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The Daily Memo | May 5, 2023 | Not in the Bible Part 4
"The lion shall lay down with the lamb." Although Jesus is both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God (Revelation 5), this phrase does not appear in the Bible. Isaiah 11:6 says, "And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them." Similarly, Isaiah 65:25 reads, "The wolf and the lamb will graze together and the lion will…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/05/2023
The Daily Memo | May 4, 2023 | Not in the Bible Part 3
"Money is the root of all evil." This is a common misconception with an easy fix. 1 Timothy 6:10 actually says, "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil…" Money is not good or bad, and being wealthy is not a sin; Job was wealthy and described as a man who was "blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil" (Job 1:1). Loving money, which in the Greek is "avarice" and implies an emotional affection, is…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/04/2023
Coming Soon | Joseph Grenny on the Embracing Brokenness Podcast
Joseph Grenny is the coauthor of four New York Times bestsellers with more than five million copies in print: Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Change Anything, and Influencer. A dynamic keynote speaker and leading social scientist for business performance, he has shared the stage with General Colin Powell, Jack Welch, Jim Collins, and Brené Brown. His work has been translated into 28 languages, is available in 36 countries, and…
Categories: Blog, Update | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/03/2023
The Daily Memo | May 3, 2023 | Not in the Bible Part 2
"In the last days, you will not be able to know the seasons except by the changing of the leaves." Even a thorough Google search will not reveal the origin of this saying, but it is not found in the Bible. Matthew 24:32-33 uses the budding of leaves heralding the coming of summer as a metaphor for the signs that Christ will return. But nowhere does the Bible mention that seasons will be so altered that only the changing leaves will identify them. "Hate the,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/03/2023
The Daily Memo | May 2, 2023 | Not in the Bible Part 1
As believers, we know we are to study the Bible, memorize it, and obey it. But does the Bible say what we think it says? The truth is, there are several phrases that sound like they come from the Bible, but do not. Here are a couple of them. "God helps those who help themselves." The earliest recording of this saying is actually from Aesop’s fable "Hercules and the Waggoner." A man’s wagon got stuck in a muddy road, and he prayed for Hercules…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/02/2023
Pursuing Life in Christ & The Transformational Journey
Our journey toward wholeness is a process, starting with the decision to follow Christ. Yet, there are many steps in the process before and after that decision. Speaking with a group of folks at a nearby retirement community, Steve and Colleen provide deeper insights into that transformational journey revealed in research done by George Barna, and share their own experiences along the way. Six years after beginning what he assumed would be a relatively typical research…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/01/2023
The Daily Memo | May 1, 2023 | Rent-a-Friend
For many around the world, life is getting lonelier. The number of Americans who have no friends has quadrupled since 1990. Certain European countries have up to 20 percent of their population feeling lonely, while in Japan, some elderly folks have resorted to crime so they can have the companionship of inmates in jail. Entrepreneurs have come up with a “solution” to this loneliness epidemic—rent-a-friend. Hired by the hour, these people will meet you in a caf;…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 05/01/2023
The Daily Memo | April 28, 2023 | Just Be Honest
I was listening to a podcast today by Alan Weiss who invited a guest to join him. In Steven Gaffney’s book “Just Be Honest: Authentic Communication Strategies that Get Results and Last a Lifetime,” he emphasizes the fact that honesty is still not only the best policy; it’s the easiest and most effective way to communicate. He goes on to say that you can use honesty as a tool to get immediate and dramatic results with anyone,…
Categories: Business, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 04/28/2023
The Daily Memo | April 27, 2023 | Shaping Our Character
How does God shape our character? We hate the answer but we know it to be true: affliction. If you say that God does not intend to use affliction, then what in your mind does he then use? Joy does wonderful things for our souls—it soothes, and strengthens, and heals. But joy does not transform people’s characters in the same way affliction does. You do not grow when life is good. Any parent knows this. The child wants ice cream and video games. But the child…
Categories: The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 04/27/2023
The Daily Memo | April 26, 2023 | Dr. Charles Stanley - “Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him”
I can’t begin to tell you how many times I heard these words from Dr. Charles Stanley. “Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.” He was a beloved follower of Jesus and someone that mentored me through many years as a young man. Some of those years represented the most difficult season of my life. I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Stanley when visiting First Baptist at the old church location on Peachtree in Atlanta. He was a gentle soul displaying…
Categories: Restored in Him, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 04/26/2023