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Feb. 29, 2024

News in 2024 Is Just Plain Bad

This week - we are joined by the monkey of chaos himself - and talk about why news in 2024 is just plain bad - and how we as a collective whole have great big blind spots in how we view our news on a daily basis. And what can we do to maybe correct some of these blind spots? https://www.motherjo…

Feb. 22, 2024

Year Five - Episode 1 Pt 2

We continue this our conversation talking about how the world has changed over the past five years. With the chaos monkey fully in tow we explore how life has for all of us changed for the past five years. When I say for all of us - I mean in general not us three in particular. Use Your Words po…

Feb. 18, 2024

Year Five - Episode 1 Pt 1

This week we bring back someone from our past to discuss the changes that have occurred over the past 5 years - both in life and in general. Join us as we just enjoy and have fun celebrating five years of this little experiment. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southe…

Feb. 9, 2024

Knowing God - Chapters 19 + 20 Part 2

This week we continue going over chapters 19 and 20 of Packer's book Knowing God. This episode covers the last big of chapter 19 and all of chapter 20 as we continue onward towards the end. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider check…

Jan. 30, 2024

Knowing God - Chapters 19 + 20 Part 1

This week we take a look at chapters 19 and 20 of Packer's book. This is the first part of looking at these two chapters as we talk about a few things that the book brings up - including - how do we know what it means to have God as a father when you never have had a father yourself - or maybe just…

Jan. 16, 2024

Music Analysis: Johnathan Young -Wolf Within

Happy 2024 everyone. This week we take a look at Jonathan Young's song Wolf Within. This song is not that complex of a song - and in many ways could probably be made better by being longer - but overall has many qualities that show why it deserved to be number 3 on the iTunes list of metal songs du…

Jan. 3, 2024

Christmas Charisma: Delving into the Sounds of Cloverton's 'Hallelujah Christmas' and ABR's 'Up On The Rooftop'

Happy New Year, and hopefully you've had a good Christmas as well. We are starting out the year talking about some Christmas music - yes - but that is because we couldn't get to it before the actual Christmas day - and decided that we still liked what was talked about and wanted to still release th…

Dec. 27, 2023

New Years 2023 And Looking Forward to 2024

This week we reflect on 2023 and all the ups and downs regarding it. Fron trips, to concerts, to new life events 2023 in all reality was not that bad. While the end of the year is often one where people make all sorts of ch...

Dec. 20, 2023

Jingle All the Way: A 2023 Christmas Extravaganza!

Jingle all the way - Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad. This week we talk about Christmas - all the things we like and dislike about how we celebrate Christmas in the modern age - including some people's desire to dress up which is an old-fashioned idea from long ago. But during this time of Christ…

Dec. 15, 2023

Bridging the Gap: Deciphering the Language of Different Generations

This episode features a lively exploration of how language evolves across generations, with a focus on slang terms and generational dialects. Join us as we take Aaron through a series of words and phrases that are characteristic of various age groups, from Gen X to the impending Generation Beta, sc…

Dec. 10, 2023

Waiting - Passive Or Active?

This week the boys talk about the difference between Active and Passive waiting - and how sometimes the two may look similar to one another depending on the situation. So before you go into this episode - what do you think is the difference between active and passive waiting - and which are you doi…

Nov. 30, 2023

Music Analysis: Taylor Swift: Cruel Summer

Well this month Paul selected Taylor Swift's song Cruel Summer to be the song to look at for the week. Well let's just say that Paul has his opinions on this song and artist - and her fans might not appreciate it. When looking at Taylor Swift's Music - let's just say spoiler alert this song is.....…

Nov. 24, 2023

Thanksgiving 2023

Thanksgiving comes around once a year, and this year we reflect on what we have to be thankful for as we come to a close on our current year (2023) and look forward to what is to come in 2024. This is not a deep or long episode, but it is one where we want to talk about what we are thankful for thi…

Nov. 16, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapters 17 & 18

The green eyed monster - Jealousy. How does this work with God who is known as the jealous God? Packer addresses this in the latest chapters - as well as what he calls the heart of the gospel - do you know what that is? Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wi…

Nov. 8, 2023

Music Analysis: Red Cold World

This week we take a look at one of Red's songs off of their newest album: Rated R. The song - Cold World - is one that we both agree is but we both agree that it is . What goes into those spoiler blanks? ...

Nov. 1, 2023

People are obsessed over the Red Heifer in Israel - why is that?

Everyone it seems is paying attention to the news coming out of the middle east, and Israel in particular. What is interesting over the past few years is the news surrounding the red heifer that is coming of age really soon, and may even be sacrificed during Passover 2024. This is causing some peop…

Oct. 25, 2023

October is Depression Awareness Month

Happy October, 2023! This month is typically associated with mental health - and specifically it is Depression Awareness Month. This is a solo episode where Paul talks about and reminds us what to look out for our friends - especially in these months where the days are getting shorter in the Northe…

Oct. 19, 2023

Three Bad Bible Translations That You Should Avoid

This week we take a look at three bible translations to avoid. These translations include the CCP Translation, The Passion Translation, and the Pirate Bible Translation. The Pirate translation claims to be the first translation done purely through AI - and it presents the challenges of when a human…

Oct. 11, 2023

Artist are responsible for the art they produce: Art Prize 2023

This week we talk about our recent trip to ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While there we got to view a ton of awesome art, and some art that sparked a conversation both for the good and negative aspects of the art. Som...

Oct. 5, 2023

Rusty Shipp: Bottom Of The Barrel

This month we are listening to new music - and are looking at the song Bottom Of The Barrel by Rusty Shipp. Paul ran across this band while at Lifest. The song and the music video are both available on most streaming platforms, and this band is a smaller/newer band that (spoiler alert) both Paul an…

Sept. 27, 2023

That tension between knowing what is right, and supporting the legal rights of those I disagree with.

It's already hard enough to stick to your convictions, but sticking to them when you have to support people you disagree with morally makes it even stickier. While Aaron is not available for this week's episode (yay fall illness) Paul takes over the microphone solo to talk about this tension of bei…

Sept. 14, 2023

ABC: Knowing God - Chapters 16 - God's Goodness And Severity

This week we cover chapter 16 of Knowing God by J.I. Packer which is titled God's Goodness and Severity. This is something that a lot of people only look at one part of the equation (Goodness) but often time at their own peril forget to take into account severity. There are a lot of people that thi…

Sept. 6, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapter 15

This week we continue going through J.I. Packer's book Knowing God. We go through chapter 15 where Packer emphasizes that in order to have a full view of who God is we need to keep in mind the wrath of God - and when people think of wrath we often think of it in very human forms not the form of wra…

Aug. 31, 2023

Music Review: A look at August Burn Red's Martyr - as straight forward and direct as a song can be without imagery

This week we take a look at August Burns Red's song Martyr. But before we get into the song itself we take a look to see if Aaron is just a fan, a super fan, or a stalker of ABR. Take a guess before you listen on what he is. Once we finish going through the stalker quiz, we talk about the song a…