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My unwritten mission statement is to take the practical message of Christ to every person on earth and live twenty-five years after I die. The purpose of living "beyond the grave" is because reaching every human is immense. The plan for this mission is twofold: (1) Using technology redemptively and raising leaders who will outlive me, helping to carry this work forward. Part of this missional endeavor is rebranding our ministry to something that fits our aims and ambition. Thus, we'll have a new name but the same mission this October. Will you pray for God's ongoing favor in this work? Hundreds of thousands of souls are accessing our resources each month. We believe God wants to do more. A friend said, "Find out where God is and go there." We believe His hand is on this work based on our reach and responses from those He's affected already. This season is also the time of the year when Christians give the most generously. Will you also ask the Father to bring a few generous souls to us? Most of our annual funds come in from October to December. If you're able, you may donate here: https://bit.ly/3ctU7aN Thank you, Rick Life Over Coffee exists to bring hope and help for you and others by creating resources that spark conversations for transformation. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il Pinterest: https://bit.ly/3IcKGuE YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

The Internet is an angry place. It’s one of the sadder commentaries about the Internet period in church history to see how it has become a context to put our sinful hearts on full display before the world. Revealing my wicked heart is nothing new to those who know me, but it is new to have a new place to display it. The Internet is that space for too many of us to lower the gate and march our words out before a world that is keen on finding opportunities to remind us why Christianity is a farce. Because cyberspace seems worlds away, we can begin to think what we do there has little impact. It’s this disinhibition delusion that makes it most dangerous. You may Read, Watch, or Listen to this resource here: https://bit.ly/3i20Nwd Life Over Coffee exists to bring hope and help for you and others by creating resources that spark conversations for transformation. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

The Internet is an angry place. It’s one of the sadder revelations about the Internet period in church history to see how it has become a context to put our sinful hearts on full display before the world. Revealing my wicked heart is not a new thing to those who know me, but having a new place to display it is new. The Internet is that space for too many of us to lower the gate and march our words out for the world to see. Life Over Coffee exists to bring hope and help for you and others by creating resources that spark conversations for transformation. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

The novelty of social media has turned deadly but many Christians do not know how it’s eating away at the soul of the church. It has been so subtle (and fun) that we are amusing ourselves to spiritual death. And we’re exporting our cyber behavior to our children as they grow up in a world where gathering worshiping, and spurring one another on to love and good works is for past generations. The process of life in the cyber world happened in four strategic steps. You may Read, Watch, or Listen to this resource here: https://bit.ly/3xKDEtR Life Over Coffee exists to bring hope and help for you and others by creating resources that spark conversations for transformation. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

Cancel culture is real, and you've heard of it on Twitter, television, and other places where we don't live our real lives. But what about your real world? Did you know that cancel culture happens among relatives, churches, businesses, and friendships? Daniel Berger and Rick Thomas talk about cancel culture in this Life Over Coffee video episode. Life Over Coffee exists to provide life-changing resources that equip Christians. Helpful Links Talk to Dr. Berger on our free forums – https://bit.ly/30JG3So Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

There is a full-on culture war as social evangelists try to persuade, intimidate, censor, and influence anyone to their worldview. It’s no longer acceptable for conservatives to sit on the sidelines, siloing, hoping for a better day. Silo Christianity is when believers draw lines that separate themselves from those in the culture who need the gospel. They critique the other side but do not engage them. Jesus has called us to go and make disciples. Life Over Coffee exists to provide life-changing resources that equip Christians. Helpful Links Get the Show Notes and Podcast: https://bit.ly/3AilCN6 Watch all our webinars: https://bit.ly/37PIpoV Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

A person posted a meme in our FB group, saying, "Don't worry about Delta. I know the Alpha and the Omega." I get it; it's cute. It's Greeky. It's also impulsive and unkind in light of friends dying and families suffering. Personal Disclosure: I have been struggling with severe COVID for the past 30 days. Life Over Coffee exists to provide life-changing resources that equip Christians to help others. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND Illustration of Inappropriateness You're standing in the funeral parlor, and you say, "Don't worry about the Delta. I know the Alpha and the Omega." Facebook is not entirely dissimilar to a funeral parlor with millions of people struggling with various aspects of COVID. Unnecessary Juxtaposition Christ is real, and so is Delta. To over-spiritualize Christ and under-appreciate COVID is not wise, thoughtful, caring, and considerate. Consider Your Audience 1. My COVID journey made me more aware of the dangers and consequences of COVID. 2. My friend, Jolene, just lost her mom due to COVID. 3. Michael, a pastor in Texas, lost his 20-something daughter. 4. My friend, Vicki, is wheelchair-bound and is struggling with whether she should take the vaccine, which could further compromise her body integrity. 5. Two more friends may lose their jobs if they are not vaccinated. Thus, they are working through the conscience issues. 6. A teen may lose her degree program if she does not get the vaccine. Social Media Tips 1. Consider more social media responsibility if it applies to you. 2. Be quick to read and slow to post: if it's a good quote, it will be "good" two, four, or 24 hours from now. 3. Consider posting less on Facebook. 4. Steer away from trite cliches. 5. You don't see those you're posting to, what you post is in a crowd: consider the audience. 6. It makes us look unnecessarily foolish to the non-Christian. Let Christ be the offense, not our silly sloganeering. I deleted the meme because it did not add value.

"Believe all women" is one of our more popular cultural cliches that has brought harm to relational problem-solving. Frequently a slogan becomes a simplified way of thinking about a matter, and the longer the saying goes unchallenged, the more bad ideas glom onto it. Believe all women or believing anyone exclusively without comprehensive investigation and data-gathering is unwise. Life Over Coffee exists to provide life-changing resources that equip Christians. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND

I have talked about taking or rejecting the vaccine based on a conscience issue; you may watch that video if you wish: https://bit.ly/3vXyjwo In this video, I want to make a case for the considerations of the comorbidity problem. Comorbidity is one or more physical issues that can exacerbate a person with COVID. For example, a 60-year person with no comorbidity will have a better chance of overcoming COVID than a person of the same age with multiple comorbidities. Life Over Coffee exists to provide life-changing resources that equip Christians. Helpful Links Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Rumble: https://bit.ly/3CotmPt Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND Why is the comorbidity question vital when thinking about taking the vaccine? Because it matters. Some people are at more risk than others. I struggle when someone asks me whether I have the vaccine because a person could decide based on how I made mine. But we are different people. I have no comorbidities. It's never apples to apples, but always apples to oranges, and the perplexing them to me is how few folks talk about the comorbidity problem. There are several considerations to make the vax decision, e.g., conscience, mandates, natural immunity, health-risk issues, and comorbidity. 1. Older adults are more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19. More than 81% of COVID-19 deaths occur in people over age 65. The number of deaths among people over age 65 is 80 times higher than the number of deaths among people aged 18-29. 2. Cancer 3. Chronic kidney disease 4. Chronic liver disease 5. Chronic lung diseases 6. Dementia or other neurological conditions 7. Diabetes (type 1 or type 2) 8. Down syndrome 9. Heart conditions 10. HIV infection 11. Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) 12. Overweight and obesity: In the United States, 36.5 percent of adults are obese. Another 32.5 percent of American adults are overweight. In all, more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese. 13. Pregnancy 14. Sickle cell disease or thalassemia 15. Smoking, current or former 16. Solid organ or blood stem cell transplant 17. Stroke or cerebrovascular disease, which affects blood flow to the brain 18. Substance use disorders 19. Tuberculosis A person has control over some of these comorbidities, and I recommend that if you can change your health, that is your best course of action. If you do not eat healthily or workout weekly or have a vibrant spiritual life, please consider making those changes.

I do not know if you should get a vaccine. I would not impose my view on you because the Bible does not tell us what to do specifically about this matter, which brings us back to purposeful freedom. But what I do know is that you cannot take the role of a spectator. You must activate your faith, which is the only kind of faith there is. You must make many decisions and then reacquaint yourself with them each day, adjusting what you must, and marching forth as an ambassador of Christ, courageous regardless of the cost. Life Over Coffee exists to provide life-changing resources that equip Christians to help others. Helpful Links Read or listen to a full transcript: https://bit.ly/38jGhF8 Would you please help keep our resources free by donating here: http://bit.ly/2ggwJTF. Learn more about our training here: http://bit.ly/2u2oD25 If you would like to talk to us, go here: http://bit.ly/2ieukJz Video produced by H.M.G.T.: https://bit.ly/2y9szpo Connect with Us: Website: https://bit.ly/3yNZc76 Facebook: https://bit.ly/3wGkWQp Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SF1BQE Instagram: http://bit.ly/2He98il TikTok: https://bit.ly/3i1moZI YouTube: https://bit.ly/3i0UmND