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
VC Bookshelf - "The Messiah and the Psalms" - Richard Belcher Jr.
April 13, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.74 MBSend us a Text Message. New type of episode: Everyone needs the right tools but may not have the ability to hunt them down themselves. The VC covers those books that have been helpful to him in his studies. We think they will help you too. Have you ever read the Psalms and wondered how some of them connect with Christians today? This book will help.
Sermon on the Mount 2 - Poor in Spirit
April 10, 2022 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Can you be "blessed" and "poor" at the same time? Certainly the world thinks not, or at least not in any meaningful way. So too the prosperity gospel pushes us to think of ourselves as at least potentially rich instead, but the VC opens the Word to show what Jesus was teaching in this beatitude.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Auma Christine Joy
April 06, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBChristian Joy works and lives in Northern Uganda where in her lifetime there were unbelievable challenges in the region. The VC interviews her about how she came to ABU, her current work, and her plans for the future. This moving episode will help you to understand some of the challenges for those who come from that region even to this day.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Auma Christine Joy
April 06, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Christian Joy works and lives in Northern Uganda where in her lifetime there were unbelievable challenges in the region. The VC interviews her about how she came to ABU, her current work, and her plans for the future. This moving episode will help you to understand some of the challenges for those who come from that region even to this day.
Sermon on the Mount 1 - Introduction
April 03, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBSend us a Text Message. If you've ever wondered about the Sermon on the Mount, the VC helps to set the foundation for a better understand for this most famous sermon of all time. This new series will go through all of the Sermon to make sense of the teachings of Christ for His people. There's also new intro music from an ABU graduate.
Q&A Episode - B List Bible Characters 4
March 27, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBSend us a Text Message. The VC works with Dzaoneni Alfred covers a number of listener's questions to wrap up the series on B List Bible Characters including: Why study Systematic Theology? How did Herod the Great die in 4BC if Jesus was born to start AD? What is the real meaning of repentance? What happens at death? Are our body and soul separated? How does someone become a student at ABU? What are the Biblical reasons for divorce? 1 Corinthians 2:16 tells us that “we have the mind o...
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Joram Mbonigaba
March 23, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Joram pastors a church in the Church of Uganda and he works in finance as well. The VC has a great conversation with this 2017 ABU graduate about his unlikely journey to ABU and his career.
B-List Bible Characters: Jonathan 2
March 20, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Jonathan's life changes because of his father's poor choices, and David's good ones. Hear the VC explain how a son of a king could actively help the man who is going to take his father's throne and be right. Jonathan is a truly unique individual.
B-List Bible Characters: Jonathan 1
March 13, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Jonathan lived an exceptional life. There just aren't many people like him. He's often overlooked because of David, but he's just always seen doing the right thing. His father is one of the worst, and Jonathan is one of the best. I hope you'll listen to this episode where the VC takes us through Jonathan before he meets David.
B-List Bible Characters: Jonathan 1
March 13, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBJonathan lived an exceptional life. There just aren't many people like him. He's often overlooked because of David, but he's just always seen doing the right thing. His father is one of the worst, and Jonathan is one of the best. I hope you'll listen to this episode where the VC takes us through Jonathan before he meets David.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight Jacques Muvuya
March 10, 2022 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MBSend us a Text Message. Jacques pastors in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he lives and travels in danger because he wants them to hear what he learned about God. Hear more about his unbelievable story as how you can pray for him in this episode.
Extended Q&A: Christ of the Feast and Festivals
March 06, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Recently a listener asked the VC to speak at a local church about Feasts and Festivals and how they're fulfilled in Christ. The VC has recorded a brief response here to share with the listeners as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Herod Antipas
February 27, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Herod the Great was terrible! Will his son, Herod Antipas, turn out any better? The VC gets to the heart of the life of the most frequently mentioned Herod in the Bible.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Byebihora Deus
February 23, 2022 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.36 MBSend us a Text Message. The VC sat down with a member of ABU's Pioneer Class who also graduated from African Business Institute and is currently at African Reformation Theological Seminary to talk about how the Lord is using him and his experiences for Kingdom work.
B-List Bible Characters: Melchizedek
February 20, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Sometimes the B-List Characters play the biggest roles. Melchizedek isn't mentioned a lot in the Old Testament, when he lived, but he does play a major role in the New Testament. Learn about this and a lot more from the VC as he walks us through the passages.
What's That Word - Federal Headship
February 16, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.73 MBSend us a Text Message. ABU is an educational institution, and that sometimes mean doing shorts about educational topics in theology. Today's episode of "What's That Word" is "Federal Headship". Sounds like something out of political science, but in fact it's a biblical truth that cuts to the core of how we are saved as God's people. Listen to hear more on this VC Short.
B-List Bible Characters: Deborah
February 13, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBSend us a Text Message. A lot of people assume that because Deborah is a hero in Judges and that she exercised some judgement that she was THE Judge of her section of the book of Hebrews. But does the Bible agree? The VC tackles that and much more in this episode.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Joshua Agonya
February 10, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. This week is African Bible University and African Business Institute graduate, Joshua Agonya. Hear his vision for the role of Uganda in business and missions moving into the 21st century.
Q&A Episode - B List Bible Characters 3
February 06, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Listeners submit questions and Jeremiah answers them. His guest presenter is Mulanzi Robert, a graduate of ABU and Mississippi College who has a masters degree in journalism.
B-List Bible Characters: Jephthah
January 30, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are looking at Jephthah. He's probably no one's favorite from the book of Judges, but he's mentioned very prominently in the Scriptures.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Simon Peter Ochero
January 27, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Barnabas
January 23, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are looking at Barnabas, who seems to be a lot of people's favorite for all around nice guy. He is one of the most significant people in the book of Acts and for the early church.
What's That Word - Syncretism
January 20, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.42 MBSend us a Text Message. Listeners have been asking me a lot about what particular words mean, so I will be putting out shorts that help to define the word and provide examples and biblical support for them. If you hear a word you don't know, please reach out to ask, and I'll include it on a future short episode.
B-List Bible Characters: Hannah
January 16, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are looking at Hannah, one of the most pious people in the Bible and a woman of great faith.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Atwebembeire Rodgers
January 12, 2022 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBThe Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Atwebembeire Rodgers
January 12, 2022 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
VC Spotlight w/ VP TIM KAY of African Bible Colleges
January 09, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBSend us a Text Message. We sat down with VP Rev Tim Kay who is an executive of African Bible Colleges, a system of colleges and universities around African which as been in operation since the 1970s and includes African Bible University of Uganda. We get a view of the bigger picture of how ABU fits into the larger network of institutions.
What's That Word - Types and Shadows
January 05, 2022 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MBSend us a Text Message. Listeners have been asking me a lot about what particular words mean, so I will be putting out shorts that help to define the word and provide examples and biblical support for them. If you hear a word you don't know, please reach out to ask, and I'll include it on a future short episode.
B-List Bible Characters: Q&A 2
January 02, 2022 13:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Listeners submit questions and Jeremiah answers them. His guest presenter is Mulanzi Robert, a graduate of ABU and Mississippi College who has a masters degree in journalism.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Stella Nabantanzi
December 29, 2021 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.63 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Herod the Great
December 26, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are looking at Herod the Great, famous from history but relatively minor in the Bible.
VC Short w/ANDREW WUERFFEL - Before and After Prophecy
December 22, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBSend us a Text Message. We have a Special Guest on the VC HOUR, Andrew Wuerffel who is Jeremiah's brother in law, a pastor in Inman, Kansas, and a podcaster for Trajectory Podcast. This episode is a joint discussion about prophecy before and after Jesus came and what that means for Christians today. Andrew's podcast can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast and the following link:
B-List Bible Characters: Mordecai
December 19, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are looking at Mordecai who raised Esther.
What's That Word - Christocentric
December 15, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MBSend us a Text Message. Listeners have been asking me a lot about what particular words mean, so I will not be putting our shorts that help to define the word and provide examples and biblical support for them. If you hear a word you don't know, please reach out to ask, and I'll include it on a future short episode.
B-List Bible Characters: Thomas
December 12, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are looking at Thomas with special attention on whether or not it's fair to call him "Doubting Thomas".
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Patrick Bongole
December 08, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Balaam
December 05, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Balaam.
B-List Bible Characters: Andrew
November 28, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are Andrew, the first Disciple.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Kamwada Ronald
November 24, 2021 07:00 - 10 minutes - 7.49 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
Q&A Episode - Extended Answer - Saul vs Paul
November 21, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Sometimes a question is so good it takes a whole episode to answer! This is an extended Q and A about why the apostle is called Saul in some places and Paul in others.
Q&A Episode - B List Bible Characters 1
November 14, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Listeners submit questions and Jeremiah answers them. His guest presenter is Ken, an ABU graduate and RadioABC employee.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Deo Bwanika
November 10, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 9.6 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are usually recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Joab Abishai Asahel 6
November 07, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Joab and Abishai, two of David's nephews.
B-List Bible Characters: Joab Abishai Asahel 5
October 31, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Joab and Abishai, two of David's nephews.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Aduani Angela Sendikaddiwa
October 27, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Joab Abishai Asahel 4
October 24, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Joab and Abishai, two of David's nephews.
B-List Bible Characters: Joab Abishai Asahel 3
October 17, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Joab and Abishai, two of David's nephews.
VC Short - Alumni Spotlight - Magala Paul
October 14, 2021 03:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBSend us a Text Message. The Alumni Spotlight is a short interview with a different alumnus or alumna of African Bible University for each episode. We'll check in on them and find out how things have gone since they graduated. These are recorded on location rather than in a sound booth, and because of that some background noise will be heard. We think they're still worth listening to as we are very encouraged by them, and we hope you will be as well.
B-List Bible Characters: Joab Abishai Asahel 2
October 10, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Joab and Asahel, two of David's nephews.
B-List Bible Characters: Joab Abishai Asahel 1
October 03, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This series focuses on those Bible characters that go overlooked. They often aren't the main focus of the story when they appear in the Bible. This week we are focusing on Abishai, one of David's nephews.