Barbara Smith

The Proof is in the Pudding

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:44 — 56.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThough we may talk a good talk, actions speak louder than words. Walking the walk of a Christian is what will draw people to […]

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What Bugs God – Part II

I would like to continue with more principles from the lesson series, “What Bugs God?” that I recently came across from my time in Northwest Indiana, as mentioned, that I began sharing in Part I. We discovered firstly that ‘passivism about the Kingdom of God’ really bothers Him, but we should rather have ‘determination and

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Meaningful Communication

There was a quote from the 1942 Disney Animated Production movie, “Bambi”, that was repeated often in our home, while raising four daughters. The quote was brought to us by ‘Thumper’ the fictional, animated rabbit, who said, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” It is hard to imagine that this

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Beware of the Light

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:34 — 56.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe must stay alert spiritually, to be able to decern truth from a lie, light from darkness, and the real from the counterfeit.

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Counting Chickens

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:31 — 49.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe should be careful to be mindful of our place in the Kingdom of God. We will at no point be able to predict

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Incongruency

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:05 — 50.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWhen we have disagreements, which is a part of life, we should stop and take a moment before reacting in a negative way. When

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What Bugs God? Part I

I came across a lesson series on the concept of ‘What Bugs God?’ that I wrote and presented in our Children’s Church in Northwest Indiana where we Pastored for nineteen years. I believe that sometimes we as adults overthink and overcomplicate things. If we could learn the principles of the Word of God in simple

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Nearsightedness

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:22 — 58.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThe scripture tells us that if we continue to add to our faith, virtue, steadfastness, self-control, godliness, and brotherly love, they will help to

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A Baker’s Dozen

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:20 — 51.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreGod deals in fair weights and with equity, and He always blesses us above and beyond what we actually ask for.

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