Beyond the Meter addresses timely topics of interest to executives responsible for renewable energy procurement and distributed energy resources at Fortune 1000 companies, higher education and cities. Each episode delivers insights and information that listeners can use to make smarter energy decisions beyond the meter.
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A podcast dedicated to interpreting life and the Bible through the viewpoint of grace, and the finished work of Jesus Christ in The Gospel.
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Who speaks for kids when decisions about their education, health, and safety are being made? You do! Children need our collective attention and voice. You’ve found Speaking of Kids…, a podcast series from First Focus on Children, that uncovers why children are an afterthought in politics. We'll discuss how we can unify our efforts to demand change that will improve the well-being of all our kids. Your hosts are Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby of First Focus on Children, a bipartis ...
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In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat about the the importance of children’s issues in the upcoming election. Despite children making up over 20% of the population, children’s issues are often overlooked and ignored in policymaking. Lesley and Looby outline some of the major disparities in policies between the candidates, pa…
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#23 - The Importance of the First 1000 Days, with Miriam Calderón
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In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Miriam Calderón, Chief Policy Officer of Zero to Three. Miriam has dedicated her life to ensuring that all children have access to essential resources such as child care, nutrition programs, and maternal health services. In today’s episode, Miriam addresses the importance of the fir…
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SECOND LOOK: Who’s for Kids, and Who’s Just Kidding? with Celinda Lake
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with pollster and political strategist Celinda Lake. Lake is President and Founder of Lake Research Partners, a national public opinion and political strategy research firm. Lake walks our hosts through public polling that shows voters strongly favor investing in children an…
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SECOND LOOK: Prioritizing Kids in Politics with Dr. Annie Andrews and Renee Harvey of Their Future. Our Vote PAC.
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We are past Labor Day and just 62 days from the 2024 election and children are on the ballot. We wanted to bring back this very relevant podcast for a SECOND LOOK. In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with pediatrician and former congressional candidate Dr. Annie Andrews and political strategist Renee Harvey ab…
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#22 - Children Are Not Little Adults with Dr. Glenn Flores
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In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Glenn Flores, Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Glenn Flores explains that the most important lesson in child health research and policy is that children are not little adults - they have vastly different anatomy and phys…
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#21 - The Importance in Investing in Our Youngest with Cynthia Osborne
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In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Cynthia Osborne, founder and executive director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, about the importance in investing in our youngest: infants and toddlers. Bruce and Selley also highlight the recent vote on the child tax credit and their disappointment with the bill fail…
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#20 - Advocating for Kids in Kentucky and Across America with Dr. Terry Brooks
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In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, a nonprofit watchdog for Kentucky's kids. Dr. Brooks has successfully worked with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to make necessary improvements for the lives of children across the state, such as supporting …
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SECOND LOOK: Money Matters with Dr. Kirabo Jackson
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Check out one of our favorite episodes! Our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby welcome Dr. C. Kirabo Jackson, a researcher, professor, journal editor, and member of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors. Dr. Jackson discusses his findings that research with respect to investing in both early childhood and K-12 education consi…
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#19 - Pediatric Emergency Care Systems Are Failing Our Kids & It’s Costing Their Lives with Phyllis Rabinowitz
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In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Phyllis Rabinowitz, Co-Founder and Co-President of the R Baby Foundation. Phyllis co-founded the R Baby Foundation with her husband, Andrew, after the loss of their nine-day-old daughter, Rebecca Ava, due to a misdiagnosis in the emergency room. The R Baby Foundation is the first an…
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#18 - Raising the Voice of Dads in Child Policy with Rep. Jimmy Gomez
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In this episode, co-host Bruce Lesley chats with Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), chair of the Dads Caucus. Rep. Gomez launched the Dads Caucus after a photo of him holding and caring for his son Hodge on the House floor went viral. Rep. Gomez talks about moms have been the “default parent” and the importance of fathers stepping up for kids both at home an…
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#17 - “They Came for Our Schools” with Mike Hixenbaugh
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In this episode, co-host Bruce Lesley chats with Mike Hixenbaugh, a senior investigative reporter for NBC News about the ongoing attacks on public schools across the country. They discuss Hixenbaugh’s new book, “They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms,” which documents the culture…
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#16 - Centering Cultural Competence within Black Child Mental Health with Taraji P. Henson and Tracie Jade
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In this episode, co-host Messellech Looby chats with Academy Award-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson about the complexities and opportunities around supporting Black youth in the midst of the country’s current mental health crisis. Henson created The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in memory of her late father, who struggled with mental health chal…
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#15 - Every Day is Mother’s Day, with the Moms of First Focus on Children
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To celebrate Mother’s Day, we’re showcasing the voices and stories of some of our moms at First Focus on Children. Host Messellech Looby shares the mic with First Focus on Children’s Vice President for Early Childhood and Public Health Policy Averi Pakulis, Vice President of Operations Trenessa Freeman, and Vice President of Advocacy and Mobilizati…
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#14 - Supporting Children and Families is a Bipartisan Effort, with Abby McCloskey
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Abby McCloskey, who directed the Convergence Collaborative on Supports for Working Families, a project bringing together 31 family policy leaders of diverse ideologies and included our co-host Bruce Lesley. The Convergence process issued a final report entitled In This …
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#13 - A Conversation with a Top Champion for Children, Representative Rosa DeLauro
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Representative Rosa DeLauro, a top champion for children in Congress and the chair of the babies caucus. Rep. DeLauro, who is the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, has spent decades in Congress and consistently advocated for kids to be a priority in …
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#12 - A Conversation with the Co-Founder and Executive Director of MomsRising, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, co-founder and executive director of MomsRising, an organization that champions workforce issues facing women, mothers and families. Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founded MomsRising in 2006 after a family health crisis pushed her out of the labor force and…
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SECOND LOOK: Prescribing Away Poverty with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Dr. Luke Shaefer
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Check out one of our favorite episodes! Hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Professor Luke Shaefer about “Rx Kids,” their innovative program to support pregnant women and infants in Flint, Michigan. Dr. Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician and activist best known for leading studies that exposed the dead…
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#11 - Child Poverty is a Policy Decision With Megan Curran and Sophie Collyer
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with poverty experts Megan Curran and Sophie Collyer about the Child Tax Credit. As top researchers at Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Collyer and Curran produce groundbreaking work on poverty and the child tax credit. In this episode, they explain…
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#10 - A Conversation with Congress’s Top 2023 Champion for Children - Representative Suzanne Bonamici
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Representative Suzanne Bonamici. Rep. Bonamici, who has represented Oregon’s 1st district in Congress since 2012, has been an avid Champion for children throughout her career and achieved the #1 slot on First Focus Campaign for Children’s 2023 Legislative Scorecard. The…
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#9 - Prescribing Away Poverty with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Dr. Luke Shaefer
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Professor Luke Shaefer about “Rx Kids,” their innovative program to support pregnant women and infants in Flint, Michigan. Dr. Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician and activist best known for leading studies that exposed the deadly levels of lead i…
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#8 - Prioritizing Kids in Politics with Dr. Annie Andrews and Renee Harvey of Their Future. Our Vote PAC.
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with pediatrician and former congressional candidate Dr. Annie Andrews and political strategist Renee Harvey about their new political action committee (PAC) for children, Their Future. Our Vote. Dr. Andrews, a children’s hospital doctor, highlighted the invisibility of chil…
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#7 - The Urgent Need to Protect WIC with Nell Menefee-Libey
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby speak with Nell Menefee-Libey, public policy manager for the National WIC Association. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as WIC, supports healthy pregnancy, healthy postpartum recovery and optimal child development. The Nati…
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#6 - When It Comes to Human Rights, What About the Children? with Jonathan Todres
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby speak with leading children’s rights expert Jonathan Todres. Todres, a professor at Georgia University College of Law, says rejecting children's rights is an attack on human rights. He explains the divisiveness around children's rights as the result of pitting them against parent…
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#5 - Money Matters with Dr. Kirabo Jackson
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby welcome Dr. C. Kirabo Jackson, a researcher, professor, journal editor, and member of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors. Dr. Jackson discusses his findings that research with respect to investing in both early childhood and K-12 education consistently demonstrates a …
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#4 - Defending Public Education with Arnie Fege
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with children’s activist Arnold “Arnie” Fege about the importance of defending public education against attacks both past and present. As a longtime teacher, principal, superintendent and now president of Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK), a national organization devoted to edu…
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#3 - Creating a Children-First Mindset in Policy and Society with Adam Benforado
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with law professor Adam Benforado about the lack of attention paid to children in the policymaking process. Benforado, who focuses on criminal justice and children’s rights, argues that many of the societal problems we see all around us - incarceration, homelessness — are pr…
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#2 - Who’s for Kids, and Who’s Just Kidding? with Celinda Lake
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In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with pollster and political strategist Celinda Lake. Lake is President and Founder of Lake Research Partners, a national public opinion and political strategy research firm. Lake walks our hosts through public polling that shows voters strongly favor investing in children an…
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#1 - Introducing Speaking of Kids...
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In this introductory episode of Speaking of Kids, co-hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby discuss the fact that children are often an afterthought in public policy. While most people care deeply about the children in their lives, there is a clear disconnect between personal opinions and policy goals. Children can’t vote, they don’t have…
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Hector and Tyler discuss The Word of God and what the Bible is to us in 2023 from the perspective of grace revealed to us in Jesus and His finished work. ______________________________________________________ Enjoy our content? Subscribe to our podcast and Youtube channel! You can also Leave us a review! ____________________________________________…
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Driving Energy Innovation in Data Centers with Jay Harris and Wayne Johnson, Ep #19
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In this season of Beyond the Meter, we’re taking a closer look at the meaningful impact business energy project have on the world around us. Host John Failla is joined by Jay Harris, Director of Data Center Services and Facilities for Clemson University, and Wayne Johnson, Key Segment Manager for Education at Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions. They…
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Getting the Green Light for Energy Projects with Mark Adams, Mike York, and Wayne Johnson, Ep #18
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In this episode of Beyond the Meter, host John Failla is joined by three Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions team members. Mark Adams is the Business Development Manager, Mike York is the Strategic Account Manager, and Wayne Johnson is the Key Segment Manager for Education. These experienced executives walk through practical steps toward gaining appr…
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Interview with Dr. Andrew Farley (The Grace Message)
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Dr. Andrew Farley has influenced millions of people with the message of Jesus. His ministries include (links included below each item): - Leading The Grace Church in Lubbock TX https://thegracechurch.org/ - A radio show (The Grace Message) https://andrewfarley.org/media/radio-shows/ - Best-selling author of 8 books - His newest being The Grace Mess…
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Grace Causes More Sin? (Bonus Topics, and Why the message of Jesus, plus nothing doesn't lead to more sinning)
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In this final episode of Season 2, we discuss several interesting topics and share a few stories on: 1. The severity of The Law of Moses and how modern Christianity makes light of it. 2. Unquestioning loyalty to "The Man of God". 3. How the message of God's grace is perceived by legalism to be used by "lazy Christians" to sin more. 4. How our exper…
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Jesus and Institutional Church Settings - Mike Adams Interview (Full Episode)
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Mike Adams is a former pastor of 25 years, and now he is the host of the UnSunday Show Podcast, and previously the host of the Grace Cafe. Mike is speak with and listen to and in this episode, we thoroughly enjoyed discussing some of the following topics: 1. The difference between church and ekklesia? 2. Church as we know it today… how different is…
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Deconstruction and Reconstruction with Matt McMillen
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In this episode we interview best-selling Christian author, Matt McMillen. We cover topics such as: Matt McMillen’s personal story and background What helped Matt find the New Covenant. Causes of “deconstruction” in the evangelical institutional church. The flesh, and the role it plays in Religion. What to do if you face backlash in transition from…
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Part 2 of our discussion with Mark Ward. Mark Ward holds a Ph.D. in New Testament Interpretation from Bob Jones University Seminary. He is currently the editor of Bible Study Magazine for Faithlife, the makers of Logos Bible Software. Mark Ward caught our attention when we each read His book, Authorized: The Use and Misuse of The King James Bible. …
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Mark Ward holds a Ph.D. in New Testament Interpretation from Bob Jones University Seminary. He is currently the editor of Bible Study Magazine for Faithlife, the makers of Logos Bible Software. Mark Ward caught our attention when we each read His book, Authorized: The Use and Misuse of The King James Bible. This book unequivocally breaks down the a…
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Interview - Pastor Jon Stone (Part 2)
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We wrap up the discussion about transitioning from law to Jesus in this second episode of season 2. The focus is more on the corporate setting of the body of Christ and how we can positively impact other believers toward more of Jesus and a grace-based mindset. You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.t…
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Interview - Legalism with Pastor Jon Stone (Part 1)
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In part one of this exciting interview, we discuss what legalism is biblically and the transition in the personal life of a believer from law to grace in our mentality. Jon Stone is the Pastor of Crosspointe Church in Santa Maria, California. Together, He & His wife, Dawn, have served in several ways over many years in ministry. Jon has been a Yout…
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In the final episode of season one, we discuss the controversial and seemingly confusing topic of repentance. The Gospel gives us a great perspective on what repentance is and who performs it correctly. You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.thegospelperspective.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@th…
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Tyler, Uriah, and Hector finish the discussion of what it means to possess a law-based mentality and how Jesus is our answer for the weakness of the flesh. Some additional topics are: how the Spirit works in our lives to produce righteousness, and how Jesus is the living Word of God. You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations:…
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The co-hosts discuss what leadership looks like with and without a law-based approach, and other things pertaining to the message of "Jesus plus nothing!" You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.thegospelperspective.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegospelperspective Instagram: https://www.instag…
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Collaborating to Drive Diversity in Clean Energy with Darrell Booker, Cheryl Comer, and Tracey Woods, Ep #17
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This episode is made in partnership with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions. In this season of Beyond the Meter, we’re taking a closer look at the meaningful impact renewable energy projects have on the world around us. In this episode, host John Failla is joined by Darrell Booker, Corporate Affairs Specialist leading the Nonprofit Tech Acceleration…
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In what is, without a doubt, the most controversial episode yet, the co-hosts discuss The Law of the Old Covenant, how The Law is an all-or-nothing proposition, and how Jesus changed our righteousness and obedience to God. Don't worry! This is only part one! You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.theg…
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Hector, Uriah, and Tyler discuss what it it looks like to please God without the law and under grace. As well as discussing our righteousness in Christ! You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.thegospelperspective.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegospelperspective Instagram: https://www.instagra…
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Our Once-For-All Forgiveness Because of Jesus
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Hector gives His story of how he came to an understanding of the gospel perspective. The Co-hosts discuss the topic of our once-for-all forgiveness in Christ and how that applies to us as New Covenant believers. You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.thegospelperspective.com/ TikTok: https://www.tikto…
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The Gospel Perspective co-hosts discuss what The New Covenant is and why it is exclusive. Uriah Crawford also tells his story of how he came to Christ and discovered a Gospel perspective. You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.thegospelperspective.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegospelperspect…
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The State of Community Solar with Terri Dalmer and Owen Grant, Ep #16
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In this episode of Beyond the Meter, host John Failla is joined by Terri Dalmer, Vice President of Solar Business Development at CleanChoice Energy, and Owen Grant, Business Development Manager at Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions. They discuss the broad impact community solar can have on businesses and diverse communities nationwide. You won’t wan…
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Hector, Tyler, and Uriah discuss what it means to have a gospel perspective. Tyler McGirt gives his testimony and how he came to a perspective of The Gospel. You can find more from The Gospel Perspective at these locations: Website: https://www.thegospelperspective.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegospelperspective Instagram: https://www.ins…
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Innovation through Electrification, with Diana Kotler, Ep #15
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This episode is made in partnership with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions. In this season of Beyond the Meter, we’re taking a closer look at the meaningful impact renewable energy projects have on the world around us. Industry guests discuss how their cleaner energy transitions are driving change, both within their organization and the larger comm…
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