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Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Psalms Wednesday. We’ll read chapters 131-133. I’m calling today’s episode “No Room For Pride.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Ben White on Unsplash Comments on Psalm 131 Psalm 131 is David’s song in which he declares that pride has no place in his heart. For someone with as many accomplishments as David had, it can be very difficult not to harbor pride or arr...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is History Tuesday. We’ll read Ezra chapters 1-5. I’m calling today’s episode “Unlikely Allies.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Yan Laurichesse on Unsplash Comments on Ezra 1-5 Introduction to Ezra The previous book, 2 Chronicles ended with the fall of Jerusalem. All the articles from the temple removed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, and the temple itself...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Monday so we’ll read from the Law. We’re still in Deuteronomy, the last book we’ll read from the Law, and our chapters tomorrow will be 13-15. I do have an on this date in church history for you. I’m calling today’s episode “What’s In It For You?”   Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Annie Spratt on Unsplash Comments on Deuteronomy 15 Have you ever heard someone m...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday, and our reading is 1 Peter 4-5. I’m calling today’s episode “Perspective.”   Design and Photo: Steve Webb Comments on 1 Peter 5 In today’s comments I’d like to address chapter 5, verses 1 through 6. Peter tells the older members to be shepherds to God’s flock from a sincere desire and not for money, and do so by providing a good example, no...

Transcript Distinguished Producer Lifespring Family Berean, Brother Paul of Seattle. Podcast Introduction Today is Gospel Saturday and we’ll read Acts 13-14. I’m calling today’s episode “How To React To Rejection.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Lital Levy on Unsplash Comments on Acts 13 We see the beginning of Paul’s first missionary journey in chapter 13. It’s important to note that Paul and Barnab...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Prophecy Friday. Haggai. I’m calling today’s episode “The Desire of All Nations.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: NASA on Unsplash Comments on Haggai There were twelve Minor Prophets. The first nine prophesied before Judah was taken to Babylon in captivity, or pre-exile. Haggai is the first of the remaining three Minor Prophets who came after the seventy year e...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is  Poetry Thursday. Ecclesiastes 5-6. I’m calling today’s episode “Your Life Has Meaning”    Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Kimia Zarifi on Unsplash Comments on Ecclesiastes 5-6 Solomon begins chapter 5 with good advice. When coming to the house of God, it’s better to listen than to run your head (as my dad would say). Actually, that’s good advice in most situat...

What does Psalm 20:7 mean when it says to trust in the name of the LORD? Discover what Pharaoh’s chariots, Yahweh’s name, and the Exodus teach us about where we place our trust.

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Psalms Wednesday. We’ll read chapters 128-130. I do have an on this date in church history for you. I’m calling today’s episode “It’s More Than Happy.”   Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Roy Javier on Unsplash Comments on Psalm 128 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! Psalm 128:1 ESV I don’t think we’ve ever really talked much about wha...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is History Tuesday and we’ll red 2 Chronicles 33-36, which will complete the book. I’m calling today’s episode “The Forgiven King.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash Comments on 2 Chronicles 33 Manasseh was a very evil king who ruled for fifty-five years. This tells us that just because something lasts a long time does not mean that God’s...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Monday so we’ll read from the Law. Deuteronomy 10-12  I have a special, by request On This Date In Church History for you, and an audio comment from a friend, in response to a prayer request. I’m calling today’s episode “What’s It Take?”   Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Uta Scholl on Unsplash Comments on Deuteronomy 10 12“And now, Israel, what does the Lord yo...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday. 1 Peter 1-3. I’m calling today’s episode “Not My Will.”  Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash Comments on 1 Peter 1 and 2 In chapter 1,  Peter called the people to holy living. He told them not to slip back into their old ways of living to satisfy their own desires. “…their own desires…” And then in chapter 2 when talkin...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is  Saturday Acts 11-12. I’m calling today’s episode “Thunder.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash Comments on Acts 12 In verse one of chapter 12 we read that King Herod had arrested some of the Christians in order to persecute them. And in verse two we read that Herod had James, the brother of John put to death with the sword.  That’s all t...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is  Prophecy Friday. We are in the Minor Prophets, and Zephaniah is next in line  I do have an on this date in church history for you. I’m calling today’s episode “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.”   Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Willian Justen de Vasconcellos on Unsplash Comments on Zephaniah Nineveh was the capital city of Assyria. It is first mentioned all the way...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Poetry Thursday and we’ll read Ecclesiastes 3-4. I have an on this date in church history for you. I’m calling today’s episode “Two Are Better Than One.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Quaritsch Photography on Unsplash Comments on Ecclesiastes 4 These chapters, while not entirely inspiring, seem to be a little less hopeless sounding than the first two, don’t y...

What does John 1:5 mean? In one of the most beloved passages in Scripture, John reminds us that "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." No matter how dark our world or our circumstances become, the light of Jesus Christ has never stopped shining. In this episode of Verses We Missed, we explore John 1:1–5 and discover why John introduces the theme of darkness s...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Psalms Wednesday. We’ll read chapters 125-127. I’m calling today’s episode “Who Is Building Your House?” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Foreground: Callum Hill | Background: Barthelemy de Mazenod | Both from Unsplash Comments on Psalm 127 It is believed that Solomon had the building of the temple in mind when he wrote “Unless the Lord builds the house, those w...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is  History Tuesday. Our reading is 2 Chronicles 29-32. I’m calling today’s episode “Changes.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Jesper Aggergaard on Unsplash Comments on 2 Chronicles 29-32 Hezekiah was a remarkable king, wasn’t he?  His father was Ahaz, who reigned before him, and he was one of the most evil kings of Judah. If you’ve been listening along, no doubt...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Being  Monday, we’ll read from the Law. Deuteronomy 7-9. I’m calling today’s episode “Remember.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Evgeni Tcherkasski on Unsplash Comments on Deuteronomy 7-9 As we often read here in Deuteronomy and other places in the Old Testament, God tells the people what He will do, and then He reminds them…many times. And He tells them what He did, an...

Transcript Distinguished Producer Lifespring Family Berean, Brother Paul of Seattle. Podcast Introduction Today is  Epistles Sunday James 4-5. I’m calling today’s episode “Golden Nuggets.”  Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash Comments on James 4 Some have said that James is a bit like the book of Proverbs because of the way nuggets of truth are presented. Let’s look at a few of...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Gospel Saturday and we’ll read Acts 9-10. I’ll have some comments after we’ve read. Then there’s an on this date in church history. Also I have a giant praise for our prayer time today. I’m calling today’s episode “The Righteous Roman.“  Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Craig Zdanowicz on Unsplash Comments on Acts 10 In Acts 10, we are introduced to Cornelius, a...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Prophecy Friday and we’ll read the book of Habakkuk. I’m calling today’s episode “The Conversation.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Greg Rakozy on Unsplash Comments on Habakkuk There is a lot of conjecture on just who this prophet Habakkuk was. The fact is, we don’t have much information about him. The Jewish Rabbis have their ideas. Roman Catholicism has thei...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is gospel Saturday. We’ll finish the book of John by reading chapters 19-21. And next Saturday, we’ll begin reading the last book in what we’re calling the Gospels section of the Bible. The book of Acts. I’ll have an “On This Date In Church History” segment for you, too. And I have another praise to share with you today. I’m calling today’s episode “...

Transcript Executive Producer John Podcast Introduction Today is prophesy Friday,. We’ll read Amos 5-9. I’ll have a brief introduction before reading each chapter, and after the reading I’ll have some comments. And of course I’ll have an “On This Date In Church History” segment for you, too. I’m calling today’s episode  “God Is Not Hiding.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Maarten van d...

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is poetry Thursday, and we’re in Proverbs. We’ll read chapter 25. I’ll have a brief introduction before reading each chapter, and after the reading I’ll have some comments. And of course I’ll have an “On This Date In Church History” segment for you, too. I’m calling today’s episode  “I Will, Part 2.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Andrey Andreyev...