In the Word with Bob Radford

This episode gives us a great biblical record of the victory of faith through King Hezekiah. A force of 200,000 of Assyrian invaders take the nation of Israel and surround and lay siege to the capital city Jerusalem. In this story we see how a righteous King overcomes through faith filled prayers and the prophetic word of the prophet Isaiah.

1 John 5:4, "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith." The Bible gives us great stories of the victory of faith that overcomes challenges that are too big for us but not to big for our God who promises to be with us and deliver us. In this episode we visit the victory of Jonathan and his armour bearer over the Philist...

Faith coupled with Patience is needed by believers to secure the fulfillment of the promises of God. Patience from the Greek is a compound word "makrothumia.""Makro" meaning large or great and "thumia" meaning pressure. Our faith will be challenged with times of disappointment and delay in expected fulfillment. In this episode we look into the faith of Caleb who endur...

Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1. Faith and hope work together. In fact hope is like the blueprint of a structure. Faith is the action of the builder taking the blueprint and being directed by it to bring substance into actual reality. Both hope and faith are generated by the word of God. Hope can be generated from any Biblical promise o...

Faith is the substance is taken from Hebrews 1:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The Greek word for "substance" is "hupostasis" which mean strengthen from below or under. Hence the English word is a compound word "sub" meaning "under" and "stance" meaning "standing." This means...

In this final episode of the study on "Wisdom The Principal Thing" we look at what makes for true success in life. You could quickly come some conclusion of success from a worldly perspective, things such as money, recognition and influence. but what about success in terms of the people of God? Also what about the challenges of success with issues that are unresolved in our souls. Prover...

The Word of God encourages us to build strong friendships with those of like precious faith. It takes trust and truth to build deep and lasting friendships that will work to strengthen our faith as we journey through the ups and downs of life. The Book of Proverbs gives us guidance to make wise choices in locating those that would be trustworthy friends. A true friend will be honest and correct us...

This episodes looks into the many challenges of relationships with others whether in family life, working life, business associations, school and church life. What should we encourage and demonstrate in the command to love our neighbour as ourselves? What about the judgement of others? This episode will be helpful to navigate through relationships.

Time is a resource. Unlike money which can be saved or spent, time is cannot be saved up it becomes spent. Time is a great equalizer. Rich or poor we all have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Although our life spans can vary, which makes it even more important to value whatever time we have that remains. The Word of God exhorts us to redeem time because the days are evil. This me...

In part 2 of "Evil People" we look into the nature of evil in humanity. Also the strategies of Satan to keep people deceived and in a state of "spiritual blindness" to truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Also we learn we have the strategies to resist the enemy and expose his works as lies, as we have been empowered to overcome all the works of the enemy.

Evil people may not appear to be evil by worldly standards. But by the standard of God's word they are. People who claim righteousness through their good deeds in life qualify themselves as evil because they reject the mercy and grace of God in the only righteous work God will accept. That is the work of Jesus suffering and death on the cross of Calvary. Although it looks like the wicked are b...

In Part 2 of "The Fool' We continue to look into proverbs that teach us to keep our speech truthful and making sure we avoid slander toward others. Also the importance as parents of training up children in the way they should go through ensuring they are hearing and practising the word of God. We also look at the foolishness of the Galatian church which was given strong rebuke for receivi...

The book of Proverbs has much wisdom to provide concerning foolishness and "fools." in this first episode we understand that the rejection of God's existence . Psalm 14:1 "the fool has said in his heart, there is no God. "People who claim atheism are people who don't want to believe in a God that has a moral standard for human beings, because it challenges their desire...

Jesus chose the Wisdom of God and humbled Himself and took on the flesh of a man and became obedient unto death even the cruel suffering and death of the cross. This act seems foolishness to the natural man...those that are perishing, but for us who believe it is the perfect wisdom of God.

We possess the Wisdom of God in Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:30, "But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God..." The Apostle Paul wrote that we possess the "mind of Christ" This is in the Spirit given to us in the new birth. The natural man cannot possess the wisdom of God. The deep things of God can only be discerned by the Holy Spirit revealing them through our spirit. What...

This is the introduction to the series on "Wisdom The Principal Thing." There are two sources of wisdom available to us. The wisdom of the world and the wisdom from God. The wisdom that comes from the world is flawed because of its source. The wisdom from God is perfect because of its perfect source. Solomon upon becoming King of Israel sought the Lord for wisdom to rule Israel. he humbl...

In this second part of "A Highway For Our God", we are focused on "Making the Crooked Places Straight " and " The Rough Places Smooth." The crooked places are those things of sin that still linger in our hearts and minds. The rough places that need to be made smooth are our usually found in our speech and outward conduct toward others. We all can overcome through the indwelling Holy Spirit and a c...

The prophet Isaiah spoke this prophecy of the future ministry of John the Baptist in Isaiah 40:3, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness : "Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert. A highway for our God." John's ministry was to preach repentance in preparation for the ministry of Jesus. The actions needed to build a natural highway are given in Isaiah 40: 4-...

In Part 2 of Abraham I Will Bless You we see God working to grow Abram's faith to believe for a son from himself and Sarai. Abram had become convinced that he would remain without a son of his own and the heir would be a servant of his house Eleazar of Damascus. God proceeds to lift the limitations of Abram and raise his faith though visions and through a change of name from Abram to Abraham &...

This Episode explores the origin and the tradition of biblical blessing. Starting with Adam and Eve, Noah and Abraham, we see that the blessing is only a blessing if it spoken by someone in authority to the recipient. Example God to humanity, Husband to wife, Father to children, a King to his subjects, Jesus to the church, and a Pastor to his congregants. We also look at the beatitudes Jesus spoke...

In part 2 of " I Will Make You" we look into the growing prosperity and influence of Abraham in the land of Canaan. Even in times of Abraham not being in the will of God such as his journey into Egypt and his deception to both Pharoah and King Abemilich, God still delivers him and his household and adds wealth to him. We see Abraham gain prominence with his household army of 318 trained...

Part 1 of "I Will Make You" focuses in on the alter worship of Abraham. God instructed Abraham to build alters of sacrifice and worship in the Land of Canaan. God promised He would come to him at the alter and record His name there.. These experiences of intimate time with God is where Abraham received the knowledge of where to travel next up and down in the land of Canaan. Also, where to locate w...

In this second part of Abraham "I Will Show You," God continues to grow Abraham's faith as He reveals through vision, dreams and visitations His plan to give him a son. Abraham asks to know how he can be sure of these great promises of a vast land and a son for him and Sarah in their old age. God confirms His promise by making a blood covenant with Abraham. There are many examples of...

In this Episode we discuss the doctrine of election. That is that God chooses to select those he chooses. As it is God's choice. God chooses people whom we would often regard as poor choices. People like Gideon hiding out in a cave from the Midianites and with a view of himself as belonging to the least family in his tribe. Jesus also chose for disciples fisherman and tax collectors. In this e...

God promised to "show" Abram the land that He would give to his descendants. God gives an extended vision of the land as Abram lifts up his eyes in every direction after he is separated from Lot. Lot chooses the well-watered land of the Jordan valley but it comes with the location of the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham receives the promise of a son from from his own aged bod...