http://www.blue-ridge.org Fusion Feeder 2.0.4(1154) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:06:07 -0500 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:06:07 -0500 BRSM Fusion BRSM Fusion no John Harney jharney@blue-ridge.org http://www.brcctech.com/podcast/feeds/brccfusion.xml no Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:00:10 -0500 make-your-mark-week-4 John Harney Ahh that moment. The gun goes off, the anticipation is over and the race is started. There's no hesitation, no thought of where do I go? That was determined as we prepared and now is the time. It's time not just to make my mark, but the mark that God has for me. no 35:51 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:00:03 -0500 make-your-mark-week-3 John Harney The anticipation on the face of someone at the start of a race is incredible. You can see the concentration, the determination and the desire to run a good race and ultimately win. As we get set we will look to our faces to see what they are communicating. no 36:13 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:00:30 -0500 make-your-mark-week-2 John Harney Training is crucial in a big race as well. So to Get Ready we will take this week to stop and evaluate ourselves, stretch out and make space for God to speak. no 59:49 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:00:45 -0500 make-your-mark-week-1 John Harney In any race you need to know before you begin where you're headed. As we get On Our Mark, we'll ask "who's mark am I making?" and "Is it big enough?" no 32:00 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:00:10 -0500 twas-the-night-week-2 John Harney Peace is something that everyone wants, but no one knows how to really achieve. It looks great on signs and even sounds great in scripture, but how? Part 2 of Twas The Night will look at what the angels were getting at. no 35:39 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:00:36 -0500 twas-the-night-week-1 John Harney Glory seems like something extravagant, a bright shining light, something really unreachable by human standards. We live our lives for the most part in the mundane everyday tasks. How can that ever begin to bring glory to God? no 37:28 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:00:29 -0500 you-are-here-week-four John Harney When something grabs your attention... it can influence the entire direction of your life. We choose paths because something captures our attention, sometimes good and other times bad. So, if direction determines destination... what determines direction? no 34:08 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:00:31 -0500 you-are-here-week-two John Harney What is the key to to making great decisions? Most people would say that information is the most important, but we will look at what's even more important than that. no 42:00 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:55:04 -0500 you-are-here-week-one John Harney Every path has a destination... but a disconnect often occurs between the path we choose and where we want to end up. This is the principle of the path and we'll discover how it impacts every area of your life. no 30:11 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:15:32 -0400 the-breakfast-club-week-four John Harney Let's be honest. We can't sustain life ourselves. We're busy people... looking for more to add to our life everyday in order to make it full. When you add a mission to it, you can easily burnout. In the final part of this series we'll look at how to get ready for all of this. no 39:49 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:00:05 -0400 the-breakfast-club-week-three John Harney Have you every felt blah? Felt overwhelmed with the thought of the future and what's to come? So many times in life we become so obsessed with the future that we miss out on where we are right now. It's almost like we're sleep walking. But, maybe there's more for us to learn in the moments then we ever realized. no 35:09 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:00:16 -0400 the-breakfast-club-week-two John Harney Life's mission is generally lost during hard times in life. We get in the middle of something hard, and lose track of where we are headed. So, you have to get ready, because hard times are like bad breath... they just keep coming back no 45:11 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:00:34 -0400 the-breakfast-club-week-one John Harney We're all searching for meaning in life, but many times we find that we're looking in the wrong place. Life has a meaning, and we all have a mission. If we don't live that we're just living life from the wrong side of the bed. no 34:05 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:15:23 -0400 captiv8-week-two John Harney What captivates you? Almost everything in life is vying for our attention. As we end up this series we will ask: "How do our lives change when we realize that God is captivated with us?" no 29:06 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:15:24 -0400 captiv8-week-one John Harney I know I love God, but sometimes I don't think he likes me. I wouldn't like me if I was God. Where do we go when we mess up, how do we move on, and do we even move on with God? All major questions that we have to answer in our lives in order to live a full life. no 31:57 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:15:21 -0400 the-best-question-ever-week-five John Harney Wisdom isn't necessarily knowledge; it's recognizing your limitations. You will never reach your full potential without the counsel of wise people. no 44:02 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:15:52 -0400 the-best-question-ever-week-four John Harney We all ask the question "What time is it?" Instead we should be asking "What am I doing with my time?" Our time equals our lives, and we can never make up for lost time. no 42:55 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:15:18 -0400 the-best-question-ever-week-three John Harney When it comes to our dating relationships we tend to ask questions like "How far is too far?" or "What can I do and still be a virgin?" Our desire is to get as close to the edge as we possibly can without going over. In this talk we learn that every bad decision we make morally is preceded by a series of smaller unwise choices. Specifically we learn that the consequences of sexual sins not only harm us, but those around us now and in the future. no 49:02 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:15:40 -0400 the-best-question-ever-week-two John Harney In light of my past experiences, my current situation, and my future hopes and dreams, what is the wisest decision for me to make?--how do you feel, when you are asked to consider such a question? do you think you're above it? do you not know? or do you simply not care? or do you care a lot? Life is too short to live it with regrets. You're often told by the world that experience is the only way to learn, but you don't have to mess things up in order to figure them out. You CAN get it right the first time. Join us in part 2 of "The Best Question Ever," as we look at the book of Proverbs and talk about some of the attitudes we have about life--we can't get where we want to go until we know where we are. By striving for the right attitude, we can learn to get things right the first time. no 53:14 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:15:50 -0400 the-best-question-ever-week-one John Harney Is it immoral, is it illegal, is it in the Bible?--we often make our choices based on lines such as these, seeing how close we can get without going over. But the decisions we have to make in life are usually not black and white, and often we are asking ourselves the wrong questions. Just because something isn't wrong doesn't mean it's necessarily right. Sometimes it's not about whether it's "wrong", but whether it's the wisest decision for us to make that will take us where we want to go. Join us in part one of The Best Question Ever as we look at the book of Ephesians and learn how to start asking the right questions. no 52:21 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:15:49 -0400 crazy-week-four John Harney God’s timing never really makes sense to us. But when we get off our timetable and get onto God’s, we put ourselves on the path to the remarkable, to the ridiculous, to the crazy. Lost in the moment, we can’t usually see the big picture—but God can, and when we put our trust in His timing instead of ours, He will work in our lives in amazing ways, beyond anything we could have ever imagined. It no longer becomes what WE do, but what GOD does. Join us in part four of Crazy as we continue to look at the life of Abraham and the birth of his son—it made no sense to Abraham at the time, but in the end God’s timing turned out to be absolutely perfect. no 48:24 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:15:49 -0400 crazy-week-three John Harney There is a church in Los Angeles, California, called Mosaic—their name comes from the idea that we are all broken people with fragmented lives, but when God brings all these pieces together and shines His light through them, as the sun through a stained glass window, our brokenness becomes something beautiful that gives glory to Him. We all feel sometimes that we are not good enough, not smart enough, not strong enough to be used by God, but that is not true. God doesn’t choose perfect people to fulfill His plans—He chooses broken, fragmented people who are far from flawless. Join us in part three of Crazy as we look once again at the life of Abraham and see how God chose him for great things, despite his imperfections, and created out of that imperfection something beautiful and glorifying. no 37:54 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:15:50 -0400 crazy-week-two John Harney God’s questions may seem crazy to us, but when we obey Him, our obedience will lead to a life of promise! We always try to come up with rational reasons to say no, but what we really need to do is just say yes. In order to grow, we need to put all of our trust in God, and sometimes that means obeying Him even when we don’t understand why. Join us in part two of Crazy as we once again look at the life of Abraham and see how he obeyed God even when he didn’t understand, and was led into a life of promise. no 49:03 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:15:17 -0400 crazy-week-one John Harney Love makes people crazy. Some of us have personally experienced it, but we’ve all seen it, and deep down we all long for it. God wants to have a relationship with us, His children—he knows that we are going to screw up, but He loves us and wants us anyway. This is the crazy love we all long for—the love that is so strong, it doesn’t matter how many times we fail. And when we experience this love, we can express this love ourselves through worship and gratitude, and through loving others. Join us in part one of Crazy as we look at the powerful love of God through the life of Abraham and discuss how we too can experience and express this kind of intense, limitless love. no 42:42 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:15:08 -0400 soulja-week-six John Harney When we feel as if we are threatened, we generally look for a way to strike back. Attacks will come when we are at our weakest, and we can’t fend them off on our own. We need something to defend ourselves with, and the best defense is a good offense. We need to put the words of God into our hearts so that we won’t sin again Him. It is deeper than just having a Bible—we also need to know how when to use these words of God, the “sword of the spirit.” We are all tempted and threatened sometimes, and we need to be prepared so that we can fight it and not give in. Join us for our final part of Soulja as we look at how Jesus Himself used the word of God to fight against Satan and discuss how we ourselves can take up the “sword of the spirit.” no 43:09 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:15:55 -0400 soulja-week-five John Harney Life is stressful—every day there are new things to worry about. We all experience anxiety on a regular basis, some more or less than others, but we all go through it. Anxiety affects the way we live. Yet, salvation can allow us to walk through life without such anxiety, as we put our worries and stresses into God’s hands. Even Jesus experienced anxiety—and He set for us the perfect example of how surrendering ourselves to God can give us peace. The game of life is hard, but just as with video games, there are cheat codes that can help us win. Join us in part five of Soulja as we talk about the “helmet of salvation” and how we can play the game of life differently knowing that we have the ultimate cheat code—Jesus. no 37:00 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:15:47 -0400 soulja-week-four John Harney “Just have faith.” We are told that if we just "believe" in something hard enough, it will be true, it will happen; this is what faith is, we are told. But actually, faith isn’t just belief—it’s the action based on the belief. Join us in part four of Soulja as we look into the life of Abraham and talk about picking up the “shield of faith”—for just as a shield is useless on the ground, our faith is useless without action. Faith isn’t something we "have," it’s something we do. no 41:14 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:15:16 -0400 soulja-week-3 John Harney You read the bible every morning, pray before every meal, and go to church every Sunday. That’s what a “good” Christian is supposed to do, right? Doing these things aren’t necessarily bad—to a degree they’re good. But when we only do things out of expectation, God becomes just a religion. This Sunday we’ll talk about moving from religion to a relationship with God, and the “shoes of peace.” We’ll talk about having God’s peace as our firm foundation, so that we can avoid acting out of expectations. no 39:41 Sun, 31 May 2009 23:15:41 -0400 soulja-week-two John Harney Do you ever feel as if you’re not good enough? We all do sometimes, because the truth is, on our own, we aren’t good enough—but the good news is, we don’t have to be. We can’t live a full life if we live under the weight of our guilt, we can’t be righteous on our own—but when we put on the righteousness of Christ, our weakness is covered by his strength. Christ died to cover our sin, so that when God looks at us He sees Christ, not our sin. Join us in part two of Soulja as we talk about what it really means to wear “the breastplate of righteousness." no 39:36 Mon, 25 May 2009 11:31:35 -0400 soulja-week-one John Harney What is Truth? Where do we go for truth? How does Satan distort the truth? no 39:26 Sun, 10 May 2009 20:13:19 -0400 beatitudes-week-4 John Harney Blessed are the peacemakers. no 39:57 Mon, 04 May 2009 13:08:41 -0400 beatitudes-week-3 John Harney Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. no 35:12 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:52:12 -0400 beatitudes-week-two John Harney Meekness = Controlled Strength for the sake of Others. no 35:12