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Announcement: Back in the Action on October 3rd!

Following my unexpected hiatus, we're jumping right back in the action together with a new biweekly schedule starting next Thursday October 3rd!

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Gregory:

Hey everyone.

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I cannot believe it has been almost

seven weeks since you last heard from me.

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Time flies when you're

involved in ministry.

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Some of you have been asking

where I've been and I'm thrilled

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you're excited for new episodes.

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A trip I took broke my production

cycle, and I've been swamped with

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other duties that required my time.

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But, I'm gearing up to begin

releasing regular episodes again

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starting next Thursday, October 3rd.

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I'm currently in the midst of some

potential software changes to make

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the show better, and then we'll be

back in the action together, learning

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the stories behind our beloved hymns,

and more importantly, why they should

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change the way we think and live.

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We're going to be starting

it back up with the song "our

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great savior" by john w chapman.

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Just to make sure I can consistently

deliver quality content to you I'm

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going to switch for now to a schedule

of releasing a new episode every

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two weeks But hopefully they'll be

better than ever with no missed days.

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Thank you so much for joining me on

this journey I'm excited for what lies

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ahead And don't forget the survey is

still available for you to help shape

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the future of this show All right.

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Talk at you next week

About the Podcast

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Gregory McCoy

I was raised in a Christian home, and though my family isn’t perfect, the love of Christ was always put on display. My earliest memories involve being taught the wonderful things of God, and one day, I had to make a decision. I realized then as a child that God’s gift of salvation is not forced on people but instead must be accepted by faith or else rejected. For me? I put my faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and have never looked back.

That’s not to say that I’m only a Christian because I was raised to be—far from it. I’ve examined dozens of religions in search of truth and now believe that knowledge of our Creator and His purpose for our lives is revealed specifically through His Word. It is in this Word that we find that we are sinners and are therefore hopeless if left to our own devices, and it is in this Word that we find that He loves us in spite of our failures and thus reaches down to us in love, extending forgiveness to all who will accept Him! My life therefore isn’t about trying to earn my way into Heaven…I just want to please the One Who made me, loves me, gives me purpose, and cares for me each and every day: my Lord Jesus Christ. His merit is what I’m counting on to be in Heaven and see Him face to face one day.

Hymns and Gospel songs do not carry God’s stamp of perfection like the Bible does, but they nonetheless often express Biblical truth which has been proved in the hearts of agonizing or awe-struck believers. This intersection of faith, trial, God’s truth, and man’s meditations and praise inspired me to start this podcast. The incredible stories behind the hymns we sing will be lost to the sands of time if we do not willfully pick them up and cherish them. More importantly, the blessing of using these songs to meditate on God’s truths will be lost on us if we don’t seize the opportunity. Let us pursue the Lord together: to know Him above all, to draw close to Him, to rest in His goodness, to seek Him diligently, and to share His love with others! All for Jesus!