The Art of Godliness

Today I’ve got a new episode of The Art of Godliness for you to listen to. Through this episode (and all the others before and after it) Paul and I hope to provoke you obey God in leading a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This time we focus our thoughts and conversation on entertainment, and especially the entertainment Christians enjoy through pop culture. We hope you find it helpful! Recommended Reading “I Don’t Understand Christians Watching Game of Thrones” (Kevin DeYoung) “On “Stranger Things” and Being a Big Prude” (Tim Challies) “Twelve Questions to Ask Before You Watch ‘Game of Thrones’” (John Piper) “Sex on the Silver Screen: What Would a Victorian Christian Say?” (Tim Challies) “How Much Television Do You Actually Watch? Way Too Much!” (Tim Challies) “Netflix’s Biggest Competition” (Tim Challies) You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast directly, you can do so here.

There is not an individual or a church that has not been impacted at some time or in some way by gossip. The sad fact is that too much of the time we talk too much and about all the wrong things. In this episode of The Art of Godliness, Paul and I discuss the common, ugly, destructive sin of gossip. Give it a listen and see if you find it at all helpful or challenging! After all, the purpose of our podcast is to attempt to think out loud about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. And few things are more undignified and less peaceful than gossiping about others! Recommended Reading: A Quick Fix for Low Self-Esteem The King Is Within Earshot Sermon: “Lies, Jabber and Gossip” You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast directly, you can do so here.

Today we bring you another episode of The Art of Godliness, the podcast that attempts to think out loud about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. In this week’s episode we discuss the kind of subject that will compel a lot of people to just skip the episode. It may not seem that important to you or may not seem to matter much in your context. Can we ask you to listen anyway? This subject is near and dear to both of us and may be of greater urgency to you than you know. Our topic today is disability, and especially disability in the church. Thanks to this week’s sponsor Logos for making this episode possible. Learn more about Logos and their excellent Reformation resources at logos.com/reformationchallies. Some of their deals are time-sensitive, so don’t dawdle! Resources Wrestling with an Angel by Greg Lucas The Life We Never Expected by Andrew and Rachel Wilson The Elisha Foundation You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast directly, you can do so here.

Today I bring another episode of The Art of Godliness, the podcast that attempts to think out loud and in public about how to lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. Paul and I discuss the always-controversial topic of music in the church. Isn’t it ironic that music, meant to create unity in the church, is so often a source of division? It shouldn’t be this way! Thanks to this week’s sponsor Logos Mobile Education from Faithlife for making this episode possible. Learn more about Logos Mobile Education at logos.com/timchallies. You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast directly, you can do so here.

Today I bring you episode 4 of The Art of Godliness podcast, the show that thinks out loud and in public about how to “lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” In past episodes we have discussed conflict in the church, honoring our parents, and family devotions. Today we turn our attention to scandal in the church. The sad fact is there will always be some degree of scandal among Christians and through the Internet we have greater access to them than ever before. In this episode we discuss how we should respond to scandals that rock the church. Thanks to our sponsor Lexham Press for making this episode possible. Please visit LexhamPress.com/Classics to learn about the Lexham Classics series. You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast directly, you can do so here.

Today I bring you episode 3 of The Art of Godliness, the new podcast hosted by myself and my good friend Paul Martin. The purpose of the podcast is to think out loud and in public about how to live a quiet and peaceful life, godly and dignified in every way. In episode 1 we discussed conflict resolution and in episode 2 turned to honoring parents. Now, in episode 3, we turn to family devotions. We discuss what constitutes family devotions, where we find them in the Bible, why we ought to do them, and how we ought to do them. All that in just 25 minutes! We hope you enjoy it and benefit from it. Thanks to our sponsor Logos Mobile Education for making this episode possible. Please visit logos.com/timchallies to learn about Logos Mobile Ed and to get a great discount on some of their best courses. You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast directly, you can do so here. Show Notes 10 Ideas and 10 Tips on Family Devotions Family Worship by Donald Whitney

Today I bring you episode 2 of The Art of Godliness, the new podcast hosted by myself and my good friend Paul Martin. The purpose of the podcast is to think out loud and in public about how to live a quiet and peaceful life, godly and dignified in every way. After discussing conflict resolution in episode 1, we turn today to the subject of honoring parents. Specifically, we discuss how we, as grown adults, should honor our aging parents. Thanks to our sponsor Logos Mobile Education for making this episode possible. Please visit logos.com/timchallies to learn about Logos Mobile Ed and to get a great discount on some of their best courses. You can subscribe to The Art of Godliness via iTunes and most other podcast directories. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so here. Show Notes The Commandment We Forgot series The Forgotten Commandment by Dennis Rainey

Today I’m beginning something new: a podcast.  I’m co-hosting it with Paul Martin who is a close friend and a fellow elder at Grace Fellowship Church. Together we are taking a look at a variety of subjects of relevance to the Christian life. We are beginning in episode one with the tricky subject of conflict resolution, and especially conflict within the church. Thanks to our sponsor Logos for making this episode possible. Please visit logos.com/challiespodcast to learn about Logos 7 Basic (and download it for free). If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so here. It will also be available on iTunes in a few days. Show Notes A Church Discipline Primer by Jonathan Leeman The Beginner’s Guide to Conflict Resolution Matthew 18 Pastors’ Talk podcast with Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman *If you’ve been following this site long enough you know I’ve done some podcasts in the past. I enjoyed doing these and deliberately designed them to be limited in duration. Will this one be equally limited? We aren’t quite sure yet.