What is Salvation and Stuff about?
Hello! Welcome to Salvation and Stuff - I’m your host Micah Coate.
I am of the opinion that God is always speaking to us. Undoubtedly, God speaks to us through His word, the scriptures but also through times past. As Paul said in his letter to the church in Rome “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4). One major part of this podcast is Biblical Theology - and in that we will find instruction, encouragement, and hope - that is sensible and practical.
But God speaks to us in other ways. He often speaks To us - Through us. That is, we all have a story to tell. Millions of people in past generations have encountered God and lived in both peaceful and precarious times. Men and women from various places, cultures, with different languages spanning across generations - with nothing in common except that God played a role in their life. And their stories are waiting to be told.
In the ancient book of Deuteronomy, Moses (circa 1400) - not only the most prominent figure in the Old Testament, but the most important religious leader in world history is nearing his death. God informs Moses that he will not enter into the “promised land”, and furthermore, that the nation of Israel will forsake the covenant and begin to serve other gods from the new land they will be entering. So God writes a song and tells Moses to copy and write it down and to teach it to the people so that in the near future, when they are suffering the consequences of following after others “gods”, it will serve as a reminder - it will testify against them in hope to draw them back.
So Moses reads the song aloud to all the leaders of Israel. And in one verse (verse 7 of chapter 32) The songs commands the the people to ,“Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations;”
God’s solution to their misery was to “remember and consider” the days of old and the years of many generations.” We can all relate to this. We have followed our own will instead of His, we have all made gods out of things that we know we shouldn’t and as a result, have been troubled by the results. And one way to get us back on track is to remember those people and times that give witness to the glory and goodness of God.
So on Salvation and Stuff we are going to try and “Remember” and “consider” those who have gone before us and the generations that have preceded us because we have so much to learn from them. We agree with the friend of old Job, that “we were born only yesterday and know nothing.” What’s the remedy for that? “Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned.” (Job 8:8,9).
The aim of this podcast is to engage, encourage and enlighten all people towards a deeper faith in Jesus. No matter who you are, where you find yourself, or what you’re doing in life now, if you appreciate history and inspiring biographies mixed with practical theology, all delivered in my absolutely stunning, soothing, masculine and comforting voice (albeit sometimes unclear), I hope you’ll find this podcast worthy of your time. If so, please subscribe and share it with a friend. To find out more about Salvation and Stuff and to connect with me, please visit my websites at:
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