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!
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111 episodes
I, Paul, Write This Greeting With My Own Hand (II Thessalonian Reading)
Let's hear the word of God together as it was written in the first century, as a letter to the church. When the church read these, they were reading it in one sitting, and that's how the author intended it to be read. This is a reading of II Th...
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Episode 50
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God's Two Approaches to Anger Management Counseling
Ponder two cases of anger with me - Cain and Jonah. As similar as the wording is in the stories, there are some differences. Let's think about what God is wanting them to consider in their anger, while contrasting it with mankind's approach. To...
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Episode 49
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Betrayal of a Close Friend, a Macbethian Tragedy - Christ in the O.T. Series #13
Ponder Judas' betrayal of Christ with me. He was a dear friend of Jesus. The Scripture calls him that on multiple occasions. There are Old Testament Psalms that speak to this betrayal. Let's look at those, through the lens of Jesus' life and le...
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Episode 48
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God's Name is Not God - What is it Then? A Pondering From Josiah Greeley
This pondering comes from my nephew, Josiah Greeley. I have a short introduction about him and his lesson at the very beginning of this episode. He taught this lesson back in Phoenix, AZ and it makes you think! And since thinking is what this p...
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Episode 47
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Celebrate Your Covenant with God! In the Lord's Supper
Let's ponder another aspect of the Lord's Supper. We don't often think about the covenant aspect of it. However, it is not a mistake that every time Scripture mentions the institution of the Lord's Supper, it mentions "covenant". What story in ...
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Episode 46
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Treating Everyone Equally, A Sign of Thriving Churches
Let's ponder impartiality together and just how important it has been in God's mind for so long. The Lord has been stressing the importance of equity and impartiality since the beginnings of Scripture, and how it would help their society thrive...
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Episode 46
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Passover Reimagined in the Lord’s Supper - Christ in the O.T. Series #12
Let's ponder the Lord's Supper again, but let's do it through the lens of the Passover. I am convinced that the Holy Spirit wants us to do exactly that. In the lead up to the institution of the Lord's Supper, Luke mentions "Passover" 6 times in...
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Episode 45
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Happy Memorial Day! The Best Memorial on the Best Memorial Day
Happy Memorial day! No, not tomorrow, the U.S. holiday...Sunday! The Lord's Day is the greatest of memorial days, on which the greatest memorial is celebrated - the Lord's Supper. Let's think through the mechanics of the Lord's Supper - what, w...
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Episode 44
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The Humble King of the Universe - The Conundrum of Servant Leadership
Ponder with me about servant leadership. The teachings of Jesus about leadership and greatness are quite clear, but if we look to the O.T. prophecies - we see this conundrum is much older. How can the Leader of the universe be considered humble...
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Episode 43
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God's Spirit on Christ, Evidenced How? - Christ in the O.T. Series #11
Ponder with me about what it means for the Messiah to have God's Spirit put on Him. It is a point of prophecy and certainly the Spirit descending on Him after His baptism is when it happened...but what effect would this have on Christ's life? H...
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Episode 42
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Unseen Mothers and an All-Seeing God
Ponder the all-seeing God with me! It's Mother's Day, and it is only scriptural to honor and praise our Mother's (Proverbs 31:28-29). However, most Mom's don't feel seen or appreciated. I'll share some studies along those lines...but praise God...
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Episode 41
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Priesthood Face-off, Melchizedek vs. Levitical - Christ in the O.T. #10
Let's ponder the priest-king theme, in seeing Jesus in the O.T. In the last lesson within this series we traced the history of the ephod, concluding that we need a priest-king. Although we might be tempted to think that is a revolutionary thoug...
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Episode 40
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Religiously Elite Kill Churches - Beauty of Confessing Weakness
Let's ponder the command from James to confess our sins to one another. Is this practiced in the church? I'm sure it is practiced more than we realize, but could it be practiced more? What happens when this doesn't happen? Without even realizin...
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Episode 39
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Of Ephods and Kings - Should These Go Together? Christ in the O.T. Series #9
Ponder with me a strange statement that we are given in passing - that David wore a linen ephod. It's just one curious sentence that is stated in both accounts of him bringing the ark to Jerusalem. Let's back up though, and see the history of e...
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Episode 38
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What Does God Do With a Farm That Doesn’t Produce?
Let's ponder God farming us as disciples and even as a local congregation. It is springtime and so much of life is reminding me of planting and growing. It has me pondering God as a farmer. What's He like as a farmer and what's His reaction whe...
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Episode 37
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A Weird Easter Sermon: Resurrection - Historical or Metaphorical?
Let's ponder the resurrection of Jesus together. Churchgoers everywhere are celebrating Easter and thinking about the resurrection. Stats show, however, fewer and fewer people are believing it. How are they getting around it? Can we accept the ...
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Episode 36
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Where Should I Go To Church? Religious Consumerism vs. Discipleship
Let's ponder the question I'm sure many of you already have - where should I go to church? With the ease of travel today, the options are almost unlimited. Unfortunately, this has created a panic in many churches. It's created a business-like m...
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Episode 35
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Anxiously Waiting in Doubt of God's Promises - Did God Change His Mind?
Let's ponder what it means to wait on God. Every era of God's people had to wait on God for something. We are no different, waiting for the Lord to return. But what happens when doubt creeps in? What happens when what we see physically doesn't ...
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Episode 34
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A House Containing God, History Changing Promises - Christ in the O.T. Series #8
Let's ponder some of the most history-altering promises ever made by God. Sometimes the Lord breaks so forcefully into human history with such profound promises that history is never the same. Such is the case in II Samuel 7 and the parallel pa...
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Episode 33
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The Troubling Violence of the Conquest, and Scripture as a Whole
Ponder the troubling violence of the conquest of Canaan with me. It is probably no secret that the violence of Scripture has troubled many people. It is a common argument against believing in the God of the Bible. Is this fair though? What does...
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Episode 32
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Greatest Moabite Love Story Ever Told - Christ in the O.T. Series #7
Ponder the gospel with me, as told in Ruth. A Gentile is redeemed by a Christ-like figure named Boaz. I'll paraphrase this beautiful love story. After that, let's think through the connections together and where this story is leading us and why...
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Episode 31
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Heart Widening Surgery - Helping and Being Helped
Ponder with me about widening our heart to one another! Paul once told the Corinthians that their own affections were holding them back (II Corinthians 6). Sometimes we get so focused on being willing to help people (we will focus on that in th...
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Episode 30
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I Put You Under Oath - Read This Letter (Thessalonians)
Ponder the book of I Thessalonians with me. Today's episode is a little different, but very similar to the one we put out November 1st. We're going to read an entire epistle together, as a letter, start to finish, in one sitting. This is how th...
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Episode 29
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Passing Through Carcasses, No Fingers Crossed - God's Faithfulness
Ponder with me about how much we depend on God's faithfulness. Almost everything we believe fully relies on the trustworthiness of God. We are on firm ground though. God stooped down and partook of a human oath ritual in Genesis 15 to show Abra...
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Episode 28
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