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Well, the best-laid plans of mice, men, and ministers often go awry... In this brief non-episode, we offer a quick summary of our return from the Feast and preview the topic we plan to discuss next week—the one we'd hoped to cover this week! But other post-Feast tasks and a recovering throat seem to have other plans for us. Still, we hope you had a wonderful Feast of Tabernacles, and we look forward to talking about that topic next week. We hope you'll join us then! (Also, thanks to everyone who saw one of us at the Feast and said kind words about the podcast. We appreciate the encouragement—thank you!)

As we approach the Day of Atonement, we rejoice that Satan will soon be removed from this world for 1,000 years! To understand the impact that will have, it helps to review how God describes the Devil in the Bible—names and labels that provide insight into how the world will benefit from his banishment. Join us!

Twenty-five years ago today, the U.S. suffered the deadliest single attack on its soil since the Civil War: the terrorist attacks of September 11. Today, we reflect on that day and how the Bible should shape our thinking and reflections on it, as well as what it says about what lies yet ahead for the country.

Our chief focus on the podcast is thinking biblically, and the book of Proverbs is devoted to helping you do just that. Please join us today as we each choose three passages from Proverbs that have strongly influenced our lives and helped us to think more biblically.

At many wedding receptions, someone walks around recording video and asks, "Do you have any quick advice on how to have a long, happy marriage?" Well, for all of you out there starting a marriage or planning to one day, today we pretend the camera's in our face and give you our answers—through a biblical lens, naturally. We hope you'll join us!

In this follow-up episode, we discuss biblical approaches, principles, and truths for addressing the lack of purpose and meaning overcoming many young adults in today's world. Followers of Jesus Christ have every reason to face life with a real sense of purpose, and have tools and help within reach.

Please accept our humble apologies! The topic we began last week is so important and our time has been so pressed that we just didn't believe we could do it justice with the little space we had available this week. Our listeners have been so kind over the years, and we hope you don't mind if we skip this week and come back next week—which we will work hard to do! Until then, we hope you'll explore one of the 209 episodes we've done before this and perhaps find one you've not listened to before. Thanks for your patience!

All available evidence says that many under 30 are suffering a life-damaging crisis of meaning and purpose. What factors and forces are behind this trend, and how can biblical thinking make a difference? Beginning in this episode and concluding in the next, we'll take a look at this crisis and consider both its causes and its solutions.

If it hasn't happened to you, it will! What do you say when someone asks what denomination you are? How do you keep it simple and answer the question while also being clear about what matters? Today, we enjoy the company of guest Mr. Everett McNair, who covered the topic extremely well in a recent sermonette. We hope you'll join us!

What does the Bible say about what took place before man began writing anything down—the history of all of existence? Quite a lot, actually! Join us today, along with guest Phil Sena, as we take a look at prehistory according to the Bible. And the free resource mentioned today can be found here: https://www.tomorrowsworld.org/booklets/evolution-and-creation-what-both-sides-miss

Fiction can be fun to read or watch, but you have to keep your biblical brain engaged—not just in what you choose to consume but as you consume it. Today we talk about that and dive into the recent movie Supergirl to discuss how it might illustrate what we're talking about.

Pew Research surveyed Americans concerning their moral stances, and while the nation's moral slide continues, there are some interesting, quirky details in the results. Join us as we take a look at the findings with our biblical thinking hats on.

What's the point of Bible prophecy? It can seem strange, intimidating, or even unnecessary. But prophecy is a vital part of the Bible—and of the faith. And on this week's episode, we talk about why. (Also, for everyone on their way to the LYP camp in Texas, we are praying you have a wonderful time!)

A psychotherapist recently warned about how therapy seems to have shifted away from encouraging people to grow and overcome, emphasizing instead validation, externalizing problems, and pathologizing many ordinary struggles, and the same trend can be seen in the culture at large, outside of the therapy room. As usual, the Bible gives us vital principles we need to keep in mind to think clearly in a society going awry.

The idea of a vague "heaven" waiting at the end of a life in which God places few real obligations on you is demotivating when compared to the reality. On today's episode, we chat about the difference.