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Our lives get changed all the time and influenced by so many things but this week, our guest, Ed Ivanio, will tell us a little about how he grew up learning and knowing about God, but since he has began a journey with the Anchormen over a year ago, His life has changed.

How has his view of who God has changed and now Ed understands Who God is and not about Him. What God has done in his life and how this change or "New Identity" has had an impact on his own children and the hundreds that he has influenced on as a local principle at a local Middle school here in Northwest Indiana.

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HOLY SPIRIT LEADS YOU WHERE GOD NEEDS YOU

Whether you are feeling led to serve, teach, organize, feed others, donate time, money effort, when you do all these and many many more, you are being obedient to the Holy Spirit leading you.

Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Dan Ball, Todd, John, and Bob and all the Anchormen can all testify as to being obedient. Can you?

We discuss the opportunities that we each have been led to and how we responded.

The 3 opportunities Dan speaks of in this subject are linked in the following paragraph. Looking for an opportunity to reach out to help or know someone need help, use these links for more information on each.

https://www.theharbornwi.com/

https://bringingchildrenhope.org/

https://rebootrecovery.com/

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Obedience.

It begins with childhood and being obedient to our parents, teachers, then spouses and supervisors and law enforcement officials. That's the obedience we all grew up knowing.

God has another definition of OBEDIENCE that's explained in the new covenant teaching in

Galatians 6:5-8 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

We are focusing on verse 7 here to Serve Wholeheartedly. Not to serve for our self righteousness but from the righteousness that God gave us through Jesus.

Dan Ball and his wife have partnered with a couple groups to serve the needs of the community. Below are the links to organizations that, if led, you too can serve through physically serving and monetarily as well.Check out these websites for more information.

Listen to get some general information but visit these sights for more details on how you can help and serve.

https://www.theharbornwi.com/

https://bringingchildrenhope.org/

https://rebootrecovery.com/

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Do you have a, or many spiritual gifts?

The Anchormen are joined this week again by Jim Cross and we are discussing some of the spiritual gifts mentioned in scripture.

Many people really have no clue what they identify as a "Spiritual Gift" or even what a Spiritual Gift is.

Today we are talking spiritual gifts among the Anchormen here but also what we can do to help us identify our own Spiritual Gifts.

Spiritual Gifts are identified in scripture in the following 4 places.

Romans 12:6-8

1 Corinthians 12:7-8 and v. 28

1 Peter 4:10-11

Ephesians 4

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Music in the Church is a normal occurrence, is the music in the church enhancing the experience or are we just being entertained each week and we attend with entertainment expectations?

Todd and John are joined with worship musician Chuck Mudd as we explore the history of music in the worship experience and how it's changed over the years.

What are some of the options for the future of worship music in the church, if any?

Where do you stand on the worship music experience in the church services. We'd love to hear your feedback on this so feel free to reach out to us through our website or through our Facebook page at Anchormen Anchored by Grace.

Thanks for you feedback and mostly for listening to our podcast.

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DO YOU ENJOY GOD?

DOES GOD ENJOY YOU?

That's a question that many wrestle with. Am I good enough or have I done enough for God to be pleased with me, enough to enjoy me or more importantly, would God allow me to enjoy Him.

So many times we have a hard time just understanding what it means to enjoy God and in today's episode, the Anchormen have a roundtable discussion with Charles Wodetski about that very topic.

What do we mean when we say "ENJOY GOD".

Words we say, things we do, people we hang around with or surround ourselves with all have a role in how we as new covenant Christians enjoy God.

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RELAX, GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU!

That was the theme at the Network 220 Conference for 2026 in Plano Texas.

Some Anchormen attended that weekend conference and we made it back with a lot of takeaways and many great notes and thoughts.

Cory McCammon sits down with John and Todd to discuss the high spots and most interesting things that stood out for each of us.

This was our first 220 conference but it definitely made an impact on each of us.

Join us in this brief but thorough conversation about our experience at Network 220 Conference for 2026.

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In part two of our conversation with Larry and Randy Wright, we talk about not just the changes of the early church and the way church was 50 years, but we zero in on some of the strengths and weaknesses in today's church.

This podcast is a reflection of the hosts and guests opinions. They are not based on any statistics or teachings, just our opinions.

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