The Burros of Berea Podcast

The Burros travel back to Berean Bible Church in Virginia Beach to listen to the testimonies of Eric and Karen Ogea. The Ogea's have servant's hearts in all they do, but especially in service to the Kingdom of God. We hope you enjoy listening to these amazing testimonies and look down below for all the links mentioned within this podcast. Here are a few Servolution Links. Video: Blitz 11 : 1️1️ Ho...

This week Rick Welch sits down with Dr. Daniel G. Hummel to hear his personal testimony and to discuss his book, The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism. If you'd like to get a copy of this book. please click this link: https://store.americanvision.org/products/the-rise-and-fall-of-dispensationalism If you'd like to support this podcast, please visit: www.patreon.com/theburrosofberea . If you'd lik...

The Burros sit down in Giraffe Studio to do a follow-up on the conversation held late last year concerning a letter they'd received from a listener regarding marriage and divorce. They wanted to dig a little deeper into the topic and will most likely come back to it again in a future episode as well. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to support our podcast, please visit: www.patreon.com/theburro...

Tiziana Severse is working on her upcoming study for 2024. In an attempt to familiarize our audience with who she is, her first episode released in 2024 is a re-release of her personal testimony. If you'd like to support this podcast, please visit: www.patreon.com/theburrosofberea . If you'd like to learn more about us, please visit our website at: www.burrosofberea.com

Sarita brings back the conversation we had late last year in regard to suffering. She brings the question "Why is there suffering in the world?". The Burros wrestle with it and discuss personal experience and bring out verses of the Bible to discuss it. She then brings the question "How then shall we live while enduring suffering?" If you or someone you know is in the midst of suffering, please sh...

Rick Welch gives a talk at Berean Bible Church of Virginia Beach on how using speculation of the texts of the scriptures can be a helpful tool to get to the truth of their meaning. In this talk, Rick brings out several characters that surrounded the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and tries to look at the event from their perspective. As he follows the events from the final trial before Pilate up to t...

Sarita Edgerton hosts our special holiday edition and brings the study on the Origin of Christmas and the symbols we all use today and where they came from. Why mistletoe? Evergreen trees? Wreaths? And how about all of those Christmas carols? All of us here at The Burros of Berea Podcast want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! If you'd like to support this podcast, please visit: www...

Following our release of the testimony of Crissy Byas, Rick Welch tells the story of his own personal journey dealing with the sudden death of his dear friend, Rachel Reilly, just before Thanksgiving in 1993. It took twenty-four years before he wrote the film, Let it Snow, to express the hope he'd gained through his faith. With the help of several of his friends, and the amazing talents of musicia...

Rick's dear friend, Crissy Byas, joins him and Andy in Giraffe Studio to discuss the loss of her mother just before the holiday two years ago. Growing up close to her mother, Crissy was shocked when she learned that she was diagnosed with a terminal illness, only to watch her pass away in thirteen days. It's a powerful testimony of life and loss and the grief that comes with it during one of their...

Sarita Edgerton hosts this latest Testimonies episode with her dear friend, author and counselor, Jenita Pace. After being introduced to the Christian faith at an early age, it wouldn't be until the age of eighteen that Jenita would begin her journey of faith. If you would like to learn more about Jenita's ministry, please visit her website at: https://threeriversmn.com/ If you would like to pick...

A few months ago, Rick Welch was interviewed by Zach Davis, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Marked Tree, Arkansas and host of the Zach Davis YouTube channel. This week we're doing a swapcast! If you'd like to learn more about Zach or visit his channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/@zachdavis3882 . If you're in Arkansas and are in need of a home church please visit their website at: http...

Our guest, Kim McClish, longtime radio broadcaster and a dear friend of Rick Welch, came in and sat with the Burros in Giraffe Studio to share her personal testimony. As you can see in the title, race relations has been a constant in Kim's life. Being raised black in the south in a Christian home and marrying a white man from up north created a vortex of issues for her and her child. However, Mrs....

Happy Thanksgiving! In Part 2 of our interview with Mr. Gary DeMar, author of The Case for America's Christian Heritage, we discuss the topics of state governments, chattel slavery, and the two-fold view of the Enlightenment period that involved our Founding Fathers. If you'd like to pick up a copy of Mr. DeMar's book just click the link here: https://store.americanvision.org/products/case-for-ame...

Rick Welch, Ralph Hicks and Rick Carter traveled to Marietta, Georgia to meet with author and speaker, Gary DeMar to discuss his book, A Case for America's Christian Heritage. Through painstaking research, Mr. DeMar makes his case that the beginning of our nation was founded upon principles of Christianity and the bible. In recent years there has been an attack on this idea and the information you...

One of our listener's wrote in to tell us about a pastor who suggested that he divorce his second wife and try to go back and reconcile his first marriage to prevent from going to hell. Strangely enough, his first wife was on her third marriage and he was happily married and had children in his second marriage. This doctrinal teaching sent him into a terrifying situation where he was unsure about...

Our guest, Nick Eller, longtime friend of Rick Welch's wife, Holly, joins the Burros in Giraffe Studio to discuss his recent diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. Nick tells of the effects it had on his life before, during and after his diagnosis and how his faith has helped him face the realities of how his life looks in the present. It's an honest look at a man who desires to be the man God desires him...

In Part 2 of our study on Demons, the Burros look at the unsuccessful attempts at exorcisms at the hands of the sons of Sceva as well as the incredible ones performed by Paul that led to the conversion of a jailer in Phillipi, It's a fascinating deep dive into one of the most terrifying moments of good vs. evil in the physical and spiritual realms simultaneously. If you'd like to support our podca...

Jesus Christ was an exorcist. It sounds weird to say it that way, but it's true. The Burros sit down in Part 1 of our study on Demons to discuss the exorcisms performed by Jesus in the New Testament. Rick Welch brings some background information regarding who these beings are, where they came from and what the people in the first century believed regarding them. We hope you listen in and learn abo...

The entire Burros cast sit down in Giraffe Studio with Tiziana (host of Notes from the Underground) to discuss her deep dive study into Homosexuality and the Bible. Each one from the group bring their views on the subject as well as personal feelings and reflections on their experiences with it in real time. In this episode you will hear opposing views and further information regarding the Bible v...

Tiziana opens up the floor to discuss her study and to bring any opposing view. Rick brings an alternative look to the study. Join us this Thursday as we release the entire cast of the Burros of Berea sitting down to discuss this difficult topic and how their views on Homosexuality were shaped and what they believe presently after this study. It's been a fascinating deep dive into one of Christian...

Sarita "the Edge" Edgerton fills in again as host and brings a fascinating study on the worship songs that are found in the book of Revelation. Many contemporary Christian artists utilize the imagery and language of this ancient prophetic book and use it in modern worship. In this episode you'll also hear some of Andy's recording prowess as well as some funny fails, including a horrible organist f...

Sarita "the Edge" Edgerton fills in as host for Rick while he is away and brings up a topic that most people understand...suffering. Looking through the scriptures as well as their personal points of view on suffering, the Burros dig deep to try and understand how the outlook on suffering should be by a believer in Jesus Christ. If you'd like to support this podcast, please visit: www.patreon.com/...

Rick, Big Daddy Carter, Ralph and Andy dig in a little more from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. So what does it mean to be "salt of the earth" or "light of the world"? Jesus makes bold statements about His disciples and what is expected of them in His kingdom. It's a power packed look at the sermon that changed the world. If you'd like to support our podcast, please visit: www.patreon.com/theburrosof...

The Burros talk with our guest, Jack Pelham, to hear his personal testimony. Jack reached out to Rick via email and shared his thoughts on some of our previous episodes. In that email, Jack had laid out specific points and shared his findings in the scriptures to keep some of what is being said in check. In other words, we loved it! We hope you enjoy getting to know one of our listeners who wanted...

In the final part of Tiziana's extensive study into same sex activity and the bible, she wraps up the research by looking into two specific words used by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians and in 1 Timothy (although she does not believe the second book was written by Paul). These two words, one which seemingly was invented by Paul to convey a specific understanding, have unique translations. We hop...