What’s So Important About Being Thankful?

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Being thankful merits a Thanksgiving holiday in the USA and Canada. But how often is thanksgiving actually practiced by Americans on Thanksgiving and otherwise? Most Americans I know will stuff themselves with turkey dinner, spend time with family, watch football, and so on. But will they spend 5 minutes thanking God for His blessings? Maybe not.

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I’m convinced that most Christians don’t think gratitude is all that important. How do I know this? Because I’ve been to hundreds of prayer gatherings and seen now much focus is on prayers of request as opposed to prayers of praise and gratitude. Often thankfulness is totally overlooked.

Yet being thankful is commanded over and over in the Bible. For example, Psalm 50:22-23 says:

“Repent, all of you who forget me,  or I will tear you apart and no one will help you. But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path,  I will reveal to you the salvation of God.” (NLT)

Being thankful is so important that pastor M. Craig Barnes wrote in The Pastor as Minor Poet, “I doubt that there is such a thing as a measure of spirituality, but if there is, gratitude would be it. Only the grateful are paying attention. They are grateful because they pay attention, and they pay attention because they are so grateful.”

In this podcast I explain why being thankful is so important, and how to express gratitude.

For additional help in being thankful see these resources on this website:

• Thanksgiving, a Most Important Attitude

• How to Know God’s Will for You Right Now

• Five Ways to Conquer Complaining and Find Happiness Now

• What Does God Owe Me?

• Why Thanking Prayers Are So Important

• My WORST Christmas Ever

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What Do Christians Believe About Creation And Evolution?

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Creation and evolution are huge topics for Christians. Why? Because strict evolutionists deny the existence of a Creator. They seek an explanation for the universe that doesn’t include the Supernatural God of the Universe.

Podcast recorded live at New Song Community Church in Oceanside, California

What do Christians believe about creation and evolution? Christians seek to understand adaption (evolution) from a Christian and Biblical perspective. They wonder, “Is there any truth to evolution?”

This podcast will help to answer some of your questions about creation and evolution from a biblical, Christian perspective. Specifically, we address:

• Were dinosaurs in existence before or after the creation of Adam and Eve?

• What about Neanderthals. Did they exist and have souls like human beings?

• What is the age of the earth vs. the Biblical time frame?

• Do science and Christianity conflict?

These are some of the questions about creation and evolution that we address in this podcast.

Who is “we?”

This podcast was recorded live at New Song Community Church in Oceanside, CA. Pastor Hal Seedand I were answering questions posed to us live that day. New Song is Carolyn’s and my home church where I have served on the Leadership Board for many years.

Dr. Hal Seed, Senior Pastor of New Song Community Church

So please listen to this intriguing podcast on creation and evolution.

For additional help with dinosaurs, the age of the earth, creation and evolution, please see these resources on my website:

• Vlog (video): Creation demands a Creator

• Podcast: Where do dinosaurs fit in the Bible?

Also, there are other wonderful resources on the web if you want to dig deeper:

• The Institute for Creation Research

• Answers in Genesis

• Apologetics Press (has lots of answers on all kinds of topics including creation and evolution)

• Reasons to Believe

PLEASE NOTE: Because I have included a website above doesn’t mean I agree with or endorse all of their opinions.

For an excellent overview of the issues related to creation and evolution, plus recommended resources, see 18 Recommended Resources for Learning About Creation and Evolution Views by Natasha Crain.

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What Will The Afterlife Be Like?

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The afterlife is something most everyone thinks about. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says “He has also set eternity in the human heart.” (NIV) We humans have an inborn sense that there is something after this life. God put that in our hearts.

Podcast recorded live at New Song Community Church in Oceanside, California

So people have a lot of questions about what the afterlife will be like such as:

• What is paradise and the 3rd heaven?Will we meet aliens from other planets?

• What’s the difference between the Judgment Seat and the Bema Seat of Christ?

• What happens to our spirit at our death?

• What will heaven and hell be like?

We answer all these questions on the afterlife in this podcast.

Who is “we?”

This podcast was recorded live at New Song Community Church in Oceanside, CA. Pastor Hal Seedand I were answering questions posed to us live that day. New Song is Carolyn’s and my home church where I have served on the Leadership Board for many years.

Dr. Hal Seed, Senior Pastor of New Song Community Church

So please listen to this podcast on the afterlife.

For more biblical insight into the afterlife, see my articles and podcasts:

• How to Prepare for Eternity Now and Face Death with Confidence Later

• What Can We Learn from a Cemetery Under a City Park?

• Hungry for Heaven

• Podcast: If I commit suicide, will I go to hell?

• Podcast: Is cremation biblically permissible for Christians?

• Podcast: Isn’t Christianity arrogant to claim to be the only way to heaven?

• Podcast: What exactly is hell?

• Podcast: What will happen in the end times?

To learn more about this “Christianity Questions and Answers” podcast and how to submit your questions, click HERE.

To develop your relationship with God, get my free eBook “10 Prayers to Unlock Heaven on Earth” click HERE.

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