Rooted Daily with Brandon Lavy

The Bible's Answer to Self-Loathing | S3E39 How Christians find worth in a seemingly meaningless world? Should we be concerned about our self-esteem? Here's what we know from the Bible. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e39

Weak Roots | S3E38 Today we are talking what we can grow strong roots into and what can only sustain weak roots. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e38

Recharge | S3E37 Just like our cell phones, Christians need power to do any good. Here's why we need to get charged back up! See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e37

A Peculiar Brand | S3E36 Jesus gave Himself for us so that we might be purified and become holy, different, and peculiar, but what does that mean? See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e36

Be Glad! | S3E35 If the skies above you are gray, sing and be happy! 🎼🎵 When we become Christians, we should be the most joyful people on earth. Here's how. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e35

Understanding Translations | S3E34 God revealed His mind to us, the gift of eternal life is described and what we must do to be saved and glorify God is detailed. It’s not good enough to have a muddled picture of that, we want to understand the original, absolute truth and nothing less! Is that what our English translations provide? See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e34

Authority in the Church | S3E33 Love was the foundation of how Christ led people, it’s at the heart of how He describes our leaders today, and it is why Christians can joyfully submit to our leaders and submit to Christ. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e33

Things I Don't Need to Know | S3E32 Not all information is useful. Some is just empty, some is divisive, and some is just too great for us even to understand. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e32

10 Minute Intro to Covenants | S3E31 Covenant promises flow through the Bible, both in the New and Old Testaments, and when we understand His covenants we can trust that we are truly set free. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e31

Does God Want Me to Quit My Job? | S3E30 At what point does the Bible tell me to leave my job? That may not be as difficult of a question as we make it out to be. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e30

Safety through Risks | S3E29 We are always taking risks. The real decision is what type of risks we take. We can take risks based on our knowledge that doesn’t really extend any farther than this very moment or we can take risks based on the knowledge of the Almighty and All-Knowing God. You let me know which one you think will keep you safer. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e29

Talking to Friends about Sin | S3E28 Today we're talking about a few guidelines that can push us to help our friends as they grapple with sin and, by extension, develop friendships that will help us with our ongoing battle with sin. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e28

Does Punctuality Matter? | S3E27 Punctuality has become the supreme virtue in today’s society. We do everything by the clock, but does it really matter if Christians are on time? See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e27

Be an Encourager | S3E26 Building each other up to understand and love the commands of God is the most encouraging thing we can do.  See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e26

Loving People You Don't Like | S3E25 God didn’t wait to love us until we were worthy. He sent His Son so unworthy sinners like me could be redeemed. He loved us when there was nothing lovable about us and we must do the same for our enemies. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e25

For Practical Purposes | S3E24 Today we are talking about how we apply this idealistic faith that we have with the reality of a dark and thoroughly unideal world. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e24

Loneliness in the Church | S3E23 Christianity is not a consumer product that you can drive in, pick it up, and then leave. As the church, we need to step up and be the family the early Christians were.  See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e23

Take the Risk | S3E22 Christianity is dangerous, but God has called us to take the risk. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e20

Don't Believe Every Angel | S3E21 There are some things that we just don't need to waste time listening to. Today we can talk about what is worthwhile and what isn't. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e21

Praying for Our Words | S3E20 Pray to God because without Him you will not tame your tongue. Accept the living water that Christ came to offer, let it well up inside of you, and let your mouth be filled with fresh water. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e20

Christians & Satire | S3E19 Christians may find an occasion where satire is useful. It has opened my eyes to error I didn’t even know I believed, but when does satire turn from a tool that Christians can use to sin?   Leave me your favorite satire 👇👇👇 See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e19

Things You Just Shouldn't Say | S3E18 Today we are talking about some things that just don’t have any place in a Christian’s mouth. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e18

Gossip v. Non-Gossip | S3E17 We cannot be gossiping Christians; no spring yields both salt water and fresh. Gossiping and Christ are diametrically opposed, so today we talk about how we can know before we speak if what we are about to say is gossip or not. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e17

Do It Without Grumbling | S3E16 We may laugh at this idea. Everyone grumbles. We think grumbling isn’t anything too serious, but God says it shouldn’t be!  See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e16

Simple Goals for a Complicated World | S3E15 Christians are allowed to have simple goals, but we make them for different reasons than we used to and we must follow through on them. See full post: https://www.rooteddaily.com/blog/_s3e15