Corey Olsen

Students of the Word

Religion EN ↓ 113 episodes

To be a Christian is to be a student. The word “disciple” means “student”, and before he ascended to Heaven, Jesus’s final command to his students was that they should go into all the world and teach, making more students (Matthew 28:19-20). As Christians in the modern world, our calling is still to be students of Jesus and to help each other in fellowship as we learn about Him and from Him. We are to be Students of the Word, studying the Bible, the written word of God, as we walk as the disciples of Jesus, the living Word. My name is Corey Olsen, and I am hosting a Bible study open to anyone...

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Corey Olsen

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Episode 113: Meditations: Paragraph 1 23.06.2026 1:24:51

An exciting new beginning: we begin our meditations on what we've learned, starting with reviewing Paragraph 1.

Episode 112: The Puzzling Final Words 15.06.2026 1:35:01

Tonight we come to the end of 1 John!

Episode 111: The True One 01.06.2026 1:12:24

As we work towards the end of this section, which feels like it could be the end of the epistle, we get our vocabulary straight and examine he idea that to be one with God is to be one with Truth.

Episode 110: Who Is In Whom? 18.05.2026 1:30:46

Today we continue with the final set of verses in this book, headed towards the big finish. Along the way: lots of uses of John's favorite preposition!

Episode 109: Keeping Oneself 05.05.2026 1:27:14

As we approach the end of this epistle, we look at the shape of the chapter and begin to focus in on the end of the book!

Episode 108: Command and Request 22.04.2026 1:30:49

We know, we know, we know!

Episode 107: What To Not Pray For 06.04.2026 1:42:09

All about the sin towards death - and the not-deathwards sin!

Episode 106: Concerning Mortal Sin 03.04.2026 1:36:48

At long last: "the sin not leading to death" - not to mention the sin leading to death! (Presented with apologies for the incorrect file upload on this episode - that is been corrected! Happy Easter Weekend!)

Episode 105: Our Knowledge About Our Requests 20.03.2026 1:41:21

Welcome back to Students of the Word! As we work our way towards that "sin that leads to death" section, let's talk about our understanding about how requesting things of God works.

Episode 104: When God Hears Us 02.03.2026 1:27:07

Welcome back to Students of the Word, session 104! We're continuing our verse by verse bible study, nearing the conclusion of 1 John. Let's talk about how God is listening, and that He HEARS! Join us for in-depth bible teaching as we explore the word of God and its profound message. This session is designed to foster spiritual growth through careful scripture reading.

Episode 103: Knowledge of the Life 16.02.2026 1:29:31

Why John wrote this, and to whom...

Episode 102: The Son and the Life 19.01.2026 1:23:15

We have the Testimony!

Episode 101: What is the Testimonious Testimony? 12.01.2026 1:12:11

We've been building up to the Great Reveal: what God's testimony that we've heard so much about really says about Jesus!

Episode 100: Concerning Testimony 06.01.2026 1:23:59

We're back for session 100 of "Students of the Word," continuing our verse by verse exploration of the first epistle of John. This in-depth bible study is nearing its completion, as we approach the end of this profound book of the Bible. Join us as we examine the Word of God and its enduring message.

Episode 98: The Water and the Blood 15.12.2025 1:31:54

How Jesus Christ — the one in whom believers trust to overcome the world — came not merely through water alone, but through both water and blood, with the Spirit bearing truthful witness to this full coming as Son and Messiah.

Episode 99: The List of Witnesses 15.12.2025 1:24:34

How the Spirit is the primary witness testifying to Jesus as the Christ and Son of God, because the breath is truth - and how God's declaration makes it so.

Episode 97: Faith and Vanquishing 25.11.2025 1:28:08

John's incredibly precise description of who exactly is doing all this vanquishing, and in what sense is our faith the victory?

Episode 96: Putting Together the Pieces 11.11.2025 1:44:38

Answering all the questions and solving all the issues!

Episode 95: What Victory? 03.11.2025 1:29:31

Overcoming!

Episode 94: How Hard Is It To Make the Commandments Happen? 27.10.2025 1:31:14

Let's think hard about WHY John says we should keep the commandments.

Episode 93: Loving, Knowing, and Keeping 20.10.2025 1:20:49

Let's consider what we are to do with God's commandments.

Episode 92: Belief, Love, and Birth 13.10.2025 1:24:58

The deceptively simple sentence that starts 1 John 5.