4. Does God Care What We Look Like?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
Release Date: 01/01/2020
62. What Does the Parable of the Sower Teach Us?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
In this podcast, we discuss the 4 different types of soils that Jesus refers to in Matthew 13 and Luke 8. It helps us understand the difference between the unbeliever (1st soil) and the believer (other 3 soils). Further, it explains what keeps believers from producing fruit in their Christian lives (2nd and 3rd soils).
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61. Can The Family Survive When The Nation Falls?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
In this podcast, we'll discuss the importance of family and seven divine purposes: 1) fellowship and community; 2) leadership; 3) a proper place for sex; 4) financial provision; 5) spiritual instruction 6) loving discipline, and 7) a place to model Christ to the unsaved world.
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60. Time To Say Goodbye?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
In this podcast we discuss how and when we need to separate ourselves from other people in order to grow closer to God. Also, we discuss the importance of separating ourselves from false Biblical teaching.
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59. Do "Tongues" Still Exist?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
Does the gift of Tongues still exist, or has it ceased? And what about the gifts of prophecy and knowledge?
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58. What Does It Mean To Be A Stumbling Block?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
How do we balance our liberty as Christians while meeting people where they're at? And in a politically sensitive world, is it always wrong to offend someone else?
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57. Do Bad Decisions Change God's Plan For Us?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
When we make mistakes in the Christian life, it's easy to underestimate the grace of God and believe that God's plan for us has changed. For example, we may think that we're no longer qualified to go into the ministry based upon bad choices we've made in our past. However, a Biblical study of Abraham shows that even when we struggle with faith and obedience, God doesn't quit on us.
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56. Down By The Juniper Tree
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
The story of Elijah at the Juniper Tree is an encouraging reminder that all believers struggle and have setbacks. It's also a humble reminder that our expectations and plans for bringing glory to God can sometimes lead to discouragement when things don't go as we planned.
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55. Calm Under Pressure
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
Persecution is ramping up in our country. In this episode we share the story of a believer at a military academy, and we discuss how to stay calm in the midst of a world filled with evil and cruelty.
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54. Do No Harm: A Christian's Philosophy In A Pandemic
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
What does it mean to "do no harm?" Are our best intentions actually causing harm to one another? Is it okay to sacrifice one person for the "greater good?" In this podcast, we get more specific regarding how Christians should think and act in an environment of mask mandates and vaccines.
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53. How Much Do We Choose Our Own Destiny?
We are the One: Christianity and Mental Health with Travis Reinold
In this podcast, we'll discuss the difference between Freewill and Predestination. And we'll explain the significance to our relationship with God.
info_outlineListen to me as I share someone else's story and my own personal story struggling with what I look like. Here are the major takeaways:
1. God cares about the REAL you and the REAL you is what goes on inside.
a. God doesn't judge you by your Facebook Profile. 1 Samuel 16:7
b. You can look the part but lack the heart! Matthew 23:28 and Colossians 3:12
c. The REAL transformation isn't a before and after photo. It's the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2
2. There aren't any black and white rules for what you should look like.
a. The context of "Your body is a temple" is Corinthian believers visiting the temple prostitute. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
b. The context of "women adorn themselves with proper clothing" is women going to church with gold-braided hair like expensive prostitutes of that day. 1 Timothy 2:9
c. We have the Holy Spirit to help us with grey areas. God's given us guiding principles, so we must avoid coming up with our own rules. And, even worse, projecting our rules onto other people.
3. You don't have to look like anyone else. Just be yourself!
a. The Bible is filled with people who looked and dressed a thousand different ways. Your size, shape, color, and style of dress doesn't matter.
b. God uses ALL different types of people.
4. God chase the appearance of a slave rather than a King.
1. His mission was the cross not the crown. Isaiah 53:2
5. No matter what you look like, God says you're beautiful!
1. You become beautiful when you trust in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ because you possess God's perfect righteousness! 2 Corinthians 5:21