{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Put Your Mind To It! - May 4, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2247,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nApril 27, 2025 \nCollege Grad Sunday \n \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nSPRING 2025: Walk This Way! \nApril 27 – May 31, 2025 \n \nBe perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. \nJesus (Matthew 5:48) \n \nPut Your Mind To It! \nRomans 12:1-2 \n \nTheme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n \nTheme for Spring 2025: Walk This Way! \n \nHUMAN FLOURISHING: One of the domains currently being researched in the Global Flourishing Study is Character and Virtue. \n \nPHOTO: Global Flourishing Study Press Conference \n \nINNAUGURATED ESCHATOLOGY: We live in the intersection of This Present Evil Age and The Age to Come. \n \nRomans 1:18-25, 28 (Let’s put the actual text on the screens – I will read this entire section.) \nHumanity in this Present Evil Age has often refused to worship God. This refusal leads to an “unfit” mind that results in all manner of sinful behavior. \n \nJesus Christ desires to absolutely, completely, and holistically redeem every part of you, transform you by the power of the Holy Spirit at work within you and through His redeemed community, to conform you to His image. \n \nCALL TO WORSHIP: God is inviting us to engage in a lifetime of worship. Choosing to worship God offers us an opportunity to give Him glory! \n \nCHALLENGE OF CONFORMITY: The forces of evil work to press upon us so that we will be conformed to the whims of this present evil age. (Greek aion – from which we get the word “eon.”) \n \nCHANGE OUR MINDS! God is at work within us to renew our minds. Our minds must be renewed by the transforming work of God’s Spirit so that we will choose to follow The Jesus Way in every area of our lives. \n \nPhilippians 1:9-11: Let’s put the text on the screen – I will read the entire text. \n \nCOMPLETE! God is leading us on a journey towards what it means to be “complete” in Him! \n ...","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}