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Send us Fan Mail We continue and finish our look at chapter 3 of Acts. Specifically, verses 11-26, where Peter takes the opportunity to witness about Jesus to the crowd that gathered after the crippled man was healed at the Jewish Temple. Peter tells the crowd that he did not heal the crippled man, but God did to bring glory to Jesus.  Peter explains to this Jewish crowd that they shouldn't b...

Send us Fan Mail We finish chapter 2 and begin chapter 3 of the Book of Acts.  In chapter 2, verses 42-47, after 3000 were saved following Peter's speech about Jesus and the Holy Spirit, many of the new believers stayed in Jerusalem to devote themselves to the apostles' teaching about Jesus.  In doing so, they created a community of unity and sharing.  We learn that the apostles performe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue to look at Peter preaching to the crowd after he and his fellow Jesus followers received the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus.   Specifically, we look at verses 24-41 from Acts chapter 2.  We see Peter quoting from Psalm 16:8-11 to prove to the Jewish crowd that King David prophesied about Jesus.   David had written in Psalm 16 hundreds of years earlie...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we start chapter 2 from the Book of Acts.  We cover verses 1-24. We see the Holy Spirit come to start His earthly ministry as promised by Jesus.  After the Holy Spirit comes and fills Jesus' believers during Pentecost, they are empowered by the Holy Spirit to speak in languages previously unknown to the believers.   A crowd of Jews who spoke different languag...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue our study of the Book of Acts.  Specifically, chapter 1, verses 12-26.   After Jesus ascends back into Heaven, having appeared to His followers for 40 days after His resurrection from the dead, Jesus' followers are still in Jerusalem waiting for the Holy Spirit per Jesus' instruction.  While they wait, Peter tells the other disciples that per...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we start our study of the Book of Acts. Specifically, we cover chapter 1, verses 1-11.  Acts is written by Dr. Luke. It was written about 63. Acts covers a period of approximately 30 years. In Acts we see the prominence of the Holy Spirit.  In verses 1-11, we are told that during the forty days after Jesus' resurrection from the dead, He appeared to the apost...

Send us Fan Mail We conclude our study of the Book of John. Specifically, we cover verses 18-25 of chapter 21.  We see after Jesus restores Peter after Peter's denials of Jesus, Jesus predicts Peter will eventually be crucified because of Peter's faith in Jesus.   After this prediction, Peter asks Jesus about what will happen to John, who is the writer of this book. Jesus replies to Pete...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we start our look at the Book of John's chapter 21, which is the last chapter of the book.  We see Jesus restoring Peter to fellowship after Peter had previously denied knowing Him. Jesus gives Peter the commission to feed His sheep. That is, to teach people about Jesus.   You can listen to past and future episodes of this podcast and The God Revelation Podcas...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish chapter 20 of the Book of John.  Jesus has been resurrected from the dead. Meanwhile, His disciples are in a locked room hiding from the Jewish leaders because they fear the Jewish leaders will execute them as well.  Then, Jesus just appears to them.  Jesus tells them that He will be sending them out to preach the gossip of His life, death and resurrecti...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at the resurrection of Jesus from the dead as we start chapter 20 out of the Book of John.  Jesus died for the sins of mankind; He was buried; and early on Sunday morning Jesus rose from the dead.  Mary Magdalene discovered that Jesus' tomb was empty first.  She told Peter and John. Peter and John go to the tomb to find it empty, with only Jesus'...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish our study of chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 31-42.  We pick up where we left off in our last episode. In the last episode, Jesus said, "It is finished!" as He was dying on the cross.  Then Jesus bowed His head and freely gave up His spirit. Jesus died for our sins. So, in this episode we look at Jesus' burial.  Af...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue our study of chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 16-30.  Jesus is crucified after Pilate gives the order to crucify Him to keep the peace with the Jewish religious leaders and the mob they had gathered.  Jesus was made to carry his own cross, most likely just the horizontal beam, through the city to the Place of the Skull (in Hebre...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we start chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 1-15.  Pilate is still not convinced Jesus is guilty of anything, but to appease the Jewish religious leaders and the mob they have gathered, Pilate has Jesus beaten with a whip that has rocks, bones, and nails at the end of its tails. This whip is used to inflict maximum pain.  The Roman soldiers a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish our look at chapter 18 out of the Book of John. We cover verses 28-40.  After Jesus' arrest, after being questioned by Annas, and after an illegal and mockery of a trial before Caiaphas (the High Priest the Romans recognized), Jesus is taking by the Jewish religious leaders to Pontius Pilate, who was the Roman governor over Jerusalem and the surroun...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue our study of chapter 18 of the Book of John; specifically, verses 19-27.  After Jesus is arrested, He is taken to Annas, the High Priest the Jews recognized.  Annas questions Jesus. Jesus is assaulted for no reason.  Fulfilling Jesus' prophecy (John 13:38), Peter continues to deny being a follower of Jesus.    You can listen to past and future epi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we start chapter 18 of the Book of John. Jesus and His disciples are just outside of Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives for Passover. Under the cover of darkness, Judas leads Roman soldiers and temple guards to where Jesus was to arrest Him.  Judas knew where Jesus was because he and the other disciples had been there with Jesus during prior Passovers.  Jesus asks t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish chapter 17. In verses 16-26, Jesus turns from praying for those disciples who were with Him and prays for all who will ever believe in Him. He prays that all believers will be in Him as He is in the Father. Jesus prays that all believers be in perfect unity that the world will know Jesus.  He prays that they will have salvation through what He did at the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish chapter 16 from the Book of John and start chapter 17. Jesus is still talking with His disciples about the horrible things that are about to take place in a matter of hours.  So, Jesus prays for Himself and His disciples.  Jesus asks God the Father to give Him glory for completing His earthly mission of dying for man's sin. He also prays for His dis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at verses 12-27 out of chapter 16 from the Book of John.  Jesus continues to teach about the Holy Spirit after warning His disciples not to abandon the faith after He is crucified, and after they are persecuted because of Him. Jesus tells them when the Spirit of truth (the Holy Spirit) comes, the Holy Spirit will guide them into all truth. Jesus tells them...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we start chapter 16 of the Book of John; specifically, verses 1-11.  Jesus is hours away from being arrested, beaten, and crucified for mankind's sins.  He is still talking to His disciples about these things that are about to happened. In this chapter, Jesus tells them He has told them these things to warn them not to abandon their faith when these events ha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish our study of chapter 15 of the Book of John; specifically, verses 18-27.  Jesus is still reassuring His disciples after predicting His betrayal by One of His own and His death. He tells them that the since the world hates Him, the world will also hate His followers.  Jesus also tells them that the world loves its own, but Jesus calls His followers out of...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we start our study of chapter 15 of the Book of John out of the New Testament of the Bible.  We look at verses 1-17.  Jesus uses the analogy of vines and branches to teach that He is the vine and the branches (that is believers) connected to Him bear fruit. However, those branches not connected to Him (non-believers) will be thrown away and burned up.  Jesus also...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish ch. 14 of the Book of John.  Jesus and His disciples are still at what would be Jesus' last Passover meal.  Jesus has predicted His impending death so now He wants to comfort and reassure His disciples  that His death is not the end of the story.  He tells them that they will see Him again after His death.  Jesus also tells them that after His death...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we cover John 14:7-17.   Jesus is still talking with His disciples at His last Passover meal before He lays down His sinless life for sinful mankind.  His disciples ask to see God and Jesus tells them that they have already seen God because they have seen Him because God the Father is in Him and He is in God the Father.   Jesus tells His disciples that they will d...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish chapter 13 from the Book of John, and start chapter 14.  Jesus and His disciples are still at Jesus' s last Passover supper because He is about to die for mankind's sins.  After Judas leaves to betray Him,  Jesus gives a new commandment that we as believers should love one another as He loved us.  Jesus also tells Peter that he will deny knowin...