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Elton John and Brandi Carlile released John's swan song recently, "Who Believes in Angels." It brings up the opposite world view of universalism. Against this backdrop we look at the hopeless position of NO ETERNITY, sometimes called annihilationism - nothing beyond the grave - that the human soul is not eternal but suffers destruction at death. In the last century, there was a conservatism theolo...

To say that "All Dogs Go to Heaven" is to reference an innocent children's animated movie released in 1989, to say all humans go to Heaven is destructive heresy. Here is the story... DONATE  You can help support this podcast by clicking   our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a...

This episode contains an AI voice from Microsoft 365 Word read aloud function in addition to the host Kenny Price's recorded voice. It was recorded through Kenny's microphone to capture the audio from his computer speakers. gwot.rocks is an outreach ministry of the United States legally registered 501(C)(3) TRANSFORM THIS CITY. THE MINISTRY. Website is https://www.transformthiscity.org. Transform...

Part one is episode 499! LET ME MAKE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR!!!! I Ain't got NO BONE TO PICK with anyone, and I ain't GOT NO BURR IN MY SADDLE!! (This is all Texan slang...GOOGLE IT if you don't get my point!) BUT----- I ain't the one slinging the mud! I'm responding to the mud that is being slung! Case in point, as I go to finalize this podcast on February 12, 2025, while at the gym this morning, I'...

Hard to believe it, but this is episode 500! To God be the Glory! This episode celebrates the core of flourishing and what it is all about! There is an amazing podcast episode coming up two episodes from now. I explain in this episode why I bumped it. I am greatly encouraged and ready to take things to the next level! There is a huge learning curve on the right avenues to spend time in to promote...

Before you bypass this episode, I invite you to listen to it in its entirety. There is a LOT going on in the world, all swirling around the cohesive push to normalize and accept alcohol. if consumed in a "balanced", "moderate" approach. I ain't got a bone to pick my friend...I just can't let this subject go without response when its acceptance is systematically, cohesively shoved into my face and...

A heart that burns produces a life that shines! The brightness of a believer's life flows directly from the internal firs of God's truth. Are you shining as a beacon hope, love, and truth in a dark world? This podcast will inspire you to flourish in God's purpose for every human being who wants it! (Correction: I said Paul was chained in a dungeon. The passage I was referring to says jail. It was...

As a kid growing up in the hippie 60s, I remember the big push for hippies to move to communes. They were wanting to reconnect with community that was being torn apart by the racial tension and Viet Nam war protests that littered the landscape. Being in Washington D.C. put me in the cross hairs of the movement. Their search for support and meaning didn't quite workout because their communes were b...

Wow! In the beginning, I envisioned this series to be four part to prepare our hearts for a great year of flourishing. As I began to focus in on this subject, God began to speak so much more to my spirit. My burden for the state of the world in relationship to Christ's Church came into focus as I went further into the message. My prayer is that this message will spread across the globe. The total...

This episode deals with sensitive thoughts that must be addressed if the flourishing of God is realized fully in our own lives, the life of the Church of Jesus Christ, and the world at large. DONATE  You can help support this podcast by clicking   our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.roc...

Episode 9 in the series! We dive deeper into Ray Stedman's observation that ministry that aligns with the New Covenant is marked by simplicity, freedom, and genuine effectiveness and evaluate the health of modern Christian ministry. DONATE  You can help support this podcast by clicking   our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013,...

Correction- this Episode 8 in the series, not episode 6! The last four episodes of the eleven part series are focused on flourishing through ministry. We are talking about individual, personal ministry that is expected by the Lord for all Christians. For our communities to see the full glory of God that is possible in a culture, it must be ushered in by the body of Christ, and not just through pol...

The Bible clearly teaches that once saved always saved. Eternal life is just that- life that lasts forever. So, once a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, He gives them the gift of HIS LIFE, which is ETERNAL. But, against that against that truth that the Bible also teaches that flourishing in God's presence takes a daily surrender. Oswald Chambers calls that daily surrender "dail...

This is episode 6 in the series! There are many podcast episodes on prayer in the gwot.rocks catalog. Check out the rest of the episodes to do a deep dive into this fundamental element of your soul's nourishment, life, and health. It is necessary to included this paramount spiritual discipline here in this series. This episode is a great reminder of the necessity of personal prayer if you expect t...

This is one of the most personal podcasts I've produced to date. You will be highly encouraged and lifted up as you are inspired to allow the God given gift of MUSIC to contribute to your soul's flourishing in 2025. One thing about this podcast is certain- God created you to FLOURISH, As we pay attention to the wonder and majesty of God's glory seen and experienced through music, you can't help bu...

In this series, so far we’ve explored the interconnected pillars of flourishing: justice, mercy, and humility. Today, we turn our attention to the critical role of personal piety—of walking humbly before God and standing firm in spiritual warfare. To guide us, we’ll draw inspiration from Isaiah 61 and the life and teachings of the great Puritan preacher Thomas Brooks. What started out as a four pa...

This is Episode 3 of our series, “2025: Prayer for a Year of Flourishing.” In this episode we turn our attention to the second pillar of flourishing: mercy. Mercy is a thread woven deeply into God’s heart and mission, and it’s critical for individual and cultural transformation. We’ll also learn from the life of Corrie ten Boom, a woman who not only experienced God’s mercy in the darkest circumsta...

This is the second episode in this special series. The word JUSTICE has become a lightening rod of dissension in recent years, commandeered by people with personal agendas that create politcal and social confusion, even opening the door for anarchy and mayhem. The Church has sat back and remained silent, responding by being absent at the table of propelling God's KINGDOM agenda of being agents of...

This is a multi-part series on flourishing. In this first episode we look closely at the picture of flourishing the Bible paints. You may be surprised at some of the things that flourishing is and find some of the things missing that the world says is flourishing. One thing is for sure, God intends for His children to flourish and live robust lives of zest, gusto, and vitality! (Yep, some of my fa...

The first episode of "gwot.rocks" air on August 28, 2019. This Christmas episode, "The Christmas Eve Santa Rode My English Racer Bicycle," was #11 and aired on December 24th, 2019. It is the most listened to gwot.rocks podcast episode! It is amazing how relevant this episode IS with the comments from Christmas 2023... Friend, God is working in the midst of all this! I hope you sense the presence o...

The story of the Magi in Matthew 2:1-12 teaches us that the right response to Jesus is WORSHIP and their journey reveals much about what true worship looks like! Though we hear this story a thousand times it never gets old, because its historical and message is eternal and will live forever more. DONATE  You can help support this podcast by clicking   our secure PayPal account. For donat...

This is part 2 in a special 3 part miniseries "Christmas says..." If you have't listened to episode 482, part one, it would be helpful for context for you to listen to episode it to have a better understanding of what provoked this series. The story of Christmas started two thousand years ago, but it stills speaks loud and clear to us today! DONATE  You can help support this podcast by clicki...

Its hard to beiieve that at the time of this podcast broadcast, there is just a couple more weeks until Christmas day. Because this special established day celebrates the greatest event in human history, and opened the door to eternal salvation for those who will receive, it NEVER gets old to reflect on this timeless story in a fresh new way! Its hard to believe its been FORTY YEARS since the icon...

Its really hard to believe that Christmas day is fast approaching! Here is a word of encouragement that invites you to be a part of the peace train that rolled into town the night Christ was born! DONATE  You can help support this podcast by clicking   our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwo...

We have been drinking from the firehose of outlandish overt manifestations of evil in ways unseen and unheard of in the history of our great nation. It appears that there is coming a reprieve from the outrageous onslaught of everything foul and offensive to the Christian world view. But, make no mistake, Satan does not rest nor grow weary from all we can tell in Scripture. Mankind seems bent on de...