Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
The Official Podcast of Christian singer, songwriter, author and speaker Rick Lee James - - http://www.RickLeeJames.com
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Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 330: Ben DeLong - There's A God In My Closet: Encountering The Love Who Embraces Our Skeletons
There's a God in My Closet
Encountering the Love Who Embraces Our Skeletons
Author Ben DeLong
Forward: Brad Jersak
Many have been taught to see God as a terrifying agent of wrath who spews anger at any sign of imperfection. At the same time, they’ve been taught that they are inherently flawed and devoid of goodness. Where does that leave us? For Ben DeLong, it left him hiding his skeletons from the monster he believed God to be. This proved to be a perfect recipe for anxiety, depression, and insecurity. But what if God accepts our skeletons? What if he actually embraces them in love? How would that change our outlook? For Ben, it changed everything. This book is about his journey to find what was always true: we are eternally embraced by God, skeletons and all, and he is never letting go
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Ben DeLong’s Web Site: https://www.bdelong.com/
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Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 329: Nikki Lerner and Multicultural Worship Ministry
Nikki Lerner is an artist, teacher, speaker, author and culture coach helping others engage with one another relationally and across culture lines. Her passion is to see people come to an understanding of one another through music and conversation and learn to remain human with each other. Nikki has been a driving force behind the Multicutural Worship Leaders Network and The MWLN’s 2019 Leadership Conference, One, happens this October 10th and 11th at Bridgeway Community Church
Owings Mills, Maryland.
Nikki Lerner's Official Website: http://www.nikkilerner.com
MWLN One Conference 2019: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-the-multicultural-worship-leaders-network-2019-conference-tickets-56253282081
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Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 328: A Third Way To Talk About Abortion - ProGrace CEO Angie Weszely
According to Lifeway Research, 36% of women who get abortions are regular church attenders. Only 7% talk to anyone at their church before making that decision.
Increasingly, Christians and churches are becoming silent in the abortion conversation. Many leaders have say this is because they wrestle with how to communicate God’s heart on this issue.
The political dialogue frames the issue in a way that makes us feel we must choose between advocating for either the woman OR the child. But when we align with this either/or mentality, it actually limits our positive influence in our culture.
Instead, we can start believing God to give us a creative solution based on His wisdom and provision - and His love for BOTH the woman and the child.
My Guest Today on Voices In My Head is Angie Weszely.
Angie Weszely is CEO Pro-Grace a faith-based nonprofit creating a third option in the abortion debate by equipping Christians with a new approach to the issue.
ProGrace Web Site: www.ProGrace.org
New Conversations About Abortion (The ProGrace Podcast): https://prograce.org/the-prograce-podcast/
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Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 327: William Willimon - Accidental Preacher
Dr. William Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He is an internationally renowned preacher and widely read author noted for his humor, his insight into the Christian faith, and his theological commitment. His many books have sold over a million copies. His latest book, a memoir titled Accidental Preacher, releases on July 17th, 2019. In Accidental Preacher, Dr. Willimon recounts memorable moments from his rich and full preaching life, with his signature wit and humor. Accidental Preacher portrays the adventure of a life caught up in the purposes of a God who calls unlikely people to engage in work greater than themselves. William Willimon, welcome back to Voices In My Head.
Buy The Book "Accidental Preacher" by William H. Willimon Here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802876447/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0802876447&linkCode=as2&tag=rickleejame00-20&linkId=c1056361ae4483dcb50c1e6a18f4c7b7
Buy The Book "Out of the Depths: A Songwriter's Journey Through The Psalms" by Rick Lee James Here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J1V971M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00J1V971M&linkCode=as2&tag=rickleejame00-20&linkId=2084d8eb834a598c1489227d6c25327b
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God Land
In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her—the empty churches and the broken hearts. What was happening to faith in the heartland?
From drugstores in Sydney, Iowa, to skeet shooting in rural Illinois, to the mega churches of Minneapolis, Lenz set out to discover the changing forces of faith and tradition in God's country. Part journalism, part memoir, God Land is a journey into the heart of a deeply divided America. Lenz visits places of worship across the heartland and speaks to the everyday people who often struggle to keep their churches afloat and to cope in a land of instability. Through a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together.
Web Site For Lyz Lenz: https://lyzlenz.com/
Buy God Land On Amazon: https://amzn.to/2MUDdaM
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 325: The Jewish View of Creation
This episode of Voices In My Head dives into the Creation/Evolution debate from a different perspective than most evangelicals endeavor, the Jewish Perspective.
So many of our debates and insecurities about things like creation and evolution could be ended if we simply consulted the Jewish faith to help us understand the book that was originally theirs.
This is an episode much from the Jewish perspective of the conversation using the scholarship of one of the greatest Old Testament scholars of our time, Walther Brueggeman, and a Jewish Rabbi who wrote the text still in use today for young Jewish people in their confirmation, Roland Bertram Gittelsohn.
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Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Wednesday Jun 26, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 324: Lora Jones Shares How She Found Faith In The Midst of Tragedy
Lora Jones’s world shattered on Nov. 23, 2004, the night she survived but lost her husband and two children in a head-on collision. She secretly, desperately wished for death to claim her, too—how could she go on alone?—but a soft, faint voice sang to her in the midst of her deepest pain that night, the voice of God.
In her new book, Song of a Wounded Heart: Regaining Hope and Trust After Personal Tragedy: The Incredible True Life Story of a Woman Who Lost Everything (Morgan James Publishing, June 25, 2019), Jones shares her remarkable journey from death to hope and encourages readers to believe in the goodness of God, despite their circumstances.
Lora Jones Web Site: https://www.lorajones.org/
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Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 323: Keith Getty and Sing! 2019
My guest this week on Voices In My Head is Keith Getty. Keith and his wife Kristyn Getty occupy a unique space in the world of music today as preeminent modern hymn writers. In re-inventing the traditional hymn form, they have created a catalogue of songs teaching Christian doctrine and crossing the genres of traditional, classical, folk and contemporary composition which are sung the world over.
“In Christ Alone” (penned by Keith and long-time writing partner, Stuart Townend) holds the #1 position of most-frequently-sung hymn in UK churches for the past 9 consecutive years. It was voted the #2 best-loved hymn of all time in the UK according to a BBC Songs of Praise national survey and among the top 5 hymns of all time by the UK Hymns Society. According to CCLI, it is estimated that 40 to 50 million people sing “In Christ Alone” in church services each year.
The Gettys' hymns are used both in contemporary and traditional circles, being included in most modern hymnbooks (with a number of these now listing “Getty” as the most-featured composers), while in the more contemporary church, more than 60 of their songs are featured on top 2,000 CCLI charts between the UK and USA.
The Gettys also created Sing! Concerts, Events and Conferences which exist to inspire deep theology, timeless artistry and vibrant singing for the whole family of God in cities across the world.
There is more a lot I could say about the art, artistry, and more importantly the ministry of Keith Getty, but I would rather let him speak for himself. Keith Getty, welcome to Voices In My Head.
Register For The Sing! Conference: https://www.gettymusic.com/events
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Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Wednesday Jun 12, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 322: Eli Williams - Author of Father Love
Eli Williams is a husband, father, grandfather and minister. He is the president and co-founder of Urban Light Ministries which provides a weekly after school program that serves 600 children. ULM operates a growing fatherhood program that annually impacts over 500 dads and their kids.
His passion for fatherhood is rooted in his upbringing and is stoked by his personal work with fathers. Many of whom, for a wide variety of reasons, endure heartache and face tremendous barriers to full participation in the raising of their children. He penned Father Love in the hope that it would encourage and inspire fathers to make every effort to be a big part of their children's lives. He challenges dads to move from good to great as protectors, order keepers, providers and stabilizers.
Eli is the host of the weekly syndicated gospel countdown show Hot Gospel 20 (www.hotgospel20.com). He is a pastor at New Hope Church in Springfield, Ohio where he is deeply involved in serving his community.
Eli Williams Web Site: https://urbanlight.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=148
Buy Eli's Book: https://amzn.to/2KoDZKP
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Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 321: Pentecost
How will you celebrate Pentecost 2019? Here are some thoughts to help us think more deeply about this very important Holy Day of the Christian and Jewish year.
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