Plainfield Ponderings - Scripture Meditations
Hello! I'm Allen Greeley and I love thinking and meditating on Scripture. Another word for it, which we don't use very often, is pondering. When the mother of Jesus heard the shepherds retell the vision of the angels celebratory singing; the Scripture says, "Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Luke 2:19). That alone is my goal with this podcast. I want us to treasure in our hearts what we hear from God and ponder it. It would be an honor to have you listen in and ponder with me. To God be the glory!
Episodes
46 episodes
A Distracted Marriage is a Challenged Marriage
Ponder with me about distractions to having healthy marriages. My wife asked me recently during our anniversary dinner date what the best year of our marriage was, and what was the most challenging year of our marriage? Wow, great q...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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12:09
Conversation Amongst Tents
Ponder with me a conversation Jesus had with the Jews at the Feast of Tabernacles in John 7. By this time, they wanted to kill Him in Jerusalem already, but Jesus makes this pilgrimage to the city anyway. The first recorded conversa...
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Season 2024
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Episode 32
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28:44
Dealing With Shame and Guilt, Our Way or God's
Ponder with me about how we deal with shame and guilt. We all have it, though we may not have dealt with it as honestly as we should. That we all have it, is evidenced by the story of "the fall" in Genesis 3. That story is not...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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12:53
Unassuming Approach to Life, Inquiring of Him
Ponder with me about how quickly and rashly we make life decisions at times. This episode is a bit of a contrast between the presumption that we studied about in the last episode vs. taking an unassuming approach to life. What does ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 31
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29:47
The Danger of Presumption, Even When It Makes Sense
Ponder with me about presuming what God wants, when something hasn't been communicated clearly. This can lead to quite a mess! Join with me in looking at a couple of instances where it led to spiritual disaster. What God has a...
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Season 2024
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Episode 30
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31:16
Election Season and Mustard Seeds
Ponder with me about how we are addicted to big, flashy, impressive things. Let's contrast that with how Jesus told us the kingdom of heaven would begin. Today is election day. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to vote and...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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10:50
One Like a Human Ascending to the Ancient of Days
Ponder with me about the most popular passage about Christ's ascension in the Old Testament - Daniel 7. It's a bit of a follow up from the last podcast episode about Jesus being more than David's son...He's the Son of God. However, ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 29
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27:37
What Do You Think About the Christ? Whose Son is He?
Ponder with me about the lineage of Christ. Jesus once asked the Pharisee's - what do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He? All the Jews knew the Christ needed to be descended from David, but Jesus pushes them a bit - i...
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Season 2024
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Episode 28
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27:57
Beauty of Reading the Letters of Scripture as a Letter (followed with Galatians reading)
Ponder with me about reading the letters of Scripture as one, complete unit. The way we read Scripture today is so compartmentalized, and much different from how they were intended to be read. We read a few verses from this book, a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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24:46
Saved Through Baptism
Ponder with me about why Peter says we are saved in baptism. Baptism has been one of the most controversial and hotly debated topics of the last few centuries and yet Peter says in the clearest language possible, baptism now saves you (I ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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10:31
God Finally Speaks About Suffering
Ponder with me about the end of Job! The longest continuous speech in Job is by a mysterious character named Elihu. He pops up at the end of Job, although he makes it clear he's been listening to Job and his friends while they were ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 27
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29:51
Passing the Torch of Leadership
Ponder with me about how the leadership in the New Testament morphed into something different than when the church began. At the beginning, you see a heavy focus on the apostles' leadership. Then, at the end of Acts 11, you start se...
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Season 2024
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Episode 26
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30:11
Open My Eyes, Lord!
Ponder with me about God's angel armies! They are all around. They are awaiting God's direction at any moment to help His cause. This was the case in II Kings 6 when the Syrian army showed up to capture and/or kill Elisha.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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11:54
Elder’s Are So Needed, Here’s Why
Ponder with me about who can be an elder in God's church. In a previous episode we began thinking about how impactful leaders in the church can be, for the good or for the bad. Leaders make a difference! That's why God wants e...
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Season 2024
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Episode 25
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29:44
So Will My Heavenly Father Do To You
Ponder with me about perspective on what we've been forgiven, and how it plays into how we forgive others. In our last shorter pondering-devotional entitled "Dinner with a Pharisee", we spoke about how forgiveness is a matter of perspecti...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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12:06
Why Suffering Exists and Why I'm Suffering Are Different
Ponder with me about how and why suffering came into existence. God didn't create a world with pain, death or any semblance of suffering. That was only introduced because of sin. Because that's the case, many of us are tempted...
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Season 2024
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Episode 24
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31:18
Impactful Leadership - A Study of Elders/Overseers/Shepherds/Pastors
Ponder with me about the impact of leadership! Both positively and negatively God's people have always been swayed by their leaders. God wants every congregation to have great leadership. That starts with the eldership. ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 23
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28:41
Dinner With A Pharisee
Ponder with me about appreciating forgiveness is really a matter of perspective. Jesus went over to Simon the Pharisee's home and a parable broke out! But only after a woman interrupted the dinner with an amazing act of humility.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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11:47
Contentment's Little [BIG!] Secret
Ponder with me about contentment. It is absolutely central to having a mind of thanksgiving. In this society which is constantly reminding us of what we don't have and all the upgrades we "need", it's not easy. It's not a poor...
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Season 2024
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Episode 22
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27:50
Suffering and Entitlement
Ponder with me more about the book of Job! We can't even get out of chapter 1 without being confronted that God at least allows all suffering. Job's suffering was extreme and intense. How could he go through it and fall to his...
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Season 2024
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Episode 21
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33:57
The Righteous Live By Their Faith
Ponder with me about true living! The most famous line of Habakkuk is, "the righteous will live by their faith" (2:4). God wasn't telling Habakkuk how people could live physically and escape the invasion. He was emphasizing so...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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13:35
Christ's Church And Its Incredible Magnitude
Ponder with me about some of the incredible things said about the church. The way people view it and how Scripture views the church are often so different. Many think of it as a "side benefit" of religion. God views it as one ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 19
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29:35
Suffering’s FAQ Section of Scripture
Ponder with me the problem of suffering through the book of Job! In this introduction we first talk through how God answers our most profound and troubling questions. The Scripture isn't like a FAQ section on a website where you can...
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Season 2024
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Episode 20
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28:49
Write It Down, God Risking His Reputation
Ponder with me how amazing it is that God has communicated with us at all, but even more astounding that God would have it written down. There's something dangerous about having something written. It can come back to haunt you, if y...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:01