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The Jones’ are not all they are CRACKed up to be; First Family Member Murdered; Stabbing in PA School Part 1
LISTEN NOW! Greg and Pat discuss how the Jones’ are not all they are cracked up to be. They also continue to discuss how there was a family member murdered in God’s first family and it relates to the recent stabbing that just occurred in a High School in Pennsylvania. It is reported that that the young man who stabbed and injured 20 students came from a good Ozzie and Harriet type home. They continue to discuss how everyone is responsible for their own actions and cannot blame what they do on their parents. Discipline is not a bad thing in fact Jesus learned obedience by the things He suffered. Hebrews 12:7 states “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.” They also discuss that although Bill Cosby produced a quality television program that portrayed family in a very positive light while in his own personal life his own son was murdered while changing a tire on the side of the road. There are no perfect families; all families have issues. They continue to discuss how many different people throughout history no matter their public and work life had issues in their family and the reason being is that we are all human beings and we are all flawed and are in desperate need of a Savior. They encourage us not to try to hide the realities of life. Before families were created there were husband and wife issues with Adam and Eve and once their sons were born there were family issues with one son actually murdering the other son. They further discuss the tragic stabbing of 20 children in PA school. Many say they can’t believe what is happening although our society is selling video games that glamorize illegal activity. It is reported that allegedly the Navy Yard shooter had food brought to him while he played a shooting video games for hours. The next day after the shooting Grand Theft Auto V was released on the market and the game broke records with $800 million dollars in sales in the first 24 hours and $1 billion dollars in three days all the while nobody was shocked. This is how law enforcement are trained and yet kids are playing these murder games for hours all the while their minds are being programed. The reality that whatever is done in the heart will eventually manifest in reality. How many young people are rehearsing killing people for hours only to face pressure and stress in their life and then snap while nothing is said about $1 billion sold in training them?
2 The Jones’ are not all they CRACKed up to be; First Family Member Murdered; Stabbing in Pittsburgh School Part 2
Greg and Pat discuss how the Jones’ are not all they are cracked up to be. They also continue to discuss how there was a family member murdered in God’s first family and it relates to the recent stabbing that just occurred in a High School in Pennsylvania. It is reported that that the young man who stabbed and injured 20 students came from a good Ozzie and Harriet type home. They continue to discuss how everyone is responsible for their own actions and cannot blame what they do on their parents. Discipline is not a bad thing in fact Jesus learned obedience by the things he suffered. Hebrews 12:7 states “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.” They also discuss that although Bill Cosby produced a quality television program that portrayed family in a very positive light while in his own personal life his own son was murdered while changing a tire on the side of the road. There are no perfect families; all families have issues. They continue to discuss how many different people throughout history no matter their public and work life had issues in their family and the reason being is that we are all human beings and we are all flawed and in desperate need of a Savior. They encourage us not to try to hide the realities of life. Before families were created there were husband and wife issues with Adam and Eve and once their sons were born there were family issues with one son actually murdering the other son. They further discuss the tragic stabbing of 20 children in a Pittsburgh, PA school. Many say they can’t believe what is happening although our society is selling video games that glamorize illegal activity. It is reported that allegedly the Navy Yard shooter had food brought to him while he played a shooting video games for hours. The next day after the shooting Grand Theft Auto V was released on the market and the game broke records with $800 million dollars in sales in the first 24 hours and $1 billion dollars in three days all the while nobody was shocked. This is how law enforcement are trained and yet kids are playing these murder games for hours all the while their minds are being programed. The reality that whatever is done in the heart will eventually manifest in reality. How many young people are rehearsing killing people for hours only to face pressure and stress in their life and then snap while nothing is said about $1 billion sold in training them?
The Power of Casting Vision and Creating the Right Environment: First Class Education Centers
LISTEN NOW! Greg and Pat discuss the power of casting vision and creating the right environment as they discuss a recent talk given by President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, Bill Strickland. Bill spoke at the Harvard School of Public Health as part of the Decision – making: Voices from the Field webcast leadership series. He has done an exceptional job in building state of the art learning centers for impoverished people living in the inner city of Pittsburgh. One of Bill’s key philosophies is environment drives behavior, beautiful environment creates beautiful kids; prisons create prisoners. He found out that children and people in general perform a much higher level when they are in a better environment and when they have vision cast upon them for the future. They continue to discuss when jazz musician Dizzy Gillepsi saw fist hand what was being accomplished at the center he knew he had to help Bill build more centers like the one in Pittsburgh all around the country. Dizzy gathered a few musicians together and recorded several albums giving the rights to Bill. These albums went to win Grammys as well as generate funds for the educational center. Bill’s vision is so compelling that the founder of EBay wrote him a half a million dollar check and Senator Heinz wrote him a $1 million dollar check. Today their vision is to build these first class educational centers not only in the United States but they have an aggressive goal of building 100 of them around the world. The educational center teaches vocational skills, entrepreneurship, horticulture, and arts. They continue to discuss the possibilities of what could happen when the church establishes Apostolic Centers to equip the saints to advance God’s kingdom in the earth. They continue to discuss how these Apostolic centers can have a profound effect on the 7 Mountains that affect our world; religion, family, education, government, media, arts & entertainment, and business. The church needs to stop looking to government and allow God to provide for you. When the church gets this vision we will want to see the King of Kings on the top of all these mountains that we may be faithful to His word and His ways in our land.