Outposts
Living In His Name Ministries is a group of individuals called to be in close relationship with God Almighty, living His Life out loud in wisdom, conduct, and character, in evidence of the presence of Jesus Christ in a world of declining values. Taste and see the Lord is Good! Ah, more than good, He is God! ... ... ... ... ... ... In a world of changing morals, fuzzy boundaries, and elusive standards, OUTPOSTS breathes life! ... ... ... “Theatre of the mind”, OUTPOSTS is an imaginary cafe at the end of Oldfield Road, wondrously situated overlooking the beautiful Ockluhwahhah River, where the trees gently lean over, and every evening is pleasant. ... ... ... OUTPOSTS is a 30-minute radio broadcast-styled program of cool jazz and contemplative conversation, touching the issues of everyday life, where the rubber meets the road.
Episodes
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Personal Holiness
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Purity is one of God's attributes, and concerns the necessity, and power of living a consistent and repeatable life of being unmixed and undiluted with the world ... a life of our being the same in private as we are in public ... consistent and repeatable.
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Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Reference Points and Patterns
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
What or Who is the reference point and pattern in your decision-making machine, concerning how to choose and live? What or who governs your appetites? Whoever stands at the helm of your boat has incredible influence concerning where that boat goes, so I must ask, “Who is in your wheelhouse?” We need a reference...
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Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Living A Circumspect Life
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Luke 14:28-30, “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.‘”
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Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Where Two Ways Meet
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
What do all of the following words have in common? Crossroad, intersection, cloverleaf, crosswalk, crossway, exchange, grade crossing, gridiron, interchange, junction, traversal, underpass. They are all places where paths or roads meet and a decision must be made. True, we …
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Monday Jan 22, 2024
All For Jesus
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Luke 15:13, “And not many days after the younger son gathered all his stuff together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.” Psalm 53:1, “The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
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Sunday Dec 31, 2023
God of All Comfort
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Deuteronomy 31:8 “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." To what or whom do you turn when you’re in the middle of a terrific storm or experiencing a terrible loss? Someone? No one? Anyone? Are there any truly safe people in your life who would comfort...
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Monday Dec 18, 2023
Song of the Morning
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
In the morning….there’s just something very important about “in the morning”. It’s like really important stuff always seems to happen at that time. We set off on a trip "in the morning," we pray “first thing” in the morning, we begin another day “in the morning”; our thoughts seem more fresh and crisp in the morning...
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Friday Dec 08, 2023
Pledges and Affirmations
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Are you a typical promise-maker and promise-breaker? If you tend to break your promises, let me suggest you do more and promise less. Better to pledge...
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Options at the End of Your Rope
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
The storm is raging, I mean the ocean spray across the deck is being blown so hard it stings your skin and eyes and there is nowhere to hide from the pounding, the thunder and ...
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Thursday Nov 02, 2023
His Attribute of Commitment
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
The Lord has many attributes, all of them holy, righteous and true. Some examples of His attributes are knowledge, mercy, dependability, wisdom, vision, and compassion, to name a few. I’ve made a list of 94 and I’m sure that is …
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
A Persistent Pursuit
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
It is by the intense, persistent pursuit of Christ we come into the call and anointing to heal, prophecy, and raise the dead; not by our incessant surrounding ourselves with people who have something we want. Christ alone is our source, …
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Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Call It What It Is
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Life, for me, has radically changed over the last 52 years of walking with Jesus. In these years God has taught me so many things. i’ve learned to not be angry about everything and for a guy who was easily …
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Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Wounds Require Binding and Binding Takes Time
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Some wounds clear up pretty quickly, but there are wounds of the heart and soul that take time, introspection, insight, and understanding to resolve. When a friend is surprisingly brutal or you're left with a cruel betrayal, it leaves a …
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Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Facets of Reticence
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
What is silence? Is it good or bad? Sometimes both, sometimes neither, it depends on why. Is it a something or a nothing? Many times we expect an answer from God, our spouse, a child, or whom-so-ever we are engaging with, but there is just silence, or no reply. In that space of no reply many of us...
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Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Still Hiding
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
These days, we are hiding from God, but it’s not a child's game, and there’s no laughing and giggling to it all anymore.
Gen 3:8-10, "And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself." There are three significant words to note: afraid, naked, and the word for hiding.
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Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Who Are You Anyway?
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Who Are You Anyway?
Contrary to popular belief, we all really do need a mediator. We have a conflict within us between life and death and there needs to be a judge and peacemaker to help resolve our conflicted thinking and crisis of conscience.
Hebrews 9:13-15, “For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason, He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”
How will God reward us in Heaven when we have led a life of constant self-condemnation? i think that for many of us, we’ve bought into the lie that we are alone and nobody cares, making it easy to aim our own condemning finger at ourselves. Either way, it’s still all about ourselves… the consummate victim and martyr. Being a victim is as much about domination as being a controller.
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Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Ugh! Mammon!
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
... and the Lord said the way of mammon is death.
Mammon elevates us in the moment, it spikes and then trails off in a negative direction… it starts high and then the thrill deteriorates until the next high… like drug use… we spend so much time trying to get back that initial spike of exhilaration, as a result, little by little we, pursue our devotion to stuff, and things, or for some maybe, the possibilities of fame and power, but it never quite becomes as satisfying and delicious as the first time we encountered “mammon”.
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Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Little Wisdoms 2
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
A few hard-won practical insights ...
Oftentimes, if we could hear what is in the silence of those around us, quite possibly we would find good reason to exercise great grace. Silence speaks loudly if we are willing to listen. Maybe fear holds people silent more often than we think; maybe most people really don’t know what to say – so they say nothing. We really, really need to learn to listen beyond just the words. i think maybe we’ve been taught to speak and to speak well, but it is rare to meet someone who has been taught to listen.
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Faith And Risk
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Faith is the eternal optimist, risk is the eternal pessimist.
How do we act in faith and risk together? What is risk to you and what parts of your life do you feel are your biggest risks? If you know the truth, is there any risk involved? And, what is your idea of a necessary risk, responsible risk, irresponsible risk, and how does your choice of risk affect you and the people around you?
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
The Champions Behind The Champions
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Most of what we see is just the person at the microphone, but we can rest assured, that even the speakers who seem the most competent, well-spoken, and organized have a team of people behind them, making it all happen. As to the behind-the-scenes workers, you, yes you – are the champions behind the champions.
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Illustrated Righteousness
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Good works and the bottom line definition of "good".
What does the Lord mean when He uses the word “works”, and is there a difference between doing good things, and maintaining good works?
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Safe Places
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Is there any place that's actually safe?
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Little Wisdoms
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Over time, the Lord has given me some little, hard-won wisdoms, and this evening i’d like to cover a few of what i’ve gathered...
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Stand UP Church!
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Stand UP Church, we've got to get to our feet!
The word for “standing up” and “standing” was used extensively in the O.T., over 1000 times this expression is used in one capacity or another…. many times the entire nation of Israel was called to “stand before the Lord” in solemn assemblies…. The phrase “stand before Him” is an expression of dedication, allegiance, and service. Joseph stood before Pharoah, David before Saul, etc, etc and so the believer stands before the Lord in a position of obedience, respect, and readiness to serve. When at church and the music starts, do most of us even know why we stand? Is it because someone told you to? Is it blind habit, something we do because… well… it’s what we always do? Maybe it’s that we see others stand and we don’t want to be the odd one out… and if no one told you to – would you stand anyway? Why would you do that? The wise take the time to carefully consider their motivations... Do you stand for righteous reasons?... What are your reasons for standing, or not?
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