Bible Insights with Wayne Conrad

Send us Fan Mail Although Simon Peter loved Jesus of Nazareth in the hour of trial when Peter from the courtyard was identified as a follower of Jesus, he denied even knowing him! How could this happen? The tragic denial by Peter is recorded in all four gospel narratives. How can the designated leader of the apostles and the confessor of Jesus' messiahship deny even knowing him? Bible Insight...

Send us Fan Mail The Apostle Peter is the great example of a true confessor of Jesus Christ. In Matthew 16:16, in answer to Jesus' question to his disciples as to who people were saying he was, Peter declared, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."  On another occasion in John 6, after many of the followers of Jesus were deserting him, Jesus asked his disciples if they, to...

Send us Fan Mail How did Simon Peter come to know Jesus?  How were they introduced? During the early phase of their relationship Simon Peter makes his first confession. 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.youtube.com/channel/U...

Send us Fan Mail Paul writes to Timothy concerning our Lord Jesus.  God,  who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, 10 but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the...

Send us Fan Mail The day of Jesus' resurrection was very busy with his comings and goings to several people and climaxed in the evening with his first appearance to a group of ten of his apostles. Jesus is raised in the physical body of incarnation and death which is now raised an immortal body. Jesus bestows his peace upon the disciples. He then gives his commission, "as the Father has...

Send us Fan Mail A most unique attribute of the living God, Yahweh, is his immortality. Christians many times use this term incorrectly.  The Bible says God alone is immortal. 1 Timothy 1:17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 6:13-16 13 I command you, in the sight of God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus gathers with his disciples to celebrate his last Passover meal with them.  The next day he will as the true Passover Lamb be lead to the cross. There by the appointment of the Father he will give his life as the substitute sin offering for those who would believe on him. The instructions God gave the Hebrews though Moses were prophetic of  Jesus' person and manner of hi...

Send us Fan Mail A primary reason why Christians know that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the Promised Anointed One, the Redeemer, is the predicted prophecies that are fulfilled in his life. Psalm 22 is a detailed picture of Jesus' sufferings on the cross. Both Matthew and John relate this in their accounts. Matthew records the behavior of people and Jesus' inner experiences of though...

Send us Fan Mail When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the garden grove where he had been praying he  went out and said to them, “Who is it that you’re seeking?”   “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.  He answered, “ I am ". At this manifestation of his nature they fell down. When Peter drew a hand sword and cut off the ear of servant of the High Priest, Jesus rebuked him for once again se...

Send us Fan Mail I want to take you to a dark spot. It is in the garden where Jesus is arrested and taken in custody. Here is the account as recorded by John who was an eyewitness to the event. John 18:1-11 with references to prior events. Bible Insights with  Wayne Conrad Contact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228 email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conrad gsccdallas@gmail.com (Good Shepherd Chur...

Send us Fan Mail On the day of his triumph ride into Jerusalem two of Jesus' disciple approach him with a request. Some visiting Greeks who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover wish to meet with him personally. Rather that happened or not we are not told. Jesus took the occasion of the Greeks request to reveal the truth of his unfolding destiny. His hour, the hour set by the Father for him...

Send us Fan Mail The visit of the Jews with Jesus at the synagogue in Capernaum  the day after he had fed them by the multiplication of the loaves and fish took the form of a series of questions. Questions are asked for various reasons such as information, to further a discussion, to express unbelief or belief, to express disapproval. This podcast reviews these questions as Jesus claims to be the...

Send us Fan Mail One of the greatest signs that Jesus did that bolstered his apostle's faith in it was the feeding of the Five Thousand men plus. It is recorded in all four of the gospel narratives. Reading from John's account with some additional information from the other narratives we can relate day's  the event . We can observe some obvious applications. Bible Insights with  Way...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast relates Jesus' third messianic sign in his healing of a paralyzed man in one of  the Temple porch areas. The man had been in this condition for 38 years but on this day Jesus at the Father's direction heals him. He miraculously restores his limbs so that he instantly got up and walked carrying his own pallet. And it was the Sabbath! Now his religious enemies...

Send us Fan Mail John's gospel narrative is organized around 7 miracles that demonstrate that he is the Messiah, the Promised One, the Deliverer, the Savior. But in addition to these ministry signs Jesus gives other signs. After he cleansed the Temple he was challenged concerning his authority. He gave them the sign- Destroy this Temple and I will raise it up in three days. He was prophetical...

Send us Fan Mail Christians are referred to as God's Temple twice in Paul's letter to the Corinthians. Interestingly, Paul uses the pronoun "you" to refer to the group, a plural "you," in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, but later he uses the singular "you" in 1 Corinthians 6:19. This podcast considers the practical applications of the truth that we are God's Tem...

Send us Fan Mail A certain class of prophecy watchers are looking to developments in Israel to detect any sign of a rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. To them this would be  the  signal of the end of the world. Perhaps in light of the New Testament we might need to listen closely to Jesus' teaching about the temple and the proper worship of God. Ezekiel's vision of a future Temple is...

Send us Fan Mail After cleansing the Temple is Jerusalem in his early days of ministry Jesus answered the Temple authorities question about his authority to do this with a cryptic statement. Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. John explains that jesus was speaking of his body. The utterance came true when Jesus was raised from the dead and ascended into heaven. This message g...

Send us Fan Mail John's gospel narrative is structured around the signs that testify to Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. They function to reveal his nature, his character, and his divine mission. They are done so that people will believe in him. The healing of the royal official 's son from a distance of many miles demonstrates that Jesus is the life-giver because as the Word he is...

Send us Fan Mail The concept of sign is very prominent in the Gospel Narrative of John. It is an organizing principle of his witness to Jesus as the Messiah. Soon after Jesus has gathered his first disciples, 5 in all, they go to Cana in Galilee because they were invited to a wedding feast. It was probably a relative of Mary and Jesus who was the bridegroom. When the wine ran low the situation  wa...

Send us Fan Mail After Jesus baptism by John he begins to gather his disciples. The first two, John and Andrew, were disciples of John who now begin to follow Jesus. Andrew enlist his brother Simeon (Peter). Jesus then finds Philip who in turn enlist his best friend, Nathaniel. Nathaniel's encounter wit Jesus leads to this first confession of a disciple to Jesus identity as the Son of God, th...

Send us Fan Mail John the Baptizer was the appointed fore-runner prophet of the Messiah (Malachi 3:1-4; Isaiah 40:3; Luke 1:5-80). God sent him to proclaim the arrival of the kingdom of God through the Messiah.  John received the sign of water immersion for repentance for heart preparation to receive the Christ when he arrived. God told John that he would know for certain who this man was when he...

Send us Fan Mail John's gospel or good news testimonial to Jesus' person and nature is summarized in this key verse:  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14 ESV) Who is this Word? What is the nature and purpose of his coming? To fully grasp the meaning of this sentence we must...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus of Nazareth , the son of Mary, unlike anyone else. existed before he was conceived and born. He existed from eternity. Although he was born a true human male of the tribe of Judah, descended from Abraham through Isaac and Jacob and from the line of David, he had a prior life  of Deity which continued unabated, but then he added to himself humanity. There are a number of Scri...

Send us Fan Mail Christians rightly celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Mary, because it was in fulfillment of God's promise to send a Deliverer, a Redeemer. And he came! This unique Son of God, the Word taking to himself human nature, offered himself as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. He died. He was buried in the cave. Three days later in that body he was raised to life...