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Godly Mom
May 14, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBPastor Purity Muthoni is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on her heart to share with us todaIf Pastor Purity is new to you, you may listen to her other sermon, “How to Trust God Even in Difficult Times,” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about her and her mission ministry in Nairobi, Kenya, and reach out to her on social media or by emailing her with comments, questions, and prayer requests. Pastor Purity has...
Who is God
May 06, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBEvangelist and missionary Darrell Richardson is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on his heart to share with us today. If Darrell is new to you, you may listen to his other sermon, “Defining Evangelism,” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about him and his mission ministry in Kenya and reach out to him on social media or by emailing him with comments, questions, and prayer requests. Darrell has provided an upda...
How God Speaks
April 29, 2023 16:17 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBPastor Jones Britus is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on his heart to share with us this Sunday. If Pastor Jones is new to you, you may listen to his other sermon, “Operating from Heaven,” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about him and his ministry in Marigot, Haiti, and reach out to him on social media or by email with comments, questions, and prayer requests. Pastor Jones has provided us with an update s...
How to Trust God Even in Difficult Times
April 15, 2023 12:57 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBPurity Muthoni is the pastor of the Pool of Healing Ministry. She is located in Nairobi, Kenya, and is a widow blessed with three children, one girl, age 21, and two boys, ages 19 and 10. To this day, Pastor Purity still proclaims that God has been good to her and her family. When Pastor Purity was widowed suddenly at age 37, it was the worst thing ever happening to her. The foundation of her world collapsed, and now she was the only parent to her three grieving children. She had to learn t...
The Women Went to the Wrong Tomb
April 09, 2023 23:48 - 9 minutes - 8.33 MBThe Historical Timeline The timeline leading to when the three women went to the tomb to finish caring for Jesus stems from the Hebrew calendar month Nisan, which is the first month of spring in the Gregorian equivalent calendar that we know today. Starting from the last day of Passover, it is this evening that the Lord’s Supper is held, Jesus prays at the Garden of Gethsemane, arrested in Jerusalem, and tried before the Sanhedrin charged with blasphemy before sent to Pontius Pilate for jud...
Why I Believe in the Resurrection
April 08, 2023 09:39 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBRyan Sutton is a dynamic pastor and evangelist who preaches with passion in the power of the Spirit. He is the pastor of The Grace Center, a lively, multicultural church in Festus, Missouri. He is the founder and president of Ryan Sutton Ministries, which covers his evangelistic ministry in the United States and his international missions. After attending Ozark Bible Institute and Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, where he holds pastoral ministry and bible literature degrees, ...
1 Peter 3
April 02, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBIn this chapter, Peter teaches women about submitting to their husbands. If we take this phrase word-for-word, which the Apostle Paul uses similar wording in his epistles, many angry women will refuse to “submit” to their husbands. So, let’s take the word “submit” and analyze it biblically, or what we say in the hermeneutical sense, adding archaeological context, culture, and God’s Plan to it. First, in a Christian marriage, the husband and wife submit to each other through the Holy Spirit,...
Operating from Heaven
March 26, 2023 00:03 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBPastor Jones Britus was born in August 1969 and raised in a village in Southeast Haiti, the commune of Marigot. He is married and blessed with two daughters. After primary school, Pastor Jones’ parents could not afford to pay for his schooling. He was supported by one of his uncles in high school. Before finishing high school, his uncle had great financial problems and could not continue to support him. Pastor Jones did not want to stop high school, so he went to work in a primary school to ...
1 Peter 2
March 19, 2023 23:48 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBPeter acknowledges that pilgrims, or Christians, are to distance themselves from fleshly lusts, earthly wants, or tangible items that may cause one to sin. As the pilgrim pulls away from these sinful ways, he must also conduct himself lovingly. This way, he presents himself before believers and unbelievers, representing how Christ would submit Himself before others. There are two types of submissions. First, obedience to authority must be followed according to the bible unless this authori...
When Mercy Speaks
March 18, 2023 22:10 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBPastor Cleophas Muyelele is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on his heart to share with us this Sunday. If Pastor Muyelele is new to you, you may listen to his other sermon titled “It’s Time to Do It” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about him and his ministry in Bungoma, Kenya, and reach out to him on social media or by email with comments, questions, and prayer requests. Pastor Muyelele provided us with an...
Comparison of Christ & Melchizedek
March 18, 2023 18:48 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MBWelcome to this 3-part bible study series titled Comparison of Christ & Melchizedek. In this study, we will see that Melchizedek lays the foundation for a higher priest coming forward, fulfilling priesthood and king duties beyond his own. This higher priest will result from Hebrew law and yet represent a new law, saving humankind from its sins while mediating between humanity and divinity in God. The author of Hebrews recognizes Melchizedek as having similar characteristics to Christ. Ther...
Defining Evangelism
March 11, 2023 23:35 - 25 minutes - 59 MBThis sermon features Evangelist Darrell Richardson of Hilton Head Island, SC, in the United States. This southeastern coastal location decorates the terrain with palm trees and sea turtles. Sailboats enter the harbor with pink, purple, and green, coloring the sunsets and resting over the stillness of the ocean. Darrell was born on April 7, 1946, in a small town in eastern Tennessee, where he grew up on a small farm. He loved to play basketball & baseball and studied music, playing the piano...
1 Peter 1
March 05, 2023 21:31 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBPeter writes the first letter in a question/answer format. One must know who he is, in this case, Peter knows that he is an apostle of Jesus Christ, but who is everyone else? A pilgrim. A pilgrim is a person who is living away from home. The next question is, where is everyone from? On earth, people migrate from one place or area to another. Our heavenly home still awaits us; therefore, Peter saw “everyone” as pilgrims. To understand who this pilgrim is, we must understand that with moveme...
I Need Rest
March 05, 2023 01:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis sermon features Pastor Lephen Kumar of South Carolina in the United States. Lephen was born and raised in India, where he worked as a school teacher, a pastor, and a director of a non-profit organization. His involvement in school education and child and community development continues to embrace and uplift his theological training. Lephen, his beautiful wife, Lydia, his son Sam, and his daughter Saakshiyah moved from India to the United States, answering God’s call as a way of obeying...
It's Time to Do It
February 26, 2023 11:19 - 28 minutes - 26 MBPastor Cleophas Muyelele was born in July 1986 and raised in a small village in western Kenya near the Uganda border called Bungoma. He is married and blessed with three children - one girl and two boys, whom he and his family call Bungoma home. Cleophas grew up as an orphan, and with missionaries' help, he went through elementary and high school, later joining media college to pursue videography and photography. Once again, working with missionaries, Cleophas continued to serve in different...
1 John 4
February 19, 2023 17:40 - 6 minutes - 5.82 MBA true definition of fear, resulting in love and faith in God, divides this chapter into two parts. The first part is verses 1-6, where testing the spirits is necessary, ensuring that the messages heard are true from God. Exposing false teachers proves their mischievous teaching methods misalign their words with those from the Word of God. The second part is verses 7-21, where John shows how God can love His people when He loves through us. God’s love for us through His people removes the fe...
1 John 5
February 19, 2023 15:28 - 6 minutes - 6.43 MBWelcome to the reading of the First Epistle of John Chapter Five with In the Field Audio Bible. My name is Christie, your host for this episode. This fifth and final chapter of 1 John answers the two most important questions that are even asked today: whether one is truly a child of God and whether there is love for God and for one another. Both questions are proven if one believes that Jesus is Christ. There is victory to celebrate, knowing that even Christ had to overcome temptations and...
Importance of Faith
February 19, 2023 02:58 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBThis sermon features Evangelist Hezron Marwa of Kehancha, Kenya. This location is in the southwest corner of the country, nestled between the bordering countries of Uganda and Tanzania in East Africa. Evangelist Hezron, considers himself to be an Mwanafunzi Wa Yesu, meaning a Disciple of Christ in Kiswahili, the Swahili language, wearing several titles, such as motivator, educator, community leader, business coach, mentor, media personality, and public speaker. He is well-known in the south...
1 John 3
February 11, 2023 05:00 - 7 minutes - 7.37 MBIn this chapter, John tells us how to love one another. There is a yearning for us to love people and for them to love us back. Personally, I have always wanted to know “how” to love others. It is a weird question because we should already know, or so we thought. John puts forth three elements on how Christians are supposed to love one another. If you ever have wanted a biblical instruction manual, this is it. First, we are to love “unconditionally.” So, let us go back to what I said earlie...
1 John 2
February 04, 2023 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MBJohn is now the last apostle, living as an old man, writing this letter to his children. He first distinguishes knowing God from doing God’s work on earth. John claims that he does not add new commandments or statutes but emphasizes the most important command – love. This two-fold process involves loving one another and loving God. John also distinguishes between loving worldly things from loving the Father. If we believe and love worldly, earthly things, we take away from loving the One who...
3 John
February 01, 2023 19:54 - 4 minutes - 4.1 MBThis final epistle of John reflects not only love but John’s position of authority and influence. He recognizes Gaius as a faithful believer in the truth to people he knows and those he does not. Gaius shows us how opening one’s home to others keeps us steadfast in the truth. For those of us who serve or may soon be called to mission life, John details the difference between taking from others rather than letting God put forth people He needs to help us serve Him. And in this epistle, God u...
2 John
January 29, 2023 16:43 - 4 minutes - 4.53 MB1 I, the elder, am writing this letter. I am sending it to the lady chosen by God and to her children. 2 I love all of you because of the truth. I’m not the only one who loves you. So does everyone who knows the truth. I love you because of the truth that is alive in us. This truth will be with us forever. 3 God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son will give you grace, mercy and peace. These blessings will be with us because we love the truth. 4 It has given me great joy to find some of yo...
Welcome to In the Field Audio Bible
January 28, 2023 14:36 - 2 minutes - 1.95 MBWelcome to In the Field Audio Bible. I am your host, Christie Richardson. I invite you to immerse yourself in the bible in a new way - simply by listening. Whether you follow along in your personal bible, listen to the audio bible while commuting, or take a moment for yourself, listening to the bible one chapter at a time allows you to have a moment with God that you may not otherwise have given yourself. The New International Reader’s Version, or the NIRV, provides the listener with a m...
Philemon
January 21, 2023 21:20 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MB1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am a prisoner because of Christ Jesus. Our brother Timothy joins me in writing. Philemon, we are sending you this letter. You are our dear friend. You work together with us. 2 We are also sending it to our sister Apphia and to Archippus. He is a soldier of Christ together with us. And we are sending it to the church that meets in your home. 3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 4 I always thank my God when I rememb...
Philippians 4
January 14, 2023 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.01 MB1 My brothers and sisters, in this way remain strong in the Lord. I love you and long for you. Dear friends, you are my joy and my crown. 2 Here is what I’m asking Euodia and Syntyche to do. I’m asking them to work together in the Lord. That’s because they both belong to the Lord. 3 My true companion, here is what I ask you to do. Help these women, because they have served at my side. They have worked with me to spread the good news. So have Clement and the rest of those who have worked to...
1 John 1
January 08, 2023 22:26 - 4 minutes - 3.41 MBThe epistles of John are written differently than those of Paul. The difference rests in that John knew Jesus because he heard, saw, looked upon, and handled the affairs of Jesus, especially after the crucifixion. The epistles of John are even written differently from the Gospel, as John finishes each letter with the purpose of Jesus, which is love. This love divides itself into light and darkness. Even though you and I know that God’s light is His love and favor, to be in darkness means th...
Philippians 4
January 08, 2023 15:24 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MB1 My brothers and sisters, in this way remain strong in the Lord. I love you and long for you. Dear friends, you are my joy and my crown. 2 Here is what I’m asking Euodia and Syntyche to do. I’m asking them to work together in the Lord. That’s because they both belong to the Lord. 3 My true companion, here is what I ask you to do. Help these women, because they have served at my side. They have worked with me to spread the good news. So have Clement and the rest of those who have worked ...
The Christmas Story According to John
December 25, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MBThe eternal Jesus brings life, salvation, miracles, and divine dependence to rest in Him. With John, he brings a clear statement of purpose through eyewitness testimonies that can serve to both stimulate new beliefs and substantiate existing ones. The accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which are known as the Synoptic Gospels, all take a biographical (or chronological) approach to Jesus' life. On the other hand, John follows a theological one by adding more reflection and perspective to wha...
The Christmas Story According the Gospel of Luke
December 18, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBLuke writes briefly of the birth of Jesus, acknowledging that whoever and wherever you are in the human race, Jesus is the Son of God sent for your salvation. There was never a time when Jesus was not, the preexistent Son of God, and because of this, a special divine arrangement was required for Him to enter into humanity: the miracle of the virgin birth of Christ. God allowed the eternal Son of God to be implanted in the temporal womb of Mary. She carried the seed of the eternal Son of God ...
The Christmas Story According to Matthew
December 11, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MBThe rule of God has come to earth. This is what the story of Israel is about. Jesus came from the family line of Abraham, the ancestor of all the tribes of Israel, continuing to the great King David. This biblical scripture is proof that God had kept his ancient promises, beginning the Christmas Story with the birth of Jesus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inthefieldaudiobible/message
Philippians 1
December 04, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MB1 We, Paul and Timothy, are writing this letter. We serve Christ Jesus. We are sending this letter to you, all God’s holy people in Philippi. You belong to Christ Jesus. We are also sending this letter to your leaders and deacons. 2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy. 5 I am happy because you have joined me in spreading the good news. You have done ...
Philippians 2
November 20, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MB1 So does belonging to Christ help you in any way? Does his love comfort you at all? Do you share anything in common because of the Holy Spirit? Has Christ ever been gentle and loving toward you? 2 If any of these things has happened to you, then agree with one another. Have the same love. Be one in spirit and in the way you think and act. By doing this, you will make my joy complete. 3 Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud. Instead, be humble. Value othe...
Philippians 3
November 06, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MB1 Further, my brothers and sisters, be joyful because you belong to the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write about some important matters to you again. If you know about them, you will have a safe path to follow. 2 Watch out for those dogs. They are people who do evil things. When they circumcise, it is nothing more than a useless cutting of the body. 3 But we have been truly circumcised. We serve God by the power of his Spirit. We boast about what Christ Jesus has done. We don’t put o...
1 Timothy 1
October 09, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MB1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus, just as God our Savior commanded. Christ Jesus also commanded it. We have put our hope in him. 2 Timothy, I am sending you this letter. You are my true son in the faith. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy and peace. 3 Timothy, stay there in Ephesus. That is what I told you to do when I went into Macedonia. I want you to command certain people not to teach things that aren’t true. 4 And comm...
1 Timothy 2
September 25, 2022 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MB1 First, I want you to pray for all people. Ask God to help and bless them. Give thanks for them. 2 Pray for kings. Pray for everyone who is in authority. Pray that we can live peaceful and quiet lives. And pray that we will be godly and holy. 3 This is good, and it pleases God our Savior. He wants all people to be saved. 4 He wants them to come to know the truth. 5 There is only one God. And there is only one go-between for God and human beings. He is the man Christ Jesus. 6 He gave hi...
1 Timothy 3
September 11, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MB1 Here is a saying you can trust. If anyone wants to be a leader in the church, they want to do a good work for God and people. 2 A leader must be free from blame. He must be faithful to his wife. In anything he does, he must not go too far. He must control himself. He must be worthy of respect. He must welcome people into his home. He must be able to teach. 3 He must not get drunk. He must not push people around. He must be gentle. He must not be a person who likes to argue. He must not l...
1 Timothy 4
August 28, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.12 MB1 The Holy Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will leave the faith. They will follow spirits that will fool them. They will believe things that demons will teach them. 2 Teachings like those come from liars who pretend to be what they are not. Their sense of what is right and wrong has been destroyed. It’s as though it has been burned with a hot iron. 3 They do not allow people to get married. They order them not to eat certain foods. But God created those foods. So peop...
1 Timothy 5
August 14, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MB1 Correct an older man in a way that shows respect. Make an appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as if they were your brothers. Treat older women as if they were your mothers. 2 Treat younger women as if they were your sisters. Be completely pure in the way you treat them. 3 Take care of the widows who really need help. 4 But suppose a widow has children or grandchildren. They should first learn to put their faith into practice. They should care for their own family....
1 Timothy 6
August 07, 2022 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MB1 All who are forced to serve as slaves should consider their masters worthy of full respect. Then people will not speak evil things against God’s name and against what we teach. 2 Some slaves have masters who are believers. They shouldn’t show their masters disrespect just because they are also believers. Instead, they should serve them even better. That’s because their masters are loved by them as believers. These masters are committed to caring for their slaves. These are the things you ...
2 Timothy 1
July 24, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MB1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. He sent me to tell about the promise of life found in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy, I am sending you this letter. You are my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy and peace. 3 I thank God, whom I serve as did our people of long ago. I serve God, knowing that what I have done is right. Night and day I thank God for you. Night and day I always remember you in my prayers. ...
2 Timothy 2
July 10, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes - 4.63 MB1 My son, be strong in the grace that is yours in Christ Jesus. 2 You have heard me teach in front of many witnesses. Pass on to people you can trust the things you’ve heard me say. Then they will be able to teach others also. 3 Like a good soldier of Christ Jesus, join with me in suffering. 4 A soldier does not take part in things that don’t have anything to do with the army. Instead, he tries to please his commanding officer. 5 It is the same for anyone who takes part in a sport. They ...
2 Timothy 3
June 26, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MB1 Here is what I want you to know. There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will love themselves. They will love money. They will brag and be proud. They will tear others down. They will not obey their parents. They won’t be thankful or holy. 3 They won’t love others. They won’t forgive others. They will tell lies about people. They will be out of control. They will be wild. They will hate what is good. 4 They will turn against their friends. They will act without thinking....
2 Timothy 4
June 12, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes - 3.79 MB1 I give you a command in the sight of God and Christ Jesus. Christ will judge the living and the dead. Because he and his kingdom are coming, here is the command I give you. 2 Preach the word. Be ready to serve God in good times and bad. Correct people’s mistakes. Warn them. Encourage them with words of hope. Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully. 3 The time will come when people won’t put up with true teaching. Instead, they will try to satisfy their own desires....
Titus 1
May 29, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MB1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. I serve God, and I am an apostle of Jesus Christ. God sent me to help his chosen people believe in Christ more and more. God sent me to help them understand even more the truth that leads to godly living. 2 That belief and understanding lead to the hope of eternal life. Before time began, God promised to give that life. And he does not lie. 3 Now, at just the right time, he has made his promise clear. He did this through the preaching that he trusted me w...
Titus 2
May 15, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MB1 But what you teach must agree with true teaching. 2 Tell the older men that in anything they do, they must not go too far. They must be worthy of respect. They must control themselves. They must have true faith. They must love others. They must not give up. 3 In the same way, teach the older women to lead a holy life. They must not tell lies about others. They must not let wine control them. Instead, they must teach what is good. 4 Then they can advise the younger women to love their hu...
Titus 3
May 01, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MB1 Remind God’s people to obey rulers and authorities. Remind them to be ready to do what is good. 2 Tell them not to speak evil things against anyone. Remind them to live in peace. They must consider the needs of others. They must always be gentle toward everyone. 3 At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one anoth...
Jude
April 17, 2022 04:00 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBJude and James were brothers of Jesus. James was a leader in the church in Jerusalem. He was the writer of the book of James. Jude also had authority as a leader in the church. Jude most likely wrote this letter to Jewish believers. This letter would have special meaning for these believers. That’s because it talks about Israel’s history and about angels. And it talks about other writings that would have meaning for them. Jude speaks about the problem of false teachers in the church. They a...
2 Timothy Trailer
August 08, 2021 12:00 - 57 seconds - 906 KBPaul’s helper Timothy was in the church at Ephesus. Timothy had to deal with some of the church’s leaders and these leaders were teaching things that were not true. So when Timothy struggled with this problem, Paul came back to Ephesus where he was later arrested and sent to Rome. And this time Paul expected that there would be a trial and he would be killed. So Paul wrote to Timothy asking him to come to Rome quickly. Timothy was discouraged by what had happened. So Paul wrote this letter t...
1 Timothy 6
August 04, 2021 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MB1 All who are forced to serve as slaves should consider their masters worthy of full respect. Then people will not speak evil things against God’s name and against what we teach. 2 Some slaves have masters who are believers. They shouldn’t show their masters disrespect just because they are also believers. Instead, they should serve them even better. That’s because their masters are loved by them as believers. These masters are committed to caring for their slaves. These are the things you...
1 Timothy 5
August 04, 2021 01:14 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MB1 Correct an older man in a way that shows respect. Make an appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as if they were your brothers. Treat older women as if they were your mothers. 2 Treat younger women as if they were your sisters. Be completely pure in the way you treat them. 3 Take care of the widows who really need help. 4 But suppose a widow has children or grandchildren. They should first learn to put their faith into practice. They should care for their own fami...