BeachCast.TV: Bible Exploration, Apologetics and Church History with Dr. Chase A. Thompson:

In the wonderful Psalms 25, the psalmist declares that God guides His people into truth. Today we discuss HOW God guides us into truth, and we discover that there are two major ways that He leads us and guides us to His truth and in His truth.

Paul offers powerful hope in his letter to the Romans, telling them (and us!) that, though we are going through suffering, we are 'more than conquerors' through Jesus. How does this work? Most Christians don't feel or act like more than conquerors, so how can we walk into this already existing reality of overcoming?

Jesus is a great and mighty savior, and the apostle Paul was transformed and powerfully used by Him in the Bible. How then is it that Paul calls himself a wretched man still struggling mightily with sin AFTER salvation? Was Paul exaggerating, or should Christians expect to struggle against sin their whole lives?

So many times in the Old Testament, we see the people of God turn away from His commands and His worship and then some sort of defeat, trouble or disaster strikes. How can we be on the Lord's side? How can the repeated cycle of sin, judgment, punishment, tears and rescue be broken? Today we discuss the rescue of the Lord and the dangers of spurning Him!

Romans 5 is one of the most underrated chapters of the Bible and it is absolutely stuffed with powerful gospel-goodness. What is the good news of Jesus? Paul repeats it several times and in several ways in Romans 5: While we were sinners, Christ died for us! Today we talk about the good news and how it has brought us to peace with God.

Everybody knows that the Ark of the Covenant is super-powerful and invincible, right? It actually melted Nazis in the Raiders of the Lost Ark! It caused the walls of Jericho to fall down! It killed Uzzah when he touched it! It even blessed the household of a Philistine when King David left it there and fled back to his palace. Since the Ark of the Covenant was so powerful, and seemingly undefeatab...

Is salvation through Jesus by grace through faith the only way to get to Heaven? Theoretically, it is also possible to 'earn' one's way into Heaven by living a sinless and perfect life. (In the same way that it is also theoretically possible to hit 100,000 hole in ones in a row.) Romans 3, however tells us that ALL have sinned and fallen short of God's glory, and are therefore disqualified from He...

Paul in Romans 2 says that certain behaviors among those who believe in God can actually be so severe that they lead to blasphemy among those who don't know God. We learn that hypocritical judgmentalism is near the top of that list. How do we avoid being hypocrites and ungodly judges?

Hannah was an amazing woman, but she was childless and that devastated her. Her rival taunted her, her husband was an oaf who couldn't comfort her, and her pastor/priest thought she was drunk. How did she handle such difficulty in the midst of heartbreak? With great grace and trust in the Lord. Hannah demonstrates to us how to live our lives when we are full of despair and anxiety AND are sufferin...

Ruth is, on its surface, a sad book set in a dark time. It tells the story of Naomi - a good Hebrew woman married to a Jewish man who has two sons married to two Moabite daughters. Sadly, Naomi's husband dies early, and then both of her sons also die, forcing Naomi to return to her home country embittered and grieving, with her daughter in law Ruth following her. It is here that hope begins to shi...

It sure feels like God sometimes turns His back to His and stops listening to our prayers. We pray and pray, but don't sense that we've been heard, and our current crisis just seems to get worse and worse. Most Christians would say that God never abandons His children, but Psalms 10 might seem to indicate that He does...could such a thing be possible? We turn to Charles Spurgeon for some wisdom on...

Most people know that Saul/Paul started out as an enemy of Jesus, but most don't know how bad it was. Saul/Paul imprisoned men and women, signed off on their death in an official capacity, tried to get Christians to blaspheme God, and threatened to murder them. Why in the world did Jesus choose to save such an enemy, and what does that say about the grace of God?

Why is the ending of the book of Judges so shocking and hopeless? It is because all of the people were ignoring the Word of God and simply doing what seemed or felt right in their own eyes. How dangerous is it to go with out gut and do what we 'feel' is best? Is there absolute truth, or is it all subjective?

We can learn to pray and worship in a better and deeper way by reading and learning the Psalms. Sometimes, however, we are not able to form words, or come up with the right words. Can it be possible to effectively pray without using words?

Both the Old Testament and the New Testament warn about the dangers of anger, but also suggest that it is possible to be angry without sin. How dangerous is anger? What does sinless anger look like? Is there such a thing as righteous anger? How must Christians handle their anger?

Anxious, negative and depressing thought patterns might just be at an all time high right now among people, as the pandemic rages on, and the world is shook by various trials and troubles. Meditation on God's Word is a powerful supernatural gift and discipline from God that can help us win the war of our mind and walk in greater joy and hope, rather than despair and anxiety.

Most Christians consider 'compromise' to be a bad and dangerous thing - and it is! when it comes to clear teachings, doctrines and commands of the Bible. On the other hand, compromising our personal opinions and convictions (those that aren't based on clear Bible teachings) might sometimes need to be done. Today we examine a couple of instances in Acts 21 where Paul and his friends might have comp...

The most unjust thing in history happened when the perfectly innocent Jesus was nailed to a cross by sinful human hands. While on the cross, paying the price for all of the sins of humanity, Jesus was completely forsaken by His Father. Why did this horrible thing happen, and why is it wonderful for you and me?

in 167 BC a ruler named Antiochus IV Epiphanes intentionally set up a horrible thing in God's Temple in order to defile it. This was the first abomination of desolation. Jesus also looks forward to the future in Mark 13 and Matthew 24, predicting that another, even worse, abomination of desolation would come in the future. What might this be?

When teaching about the last days, Jesus mentions that a most mysterious sign of the end times: The Abomination of Desolation, which will apparently be set up in the temple of God. Join us for a two part episode that explores what this abomination might be and what it signifies.

There is a fascinating clue in Judges 13 which *might* indicate that the Angel of the Lord is a pre-incarnation appearance of Jesus.

Episode #215 is delayed due to a vacation related equipment issue. Lord willing, it will be out tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience! 

Right before His crucifixion, Jesus was praying with great drops of blood and seemingly shook to His very core by the 'cup' He was about to drink. We learn in Jeremiah that this cup is the cup of the wrath of God. What does this mean exactly, and how is it the best news in history that Jesus drank this cup, when it is actually you and I that were supposed to drink the cup?

Controversy erupted in the church, as recorded in Acts 15. Some former Pharisees believed that all non-Jewish Christians were obligated to be circumcised and follow the Old Testament Law. Paul and Barnabas were opposed to that, and a great convention of the disciples, apostles and elders happened, where they prayerfully discussed this issue. Under the leadership of the Holy Spirit it was concluded...

A desperate father comes to the disciples of Jesus for help. His precious son is tormented by an unclean spirit that seeks to throw him down, and cause him to injure himself. Try as they might, Jesus' disciples cannot heal the boy or cast out the unclean spirit. When Jesus is able to do so with relative ease, the disciples ask Him later the reason for their failure. Mark gives one answer of Jesus,...