Douglas Jacoby Podcast

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Position and Disposition Kneeling Sitting Lying Standing Raising hands (Christian art) Heart Expressiveness – 2 Sam 6; Luke 7, 17; feeling: two extremes Humility – 1 Kings 8; Psalm 51 Holiness Holiness If you weren’t living in God’s presence on Monday, were you really worshiping on Sunday? For there to be true worship, some things in m...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. 7 Aspects of worship under the Old Covenant Pilgrimage: 3 annual visits (males) Animal sacrifices Singing, choirs, instruments Reading of scripture Priesthood Ritual, ornamentation, liturgy Limited access to YHWH 7 gods Idols (false religions) – Exodus 20:3-4 Idols (false Christs) – 1 John 5:21; 2 Cor 11:4 Nature – Ezekiel 8:16 Mammon...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Summary Genesis 28:10-17 - Jacob's vision of the stairway to heaven (see John 1:51). 1 Chron 16:29-30 – Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth! See also 2 Chron 29:28. Neh 12:27-43 – [choirs on the walls] Psal...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction to the series: important questions Worshippers enjoy healthier, more dynamic lives than non-worshippers. Why is that? What (if anything) does the Old Testament have to offer Christians? What disqualifies worship? How does true worship fortify lame spiritual lives? How does New Testament worship differ from the Old Testamen...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. We have studied Romans from A to Z. Listen to the final podcast (19 minutes) here. In Romans Z, Paul sends greetings, makes a few final comments, and rounds off his magnificent epistle. Passages mentioned: Mark 15:21; 2 Corinthians 11:12-15; Philippians 3:18-19; Ephesians 5:6-12; Genesis 3:15. Greek word: diákonos  (servant). Theologic...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Click on the link to hear the penultimate podcast in our series Romans A-Z.   This lesson (16 minutes) reveals Paul's philosophy of ministry, and something of his grand vision for how the Old Testament scriptures are being fulfilled in his outreach to the Gentiles. Verses referred to: 2 Corinthians 12:12; Acts 28; Isaiah 66:18-20; Acts...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans X is the 24th podcast (19 minutes) in our series Romans A-Z . Ever in mind is unity between Jewish-background and Gentile-background Christians, although the principles of the chapter have broad applicability for many issues in our own day. Referred to: 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1; Mark 7:19; Colossians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 8:13; Ephe...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans W (21 minutes) explores chapter 13. Passages referred to or alluded to: Daniel 3; 6; Matthew 7:12; Leviticus 19:18; Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5; 1 Peter 4:1-15; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 3:12; 1 Peter 5:5. Recommended: a number of political podcasts -- on how we as believers are to relate to the state. Texts on capital punishment:...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans V takes us through the balance of chapter 12. The podcast (15 minutes) contains some surprises -- for most Bible believers, at any rate. Verses touched on: 1 Thessalonians 5; 1 Corinthians 12; Galatians 6; Matthew 25; 1 Peter 4; Matthew 5; Proverbs 25:21-22. Nietzsche quote: “It is inhuman to bless when one is being cursed” (Fri...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans U (16 minutes) is the 21st lesson in our series Romans A-Z. As is his custom, Paul lays highly practical teaching (chapters 12-16) on a solid theological foundation (chapters 1-9). Verses referred to: 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Timothy 1:7. The cool Greek word was metamorphóomai (pronounced metamorphoûmai ), meaning "be changed in fo...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is the last podcast based on Romans 9-11. This special passage taken up in Romans T (11 minutes) concludes the section, setting things in perspective. Scriptures referred to: Psalm 131; 1 Corinthians 2; 2 Peter 3:16. Suggested for memory: "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgmen...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is Romans S, the 19th study in the series Romans A-Z. In this podcast (25 minutes) we will almost finish our study of Romans 11. ( Romans T will cover Paul's conclusion to the section Romans 9-11.) Passages referred to in passing include: 1 Kings 19; 2 Thessalonians 2; Hebrews 6:4; James 5:19; 1 Corinthians 19. "Fullness" passages...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans R (19 minutes) covers the tenth chapter of the epistle. Verses referenced include Job 40:3-5; Deuteronomy 30:11-14; Acts 22:16; 10:28,34-35, 43-48; Galatians 1:14; Psalms 19:5; Deuteronomy 32:21; and Proverbs 19:2. The "mini-study" is based on 1 Corinthians 4:4; Romans 10:1-2; and Romans 9:3. Suggested for memorization: "Thus fa...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans Q (19 minutes) covers all of chapter 9. Verses referred to (mainly outside Romans) include Exodus 32:32; Psalm 49:6-8; Genesis 25; Genesis 27; Exodus 7; Colossians 1:21; Isaiah 29; Isaiah 45; Jeremiah 18; Hosea 1:9-11; Jeremiah 7; Psalm 118:22; and Isaiah 28:16. Suggested memory passage: "But it is not that the word of God has t...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Listen to the 16th podcast (23 minutes) in our series on Romans. Verses referred to are 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Timothy 4:18; Hebrews 7:25; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Jude 21; and Psalm 44. For more no "already, but not yet," listen here. The word Paul seems to have made up is hypernikomen -- "we overwhelmingly conquer" or "we are super-vi...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The 15th lesson in our series (16 minutes) is Romans O, covering the middle section of chapter 8. Verses referred to include Galatians 5:18; Psalms 40:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Acts 5:32; and 1 Chronicles 4:10. The Aramaic word with which we may approach God in prayer is Abbá, meaning daddy. The error of cross-less Christianity, which se...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Lesson N (12 minutes) begins the second half of the series Romans A-Z. Listen carefully for the many connections to the concepts Paul has developed earlier in the letter. The Greek words for condemnation and flesh were  katakrima  and sarx , respectively. Verses referred to outside Romans include Jeremiah 8:4; Colossians 3:16; Ephesian...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Other biblical passages referred to in this lesson include Acts 15 (the Jerusalem Council); Galatians (the whole epistle); Matthew 26:31 (Mark 14:38); and James 1:6-8. Suggested for memory: "Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!..." (7:24-25)

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Some passages referred to in this podcast: 1 Peter 4:1-3; 1 John 2:15-17; Jude 4; Titus 2:11-14. Terminology: Justification — becoming right with God. Usually refers to initial salvation. See Romans 4-5. Sanctification — being transformed inwardly by the power of the Spirit to take on the character of Christ. Usually refers to ongoing...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. In chapters 1-3 Paul reasons that all are hopelessly lost, and in chapters 4-5 that they are justified freely by grace, not works. In chapters 6-8 Paul will describe what the new life in Christ looks like.  The old is obliterated by the new. Grace radically transforms our world! Notes: Antinomianism is the idea that there is no law at...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Sin came into the world through Adam (v.12), and salvation also comes to the world through one man, Christ. Sin spread through personal contact and personal choice. No one is born damned (Augustine's view); we separate ourselves from God by our own will. By God's grace--provided we are willing to receive it--all have the chance to be m...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Passages referred to include Acts 23:6; Ephesians 4:4; Titus 3:5; and Galatians 4:6. The sequence mentioned in the lesson is: weak--godless--sinners--enemies. Suggested for memory: "... We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produced hope" (Romans 5:3-4).

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. While I referred to a number of biblical passages, here are the extrabiblical texts cited ( extra = Latin for outside; hence, "outside the Bible): “…You, O Lord… have not appointed repentance for the righteous, for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against you.” Pr. Man. 8 “For Abraham was perfect in all his actions with the...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is the seventh lesson (20 minutes) in our series, Romans A-Z.  There is some overlap with the previous podcast, is it ended with 3:10-18. Here we return to 3:10-18 for some deeper interpretive spadework, then complete the chapter. Some passages referred to in this podcast (not all--sorry!) are Genesis 19; Judges 19; Psalms 10-12;...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is the sixth lesson (14 minutes) in our Romans series. Some of the passages referred to in the podcast are Psalm 138:2; Romans 9:4-5; 15:4; and Hebrews 8:8. Suggested for memory: "As it is written, "None is righteous, no, not one'" (Romans 3:10).