Just A Little Bit Out West

We sit down to discuss the things that are on our heart with you.

We conclude the series that we began at the first of the year. This week we are featuring the song Save Me From Myself by Roehrborn Stawinski

https://tidal.com/browse/track/221921577?u

The subject continues with this question of whether or not God is controlling everything. Sorry, no music this week since I talked too long.

The discussion this week concerns whether or not God uses bad things to do something good.

Music featured by Olde Smith and Wildman and the song Drinking Alone.

Heresy 101

We explore the things that heresy and error always have in common and how you can spot the enemy hiding in the bushes.

We discuss this week the idea of whether or not God is controlling the events of our lives.

Music featured is the song Checking Out by Olde Smith

We discuss today the 5th tool in increasing our understanding about how and why God operates in our lives.

Music this week is the song Look Inside by Olde Smith.

We discuss what happened at The Fall and how that impacts our lives today.

Music featured is the song A Night In Your Town, an instrumental with Olde Smith playing lead over a backing track.

Today we discuss the third thing that we need to understand scripture, and ultimately life.

Part two in getting the tools necessary to decode the Bible, and ultimately to understanding how life works.

Starting 2024 we are going to begin with understand the Bible. This is Bible 101 and we will be discussing what we need to know in order to understand what is going on in religion and Christianity.

Is God in the sidecar of your motorcycle, or are you in His?

This week we continue the discussion about how to deal with life's disappointments.

Music from Wytch Hazel is featured this week from their album Pentecost.

https://tidal.com/browse/album/224720328

This week we talk about why bad stuff happens and who is responsible for all that.

Music featured is the song Bobby's Gone Too Far by the X Ray Men.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxO5R9XB3-s

What is this whole thing all about? What is the point of Jesus being crucified and raised back to life again?

This is part two of the last episode examining how to tell when something is heresy, or if it is true.

Intro and Outro music by Olde Smith

In response to some input, this week we discuss different belief systems and heresy.

Music by King James

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Here is the link for Part 2

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olde-smith/episodes/What-We-Believe-Part-2-e27jceb/a-aa6gsqa

We're discussing what is true and what do we do about it.

After a bit of a break in our schedule we're letting you know how things are going at the Olde Smith Homestead.

Music this week is from the band Broken.

You don't really know what's really going on.

I preached on Sunday and taught on my favorite subject. We follow it up this week with the song Maverick's Brand, a song inspired by a cowboy funeral. Two cowboys are talking, an old one and a young one. The young man asks the old cowboy, "Do you reckon it's true what the preacher said?"

We're all over the map this week, I don't know what to tell you. We talk about adventure, I tell some stories about being obedient and we talk about being dumb as a sheep.

Music this week from Olde Smith, the song Ghost Town.

We discuss the issues of Sacred Cows and understanding truth. We feature Karl Kohlhase's song Moving On from the album Prodigal Son.

This week we answer Pastor Wildman's question and then we feature the song Prodigal Son by Karl Kohlhase.

https://tidal.com/browse/album/288909226

What is God's Plan? Is what I am going through right now part of the plan, or is it just an accident of the universe?

What does it mean to bring the sacrifice of Praise, and how do you handle grief. As a bonus you'll hear the song Look Inside.

We discuss the concept of mentorship and fellowship in ministry, which applies to most every relationship. In addition we answer the question from La Costurera Diabolica asking about how to help people who don't know how to receive help, and how far should we go.

Music featured this week is from The Follower Band, https://www.facebook.com/followerband/

The discussion this week is about how stuff works, how God works and how stuff gets done God's way.  We talk about how to be patient and contribute to our own progress along the way. We also talk about the advertising industry and the service industry, along with a rewrite of the famous song by Robert Johnson, Crossroads.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sheshanah/episodes/Battle-Wounds-e20hu11

We discuss the subject of do overs in life and then we discuss the subject of the Prosperity Gospel.

Intro music is the Rocking Chair Song by Olde Smith

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We discuss the truth about darkness and light, hope and despair.  Then we discuss Nathaniel's question about how to trust God.

We talk this week about how to know and follow God's will.  In addition we hear from Jay and Sheshanah and their song Some Dumb Love Song.  We follow this up with our answer to Wildman about what we think is going to happen to the United States in the future.

We discuss the issue of how the things we do relates to the planting of seeds, and then we get into the weeds (did you see what I did there?) and we talk about Calvinism, the nature of God, poverty as a virtue, wisdom, prejudice, thoughtless people, unanswered prayer, and an irresponsible farmer.

Intro and music by jay alan smith

The story of the Warriors of Light Study Guide and the lessons learned in the process.

Music from Messiah Prophet

We ring in the New Year starting at the beginning with new recordings and new music.

https://jayalansmith0.wixsite.com/mysite/books

I discuss the very uncomfortable subject of loss and grief especially at the time of the holidays.  This episode will surprise you with a new attitude towards pain and grief, and you'll hear a new perspective on Christmas.

Music this week is the song Colorado Christmas from Olde Smith

In this, the first episode of the Little Bit Out West Podcast I tell you a little about how and why we came about to do this.

Write us at oldsmithmusic @gmail.com if you have any questions or comments.

We discuss the idea and practicality of miracles.  

Featured this week is the song Winner Takes All from the album Shine On by Marc Killian.  

You can hear this song on Tidal here. https://tidal.com/browse/track/128173823

We recommend the book Miracles by CS Lewis

We discuss the in's and out's and the why's and wherefores' of biblical tithing and then we get to listen to another song from 

Roehrborn Stawinski.  This is his song Live Life Anyway, a song with a very timely message.

https://tidal.com/browse/album/222037531

We discuss the subject of fasting and then we delve into the American Holiday of Thanksgiving.

Music this week is from ApologetiX and their parody of Jethro Tull.

Bumper music is from Olde Smith.

The subject this week is spiritual warfare, and then we delve into the subject of the power of our words.

The music this week is the song Trooth by ApologetiX, a parody of Santana's famous song Smooth.

Olde Smith discusses the subject of prayer.  He says that almost everyone lacks understanding about this subject.  Music this week comes from a band called Redeemer's Cross. The Spotify link for their music is here:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/4j9aMLzZG9t5pNr9wOz7hN?si=6OfsNHkLQd6BuCveXQCinw

Today we tackle the subject of prosperity and what the Bible actually says on the subject.  

Music this week comes from Art Block and his new EP White Horses, specifically the instrumental version of the song Low Light.  You can stream the song at https://tidal.com/browse/track/253874274

The scriptures used in this episode can be found in the chapter on this subject.  A free download is available at https://jayalansmith0.wixsite.com/mysite/bible-study