Douglas Jacoby Podcast

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Romans E (18 minutes) continues the study of the typical weaknesses of religious people, particularly hypocrisy and condescension. Isaiah 52:5 -- God's people often misrepresent him through unholy living. And yet sometimes those who are not the people of God in fact are following the spirit of God's Word -- we mustn't be smug in our sa...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Listen to the fourth podcast in the series (15 minutes). Referred to in the lesson: The Last Things series (including the podcast on Those Who Haven't Heard the Word); God's word coming in multiple ways (see Hebrews 1:1): Scripture (3:2) Nature (1:19-20) Social sciences (as in Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, etc) Conscience (2:14) The history...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. In our third podcast (21 minutes), we will tackle Romans 1:18-32. For more background on this passage, listen to the  Fall of Rome podcast . This lesson refers to many biblical passages, such as Psalm 7:11 and Jeremiah 2:19. It also references Pseudo-Lucian,  Affairs of the Heart  20, c.300 AD: "In the beginning... human life... obeyed...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is the 2nd lesson in a series of 26 on Romans. Here we cover the theme passage, Romans 1:16-17 (22 minutes). Recommended : study Habakkuk 2:4. Ponder : "From faith to faith" most likely refers to the faith (fidelity, allegiance) of Jesus to our own faith (faithfulness, fidelity, allegiance). There is a perfect literary parallel (i...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is the opening podcast in the series Romans A-Z .  In 26 daily lessons, we will explore Paul's longest letter. First, we set the stage, by reading through chapter 1, verse 1-15 (24 minutes). Paul has a missionary purpose in visiting Rome (1:12; 15:23-25,28) as well as a theological purpose (preventing the debate about Torah from m...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Sermon done by Douglas Jacoby on June 26, 2011.

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This is one of the keynote messages at a 2011 conference on the Paranormal -- aboard the Queen Mary, a "haunted ship." If you would like the entire conference, you can order here through IPI .

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Scriptures Ezekiel 37 Luke 15 Ephesians 2 Conclusions The zombie scene is not just about survival, but about community and trust and beauty. We were dead in sins. In a sense we’re not fully alive until connected with our Creator. The villains aren’t the zombies. They’re us ! Further White Zombie (1932) Night of the Living Dead (1968) T...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Outline Witchcraft is unbiblical. Witchcraft has no true power. Witchcraft must be totally rejected, not partially rejected. Scriptures referred to 1 Samuel 28 Galatians 5:20 2 Chronicles 33:6 Malachi 3:5 Deuteronomy 18:10, 17-22 Acts 8, 13, 16, 19 Colossians 2:13-15 Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17-19,25 Acts 19:19 -- listen to the sermon "The Bo...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This podcast is an adaption of a draft chapter from my book, What’s the Truth about Heaven and Hell? Sorting Out the Confusion about the Afterlife. The universally familiar NDE/OOB sequence: A sense of well-being Disembodiment A tunnel leading to light Visions of persons, events, and objects Interactions with other beings, human or div...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Podcast points: Personal existence begins before the point of birth, not at it. Horoscopes are impossibly vague. When they are "accurate," this is a matter of luck. Those who lay stock in astrology are behaving in a gullible manner. It is illogical. The scriptures portray astrologers as inept frauds: They have no access to the future;...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Podcast points Affirmed in the Bible? No -- only popular superstition. Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:49 (walking on the sea). Luke 24:37, 39 (post-resurrection). There are, however, spirit beings. And in the case of demonic possession, there is a sort of haunting. For more, listen to the podcast on Demon Possession. Note: Job 4:15 and Isa 29:4...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Scriptures referred to: Genesis 50:26 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 1 Corinthians 15:35-52 Philippians 3:20 Miscellaneous Mummiya = Arabic for tar, bitumen (from blackened appearance of many mummies). Technically a misnomer. Shabti figures -- miniature statues of workmen intended to substitute for the deceased in the event he is called up for...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Werewolf < vir (Latin for Man) + wolf Lycanthrope < lykos + anthropos (Greek for wolf + person) Nebuchadnezzar: Daniel 4:29-34 Our struggle: The struggle between the flesh and the spirit (Galatians and Romans) We all have two sides, like Jekyll & Hyde! When we are not in our right mind, we do things we regret. But we have free will. An...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. VAMPIRES 13 contrasts between Christ and the "Dark Christ" One was human, but now is no longer truly human. He has been transformed into a being who preys on humans – not for their good, but for his own advantage  Yet Christ chooses to leave the heavenly, eternal world to become human, for our good (John 1:14). The vampire takes our bl...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Spiritual Beings Cherubim – guardians; winged, composite beings. See Gen 3:24; Exod 25:18; Ezek 9:3 (cp. Ezek 1) Seraphim – worshippers, winged; “burning ones” Only in Isa 6. Angels = messengers ( ángelos , Gk; mal’akh , Heb.) Human: 1 Kgs 19:2; Hg 1:13; Mal 2:7, 3:1; Lk 7:24; Acts 12:15 (?); possibly the “messengers” of the 7 churches...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Ten questions about Aliens in the Bible   1 . Are aliens mentioned in Bible? No. (Angels are not aliens.) 2. UFOs in Bible? (Ezekiel 1, e.g., where the vision is of the Ark of the Covenant on supernatural wheels, indicating that God had left Jerusalem and its Temple, and was accommodating the exiles in Babylon.) No! 3. Is there scienti...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Observations about demons No clear instance in the entire Old Testament. Yet stories of the demonic were common in surrounding lands. There may be a connection between idolatry and the demonic in Deuteronomy 32:17. Was the Lord protecting his people? Or were those outside the covenant people of God merely superstitious. In the New Test...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Review We have covered 9 lessons on the Psalms, and are about to begin the 10th. (Future lessons will surely follow.) The Psalter points to Christ, as Jesus indicated in Luke 24 to the disciples on the Emmaus Road. In fact all three divisions of the Hebrew Bible -- Law, Prophets, and Writings -- direct us to Christ. The imprecatory Psa...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Review The first six lessons set the stage for the seventh, Psalm 51, which most epitomizes the theme of our series,  Drawing Near to God. In the eighth lesson we tackled the thorny issue of the imprecatory psalms, prayers that are sometimes sub-Christian in attitude. This only throws into high relief the topic of the final two lessons...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Review Our seventh lesson, on Psalm 51, most epitomized the theme of this series, Drawing Near to God. Honest confession makes for vital relationships, including our all-important relationship with God. And yet although honesty is commendable, the Psalms actually contain some prayers that are sub-Christian in content and attitude. Acco...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Review Our first six studies set the stage, so that we can draw near to God Psalm 51 is the psalm that most epitomizes the theme of this series, Drawing Near to God.   Theme: restoration to God Every psalm has a theme. In most of the lessons in this series, we're reading only excerpts, in order to illustrate broader themes. This time w...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Review In the first three lessons, we studied psalms highlighting God's will, word, and nature. The fourth lesson explored a healthy double-focus (directed both inward and outward). As we sat in our last lesson, Darkness, the world is a place of self-interest. It can get to us, especially if we aren’t focused. We can find ourselves at...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Review In the first lesson, we offered some general pointers for studying the Psalms, and examined Psalm 1, which serves as the intro to Psalms. Then we saw how much Psalms teaches us about God and his word. In this fourth lesson, we will consider a key factor in drawing close to God: focusing. Introduction Some slander the Old Testame...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Many things can bring about disorientation in our lives. Just a few examples (try making your own list): The darkness (sinfulness) of the world (12, 14) Betrayal (41, 55) Natural disasters (46) Deep loneliness (25, 88) War, destruction, exile (74, 137) There are psalms of disorientation, orientation, and new orientation (Brueggemann)....