Springville Church of the Nazarene's Podcast

As we continue cruising through the 66 books of the Bible today we will spend some time in the book of Isaiah.  Because of the abundance of vital information found in this book we will study it in two parts.  Isaiah is like a miniature Bible.  The theme of this book is "Salvation" and the key word is "Judgement".  Isaiah is mentioned 85 times in the New Testament.  Isaiah conta...

Continuing our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible finds us right in the middle of a "Love Song".  Jewish tradition believes it is an allegory between Israel and God;  Christian tradition bellieves it is an allegory between the Church and Christ but what if it is an actural true, historical story of the love between Solomon and the Shulammite.  Listen as the Bible shows us the purit...

Continuing our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible brings us to a little "bump" in the road. Solomon the chief contributor to Ecclesiastes, has tried it all and has concluded that all of life is "hevel".  Thirty-eight times he uses this word translated "meaningless".  His final conclusion is that the only thing worthy of our time here on earth is to Fear God and...

Today we are cruising along through the book of Proverbs as we continue our trip through the 66 books of the Bible.  Proverbs - a book of Wisdom....a book teaching the skills for living. Wisdom is a "skill" that can be learned/developed by following 3 steps. Listen as Pastor Mark shares these three steps and then "dig in" and "do it".

Continuing our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible finds us in Psalms.  Everyone of the psalms is about knowing the Shepherd; experiencing His "lovingkindness" firsthand; choosing to live in His mercy, goodness, kindness and favor individually and personally.  Listen and learn from a shepherd boy made king that our Shepherd is worthy of our trust and praise.  Do you personally know...

Blessed to have Pastor Tom Griffith fill in again this week.  His lesson this week is on "Peace".  Oh, what a wonderful gift Jesus left with us...His peace.  No matter what is going on in your circumstances, God's promise of peace has not changed.  Listen and be encouraged to just call on the Lord in those times of fear and confusion....He keeps His promises and will give you His pe...

As we cruise through the 66 books of the Bible, our journey brings us to the book of Job - one of the most classic and unique books in all of the Bible.  Give a listen as Pastor Mark teaches about the structure, story, Savior, and sense of this 18th book in the Bible.  Which will you choose: the bitter way or the better way?

Continuing our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible finds us in Esther.  God's hand of providence and protection on behalf of His people is evident throughout Esther, even though His name does not appear even once in the book.  Esther truly was born "for such a time as this" as is evident as her story unfolds.  Faith always involves taking risk to some degree, small or great.  F...

Continuing our cruise through the 66 books of the Bible finds us in Nehemiah.  This book is believed to have been written by Ezra with experiences from Nehemiah's own diaries.  Taking on the rebuilding of the temple after returning from Babylonian captivity the book begins with hope but sadly ends in great disappointment.  A new heart is what God was really wanting. Listen and see is you find...

As we continue our "road trip" through the 66 books of the Bible, today we find ourselves in the 15th book of the Old Testament..Ezra.  This book was written by Ezra and records the return of the exiles from captivity in Babylon(or Persia), and shows how God's promise to bring His people back to their land is fulfilled.  There are many insightful lessons found in the book of Ezra bu...

Continuing our "cruise" through the 66 books of the Bible we find ourselves in 2 Chronicles.  A book full of the good and the bad, the ups and the downs of the kings.  Sadly, the few that began by following God and His ways didn't finish there.  Listen and be encouraged that no matter how we began this journey we can still finish victoriously.

Today we gather to celebrate "The Best Day Ever".  The day Jesus rose from the dead and changed our destiny.  Pastor Mark's lesson on the Resurrection teaches why Jesus HAD to rise from the dead and shares three responses at the time to His resurrection.  These three responses are found in the world today.  The question is:  What is our response going to be?

Today's lesson on our Route 66 journey finds us in I Chronicles.  This book is believed to be written by Ezra and is a book containing the "The Events of the Times".  The first nine chapters of "Descendants" can seem boring to us but they are priceless to the Jewish nation just returning from captivity.  Chapters 10-29 are about David; written in a positive light in order...

Today's stop on our trip through the 66 books of the Bible finds us in II Kings.  This book continues the drama begun in I Kings--the tragic history of 2 nations on a collision course with captivity.  The book systematically traces the reigning monarchs of Israel and Judah, first by carrying one nation's history forward, then retracing the same period of history for the other nation.  On...

As we continue to cruise through the 66 books of the Bible, one book at a time, we come to 1 Kings.  This book naturally divides itself into 2 sections:  The united kingdom (chapters 1-11) and the divided kingdom (chapters 12-22).  The first half of the book is about Solomon, the wisest and richest person to ever live.  The second half of the book is about the 4 kings in Judah and the 8 kings in I...

As we continue our "Road Trip" through the 66 books of the Bible, we find our journey in the book of II Samuel.  This account takes place entirely in Israel - the Promised Land - and records the major events of David's 40 year rule; first over Judah in Hebron (7+ years), then over Judah & Israel - the united kingdom - in Jeruselem (33 years)  King David is the Old Testament port...

What an exciting "Road Trip" we've had so far traveling through the 66 Books of the Bible. This week finds us in I Samuel.  I Samuel covers a 94 yr period from the birth of Samuel to the death of Saul.  We find King David in this book and see that he is an Old Testament portrayal of the person of Christ.  Two lessons from Jesus' own referral to the book of I Samuel about what G...

As we continue our journey through the 66 books of the Bible today brings us to the book of Ruth.  The events of this book took place during the same period of the book of Judges when the children of Israel experienced the darkest of time and failures as they fell further and further away from God.  However, Ruth is the beautiful story showing a faithful remnant and God's faithfulness.  The o...

As we continue our travels through the 66 books of the Bible, today's lesson is on the book of Judges.  In one word...Judges is a book of the "Failure" of the children of Israel.  Showing seven cycles of spiraling down ...a time "When everyone did as they saw fit", Judges is a very sad book.  Israel failed to completely drive out all the "ites" and so their enemi...

Continuing through the 66 books of the Bible, today's lesson is on the book of Joshua.  Joshua is the author and as the leader and eyewitness to most of the events in the book, he uses "we" and "us" in much of his account.  Two of the many lessons learned from Joshua are Forgetfulness with the Key word being "Remember" and Faithfulness with the Key word being &qu...

Today Pastor Mark gives an overview of the book of Deuteronomy....The Book of Laws.  These laws were for the children of Israel and need to be considered in that context.  Chapters 1-11 are Historical, Chapters 13-28 Moral and Legal and the last 8 chapters are Prophetical.  Written by Moses, Deuteronomy is a call to Covenant Faithfulness. Concentrating on the "Shema" we can learn so much...

The fourth book in the Old Testament - Numbers - is a journal of the wanderings of the Israelites from Mt. Sinai to the Promised Land.  A journey that would normally take 10-14 days, it took them nearly 39 years.  Why?  The sin of rebellion.  Again and again and again, the people grumbled against God, doubting and, ultimately, disobeying Him - defiantly and intentionally.  In this sermon, Pastor M...

As we are cruising through the 66 books of the Bible, 1 book per lesson, this is now the 3rd book of the Old Testament:  Leviticus.  And it is probably the most avoided!  Pastor Mark helps to bring the book to life as he teaches on the structure, the story, the Savior, and the sense, simplifying what is often a confusing into what is sensible and easy to grasp.  Leviticus is full of practical appl...

As we continue cruising through the 66 books of the Bible, today finds us in Exodus.  Authored by Moses and personally experienced by him the book of Exodus is the second book of history in the Old Testament.  Listen as Pastor Mark shares many great events of Biblical history and introduces us to the Savior our Passover Lamb. 

We begin our "Route 66" adventure today with a "drive" through the book of Genesis.  Genesis is the story of the beginning of everything except God and these beginnings are foundational  to the rest of the Bible and what we believe/practice as Christians.  Listen as Pastor Mark clearly shares the Structure, Story, Savior and Sense found in this the first book of the Bible.