{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"What Happened? - August 3, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1493,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nAugust 3, 2025 \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nAUGUST 2025: Gold’s – God’s Gym \nAugust 3 – September 6, 2025 \n \nCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. \nJesus (Matthew 11:28-30) \n \nWhat Happened? \nGenesis 3 \n \nTheme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n \nTheme for August 2025: Gold’s – God’s Gym \n \nHUMAN FLOURISHING: One of the domains currently being researched in the Global Flourishing Study is Mental and Physical Health. \n \nFlourishing Measure Questions \nIn general, how would you rate your physical health? \nHow would you rate your overall mental health? \n \nMENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN US – According to the American Psychological Association, most people agree there is a “mental health crisis” in America.  \n \nANXIETY – According to the American Psychiatry Association, increasing numbers of American adults are experiencing growing levels of anxiety. \n \nGenesis 1-2 records the Creation Account in Scripture. Human beings were uniquely created by God in His image. He placed His blessing upon humanity. What happened? \n   \nPARADISE LOST – or perhaps, a deep sense of the loss of the intimate access to God. \n \nThree kinds of disorder, covering the greater part of human suffering, make their germinal appearance in this chapter . . . In personal relations . . . In the spiritual realm . . . and on the physical plane . . . This multiple disarray is, from one aspect, his punishment, pronounced by God; from another, it is the plain outcome of his anarchy. Leaderless, the choir of creation can only grind on in discord. \n-Derek Kidner, Genesis \n  \nTHEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK \n“Understood from a Christian perspective,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}