Springville Church of the Nazarene's Podcast

Continuing our journey through the 66 books of the Bible, today we stop for awhile in the first part of the book of Acts.  Acts was authored by Luke, the only Gentile contributor to the New Testament.  Acts is a historical book about the church and includes 80 geographical references and mentions 100+ people by name--once challenged by critics but each and every one has now been verified by archae...

Continuing our journey through the 66 books of the Bible, today we finish up the gospel of John.  Listen as Pastor Mark takes us through the last three days of the life of our Savior on this earth.  Finishing up this book we learn more of the 'I AM's" Jesus says He is.  Powerful and convicting.  Jesus is the ONLY WAY!

As we continue our journey through the 66 books of the Bible today we stop in the Gospel of John.  The apostle John authored this book along with 1, 2, & 3 John and Revalation.  Pastor Mark clearly explains that Jesus is the "Gate" and the only "Gate" to salvation.  No one can come to the Father or enter salvation except through Him.  

Traveling on through the 66 books of the Bible, today finish up our stop in the New Testament book of Luke.  Luke is the only book in the New Testament written by a Gentile.  Listen as Pastor Mark takes us through this gospel and introduces us to the heart of our Savior as we hear about His heart of regret but then hear of His rejoicing.  Nothing--absolutely nothing!--is more thrilling to Jesus th...

Continuing our adventure through the 66 books of the Bible lands us in the book of Luke this week.  Last week in Mark we learned about Jesus being the Son of God.  This week in Luke we will learn about Jesus being the Son of Man.  That term is expressed 25 times in the book of Luke as he shows us the humanity of Jesus and His ability to fully identify with us.  He became human so that He could ser...

Continuing through the 66 books of the Bible us finds in the book of Mark.  Mark is the shortest and the simplest of the four Gospels and concentrates more on Jesus' actions (what He did) more than His words (what He said);  many emotional responses of Jesus and others.  Today's lesson shows us Jesus as a servant and encourages us to follow Him as we too, become servants.

Continuing our trip through the 66 books of the Bible we will be finishing the book of Matthew today.  Last week we learned about the Preparation for the King and today we will learn about the Presentation of the King and the Proclamation of the King according to Matthew. We were created for a purpose and today's lesson makes it very clear what that purpose is.  Listen and be blessed.

Today we are blessed to have Pastor Jim Parrish fill in for Pastor Mark.  He shares with us that Jesus Only lives for us in Intercession, Sovereignty and Preparation.  We truly do serve a Risen Savior and He Lives Indeed!!

Today as we continue our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible, we stop on the 34th book, Nahum.  In a way, Nahum is a "two edged sword".  There are two powerful lessons from this book...The guilty will NOT go unpunished and the godly will NOT go unrewarded.  Listen and be encouraged.

Continuing our trip through the 66 books of the Bible, today we find ourselves in Micah. Micah is the prophet of the downtrodden and exploited people of Israel and Judah.  He prophesies during a time of great  social injustice and boldly opposes those who imposed their power upon the poor and weak for selfish ends. Micah 6:8 beautifully summarizes what the Lord requires of man in 3 commands:  To a...

As we continue our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible, today we stop in the very short book of Obediah.  Obediah is one of the clearest biblical examples of pride going before a fall.  If we are proud, we will fall; if we gloat, we will be humbled; if we are arrogant we will be brought down.  Am I harboring any pride/arrogance in my heart?  Am I showing an attitude of superiority toward anyo...

Cruising along through the 66 books of the Bible finds us today in the book of Amos.  Amos was a shepherd when God called him to prophesy against Israel.  His message was not well received as he attacked their greed, injustice, idolatry, hypocrisy, and arrogance.  Listen as Pastor Mark brings not only these historical lessons but lessons for us today.

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Continuing our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible we will be stopping in the book of Ezekiel today and next Sunday.  Ezekiel a book of prophecy is unique in style.  The author, Ezekiel himself, uses signs, visions, parables and apocalptics.  The book holds a twofold theme: Condemnation and Consolation. Reference to "Knowing God" is references 69 times in Ezekiel.  We will all know...

Today as we continue our "road trip" through the 66 books of the Bible we find ourselves in Lamentations.  Why is a book of five poem songs of lament or "funeral songs" even included in the Bible. As you listen you will find that there is so much we can learn about God's wrath, the prophets foolishness and God's faithful love in this book.

Continuing our "cruise" through the 66 books of the Bible we will continue with the second half of the book of Isaiah..what an amazing book!  The key word for the first half of Isaiah was "Judgement".  The key word for the second half is "Justified"..just as if I'd never sinned.  This is what has been done for us through our Savior who is so clearly prophesied in...