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The Jewish name for the Book of Numbers is the “In Wilderness Book" because “In the wilderness God spoke.” Enjoy this short teaser clip from the full podcast on the Book of Numbers as explored by Dr. Alan Meenan.

Life can suck at times. Bad things can happen to good people. The story of Job unfolds a far greater, deeper, more theologically satisfying answer to the question “Why do I suffer?” Join Dr. Alan Meenan as he explores this riddle of life. The answer might surprise you...

Reading the book of Job prompts us to ask the question, "Why is there suffering in the world?" It is a timeless question, and if ever there was a book which could speak to the problem of pain, then surely it would be the book of Job. Enjoy this short excerpt from Dr. Alan Meenan's full podcast on Job and the problem of suffering.

Holiness means to be set apart for God. So how does one become holy? And then how does one continue to be holy? This is the central question found in Leviticus. Join Dr. Alan Meenan as he takes an inductive look at the book of Leviticus.

Leviticus has a very important role to play in our understanding of what it means to be genuinely a person — a man or woman – of God. God and man being at one with each other. Enjoy this short teaser clip taken from the full podcast on the Book of Leviticus as brought to you by Dr. Alan Meenan.

Also known as the Gospel of the Old Testament, Exodus tells the story of God’s deliverance of his people from bondage in the land of Egypt. But what about the second exodus found in this book? The descent of the glory of God upon his people? Join Dr. Alan Meenan as he takes us through an exploration of both of these exodus events.

Enjoy this short bit of insight from Dr. Alan Meenan about the story of the Golden Calf from the full podcast on Exodus.

The Gospel matters. And the Gospel and the fullness of its work doesn’t happen unless we teach people well. In this podcast, Dr. Alan Meenan is joined by Dr. Luke Post in a devotional discussion of Matthew 9:35-38.

The whole idea of judgement is something that is minimized today in our churches. We don’t preach about judgement. But we do this at our peril because God hates sin. He demands total dedication. And if he doesn’t get total allegiance, then there is judgement. There is a heaven – which we like to emphasize – but there is also a hell, that we tend not to speak about. Ezekiel stands as a watchman war...

While the expansive growth of the church in Africa and Asia has been exciting to witness, it has also seen the emergence of troubling issues, most significantly the lack of real biblical foundation, merging and integrating native traditions that are hostile and even antithetical to Christian thought and practice. Join Dr. Alan Meenan and Dr. Brad Johnson for an insightful discussion on the overwhe...

Revelation: The most mysterious and perhaps most misunderstood book of the bible. Yet Revelation is the only place in the bible that promises a blessing to the reader. It’s a book written to encourage, not terrify the church. Join Dr. Alan Meenan as he makes sense of the saga of human history, which reaches back into the past, describes the present, and points to the future — to the glory, majesty...

What is the meaning of life? Is it all meaningless? A chasing after the wind? Join Dr. Alan Meenan as he explores the book of Ecclesiastes in search of hope in a world of despair.

On this podcast, Dr. Alan Meenan looks at the book of John — the evangelistic gospel. For John there is no middle ground between life and death. It’s the cosmic struggle between good and evil, between light and darkness, between salvation and destruction…And in the midst of it all, there stands the Cross.

In this podcast we begin our trek through the sixty-six books of the bible with an inductive look at Genesis. Should we take it literally? What about creation? What kind of picture does it paint of God? Have you ever heard about the Theology of the Serpent? Then Dr. Meenan takes us through the two main divisions in Genesis – Primeval History and Patriarchal History. Oh, and does Genesis have anyth...

On this podcast, Dr. Alan Meenan takes us on an inductive exploration of the New Testament, wrapping up our introductory series of discussions on the Inductive Bible Study method — from the gospels through the epistles, it is fascinating, foundational preparation for properly reading and interpreting the Word of God.

Podcast 5: How does God speak to us through the Old Testament today? by TheWordIsOut

The Bible. The Canon of scripture. The source documents of the Christian faith. The Word of God. Communicated over thousands of years, the bible tells the story of how God interacted with humankind. In this podcast Dr. Alan Meenan talks about how the books of the bible weave together to communicate the truth of God’s Word across cultures and around the world.

Podcast 3: Understanding Inductive Bible Study, plus an IBS look at the book of Matthew by TheWordIsOut

Dr. Alan Meenan welcomes special guest Dr. William Abraham, a world-renowned expert on epistemology, to discuss the bible and how to distinguish justified belief from opinion.

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