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Living inthe Ageof Signs
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Living in the Age of Signs
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Learning to Learn
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Learning to Learn
A four-year-old can play “Chopsticks” on the piano, but a fourteen-year-old can play Brahms’ “Lullaby.” A four-year-old can read short words, but a fourteen-year-old can read novels. A four-year-old can ride a bike without training wheels, but a fourteen-year-old can fly down a trail on a mountain bike. What is the key element in all these progressions of skill? It is learning.
But it is not just physical or mental skills that can be learned; spiritual skills can be learned as well. The Greek word for learn is the verb form of the word for disciple—a learner or pupil. Both words mean to learn by practice, instruction, and experience. Learning presupposes a lack of knowledge or skill that is later gained through practice, instruction, and experience. So when the apostle Paul said, “I have learned...to be content,” he was saying he hadn’t always been content—that he had been dissatisfied, impatient, or discontent.
When you feel discontent, ask God to teach you contentment in whatever way He chooses. Learning takes time, patience, and humility.
Contentment with what we have is absolutely vital to our spiritual health.
Jerry Bridges
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Beyond the Promised Land
This is episode nine from The Account, an original Turning Point Television production that was created to introduce David Jeremiah's teaching series I Never Thought I'd See the Day! Its message remains relevant for us as we are Living in the Age of Signs.
The Account takes you back to the 1960's when the advertising agency of Wyndham Ridgestone landed the most mysterious client in the history of their firm. This shadowy and intimidating Client hires the firm to influence the masses—to sway the behavior of people toward a liberal mindset—to market a moral shift in American culture. The faceless and nameless Client presents ten issues to the advertising firm and employs it to create these morally destructive campaigns.