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Each week a new verse-by-verse Bible study podcast given in expository style. Join us and see the Bible come alive as we study the truths that God‘s Word has for us.
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Sunday Nov 25, 2012
Sunday Nov 25, 2012
During this time of Thanksgiving, what are you grateful for? Is it your family, your husband, your wife, your job? For the believer, we are most grateful for our salvation granted to us by a gracious God. For we know that there was nothing in our actions that warranted that salvation, there was only the amazing grace of God. Listen to this podcast and learn how Paul expressed his gratitude to God, and as you listen you will find the things that you can be truly grateful for.
Tuesday Sep 04, 2012
Tuesday Sep 04, 2012
Are you a carnal Christian? It would seem that these two words conflict with each other, for to be a Christian means that you have turned away from the things of this world and turned towards Christ. Yet, many of our failings as Christians come from our dependence on the things of this world for satisfying our desires, confirming our self-worth, and defining our identity as a person. We seek the approval of those around us, and we seek to meet our spiritual needs by performing religious ritual. The apostle Paul describes this type of person as a babe in Christ. In other words, they have not matured spiritually. Listen to this podcast and learn if you are a carnal Christian. The answer might surprise you.
Wednesday Jul 18, 2012
Wednesday Jul 18, 2012
How does God reveal Himself to man? Man perceives the world around him through his eyes, ears, and mind. Man sees the world around him, yet the Scripture tells us that since the beginning of the world our eye hath not seen certain things. We have not seen the spiritual things that God has for us. Man hears the world around him, yet the Scripture tells us that since the beginning of the world our ear hath not heard certain things. We have not heard the spiritual things that God has for us. Man's mind is limited by what he can conceive of, prove by experimentation, or hypothesize about, yet the Scripture tells us that since the beginning of the world that our heart has not solved certain things. We have not solved the mysteries of the spiritual things that God has for us. Therefore, God uses the presence of the Holy Spirit within the heart of the believer to reveal Himself. Listen to the attached podcast and rejoice as Paul describes how God reveals Himself to man.
Tuesday Jul 17, 2012
Tuesday Jul 17, 2012
When man looks at Jesus dying on the Cross at Calvary he sees a failure. This is man's wisdom. When God looks at His own Son dying on the Cross at Calvary He sees the redemption of man as it was planned at the time of creation. This is God's wisdom. The wisdom of the Cross contains the gospel message of the Cross. Man's wisdom says that we must earn our salvation through some deed or effort. The wisdom of the Cross says that no man can come to the Father except through the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Man's wisdom boasts proudly of the good motives and the righteous behavior of man. The scales of justice determine man's destination and reward in the afterlife, if there is an afterlife. The wisdom of the Cross says that man's righteousness is as filthy rags before the holiness of God. The wisdom of man leads to an eternity in Hell. The wisdom of the Cross leads to an eternity with Jesus in Heaven. Listen to this podcast and learn how Paul describes the wisdom of the Cross.
Thursday Jun 14, 2012
Thursday Jun 14, 2012
What do you think of when someone tells you about the Cross at Calvary, what do you see? Do you see the shame and disgrace of a so-called King of the Jews, who could not even save Himself, let alone anyone else? Unfortunately, this is the view that most of society has of the Cross that Jesus died on. Yet man's view of the Cross is incomplete, and it is because of this, that man, by his own cleverness, cannot understand the way of the Cross, or the why of the Cross. It is only when God completes man's view of the Cross that man finds God. Without God's revelation of Himself, man would never discover the almighty Creator of the Universe. It is only through the revelation of Holy Spirit that man begins to see the grace of God, and the purpose of God in the gospel message of the Cross. Listen and rejoice as Paul describes the greatness of God and how God is revealed to man.
Tuesday May 01, 2012
Tuesday May 01, 2012
Are you looking for God?
Well, God has a plan to reveal Himself to you, and He has had this plan since before the foundation of the universe.
God knew you before the world was created, and God loved you. God loved you so much that He sent His Son to die on a cross for your sin, just so He could offer you eternal life.
This is God’s wisdom. God will use your Christian friends, the church, the evangelist, the preacher, and the missionary to tell you about God’s love for you. He will use the Bible to tell you about what Jesus has done for you.
Most of all, God will use the Holy Spirit to prick your heart, to convict your heart of your need for God, and to reveal the sin in your life that separates you from God.
If you want to find God, then all you have to do is accept His offer. Ask Jesus to become your Savior and you will know what it means to have the one true almighty God living in your heart.
Listen and praise God’s wisdom and love for us in this verse-by-verse discussion of 1 Cor. 1:21-24.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2011
Tuesday Dec 13, 2011
In this final lesson on the book of 1 Corinthians, Paul outlines needs, notes, and news. He gives salutations and words of instruction on how the Holy Spirit is leading him and grace giving. He provides a reminder of the seriousness of failing to love Christ and he gives the Corinthians his parting message of love. Listen to what Paul says in this verse-by-verse study 1 Corinthians 16: 1-24 as we draw this year-long study to a close. In our next series we will be studying the book of 2 Corinthians.
Monday Dec 05, 2011
Monday Dec 05, 2011
In this closing section on the resurrection, Paul tells us what happens to those believers that are alive at the time of the resurrection. He provides us with the order of the change to the resurrection body for the believer, and then he describes what the resurrected body will be made of. Listen to what God says about the body you will spend eternity in.
Sunday Nov 27, 2011
Sunday Nov 27, 2011
How will our resurrection bodies be different from our earthly bodies? How will those changes affect the body, soul, and spirit that comprise our human nature? Paul answers these questions in this verse-by-verse study of 1 Cor. 15:40-45. Learn how we will be able to explore the entire universe in our new body, and how our new bodies will no longer grow old, never ache, never get sick, never fail, and never sin. Listen and rejoice to what awaits each believer on that resurrection day.
Monday Nov 21, 2011
Monday Nov 21, 2011
The form and capabilities of the resurrected body has been a topic of discussion among Christians ever since Christ told the disciples that He was going to Heaven to prepare a place for them. Chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians is a treasure trove of information about our resurrected body. Of course, those that do not believe in an afterlife, find no need to discuss what form the body they will spend eternity in. For them the grave is all that awaits their physical body, and they live their life in accordance with this belief. The secular world says eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. The grave is it, and there is no value in thinking about the resurrection. In this verse-by-verse study of 1 Cor. 15:29-39 Paul tells us about the value of the resurrection, and then he begins a description of the resurrected body. Listen and rejoice to what God says about the body you will spend eternity in.