web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:57:02 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/crete Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500 Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. en-us episodic We at GRINDIT want to encourage people to keep going, to keep grinding, when life gets hard. Quitting is not an option! Randall Tucker Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. no Jesus, Christ, endure, grind, keep going, quit, death, life, heaven, throw in the towel Randall Tucker thegrinditpodcast@gmail.com https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/528 3c0a7190-86c8-42da-a85a-f87924a245c3 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Paul includes himself with the sinners whose lives Jesus changed! 37:24 no When Paul started his letter to Titus, he said the Cretans own prophet said they were “liars, evil brutes, and lazy gluttons.” Then he went on to talk about how they are also deceivers. Instead of condemning, Paul includes himself and Titus as a sinners when he used the word “We...”. Paul knew who he was and what he was doing before Jesus revealed himself to Paul showing him grace and mercy on the road to Damascus. Paul’s life was forever changed and he wants this for the people of Crete, as well the people everywhere he shares the gospel! sin, sinner, reveal, light, expose, exposure, Crete, liar, glutton, brute, gospel, Jesus, conversion, change, deceive, deceiver When Paul started his letter to Titus, he said the Cretans own prophet said they were “liars, evil brutes, and lazy gluttons.” Then he went on to talk about how they are also deceivers. Instead of condemning, Paul includes himself and Titus as a sinners when he used the word “We...”. Paul knew who he was and what he was doing before Jesus revealed himself to Paul showing him grace and mercy on the road to Damascus. Paul’s life was forever changed and he wants this for the people of Crete, as well the people everywhere he shares the gospel!

]]> When Paul started his letter to Titus, he said the Cretans own prophet said they were “liars, evil brutes, and lazy gluttons.” Then he went on to talk about how they are also deceivers. Instead of condemning, Paul includes himself and Titus as a sinners when he used the word “We...”. Paul knew who he was and what he was doing before Jesus revealed himself to Paul showing him grace and mercy on the road to Damascus. Paul’s life was forever changed and he wants this for the people of Crete, as well the people everywhere he shares the gospel!

]]> https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/523 5fe1edc2-53b5-46fd-9fb3-be00476728d3 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0500 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker The people of Crete weren't very well looked upon by their own prophets and Paul confirms it... 24:09 no No, we are not talking about your ex in this podcast! Paul is writing to Titus who has been left behind to establish some leadership in the church at Crete. The people of Crete are known as deceitful and not very well liked by their own. Interesting fact, the Greek god, Zeus, was born on the island of Crete and hidden in a cave there. He starts off by establishing his authority as an apostle and what his intentions of writing is, “To establish truth to help them live righteous and grow in their faith.” It’s a similar message in his letters to Timothy. The word in the Greek Paul uses is epignosis and it means a precise and exact truth. It’s exactly what the disciples in Crete need in order to know they are not being deceived by Paul. Crete, Cretans, truth, liars, evil, beast, lazy, glutton, pig, belly, precise, exact, deception, deceive No, we are not talking about your ex in this podcast! Paul is writing to Titus who has been left behind to establish some leadership in the church at Crete. The people of Crete are known as deceitful and not very well liked by their own. Interesting fact, the Greek god, Zeus, was born on the island of Crete and hidden in a cave there. He starts off by establishing his authority as an apostle and what his intentions of writing is, “To establish truth to help them live righteous and grow in their faith.” It’s a similar message in his letters to Timothy. The word in the Greek Paul uses is epignosis and it means a precise and exact truth. It’s exactly what the disciples in Crete need in order to know they are not being deceived by Paul.

]]> No, we are not talking about your ex in this podcast! Paul is writing to Titus who has been left behind to establish some leadership in the church at Crete. The people of Crete are known as deceitful and not very well liked by their own. Interesting fact, the Greek god, Zeus, was born on the island of Crete and hidden in a cave there. He starts off by establishing his authority as an apostle and what his intentions of writing is, “To establish truth to help them live righteous and grow in their faith.” It’s a similar message in his letters to Timothy. The word in the Greek Paul uses is epignosis and it means a precise and exact truth. It’s exactly what the disciples in Crete need in order to know they are not being deceived by Paul.

]]> https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/522 f74566ed-a10d-4369-9cc5-0c551224fcbf Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Paul shared the gospel with Titus, a Gentile, and after Titus says, "Yes!" to Jesus, a long relationship began and Titus was a coworker in establishing churches with Paul. 32:20 no Paul had many people who helped him with his ministry and his missionary journeys and one of those helpers is a man named, Titus. Titus traveled to several places with Paul preaching the gospel and teaching the new disciples to be faithful and in this letter, Titus will be acting as a leader in the church at Crete to establish elders in that congregation. In this podcast we talk about the background to the letter and dig into this man we know as Titus. Titus, Crete, Cretans, mission, missions, missionary, gospel, elders, leaders, church, congregation, Paul had many people who helped him with his ministry and his missionary journeys and one of those helpers is a man named, Titus. Titus traveled to several places with Paul preaching the gospel and teaching the new disciples to be faithful and in this letter, Titus will be acting as a leader in the church at Crete to establish elders in that congregation. In this podcast we talk about the background to the letter and dig into this man we know as Titus.

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