Bible Time with Charlie

Bad things happen as a result of sin and as a result of people LACKING KNOWLEDGE. People don't know what to pray for because they don't know how to pray. They do not know how to back up their prayers with Scripture because they don't know Scripture! They don't know the power of God's Word because they do not read it. They haven't been taught. Hosea 4:6 says, "My people perish because of a lack of...

In today's episode, we talk about what it means to truly fear the Lord and not man. Part of fearing the Lord is listening to Scripture when it corrects, rebukes, and trains us. People have a hard time hearing the truth in church today, and pastors have a hard time preaching it. Church is meant for us as believers to spur one another up and encourage one other towards love and good deeds, as Hebrew...

I had a great time sitting down with my good friend, Matthew Logan, and discussing some of his views as a Calvinist. Calvinism is the Protestant theological system of John Calvin and his successors, which develops Luther's doctrine of justification by faith alone and emphasizes the grace of God and the doctrine of predestination. In today's episode, we talk about predestination, free will, God's e...

It can be very easy for us to come up with our own conclusion when it comes to what's going on this world today, but the Bible has all of the answers. If we would stop paying attention to what the world has to say, what "influencers" have to say, and what people in general have to say, and we just look into the Word, we can see that God has it all laid out for us. Israel is mentioned throughout th...

Today we do a deep dive into Sodom and Gomorrah. What were the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah? Why did God allow them to be utterly destroyed? How did Sodom and Gomorrah get so bad? Are there similarities between Sodom and Gomorrah and our world today? We talk about all of this and more on today's episode of "Bible Time with Charlie". Enjoy! SOCIAL MEDIA:  ⁨@bibletimewithcharlie⁩  Thank you for tuning...

When Simon Peter was first called by Jesus, he was out fishing on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus performed an amazing miracle and then called Peter to follow Him and become a "fisher of men". Peter thought he was unworthy to follow Jesus, and yet Jesus chose him anyways, specifically, for a divine purpose. 3 years after this first encounter, and after the Resurrection, Jesus appears to Peter and the di...

In last week's episode, we talked about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit within all of us upon salvation. In today's episode, we go further into the gifts in which we can receive through the power of the Holy Spirit in us. Those gifts include prophecy, preaching, faith, wisdom, speaking in tongues, interpretation, and more. We are to use these gifts that God has given us in order to further advan...

In this episode of Bible Time with Charlie, we do a deep dive into the Holy Spirit. What is the Holy Spirit? How did it operate in the Old Testament compared to the New Testament? Why did the Holy Spirit only "rest upon" certain people in the Old Testament but not "fill them" like it fills us today? Is there any instance of the Holy Spirit actually "filling" someone in the Old Testament? What did...

Many people claim to be Christian, and yet live as though God doesn't even exist. We must no longer live this way, folks. If we say we believe in God and if we call Jesus our Lord, we must live life according to His Word. God will not be mocked. Begin to sow seeds to please not the flesh, but the Spirit. In today's episode, we talk about ways in which we can live a life that is pleasing to God and...

In today's episode, we dive into John chapter 4, which talks about Jesus being the living water. If we truly want to live life to the full, we must partake in this living water. Jesus is the Word, and in order to partake in this "living water" daily, it's so important to seek Jesus through His Word. It's the greatest way to fill ourselves up when we are feeling empty. We can try to live life by dr...

I had the great pleasure of attending a prayer walk with Love Life a few weeks ago, and we saw two babies saved as a result of the church showing up. Two moms chose LIFE in front of a Planned Parenthood. I got to sit down with my good friend Shon Thornburg to do a recap on this amazing testimony, as well as talk about all of the great work he does with Love Life to help save babies and provide res...

Who is the Proverbs 31 woman? Many scholars have said that this Proverb was actually inspired by King Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba. According to many theologians and historians, King Lemuel and King Solomon are the same person. If that is the case, then the wisdom that comes from Proverbs 31 indeed comes from Bathsheba. This was a very interesting study, and perfect for Mother’s Day. If anything, i...

As some of you may know, I talk A LOT about Catholicism on this show. I myself am not a Catholic, but I have many friends and family who are, including my good friend Nick Kassouf. Nick is a great guy. He owns Tru Bru Organic Coffee, the greatest coffee place in Orange County, and perhaps the world... His testimony on how he came to the Lord is amazing. Nick is Catholic, and we talk about why he d...

There's a big difference between committing a sin and living a lifestyle of sin. As Christians, we are called to "be holy as He is holy." The word "holy" means to be "set apart for God". Once we are born again, we are now set apart FROM this world and from the evil ways of this world and are set apart FOR God. Therefore, we are to live a life that is pleasing to God. This includes leaving our old...

A day without God can cause a lot of problems... We can think we are doing so well on our own, but the second we think we don't need God, we will find out very fast that we are wrong. God warned the Israelites not to forget Him, and yet after everything He did for them, they STILL forgot, and it took them 40 years to get to the Promised Land. David REMEMBERED all that God had done for him, and kne...

In this episode, we dive a little bit into the pagan roots of Easter and how every Christian needs to stop calling it "Easter" and start calling it "Resurrection Sunday". We also do a deep dive into the Old Testament foreshadows and prophecy concerning Jesus's Resurrection. Grab your Bibles, because we go deep in this one! Enjoy... and Happy Holy Week! SOCIAL MEDIA:  @bibletimewithcharlie  Thanks...

We start today's episode off by talking about the problem with the modern church today. We then go onto talk about generational curses and how through Jesus's death on the cross, we are REDEEMED from the curse of the law. What exactly does this mean? Enjoy! SOCIAL MEDIA: @bibletimewithcharlie Thanks for tuning in. See you next time. God bless!

Sin hurts God. Ephesians 4:30 says that we can grieve the Holy Spirit within us. When we become born again, we have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us. We have God living on the inside of us. He sees everything we do -- every sin we commit -- and it hurts Him when we continue to live in our sin. As Christians who love the Lord, we should not want to hurt Him. This is why we should be doing...

I received a lot of push back, mainly from Catholics, because I claimed that Jesus had brothers and sisters and that Mary did not remain a virgin after the birth of Jesus. In today's episode, we dive even deeper into scripture looking at both the English text, as well as the Greek, to see what Matthew, Mark, Luke, AND John all meant when referring to Jesus's brothers and sisters. Were they REALLY...

There are people in this world who appear to be alive -- they go to work, they eat, they sleep, they exercise -- however, if they don't have Jesus, they are in fact dead. I call them "the walking dead". They have every sign of life, but they don't have eternal life. Until you accept Jesus as Lord, you are spiritually dead. We are only made truly alive in Christ Jesus. Today we dive into Ezekiel 37...

I had a great time sitting down with Jacob Tellez and hearing his testimony about how he found Jesus while being in prison. Jacob was raised a Catholic, but was never taught what it means to be "born again". While in prison, he met a friend who taught him what it means to truly build a relationship with Jesus. Since then, Jacob has really turned his life around. Jacob's testimony is a true example...

Many people are shocked when they find out that Jesus didn't actually come to bring pace, but division. In Luke 12, Jesus tells us that families and close friends will be divided because of the name of Jesus. In Matthew 25, Jesus tells us that at the end of all time He will separate the sheep from the goats -- the believers from the unbelievers. It's so important for us to recognize division in th...

Do you want to be a disciple of Jesus? Do you REALLY want to be a disciple of Jesus? If yes, then you must DENY yourself. You must deny your fleshly desires. You must be willing to leave your lifestyle of sin and surrender yourself wholeheartedly to Jesus. Disciple means "disciplined one", so in order to truly be a disciple of Jesus, we must learn to discipline ourselves by abstaining from the lif...

God has not given us a spirit of FEAR, so every time we are afraid, it is NOT from God. You cannot operate in fear and faith at the same time. Fear will hold you back from everything God has in store for you. Fear often leads to disobedience, and disobedience will keep you from your breakthrough. When the Israelites ran away from the Promised Land due to FEAR of the giants who lived there, they lo...

Your words can bring life, and your words can bring death. You can lift someone up with your words, or you can tear them down. Your words can build an amazing future for your life, or they can bring about a devastating end. The book of Proverbs tells that "the tongue has the power of life and death", and Deuteronomy 30:19 tells us to "choose life." When you speak, speak LIFE. It makes a difference...