Episodes
June 06, 2023
ABC: Knowing God Chapter 12
In this episode of the Use Your Words podcast, Aaron and Paul discuss the complexities, misconceptions, and hidden meanings of God's love. We talk as part of this the importance of understanding Bible translations and the dangers of using loose translations for serious studying. Join us as we continue to go through J.I. Packer's book Knowing God. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Linktree: https://bit.ly/uywlinktree Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@useyourwords Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
May 30, 2023
A Personal Conversation: Pt 2
This is part two of our conversation that we recently had between Paul and Aaron. In this episode of Use Your Words, we're having an open and honest conversation about what it means to be a Christian that is committed to living by what the Bible says, but also happens to be attracted to others of the same sex/gender. Aaron leads the conversation and asks the questions that he's always wanted to ask of Paul. We know this can be a sensitive topic, so we recommend listening to it first without children around on your own before deciding if it's appropriate to listen to it around children. We're keeping it real and honest, and we hope this conversation will help those who are struggling with this issue. So, tune in to Use Your Words now and join us for this important conversation! Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Linktree: https://bit.ly/uywlinktree Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@useyourwords Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
May 23, 2023
A Personal Conversation: Part 1
In this episode of Use Your Words, we're having an open and honest conversation about what it means to be a Christian that is committed to living by what the Bible says, but also happens to be attracted to others of the same sex/gender. Aaron leads the conversation and asks the questions that he's always wanted to ask of Paul. We know this can be a sensitive topic, so we recommend listening to it first without children around on your own before deciding if it's appropriate to listen to it around children. We're keeping it real and honest, and we hope this conversation will help those who are struggling with this issue. So, tune in to Use Your Words now and join us for this important conversation! Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Linktree: https://bit.ly/uywlinktree Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@useyourwords Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
May 16, 2023
ABC: Knowing God Chapter 11
This week we discuss chapter 11 of Knowing God by J.I. Packer. During this episode we talk about the central premise of Packer's book, which is to know God through interaction with Him and learning about Him and how important it is to follow His Word regardless of what our own selfish desires may want. Through knowing that God is truth, and that there can be nothing but truth from God - we learn not only a lot about how we as humans should live but more about Who God is himself. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Linktree: https://bit.ly/uywlinktree Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@useyourwords Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
May 09, 2023
"Messy in Heaven" - A Disappointing Drum and Bass Song
This week's episode of Use Your Words Podcast is all about Messy in Heaven, a song by 21-year-old Venby which is part of the resurgence of drum and bass in Britain and Europe. It charted highly in the UK (3,1) and relatively high in the US (34,40) and is meant to be an anti-drug anthem. Although the song was inspired by a dream of Jesus looking intoxicated, the author says that it was not meant to be controversial or insulting song. Venby is one of a few female drum and bass artists and although only her second song appears to show that in the general world, she will have a very strong career - even if Aaron and Paul may have their own thoughts on the song. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: Link Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Music Analysis
May 02, 2023
Knowing God Chapters 9 & 10: Wisdom Is Essential
Join hosts Paul and Aaron as they take a dive into chapters 9 and 10 of Knowing God. We go over the themes presented in the book including how Packer claims that wisdom is inherently moral in nature. The rest of the book continues to chat about how Wisdom is something that we should all pursue, and strive to know. Join us this week as we look at and study Packer's Knowing God. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: Link Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
April 25, 2023
Music Analysis 2: Breaking The Habit By Linkin Park
Welcome to episode 2 of music analysis where we talk about the fact that Linkin Park has some good music. But beyond that we look at this song from a few points of view - how is it musically, lyrically, how is the music video and how it ties in with the song, and how does the song fit in with the Bible. You may think come on there is nothing to discuss here - its a quick five minute song. But you would be wrong - we spend almost an hour and a half breaking down this song and what it means when they sing the words "I'm breaking the Habit tonight" Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: Link Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Music Analysis
April 18, 2023
Knowing God - Chapters 7 & 8
Welcome back to Paul and Aaron talking about J.I. Packer's Knowing God. This week we go over chapters seven and eight of the book and discuss a few things including: God's immutability, difference between immutability and mutability, the Holiness of God, and reverence that should characterize our relationship with Him. Join us as we continue to go over this book. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Watch On Youtube: Link Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
April 11, 2023
Nashville Shooting - PT 2
We continue talking about the Nashville School shooting. We talk about what is next - also known as what can we do, what should we do, and at what point does a Christian have the authority to rebel against the government over them including but not limited to gun laws. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
April 04, 2023
Nashville School Shooting - Pt 1
On March 27th, 2023 another shooting occured at a school in Nashville, TN. We decided to talk about the shooting. What our response should be, why the gun free signs don't work, and what should we as Christians do to respond to this as well as how should we respond if the government decides to ban all guns (that will be in part 2 - so make sure to come back then). Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog Warrior Poet Society Shooting Response Breakdown
March 28, 2023
Chris Rock Netflix Special: Selective Outrage
Welcome to Season 3 of Use Your Words. This week we start out things by looking at our Chris Rock's Netflix special "Selective Outrage" (This is rated MA for sure - it is not recommended for anyone - let alone under 18). Why are we talking and analyzing it? Because it is something that is in the current culture - it is something that people are talking about around the water cooler as well as the fact that it continues on the social media blaze about the slap heard round the world (aka Will Smith slapping Chris Rock). Things covered in this special include Chris's thoughts on dating younger women, words that white men can't say, and the slap. The slap. Join us as we talk about this and take our first venture into video. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog Starting with this video and going forward, up video (available at our youtube page and our website https://useyourwords.cc). No longer are the instant audio grams being generated, instead an upgraded 4k version of the video will be available. #Chris Rock #Rock #new Season #season 3 #comedy #netflix #discussion #analysis #podcast #video #drugs #bad idea #not recommended #live #netflix live #dating #younger women #slap #will smith #the slap #slap #slap heard round the world
March 22, 2023
Social Media Is Harming Us All - Especially Our Children
It's the last episode of Season 2 of Use Your Words and we have one final thing to talk about. Social Media. Social Media is harming people left and right, and yet we let children use it without a second thought. Multiple studies have shown the detrimental impact it has had on teens and young adults - so is it maybe time we put social media behind an age restricted wall on the internet - and regulate it just as much as we do other things that are considered adult such as pornography, alcohol, cigarettes, and voting? Effects Of Social Media On Teenagers How Social Media Affects Teenagers. The Pros and Cons of Social Media for Youth | Psychology Today Effects of Social Media on Children – Cleveland Clinic Teens and social media use: What's the impact? - Mayo Clinic Teens who cut their social media use in half see improvements in body image in just a MONTH | Daily Mail Online Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
March 14, 2023
ABC: Knowing God Chapters 5 + 6
In this week's episode we discuss chapters 5 and 6 of the classic book Knowing God by J.I. Packer. The two chapters covered address the concept of the incarnation in chapter 5 and why it is important that the idea of the incarnation is important. Packer brings up the fact that Jesus is The Only Son of God - not a son of God - and Packer discusses what the difference between those two phrases are. Chapter 6 discusses the importance of the Holy Spirit and what he does in the lives of the Chrstian and in the church. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
March 08, 2023
Music Analysis 1: Unholy by Sam Smith
Well this is another experiment that we will see how it goes. This week we are talking about the song Unholy by Sam Smith. We will be looking at this from multiple angles - the musicality, the lyrics, how it aligns with the bible, and how the music video aligns with the song itself. Will this song make it on either of our playlists? Will we attempt to play it for either of our parents? Does Aaron really like this song? Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two people from Southeastern Wisconsin. Please consider checking out the below links to learn/hear more. And join us every week for new episodes! Visit our website: https://useyourwords.cc Listen to the podcast on all of your devices: https://useyourwordspod.captivate.fm/listen Send us an email: https://www.useyourwords.cc/contact Read the blog: https://www.useyourwords.cc/blog
Music Analysis
February 28, 2023
Season 2 Ending: Wrapping Up and Teasing Season 3
It's time we have a talk. We need to have a discussion on the future of Use Your Words. Behind the scenes we have been talking and discussing some things that we want to change and decided that we want to do all of this at ...
February 22, 2023
ABC: Knowing God Chapters 3+4
This week we go over chapters 3 and 4 of Packer's Knowing God. This continues to lay the foundation for the rest of the book. During this time we talk about Packer's insistence that anything that uses the imagination or art...
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
February 15, 2023
The Zulock Case - The Crime In Georgia You Probably Haven't Heard Of Yet
This week Paul and Aaron are talking about a case in Georgia which has been covered in some news outlets, but has mostly been left unreported for one reason or another. This case involves the abuse of children - and as such ...
February 08, 2023
ABC: Knowing God - Part 1
This week we start going over the book Knowing God by J. I. Packer. While we mostly stick to the topics covered on the book, we do allow the conversation to ebb and flow where the topics take us. Knowing God is considered by...
Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Knowing God
February 01, 2023
Steven Crowder vs The Daily Wire
If you are at all involved in the conservative media space, you have probably at least heard of the fight going on between Steven Crowder and The Daily Wire. Both of these are giants in the conservative space - and both have...
January 25, 2023
Playing Around With ChatGPT: Is it a tool or a curse?
This week Paul and Aaron play around with ChatGPT to see how good it really is. After using the program for a while, we were able to create original poems, songs, stories and riddles. This puts ChatGPT in multiple categorie...
January 18, 2023
That one school dean down in Chicago....
This week Paul and Aaron start out the conversation with reviewing the video from Project Veritas over the past few weeks of a Dean Of Students in Chicago that had an unusual educational curriculum for his high school student...
January 11, 2023
What does it mean to be a man in the current age?
2023 is just starting out and Paul already has a question for Aaron - what does it mean to be a man? After discussing what it means to be a man and manhood for a bit, Paul and Aaron then start another discussion - what shoul...
January 04, 2023
Paul's Challenge, Message, and Prayer for Aaron in 2023
The year 2023 has just started - and Paul and Aaron sat down on 1/1/2023 to record a block of episodes. As they started the block of episodes to kick off the year, Paul decided to hijack the show that they were about to reco...
December 28, 2022
End Of The Year: End of 2022
2022 is quickly coming to an end, but that doesn't stop Paul and Aaron from getting behind the microphone to talk about things. The guys took advantage of Christmas break to binge the new season of one of the shows they like...