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Jesus' First Miracle

August 13, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2020/08/jesus-first-miracle.html On the third day there was a wedding. It took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” Jesus answered, “Woman, why did you come to me? My time has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you to do.” In that plac...

The Lamb Comes

July 18, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

They asked John, “If you’re not the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet, why are you baptizing?” John answered, “I baptize with water. But someone you don’t know is with you. He is the One who comes after me. I’m not good enough to untie his sandals!” This happened at Bethany on the east side of the Jordan River. John was baptizing there. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look! The Lamb of God! He takes the sin of the world away! This is the One I was ...

Who are you?

July 10, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

The Jews in Jerusalem sent some priests and assistants to John. The Jews sent them to ask John, “Who are you?” John came right out and said, “I am not the Messiah”. “Then who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered. Then they said, “Who are you? Tell us, so we can give an answer to the people who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” John replied using the words of the prophet Isaiah. John said, “I am a voic...

The Word Shows Us God

June 30, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Full transcript available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2020/06/the-word-shows-us-god.html The Word became a human. He lived with us. We saw his glory. It is the glory of the only Son, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth. John told about Him. John shouted, “This is the One I was talking about! I said, ‘The One who comes after me is greater than me. He existed before I did.’” All of us have received from His fullness. We received gif...

Receive Him and Believe Him

June 23, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.43 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2020/06/receive-him-and-believe-him.html The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world. The Word was in the world. And the world was made through him. But the world did not recognize him. He came to what was his own. But his own people did not receive him. Some people did receive him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God. They were not born through their...

The Word and the Witness

May 21, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.61 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2020/05/the-word-and-witness.html In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him. Life was in him, and that life was the light for humans. The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not overcome the light. There was a man sent from God. His name...

Story 13: The First Murder

May 10, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. God said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” Cain said, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guard?” God said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground. Now you will be cursed in your work with the ground. It received your brother’s blood from your hand. When you farm the ground, it will not produce good crops...

Only Jesus

March 22, 2020 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2020/03/only-jesus.html Jesus brought Peter, James, and John up on a tall mountain. No other people were there. Jesus’ face became bright like the sun. His clothes became as white as light. Then Moses and Elijah appeared, and talked with Jesus. Peter told Jesus, “If you want, I will put up three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While Peter was talking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice ...

The Thankful Leper

February 29, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Full script is available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2020/02/the-thankful-leper.html Ten men with leprosy met Jesus. They yelled from a distance, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Jesus saw them. He said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” While the ten men were going, they were healed. One of the men went back to Jesus. The man praised God loudly. He fell down in front of Jesus to thank Him. The man was a foreigner. Jesus said, “Weren’t all ten healed? Whe...

Jesus Prays Alone

January 27, 2020 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

The sun went down. The people brought Jesus everyone who was sick. They also brought Him everyone who was controlled by demons. The whole town gathered at the door of the house. Jesus healed many people who had different kinds of illnesses. He also forced many demons to leave people. He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who Jesus was. Very early the next morning Jesus got up. It was still dark. Jesus left the house. He went to a place where He could be ...

The Lost Sheep

November 30, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MB

You can read the full transcript at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/11/the-lost-sheep.html A man has 100 sheep. The man loses one of his sheep. The man leaves the 99 sheep. The man goes looking for the one lost sheep. The man keeps searching until he finds the sheep. When he finds the sheep, the man is very happy. The man puts it on his shoulders and goes home. He calls his neighbors and friends to come. “Be happy with me! I have found my lost sheep!”

Let the Children Come

November 24, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MB

You can read the full transcript at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/11/let-children-come.html People brought their small children to Jesus. They wanted Jesus to touch their children. The disciples saw this. They scolded the parents. But Jesus called the little children. “Let the children come to Me. Don’t stop them. The kingdom of God belongs to people who are like children. Everyone must receive the kingdom of God like a child. Otherwise, he will never enter the kingdom.”

What Do You Care About?

November 11, 2019 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

Full script can be read at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/11/what-do-you-care-about.html The next morning God sent a worm. The worm killed the plant. When the sun came up, God sent a hot wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head. Jonah became very weak. He begged, “I want to die, not live.” But God said, “Are you right to be angry about the plant?” Jonah said, “Yes! I’m so angry I want to die!” God said, “You cared about the plant. You did not work to make the plant grow. ...

The Happy Sitter

November 05, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 7.55 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/11/the-happy-sitter.html God said to Jonah, “Are you right to be angry?” Jonah left Nineveh. He sat to the east of the city. He made a shelter for himself. He sat in the shade. He waited to see what would happen to the city. God made a plant grow up quickly over Jonah. The plant gave shade to Jonah’s head. Jonah was very happy about the plant.

The Angry Prophet

October 30, 2019 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.88 MB

Full script available free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/10/the-angry-prophet.html God saw that the people of Nineveh turned from their evil. God changed his mind. He did not destroy them. But Jonah did not like this. Jonah became very angry. He said to God, “I knew this would happen! I tried to prevent this. That’s why I ran away to Tarshish. I know You are kind, slow to get angry, and full of love. You change your mind about destroying people. So, God, please kill me...

The King Repents

September 24, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Read the full script for today's episode at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/09/the-king-repents.html The king of Nineveh heard the news. He got up from his throne and took off his robes. He put on rough clothes and sat in ashes. He sent a message throughout Nineveh. “The king and his important men command this! No person or animal may eat or drink anything. Every person and animal must wear rough clothes. People should cry loudly to God. Everyone must turn from his evil and vio...

The Shortest Sermon

September 17, 2019 00:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

The full script for this episode is available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/09/the-shortest-sermon.html God spoke to Jonah a second time. “Go to Nineveh, the big city. Preach against it the message that I give you.” Jonah did what God said. He went to Nineveh. Nineveh was a big city. It took 3 days to walk through it. Jonah walked 1 day. He called out, “Nineveh will be destroyed in 40 days!” The people of Nineveh believed in God. They stopped eating food. They ...

Swallowed by a Fish!

September 09, 2019 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.63 MB

Full transcript available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/09/swallowed-by-fish.html The sailors cried to God, “Please don’t let us die. Please don’t punish us for killing this man. God, You did what You wanted to do.” They threw Jonah into the sea. The sea became calm! The sailors feared God greatly. They made promises to God. God sent a big fish. The fish swallowed Jonah. Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for 3 days and 3 nights. Then Jonah prayed to God. God ...

Who's to Blame?

September 03, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.52 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/09/whos-to-blame.html The sailors said to each other, “Let’s roll dice. Let’s find out who is to blame for this disaster.” So, they rolled dice. Jonah was picked. They asked, “What should we do to you? How can we make the sea calm?” The sea was becoming even more rough. Jonah answered, “Throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm. This big storm is my fault.” The sailors rowed very hard. They could n...

The Storm on the Sea

August 27, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.09 MB

Full script available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/08/the-storm-on-sea.html God threw a big wind on the sea. There was a big storm. The ship was about to break apart. The sailors were afraid. Each man cried to his own god. They threw the cargo into the sea. This made the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone down into the ship. He had lain down and fallen asleep. The captain went to Jonah. The captain said, “How can you sleep? Get up! Pray to your God! Mayb...

Jonah Runs Away

August 22, 2019 00:00 - 10 minutes - 7.38 MB

Full script available at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/08/jonah-runs-away.html God said to Jonah, “Go to Nineveh, the big city. Preach against it. The evil of Nineveh has come to my attention.” But Jonah ran away from God. He headed for Tarshish. So he went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went down into the ship. He wanted to go to Tarshish, away from God.

The Tower

August 13, 2019 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.85 MB

Full script at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2019/08/the-tower.html [Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.” Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English. You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com. Today I want to teach you three words. Scatter. To scatter means to make things move in many dif...

Story 12: The Two Gifts

September 12, 2018 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.84 MB

Full script available at http://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/09/story-12-two-gifts.html Abel guarded sheep, but Cain worked the ground. One day Cain brought a gift to the Lord. He brought some food from the ground. And Abel brought the best parts of his best sheep. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift. But the Lord did not accept Cain and his gift. So Cain became very angry and looked unhappy. The Lord asked Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy? If you do good, you w...

Story 11: Clothed and Sent Out

September 07, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 7.9 MB

Full script for story available at http://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/09/story-11-clothed-and-sent-out.html The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for Adam and his wife. And so the Lord dressed them. Then the Lord God said, “Look, the man has become like one of us. He knows good and evil. And now he must not eat fruit from the tree of life. If he does, he will live forever.” So the Lord God sent the man out of the garden of Eden. He had to work the ground he was taken from. T...

Story 9: God Judges the Snake and the Woman

August 25, 2018 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.79 MB

Full transcript available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/08/story-9-god-judges-snake-and-woman.html The Lord God said to the snake, “Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed more than any tame animal or wild animal. You will crawl on your belly. You will eat dust all your life. I will make you and the woman hate each other. Your offspring and her offspring will be enemies. He will strike your head, and you will st...

Story 10: God Judges the Man

August 25, 2018 00:00 - 13 minutes - 6.54 MB

You can read the full transcript at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/08/story-10-god-judges-man.html Then God said to the man, “You listened to your wife. You ate from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from. So I am putting a curse on the ground because of what you did. By painful work all your life, you will eat food from the ground. The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you. And you will eat the plants of the field. You will sweat and work hard for your ...

Story 8: The Blame Game

August 21, 2018 00:00 - 15 minutes - 7.55 MB

You can read the full transcript of this story at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/08/story-8-blame-game.html The Lord God called to the man. The Lord said, “Where are you?” The man answered, “I heard you walking in the garden. I was afraid because I was naked. So I hid.” The Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” The man said, “You gave this woman to me. She gave me fruit from the tree. So I ate it.” Th...

Story 7: The First Sin

August 05, 2018 00:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MB

You can read the entire transcript for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/08/story-7-first-sin.html The woman saw that the tree was good for food, beautiful, and would make people wise. So she took some fruit from the tree and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it. Then their eyes were opened and they saw that they were naked. So they sewed together fig leaves and made clothes for themselves. Then they heard the Lord God walking i...

Story 6: The Sly Snake

August 04, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 6.06 MB

You can read the full transcript of the story at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/08/story-6-sly-snake.html The snake was the most sly of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. The snake said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the snake, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But God said, ‘You must not eat or touch the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, or you will die.’” “Yo...

Story 5: The First Marriage

July 28, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.99 MB

Full script of story available for free at https://www.lifelineenglish.com/2018/07/story-5-first-marriage.html And the man said, “Now, this is someone whose bones came from my bones. Her body came from my body. She will be named ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of a man.” That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife. And the two people will become one body. The man and his wife were both naked. But they felt no shame.

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