Bible Insights with Wayne Conrad

Send us Fan Mail There are 4 men named, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John who wrote short books to spread the good news (gospel) of Jesus. Each one has a particular target in mind and the key to their presentation is found in the opening lines. This podcast gives an overview of how the person and deeds of Messiah Jesus are presented. Also listeners are challenged to read through one of the gospel in th...

Send us Fan Mail Paul in both his letter to the Roman Christians and the believers in Ephesus gives us a picture of our natural state as humans from birth. It is not a picture of innocence or even of a neutral state but one of spiritual death, captivity and rebellion. In fact it is a state of condemnation from birth awaiting execution! Romans 5: 12 sin came into the world through one man, and deat...

Send us Fan Mail Grace is a word often used but seldom truly understood. We first hear of it in Genesis 6, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God declared his covenant name to Moses in Exodus 34:5-7   Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name. Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger,...

Send us Fan Mail The Apostle John uses a phrase three times in his writings to refer to the nature of God. In1 John 1:5 he makes this declaration: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. The message he heard and proclaimed was the message of the coming of the Son, the Word into the world. John was his earest disciple alon...

Send us Fan Mail  When we enter the meeting area where God's people assembly to offer him worship what do we see? In many churches today we see a stage with musical instruments with few if any symbols of the God ordained ways to offer him acceptable praise. Why is this the case? Could it be a loss of the sense of the reverence we owe to God? Have we traded reverence for utility? Consider the...

Send us Fan Mail Holiness is the most prominent of the attributes of God. It is the one attribute that is used in a threefold manner as seen in Isaiah 6:1-3 and Revelation 4:8-11. It is often used in connection with other attributes such as love. When we think of God as holy our tendency is to understand it like we use it to refer to people. But this is the wrong place to start. As a principle of...

Send us Fan Mail A basic question which the Scripture answers, What makes God, God? This episode explores God's attributes,  or characteristics that he can not share with any. These are possessed by him alone. He is unique a whole divine being not divided into parts. Bible Insights with  Wayne Conrad Contact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228 email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conrad gsccdal...

Send us Fan Mail I have a question for us. Are we at times due to our emphasis on what in our understanding or opinion God cannot do anymore, pedaling an impotent, weak and powerless God? Bible Insights with  Wayne Conrad Contact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228 email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conrad gsccdallas@gmail.com (Good Shepherd Church) Donation   https://gsccdallas.org https://www.yo...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we read a verse of Scripture in isolation from its context. This can  result in an error of interpretation and false teaching. This podcast takes up a proper method of reading Bible verses in their context. The verses to be considered are 1 Corinthians 4:13 and Jude 24.  “No trial has overtaken you that is not common to mankind. And God is faithful: he will not let you b...

Send us Fan Mail We are familar with the frequent exhortations to believers to sing to God. It is a command of Scripture. An example is Psalm 92: 1-5 It is good to praise Yahweh, to sing praise to Your name, Most High,to declare Your faithful love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night,with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre.   For You have made me rejoice, Lord, by what You have d...

Send us Fan Mail Jude not only warns Christian assemblies of the danger of false teaching and teachers who have slipped into the churches but he also gives a summary of how to combat them. He does so in the command "keep yourselves in the love of God. He relates 3 ways of doing this. 20f But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,  ...

Send us Fan Mail Jude sounds the alarm warning of false professors within the assemblies who lead others astray. He paints pictures of their false teachings and ungodly lifestyle from the Old Testament scriptures depicting evil actions and illustrated by certain individuals. Jude "Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, and have given themselves up to the error of Balaam for g...

Send us Fan Mail An introductory look at the letter of Jude. Jude states his main point and why he is compelled to write this letter to the assemblies. 1 Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ. 2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. 3 Dear friends, although I was making every effort to write to yo...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus of Nazareth had several brothers and sisters, among them were two who became well kown in the churches, James and Judas. Yes Jesus had a brother named Judas ad he had two disciple/apostles with that name also. Judas was a common and honored named among the Jews associated with the tribe of Judah from whom David came and from whom came the promised Messiah. However the betray...

Send us Fan Mail Do you know what truth is? Pilate asked this question of Jesus right after Jesus made a claim as to why he came into world. John 18 :29-38 29 So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” 31 Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and...

Send us Fan Mail Often people quote Bible verses out of context to promote an idea. One such verse is John 8:32 where Jesus says, "you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Let's consider the verse in its context of John 8:2-30 After these opening startling claims about himself Jesus makes the statement." So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide...

Send us Fan Mail Is it possible to know that your sins are forgiven and to have the assurance of eternal life?  Many believe this is impossible but the Apostle John asserts that it is! In fact he wrote his gospel narrative so that people would come to believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the Son of God and have eternal life. "Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the dis...

Send us Fan Mail At the very beginning of the church as we know it is the Day of Pentecost. Acts 2 records this event in detail. There are various teachings today about the meaning of this event. We are left with a clear witness as to its meaning by the witness of John to Jesus promise in the Upper Room and to Luke's account in Luke 24 and in Acts 1 and 2. The event  of Pentecost and its cont...

Send us Fan Mail The Apostle Peter closes his first letter with an exhortation to his fellow elders and the young men. They are to relate to one another in humility. It is in this immediate context that Peter issues his Devil alert alarm. The command is rooted in an immediate context as well as in the context of the whole letter. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around...

Send us Fan Mail Paul spent much time and words in exhorting his young ministers, Timothy and Titus to hold to the pattern of sound words in which they they had been instructed. These core beliefs of the faith are to be taught to passed on coming generations. They are the measuring line, the rule by which other teachings and teachers are to be evaluated. Their contents can be determined by the sum...

Send us Fan Mail God has appointed his Son, the Lord Jesus as the Chief Shepherd of his people. This is the fulfillment of his own promise recorded in Ezekiel 34 11 “‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep....

Send us Fan Mail Paul enumerated the qualifications for a pastor (overseer, bishop) in Titus 1:9  9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. Titus 2:1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. The Apostle Paul was a great advocate of proper doctrine. Till I come, give attend...

Send us Fan Mail God as Trinity or better stated the One Eternal God as a triune Being is a crucial teaching of the Bible and therefore is essential to true Christianity. Yet this doctrine is often neglected in the pulpit by pastors. Failure to adequately instruct believers in this truth has resulted in serious errors in the faith touching many other doctrines especially the person of Jesus Christ...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus in the hours before his sufferings and death on behalf of sinful people spent several hours seeking to prepare them. He spoke of leaving them. First a short leaving by his death and burial but in a little while you will see me again. He is prophesying his third day resurrection. Then of a much longer departure when he returns to the Father. It is in this connection that Jesu...

Send us Fan Mail In his grace Jesus not only forgave a repentant Peter on the day of his resurrection but he restored Peter 3 weeks later to his role as an apostle. John records this intimate conversation between Jesus and Peter on the shore of Lake Galilee in John 21. For every denial Peter had uttered- I do not know the man- Jesus now allows him to confess his personal love and affection. To eac...