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The story of Cornelius the Centurion and how Christianity spread beyond the Jewish People to all of us!  

An exciting chapter as God is working to change people's lives.  Saul is on his way to arrest Christians when he meets Jesus!  He comes face to face with the Lord and Jesus asks him "why are you persecuting me?".  Saul is blind for 3 days and when Jesus restores him, he is a changed man.  We can all learn from this example of how anyone can be redeemed, no matter what sins you...

The Church is scattered and Phillip takes the Good News to the Samaritans and others...

Stephen gives a speech to the Jewish leaders and gives a history of Israel.  He accuses the Jewish leaders of killing the Righteous One and being responsible for his death.  The leaders do not take this well and Stephen pays the ultimate price for his faith.  The new Christian faith is about to be tested...

The apostles appoint 7 believers to distribute food to the needy so the apostles can focus on preaching the Good News.  Then, Stephen (who is full of the Holy Spirit) is arrested and they bring false witnesses against him.  The book of Acts is about to make a transition and introduce several new people to God's story.  Join us to learn more...

Is there punishment for lying to the Holy Spirit?  We find out in chapter 5.  God lets the new believers know that he will not accept hypocrisy and there is a high standard for the Church of his Son.  Peter and the apostles are arrested again and are told to stop preaching in the name of Jesus, but they stand firm that they must obey God and not men.   It is an exciting time in...

Peter and John are brought before the religious leaders and told not to preach about Jesus.  These are the same people that arrested and killed Jesus.  What do you think they said?  Would they stop or keep preaching and risk death?  Listen to find out...

Peter heals a crippled beggar and gives a speech to the crowds.   The church is growing and the Apostles are changed people.  They are no longer living in fear, but are bold and preaching the Good News!

This is probably my favorite chapter in the bible and one of the most exciting days in History!    The believers receive the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.  Peter gives a speech to the people and they are convicted of their sin and turn to God.  3,000 new believers joined the apostles and the Christian faith was born!  

We begin the second part of our Series Know What You Believe Part 2 .  We begin with Acts Chapter 1.  This is one of my favorite books of the bible.  Join us on the journey of the beginning of the Church and the entire Christian Faith!

We review our favorite parts of each of the books we covered in this series: - Intelligence and How to Get It - Mindset - Grit - Atomic Habits

We conclude the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.  We discuss two ideas of how to make a new habit stick...Ritualize the beginning with a 2 minute drill and make the ending satisfying. This has been a great book and I recommend everyone buy it.

We are continuing our series on the book ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear.  Today we discuss the 3rd Law of Behavior Change - Make it EASY!  If you haven't already signed up for the Atomic Habits weekly newsletter, I highly recommend registering...the link is below: Link to James Clear's weekly Newsletter:  https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1

If you have ideas or suggestions for the show, please email me at JimEgger@ymail.com  Today we are fortunate to have Sarah Jane join us for a discussion on Interview Skills.  We review how to prepare and have a successful interview.  Check out the TED Talk by Amy Cuddy!  "Your body language may shape who you are" https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_...

We go back to correct an error in Atomic Habits Part 5 on what is a Control Group.  We follow the story of Franz Mesmer and Animal Magnetism in Paris, France in 1778 to find the origins of the Control Group. Much thanks to the Choiceology Podcast by Katy Milkman for this story, which was the basis for our discussion.  Please subscribe to her podcast! Also, Mara Rockliff wrote the book "M...

James Clear and Atomic Habits.  If you haven't signed up for his weekly newsletter, you can sign up at this link (it is awesome!):  https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1  We discuss James Clear's 2nd Law of Habits, Make it Attractive.  Also, we discuss Teenage minds and the effects of Dopamine.  Please check out Adriana Galvan's Ted X talk at the following link: https://www.youtube...

Continuing our discussion on Atomic Habits by James Clear, we discuss the power our environment can have on our actions.  We also learn the secret to Self Control!  Listen to learn more.

Atomic Habits by James Clear We discuss the history of research into the psychology of Habits and then take on the 1st law of Habit Change:  MAKE IT OBVIOUS! We learned about 2 ways to put this into practice. - Create an implementation intention: I will <DO MY NEW HABIT> at <SPECIFIC TIME> in <DEFINED LOCATION> - Habit stacking is an easy HACK to pair a new habit with a curr...

Atomic Habits by James Clear How do we get habits to stick?  Change your IDENTITY!  We all act in accordance with our beliefs and our internal identities.  We don't want to contradict ourselves.   Here is James Clear’s simple 2-step process for Identity Change: 1. Decide the Type of Person You Want to Be 2. Prove it to Yourself with Small Wins ECONOMICS AND IDENTITY* By GEORGE...

Continuing the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.  We discuss why habits are hard to change and why we don't stick to them when we don't see immediate results.  We need a system to achieve long term success, not just individual goals.

Introduction to Atomic Habits by James Clear.  We discuss the power 1% improvements can make in your life. Follow this link to James Clear's website and sign up for his newsletter:  https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1 

Our final episode on GRIT by Angela Duckworth.  We cover PASSION and what it takes to foster passion to achieve long term goals.

Continuing our discussion on GRIT by Angela Duckworth.   Take the GRIT TEST at Angela's website:  angeladuckworth.com/grit-scale/  In today's episode we learn that Effort Counts Twice and it is Multiplicitive!   Also - the way to excellence is Deliberate Practice.  Below is a summary of what Angela Duckworth recommends in her book GRIT: 1.Get a Coach, mentor or teacher that can help you get the mo...

GRIT, The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth Introduction to the book GRIT and the concepts Angela outlines in her book.  Can you Measure Grit?  Can you predict who will drop out of West Point or who will win the National Spelling Bee?  Listen and find out what Angela and her research team discovered... Also, we highly recommend you listen to Angela Duckworth's TED Talk:   https...

The conclusion of the book Mindset by Dr. Carol Dweck.  We cover creating a Growth Mindset Culture and then move into mindset in Sports, Business and Relationships.