Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

What is the VALUE, the WORTH of the Christmas Story? It might be worth holding it for a minute and turning it around a bit.  You'll find that it is a love story and you are smack dab in the center of it. It is the good stuff of God. It is a treasure for us. It is worth hearing and speaking the right words after it is over.  It is GOOD NEWS of GREAT joy. Join me for 7 minutes as we value the C...

What will you do when you are on "the dark and stormy" sea of a spiritual situation? Well, it won't be your first spiritual day. It won't be your 'Groundhog Day.' Of particular note in the story of the disciples watching Jesus walk on water is that they needed to be considering the lessons of the feeding of the 5000, when they were on the boat! Something from yesterda...

The disciples find themselves in a boat, with a nod to Snoopy, "On a dark and stormy night." These guys didn't mean for it to be like this.  They didn't start when it was dark, or stormy. In such an upheaval, Jesus shows up... walking on the water . When do people call out to God? Frequently when they are wet, tired and afraid. Frequently, on dark and stormy nights... https://y...

When playing the game of make-believe, one often requires an ability, without which one will fail in the quest.  The same is true in the spiritual life. In the feeding of the 5000, Philip and Andrew are TESTED. (Don't be surprised at our testing in impossible circumstances.) Not everybody passes the test. One remembers and one forgets HIS SUPERPOWER. Andrew basically says, "My SUPERPOWER...

Miracles are divine interruptions that help identify the activity of the divine.  They give us opportunities to then respond to the divine moment.  That is all good news. The bad news is that miracles always start with a PROBLEM. The identification of this problem is the beginning of a miracle and sometimes the beginning of faith. We'd best lift up our eyes to see the Divine (Jesus) lifting u...

My actual physical Bible is my single favorite object on this earth. Absent what it reveals, specifically WHO it reveals, it is WORTHLESS. It is the OBJECT of the Scriptures, that give the Scriptures their VALUE. As it turns out, the Scriptures are doing EXACTLY that: revealing God. So then, I can "love the pages" because of WHO the pages reveal.   https://youtu.be/B8gPzQnvvOA

What if in the court of your heart, you didn't allow certain expert witnesses that corroborate the claims of Jesus? That certainly would not be just.   Jesus is calling for a fair assessment of the claims He makes.  An accurate, thorough evaluation is all He asks.  https://youtu.be/i7oSd7Afr1U

In today's podcast, somebody claims heavenly prerogatives, privileges and powers. It is a good thing that it is Jesus. Hear. Believe. Give honor where due.  Let's look forward to the hour when we see it more clearly.  https://youtu.be/XoUVOyQYtzA

Do you ever feel like KILLING JESUS? If so, you are not the first.  You are in good company.  Here' a surprise: if so, you are welcome here. I'm not saying it is the best response, but I am saying that it is a defensible position. Listen 7 minutes to a group who we seeking to "kill Him all the more." Subscribe to the channel so you might come back tomorrow and hate Him then too...

What DUTY do I have to particular days of the week, specifically Sunday, the Sabbath? Jesus seeks to be "Lord of your Sabbath". For some, that might mean working HARDER to even have something to Sabbath FROM. For some, it might actually mean MORE rules for the day; a more purposeful intent to set the day apart for the Lord. Or, like those in our official passage of John 5:1, less rules....

A man is healed. Yea! But what if he is healed on an INCONVENIENT day?  Let's then detain him, for breaking a man-made rule.  Back the bus up here. He was H E A L E D. This is a big deal in the history of the universe. This is big. Attention must be paid. Perhaps worship is due. I'm going to the temple of God amidst the people of God. Right answer.  this is a daily 7 minute podcast to ge...

Do you want to be healed? One might think the answer would ALWAYS be yes. Alas, sometimes the answer is no.  Jesus will make such a challenge today. Jesus leaves a gap: a place for our response, for our faith.  Will we find a grateful, and faithful person when He looks at us?  Watch 7 minutes and subscribe. https://youtu.be/rmUaG7XFzsc

What might you do with a SECOND miracle? Today, we get one, but it is a "minor" miracle.  It's minor, unless you ask the people involved in the story.  For them, it was the most important thing in the Bible; in their lives.  The amazing thing about Scripture, is that it offers the same importance to YOU.  Listen. Like. Subscribe to the Youtube Channel . Thanks for considering. https...

The Woman at the Well wasn't the only one there.  The disciples show up after a trip to the grocery store and are thrown into a crash course on evangelism.  Sometimes you are a sower. Sometimes a reaper.  The big point: Open up your eyes to see this process.  Some are near to the kingdom.  Lift up your eyes to this 7 minute lesson. Like. Subscribe . Comment. https://youtu.be/Eb45gamyW88

If you ever share your spiritual story, know that it will not be your listener's first spiritual day. Your story adds to the labor of many who have gone before you. It is like adding your quarter to a filling slot machine.  Perhaps it is ready for the big payout.  Come and see whether the Samaritans get the big pay-out.  https://youtu.be/QC-KnWR0OCE  

If you are not worshipping God, you are not in right relationship with God.  To know God is to worship Him.  There is no knowing Him without worshipping Him.  You can actually use it as a marker of your relationship with God. If you know the true God, you worship Him in truth. There is no plan B for worship. Today, we'll see God's big reveal and then the challenge: Will you worship Me. G...

The disclosure of one's sexual history and sexual present reveals what one believes about God. Having a sexual conversation led to having a spiritual conversation. For the woman at the well, this conversation then heads toward understanding worship. She is thirsty. She is feisty. She is curious.  Perhaps you are too. Subscribe to this channel for continuing this pursuit tomorrow.

A Samaritan woman finds herself "sexually-transparent" before Jesus. Everything she has ever done with her zipper. Everyone she's done it with.  Even everything that has gone on in her head.  I do not think one can underestimate how UNSETTLING this would have been for her.  Similarly, if we were seen as sexually-transparent, I'd expect some unsettledness too.  It is in that con...

Join me today to discover one of the essential ingredients to having the spiritual light-bulb ignite inside you: CURIOSITY. The woman at the well had it and so should you as you inquire enthusiastically at the elbow of Jesus. The first inclination of, "I'm OK" could have a little curiosity applied in, "Well, maybe I am not..." Be curious with me for 7 minutes. Click Here:...

Despite a backstory of 2000 years Despite a gender barrier Despite a historical barrier of hate and despite Jesus' weariness , We come to a wonderful encounter at a well in Samaria. Listen 7 minutes. https://youtu.be/AynngqixaOE

 Many devout Jews wouldn't set foot in Samaria, much less talk to anyone there, much less a woman.  There was a 700 year old problem that never went away in Samaria.  It was as if there was a "Mini-Assyria" that lived right in the middle part of Israel.  No wonder the Jews hated people from there, and even the area itself.  https://youtu.be/-DYay7p30aE

Someday, we'll worship God for His righteous wrath. Meantime, we'd best deal with its pointy end. Anyone and everyone starts out with WRATH REMAINING upon us. None of us is holy. But good news, if we SET OUR SEAL or belief, the wrath is removed.  This is very good wrath news.  https://youtu.be/QqfYizntgPY

Teachers need followers and students.  Today, John the Baptist, the greatest man that ever lived (said Jesus), gets DEPLATFORMED. He voluntarily recognizes and even fosters his DECREASE and facilitates the Lord's INCREASE.  It is a wonderful story of correct perspective. I'm not quite ready for that process regarding this podcast, so please subscribe. ;-) https://youtu.be/xFChoLROtsE

Sometimes help is nearer than we think. For all the darkness loving, light hating, and standing condemned that the Bible has for us, there is help nearby. In fact, what struck me after much of the bad news of John 3 verse 18 is that rescue is literally ONE INCH AWAY in John 3:16.  If you are bereft and undone, as is so frequent before God, He doesn't leave you there! Just 1" away is the...

As a sequential-thru-the-Bible podcast, you don't always get to talk about the most famous verse in the Bible, BUT SOME DAYS YOU DO. Today is one of those days. John 3:16 is a wonderful offering of God's love in rescue.  It is best understood in light of the BAD NEWS it rescues us out of. For that, listen 7 minutes with me of John 3:18. You'll be fine, except for all the condemnatio...