Deeper In The Word

Each year, we celebrate Father’s Day and honoring the men who reared and/or raised us…but sadly, many people never have the opportunity to celebrate that holiday due to the absence of fathers or father figures in their lives. Truly, fatherlessness is one of the top societal ills plaguing our nation, and it’s producing a generation of young people who suffer serious mental and spiritual issues as a...

So, be honest…..you wouldn’t mind being RICH, would you? Well, how BADLY do you want to be rich? Because that’s the REAL question. Popular culture has coined the phrase “get rich or die trying”….but is that something people should TRULY be seeking after? Is getting rich above all else REALLY the best way to approach life? Not according to the Bible, it isn’t! In fact, the quest for being rich is a...

How absolutely CRAZY is the world right now? Wars, rumors of wars, disease, corruption, crazy weather patterns, widespread deception…..everything seems to be spiraling out of control everywhere you look. Fortunately for those of us who follow Christ and try to live our lives in obedience to God and His Word, the Lord has already given us a PLETHORA of promises which will not only help us to NOT be...

Yunno, the Bible is such an amazing book because its principles are timelessly applicable. In other words, things which ancient peoples went through thousands of years ago – and the lessons which they learned because of their actions - still apply to us today. So we need to learn from their mistakes and missteps so that we can avoid making them, as well, because many of the mistakes which those an...

WHOOOAAAAA!!  Listen, friends….we’ve done some absolutely amazing episodes and have had some incredible guests on this show over the last four years (can you believe we’re coming up on our FOURTH anniversary this June?!)…   …..and without casting aspersions on any of our prior spectacular guests, I think I can HONESTLY say that, without a doubt, this episode’s guest might be the most fascinating o...

You ever heard the phrase “the numbers don’t lie”?  Well, when it comes to the declining membership of and interest in the church, that phrase couldn’t BE more true.  More young people are walking away from the church, less people are attending in-person services, and even less people are giving and serving in God’s house.  Part of the issue has to do with the fact that there are too many churches...

Y’all ever heard the phrase “birds of a feather flock together?” It basically means that people with like minds and like habits tend to frequently hang out and chill together, because of all the things they have in common….and sometimes, those things they have in common aren’t good or pleasant, but instead reflect negatively upon their character. That’s why Christians need to be so careful in who...

Listen…..there is an ENTIRE generation of people who grew up on video games! Whether it was going to the arcade to pump quarters into their favorite game, or sitting for hours on end in front of the TV playing their favorite console, video games have ingratiated themselves into the fabric of our society over the last 30-plus years. However, we ALSO know that there’s always been debate and discussi...

Question: if God came to visit many churches today in person, do you think He would be pleased with what He saw? Do you think He would applaud or approve of the worship services? More importantly, do you think He would be happy with the ATTITUDES and BEHAVIORS of the people who frequent His house and claim to love Him? Well….back during the time of the prophet Amos, God made it CLEAR that He wasn’...

Man o’ man do we have a VERY SPECIAL episode in store for you this week! You see, this installment of “Deeper in the Word’ just so happens to drop during Black History Month! So in honor of that celebration, we present to you an episode about the hidden – or “forsaken” - contributions of Africa and Africans or Black people IN AND TO the Bible and to Christianity. Why are these contributions “forsa...

Listen….what’s going on in Iran right now is VERY important….not only because people are coming to Christ, but because the events transpiring there are aligning with Biblical prophecy that was foretold thousands of years ago. And fortunately, our special guest this episode is a certified EXPERT when it comes to this subject. Meet Dr. Hormoz Shariat, known as “The Billy Graham of Iran”. He is almos...

Welcome to 2024, friends! Our first show of the new year, and we couldn’t do it without y’all! Join us as we kick it all off with a discussion about the POWER and FINALITY of….a “Judge’s Decision”. Listen, if you’ve ever been to court – traffic court, civil court, criminal court, whatever – then you know what we’re talkin’ about. Once that gavel comes down, that’s IT – you’re not changing the judg...

[Sea 5 / Ep 9] Do you know what’s “good for your health”? That means that something is “beneficial for your physical or mental well-being”. So many things can be good for your physical health….but what about those things which are good for your mental and spiritual health? Fortunately, so many organizations are doing Kingdom work which is good for the health of the community at large, if not the w...

Life as we know it today is filled with important questions which need answering:  “when will the wars end?  How do we survive in this economy?  Are we living in the end times?….what am I gonna have for LUNCH today?” Well….maybe not so much that last one.  But you get the point.  HOWEVER, while everyone is asking questions, many people aren’t asking the most important question of all. So goes this...

There are over SIX BILLION people on planet earth. Because of that, many people feel a great sense of insignificance, like God doesn’t know them or wouldn’t have time for somebody like them. Yet the Bible teaches us that God knows everything there is to know about each of the six billion humans dwelling on the face of the earth today…..meaning that He DOES think about you. God spoke this Word to t...

Y’all ever been to an after party? Sometimes they can get pretty WILD, right? Meaning, the after party is usually the place where people REALLY unwind, get loose and yes, get drunk off their behinds. It’s the party AFTER the party. Well, the bible tells about a story which presents a bit of a different take on what an after party truly is…..because it tells about what happened AFTER THE PARTY that...

Friends…fatherlessness is a huge crisis in our world, and if we’re really being honest, just about every deep-seeded societal issue we face is rooted in the systemic problem of fatherlessness. The numbers bear this out – for example, more than 18.4 million children in America live without a biological father, a stepfather or an adoptive father in their home, and we’re seeing the effects of this re...

Have you ever had "a mountain-top experience"? Yunno, that moment that had you on a high which made you feel like you were on top of the world? Like God Himself was with you at that very moment? Well, imagine that moment happening on an ACTUAL mountain-top! It did to the Prophet Elijah, and how the people on that mountain who witnessed what happened up there were forever changed by what they saw....

Listen….when you travel to a foreign land, you usually get your money changed over to that of the local economy…..so you pay a conversion rate in order to change your money from one form to another. Saints of God….there’s a DIFFERENT kind of “conversion rate” going on in the nation of Iran these days, and it ain’t about changing your money. No, THIS conversion rate has to do with the high rate of...

When you work in ministry – and ESPECIALLY if you preach the Word of God or pastor others – you’re held to a much higher standard than Believers who don’t do such work (that ain’t even me saying that, it’s biblical…see James 3:1-12  and 1 Tim 5:19-25).  So there’s a REAL danger associated with misrepresenting the Lord, engaging in fraudulent activity or otherwise misleading people who you are SUPP...

Season five….LET’S GOOO!!!! And to quote that notable poet, Sean Carter: “You…are…NOT….ready…” – Jay-Z Listen…I been TELLIN’ Y’ALL that this season is gonna be our biggest one ever…and it starts NOW, as we kick off our fifth season with a VERY special episode entitled “Self Defense Tactics”. No, we’re not about to teach you boxing or wrestling moves to PHYSICALLY defend yourself….instead, we’re go...

Wow. We made it, y’all. A HUNDRED episodes of “Deeper in the Word”….three years and a lotta sweat and tears. We can’t thank y’all enough for all your support over the years….this show DOES NOT exist without YOU, our faithful listeners. So on this special 100th episode, we wanted to INVOLVE you – and so we asked you to submit to us your TOP questions for me to answer about this podcast and the 99 e...

IT’S A CELEBRATION….sort of. See, we’re celebrating our 99TH EPISODE of “Deeper in the Word” with this episode….but the REAL celebration is in the fact that we’re ONE EPISODE AWAY from 100 EPISODES!! So again, we’re celebrating…but only KINDA. No worries…that won’t stop the QUALITY of this lil’ ol’ flagship podcast of Benevolent Faith Ministries, as we bring you this episode’s topic of FAMILY AFFA...

If you’ve ever been to a swap meet, or a flea market, or even a MALL, then you know what it’s like to experience the marketplace….and it was always a vital location in ancient biblical times.  The marketplace was the place where merchants sold and traded goods, where people congregated and conversed, and where new ideas and ways of thinking and living were promoted. Friends, in our modern times, I...