Walking Points is your guide to walking faithfully with Jesus Christ in every sphere of life. Each episode dives into Scripture, offering practical insights and encouragement to help you grow as a disciple in your daily walk. Through biblical teaching, reflection questions, and actionable steps, Walking Points equips you to navigate life’s roles, responsibilities, and relationships with purpose and perseverance. Join us for bite-sized devotionals and key principles to strengthen your faith - ...
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In this episode, we explore Ephesians 1:15-23, where Paul prays for believers to grow in spiritual wisdom and know the depth of God’s hope, inheritance, and power. We’ll reflecton what it means to live in the strength of Christ’s resurrection power and how seeing Jesus as head over all things transforms our perspective. Join us to beencouraged in t…
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In this episode, we dive into Ephesians 1:1-14, exploring the profound spiritual blessings that God has bestowed upon us in Christ. We’ll reflect on our adoption as God’s children, the redemption and forgiveness we have through his grace, and the assurance of our inheritance, sealed by the Holy Spirit. Join us as we discover how these truths shape …
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What does it mean to be a friend, to have friends, to enjoy the gift of spiritual male friendship? That's what we're talking about today. Read more at: The Lost Art of Male Friendship.
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Join me as we reflect on what it means to long for God and how our feelings can be a blessing and a curse in our pursuit of God.
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What does your faith in Christ look like? What ought it look like? How wide is the gap between what it looks like and where it actually is? Listen to today's podcast for some encouragement on this topic.
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Here’s a brief introduction to my new podcast for the pursuit of godly manhood. Let’s see how it goes.
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A devotional based on one of our Holy Week Scripture readings for today.
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Highlights from our Tuesday morning devotion during Holy Week.
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Good morning! Today is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. May the Lord use this devotional to help you rest in him today, even as he prepares you for the week ahead. The Lord bless you.
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Today I'm introducing one of this year's main themes for the podcast: Christian Virtue. I'm also sharing how this year got off to a rocky start, but I'm hoping to get back into a good "podcast recording rhythm" from here on. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sunday Morning Devotion: Your Weekly Rest and Reset
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Happy New Year! Get your year off on the right foot with today’s Sunday morning devotion. May it help you rest in the Lord and reset your heart and mind for today and this week.
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What does it mean to call Jesus the "Alpha and Omega?" And why does it matter? It's far more important than we many may think. That's what we're going to look at in today's episode. Thanks for joining me today.
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On this second Sunday of Advent, we are going to have our concept of greatness challenged by Jesus. The metaphor we will use will be a simple, ordinary writing utensil, a pen. If we think of ourselves as humble pens, we will be able to be used greatly by God to inscribe a beautiful message in ourselves and the lives of others. And if we are pens he…
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Advent Day 3: What Do You Do with Jesus?
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What do you want with Jesus? Why are you following him? What do you want from him? Those are some questions he asked his first disciples and continues asking us today. Join me as we think about some of these things together. You can read the whole devotion at Advent: Day 3, What Do You Want with Jesus? (substack.com)Have a great day.…
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Advent: Day 2, Preparing Our Hearts for the Season
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Slowly but surely we're getting into a good rhythm to celebrate this Advent Season. I hope this episode on preparing our hearts will help you do just that... prepare for the celebration of our Lord's birth as well as his return. Today I didn't share much from the actual devotion, so please check it out at Walking Points | Dale Tedder | SubstackEach…
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Advent: Day 1 - Living in Between: A Journey of Faith During Advent
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Today is the beginning of Advent Season. Join me as we travel through this season reflecting on our Lord's first advent and how we are called to live in light of it as well as how our we must live in continual preparation for his second advent.
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To grow strong, high, and flourish your roots have to go deep. When we're rooted and built up in Christ, we're able to bear much good and lasting fruit for Christ and his Kingdom. How do we get to that point? That's what we'll be talking about today. Thanks for joining me for this episode.
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Get your day and week off on the right foot by spending some time with God. Each week on the "reset" I try to give you some principles to reflect upon, next steps to put into practice, and a little encouragement along the way to help you grow closer with God and faithfully follow Christ in every sphere of your life. You can find a written version b…
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How does God help us grow, mature, and become the men and women he created, redeemed, and called us to be? One way is: "trials of many kinds." But what does that mean? What do those trials look like? How can we persevere? Those are some of the things we'll be reflecting on together in this episode. Thanks for stopping by.…
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Special Announcement and Happy Thanksgiving
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Today is an abbreviated episode of the Sunday morning "weekly reset." I'm excited to tell you about a new Advent devotional coming out soon for the wonderful hope-filled season of Advent. Join me on this brief episode to get those details.
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Today we continue our discussion of the catechism of the Global Methodist Church. Our focus today is on the Trinity, which, as you will discover, is not a topic one can comprehensively cover in such a short time. But we hope our conversation will get you thinking more about what it means to say Christians are "Trinitarian" and why that matters. Tha…
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What does it mean, practically speaking, to say that Jesus Christ is Lord? Is he Lord of just the religious stuff? Is he Lord only on certain days of the week or times of day? Today, let's take a look and try to better understand what it means to declare, believe, and practice the claim that Jesus Christ is Lord.…
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Get your day and week off to a good start by spending time with me in prayer and thinking about all the things we have to be grateful for... and the many ways God has blessed us and we, in turn, might be a blessing to others.
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Today we tackle the first two questions of the Global Methodist Church catechism, which focus on the God who has revealed himself to us... the God who wants us to know, love, worship, and follow him. Thanks for checking out the podcast today.
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Have you been running on spiritual and emotional fumes lately? God has given us his Word to revive our souls and give us renewed life and wisdom. Join me today as we reflect upon what this might look like in our lives. How good God is to reveal himself to us in and through his Word.
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I hope this time of prayer will bless you as you prepare for today and this week. I pray the Lord will fill you with his presence throughout this time and lavish you with grace. Thanks for stopping by.
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What is a catechism? Why do churches use catechisms? How can it be a helpful discipleship tool for individuals and churches? Those are some of the questions we'll be talking about in today's episode.
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The Way of the Lord: An Introduction, Part 2
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Today we finish up our discussion of what loving God and others really looks like. And, just as important, why we ought to love God and others in the first place. Love is more than a slogan, bumper sticker, or social media post... it's an intentional, volitional, practical, sacrificial expression of having another person's best interest at heart, e…
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What is love? What does it look like? How should it be expressed? Where does it come from? Those will be some of the questions we begin to talk about in today's episode.
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What if dying to yourself could and would enable others for generations to come to live and flourish for Christ and his Kingdom. Would it be worth it to you? And, spoiler alert, what if such "dying" would be only way to truly live the abundant and eternal life Christ desires for us and calls us to? Would that be worth it? That's what we're going to…
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Let's walk together through a time of prayer, in which we praise God, confess our sin, thank God for his goodness, and bring our deepest needs and concerns to him. Thanks for joining me on the journey today.
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Today we finish up our discussion on what it means to live wisely and how to go about pursuing it and putting it into practice. So, if you want to grow in the art of living well, check out yesterday's and today's episodes and reflect with me on what it means to live wisely. As always, thanks for checking out the podcast. Make sure to subscribe! Hav…
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In today's episode we're going to take a close look at what it means to live carefully, intentionally, and on purpose. This is the wise life God calls us to live, a life that is growing in the likeness of Christ. It's not easy, but it's the life for which we were created and redeemed and to which we are called. Thanks for stopping by.…
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Join me as we spend time with God and prepare for the week ahead with this "weekly reset."
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As we begin our new feature of "ask the pastors" we thought it would be a good idea to first "meet" the pastors as well as provide a little context for what kinds of questions we hope you will feel comfortable asking. Thanks for stopping by.
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What does it look like to become the man God has created, redeemed, and called you to be? How can you get there? That's what we'll be exploring in today's episode. And by the way, this is a word of encouragement for men and not another message beating up on men. I hope men will find it a helpful and positive word of how they can become the men our …
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Our faith in God does not prevent hard times from coming our way or cause them to not be genuinely hard times. But, our faith reminds us that the God we trust is the One who promised to never leave us nor forsake us. He is the One who loves us and has our best interest at heart. And because he has promised to always be with us, we can have courage.…
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Come spend time with me in a time of prayer as we prepare for a new day and a new week. There's no better way to start both than spending time with the One who loves us and has our best interest at heart.
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In this episode we finish up our series on cultivating the mind of Christ by running down every rabbit trail and throwing in everything else, including the kitchen sink. From Stoicism to thespiritual disciplines, we discuss how all this relates to wisdom and the mind of Christ.
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Spiritual Friendship: God's Gift to the Church
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On this week's "Godly Manhood" episode of Walking Points, we're going to be considering something that applies to both men and women: spiritual friendship. Having those who invest themselves into our lives is a tremendous blessing. Pouring your life into another's life is more rewarding than you can imagine. And having a friendship of mutual encour…
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While you're here, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and click "like." Why in the world would we ever return to dead-end ways of life once we've been liberated from them? That's what we're discussing on the podcast today as well as how we can stay on track in the new life that God desires us to enjoy! Thanks for stopping by.…
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Prayer Journal & Weekly Reset: Week 41
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Come spend some time with me in prayer with God as we reflect on his goodness and grace in our lives.
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In today's episode, David Preston and I discuss how cultivating the mind of Christ is ultimately all about discipleship. How can the mind of Christ help us follow Jesus more faithfully in every sphere of life and build up Christ's church by serving it? That's a little of what we'll be talking about in today's episode. Thanks for checking it out.…
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Join me in the mission. What mission? The mission for one hundred godly men? God has called us to make kingdom-minded and kingdom-hearted disciples of all the world, and that includes men. But what article after article point out is that men, and young men in particular, are searching for identity, affirmation, values, purpose, meaning, and more in…
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? Why would Jesus tell us to "count the cost" before becoming his disciple? What is he including? Can't I keep some things just for me and give him the rest? What does it mean to submit to him as my Lord? These and other questions are what we'll be thinking abut together in this episode. Thanks for stopping by.…
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Let's spend some time today with God and one another as we reset and prepare together for worship and the week before us.
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What does it mean to have a purposeful mind? The Bible suggests our minds are to be sanctified or set apart for the sake of Christ and his Kingdom. How can set apart our minds for Christ in order to think as he does about God, the world in which we live, our own lives, and more? That's what we're going to explore in our conversation today. Join us.…
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Today our walk in the word explores new life in Christ. Join me as we look at Ephesians 2:1-10 for our devotional study.
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Today picks up where last Tuesday's podcast left off. Why should Christians reach out to men? Why should churches have ministries to men? In today's world, younger generations of men are going outside the walls and influence of the church to seek wisdom. Many fine thinkers are rightly diagnosing the issues young men (and not-so-young men) are wrest…
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Our feelings can be fickle. One day we're on a spiritual high and the next day we can be on a spiritual low. Have you ever experienced that. And yet, in either circumstance, we are called to pursue God. What does that mean? What does that look like? That's a little of what we'll be thinking about in today's episode. Thanks for stopping by and check…
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