{"id":1129,"date":"2009-09-14T09:12:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T14:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2009-09-14T09:12:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T14:12:30","slug":"walking-the-tightrope-between-two-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/walking-the-tightrope-between-two-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the Tightrope Between Two Worlds&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Tightrope_walking.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1130  alignleft\" title=\"Tightrope_walking\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Tightrope_walkingTN.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"Tightrope_walking\" \/><\/a><strong>The Bible teaches that as citizens of heaven, we\u2019re to behave as citizens of heaven. <\/strong>Separate from sin.  Separate from a self-absorbed existence. Separate from practical atheism \u2013 by that I mean the common outlook that if there is a God, he doesn\u2019t matter much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;re to be dedicated to something more than these things. \tDedicated to God. \tDedicated to helping people find him. \tDedicated to living for him. \tSeeking and saving that which is lost. \tWe are part of the Kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>However, while we&#8217;re not &#8220;of the world,&#8221; Christians are &#8220;in the world.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This podcast speaks of our need to walk the tightrope between the world in which we reside and the Kingdom of our citizenship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3956\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1129-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/matthew\/20090913WalkingTheTightropeBetweenTwoWorlds.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/matthew\/20090913WalkingTheTightropeBetweenTwoWorlds.mp3\">http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/matthew\/20090913WalkingTheTightropeBetweenTwoWorlds.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/matthew\/20090913WalkingTheTightropeBetweenTwoWorlds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=1129-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/matthew\/20090913WalkingTheTightropeBetweenTwoWorlds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20090913WalkingTheTightropeBetweenTwoWorlds.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible teaches that as citizens of heaven, we\u2019re to behave as citizens of heaven. Separate from sin. Separate from a self-absorbed existence. Separate from practical atheism \u2013 by that I mean the common outlook that if there is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/walking-the-tightrope-between-two-worlds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4,9,1],"tags":[607,66,149,101],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-godly-living","category-sermon-podcasts","category-spiritual-life","tag-christianity","tag-christians","tag-podcast","tag-sermons"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvmV-id","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}