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A first for the podcast - Chantel and I discuss a newer song by a DIFFERENT artist that Andrew featured on. Anticipated by Jukebox The Ghost and Andrew McMahon fans alike for years, these two artists share some qualities, and plenty of fans, in common. Find out what happens when these two powerhouse piano-rock artists come together on a track for the first time ever. Learn more about Jukebox the Ghost and check out Chantel's "JTG Starter Pack" tracklist below!

Music Video: https://youtu.be/DH00mnAiuMU

Brian Phillips at Born & Raised Entertainment: https://www.bornandraisedentertainment.com/clients/brian-phillips

Jukebox the Ghost tour tickets: https://www.jukeboxtheghost.com/#tour-page-section

Listen to “Fame-ish”, Jukebox the Ghost’s new podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nkLXS4nCKvmbJVbBYRApP?si=5c7cdd414e314cb6

Jukebox the Ghost Starter Pack playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX_KsnmAMJngNtcfMNsKjccQQDPX_OYw-

³ We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, ⁴ but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, ⁵ beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶ by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; ⁷ by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸ through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;⁹ as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. ¹¹ We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. ¹² You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. ¹³ In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

Key Words: Widen, Heart, Commend, Servants, Ministry, Endurance, Patience, Affections
Keystone Verse: We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. (2 Corinthians 6:11)

³ We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, ⁴ but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, ⁵ beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶ by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; ⁷ by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸ through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;⁹ as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. ¹¹ We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. ¹² You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. ¹³ In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

Key Words: Widen, Heart, Commend, Servants, Ministry, Endurance, Patience, Affections
Keystone Verse: We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. (2 Corinthians 6:11)

In this morning’s sermon text, Paul continues his contrast between the Old and New Covenants. Because of Jesus’s coming, the veil that Moses used to hide the evidence of God’s glory is removed (v. 16), and we can behold the glory face to face (v. 18). But we don’t merely see it, we are transformed to be like it. This imagery of veils and faces can be found in many of the hymns we sing this morning. In the first half of the service, we confess that the Lord’s glory is so bright, it must be “hid from our eyes” (Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise). Though we rest on His grace, at times “darkness veils His lovely face” (My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less). But we also look forward to Christ’s coming in beauty, when “we His face shall see” (The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns). Receiving assurance that our sins are forgiven, we can “look full in His wonderful face,” making the cares and follies of this world grow “strangely dim” (Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus). We are invited to the table as a foretaste of the day when we will “stand in glory” face to face with our Savior (There Is A Redeemer), experiencing in full the “beauty of holiness” (The Voice Of The Lord Is Over The Waters—Psalm 29). Our service concludes with a vision of eternity, when we ascend to Heaven “on eagles’ wings” (The God Of Abraham Praise). There we will “behold His face,” and join with the angels, archangels, and all the saints that precede us in death, singing “the wonders of His grace forever more.” —Henry C. Haffner & Emma Marsh

Key Words: Face, Covenant, Spirit, Glory, Hope, Minds, Hearts, Moses, Christ
Keystone Verse: And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Bulletin

2 Corinthians 3:12-18 12
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, ¹³ not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. ¹⁴ But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. ¹⁶ But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. ¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

In this morning’s sermon text, Paul continues his contrast between the Old and New Covenants. Because of Jesus’s coming, the veil that Moses used to hide the evidence of God’s glory is removed (v. 16), and we can behold the glory face to face (v. 18). But we don’t merely see it, we are transformed to be like it. This imagery of veils and faces can be found in many of the hymns we sing this morning. In the first half of the service, we confess that the Lord’s glory is so bright, it must be “hid from our eyes” (Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise). Though we rest on His grace, at times “darkness veils His lovely face” (My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less). But we also look forward to Christ’s coming in beauty, when “we His face shall see” (The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns). Receiving assurance that our sins are forgiven, we can “look full in His wonderful face,” making the cares and follies of this world grow “strangely dim” (Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus). We are invited to the table as a foretaste of the day when we will “stand in glory” face to face with our Savior (There Is A Redeemer), experiencing in full the “beauty of holiness” (The Voice Of The Lord Is Over The Waters—Psalm 29). Our service concludes with a vision of eternity, when we ascend to Heaven “on eagles’ wings” (The God Of Abraham Praise). There we will “behold His face,” and join with the angels, archangels, and all the saints that precede us in death, singing “the wonders of His grace forever more.” —Henry C. Haffner & Emma Marsh

Key Words: Face, Covenant, Spirit, Glory, Hope, Minds, Hearts, Moses, Christ
Keystone Verse: And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Bulletin

2 Corinthians 3:12-18 12
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, ¹³ not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. ¹⁴ But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. ¹⁶ But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. ¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.
—1 Thessalonians 5:24

This morning, the Scriptures we read and the psalms and hymns we sing point us to the reliability of God’s promises— we can trust that He is faithful to do what He says. The service opens with a Call to Worship from Psalm 111 that declares, “The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy.” Because of this faithfulness, we can “raise our Ebenezer,” remembering all that He has done for us. We read from Hebrews that “He who promised is faithful,” and we sing “Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word.” In the sermon text, Paul reminds us that “all the promises of God find their Yes in [Jesus],” even in the face of change or uncertainty. We respond from Psalm 9 that we will “trust in the Word of truth.” We are assured that “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,” and respond with a verse of Sweet Hour Of Prayer, singing to “Him whose truth and faithfulness engage the wanting soul to bless.” During Communion, we are comforted that “God never yet forsook in need the soul that trusted Him indeed.” The service closes with the hymn Great Is Thy Faithfulness, sending us out into the world with a reminder that His compassions do not fail, and that He will provide all we need—strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow. —Henry C. Haffner

Key Words: Boast, Yes, No, Faithful, Establishes, Witness, Testimony, Grace, Understand
Keystone Verse: For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

Bulletin

2 Corinthians 1:12-24
¹² For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. ¹³ For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— ¹⁴ just as you did partially understand us—that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you. ¹⁵ Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace. ¹⁶ I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. ¹⁷ Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? ¹⁸ As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. ¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in Him it is always Yes. ²⁰ For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory. ²¹ And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, ²² and who has also put His seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. ²³ But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. ²⁴Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.
—1 Thessalonians 5:24

This morning, the Scriptures we read and the psalms and hymns we sing point us to the reliability of God’s promises— we can trust that He is faithful to do what He says. The service opens with a Call to Worship from Psalm 111 that declares, “The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy.” Because of this faithfulness, we can “raise our Ebenezer,” remembering all that He has done for us. We read from Hebrews that “He who promised is faithful,” and we sing “Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word.” In the sermon text, Paul reminds us that “all the promises of God find their Yes in [Jesus],” even in the face of change or uncertainty. We respond from Psalm 9 that we will “trust in the Word of truth.” We are assured that “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,” and respond with a verse of Sweet Hour Of Prayer, singing to “Him whose truth and faithfulness engage the wanting soul to bless.” During Communion, we are comforted that “God never yet forsook in need the soul that trusted Him indeed.” The service closes with the hymn Great Is Thy Faithfulness, sending us out into the world with a reminder that His compassions do not fail, and that He will provide all we need—strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow. —Henry C. Haffner

Key Words: Boast, Yes, No, Faithful, Establishes, Witness, Testimony, Grace, Understand
Keystone Verse: For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

Bulletin

2 Corinthians 1:12-24
¹² For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. ¹³ For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— ¹⁴ just as you did partially understand us—that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you. ¹⁵ Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace. ¹⁶ I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. ¹⁷ Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? ¹⁸ As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. ¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in Him it is always Yes. ²⁰ For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory. ²¹ And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, ²² and who has also put His seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. ²³ But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. ²⁴Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.