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Have you ever said, today was a good day or a bad day or my kids were good today or bad today? Oh come on, you know you have.

Listen in as we explore how we look at good and evil (bad). Do we see good and bad like God does or is our perspective a bit skewed?

Sit back and relax and begin looking at how you see things that go on in your life, does it all revolve around you?

If it does, maybe it should all revolve around Tom and Joe instead...


Episode 17 MP3 Version

Here is the link as promised to the PDF of the research Joe did a while back on this topic so you can see the journey he took, it is a bit long and there may be some typos so be merciful, thanks: PDF

Enjoy!

In this second part of Giving and You we show you how to make millions at the Casino of Heaven, by giving to charities that God loves the most, and it's only $99 for the list...

Listen in as we look at what giving looks like now in the New Covenant and how we can walk it out.

Look for a link to the PDF of Joe's studies on www.ecarp.org

Episode 16 MP3 Version

Alice Cooper, Golf Monster -
A Rock ‘n’ Roller’s Life and
12 Steps To Becoming A Golf Addict
Author: Alice Cooper

Tom's Review -

I know what you’re thinking, “Why the heck is an autobiography by Alice Cooper being recommended on this website?” Well, first of all, it’s confession time; I’ve been a big Alice Cooper fan since I was 13 years old and bought “School’s Out” on cassette. There was something about Alice that just clicked with me. I don’t expect non-Cooper fans to understand. But I was hooked. If A.C. was in town, I was at the concert.

So imagine my excitement when, in 1994, rumors started to surface that Alice Cooper had become a Christian! Could it be true? Yes! Shock rock’s king had committed his life to Christ. Now we can call him “Brother Alice”.

In this autobiography that was just released in 2007, Alice tells his story. And he covers everything. He talks about his life as a child, the teenage years and how he became Alice Cooper. He covers the good, bad and the ugly. He chronicles his long battle with alcohol addiction and how he finally found faith in Jesus Christ.

Interspersed through out the book are golf tips. (Alice happens to be a golf fanatic.) I thought I’d just skim over these because I have absolutely no interest in golf. But these “golf tips” are really points that are applicable to life.

He also answers the burning question, “If Alice Cooper is saved, how can he still be Alice Cooper and continue putting out albums and doing concerts?” But, you’re going to have to get the book to get the answer to that one.

Blue Like Jazz
Author: Donald Miller

Tom's Review -

If you want your Christianity to be based on a list of dos and don’ts, should and shouldn’ts and how tos, then don’t read this book. However, if you see following Jesus as a great journey with all its ups and downs, twists and turns and even a few bumps in the road, then this book is for you.

In Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller let’s us take a peek in to his life as he pursues Jesus and as Jesus pursues him. He is not shy about letting us see his short comings and foibles. As he does, we can get a glimpse of how Jesus can lead us along on this journey.

The subtitle of the book is “Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality”. It was refreshing to read a “Christian” book that absolutely did not feel “religious”.

This week we tackle the tough topic of Giving and the Christian by opening up our Paypal account to donations.... not really.

Listen in as we try and mess up everything you ever thought you believed about giving and the dreaded "T" word... tithes.

If you want to learn more, next week we'll post a PDF of the research Joe did that brought him to this viewpoint, so you can tear it apart and make him cry or use in the bottom of your bird cage.

That means this week you have to study it on your own without my cheat sheet, have fun!!!


Episode 15 MP3 Version

In the second part of this series we give you the three steps to having perfect kids like us, oh wait we don't.

Listen in as we again chat about raising our kids with a real faith and look at if maybe it's more about our relationship with them and not so much about information.

If you're interested in learning more about this we recommend "Loving Our Kids On Purpose" by Danny Silk.


Episode 14 MP3 Version

Is there a way to make our faith real to our kids or should we raise them with a cartoon Christianity?

Listen in as we chat about raising our kids with a real faith and not teaching them to give an outward compliance performance while their hearts are far away.

Remember if you have questions or comments email Tom, if you want to tell us how great we are email Joe, thanks!
Episode 13 MP3 Version