Heartburn Cafe

After Adam fell into sin in the garden, he found himself for the first time in Chronos time. His life was now measured by a clock and calendar, and was limited. Today, we find ourselves chasing the clock. We have busy schedules. Every hour of the day is taken up as we run to and fro. Sometimes we fall behind time and find ourselves late for an appointment. This chasing the clock causes us to run right past Godâs time or what I call Kairos time. Thus, we are often late for Godâs appointed time for us - that time in which He intends for us to grow in our spiritual life. Donât be so busy that you miss Godâs appointed time!

In this episode, I list four ways in which we might respond to those Kairos moments in our lives - those Kairos moments that are usually etched into our lives and define us for the rest of our lives. They define who we are. They are events in our lives that will define us as a bitter person or a better person depending on how we respond to these moments. We must look at these moments as being a positive force in our lives to grow us in our spiritual life.

This series "The Defining Moments in Life" I pray will be a blessing to you.We will be looking at Kairos time. Not time, in a chronological sense, but time that would be defined as an event, an occurrence, or an opportunity. These Kairos moments may be painful at times but they can be very rewarding if we see them as a positive happening in our lives.

This podcast is to explain why we have been away for a few months and to let you know what our future will be with Heartburn cafe podcasting.Included are a few words of encouragement that are needed in the culture we are living in today. It was David that said " I encourage myself in the Lord." Certainly He is the great encourager.

The concept of having a master over us in our culture is not something we welcome. The Bible is clear that in our confessions of salvation, we are to confess him as Lord. This episode, we try to challenge everyone to yield to his Lordship as we discuss the third name of God in our series - Adonai.

The second episode in our series on the names of God deals with Jehovah Shalom, or the Lord Our Peace. How do we find peace in our lives? Al and Stephen discuss several aspects of that peace, including having peace with God, figuring out how to trust God, and how to live our lives through Him.

After a delay in episodes, we start a new series this week on the names of God. This episode, we look at Jehovah-Jireh, or "The Lord will provide". Throughout the series, we want to explore how it's possible to take His name in vain. In other words, are there times when we don't trust God to provide?

This episode we discuss the actual process of reconciliation. In other words, we talk about how to carry out the action of reconciliation. Remember that there is a right time and attitude to perform this process, and we look at several points to keep in mind.

This episode is part 3 of our series on reconciliation and is basically a continuation of last week's episode. We simply look at how to solve the problem, and to do so, we discuss 5 solutions. However, only 1 solution is really the desirable one, but you have to listen to find out which one that is!

How do we practice reconciliation? This episode, we look at 4 promises we should make in order to move towards complete reconciliation. Itâs a short one, but a good one.

Now that we've talked about forgiveness, let's look at the second aspect of forgiveness, which is reconciliation. Sometimes reconciliation is more difficult to accomplish than forgiveness itself. Not only is reconciliation an event, it is also a process. So join us for this new series as we build upon our last series of forgiveness.

This week, we review the last few episodes on forgiveness, and from there, we move on to checking up on our forgiveness. What does this involve? Well, after understanding what forgiveness is and after that forgiveness is put it into practice, how do you and I ensure that we are actually forgiving ourselves and others? Join us this episode as we talk about the steps to take to make sure we are practicing a spirit of forgiveness.

After talking about how to understand forgiveness, this week, we talk about putting forgiveness into practice. I'm sure everyone has dealt with anger, bitterness, resentment, and so on. However, how do we change and transform these feelings and emotions into that of grace and forgiveness? This episode, we discuss how to achieve this, as well as Biblical guidelines for forgiveness. We also look at examples of bitterness, loving our enemies, and times when it's difficult to forgive people.

Allowing yourself to forgive is mind-boggling peaceful. This week, we start a new series about the freedom we'll have by forgiving those who have wronged us. First, though, what is forgiveness? What does it involve? This episode, we'll try to address that and get down to the basics on forgiveness and reconciliation.

Erin and Andrew join us again this episode as we discuss the great college dilemma - or rather, why do churches struggle with college ministries, and what do college students look for in a church? Obviously we can't possibly answer both of these questions to the fullest in one episode, but we'll try to crack at the surface of this dilemma.