Tag: bible podcast
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Matthew 5:39 – Jesus Doesn’t Want You To Be a Wimp
You’ve been told a lie. “Turn the other cheek" (Matthew 5:39) isn’t a commandment to be weak. It’s a call to defiance. I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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Jeremiah 29:11 – Can God’s Plans For You Be Evil?
If there’s anything we know about God, it’s that He’s good. He proved His love for us by becoming a man and dying for us. So, that’s kind of non-negotiable for Christians. But it doesn’t always feel that way. Sometimes, it feels the exact opposite. It’s OK to wonder if God’s ignoring you, or even worse, against you. I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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Why Is the Birth of Jesus a Holy Scandal?
Critics will try to shake your faith by suggesting that the virgin birth of Jesus is a fantasy. They’ll tell you that Matthew was a fool who read something into the story that isn’t there. And that this caused him to make up the entire virgin birth story. These critics are fools. Because Matthew’s main point isn’t that Mary was a virgin. It’s that her child is the Son of God.
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Remez: A Hint For Better Bible Study
One day, Jesus was healing in the Temple when the children around Him began to shout “Hosanna to the Son of David!” The Temple leaders hated this, and told Jesus to make them stop. Jesus quoted from Psalms 8, saying “from the mouths of infants and children you have prepared praise for yourself.” What if I told you that Jesus’ words were actually a brutal condemnation of these religious leaders? And this is just one of dozens of hints for better Bible study all over the Gospels. I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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Bible Interpretation: How to Get it Wrong Every Time
The science of Bible interpretation is known as hermeneutics. While there are many different methods, the most important foundational principle is called exegesis. It’s easy to define this as being a “literal interpretation.” But that's a terrible approach that creates really bad doctrine. I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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The Greatest Commandment: When Faith Gets Confusing
We like lists. They keep our lives simple and ordered. We LOVE them when it comes to our faith. Throw the 10 Commandments on the wall and call it good. The problem is following Jesus isn’t a formula. It’s a relationship with the God of Heaven and Earth. And that means it’s complicated. But the Greatest Commandment makes things a lot more simple, and I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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You Are Saved By Grace Through Faith, BUT…
Ephesians 2:8-9 are two of the most beautiful verses in the entire Bible: “For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. It is not from works, so that no one can boast.” The problem is, most of us stop there and ignore why we’ve been saved by grace. It’s so that we can do good works. It’s critically important to the mission of Jesus on Earth. And I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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Law VS Grace: Could You Be Any More Wrong?
Raise your hand if you've heard this "Law VS Grace" thing before: God gave the Law to show us the difference between right and wrong. If anyone was able to perfectly obey it, they would never die or be punished by God. The bad news is that none of us can even come close to keeping the Law, and that means we're all going to Hell. But the good news is that Jesus DID perfectly keep every part of the Law. And because He was perfect and we aren't, He died for us so we don't have to. Now, we don't have to keep the Law anymore because we couldn't really do it in the first place. And that's called "grace." The problem with all of this is that Jesus said the exact opposite, and I'll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
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The Pharisees and Sadducees: Did They Really Hate Jesus?
When we read the Gospels, two groups dominate the religious landscape: the Pharisees and the Sadducees. These influences and others rarely united around anything. That is, until Jesus entered the scene.
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How To Study the Bible in 3 Not So Easy Steps
We live in a world that wants everything to happen at superspeed. Fast food. Instant downloads. Same-day shipping. Give it to us fast and easy, or don’t give it to us at all. Please hear me out: this is killing our faith. This isn't how to study the Bible, and I’ll prove it to you in less than 10 minutes.
