{"id":2646,"date":"2011-10-02T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2013-09-03T22:09:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T03:09:54","slug":"mayberry-bible-study-podcast-the-loaded-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/2011\/10\/mayberry-bible-study-podcast-the-loaded-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayberry Bible Study Podcast: The Loaded Goat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2536\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Mayberry Bible Study Podcast\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mayberry_bible_study_logo_150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Host:<\/strong> Allan Newsome<br \/>\nRunning time: 0:50:57<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for joining me for the Mayberry Bible Study Podcast. I hope you enjoy your time with me in Mayberry and that you learn a little along the way.\u00a0 Any study of God&#8217;s word can be helpful to us in growing our character, even if that study is inspired by The Andy Griffith Show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imayberry.com\/biblestudy\/the_loaded_goat_episode81.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the full lesson plan<\/a> so you can follow along as you listen to the study. Enjoy your time with us here in Mayberry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayberry is having an underpass put in and this is requiring some blasting out at the construction site.\u00a0 Hodge brings his goat (Jimmy) into town for the day and, while running errands the goat gets loose and eats some of the dynamite.\u00a0 Everyone becomes afraid of the potential for explosion Jimmy possesses.\u00a0 They seek to find solutions to the quandary.\u00a0 Finally they stumble upon the idea of Barney playing his French Harp and lead the goat out of town.\u00a0 The mayor and Hodge hear an explosion from the construction site and think Andy and Barney were blown up leading the goat away.\u00a0 They break into a eulogy not knowing the duo had returned and were listening in the other room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to handle situations when we don\u2019t know what to do (Proverbs 3:5-6)<\/li>\n<li>The Power of music (1 Samuel 16:23; Ephesians 5:19)<\/li>\n<li>The Importance of a good reputation (Proverbs 20:11; 22:1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/p5yUoT\" target=\"_blank\">The Way Back to Mayberry: Lessons From a Simpler Time by Joey Fann<\/a> &#8211; Weaver&#8217;s Department Store, this is a truly wonderful book inspired by the creator of the Mayberry Bible Study that has been sweeping the country.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/pOlXAA\" target=\"_blank\">The Gospel According to Mayberry<\/a> &#8211; Original printed story upon which this podcast episode is based.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/barneyfife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BarneyFife.com<\/a> &#8211; Website originally created in 1998 to provide information about Joey Fann&#8217;s inspirational study based on themes from The Andy Griffith Show.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/piXreM\" target=\"_blank\">Mayberry Bible Study Podcast mailing list<\/a> &#8211; If you&#8217;re interested in receiving news about it and would like to be part of the actual studies, please go to the link and sign up for the mailing list for the podcast so I can keep you informed about upcoming episodes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MayberryBibleStudy\" target=\"_blank\">Mayberry Bible Study Podcast Facebook Page<\/a> &#8211; Follow us on Facebook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Subscribe to the Mayberry Bible Study Podcast<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imayberry.com\/mailman\/listinfo\/biblestudypodcast_imayberry.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"E-mail\" alt=\"E-mail\" src=\"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/email.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MayberryBibleStudy\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Facebook Fan Page\" alt=\"Facebook Fan Page\" src=\"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/facebook.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/imayberry.com\/podcasts\/category\/mayberry-bible-study\/feed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"RSS Feed\" alt=\"RSS Feed\" src=\"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/rss-icon-16x16.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayberry is having an underpass put in and this is requiring some blasting out at the construction site.  Hodge brings his goat (Jimmy) into town for the day and, while running errands the goat gets loose and eats some of the dynamite.  Everyone becomes afraid of the potential for explosion Jimmy possesses.  They seek to find solutions to the quandary.  Finally they stumble upon the idea of Barney playing his French Harp and lead the goat out of town.  The mayor and Hodge hear an explosion from the construction site and think Andy and Barney were blown up leading the goat away.  They break into a eulogy not knowing the duo had returned and were listening in the other room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mayberry-bible-study"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plF1Q-GG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}