The 10 Week Bible Study Podcast

Day 4: John 4:27-42 Stories: Samaritan Salvation Curiosities: Cultural background on Rabbis speaking with women Why, after being so clear with the woman, does Jesus go back to being obscure with His disciples about His “food?” John alludes to the fact that Jesus sent out His disciples to heal and testify as stated in the other Gospels, yet he doesn’t mention it himself. Jesus gives them an illustr...

Day 3: John 4:1-26 Stories: Samaritan Woman Curiosities: John mentions that Jesus wasn’t baptizing, but His disciples were. Why is this an important point? How can we not be thirsty from the water Jesus gives us to drink? That’s a hard concept to realize with our natural minds. What does it mean to worship in “Spirit and truth?” Why does Jesus explain clearly to this woman that He is the Messiah w...

Day 2: John 3:22-36 Stories: John the Baptist Curiosities: Elijah, the Prophet, Who are you? Paradoxes: Says he’s not Elijah, but Jesus said he was! John said he didn’t know Jesus, but they were cousins. What did he mean? Support the show

Day 1: John 3:1-21 Stories: Nicodemus Curiosities: Why does Jesus respond to Nicodemus’ praise of Jesus with a statement about being born again? Those who love evil hate the light. Jesus says this to Nicodemus, who came to Him at night. Jesus not so subtly tells the Pharisees over and over again that they are children of the devil, not God. Jesus is telling Nicodemus that he is part of a group tha...

Day 5: John 2:13-25 Stories: The Sign of the Messiah (clearing the temple) Curiosities: 1) Same as the other gospels’ later cleansing, or another one early in His ministry? 2) “would not entrust himself to them…” – Jesus did not minister to people because they liked him, but because His Father had called Him to do it and knew His purpose. He drew His energy and purpose from God, not people – this...

Day 4: John 2:1-12 Stories: Water to wine Curiosities: 1) Why did Mary tell Jesus to do something? 2) Why did Jesus make the wine really good? What was the meaning of “saving the best for last?” Paradoxes: “It is not my time,” yet Jesus did the miracle anyway Support the show

Day 3: John 1:35-51 Stories: Andrew, Simon, Phillip & Nathanael Curiosities: 1) Why did Jesus rename Simon? 2) Why did Nathanael say nothing good can come from Nazareth? 3) Nathanael will see the angels ascending & descending – just like Jacob Paradoxes: None Support the show

Day 2: John 1:19-34 Stories: John the Baptist Curiosities: Elijah, the Prophet, Who are you? Paradoxes: Says he’s not Elijah, but Jesus said he was! John said he didn’t know Jesus, but they were cousins. What did he mean? Support the show

Day 1: John 1:1-18   Stories: Introduction of Jesus and John the Baptist Curiosities: The Word, the Light, the world did not receive Him Paradoxes: Word was WITH God and WAS God Support the show

An Introduction to John   In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: John wants us to understand that Jesus is someone we can know personally, but never exhaust the depth of. John invites us into a world where we should have far more questions than answers. He takes us to a place where we should be in awe and wonder of a Holy God that defies and goes far beyond our understanding.   John wants to challenge...

Week 10: Acts 27-28 As Paul makes his way to Rome, we have an action and adventure sequence just begging to be made into a movie that doesn’t involve animated vegetables. In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: On to Rome Merchant Ship Julius most likely part of the Praetorian Guard Difficult travels The storm The shipwreck & Paul’s advice heeded Maltese vipers Miracles in Malta The leading of the...

Week 8: Acts 21-23 In the slowest part of Acts, we find that Paul languishes in prison for two years and then sealed his fate to be in chains for many more to come. In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: False accusations Corrupt politicians 2 years in jail Felix finally moves on Prison life Paul’s second trial An appeal to Caesar Festus asks Agrippa for help – what to charge Paul with? Paul preaches...

Week 8: Acts 21-23 Things are going to begin to get difficult for Paul from here on out, but some of the most amazing things will also happen to him. You’ll want to follow along to find out! In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: Luke begins Acts 21 with some interesting details: sailing courses – travel begins to get more difficult for Paul and crew Philip’s house must have been a hotbed for propheti...

Week 7: Acts 18-20 Acts 18-20 cover some of the most fruitful time in Paul’s ministry during the book of Acts. There is so much good stuff to learn from this week, so I hope you’ll dig into the Word of God with me! In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: We get the phrase “tentmaker” from Acts 18 We discover that Paul is bi-vocational to some extent Devoted himself full-time to preaching when help arri...

Week 6: Acts 15-17 Acts 15 begins with controversy. Paul and Barnabas find all their work from their missionary journey under scrutiny for its validity because men from Judea say that Gentiles must be circumcised to be Christians. This leads to the Council of Jerusalem and the greatest change and blessing in world history, especially if you’re a Gentile! In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: The cont...

Week 5: Acts 12-14 We now begin to follow Paul on his first missionary journey and discover just how true it was when God said to Paul he would suffer for His name. Find out why this week in the 10 Week Bible Study Podcast! In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: James’ death: a reminder of Jesus’ words in John 15 Peter’s arrest and strangely large guard Peter’s release from prison: completely differen...

Week 4: Acts 9-11 In Acts 9, we begin an intentional shift towards the story of Paul and his life. This is not because Paul is the most important New Testament character, but because our author, Luke, as we will find out later spent years traveling with him and is an eye-witness to many of the things later in the book. In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: Story Begins to shift toward Saul (Paul) Sau...

Week 3: Acts 6-8 Starting in Acts 6, we will begin to see a dramatic shift in the life of the church. The methods that the apostles and the church begin to use to administer the responsibilities Jesus gave them will begin to take shape, leading to a dramatic acceleration of the Kingdom of God. In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: Disciples were increasing Hellenistic Jews – Jews by birth and religio...

Week21: Acts 3-5 Picking up in Acts 3, we find that the apostles have set into a routine of prayer. God is going to miraculously interrupt that routine which will change the methods of the church from here on out. If you haven’t already, don’t forget to purchase your copy of Acts: A 10 Week Bible Study on Amazon today. In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss: Normal Life – the power of routine The Mirac...

Week 1: Acts 1-2 Acts is one of the most important book for every Christian to spend time studying. It is the foundation for our faith, in that it tells us of the transitional period from when Jesus taught a Jewish audience to the time when Gentiles were openly welcomed as part of the people of God. As we will see in chapters 1-2, God is going to begin to radically move and transform His chosen pe...

An Introduction to the book of Acts Acts is an important book for any Christian to study because it is the story of how and why we are called Christians. It tells the story of the journey the apostles and the church took from Jesus’ ascension to the church age and moving forward. You might be surprised by a lot of the things you’ve probably overlooked in Acts, and that’s where this podcast comes i...

The Great Transition & Eternity Chapters 19-22 cover a lot of ground, but there are two major things going on here. Jesus Himself is on earth to put an end to the wickedness and transition earth into His eternal kingdom. The End Jesus now meets the armies of the Antichrist in Jerusalem Casts the antichrist and false prophet into the lake of fire (hell) Personally kills all the rest of the rebe...

Up until now, things in Revelation have just happened with little explanation of why. Through some context we have been able to pick up that God is judging only the wicked of the earth, but we are still left with more questions than answers. The next section of Revelation gives us the why behind what has been going on before the tribulation began. The why is Babylon The Harlot & The Beast John...

We ended chapter 14 on a very sobering note. We are told that there is coming a “winepress of God’s wrath.” Chapters 15-16 will show us a little of what is to come, because we now enter the fullness of God’s wrath against those on earth who have rejected His Son and persecuted and killed His beloved bride. The Chorus of Heaven We need to pay attention when heaven erupts into song God is JUST in al...

Last week we talked about how God is going to provide prophetic revelation and guidance during the time of the great tribulation. This week we get into the meat of Revelation’s symbolism and grit. There is are too many symbols to go through during a podcast, but they are dealt with at length in the book, Revelation: a 10 Week Bible Study. I encourage you to get the book and go through it as you re...