The Threshing Floor

Happy Thanksgiving!

In this episode, the Threshing Floor talks all about Thanksgiving. We share traditions, memories and do a deep dive into the Biblical idea of the concept of Thanksgiving. Plus, plenty more great conversations from the thunderous three. 

We talk about:

  • Kids Snacks.
  • Why coffee is better overseas.
  • Son-In-Law.
  • Bio-dome.
  • Pauly Shore.
  • Pauly Shore as a sociological concept.
  • Squirrel Brains.
  • Board Games.
  • Fried Moon Pies.
  • What we love about thanksgiving.
  • TTF gets thanksgiving.
  • The Old Testament idea of thanksgiving.
  • The power of acknowledgment.
  • Thanksgiving as offering.
  • The New Testament shift towards gratitude.
  • Thankfulness in different cultures.
  • Sentimentality as tradition.
  • Someone doing something for you that you can't do yourself.
  • Acknowledging powerlessness. 
  • Thankfulness NOT entitlement. 
  • Sentimentality without deep revelation
  • Learning to be a thankful people.
  • Twitter feedback.
  • Tract as a verb. (tracted?)
  • Do you use a rosary or prayer beads?
Direct download: TTF75_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am CDT

Today's episode of The Threshing Floor takes you back to the golden era of door-to-door evangelism and talks about handing out gospel tracts. We also talk about Joshua's odd eating habits and jump into some listener feedback. 

Our conversations include:

  • Bed Times.
  • The Hashbrown Bowl at Waffle House.
  • Why we need to record an episode at Waffle House.
  • Joshua is a ghostbuster.
  • #makewafflesgreatagain.
  • Food Hacks.
  • Milk and Cereal or Cereal and Milk?
  • G-Love's early 2000's hit about breakfast food.
  • Jack Chick's death.
  • Soul-winning.
  • Revelation 21:8
  • Chad bails on evangelism and goes to a tattoo parlor.
  • Facebook as the modern tract.
  • There are things about this mode of evangelism with good intention.
  • does it require people to be convinced?
  • The message of the gospel is meant to be translated by transformed people. 
  • If we don't have active transformation-evangelism is hollow. 
  • Discipleship and evangelism. 
  • Thanksgiving
  • The sanctification suitcase episode
  • The best Mario game ever. 

Mentioned links

R.I.P Jack Chick, comics scaremonger (AV Club)

Jack Chick is Dead (New Republic) 

From Four Laws to Four Circles (Christianity Today) 

Direct download: ttf_74_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am CDT

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