{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"The Path of Life - January 11, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2436,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nJanuary 11, 2026 \n \n2026: Flourishing Together: \nTransformed on The Jesus Way \nRomans 12:1-2 (Gospel Guide: John) \n \nWINTER 2026: Designed to Flourish \nJanuary 1 – February 17, 2026 \nPsalm 92:12-15 \n \nThe Path of Life \nPsalm 16 \n \nTheme for 2026: Flourishing Together: Transformed on The Jesus Way \n \nTheme for Winter 2026:  Designed to Flourish \n \nFORMATION: All human beings are being formed and shaped! The process of formation is inevitable in all human experience. The question is, “Who – or What – is forming you?”  \n \nFORMED, INFORMED, CONFORMED, TRANSFORMED: These concepts are all inter-related \n \nWith the rise of social media empires and their spooky digital algorithms, these powerful forces now have direct access to our flows of consciousness every time we slide our thumbs across our phones. What we are led to believe are just ads, news links, retweets, and random digital flotsam are, in reality, mass behavior modification techniques intentionally designed to influence how we think, feel, believe, shop, vote, and live. To quote the tech philosopher Jaron Lanier, “What might once have been called advertising must now be understood as continuous behavior modification on a titanic scale.” The “world” (as it’s called in the New Testament) is forming us, constantly. \n-John Mark Comer, Practicing The Way \n \nINTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP: This phrase captures what we often refer to as spiritual formation. \n\nPERSON: For Christians, our spiritual formation (intentional discipleship) is centered on the PERSON of JESUS CHRIST! \n \nA Disciple: A person being formed by Jesus as they follow Him in accomplishing His mission.  \n \nThe Church is a purposeful community of gathered believers following The Jesus Way together in the fulfillment of His mission. \n \nPATH OF LIFE: God has provided a path for His people that leads to life – abundant life, meaningful life, purposeful life, ------ eternal life! \n \n“Way” is a stock metaphor in both our...","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}