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Welcome to No Compromise Radio, a ministry coming to you from Bethlehem Bible Church in West Boylston.
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No Compromise Radio is a program dedicated to the ongoing proclamation of Jesus Christ based on the theme in Galatians 2, verse 5, where the
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Apostle Paul said, �But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.�
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In short, if you like smooth, watered -down words to make you simply feel good, this show isn�t for you.
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By purpose, we are first biblical, but we can also be controversial. Stay tuned for the next 25 minutes as we�re called by the
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Divine Trumpet to summon the troops for the honor and glory of her King. Here�s our host, Pastor Mike Abendroth.
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Welcome to No Compromise Radio, a ministry. Mike Abendroth here. You can write us, info at nocompromiseradio .com.
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If you want to order some books, some bulk books for your men�s
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Bible study or women�s Bible study, Mike at nocompromiseradio .com. I saw, just went and got some mail.
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I had to take a break after that last show I recorded about Jesus�s skin color.
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My skin color was getting red, is what it was. It was such an awful article.
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So untrue. I had to go outside and get the mail, and there�s a Moody Bible Institute Pastors Conference in Chicago, May 23rd through 27th, and it�s talking about, well, it says engage the culture, equipping leaders, engage the culture, engage.
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Star Trek Next Generation was good, wasn�t it? I couldn�t get into Deep Space Nine. What�s the other one?
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Enterprise was that one? I don�t know. Some of them I didn�t get to watch. Some of them started getting too weird.
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The people that are here for the Pastors Conference, we�ve got
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Daniel Henderson, D .A. Horton, James McDonald, John Trent, Chip Ingram, Daryl Bach, and some others.
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Engage the culture. I don�t think
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I�ll be going. I also got christianbook .com,
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1 -800 -CHRISTIAN. Everything Christian for less. Now, that�s
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CBD Bargain Spring 2016. What we have here, which
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I�m very happy for, $5 deals, 12 extraordinary women, John MacArthur, 12 extraordinary men,
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John MacArthur, both $5, top, front, center bargains, and then great gifts for moms, dads, and grads.
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We�ve got Elizabeth George, One Minute Inspirations for Women. I just ran into Elizabeth�s husband,
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Jim, the other day. Jim had an influence in my life in getting me to Master�s Seminary. You will find nothing weird, nothing kind of out of the stratosphere with Elizabeth George�s material.
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We�re talking about the Christian lady, not the other secular author. So, I�m happy for that.
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Christian deals, bargains. Everybody likes a bargain. Everything Christian for less. We get
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Christian things for less. Then we have Patrick Morley, The Man in the
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Mirror. I bet you there�s worse books.
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That�s the only thing I can say about it. And I know it�s true because in the very bottom middle for $9 .99,
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this is not the $5 deal, Jesus Calling for Graduates. I�m calling you graduates.
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When I was a kid, we had an apartment complex by our home. Not that close, but 20 -minute walk.
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It was by school, elementary school. I had one friend that lived there. It�s called the August Moon. And I always remember the tagline for the radio ad, �The
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August Moon is calling you.�
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We lived in a poor neighborhood, but we didn�t live in apartments. So I was glad for that. I was thankful for that little 1 ,200 -square -foot home.
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My old boss used to say he knew he had arrived when there was nobody that lived above him from a different family.
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There you go. Okay. So we�ve got the book, CBD. It�s here close.
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It�s an hour from where I live in, not Peabody, for you people that don�t know how to talk.
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Peabody, Mass. No. Peabody. Peabody. It�s almost like you�re ready to say something, you have to just kind of let it out all at once.
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Peabody. You don�t have time to breathe. Peabody. And I opened the book.
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This is all unrehearsed. I know that�s hard to believe. It�s all unrehearsed. It�s not a rerun in any way, shape, or form.
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Fred will be happy. We�re not going to do a linguistical study. Ted will be happy.
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I�m not barbecuing anything. John will be happy. I�m not talking about Roman Catholics yet.
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Lois will be happy. I haven�t said the word �so� yet. Jill will be happy.
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We�re all happy. We�re happy, peppy people. Second page. Bible blessings and promises.
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Dash. Coloring book for adults. Now, I don�t mind if you have a coloring book.
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The kids had a coloring book. Somebody gave it to them, and we sat there and talked, and we each kind of colored and talked one day.
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But I wasn�t coloring Philippians 4, 13. I can stay in the lines through all, because of Christ who strengthens me.
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He strengthens me. Embrace your creative side and relieve stress at the same time.
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Okay, you know what? If you don�t have a coloring book, I get it. I understand. When I did coloring books when
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I was younger, and it was Daniel Boone or Batman, I always had to put boots on them. Everybody had to have boots. I just went outside the lines and made the boots.
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Pairs, inspirational quotes, and scripture verses with intricate designs for hours of coloring. 48 perforated pages.
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Soft color. Retail $5 .99. This is the sale. The sale of the century. You have more for your coloring enjoyment.
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This is $4 .99. This is the sale. This is a blowout sale. Spring sale. Peabody. CBD. I would like to know if there's going to be a
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Jesus Calling coloring book. You've heard it here first. I feel prophetic.
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God, yes, yes, that's a word from the Lord, a Jesus Calling book. I think it's even fine if you wanted to have a coloring book and it had a
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Bible verse at the bottom. I mean, that's better than a Metallica quote. But once we move it from coloring into a spiritual practice, into a spiritual discipline, let's move it along the line to a sacrament, then not too good.
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The second book in here is Be Still and Know that I am
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God. Lovely quote from Psalm, what? 4610. But this is a coloring book for adults, filled with beautiful poetry and rich imagery to help reduce stress.
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This coloring book features scripture from the book of Psalms and room to doodle on the reverse side of every page.
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128 perforated pages. See, you totally got me.
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Okay, we have a coloring book. We want to think about the Psalms. The more you think about it, the
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Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. And you're just thinking about it. That's right. You don't have to really think.
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You can doodle and think about the Lord Yahweh. He's a shepherd. These other people are false shepherds.
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Just like in Ezekiel, God himself is going to have to be the shepherd. John chapter 10, Jesus is the good shepherd.
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He laid down his life for the sheep. Shepherd, shepherd, shepherd. He is my shepherd.
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He'll watch over me. But the second it says you've got room to doodle, then we're pretty much out of the doodling, the noodling, the doodle noodle.
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You got those swimming pool noodles. I can just think of those. Awful. Room to doodle.
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They do have another in the same series, Whatever is Lovely. That's more expensive.
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Although it's another great choice. Okay. Coloring books for your soul. Who says they're just for kids?
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Pick up colored pencils, paints, or markers and allow these psalms and affirmations. Like what from the...
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Who's that Catholic lady that died? That mother...
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Not Mother Teresa. Mother Hemingway. She started
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EBTW or whatever it was. What was her name? Angelica. Mother Angelica, Teresa Angelica, Angelica Houston.
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I mean, who are we talking about? You know who I'm talking about. Glasses, Flying Nun. Did I tell you when
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I moved to Los Angeles, I decided to move from $10 haircuts, because you could tell
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I was from Nebraska, and somebody talked me into going to a real salon. Never been, you know, $60 haircut back in 1986.
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And it's a true story. Went to Beverly Hills. Had it all lined up.
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I think it was $50 plus a tip. Got the owner of the salon. He was heterosexual.
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I was glad for that. Got the haircut. But before I got the haircut,
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I don't think you get a haircut for $60. I think it's, I think it's, do you get manicured hair?
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Do you get, I don't know, they don't tease your hair. They do a lot of other stuff, though. Yeah, I was pampered.
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I should have had a coloring book. Would have felt so much better. If only I had room to doodle.
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And I was getting my hair washed before, washed before, and right next to me in the other washing area was a lady.
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She was getting her hair washed as well before she got her hair cut. She had to get someone else.
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I had the owner of the salon. She had to get one of these other underlying underlings.
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And it was Sally Fields. And I said hi. She said hi. Then I got back to my doodling.
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Okay, well, I guess we have more. Crayola colored pencils. Colorful tools to bring your artwork to life.
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Featuring a vibrant assortment of brilliant hues, these 50 long -lasting pencils are perfect for creating stunning images.
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Retail $12 .99. Colored pencils. Now, let's morph last show into this show.
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I saw something the other day that flesh colored. When I was a kid, 64
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Crayola colors, and you had the sharpener as well. I think they gave you flesh. And the flesh color was
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Caucasian pretty much. You know what? I get it. I could see how that was kind of dopey.
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But I don't think you're going to get any flesh colored Crayola pencils. If it's at Duke University, they'll probably be making sure that's taken care of.
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Today is going to be a great day coloring book for adults. This is the Joel Osteen version.
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If Joel Osteen puts a coloring book out, he will make a lot of money. Joel, there's your free idea.
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Discover the relaxing benefits of coloring. Features inspirational quotes from G .K.
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Chesterton, C .S. Lewis, Tolkien, and other people who are either
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Catholics or close to it. Plus gift tags, bookmarks, and cards to cut out and share.
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Perforated pages. Why are all these coloring books perforated? Because you did such a great job, you'll frame it. Maybe you could send it to your pastor.
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Anyway, you know what's hot these days. You know what's hot these days when the first page of the
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Blowout Special. You know, we put the Bibles in the back. That's where they go. The NIV Study Bible.
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The ESV MacArthur Study Bible. The ESV Study Bible. We put those in the back.
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The Very Very Back Back. Those are also insightful. Let's just see what's here. This is for fun. Giant print personal size reference
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Bibles. $7 .99 each. Like it. Jesus Today Deluxe Edition.
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Sarah Young. Revealing the peace, comfort, and encouragement that the Lord is offering. Young's devotions help you hear from God.
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Really? Lies. Discover hope and walk with Jesus every day.
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Imitation leather. Because that's quite apropos. It's imitation leather because it's inspiration.
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It's imitation Jesus talking. Just dropped my phone.
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How does that work? It's not Jesus talking. Jesus Today talking?
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I've been spending about two months preaching through Hebrews 1. And funny to think that Jesus in the last days is the one that the
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Lord speaks in and through. Is there anything else in the back here?
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God's tender promises for mothers. I need tender promises too.
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Veggie Tales Royalty Collection DVD. You probably didn't know this about me.
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I was living in Los Angeles. Late 80s, early 90s.
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Got saved. Someone came over to our home with a VHS and they said, By the way, we work in the
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Hollywood kind of industry. And there's this new show. Here's a prototype.
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And it's going to be like Bible stories using vegetables. I wanted to be asked for theological critique.
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And I could have helped them at certain times. The bunny. The bunny. But they never called me.
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They never called me. Now Veggie Tales is making a comeback. Esther, Madam Blueberry, King George, and the ducky.
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I like when they're doing Daniel. And there's the fiery furnace. And there's four people in there instead of just Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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And then one of those creatures, one of those Veggie Tales said something like, There's four people there in the fire.
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And one of them's real shiny. I always remember that one. Remember the bunny?
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You know, bow down Nebuchadnezzar's large statue. I love the bunny.
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You know. You had to watch those when you were a kid. Is it better to watch moralistic shows that take the
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Bible out of context? Or is it better just to watch Barney, the purple dinosaur? What happened to Barney, the purple dinosaur?
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I don't know. Barney, the purple dinosaur. The best advice
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I ever got, wit and wisdom for graduates. It's from Jerry Jenkins, Patsy Claremont, Terry Blackstock, and others.
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You don't know what else to buy the poor kid. I to this day, Charles and Carol Davey, my parents' beloved friends.
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Carol's still alive. They gave me a dictionary in 1978 for graduation. Charles was a high school teacher.
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And to this day, I have that. Actually, that was an excellent gift. You should probably tell them that. Anything else in this book that looks good?
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War Room DVD curriculum. Subtitled, How to Soak a Product, Mass Merchandising, Increase SKUs.
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What would that mean? We have the actual
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Jesus Calling book. Pursuit of God by Tozer. Complimented by Devotions by Charles Swindoll.
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Brett Merrick. Agents of Babylon, David Jeremiah. Mystery of the
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Shemitah, Jonathan Cahn. Brandon loves that kind of stuff. My Utmost for His Highest for Graduates, Classic Edition.
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There's the Utmost for His Highest. There's the Utmost Highest for Graduates. There's the Utmost Highest for Graduates. Classic Edition.
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That's interesting. You got God's Promises for Graduates. Morning by Morning for Graduates. I don't get that.
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Why does it have to be for graduates? It's like certain Bibles, you know, for graduates.
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The Bible for Graduates. Yeah, yeah. It's just the Bible. That's the most amazing thing about the Word of God.
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It's trans -chronological, trans -migrational.
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Encouraging verses of the Bible for mothers. Problem is, what would you bet me that some of those verses are taken out of context and applied to moms?
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How about pressing pause? Quiet moments for moms to meet with Jesus. Oh, because I've stepped on May 8th
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Mother's Day section. Coloring Books for Grown -ups, Margaret Feinberg. You ever look at her theology?
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I think you should. My wife's going to love this. Coloring Books by Margaret Feinberg. I do find it interesting that sometimes if you don't know what to get your mom, you can get her a mom mug.
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Warm -hearted tribute, mom. She's clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future.
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Wait a second. What about for dads? No compromise radio, you know. What about dads? Honor Dad, June 19th.
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Huh? What about that? I give them kudos. Not just the man in the mirror special 25th anniversary.
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Not just the man minute. 60 -second encounter can change your life. Guys got a minute. Not just prayers and promises for men.
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That's new. Not just game plan for life Bible. N .I .B. Not just Bible prayers for fathers.
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Not just time with God for fathers. Ministry edition. Not just the praying man sculpture. Not just 101 blessings for dad.
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But Brave Dad. Raising your kids to follow and love God. John MacArthur. There you go.
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I stand corrected. Hmm. What else do we have here?
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How many different SKUs can you get? Oh, this is a good one. You know what? I actually think this is kind of a good cover and a good title for a book here.
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I was going to dive into something else. I had Calvin's four rules of prayer in front of me.
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I was going to do that. That was going to be the show today until I opened up this. Until I went out to the post office. Until I needed a break from the
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Jesus isn't white deal. Here's the book that looks cool.
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At least in terms of a title and a cover. Cover's got somebody on a rock out in the field.
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Bent over trying to get a sack off their head. No, it's not the
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Daniel plan. That's on the other page. Yeah, it's the
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Daniel plan cover. It's like binge and purge. How do you, what's the
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Daniel plan? Oh man. The show is called, the book is called.
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Unglued. But the spiritual strategies of not hurting people probably aren't up my proverbial alley.
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What about circle drawing? We've got you covered. What about God's not dead too? We got you covered.
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You like Joyce Meyer? Got you covered. Interesting to cross the page from Joyce Meyer. I find this fascinating placement.
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Not just, you know, having a Martha, a Mary Hart in a Martha world. But you've got unqualified.
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You've got the bait of Satan. And then you've got the mind connection with Joyce herself.
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Okay, any great reads? What are the great reads these days? If you had to talk about great reads in evangelicalism, what would your great reads be?
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What's the great reads? For me, honestly, here's a great read. The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson. That would be a great read.
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Probably better than Aha, probably better than Grave Robber, probably better than...
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This is making the comeback again. Bondage Breaker. Neil Anderson was big when
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I was in seminary. So big that a man named Neil Anderson, who was going to Master's Seminary, he's now in South Africa. A South African.
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A surfer. Takes you to bad parts of town to get good food. He was named
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Neil Anderson but didn't want to be known by then. So now I think he's known as Tip O 'Neill. Why are all
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Charles Stanley's sons, Andy Stanley's North Point resources sold at a discount? Was that after his last sermon?
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Or his first sermon? Anyway, now we've got all the DVDs and everything else.
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I will just say, you could probably get some good things at CBD, but I think their days are numbered.
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The way the industry is going with publishing and everything else, and what Amazon has done, and what places that specialize in books like Westminster Books.
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These places are going out of business. I would regularly spend $1 ,000 or $2 ,000 at CBD a year.
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A, it was close. B, they had the good sales. And C, that's just what you did. You ordered from CBD. Now the way things work,
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I'm not beholden to CBD to say it is Christian. Therefore, I want to give my money to a Christian. Similar thinking where you say,
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I don't want to give my money to a Walmart. I'd rather give it to a local butcher instead of going to the Walmart deli.
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But now with Westminster Books, that is a Christian organization, and it's free shipping and excellent deals at Westminster.
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And with Amazon, these places are gone. And there's a huge industrial complex up there for books.
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And I don't know how long ago they built it, 10 years ago, 15 years ago. But maybe that'll be our new
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Collide Church or Collision Church or CBD Bible Church or something. I don't wish anything bad on CBD.
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I wish they'd stop selling things that are inappropriate to sell, whether it's Joyce Meyer or Benny Hinn or the
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Dakes Annotated Reference Bible. Shame on them for selling those things because here's the problem.
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At the very beginning, it says everything Christian for less. Arianism isn't Christian.
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I don't know if there's a T .D. Jake's book in here, but I bet you there is. Arianism isn't Christian. Sabellianism isn't
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Christian. Modalism isn't Christian. Word -faith stuff isn't
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Christian. I'm not talking about should they sell Wesleyan books or Arminian books or conservative charismatic books.
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I know they all fall under the auspices of Christian. When they start going outside of that, well, it's inevitable.
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You say, well, what about Andy Griffith DVDs? What about them? My name is Mike Abendroth. This is No Compromise Radio.
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If you would like to write me, mike at nocompromiseradio .com, I'd be glad to hear from you.
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