This Stuff Matters with Tom Gray

You know the old saying, “Five years from now you’ll be the same person you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read”? I believe it’s largely true, yet many of us don’t read as much as we wish. Well, we’re happy to help out by giving you the high points of high-impact books in roughly twenty minutes of a podcast. So, today, enjoy and be inspired by my “Make Your Bed” review....

In this week’s episode, we have the privilege of meeting and learning from Jay Arntzen, the Founder and President of the Genesis Elevator Company and Saving Susan Ministry. You’ll gain insight and inspiration through this conversation with Jay. Here is a link to Saving Susan should you wish to learn more and join God's great work through it. www.savingsusanministry.org/ And here is Jay’s numbe...

The Little Red Book of Wisdom by Mark DeMoss - https://a.co/d/81B4RGf To subscribe to our new Triple A Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link - www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit me up with questions or thoughts - email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774

The Little Red Book of Wisdom by Mark DeMoss - https://a.co/d/81B4RGf To subscribe to our new Triple A Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link - www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit me up with questions or thoughts - email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774

Last week, we had the honor and privilege of interviewing Coach Mark Richt. Please listen and enjoy the live interview from the TSM Live event. To subscribe to our new AAA Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit us up with questions or thoughts – email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774.

Danny – Seven-year NFL QB, Florida State QB and two-sport athlete, 1995 ACC Player of the Year - Husband, Father, Follower of Jesus, Sports Commentator, and all-around amazing guy – is our guest for today’s episode. Danny joined us for one of our most popular episodes in 2023. We’re excited to feature Danny again this year – we’re talking Coach Richt, the state of college football/sports, the NCAA...

To register for our TSM Live with Mark Richt, go to https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/events and get your tickets today! To subscribe to our new Triple A Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link - https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit me up with questions or thoughts - email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774

Dr. Tom Price Meet revolutionary Tom Price. Tom is an orthopedic surgeon and the founder of Resurgens Orthopedics in Atlanta. Tom served in the Georgia Senate for nine years, and in 2002 became the first Republican Senate Majority Leader in Georgia history. Tom then served in the United States House of Representatives from the 6th District of the State of Georgia for twelve years. Tom then served...

To register for our TSM Live with Mark Richt, go to https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/events and get your tickets today! To subscribe to our new Triple-A Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link - https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit me up with questions or thoughts - email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774

To register for our TSM Live with Mark Richt, go to https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/events and get your tickets today! To subscribe to our new Triple-A Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link - https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit me up with questions or thoughts - email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774

To register for our TSM Live with Mark Richt, go to https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/events and get your tickets today! To subscribe to our new Triple A Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage at this link - https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/ Hit me up with questions or thoughts - email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774

Learn from Katharine van der Beek. Katharine is one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever had the privilege to meet … She is a Jewish believer in Yeshua, from England originally, married to a Dutch Jewish believer in Yeshua, living in Israel, serving as a tour guide, a classically trained concert harpist, Bible scholar, historian, mother of children quickly approaching military service age, … re...

Turning to the new year often comes with great optimism and excitement – hopefulness and enthusiasm about new beginnings run hot. This year, however, I’m hearing a lot of pessimism and foreboding looking forward. We kick off a New Year of TSM the Podcast anchoring in real hope that transcends everything. It feels as though we’re going to need it this year. You can find the full article at our webs...

We’re privileged to have Santa stop in for an interview during Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone! In this week's episode, we believe you’ll enjoy Jera Shumpert’s experience, perspective, and heart-warming stories. We also hope you’ll be inspired by this difference-maker/revolutionary. Hit me up with questions or thoughts – email me at info@thisstuffmatters.net or text/voice message me at 678...

Celebrating the Most Generous Nation on Earth We’ve just come off of Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday – let’s stop for a second and celebrate one of the greatest things about the greatest nation on the planet – yes, the generosity of Americans and America. We are the most giving and generous nation on earth. Let’s celebrate it and build upon it – embracing generosity fully as one of the key aspects...

Today’s episode features part 2 of an interview with Pastor Shmuel Aweida of Beit Eliyahu in Haifa, Israel. Pastor Shmuel gives us unique insights as a pastor of a Messianic Congregation in Israel and as a father of two soldiers fighting the war against Hamas. Here is a link to Pastor Shmuel’s congregation’s website – you can write encouraging emails to them and even make donations directly to the...

Today’s episode features part 1 of an interview with Pastor Shmuel Aweida of Beit Eliyahu in Haifa, Israel. Pastor Shmuel gives us unique insights as a pastor of a Messianic Congregation in Israel and a father of two soldiers fighting the war against Hamas. Here is a link to Pastor Shmuel’s congregation’s website – you can write encouraging emails to them and even make donations directly to them p...

Today’s episode features part 2 of an interview with Ray Pritz. Ray lives just outside of Jerusalem. Ray moved to Israel fifty years ago, one month before the Yom Kippur War started. Ray works for the Bible Society in Israel. Ray and his wife have three daughters, all of whom were born and raised in Israel. We believe you will enjoy and benefit from the insights Ray shares with us today. Hit me up...

Israel From the Inside – Part 1 Today’s episode features part 1 of an interview with Ray Pritz. Ray lives just outside of Jerusalem. Ray moved to Israel fifty years ago, one month before the Yom Kippur War started. Ray works for the Bible Society in Israel. Ray his and his wife’s three daughters were all born and raised in Israel. We believe you will enjoy and benefit from Ray's insights today...

More is Better? Let’s Reject Greed and the Mindless Pursuit of Prosperity Our consistent tendency, as human beings is to take good things, and turn them into bad things by making them main things. It’s really easy to begin pursuing wealth and prosperity as if it’s the main point of life. On today’s episode, we’ll take an intentional look at our greed and materialism and offer a better approach. Hi...

I Want to Live Forever – the Foolishness of Pursuing Longevity Our consistent tendency, as human beings is to take good things, and turn them into bad things by making them main things. It’s really easy to begin pursuing longevity as if it’s the main point of life. On today’s episode, we’ll take an intentional look at our obsession with longevity and offer a better approach. Get your tickets to ou...

Episode 63: People and Peoples

Feel like quitting or running away today? The circumstances seem insurmountable? Not worth continuing to push on? DON’T QUIT! Stay. Persevere. There are so many benefits practically and even supernaturally to staying in what we’ve committed to that’s good and staying active in pursuing what we’ve been working toward that’s good. Hey, the feelings and temptations nudging us to want to quit are stro...

The goal of today’s episode is to help you take your unexpected trials and tragedies and 1) put them in the right perspective, 2) avoid being completely defeated by them, and 3) even thrive in spite of them. We must know, remember and regularly remind ourselves about unexpected trials and tragedies: 1. We’re not immune to them 2. We’re not defined by them 3. We’re not going to have to endure them...

Jesus said, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:10-12 We’re very excited to in...