Jack presents a unique and in-depth look at what it means to be salt and light as a Christian. Luke 14:34-35 “Salt is good; butif the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit for the soil nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s…

Locum Tenens. It is Latin meaning: one filling in for a time or taking the place of another. A placeholder. At such a time as this we workers, lay­men, keepers of the faith must address ourselves to creating a proper image of CHRISTIANITY in our living. We must be more active in the business of being under­stood. We must be active in the business o…

Luke 2:34-35 34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother,“Behold, this Child is set (destined) for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against. We are being told that Jesus is set for the fall. God loves you and he wants you to fall. He wants you broken. Because he wants his character of love and …

My benkyō ni narimashita – What I’ve learned is this.Ready? GOD IS THE LIST. The difference between your To Do List and GOD AS THE LIST is the latter is the only perfectly designed and guaranteed action plan. Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way,but the LORD establishes his steps. In the Message bibleis says Proverbs 16:9 this way ‘We plan …

Isaiah 66:1-2 MSG God’s Message: “Heaven’s my throne, earth is my footstool. What sort of house could you build for me? What holiday spot reserve for me? I made all this! I own all this!” God’s Decree. “But there is something I’m looking for: a person simple and plain, reverently responsive to what I say. We live in this world where people are more…

Pronoia technically means forethought, before thought, it also means providential care or to make provision for a thing. Psalms 37:23-24 NLT - The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand. Providence means because of Gods foresight…

Do you know that the trials and tribulations you go though are a gift? Meant to strengthen you and prepare you for times to come.#Pressure #Sermon # JackBarrow #Ministry #Test #Trials #Stress #Blessing #Love #Jesus #Adventist #SDA #Christian #Sermonology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

We will take 5 good reasons and summarize them to seven single syllable words. Time Life, Mind, Should, Love, . Each word exposes the reasonable argument of Gods existence.Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together”#Sermon #God #Exists #Proof #Time #ReasonsGodExists #Science #Bible--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…

Immerse your spiritual habits in the life of the Lord until they become such a spontaneous expression of our lives that we are no longer aware of them. We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You’ve probably heard the expression ‘I believe in God, just not organized religion’. I don’t think people would say that if the church t…

Mercy in Greek was eleos, which is derived from the word for olive oil. Olive oil was used to treat wounds. It was soothing, comforting, and healing. It speaks then to a merciful God who is all those things. #sermon #SDA #Adventist #Mercy #Communion #RentonSDA #God #Yeshua --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barro…

When God asks you to humble yourself a pray. It is good when he speaks. #Prayer, #Holy Spirit, #God, #Save Us, #Mercy, #RentonSDA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Never compromise your beliefs, morals or stanards. No maer how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and make you as cleanas freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make youwhite as wool! … I, the Lord, have spoken.#compromise, #sermon, #sda, #sin, #lie, #love, #morals--- Support this podcast: https://podcast…

God at Pentacost did not give the gift of ears to the listeners. He gave the gift of tongues to the church. What does that mean? listen to find out.#Accommodate, #Blessing, #allthingstoallpeople, #Paul, #Jesus, #Witness, #Testimony, #Minister, #Ministry--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

Remember we communicate for relationship. We communicate to understand and be understood. Once you have identified your gifts and recognize sharing with souls is part of our Christian journey, what is the approach? Colossians 3:23-24 ESV 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will recei…

2 Corinthians 1:20 “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken”. #Sermononthemount, #beatitudes. #Jesus, #Sermon, #SDA--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness [the hoarded treasures] And the hidden riches of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you (Cyrus the Great) by your name.Isaiah 45:2-3 AMP#F…

Some argue that the Bible is contradictory concerning whether God is a God of peace or war. The argument is that Exodus 15:3 and Joel 3:9-10 say that God is a God of war, but Isaiah 2:4 and Romans 15:33 say that God is a God of peace. However, there is a very simple explanation that solves this alleged contradiction. --- Support this podcast: https…

Many of us do not continue to grow spiritually because we prefer to choose on the basis of our rights, instead of relying on God to make the choice for us. We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has its eyes focused on God. And God says to us, as He did to Abram, “…walk before Me…” (Genesis 17:1) --- Support this podcast: https://…

Fake Christians are those who have chosen a saved appearance rather than a saved heart. #Saved, #Christian, #Hell, #Fake, #Heaven, #Bornagain --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness should only be a stage we quickly pass through as we grow spiritually.If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful… —2 Peter 1:8#Worship, #Habits, #Prayer, #Scripture #God, #Yeshua, #Love--- Support this podcast: https://podcaster…

Ephesians 5:16"Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil."As Christians time is vital and crucial to our walk with God. it is key that you are master the art of showing up.#Prayer #BibleStudy #MostHigh #God #Time--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

Christian love inevitably carries costs. Even when the cost is high, we can nevertheless count on God to bring fulfillment to His followers.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

"Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards." John 13:36 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Dis-ease” is a lack of something (ease/health/disposition), whereas disease is the presence of something (an endpoint condition). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Isaiah 29:13 says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Ephesians 4:25 MSG / 25 What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself. Nihilism - the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless. --- Su…

James 4:11-12 11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to …

When you know why, your passion for God radiates off of you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Psalm 33:11 says, “The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

In Matthew 1:21 When the angel of the Lord told Joseph about his son he told Joseph what to name the child saying “An she will bring forth a son and you shall call his name Yeshuah, for he will save his people from their sins”. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

2 John 1:6 And this is love: that we walk in accordance with His commandments and are guided continually by His precepts. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in love. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

Titus 3:4-6 “But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy…” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Jeremiah 29:11 MSG says it this way - I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Do not neglect present duties and privileges waiting on renewal. Doing so dims the soul and we fade along with our efforts. We need to be wisely improving present real time opportunities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Jeremiah 12:6 Your relatives, members of your own family -- even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you. (NIV) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Romans 16:18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 AMP - For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man. The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. --- Support this podcast: https…

What the Bible emphasizes and then God prioritizes, lets make them our priorities. If you were to define church just using the bible what would be the priority? Just as in your home family, your church family needs to prioritized by love. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

The worst battle is between what we know and what we feel. Understand need. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Hebrews 13:12, NLT: "So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

sycophant a person who acts attentive to excess toward someone important in order to gain advantage. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

Do you remember when you were new to the church. There was a fire in your belly and you wanted to work. A Christian warrior in your heart ready to shout to the world. Fall on your knees God hears your plea’s. Open your heart and he’ll break your chains free. Do you remember that person? Do you remember that me? --- Support this podcast: https://pod…

Today, the same essence, energy, and power that breathed out God’s Word still reside in it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

He cares and he gives.One of the ways the world knows that he cares is if you and I who know him and love him and extend a helping hand to someone who needs it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support

1 John 3:7 Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous." Its not because you prayed a certain prayer or got baptized or was 5 minutes early for church every week. No. Christ says because you practice. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/…

In Hebrews 5:12-14 “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of…

2 Peter 3:9 God is patently Waiting on you - it says ‘The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness. But He is patient with us, because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance. God waits --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-barrow-iii/support…

What is your first response when someone damages you? Maybe you immediately become angry and want to retaliate. Or perhaps your outward expression doesn’t change, but inside you begin quietly nursing bitterness. Although these reactions come across us as understandable and perfectly natural, they're not how God tells us to respond. --- Support this…

In Colossians we are encouraged to clothe ourselves with “compassion, humility, kindness, gentleness and patience.” These qualities are like all the pieces in a matching set of clothes. He’s saying, in effect, “Get rid of your old, dirty, smelly clothes so that Jesus can give you the clothing of life.” Then “over all these virtues put on love, whic…

It’s easy to worship God when things are going great in your life—when he’s provided food, friends, family, health, and happy situations. But circumstances are not always pleasant. How do you worship God then? What do you do when God seems a million miles away? *Portions taken from a devotional. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.…