Over the course of many years now, my good friend, and dear brother in the Lord, James Long, Jr. and I have taught Scripture together and preached a number of sermon series together. Beyond that however, we have also simply met together periodically over lunch to talk about the things of God. We find ourselves sharing together both gratitude and amazement as we reflect on the truth that, through the finished work accomplished at the cross of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, God has graciously provided us with a sure hope of entering into His rest, not only at some point in the distant future, but also, today…and every day...day by day.
Both James and I have come to truly appreciate, and look forward to, those lunch-time opportunities Our Lord provides for us to come apart from the daily demands of life and simply sit together across a table and talk about these eternal truths which are, after all, “of first importance.” Although we often struggle to schedule those times, we always seem to come away mutually encouraged…challenged…and checking our calendars to evaluate possibilities for our next meeting.
This past summer, as we shared over one of those lunches, we began to consider the possibility of producing a podcast together. We considered how we might record something like one of our informal lunch-time discussions of these truths “of first importance” in a manner that would provide an experience for listeners that would allow them to feel as if they were sitting at a table near ours, simply overhearing our conversation about the things of God in the comfort of a relaxed and natural setting. And so, “…entering His rest…” was conceived.
For the past several months, James and I have prayerfully considered potential initial discussion topics as well as the logistics involved in getting such a podcast up-and-running. The Lord has provided in both areas. So, Lord willing, we are now anticipating that our first series might be on-line sometime in December, or early January. Our plan is to post two podcasts per month, each being about 20 minutes in length.
So, we would like to invite you to pull up a table nearby and listen in on our conversations. If you find that you have a question or comment regarding something you might “overhear,” we will try to provide you with a means of letting us know…and we certainly won’t consider you rude or impolite for listening in...!
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By the way…for those you who know me, but might not know James; James is currently serving as part of the Pastoral Team at "The Chapel,” a Christian fellowship meeting in the Washington/Phillipsburg area of Warren County, NJ. To learn more about James, please feel free to check-out his on-line biographical information at http://www.thechapelnj.org/meet-our-pastoral-team or on his blog at http://www.jameslongjr.com/about.html , or on Twitter ( @drjameslongjr ).
