Mailbox Monday: Panhandlers, Prodigal Children, and Word of Faith
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Heidi is answering listener questions about training up children, dealing with panhandling and homelessness, and the Word of Faith movement. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the biblical context of Proverbs 22:6 and the need for prayer and love when dealing with prodigal children. She also discusses the dangers of the Word of Faith movement and its focus on human power and authority rather than God's authority. The episode concludes with a call to action to send Christmas cards and donations to Firmly Planted Family.
Show Notes: https://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/panhandlers-prodigal-children-word-faith
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. I'm glad you guys have tuned into the podcast today. It's mailbox Monday |
| 0:06.8 | and I'm going to be answering listener questions today about what it means in the Bible when it says train up a child in the way he should go. Is that a promise or is it a proverb? |
| 0:17.0 | Some of you have heard me talk about this before but I had an interesting question come in and I'm going to revisit it today. |
| 0:22.0 | Also we're going to talk about the |
| 0:23.7 | word of faith movement. The question becomes of course is it biblical and finally I'm |
| 0:28.8 | going to give you guys a little bit of encouragement about how to handle panhandling in your neck of the woods. |
| 0:35.0 | This is the Heidi St. John Podcast. |
| 0:36.7 | Stick around. |
| 0:37.4 | I think you're having a great Christmas season wherever you are. I had a wonderful time recently in Midland, Texas going down there for some business meetings and I'm here to tell you guys, God is doing some amazing things with regard to education. |
| 1:05.9 | I've got a bunch of things I cannot wait to tell you about, which I think you'll hear more about |
| 1:10.0 | for me in the months to come. |
| 1:12.2 | Also, want to let you know that my brand new book from |
| 1:15.4 | Brave Books is coming out on the 1st of January. I have written a brand new book |
| 1:20.8 | for them called The Mouse and the Sea. It's my newest |
| 1:23.8 | writing project and it's a children's book. I can't wait for you guys to see it. |
| 1:28.2 | We're going to be entering into some wonderful partnerships with our friends at Brave Books and |
| 1:32.3 | so you're going to hear more about that in the days to come. |
| 1:35.2 | But I want to encourage you this is a really phenomenal gift for your family. |
| 1:39.8 | If you've got grandchildren or little ones at your home. |
| 1:43.4 | Nothing is more life giving than sitting down |
| 1:45.2 | and reading to them. |
| 1:46.3 | It's something that I love to do with my children |
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