Our Parasocial Bible Study

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes, and leave us a rating in your podcast player if you like it. Today’s Readings Genesis 21:8-21 The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes, and leave us a rating in your podcast player if you like it. Today’s Readings Genesis 21:8-21 The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes, and leave us a rating in your podcast player if you like it. Today’s Readings Genesis 21:8-21 The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes, and leave us a rating in your podcast player if you like it. Today’s Readings Genesis 21:8-21 The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes, and leave us a rating in your podcast player if you like it. Today’s Readings Genesis 18:1-15 The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to m...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes, and leave us a rating in your podcast player if you like it. Today’s Readings Genesis 12:1-9 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Genesis 1:1-2:4a In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue re...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 1:6-14 When the apostles had come together, they asked Jesus, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit h...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 17:22-31 Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefo...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 7:55-60 Filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all r...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 2:42-47 Those who had been baptized devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common;...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves k...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Acts 2:14a,22-32 Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves kn...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” The Lord is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation. There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:“The right...

Thanks for joining Our Parasocial Bible Study! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. Today’s Readings Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; the righte...

Today’s Readings Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bone...

Today’s Readings 1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say,...

Today’s Readings Exodus 17:1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” But the people thirsted there for water...

Today’s Readings Genesis 12:1-4a The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blesse...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Our Parasocial Bible Study, a podcast from Joe Welker and Nathan Dufour Oglesby. When we recorded this, we didn’t know that we would release it, and we were still working out some technical things (whenever you’re reading this, we probably still are). Enjoy! Today’s Readings Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to ti...