Deeper In The Word

Welcome to the first episode of the new year! We hope that 2023 brings you closer to God and, accordingly, greater blessings in your life! However, in order for us to walk victoriously in our faith lives, we have to FIRST decide WHICH force we will give authority to over our lives: the force and impact of the world, or that of the LORD. Because point blank, God’s people shouldn’t HAVE so much inde...

Happy New Year, family! Or should I say, the countdown to 2023 is officially on! As we prepare to welcome a brand new year, we face some incredible challenges as a people (Christians/Believers) and as a race (humanity). But as with ANY challenge, the key to overcoming it lies in your own DESIRE to do so, and your own ENERGY to ACCOMPLISH overcoming it. In other words, you’ll only be as successful...

Merry Christmas to everyone from "Deeper in the Word"! Welcome to our special Christmas episode! We know that people typically cover the same topics this time of year – yunno, the baby in the manger, the three wise men and the shepherds, the star they followed, etc. – but C’MON NOW! Y’all already know that we do things differently on this show, so our special holiday episode will examine a DIFFERE...

We’ve all had to complete assignments before – that is, we’ve all been tasked with carrying out some duty or undertaking at one time or another. So we would all agree, then, that you can’t successfully complete ANY assignment if you don’t know what you’re supposed to do to finish it. And so it goes with Believers, friends: if followers of Christ don’t know what they are supposed to be doing AS His...

We’re baaaaa-aaaack….AGAIN! And this time, it’s for KEEPS! Welcome back to our flagship podcast, “Deeper in the Word”, and our return to WEEKLY status as a show! We’re so excited to be back and better than ever, and this episode plans to keep our commitment to giving you the Word of God in unadulterated fashion! Join RevRob as he explores the biblical concept of DISOBEDIENCE…and particularly, diso...

This episode, RevRob explores the issue of “cliques” in the church.  That is, people WITHIN the body of Christ who feel the need to further divide themselves into even smaller, more “exclusive” groups sharing some commonality, and which therefore preclude (or prevent) others from being part OF the clique. As you can imagine, cliques can be a huge problem for a community in Christ…but would you bel...

It's special guest time, and oh we love when we have special guests! Join RevRob as he welcomes Mr. Dirk Smith of Eastern European Mission ("EEM"), which is a Christian organization who publishes, prints, and distributes Bibles and Bible-based materials in 30+ countries and 20+ languages through a vast network of partner churches and organizations (EEM also recently raised more than $2 million to...

The world is FILLED with haters, y’all….that is, people who simply cannot be happy for another person's success and who desire nothing more than to belittle and chastise others, usually just to make THEMSELVES feel better. And while haters come in all forms – and while nobody is immune from their wrath – there’s a SPECIAL kind of hate that is reserved for the follower of Christ. Truly, Jesus had (...

“Money money money moooo-neey…..MOOOO-NEEEEY!” Y’all know the song, man….it talks about how “some people got to have it” and how “some people really need it”. But what it DOESN’T talk about is what GOD thinks about how WE regard money. See, WE view money - and how we use - it in a completely different way than the way that God views it. And oftentimes, our views clash with God’s views when it come...

We’re baaack! Join RevRob for an all-new episode of our flagship ministry podcast, as he delves into answering the question, “what does it mean to ‘fear the Lord’?” Well to be CLEAR…it doesn’t mean that we’re AFRAID of God. Instead, its meaning is steeped more in the idea that we revere and respect God – so much so, that we actually obey Him and do what He says (in accordance with what His Word, t...

Ahhh….it’s STORYTIME! We love story time here at “Deeper in the Word”, because it gives us an opportunity to relate to and apply the morals and lessons found in biblical stories to our OWN lives. Welp, today’s story is no exception….because this episode we’re examining the very famous biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus back from the dead. Friends, Easter is fast approaching…..so we wanted to...

People love a good “origin” story.  That’s when you learn the background of something or someone, their HISTORY and upbringing and such.  But oftentimes, people follow or support things without even KNOWING their origins….which is, quite frankly, kind of silly.  For instance…..let’s say you don’t believe in God or Christ.  Well, what if I told you that many of the phrases you use every day come ST...

Welcome to our first show of 2022! We want to thank each and every last listener for your support these past two years! And….as we usually do for the first show of the year, this episode we present to you our “State of the Church 2022” Address (our version of the State of the Union Address given every year by the U.S. President). Last year we examined the biggest challenges facing the church....bu...

We’re baaaa-aaaack!  The hiatus is over, and we welcome you back to a brand new episode of this, the FLAGSHIP program of Benevolent Faith Ministries.  We greatly appreciate all the support we’ve received from all around the world, and we’ve got MUCH LOVE for everyone who tunes in to each episode….which, not coincidentally, just so happens to be the title and theme of our episode today!  Because TR...

Question:  do you think God WANTS you to be rich and in good health?  Perhaps you follow, listen to and believe some of these preachers out here – some famous, most on television - who tell you that God DOES want you to be healthy and wealthy, AND that all you have to do is ask God for whatever you want, and He’ll just GRANT IT, like some cosmic genie?   Well, if you answered “yes” to any of those...

Listen, NOBODY likes favoritism (….unless of course it’s being shown to THEM).  Favoritism – or partiality – means giving preference over others, usually based on a condition (like, social class, wealth, power, etc.).  It’s basically a form of discrimination.  And when you look around our world today, you can see the EVIDENCE for it.  However, God is pretty resolute when it comes to favoritism – m...

The trial of Jesus is the most famous one in history (yes, even more famous than the OJ trial).  However, it’s not the infamy of the trial that deserves our attention – it’s whether or not Jesus actually received a FAIR TRIAL.  Yet while some hold the view that the religious leaders kept the letter of the law during the trial (though the procedures may not have been to ethical), MANY others believ...

Friends, we live in a society where many people – including so-called followers of Christ – DON’T believe in the Bible.  There used to be a time when virtually everyone who called themselves a “Christian” understood Scripture to be inspired and preserved….in other words, it was considered sacred.  People used to believe that God had given us His Word and that, accordingly, the Scriptures were to b...

Being covetous means wanting what the next man has. People are seemingly NEVER satisfied with what they have when they compare what they have with what someone ELSE has…and jealousy and envy are the tools the enemy uses to force people to do things which remedy the problem of wanting what they don’t have – namely, to TAKE from others. Truly, covetousness is what drives many of the OTHER sins peopl...

So….what IS “church hurt”? It’s a term which refers to the very real pain and abuse that can be inflicted upon those in the church by others ALSO in the church, especially those in positions of church leadership…and it can be something that ALL followers of Christ may face one day. One of the most damaging aspects of church membership, church hurt can ostracize people from fellowship, cause people...

The late, great Whitney Houston once sang it best: “I get so emotional, baby…” Friends, we ALL can be overly emotional at times, and oftentimes our emotions can get the best of us and lead us to BAD, unwanted situations and areas in our lives. That’s why it’s so important that we learn how to PROTECT ourselves FROM ourselves….in other words, as followers of Christ we must learn how to control our...

“He’s TIPSY! He’s LIT! He’s ON ONE!” These are all the ways in which people describe someone who’s intoxicated, or under the influence of alcohol. Being drunk on liquor is something that many people have experienced in their lives….including Christians. But Christians can ALSO be drunk in ANOTHER, more HOLY way…..and that’s being drunk with the Holy Spirit. Now some might say, “dude, is that even...

As followers of Christ, we ALL can become subject to BACKSLIDING….that is, to reverting to sin or wrongdoing or lapsing back into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.  Each of us has to battle daily with putting our flesh into submission – that is, dying to self to ensure that we do what GOD wants of us and not whatever WE WANT to do.  Truly, the follower of Christ can either be moving forwa...

Ahhhh, Hollywood….the land of big dreams and, also, major DEBAUCHERY.  Too often we find Hollywood films and TV shows featuring far too much gratuitous sex and violence, as well as negative and stereotypical portrayals, and not enough POSITIVE images or morally upright depictions.  But many companies are seeking to change all of that by providing TV and film content which serves to balance out the...

FIFTY EPISODES! What a milestone! We are thrilled to celebrate episode #50 and the completion of season #2 here are Deeper In The Word! And we thought, what better way to celebrate our 50th episode than to take a look back at how we GOT here? Truly, we’ve had some amazing guests and covered some interesting topics these past two seasons….whether it was how to preach to different generations, or ho...