

6M ago28:23

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Chemical reactions are the backbone of modern society: the energy we use, the medicines we take, our housing materials, even the foods we eat, are created by reacting different substances together. If we zoom in, it’s the atoms within these substances that rearrange themselves to give rise to new substances with the properties we need. However, che…

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Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe 28:34

6M ago28:34

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Have you ever considered the lighter side of dark matter?Comedy has proved an unexpectedly succesful way to engage people with science - as today's guest knows first-hand. Astrophysicist Catherine Heymans is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and the current Astronomer Royal for Scotland. She’s spent her career studying dark matter and dark…

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Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution 28:36

6M ago28:36

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As a young man, traveling in Africa, Tim Coulson - now Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford - became seriously ill with malaria and was told a second bout would probably kill him. Aged only 20, this brush with his own mortality led him to promise himself he would write a complete guide to science: life, the universe and everything. His …

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Miley Cox '25 -- Fourth-Year Boarding Student 1:17:51

6M ago1:17:51

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One of 10 neighbor island students in the 2024-25 Residential Life Program, Miley Cox '25 contributed to 'Iolani School in many special ways during the past four years. She provides an insider's perspective on the boarding program and its cultural connections, and also shares stories about the 'Iolani fine arts program, independent science research…

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Claudia de Rham on playing with gravity 28:21

6M ago28:21

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Claudia de Rham has rather an unusual relationship with gravity. While she has spent her career exploring its fundamental nature, much of her free time has involved trying to defy it - from scuba diving in the Indian Ocean to piloting small aircraft over the Canadian waterfalls. Her ultimate ambition was to escape gravity’s clutches altogether and …

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Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI 28:35

7M ago28:35

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When you think of Artificial Intelligence, does it inspire confidence, or concern? Although it's now generally accepted that this technology will play a major role in our future, a lot of conversations around AI and machine learning come back to the argument over us losing control and robots taking over. Happily, Neil Lawrence has a more optimistic…

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Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets 28:28

7M ago28:28

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A frozen, white world at the far-reaches of the globe, where you're surrounded by snow and silence, might sound rather appealing. Factor in temperatures that drop to -57°C and a few of us might be put off - but for glaciologist Liz Morris, that's very much her happy place. Liz is an Emeritus Associate at the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Re…

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Anthony Fauci on a medical career navigating pandemics and presidents 45:05

7M ago45:05

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Welcome to a world where medicine meets politics: a space that brings together scientific research, government wrangling, public push-back and healthcare conspiracies… Dr Anthony Fauci was the Director of America’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly four decades, during which time he not only helped study, treat and pr…

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Signs to Establish the Disciples Authority 28:40

8M ago28:40

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Bible, Scriptures, discrepancies, resurrection, flesh and bone, immortality, signs to establish disciples authority, justification, atonement *** 119: Jesus Appears To His Disciples At Evening Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-23 Some of the disciples were gathered together secretly, fearing the authorities. In the evening of the day Jesus had …

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Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine 28:39

8M ago28:39

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Have you ever pondered the fact that the universe is expanding? And not only that, it's expanding at an increasing speed - meaning everything around us is getting further and further away? If that isolating thought makes you feel slightly panicked, don't worry: this programme also contains wine! Brian Schmidt is a Distinguished Professor of Astroph…

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"All hail!" Jesus The Physical Presentation of the Gospel 28:40

8M ago28:40

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Jesus made a reconnaissance mission to earth. Jesus came to determine, as a man, what do the humans know. We hear this in his difficulty in communicating heavenly concepts and in his questions; i.e. "How is it that you do not understand?" The goal was to reveal the nature and name of Yehovah to the world; to reveal to mankind the path to salvation.…

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Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites 28:32

8M ago28:32

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How much information can you extract from a burnt fragment of human bone? Quite a lot, it turns out - not only about the individual, but also their broader lives and communities; and these are the stories unearthed by Jacqueline McKinley, a Principal Osteoarchaeologist with Wessex Archaeology. During her career, Jackie has analysed thousands of anc…

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"For this cause came I unto the world…" 28:40

9M ago28:40

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When you get the red-letters right, it all makes sense! This was my destiny. Aramaic Peshitta a gospel recorded in Aramaic. Translated into English by George Lamsa. *** 116: The Death Of Jesus Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37 From the sixth hour to the ninth hour, while Jesus was on the cross, there was darkness over al…

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Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon 28:38

9M ago28:38

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Surgeons often have to deal with the consequences of violent attacks - becoming all too familiar with patterns of public violence, and peaks around weekends, alcohol-infused events and occasions that bring together groups with conflicting ideals. Professor Jonathan Shepherd not only recognised the link between public violence and emergency hospital…

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Jesus Was Crucified BECAUSE They Knew He Was Messiah 28:40

9M ago28:40

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What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for t…

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Doyne Farmer on making sense of chaos for a better world 28:32

9M ago28:32

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Doyne Farmer is something of a rebel. Back in the seventies, when he was a student, he walked into a casino in Las Vegas, sat down at a roulette table and beat the house. To anyone watching the wheel spin and the ball clatter to its final resting place, his choice of number would’ve looked like a lucky guess. But knowing the physics of the game and…

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Chase Wiggins '06 -- Upper School English Teacher 1:06:57

9M ago1:06:57

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While on sabbatical during the upcoming 2025-26 school year, Mr. Chase Wiggins '06 will be researching and completing a doctoral dissertation that will connect 'Iolani School's 19th-century founding with its 21st-century future. An Upper School English teacher since 2018, he also discusses his experiences within the school's boarding program and sh…

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Eternal Consequences 28:40

9M ago28:40

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...your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which non…

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Tori Herridge on ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths 28:39

9M ago28:39

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Elephants are the largest living land mammal and today our planet is home to three species: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. But a hundred thousand years ago, in the chilly depths of the Ice Age, multiple species of elephant roamed the earth: from dog-sized dwarf elephants to towering woolly mammoths. …

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Examine Your Salvation 28:40

9M ago28:40

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Are you growing in imitation of Christ? There is a clandestine nature to the Kingdom of God. A revelation, a visitation, a hearing of the Word of God is required to begin the process of salvation. Jesus was not interested in the type of promotion so familiar in our day which seeks after crowds, money and popularity. Jesus' ministry is not based on …

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Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery 28:35

9M ago28:35

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What does it take to earn the nickname, ‘The Leonardo da Vinci of heart surgery’? That's the moniker given to today's guest - a man who pioneered high-profile and often controversial procedures, but also helped drive huge medical progress; carrying out around 2,000 heart transplants and 400 dual heart-lung transplants during his 60-year career. Sir…

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Jesus Accepted Rejection - No Rebuke - No Defense 28:40

10M ago28:40

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Jesus Chose Us Over His Life *** 110: The Arrest Of Jesus Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12 As Jesus finished praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas Iscariot, the one of the twelve apostles who had agreed to betray him, drew near Jesus to kiss him. Jesus said: “Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?” Jesus’…

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Willing Sacrifice 28:40

10M ago28:40

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Often we hear it said that "God is in control" and "God can do anything" This is often taken to mean everything that happens is the responsibility and will of God. This is not so. Remember in the beginning, God put the earth and everything in it under the control of his man Adam. In short order Adam gave this authority and control to the enemy of G…

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Making Provision For The Future Of The Kingdom Of God 28:40

10M ago28:40

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Jesus gives vital instruction his disciples (and us) for the operation of the Kingdom of God through revelation and communication with the Spirit of God. “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 5…

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Believe In Me! Belief Creates Action. 28:40

10M ago28:40

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A solemn occasion - a noble savior - vital instruction. The historical nature of this occasion should not distract from the powerful works that were accomplished and were soon to occur. Stay in the moment, if you can. Recognize the work of Jesus and the expected continuation of that work through the disciples. The minimum standard of sanctification…

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What Work Is Finished? 28:40

10M ago28:40

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Jesus came expecting to be received by a loving and loyal priesthood. The ministry and miracles by Jesus gave undeniable proof of His identity. These miracles were categorically rejected on technicalities by the religious leaders. 1) All Jesus could do is provide the opportunity for mankind to believe in His Father by faith; 2) Provision for those …

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Passover Rehearsal - Instructions for the Disciples After Jesus Departure 28:40

11M ago28:40

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A worthy and weighty prayer by Jesus for culmination of the promise to make dead men live; for the strength and understanding of the disciples and those that follow after. *** 108: Jesus At The Last Supper (Cont.) Matthew 26:14-30; Mark 14:10-26; Luke 22:3-39; John 13:1-17:26 I Am The Vine Jesus continued: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the …

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Know Ye What I Have Done 28:40

11M ago28:40

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"Lord, is it I?" Betrayer is here. Our friend, Jesus, is about to be crucified. He washed the feet of the disciples. "Know ye what I have done to you?" Jesus said. The subjective servant will be happy. "Believe in God, that He is who He says and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." The step to receive God is through obedience. J…

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Be Diligent - It is not God's Job to Stop Us 28:40

11M ago28:40

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Weighty instruction from the Son of Man. Jesus revealed his knowledge of his betrayal and coming crucifixion. "Lord is it I?" We each have a price. Follow diligently every day to develop self-control. Jesus moved resolutely to prepare his disciples through instruction, example and obedience. "Follow my example." Be a subjective servant to have joy.…

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Fix The World By Fixing Ourselves 28:40

11M ago28:40

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"Occupy till I come." Troubling times arrived with the interrogation and condemnation of Jesus. The religious leaders declared, "...we will not have [Jesus] rule over us." This rejection led to the end of Jesus' physical ministry and his life. His disciples and followers were also considered transgressors. Now the followers of Christ are responsibl…

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Passover Transition From A Lamb To A Man 28:08

12M ago28:08

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Fulfilled! "Passover. . .A memorial of Me." Generations pass, years pass, feast rehearsals pass. One day, that which was anticipated is fulfilled. Tradition is difficult to change; in fact, divine inspiration or revelation is required. The Scriptures record the result of the revelations of the Holy Spirit, which are received by some, but not all of…

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Mission Impossible 28:40

12M ago28:40

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Jesus came to show and teach that which we could not learn from the law and the prophets. The Sabbaths, Feasts and Torah observance could not reunite God and man. They could not provide the salvation Jesus came to bring. We think the success of Jesus was a given, almost a formality, as we peer into the fog of history. Alas. The authority of Jesus w…

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Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space 1:00:04

12M ago1:00:04

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What's it like living underwater for two weeks? What's the trickiest part of training to be an astronaut? What are the most memorable sights you see from space?Several extreme questions, all of which can be answered by one man: Major Tim Peake. After a childhood packed with outdoor adventures, via the Cub Scouts and school Cadet Force, Tim joined t…

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Prepare for the Long Run the Bridegroom Comes In Darkness 28:40

12M ago28:40

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The trying of our faith is difficult and uncomfortable. The exemplars of our faith used the trials in the days of of light (or plenty) to build their confidence in YHVH and their relationship to him. There is a striving to gain the skills needed to enter the narrow path. We call it exercise in the physical realm. It is also true in the spiritual re…

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The Coming of Christ Will Not Be Secret 28:40

1y ago28:40

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Our belief in Jesus compels certain actions. Not compulsion but the desire to return the boundless love of our Savior and King. Obedience to the commandments in stone and the ones written in our heart is the reasonable service of devoted children. Our desire is to imitate our Lord; to forgive as He forgives, for He forgives as we forgive. Acts of b…

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Pay Attention Lest Ye Be Deceived 28:40

1y ago28:40

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Salvation requires faith. We are accustomed to reading the outcome of events in the Scriptures (a luxury not available until this age). One thing we know from reading them, the Scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees were students of the Scripture. They were anticipating the arrival of Elijah and Messiah. They taught the people of Israel the signs, the r…

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We Are The Temple of God 28:40

1y ago28:40

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The restoration of the breach between Adam and YHVH required a willing and innocent sacrifice to restore communication and relationship. This bridge (atonement) was built by the faith and obedience of Jesus Christ (our example). Jesus said, "I always obey the Father." The success of Jesus allowed the presence of God to be moved from Herod's stone t…

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Things Are Not Like We Think 28:30

1y ago28:30

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Some effort is required to see beyond the present earthly circumstances in the teachings of Jesus. Obedience in tithing, no matter how small the gift, gains the attention of God. Offerings cannot be given to God until the tithes are paid. Jesus said tithing "mint and rue" should be done but not as the fulfillment of the law. Do justly. Love mercy. …

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Jesus Came To Remove Communication Hindrances 28:40

1y ago28:40

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The mission of Jesus was to become King of Israel, however, the rejection of Jesus by the religious leaders and their determination to remove Jesus through death (to rid Israel of this troublemaker); put an end to the plan and will of God. Read the gospels again and count the times instruction from Jesus was rejected. Many corrections were refused …

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