Avenue Church Podcast

We're continuing to read through the Bible together this year--we've just wrapped up the Old Testament, and today we talk through the final books that tell the story of Israel's return from exile.

We're continuing to read through the Bible together this year--check out this summary of the prophets of the Exile: Jeremiah and Ezekiel

We're continuing to read through the Bible together this year--check out this summary of the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.

Read Scripture podcast is back after a hiatus with an episode on the best and worst kings of Israel's history.

Was King Saul a hero or a villain? Why did God reject him? What's so different about him and David? Joel and Jared talk about these questions and more as we continue to Read Scripture together.

Why does a loving God bless so much violence in the Bible? Join us as we chat about Israel's conquest of Canaan and how to make sense of one of the most violent chapters of Israel's history.

In this Podcast we talk a bit about the book of Deuteronomy and the Psalms we've been reading together. Questions or comments as you read? Submit them here. https://www.questionwave.com/q/1737396374835

Does God change his mind? Is it fair that Moses doesn't make it to the promised land? Did that donkey really talk? Bill Anderson joins us this week to talk about this and more as we discuss the book of Numbers! We'd love to talk about your questions and comments on the reading! You can submit them here: https://www.questionwave.com/q/1737396374835

What does it mean to Be Holy as God is Holy? Why does God care so much about holidays? How do the Nephilim show up in Numbers 13? We chat about this and more in this week's Read Scripture Podcast! We'd love to talk about your questions and comments on the reading! You can submit them here: https://www.questionwave.com/q/1737396374835

Can someone who's been "cut off" ever be restored? How does sacrificing an animal take away sins? And what's the deal with all the blood? This week we chat about the first half of Leviticus as we continue to Read Scripture together this year. We'd love to talk about your questions and comments on the reading! You can submit them here: https://www.questionwave.com/q/1737396374...

What's it like to climb Mount Sinai? Joel's dad, Dr. Jeff Childers shares his experience of visiting Mount Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery and how that impacts the way he reads the Sinai stories in Scripture. We also discuss some tips for reading the law sections in the Old Testament and how this part of Scripture points us to Jesus. We'd love to talk about your questions and comments on the r...

How did the Egyptian magicians match (some of) God's power? How do we find God's goodness in the plagues? We talk about these things and more this week as we continue to Read Scripture together. We'd love to talk about your questions and comments on the reading! You can submit them here: https://www.questionwave.com/q/1737396374835

We'd love to talk about your questions and comments on the reading! You can submit them here: https://www.questionwave.com/q/1737396374835 This week we read the Joseph narrative and talked about why that's such an important story in Genesis. We also talked a bit about Judah and Tamar and how Genesis is pointing us towards Jesus.

Join us in 2025 as we read through the entire Bible together! This week we talk about our second week of readings, including: the Binding of Isaac, the treatment of women, and what did God look like when he spoke to Abraham, Jacob, and others? Have a question we could discuss next week. Go to avechurch.org/questions

Join us in 2025 as we read through the entire Bible together! Listen as Joel Childers and Jared Mann talk about the first few chapters of Genesis that we've read so far. Have a question about the readings that we can discuss in the future? Go to avechurch.org/questions