Alert and Anxious Are NOT Emotional Cousins – Continuing Our Candid Conversation About Current Events

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today on Back Porch Theology Alli, Dr Howard and I are continuing our candid discussion about the current conflict in Israel and how to best respond as concerned Christ-followers. In doing so, we’re going to peruse a relevant passage in Mark’s Gospel account that had First Century folks every bit as concerned about the conflict brewing in their culture as we are today. The overarching takeaway from this colorful chapter in Mark - which includes the same type of apocalyptic imagery that we’re seeing on newsreels right now – is that we need to be alert and prayerful, but we don’t have to be afraid. What’s currently going on in Israel has lots of armchair quarterbacks predicting eschatological consequences and we know that can be both confusing and disconcerting. But we want to encourage you to hang on to hope because while Jesus Himself said He didn’t know the exact hour of His return, the second advent, He did tell us that He’ll be coming back with God the Father and they’ll bring the conclusive end to the war between good and evil. When they come back for us, they’ll usher in the reign of perfect peace that all of humanity longs for and His peace will reign forever. There will be no more wars or rumors of wars. No more horrific abuse or human trafficking. No more dying or crying. But in the meantime - in this messy middle, the already but not yet time - as in we're already saved but not yet glorified - we have to stay alert, don’t let satan’s scaly dragon tail catch you off guard and cause a big bruise. Be ready to jump to the aid of others who are in danger of getting whacked by him too. We don’t have to live as victims, y’all because Jesus has already ensured the victory! So grab a cup of coffee, or an oat milk chai, or some fancy green juice and your Bible – unless you’re walking around the same circle in an increasingly claustrophobic corn maze - and come hang out on the porch with us. National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is November 13-20. Click HERE to learn more. Journey to Bethlehem Movie in Theaters.

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0:33.0	Access more.
0:39.0	Today on Backpourch Theology, Alley, Dr. Howard and I are continuing our candid discussion about the current conflict in Israel
0:47.0	and how to best respond as concerned, Christ followers.
0:51.0	In doing so, we're going to peruse a relevant passage in Mark's Gospel account that had first century folks every bit is concerned about the conflict brewing in their culture as we are today.
1:03.0	And the overarching takeaway from this colorful chapter in Mark, which includes the same type of apocalyptic imagery that we're seeing on newsreels right now, is that we need to be alert and prayerful, but we don't have to be afraid.
1:19.0	What's currently going on in Israel has lots of armchair quarterbacks predicting eschatological consequences, and we know that can be both confusing and disconcerting.
1:30.0	But we want to encourage you to hang on to hope not to be afraid, because while Jesus himself said he didn't know the exact hour of his return, the second advent, he did tell us that he'll be coming back with God the Father.
1:43.0	And when they come back for us, they'll usher in the reign of perfect peace that all of humanity longs for and God's peace will reign for ever.
1:55.0	There will be no more wars or rumors of wars, no more horrific abuse or human trafficking, no more murder, no more mayhem, no more dying, no more crying.
2:08.0	But in the meantime, in this messy middle between the already and the not yet, we have to stay alert, y'all, don't let Satan's scaly dragon tail catch you off guard and cause a big bruise.
2:22.0	We need to be ready to jump to the aid of others who are in danger of getting whacked by him too, but we do not have to live as victims, y'all, because Jesus has already assured the victory.
2:35.0	So please grab a cup of coffee or an oatmeal chai or some fancy green juice and your Bible, unless, of course, you're walking around the same circle in an increasingly claustrophobic corn maze and come hang out on the porch with us.
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