Noble Bereans
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsShort, to-the-point podcasts that urge followers of Christ to be like the noble-minded Bereans of Acts 17:11.
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COVID-19 And Our Attitudes
April 16, 2020 11:05 - 8 minutes - 7.64 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Jonah 4:5 (NET) Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city. 6 The LORD God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his mis...
Believers in Captivity: What to do While in Self-Isolation
April 02, 2020 11:05 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Exodus 19:10 (NET)The LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes 11 and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. Acts 16:25 (NET) About midnight Paul a...
Christians and COVID-19
March 19, 2020 11:05 - 7 minutes - 7.34 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Philippians 4:4-9 (NET) Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice! 5 Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near! 6 Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God that surpas...
Love the Lord Your God
March 05, 2020 12:05 - 6 minutes - 6.33 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Deuteronomy 6:5 (ESV) You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Sincere and Pure Devotion
February 20, 2020 12:05 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans 2 Corinthians 11:2 (NET) For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion...
Are You At War With God?
February 13, 2020 12:05 - 8 minutes - 7.81 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Romans 8:5 (NET) For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,...
The Book of Ruth, Part 19: The Genealogy of Perez
February 06, 2020 12:05 - 7 minutes - 7.33 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Ruth 4:18 (NET) These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, 19 Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, 20 Amminadab was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmah, 21 Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed, 22 Obed was...
The Book of Ruth, Part 18: The Birth of Obed
January 30, 2020 12:05 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Ruth 4:13(NET) So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son. 14 The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel! 15 He will encourage...
The Book of Ruth, Part 17: The Blessings of the Elders
January 23, 2020 12:05 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Ruth 4:11 (NET) All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. 12 May your family becom...
The Book of Ruth, Part 16: Ruth, Wife of Boaz
January 16, 2020 12:05 - 6 minutes - 6.53 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NobleBereans/ For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_Bereans Ruth 4:7 (NET) (Now this used to be the customary way to finalize a transaction involving redemption in Israel: A man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party. This was a legally binding act in Israel.) 8 So the guardian said to Boaz, “You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal. 9...
The Book of Ruth, Part 15: You Must Take Ruth
January 09, 2020 12:05 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 4:5 (NET) Then Boaz said, “When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.” 6 The guardian said, “Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ru...
The Book of Ruth, Part 14: Will You Redeem The Land?
January 02, 2020 12:05 - 7 minutes - 7.05 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 4:1 (NET) Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, “Come here and sit down, ʻJohn Doeʼ!” So he came and sat down. 2 Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down. 3 Then Boaz said to ...
The Book of Ruth, Part 13: The Waiting Game
December 26, 2019 12:05 - 7 minutes - 6.69 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 3:14 (NET) So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought, “No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.” 15 Then he said, “Hold out the shawl you are wearing and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds of barle...
Special Episode: The Birth of Jesus
December 24, 2019 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.07 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Luke 2:1 (NET) Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes. 2 This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 Everyone went to his own town to be registered. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea...
The Book of Ruth, Part 12: Temptation and Honor
December 19, 2019 12:05 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 3:10 (NET) He said, “May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor. 11 Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village k...
The Book of Ruth, Part 11: Will You Marry Me?
December 12, 2019 12:05 - 6 minutes - 6.37 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 3:6 (NET) So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. 7 When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him. 8 ...
The Book of Ruth, Part 10: Uncovering Boaz's Feet
December 05, 2019 12:05 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 3:1 (NET) At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure. 2 Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor. 3 So bathe yourself, rub on some perfumed ...
The Book of Ruth, Part 9: Boaz exposed
November 28, 2019 12:05 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 2:18 (NET) She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime. 19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you gather grain today? Where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be rewarded!” So ...
The Book of Ruth, Part 8: Boaz’s Generosity Grows
November 21, 2019 12:05 - 6 minutes - 6.41 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 2:14 (NET) Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and have some food! Dip your bread in the vinegar!” So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest. 15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told his male servan...
The Book of Ruth, Part 7:Humbleness and Generosity
November 14, 2019 12:15 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBRuth humbly wonders why Boaz is so kind to her, and he explains that he is aware of her actions toward Naomi and all she sacrificed to be with her. He then blesses and encourages her, which is just the beginning of his provision for her.
The Book of Ruth, Part 7: Humbleness and Generosity
November 14, 2019 12:15 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 2:10 (NET) Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?” 11 Boaz replied to her, “I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband - ho...
The Book of Ruth, Part 6: Boaz Arrives
November 07, 2019 12:05 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 2:4 (NET) Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, “May the Lord bless you!” 5 Boaz asked his servant in charge of the harvesters, “To whom does this young woman belong?” 6 The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, ...
The Book of Ruth, Part 5: Boaz's Field
October 31, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 6.02 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 2:1 (NET) Now Naomi had a relative on her husbandʼs side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech. 2 One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied, “You may go, my daug...
The Book of Ruth, Part 4: Call Me Bitter
October 24, 2019 11:05 - 7 minutes - 6.64 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 1:18 (NET) When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her. 19 So the two of them journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole village was excited about their arrival. The women of the village said, “Can this ...
The Book of Ruth, Part 3: Insistent Devotion
October 17, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 1:7 (NET) Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah, 8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your motherʼs home! May the Lord show you the same kind of devotion that you ha...
The Book of Ruth: The Levirate Marriage
October 10, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Ruth 1:7 (NET) Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah, 8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your motherʼs home! May the Lord show you the same kind of devotion that you ha...
The Book of Ruth: Background and Introduction
October 03, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 5.72 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are:Ruth 1:1 (NET) 1 During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons. 2 (Now the manʼs name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two ...
Our God is Worthy, Part 2: Because He's the King of Kings
September 26, 2019 11:05 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: Job 26:5 (NET) “The dead tremble - those beneath the waters and all that live in them. 6 The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered. 7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing. 8 He locks the waters in his...
Our God is Worthy, Part 1: Let Everything That Has Breath ...
September 19, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: Isaiah 43:7 (KJV) Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Acts 15:12 (NET) The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God ...
Are Christians Better: Be Humble, Not Arrogant
September 12, 2019 10:25 - 6 minutes - 6.04 MBCheck out our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: Luke 18:9 (NET) Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else. 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ʻGod...
Are Christians Better Than Everyone Else, Part 1: The Humbling Truth
September 05, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 6.07 MBCheck out this episode on our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com/?p=399. Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: Psalms 103:10 (NET) He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. Romans 3:22b (NET) For there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 6:23 For the payoff of sin ...
Training to be a Christian - Part 4: The End of the Game
August 29, 2019 11:05 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBCheck out this episode on our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com/?p=399. Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: 2 Timothy 4:6 (NET) For as for me, I am already being poured out on the altar; yes, the time for my departure has arrived. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 All that awaits me now is the crown of righteousness...
Training to be a Christian - Part 3: Listening to the Coach
August 22, 2019 11:05 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBCheck out this episode on our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com/?p=399. Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: Philippians 3:12 (NET) Not that I have already attained this - that is, I have not already been perfected - but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this....
Training to be a Christian - Part 2: The Training Regiment
August 15, 2019 11:05 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBCheck out this episode on our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com/?p=399. Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NASB) Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a peri...
Training to be a Christian: Part 1 (What You Give Up)
August 08, 2019 11:05 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBCheck out this episode on our blog at: http://www.noblebereans.com/?p=395. Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/ANobleBerean/. For daily Bible quotes, follow us on Instagram: @noble_bereans. Today's verses are: Hebrews 12:1 (NASB) Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesu...
How Deep is Our Loyalty
April 18, 2019 11:30 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBDaniel 3:4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language, 5 that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. 6 But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.” 7 Therefore at that time, when all the pe...
Psalms 23
April 11, 2019 11:05 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MBPsalms 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows...
What Does Loving God Look Like?
April 04, 2019 11:05 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBJohn 14:20-21 (WEB) In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
Four Flights, Three Semis, Two Rude Reps, and an Accident
March 28, 2019 11:05 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MBJames 1:2 (NET) My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
All For His Glory
March 21, 2019 11:05 - 3 minutes - 3.7 MBRomans 11:36 (NET) For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen. Psalm 19:1 (NET) The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork. Proverbs 30:8 (NET) Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread, 9 lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
Continuing Thoughts on Prayer
March 14, 2019 11:05 - 3 minutes - 3.47 MBJames 4:2b (WEB) You don’t have, because you don’t ask. 3 You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. 1 John 5:14 (WEB) This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. 15 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (WEB) Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything ...
Does God Answer Prayer?
March 07, 2019 12:05 - 3 minutes - 3.8 MBGenesis 25:21 (WEB) Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is so, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Yahweh. 23 Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.” James 5:16b (WEB) The insistent pray...
Standing at the Threshold
February 28, 2019 12:05 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBPsalms 84:1 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, My King and my God. 4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. 5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart ...
The Darkness of Hate
February 21, 2019 12:05 - 3 minutes - 3.85 MB1 John 2:3 (NASB) By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. 7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an ol...
With Your Heart AND Your Mouth
February 08, 2019 03:15 - 3 minutes - 3.51 MBIn today's episode, I'll be sharing a passage I came across in today's Bible study about the importance of confessing Christ with our mouths. Our key passages are: Romans 10:5 (NET) For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to ...
Revisiting Idols
January 31, 2019 12:05 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MBIdols are more than statues on the mantle, they are a real danger present in the lives of Christians today. In today's episode we explore what Paul says idolatry is and what that means to us. Colossians 3:5 (NET) So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
What is Worship?
January 24, 2019 12:05 - 2 minutes - 2.51 MBIn today's episode we explore the root meaning of a Hebrew word used for worship. Exodus 3:12 (NASB) And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain."
Prioritizing God
January 17, 2019 12:05 - 3 minutes - 3.44 MBWhat priority is God in your life? Do your actions speak as loud as your words? Join us today as we explore this topic. Colossians 3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, 3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. 5 So...
Flee From Idolatry
January 10, 2019 12:05 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBIdols: they're not just stone or metal statues that we worship. In today's episode we explore idols we have in our lives that might keep us from God. 1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play." 8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in on...
The Little Sins
January 03, 2019 12:05 - 2 minutes - 2.63 MBToday we explore the importance of eradicating sin, even the little sin. I also share a couple of sins I've been wrestling with lately. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.