Latest Quiet time with god Podcast Episodes
Give Us a King! (1 Samuel 8)
First Fifteen - December 10, 2022 21:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIsrael was unique in the ancient world, but they often struggled with their God who made them unique, and that power struggle is a feature of every person's story. The central question is: Who will be king? 1 Samuel 8 is more than a story about how Israel gets a king. It's about how they displac...
In Our Own Eyes (Judges)
First Fifteen - September 19, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe eyes are a window to the heart. Unless we're striving to do what is right in God's eyes, things are not going to go well for us! That's the message in the book of Judges as part of our series on praying Bible stories. Season five is focused on listening to and praying Bible narratives. In...
Into the Promised Land (Joshua)
First Fifteen - May 08, 2022 23:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat is the secret to standing strong in faith? We see a specific truth about that in the book of Joshua. Season five is focused on listening to and praying Bible stories or narratives. In our podcast we take time to listen to God's word and turn it into prayer. We look at four readings from...
Psalm 2
First Fifteen - April 24, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Psalms lead us in prayer and teach us to pray. Listen to Psalm 2 and pray along with it. Want a fuller devotional based on Psalm 2? Listen to it here in season 3 episode 3 of our podcast. In our regular podcast you can listen to God's word for you, reflect on it and learn to pray to God as...
Psalm 1
First Fifteen - April 23, 2022 15:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Psalms lead us in prayer and teach us to pray. Listen to Psalm 1 and pray along with it. Want a fuller devotional based on Psalm 1? Listen to it here in the pilot episode of our podcast. In our regular podcast you can listen to God's word for you, reflect on it and learn to pray to God as...
The Law, Again (Deuteronomy)
First Fifteen - April 03, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGod gave the Law to Moses at Mount Sinai. So why did Moses repeat the law again to the children of Israel in Moab 40 years later? We find out in today's episode. Season five is focused on listening to and praying Bible stories or narratives. In our podcast we take time to listen to God's word ...
In the Wilderness (Numbers 14)
First Fifteen - January 31, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn the wilderness is where God leads, provides, judges and forgives. God gives the Law and tests his people in the wilderness. After Genesis (actually Exodus 13) all of the the action in the next four books of the Torah/Pentateuch happens in the wilderness. Today’s episode is one story from the...
In the Wilderness - Numbers 14
First Fifteen - January 31, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn the wilderness is where God leads, provides, judges and forgives. God gives the Law and tests his people in the wilderness. After Genesis (actually Exodus 13) all of the the action in the next four books of the Torah/Pentateuch happens in the wilderness. Today’s episode is one story from the...
Out of Egypt (Genesis 37-Exodus 18)
First Fifteen - December 19, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJesus spent time in Africa as a baby, and when the time was full scripture says, "Out of Egypt I called my son." The meaning of that phrase has a deep resonance that reaches back to the prophets (especially Hosea) and then further back to the prophet Moses. One of the great stories of the Bibl...
Out of Egypt - Genesis 37-Exodus 18
First Fifteen - December 19, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJesus spent time in Africa as a baby, and when the time was full scripture says, "Out of Egypt I called my son." The meaning of that phrase has a deep resonance that reaches back to the prophets (especially Hosea) and then further back to the prophet Moses. One of the great stories of the Bibl...
How Jacob Became Israel (Genesis 32-33)
First Fifteen - November 22, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHow do you deal with someone who is slippery? You're not sure you are getting the full story from them or they seem to have other motives or intentions. Some people are pretty good at plotting and planning and getting the better side of a bargain. This might even describe you! One of those peop...
The God Who Sees Me (Genesis 16)
First Fifteen - October 26, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Bible is full of surprises. There is an overarching story that God is directing, and yet he chooses to write it with human characters. Even when they go “off-script”, God’s story will get told, with extra twists and turns included. In season five we're learning to listen to and pray Bible...
Abram's Big Blessing - (Gen 11:27-12:20)
First Fifteen - September 20, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhen things are going well people sometimes say “I have been so blessed!” Before the blessing comes, though, how do you act, how do you talk, how do you behave? How we act before we receive the blessing shows something revealing about our character. In season five we're learning to listen ...
The Big Story of the Bible
First Fifteen - August 20, 2021 18:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsStories draw us in. It's hard to resist listening to a good story that is well told. Stories hold our interest. What's less obvious is that stories shape us, inspire us and teach us important truths. There is great untapped power in the stories of the Bible. As we learn to pray them we can gro...
Towering Pride (Genesis 11)
First Fifteen - August 03, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat's the tallest building you've ever seen up close? In Genesis 11 there was a city and a people who decided to build a tower to heaven. Why they did it and what it meant has a deeper meaning than just a story with a moral about towering pride. In season five we're learning to listen to an...
It All Comes Flooding Back (Genesis 6:9-9:29)
First Fifteen - July 19, 2021 23:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Great Flood and Noah’s Ark is a universal story, a familiar tale to many people regardless of their background or religion. In the story of the Bible it is a prominent marker on the path that shows us what God is up to in the world. It also tells us a lot about humans. In season five we'r...
Live Long and Prosper! (Gen 5:4-6:8)
First Fifteen - July 06, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings“Live long and prosper.” The line from Star Trek’s character Spock is a sentiment common to all human cultures. Most people who enjoy any kind of quality of life desire to have a long life. What the Bible says about that challenges our common assumptions. In season five we're listening to Bi...
The Plot Thickens (Genesis 4)
First Fifteen - June 06, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMurder. Intrigue. Outrageous behavior. Those sound like elements of a crime story. It’s actually part of the story in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 4. In season five we're listening to Bible stories and learning to pray them. We started in the middle of things with the beginnings of...
Picture This! (Conversation on Narrative 2)
First Fifteen - May 28, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMost good stories have a strong visual component, and the stories of creation and beginnings in Genesis 1-3 are no different. In this conversation we explore how the first couple is portrayed imaginatively in art as an extended meditation on the imagery of creation and the fall. In season f...
The Fall (Genesis 3)
First Fifteen - May 17, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe goodness of creation and the close relationship that man and woman shared with God gets severely tested and ultimately changed because of a series of decisions. Genesis 3 takes us from the ideal state of "everything was good" to a serious rupture in the relationship. What happened? Is the...
In the Garden (Genesis 2)
First Fifteen - May 11, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIf "In the beginning" is the perfect way to start a story of creation, why not have a flashback and tell the story again but with a close-up camera angle? That's what Genesis 2 does, touching on some of the common themes already introduced, but advancing the plot and conflict further by zooming...
In the Beginning - Genesis 1
First Fifteen - April 30, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings"In the beginning" seems like the perfect way to start a story, even better than "once upon a time". This is especially so if we're telling a true story about things that really happened that answers some of our deepest, most basic questions about where we came from and our place in the world. ...
In the Beginning (Genesis 1)
First Fifteen - April 30, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings"In the beginning" seems like the perfect way to start a story, even better than "once upon a time". This is especially so if we're telling a true story about things that really happened that answers some of our deepest, most basic questions about where we came from and our place in the world. ...
Stories that Shape Us (Conversation on Narrative 1)
First Fifteen - April 23, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDo you live a storybook life? Most of us don't. In fact, our daily routines and happenings often seem so ordinary to us that we seek excitement, adventure or escape through songs, movies or stories of other people that attract us (or at least distract us). But the truth is, you are living out...
Speak, Lord (1 Samuel 3)
First Fifteen - April 16, 2021 22:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe story of your life can be told with a few words. Your story is really about who you are, where you've come from, what you're overcoming, and where it's all headed. We get the story of Samuel's life in summary form in 1 Samuel 3 as he first hears the word of the Lord and has to decide how t...
Prayer and Prophecy for Parents (1 Samuel 2)
First Fifteen - April 09, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat comes next?! A good story pulls us in and makes us look forward to where we're going next. In the Bible book of 1 Samuel we start with a sad wife who is ridiculed and she becomes a grateful mother through God's goodness. What comes next is what we cover today in 1 Samuel 2. We began se...
Reading and Praying through Bible Narrative (1 Samuel 1)
First Fifteen - April 02, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt began with a story. When we were young we listened to stories being told or read to us and it's one of those human activities we never outgrow. Whether in gatherings with family or meetups with friends, at work or afterwards, at school and in our movies we tell and listen to stories through...
Doing Good (Titus 3)
First Fifteen - February 26, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings"Do Good." It seems so basic, like something you don't have to even say. If you follow Christ, you should no doubt be active in doing good. Yet, throughout Paul's letter to Titus there is a repeated emphasis on "doing good." Today we explore that and focus on the third and final chapter of th...
Healthy Teaching (Titus 2)
First Fifteen - February 19, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThere is a type of growth that's harmful to the body. We call it cancer. When Paul wrote to Titus on Crete, he was deeply concerned about a type of teaching that was growing like cancer among the young churches on the island. In Titus 2 we see Paul describe the effects of healthy teaching in ...
The Character of a Leader (Titus 1)
First Fifteen - February 12, 2021 19:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe seem to have a perpetual shortage of leaders. That's really nothing new as we see today in Paul's letter to Titus. The problem isn't that we have no leaders, but the ones we have aren't very good. Paul was concerned as he looked at the small households of faith scattered over the Roman wor...
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