God's Word for Life

Send us Fan Mail God's church was growing and picking up steam, but by the time they arrived in Acts 15, Jewish and Gentile Christians could not get along. The Jews were preaching that the Gentiles needed to keep the Jewish law first; the Gentiles were preaching the gospel was enough. Would the church splinter into a Jewish Christian church and Gentile Christian church, or would they listen t...

Send us Fan Mail Only God could have put these two men together: a Roman centurion hungry to know God and a Jewish Christian preacher willing to preach the gospel. From that unlikely encounter, God opened wide the door to the rest of the world to know and follow Him. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 10 to hear the story. Find an Apostolic church that preaches this glorious gospel and...

Send us Fan Mail His is one of the most dramatic testimonies in the history of the New Testament church. Saul went from being the chief persecutor against Christians to being a chief preacher for Christians. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 9 to hear the story. Find an Apostolic church that preaches this glorious gospel and our response at UPCI.org This episode is produced by the Pen...

Send us Fan Mail The church in Jerusalem was growing by the day, but persecution drove the Spirit-filled Jesus followers out of the city and into the surrounding countrysides. As they fled Jerusalem, they spread the gospel everywhere they went, even into Samaria. And God showed up in Samaria just as He showed up in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 8...

Send us Fan Mail The day finally dawned. But it wasn't just the Day of Pentecost for that particular year. It was the day God had waited nearly four thousand years to pour out His Spirit upon humanity and enter into a new covenant with us. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 2 to hear the story. Find an Apostolic church that preaches this glorious gospel and our response at UPCI.or...

Send us Fan Mail As Jesus ascended, He promised His followers that they would receive power to be witnesses unto Him in Jerusalem, Judea, even Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Jesus was establishing an unchanging principle: Disciples make disciples. And the Spirit gives us the power to make disciples. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 1 to hear the story. This episode is based on...

Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldiers stood guard, guarding the tomb that was sealed with the indomitable Roman seal. They were ready to keep the disciples from trying to break in and steal Jesus' body from the tomb. They could not have conceived that they would need a guard inside the tomb. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 28 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God...

Send us Fan Mail The Jews who cried "crucify Him" and the Romans who heard that cry and crucified Him did not know that Jesus was dying, not for His crimes, but for ours. And these crimes were crimes against God, not just against humanity. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 27 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Less...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus was surrounded by twelve disciples most of His ministry. But this night, one of them walked away from Him, He walked away from eight of them, took three of them further, and then fell on His face and prayed. On that night, Jesus warred for our souls. He prayed the hardest prayer to pray: "Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done." Pick up your Bible or device, a...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus brought His sometimes faithless, sometimes faithful followers to a second-story room for the Passover meal. Four thousand years of human history have been building toward this night: This night, Jesus would introduce the new covenant He was making with them—and us. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 22 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Wo...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus came but not like everyone expected. He rode into Jerusalem in a one-float parade, on a colt that had never been ridden. People came from all corners of the world, plucked palm branches, doffed coats and cloaks, and worshiped Jesus as the Son of David: the Messiah. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 19 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Wo...

Send us Fan Mail Lazarus was sick. Jesus healed the sick. It was the perfect situation. Mary and Martha would pray for Jesus to come to the house, Jesus would come to the house, and Lazarus would be playing pickleball by the afternoon. But that's not what happened at all. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 11 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life...

Send us Fan Mail An unlikely crowd gathered together around Jesus: self-righteous Pharisees and publicans and sinners. They all waited to hear Jesus' words, and Jesus shared three parables of a lost sheep, coin, and son. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 15 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Th...

Send us Fan Mail After seeing Jesus work wonders and walk on water, Simon Peter boldly declared, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." But days later, he denied he ever met Jesus, even though he walked with Him for three years—once on water. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 16 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 202...

Send us Fan Mail After Jesus had sent out the Twelve to work wonders, Jesus sent out another group of seventy—mostly unnamed to work wonders in His name. They were surprised and overjoyed that Jesus worked the same wonders through them He had worked Himself. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 6 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult...

Send us Fan Mail In just two chapters, Jesus demonstrated authority over nature, the devil, disease, and death itself. And for Jesus, it was just another day at the office. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 5 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Miracles of Mark 4 and 5" (March 29, 2026). Fin...

Send us Fan Mail Four friends shocked everyone, except Jesus, when they began ripping apart a roof to get their friend in front of Jesus. But Jesus' response was even more surprising. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 2 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus Forgave Sins" (March 22, 2026...

Send us Fan Mail What was He doing talking to her? She's a Samaritan. She's a Samaritan woman. She's that Samaritan woman. He's a Jew. He's a Jewish man. He's a Jewish holy man. He's that Jewish holy man. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 4 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entit...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus and Nicodemus met late one night to talk through the Word of God. Nicodemus opened up the conversation with a sincere compliment, and Jesus responded by rocking him back on his heels. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 3 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "A Conversation wi...

Send us Fan Mail After Jesus' popularity grew all around the region, He climbed a mountain, took a seat, and began to teach. His powerful message is recorded in three chapters in Matthew's gospel. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 5 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus' Se...

Send us Fan Mail After a forty-day fast, Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness. But Jesus was ready and fended off his temptations with the Word of God. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 4 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus in the Wilderness" (February 22, 2026). Find an Apostolic c...

Send us Fan Mail After four thousand years of waiting and watching and praying and hoping, God showed Himself faithful yet again. God Himself came in the life-changing, history-changing, date-dividing event called the Incarnation. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 1 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled,...

Send us Fan Mail After walking through the breadth of the Old Testament, we have crossed over four hundred silent years into the New Testament. To break the silence, a camel-hair-wearing, locust-and-wild-honey-eating John the Baptist marched out of the wilderness preaching, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Malachi 4 to hear the sto...

Send us Fan Mail The Book of Esther is the only book in the Bible's sixty-six books that does not mention God one time, but His fingerprints are everywhere. This book teaches that God is still working, even when He seems absent or silent. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Esther 4 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel and his friends had been loaded up and carted off to captivity in Babylon, hundreds of miles away from Jerusalem. But when they faced tests to turn their backs on God, they remained faithful and found God stands with those who stand for Him. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Daniel 1 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 20...