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Watch with TopLobsta on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ @TopLobsta Merch: https://www.toplobsta.com What does ask, seek, knock mean? In Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV) Jesus says ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. Sermon on the Mount Pt 33: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta show why continual fellowship with God is how you discern people and live. After Pt...

God cannot fill what He cannot have — Romans 12:1-2 and A.W. Tozer's four steps to being filled with the Holy Spirit. A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 6. Matt Hepner and TopLobsta finish chapter 5B of "The Promised Filling of the Holy Spirit Instantly, Not Gradually." TopLobsta on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ @TopLobsta TopLobsta merch: https://www.toplobsta.com Support Straight Bible on Patreo...

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvAo-pbkDs Nathanael: an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile — John 1:43-51 walked through G. Campbell Morgan's study. The Great Physician (G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown). Matt Hepner and TopLobsta go through Morgan's study of how Jesus dealt personally with individual people in the Gospels, one person per episode. How Jesus saw Nathanael...

Patreon members Bible Q&A live: celibacy, Jacob wrestling God, baptism, prayer, soul vs spirit, and more answered from Scripture. Matt Hepner, TopLobsta, and Mayson catch up on the members Q&A chat with straight answers from the Bible. In this Straight Bible members Q&A, Matt, Top, and Mayson work through a backlog of Patreon questions. They open Matthew 19 on eunuchs and involuntary c...

Vertigo isn't always "crystals in the ear" — a DPT walks through BPPV, neuritis, and why the neck guards when the brain feels threatened. Interview Session: Matt Hepner sits down with Aneesh Mampuzhayil, DPT, and Thomas after Aneesh cleared Jessica's vertigo without machines or X-rays. Matt brought Jessica to Aneesh after years of dizziness and a chiropractic path that didn't stick. Aneesh explain...

In 1 Corinthians 4:1-14 (KJV), ministers of Christ are under-rowers and stewards of the mysteries of God, and a steward must be found faithful. 1 Corinthians Part 5 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: let no man deceive himself, and fools for Christ's sake. Matt and the Raven finish 1 Corinthians 3 with let no man deceive himself, the wisdom of this world, and why everyone wa...

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs: Matthew 7:6 (KJV) — they trample holy things, then turn again and rend you. Sermon on the Mount Pt 32: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta unpack dogs, swine, walking away, and why rend is what a demon does. After Pt 31's pearls-before-swine setup, we stay in Matthew 7:6 and watch Paul shake his raiment in Acts 18 and Acts 20: "your blood be upon your own heads." 2...

Acts 5:32 says God gives the Holy Ghost "to them that obey him" - A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 5, "The Promised Filling of the Holy Spirit." Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Tozer on being filled with the Spirit instantly, not gradually, and why we are as full as we want to be. Tozer opens with three passages: Acts 5:32, Luke 11:13 and Galatians 3:2-3. Persons filled with the Spirit always knew th...

Re-air: originally released June 11, 2026. Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-did-cain-kill-abel-the-epic-of-esau-prometheus-lens-on-straight-bible--72173604 Why did Cain kill Abel in Genesis 4 (KJV)? Doc Brown of Prometheus Lens, author of The Epic of Esau, walks through his take on Cain, the mark of Cain, Esau and the giants of Seir. Straight Bible Interview Sessions, hosted...

Who's really pulling the strings? Matt Hepner of Straight Bible joins Andrew on The 6G Agenda: COVID, politics as pro wrestling, and the church system. A full, raw conversation: Matt's road back to God, why the modern church runs like a franchise, and why the war is on the man. Andrew (The 6G Agenda) asks how many times Matt has read the Bible, then Matt tells how he fell away and came back after...

What does "pearls before swine" mean? Matthew 7:3-6 (KJV): the beam in your own eye, then "give not that which is holy unto the dogs." Sermon on the Mount Pt 31: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta ask how Jesus can say don't judge, then tell us to know the dogs and the swine. We pick up the mote and the beam from Pt 30: Isaiah's "woe is me" (Isaiah 6, John 12), Peter's "depart from me, for I am a sinful ma...

Re-air: originally released May 27, 2026. Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-do-you-lead-a-bible-study-at-home-otis-fowler-on-straight-bible--71858447 How do you lead a Bible study at home? Otis Fowler IV explains Tending Eden, his home church discipleship curriculum, written so an ordinary believer can facilitate a study. Straight Bible Interview Sessions, session one, with Ma...

I knew it was the truth — but I was still a junkie. Stephen (The Biblical Hitmen) opens up about conversion and the Word, then sits down with Matt Hepner of Straight Bible. Stephen hosts Matt Hepner for a long-form conversation on testimony, Scripture's authority, the sixty-six-book canon, whether God still speaks, end-times pressure, and why loving the Messiah matters more than "flawless doctrine...

Why did Jesus choose Philip, the apostle Matthew, Mark and Luke say almost nothing about? In John 1:43-46 Jesus goes looking for him and says, "Follow me." The Great Physician, G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown Pt 6: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Morgan's chapter on Philip. Morgan calls Philip a quiet, unimpressive man, "slow in the uptake," who would not argue but simply said "come and see." W...

What does wood, hay and stubble mean? In 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 (KJV), Paul lays the only foundation, Jesus Christ, and warns that every man's work shall be tried by fire. 1 Corinthians Part 4 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: ministers, God's building, and ye are the temple of God. Matt and the Raven pick up in 1 Corinthians 3 with brethren who are still babes, then Romans 8...

Stacks Farmstead tells how God opened the prison doors: from an abandoned Pittsburgh street kid and five years locked up to an off-grid farm. An Interview Session with Matt Hepner on stealing cars at 14, not caring if he lived or died, forgiving his parents, and fixing what happened generationally. Stacks grew up in Pittsburgh, abandoned and neglected, and turned to the streets at 14, stealing car...

Does "judge not" mean Christians should never judge? Matthew 7:1-5 (KJV): judge not, that ye be not judged, and the mote and the beam. Sermon on the Mount Pt 30: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta take Jesus' words on judging verse by verse, and where the Bible says we must judge. We start with the Greek word for judge, krino, and read verse 1 alongside verses 6 and 7 (it is written, it is also written, Ma...

Re-air: originally released April 24, 2026. Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-are-the-beatitudes-matthew-5-1-12-kjv-sermon-on-the-mount--71618237 What are the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12 (KJV)? Jesus saw the multitudes but taught His disciples the character of a kingdom that is not of this world. Sermon on the Mount Pt 1, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta. The start of the...

Does Pentecost still happen today? In Acts 2:1-8 (KJV), A.W. Tozer separates what can never be repeated from what came at Pentecost and stayed. A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 4: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Tozer's "The Promised Comforter, the Holy Spirit: Permanency of Pentecost!" Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nZfbeNpXM04?u... After reading Acts 2:1-8, we get Tozer's line: no repetition of...

Zach and Jason sit down with Matt Hepner of Straight Bible for a wide-open Bible and life conversation on Berean Files. They talk heart posture from Luke 6:45, what blasphemy of the Holy Spirit actually means (not just words—what’s in the heart), abiding in Christ from John 14, and why “flawless doctrine” without knowing God looks a lot like Job’s friends and the Pharisees. Matt also shares life a...

What does carnal mean? In 1 Corinthians 2:9-3:4 (KJV), Paul says the Spirit reveals what eye hath not seen, then calls a gifted church carnal, babes in Christ. 1 Corinthians Part 3 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: the hidden wisdom of God, the mind of Christ, and milk before meat. Matt and the Raven open with Grok removing every god but Jesus Christ, then recap 1 Corinthia...

Is the Holy Spirit waiting to do for you all that Jesus would do if He were here on earth? In session three of the A.W. Tozer Classic Sermon Series, Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read and react to Tozer's message "The Presence and Ministry of the Holy Spirit: All That Jesus Would Be!" Working from John 14:15-17 and 14:26, Tozer warns that a church can organize, hire a pastor, form a choir and keep tur...

Why is the preaching of the cross foolishness? 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:8 (KJV): the cross is foolishness to them that perish, but the power of God to us which are saved. 1 Corinthians Part 2 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: Christ crucified versus the wisdom of this world. Matt and the Raven pick up after Part 1 with a Blue Letter Bible look at "beseech" in 1 Corinthians 1:10...

What does "seek ye first the kingdom of God" mean? In Matthew 6:31-34 Jesus answers worry about food, drink and clothing with one command: but seek. Sermon on the Mount Pt 29: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta finish Matthew 6, where everything else is just luggage for a pilgrim and a stranger. We pick up at 2 Timothy 1:9 and the love of money in 1 Timothy 6:7-10, then Jesus' easy yoke in Matthew 11:28-30...

Why did Jesus call Simon Peter a rock? In John 1:42 Jesus looks at an unstable fisherman and says, "thou shalt be called Cephas," a stone. The Great Physician, G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Morgan's chapter on Simon Peter. Morgan calls Peter an "elemental man": a questioner with real intellect, deep emotion and tremendous willpower, and yet a weak man, lacking...