Clearly with Jimmy & Kelly Needham

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Can My Sin be Private? Jun 25, 2024

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Some cheery news: Your sin is worse than you thought. More than an offense to others, the Bible teaches that every sin (even the hidden ones we don't think hurt anyone) is an assault against God Himself. How is this cheery?? 🤔 Cause as we'll see, though we're far worse off than we thought, our God is far more gracious than we could imagine. Praise Him!!

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👀 Learning: A Posture of Repentance
✝️ Sermon: Porn Is A Kill-Joy
📖 Reading: The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer
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Saved for God's Sake! Jun 18, 2024

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In past episodes, we've looked at how God saves people. But have you ever asked the question why? Why is God in the business of saving? Is it to give folks the gift of heaven? Can He simply not help Himself? Or is there something even more wonderful going on? Here's a hint...the answer's in the title. Join us today as we discover how God is the center of everything, including our salvation.

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👀 Watching: How Do I Live to Know God?
✝️ Sermon: No Hero, But Him
📖 Reading: Knowing God by J.I. Packer
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Teaching for children: The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross

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Stepping Off the Throne: Kelly's Story Jun 11, 2024

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What does it look like to let God rule in singleness? What if His rule looks different from what we would prefer? What if Kelly thought of Jimmy not as a boyfriend but more as a good friend? All these questions are answered as we listen to Kelly's journey to vacate areas of her life that rightly belong to the King of the universe.

Key learning moments in Kelly’s life:

(2:35) - College-age Kelly submitted her desire to find a husband to God.

(7:34) - Kelly had to pray before saying ‘yes’ to dating Jimmy Needham. 🤭

(9:35) - Kelly realized marriage wasn’t to serve her own desires - but God’s.

(14:27) - Through an inductive study of the Old Testament prophets, Kelly’s view of God was challenged. Does God have feelings? A personality?

(19:21) As a mom with two young kids and a husband on tour, Kelly studied the Pharisees. And it changed everything.

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Knowing God is far greater than anything this world has to offer. Listen to this personal message from Kelly about how to know God through His Word.
Are you a Closet Pharisee?
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Life Gets Better When God's the Center: Jimmy's Story Jun 04, 2024

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Tis a new season! And a new season means super easy questions like: "Why do I exist?" and "Even if Jesus didn't save me, would He still be worth worshiping?" So, sit back, relax, and enjoy this light and fluffy reminder that we all need to get over ourselves and into the One worth worshiping.

Today, Jimmy’s sharing how he discovered the good news that God is most important and how it set him free.

Key learning moments in Jimmy’s life:

(7:06) - 15-year-old Jimmy gets stumped at what the meaning of life is.

(11:18) - A sermon on a CD blows Jimmy’s mind on how much God deserves to be worshiped.

(18:39) - During his first read-through of the Bible, Jimmy realizes that God is sovereignly involved in every. single. thing. (good and bad!).

(21:49) - Jimmy comes to terms with how he is saved, God’s adoption of His children, and predestination. Before this reckoning, Jimmy had been discouraged and nervous about his salvation.

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10 Sheckles and a Shirt Sermon

The doctrine of election really did save Jimmy from depression

Podcast episode on Election and a follow-up Q&A episode

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Handling the Haters May 21, 2024

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Imprecatory psalms. Betcha can't say that 5 times fast. Just how should Christians handle these passages that call down judgment on our enemies? Let's learn from King David how to be 'properly' offended and what it means for us today.
We are taking a one-week break for Jimmy to work on his tan but will return the first week of June.
We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@clearlypodcast.com.
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“Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy” by Mark Vroegop is a great resource for those grieving and going through seasons of suffering.
Want to learn more about how the Bible should bother you? You’re in luck! We’ve got an episode about that right here.
If you found this episode particularly interesting, you’ll probably also be intrigued by The Road to Child Sacrifice is Paved With Good Intentions
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Parables: Tales with a Twist May 14, 2024

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Who doesn't love a good horticulture anecdote, am I right? Join us as we talk about the kindness and warnings displayed in this seedy story from Jesus.

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We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@clearlypodcast.com.

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The BibleProject’s series on interpreting parables

Learn more about the Pharisee and the Tax Collector Parable

Another parable to dig into: Lazarus and the Rich Man

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Grammar School May 07, 2024

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Here’s a good rule of thumb: If you want to understand God’s Word, you first have to understand God’s words. Today we slow down over a few verses in 1 John as Kelly gives us some great study tools to understand this beautiful but tricky passage. So, what say you? Wanna diagram a sentence together?

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Good and Angry by David Powlison
Kelly has a series of blog posts breaking down how to know God’s Word. Be sure to check them out on her website at kellyneedham.com/knowtheword

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Everyone Loves Wrath! Apr 30, 2024

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The wrath of God gets a bad rap. So it may surprise you that you actually love it more than you think. Let us prove it to you on today’s episode where we explore a passage that has never ever made it onto the side of a coffee mug…Nahum 1.

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The Only Thing Worse Than the End of the World Apr 23, 2024

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What could possibly be more horrifying than the end of everything? ANSWER: ...yeah right, like we're gonna give it away here. Join J&K today as we jump into one of the toughest books around (Revelation) to answer that question. Fact: What we discover in this episode may be the key to understanding every hard passage in the Bible.

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Prepare to Be Disappointed Apr 16, 2024

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Passage: Ecclesiastes 6:1-9

…not by this episode. By your desires. Sit with us at the feet of a VERY disappointed man, King Solomon, as he laments…well…everything. Oh yeah, in this episode we also discover that Kelly is the better Christian (as if we didn't know that already). Ok, there’s more but you gotta listen to the show for that.

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