Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote invites us to think about the following questions:

How do we respond to changing political winds? On the other side of the most recent presidential inauguration, how do we walk the line between highs of optimism and lows of pessimism? The first lines of the Nicene and Apostles creed provide a reminder of God's greatness and human limitations; can this help us be realistic and hopeful?

From the Apostles Creed: "I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth"

From the Nicene Creed: "I believe in one God, The Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth..."

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.vincentbacote.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month's podcast is very brief, offering a word of encouragement from Titus 2:11-14. As we enter the New Year, our great hope gives us reason to pause and make a resolution some us may have made many times: to eagerly seek to do good in the world, no matter the circumstances around us.

Titus 2:11-14 (NIV): "For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.vincentbacote.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome to THE LINK - Bridging Faith and Life with Dr. Vincent Bacote! Every month, Dr. Bacote will introduce listeners to ways they can build connections between faith and life in their ministries and personal lives. This month, Dr. Bacote invites us to learn from Mary, the mother of Jesus. Luke 1:32-33, 38 provides the specific focus on the truth about the everlasting kingdom of the Messiah and Mary's response to God's plan for her. As we consider Mary, we can see a way to consider our response to the recent election and seek a path of faithful engagement in the world.

Dr. Bacote is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Bacote, click on the link below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.vincentbacote.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠