Double Take

Rick shows us how to make a favorite campout dessert.

In this episode we talk about how the flesh for a believer is now all bark and no bite. Believing this enables us to make the choice to do marriage differently.

When we don’t live from our true identity, we tend to act out of the flesh. These flesh patterns become normal and affect all of our relationships. In this episode we begin to unwrap the truths about the flesh - especially as its relates to marriage.

What is our “new identity” and how does it relate to marriage? As God’s new creation we now have His very nature. We are now by His nature “others” focused.  We continue to grow in the understanding of oneness.  

Lori prepares her famous homemade lasagna for friends.

What does oneness in marriage look like? Adam and Eve were created with the capacity to be one with God and each other. The Father desires this same oneness for us.

Rick demonstrates how to brine and smoke whole chickens (NOT turkeys!).

There are gender roles and rules in the “small c” church. Often, they are unspoken but understood. Sometimes they are openly and proudly taught. There can be consequences for those who question or disagree. But there are also costs for following them.

A husband and a wife love each other, and love Jesus. They want to have a “biblical marriage.” But what if those traditional roles don’t quite seem to fit?  More than that, what if trying to follow the rules is causing the relationship to suffer?

If you mention Proverbs 31 to a group of Christian women you are likely to hear groans and see eyes roll. Many women are worn out from trying to be the woman in Proverbs 31:10-31. The way she is usually presented, anyway. 

Today Lori is in the kitchen making 4 simple but delicious things! Pesto, tapenade, olive salad, and 3 kinds of infused olive oils.

Has anyone noticed there seems to be a disconnect between how the church today encourages Christian women to look and act, and how the actual historical women of the Bible lived?

Rick cooks up a roast with all the fixins in his outdoor kitchen.

In the past fifteen to twenty years there has been a lot of clamor by the evangelicals and others, but mostly evangelicals about returning to “real manhood.” There were men, who were almost like carnival barkers, yelling at us to be loud, hard charging, ground plowing, aggressive leaders. Growling out orders for us to be like them. “Be warriors for Jesus, storm the gates of hell and take back the...

Our last episode of Double Take on the road at the Network 220 conference in Texas a few weeks ago. We have two lovely ladies for you today: Kim Francis, author & founder of His Heart’s Desire Ministries, Perryton TX,  https://hisheartsdesireministries.com Tracy Levinson, author & communicator,  http://www.tracylevinson.com

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Today we continue with Double Take on the road at the Network 220 conference in Plano, TX earlier this month.  The message of grace is spreading everywhere! More grace stories from these amazing people: Ray Leight, Identity Coach/author at Faith by Grace, Annapolis MD,  https://www.faithbygrace.org Larry Eiss, of E3 with Larry Eiss,  https://www.larryeiss.com Phillip Moore, pastor of Eden Fellowsh...

Double Take on the road! Three Minute Interviews (not one was only 3 minutes – they were too good to limit) for three days on location at the Network 220 conference in Dallas. We loved hearing stories of grace from the people there this year, and we are happy to share them with you over the next 3 episodes. This week we introduce you to: Jackie Wilson, attending for the first time, from Waterford...

“Separate” is the extreme opposite of “in.” Through bad theology and tough circumstances we can easily fall into the lie that we are separated from God. Although we may believe that lie, the truth is, as believers, He is in us.  Like a teabag put into water are no longer two separate things. They work together to become tea. Our spirit and His Spirit are meshed together, intertwined, inseparable,...

I have been taught my whole Christian life that God is in Heaven watching my every move and that I am down here on earth trying to figure out how not to sin. And if/when I do, I must immediately fall to my knees, confess and repent. What a hopeless approach to living in a way that we think pleases God, who must be so disappointed in every one of us. What happens if I miss one or do something that...

I often ask the question” what’s wrong with me?” I do, say, and think a lot of foolish things. I would imagine I’m not the only one who thinks this. We all have these standards about what is right and what is wrong. These standards are the results of belief systems, mostly corrupted beliefs. We have been taught to make judgements about who we are and how we behave based on these corrupt belief sys...

There is an important difference between guilt and shame: Guilt   – I’ve done something wrong.  I was hurtful, I lied, I made a mistake. I sometimes make bad choices because I am human. Could have been due to outside pressure, painful circumstances, or underlying lies I believe about myself or God. Shame   – There is something inherently wrong with me.  I did those same things, but it’s because I...

The relationship God wants with us is very personal. And for that to happen at least three things had to occur. The sin issue had to be resolved, we had to be remade, and God had to move into us. He demonstrated His desire to make it personal by doing all three of these through the death and resurrection of Christ. He sent His son not to judge the world but that the world through Him might be save...

God created us with needs for several reasons. So we would need each other, but mostly so we would need Him. Among those needs is affirmation. Affirmation is something declared to be true; a positive statement or judgment. For believers it’s more than just positive thinking. It’s a good thing to remind ourselves of the truth. But where are you getting your truth?

Are we three-part beings or two-part beings? And what part of us is a “new creation” – holy, righteous, forgiven and perfect? At Oneness we believe the tripartite view (trichotomy) that as humans we are a combination of three distinct parts: body, spirit, and soul. It is in contrast to the bipartite view (dichotomy), where soul and spirit are used as different expressions for the same thing (the s...