VC Hour
207 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe VC Hour is the podcast of the Vice Chancellor of African Bible University. The themes of the hour are studies of Biblical and Systematic Theology and their practical applications for Christianity today. Episodes are also available through RadioABC 99.3 in Lubowa, Uganda each week at 5:30pm East Africa Time. New episodes drop each week.
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Episodes
Taunting Death
July 13, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSend us a Text Message. In this series on final things, the VC takes time to exegete 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 as a deep dive into the nature of death and resurrection.
What Do We Know About Death?
July 02, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBSend us a Text Message. A hard truth for all humanity is the reality of death. In this episode, the VC looks at what the Bible teaches about death and what that means for the believer.
How Can We Persevere?
June 25, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBSend us a Text Message. The Scriptures speak often about perseverance. Christians should know what is being taught and how to apply it to their lives. Here the VC gives us a look at perseverance from a biblical perspective so that we may know how to endure.
Can We Do Good Works?
June 18, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Salvation is entirely of God, yet we are encouraged by the Scriptures unto good works. In this episode, the VC explores the importance of Good Works for the believer.
How Does Sanctification Work?
June 11, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSend us a Text Message. With so much emphasis on the work of Justification, the role of Sanctification is sometimes ignored or misunderstood. In this episode, the VC helps to bring full clarity to the doctrine from the Bible.
How Does Justification Work?
June 04, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSend us a Text Message. All salvation rests on the work of Christ, and Justification is the focal point of this episode. Learn more from the VC
What is Conversion?
May 21, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Conversion is a term which has fallen onto hard times in modern usage with some even viewing it negatively. Hear the VC teach on how the Bible speaks of it, and why its so helpful even to this day.
What is Saving Grace?
May 14, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Having learned together about the graciousness of God towards all men, what of saving grace? The VC explores what the Scriptures teach concerning the grace of God towards sinners.
What is Common Grace?
May 08, 2023 15:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBSend us a Text Message. God is a gracious God, and the ways in which He is gracious are manifold. Hear more from the VC on this episode.
What is the Atonement?
April 30, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBSend us a Text Message. The doctrine of the atonement, when rightly understood, helps us to make sense of both the grace and righteousness of God. When misunderstood, error develops which will hinder the Christian life. Hear more from the VC as he helps to show the truths of God's word with respect to the atonement.
Did Melchizedek Have Parents?
April 26, 2023 15:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBSend us a Text Message. A listener asked a great question recently based on something the VC said in an episode. Melchizedek had parents, but Hebrews 7:3 seems to say the opposite. This episode answers the question and helps us to make sense of how to understand Christ in the book of Hebrews.
Do You Now Believe?
April 23, 2023 13:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Jesus challenges the disciples understanding of Him and themselves. Hear how Christ finds comfort in trying circumstances and how you can too.
How is Jesus a King?
April 16, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBSend us a Text Message. With so much prophecy concerning the messiah being a king, how are we to see Christ who died on a cross? Certainly this was a major question for early Christianity and for the believer today. The VC answers these and many more questions in this episode.
How is Jesus a Priest?
April 09, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSend us a Text Message. One of the challenges facing the Jewish converts was all the talk of this son of David being a priest. How does the Bible make sense of places like Psalm 110 where the messiah is clearly both priest and king? The VC covers these topics and much more in this episode.
How is Jesus a Prophet?
April 03, 2023 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBSend us a Text Message. When we think of prophets, we often think of someone who tells the future, but the Biblical idea of a prophet is much richer. In this episode, the VC examines what it means to be a prophet and compares that to the work of Christ.
How is Jesus a Mediator?
March 26, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBSend us a Text Message. The mediatorial role of Christ entails a great number of things. In this episode, the VC examines how Christ is a mediator.
What is Christ's Exaltation?
March 19, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The Scriptures speak of the exaltation of the Son. In this episode, the VC explores what the Bible means when it tells of His exaltation.
What is Christ's Humiliation?
March 12, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBSend us a Text Message. The Scriptures teach that the Son humbled Himself. In this episode, the VC explores the various ways that theologians have identified the humiliation of Christ in the Scriptures.
Is Jesus Really God?
March 05, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The claims of the scriptures concerning the divinity of Jesus are hotly debated in modern scholarship. In this episode the VC helps to set the record straight concerning how certain we can be about the divinity of Jesus.
Is Jesus Really a Man?
February 26, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the second in a series of episodes mean to explore Christology. The VC explores what it means that Christ was human as we are.
What is Meant by Jesus's Names?
February 19, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Jesus is called a number of things in the Scriptures. In this episode, the VC explores some of those names, and the significance of them. You can read more for yourself from Louis Berkhoff's Manual of Christian Doctrine which you can find free online.
By Faith Rahab
February 12, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBSend us a Text Message. In this final episode of the series, the VC works through the improbably redemption of Rahab, and what that means for other sinners like us.
By Faith The People
February 05, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Moses didn't leave Egypt alone, and the author of Hebrews doesn't commend his faith or actions alone. Listen to this episode to hear more of how God used these people of such challenging actions to His glory.
By Faith Moses
January 29, 2023 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Moses is one of the most significant people in human history, certainly in the history of God's people. See how the author of Hebrews identifies the link between Moses' faith and his story.
By Faith Moses' Parents
January 22, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The author of Hebrews takes us through the story of a couple that we generally don't hear much about, but we should hear more. The Lord used them in a mighty way. Hear more about their faith in action.
Missionary Chronicles - Karie Pitts
January 15, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSend us a Text Message. Karie Pitts is a missionary in Uganda at African Bible University where she helps with hospitality and big events, teaches, and raises a family. Hear more about what she does and how she got here.
By Faith Joseph
January 08, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Joseph's legacy is so stellar that one might wonder why the author of Hebrews picked this event to be the demonstration of his faith. Hear more about how this man lived by faith.
By Faith Jacob
January 01, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Another blessing by faith, but a very different circumstance this time. Hear the VC explain how Jacob developed from the man he was into this man who lives by faith.
O Light That Knew No Dawn
December 26, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In this special episode, the VC looks at the shepherds on the night of the birth of the Christ. Learn more about this special event and the men who witnessed it.
By Faith Isaac
December 18, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBSend us a Text Message. A guy mistakes one son for another and gives him a blessing, but Hebrews says it was done by faith. The VC demystifies the relationship between the blessing and the faith of Isaac in this episode.
By Faith Abraham Offered
December 11, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBSend us a Text Message. This passage in Genesis recounted by the author of Hebrews is by far one of the hardest passages for many to comprehend. Hear more about what God was doing and the enduring significance of this act of Abrahams.
By Faith Sarah
December 04, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBSend us a Text Message. If you've read Hebrews, you've no doubt wondered in what sense Sarah was acting by faith. Her laughter seems derisive in the Genesis story. The VC uses the Bible to explain what the author of Hebrews is teaching us.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Prince Moses Okello
November 30, 2022 13:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MBSend us a Text Message. There's big news and great memories in this episode where Moses will reveal that a huge change is coming into his life soon. Listen for more details.
When You Want A Different Sermon
November 27, 2022 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBSend us a Text Message. On this special episode, we hear from Isaiah 30:8-15 about when we want a different sermon. Hear if these words are true of you and how we should respond.
By Faith Abraham Obeyed
November 20, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Many people picture Abraham as a mature man in the faith, but the Abraham of the Bible is far more complicated. Hear in this episode the origins of Abraham and how he was called out into a new life.
Q&A Episode - Is God Still Creating All the Time?
November 17, 2022 06:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBSend us a Text Message. A listener had a little girl in their sunday school who asked a fantastic question. We love a good Q&A question and especially one that helps a child understand. Listen to hear about whether or not God is still creating.
By Faith Noah
November 13, 2022 13:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBSend us a Text Message. If Noah was a preacher today, many would consider his ministry a failure. But the author of Hebrews views it quite differently. Here how the New Testament treats Noah in this episode.
By Faith Enoch
November 06, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBSend us a Text Message. For a guy who only gets a few verses in Genesis, Enoch sure does stir up quite a bit of controversy. Hear more about how the author of Genesis connects Enoch's story with our own in this episode.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Fred Otim
November 02, 2022 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.61 MBSend us a Text Message. Fred Otim graduated under out double-up program which allows students to work their way through the University and end up with a degree and no debt. Hear how the Lord is working in his life and ministry since graduation.
By Faith Abel
October 30, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In the story of Cain and Abel, the murderer tends to get more attention than the victim. But the Scriptures have a lot to say about Abel as well. The author of Hebrews helps us to see the Cain and Abel story as a story of faith.
VC Bookshelf - "Rejoicing in Lament" - Dr. J. Todd Billings
October 28, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutes - 8.75 MBSend us a Text Message. The Bible is full of godly lament, but those tend to be the most neglected passages in public and private worship. Rejoicing in Lament helps the Christian to see how to respond biblically to personal tragedy.
What is Meant By Faith
October 23, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the first episode in a new series that looks at Hebrews 11. The key to understanding the significance of the chapter is to understand what's happening in the book as a whole, especially the end of chapter 10 and the beginning of chapter 12. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Eunice Apilli Ochero
October 19, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Our 2017 alumna, Eunice Apilli, works hard on a number of fronts in really exceptional ways. Hear our interview to learn more. She's also married to someone we've already interviewed: Simon Peter Ochero.
Sermon on the Mount 28 - Conclusion
October 16, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThe response to Jesus' most famous sermon is quite telling. The VC ties all the episodes together to show how Jesus leads the people of His kingdom.
Sermon on the Mount 28 - Conclusion
October 16, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBSend us a Text Message. The response to Jesus' most famous sermon is quite telling. The VC ties all the episodes together to show how Jesus leads the people of His kingdom.
Q&A Short - When Proverbs Conflict
October 12, 2022 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.51 MBSend us a Text Message. A listener asked about how we should treat Wisdom literature, especially when the literature seems to give conflicting advice. The VC explains the genre and what that tells us about how we understand those portions of Scripture
Sermon on the Mount 27 - Basic Architecture
October 09, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Jesus wraps up his Sermon with what is perhaps the boldest claim of them all. Check out the magnitude of what Jesus has to say in this episode.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Walter Otieno
October 05, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Walter Otieno had the VC for a class back in 2016. Hear how the Lord has been using this Kenyan national in ministry here in Uganda.
Celebration of 100th Episode Online
October 02, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.78 MBSend us a Text Message. A quick work from our VC thanking listeners for being faithful and supportive
Sermon on the Mount 26 - Does the Lord Know You?
October 02, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Christians often emphasize knowing God, but should also consider the aspect of God knowing them. Hear more about how Jesus taught about God knowing us and what that has to do with his listeners and the Kingdom of Heaven.