The Nonmicrowaved Truth With C.L. Whiteside

Episode 100 is here! ‭‭C.L. shares a couple of things that he and what he believes other Christians find highly annoying. More important, he shares something we should remember and allow to be our greatest source of comfort in life. Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭5,6       Matthew 20:26-28   Job 21    John 13:7    Philippians 4:7    Isaiah 40:28    John 1:16,17You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.

When life flat-out sucks, what should you do? When you feel like God is nowhere to be found and no one is listening, how should you respond? Whether this applies to you or someone you interact with, there are some things you want to make sure you are doing. And there are some truths you want to hold close to your heart. Romans 5:3,4      Romans 8:6,7      Proverbs 3:5,6   Romans 3:23,24    Romans 8:35-37You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.

How do you make someone pay attention to what you're telling or showing them? You do something to create an interest. The desire to create content and having the tools to do that is at an all-time high. There is so much stuff out there. And especially for those trying to make a name for themselves and capture people's attention, it's hard to navigate through a gate that is small.      Matthew 7:13,14   Galatians 5:17    Acts 8:9-19    Acts 13:6-12You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.

Which details or key facts a person decides to tell in a story matter a great deal. The way America decided to tell the story of how the country was built and discovered would be deemed as being "whitewashed." The final episode in this four-part series for Black History Month examines how the recording of American history compares to God's Word and its history—there are glaring differences.  1 Timothy 1:13   1 Corninthians 15:9,10     Acts 9     2 Kings 17:7-9    1 Samuel 13    1 Samuel 17     2 Samuel 1   Luke 22     Galatians 2     Luke 2:41-52   Romans 3:9     Romans 3:23     2 Timothy 3:16,17     1 Pete 1:3-5     Revelation 22:18  For more deep discussions on race, check out this 2020 conversation C. L. was involved in: "Race: A Christian Conversation." You can check out that video series at: http://bit.ly/3XT6sL9You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.

One of the beefs with Christianity is that some feel as though ONLY European fingerprints are all over today's version of Christianity and that only white reformers and theologians have a say. Should Martin Luther, who happened to be of European descent, receive as much credit as he does? This episode explores and challenges the idea that Europe is the only influence for Christianity. Spoiler alert: It's not! There's something we all need to be aware of that we receive credit for.   C.L. mentioned a previous episode—Episode 41. Just scroll down to find it and give it a listen!2 Corinthians 11:13-15         Matthew 7:15,16           Matthew 10:14             For more deep discussions on race, check out this 2020 conversation C. L. was involved in: "Race: A Christian Conversation." You can check out that video series at: http://bit.ly/3XT6sL9You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production. Discover more resources to help you in your walk of faith at timeofgrace.org

Take a guess on which of Jesus' disciples acted two-faced. We're not that different from this two-faced disciple, because there are pressures we are confronted with from our culture, our community, and our pride. This episode in the four-part series looks at the stresses a person faces as well as the ways to combat becoming two-faced, prejudice, or racist.              Matthew 13:55     Luke 4:14-30         Galatians 2     Galatians 1:10    For more deep discussions on race, check out this 2020 conversation C. L. was involved in: "Race: A Christian Conversation." You can check out that video series at: http://bit.ly/3XT6sL9You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

This is the first in a four-part series in honor of Black History Month. Let's not shy away from this but use God's Word to reflect, challenge, convict, and liberate us when needed. No matter our race or ethnicity, there are some major lessons to learn from America's history. Be leery: we do not repeat history by commission or omission. We should not only look at American history but also at the Bible. The problems we face are oftentimes a lot closer and intimate than we may realize. C.L. mentioned the video series from 2020, called "Race: A Christian Conversation." You can check out that video series at: http://bit.ly/3XT6sL9You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

Social media has made it even more apparent that we are fascinated with highlights. We can't just blame it on this era though, because it's something that has always intrigued our human nature. It's time to check ourselves to make sure we are not coveting or envying; this would make us undercover haters. The highlights aren't going anywhere, but we can get a better grasp of how to handle them by looking at a young man in the Bible.    Matthew 14:13-21    Matthew 15:29-39    Matthew 20:20-24     Matthew 17     1 Samuel 17 You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

Family over everything is a motto many of us are taught to follow, but what if our family members are wrong? Do we have to side with them? To add to this, picking a side isn't always easy—especially when it goes against the culture or against the majority. The Bible has some examples of both—of those who picked incorrectly and correctly. The idea that a person has to pick Christ is examined, and we look at who really does the picking. Acts 5:1-11    Genesis 9:18-29     Luke 12:51-53   Exodus 32       James 4:4      Numbers 13-14You can now also WATCH C.L.! That's right: C.L. is also recording The Nonmicrowaved Truth on video! Just go to our Time of Grace video site (timeofgrace.org/TV), search for the Time of Grace app on your devices, or watch on C.L.'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmL7jUfMBm0FKV-I0Op_Vg or on Time of Grace's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Hcyk5JAbout "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

Usually bigger is better in our society. A bigger TV, a bigger meal, a bigger car, and a bigger salary are a few things that come to mind. What about a bigger and greater faith though? This episode explores what faith can do for you when placed in the right place—in our Savior, Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:19     1 Corinthians 8:4    1 Corinthians 12:3    Ephesians 2:8     Matthew 17:14-20     Matthew 10:1    Mark 9:29    Matthew 14:22-33    Matthew 8:5-13     Matthew 15:21-28About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

Too often those who are deemed as strong get overlooked and don't have many places to turn to when they are dealing with a lot. Who counsels the counselor? If you are often leaned on, you have to know how to recharge. If you want to be stronger, take a look at how the strongest person ever, Jesus, continuously and intentionally became stronger.     Luke 5:15,16      Mark 1:35-27      Mark 6:30-32    Matthew 14:13       Luke 6:12,13      Matthew 26:36-45     Mark 14:32-41     Luke 22:39-46About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

New Year's resolutions are built on expectations, and expectations change everything. Ever seen someone who holds everyone else to the fire but then makes excuse after excuse for themselves? Or how about those who just have no clue what "good" actually is? Both these thought processes ingrain our minds from time to time. The Bible has some great lessons on what to expect from ourselves and shows us what our expectations should be.             Matthew 5:18,19        2 Samuel 11        2 Samuel 12        Ephesians 4:2     Romans 12:10  Judges 16   About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

The idea of Santa Claus is intriguing and loved because Santa is all about giving us what we want. God, on the other hand, is not like this; God's desire is to give us what we need. With Christmas passing us by, C.L. takes a look at some mindsets and desires we want to check. The wrong Christmas "spirit" can have us in a Christmas funk. Our God/Savior >  Santa Claus        Matthew 2     Matthew 7:7,8      1 Corinthians 13:11       Matthew 25:21         Exodus 16       John 6:1-15,25-59 About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

There is a good amount of frustration, distrust, and misunderstanding surrounding the Bible. The Bible has some very intriguing warnings and insights though. There are some common reasons people don't trust the Bible that C.L. addresses. Have you ever put the Bible to the test and actually read it so you can't be manipulated, tricked, and/or lied to? We put so many other things to the test, but for some reason, we don't do this with the Bible and wrestle with what is actually true.     2 Corinthians 11:13-15    Matthew 24:4-14     1 Corinthians 15:6     2 Timothy 4:3,4      2 Timothy 3:6-9    About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

"You need to be a leader!" is a message we hear all the time in our culture. Lots of people don't even know when to lead or when to take a back seat. All of us have different roles and different hats we wear. As you listen to this episode, evaluate your ability to handle these different roles by looking at some people in the Bible who thrived and struggled with their leadership and sidekick roles. You'll quickly realize that everyone can't be Batman and there are times each of us needs to take a different role. Genesis 39-47  Exodus 32   John 1:19-34    John 18:1-14About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

Special guest Pastor Jeremy Mattek joins C.L. in this episode. People joke around about being on "demon time," but demons aren't anything to play with. Most would admit we are spiritual creatures, and most would admit there are bad spirits out there. This episode unpacks the spirits and demons that are out there to destroy us. 1 John 4:4 1 Timothy 4:1 Luke 11:14 Luke 13:16 John 13:27 Acts 5:3 Matthew 8:28-34 James 4:7 Romans 8:38,39.About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

The final episode in this three-part series stresses the importance of not conforming to our culture. Patterns of this world are identified, along with steps to take to transform and renew our minds. C.L. has Romans 12:2  tattooed on him to remember how to be a transformer. Romans 12:2    Genesis 39-47     2 Chronicles 1:7        Esther   About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

Another passage from Galatians 6 that C.L. has a tattoo of is a reminder to stop planting garbage. Destruction comes when we plant the wrongs things and our focus is in the wrong place. Weeds can grow almost anywhere; and especially in our culture, they will be prevalent. Godly growth takes time and intentionality. Galatians 6:8     Galatians 6:1-10    Genesis 4:2-16   Acts 5:1-11About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

How much do you love things of this world? What do you love about this world? Our culture promotes and encourages us to become "worldly." Not falling prey to that concept is so important to C.L. that he has a Bible verse tattooed on him that focuses on not showing love to the wrong things. Listen to why he is leery about falling in love with something most are not even concerned about. This is the first of a three-part series dissecting the Bible verses C.L. has tattooed on his arm.About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.

There are many reasons why people don't give the Bible a chance. One reason is that their first encounter with the Word of God is not with actual Scripture but with those who claim to follow Jesus and his teachings in the Bible. If someone interacted or looked at you, would they see the Bible in you? This episode explores why some may or may not view you as a Christian.John 13:34,35    Ephesians 4:29     Thessalonians 5:18      Acts 16:25      Matthew 5:16      Matthew 25:35-40      Colossians 3:16     Colossians 3:23,24   Matthew 7:21About "The Nonmicrowaved Truth":How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.Hit up C.L. on Twitter or Instagram: @ChampionLife23"The Nonmicrowaved Truth" is a Time of Grace production.