Whose Girl Are You?

How do we respond when bad things happen? Host Lois Matson explores the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and how we respond to catastrophe. Even in suffering, God is for us. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intro and outro vocals created with the voices from LOVO @ www....

In this episode, listen as host Lois Matson considers whether abortion is idolatry. Consider the lies our culture holds forth on the subject of reproductive rights, and consider the truth of God's holy Word. Hear the wonder of the intricate details that God works in the womb of a woman. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have...

Explore with Host Lois Matson some things that are so far apart, so distant from each other that we have a hard time even comprehending them. How far is the East from the West, anyway? And for how long is everlasting to everlasting? Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intro...

Host Lois Matson contemplates a very sad story in this Mothers' Day episode. Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst sent her mother a text just before she committed suicide. Ahhh! What a heartbreak for a mother! Cheslie loves her mother, but she doesn't want her mom to worry about her. Though Cheslie was successful and beautiful, she was in a pit of despair. Depression won with Cheslie. Please reach out if...

Think with Host Lois Matson about the Two Tables of the Law. As we proceed through the Commandments, they descend in severity but increase in our inability to keep the Law. Thanks be to God that our inability to obey has no effect on God's ability to save, through faith in Jesus the Christ. These connections tie everything up with a pretty bow! Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for...

Host Lois Matson answers some recent questions about our view of heaven and about Jesus' descent into hell, which we confess in the Apostles' Creed. Did our Lord Christ suffer in hell? Or was He taking a victory lap? What about heaven? Is it only a temporary waiting room? Oh, and does Jesus have human flesh today? Are human bodies evil? And last but not least, she explores ablaut reduplication for...

Host Lois Matson contemplates a few of the events of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday through Resurrection Sunday. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intro and outro vocals created with the voices from LOVO @ www.lovo.ai.

In this second of a two-part series, Marcella Tapio continues to share with host Lois Matson regarding her breast cancer journey. She talks about the physical and emotional aspects of diagnosis and treatment, and how cancer was a catalyst to a healthier marriage. Catch last week's podcast first if you missed the beginning of her story! Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future s...

In this first of a two-part series, Marcella Tapio joins host Lois Matson to share her breast cancer journey. She talks about the physical and emotional aspects of diagnosis and treatment. Join us next week for the rest of the story! Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intr...

Host Lois Matson considers some of the answers to the question "Who are you?" This question was posed by the blue, singing, hookah-smoking Caterpillar to Alice, of Wonderland fame, and our culture has many answers for that question. But which answer is right? Who ARE you? Who does the Word of God say you are?  Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@...

In this season of Lent, let's consider confession with Lois Matson. Confession is used in various ways. We confess our faith: we agree with the Word of God, and with the confession of all the saints through all the ages. We confess our sins: we agree with God that we are sinners. And we hear the glorious words of absolution.   Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to d...

Host Lois Matson explains why she thinks girls need to "leave and cleave" too! Marriage requires that both husbands and wives leave their birth family to build a life together. Consider a bit about dating and mother-in-laws. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intro and out...

Host Lois Matson confesses that she breaks the Eighth Commandment. Which one is that? Explore with her the numbering of the Ten Commandments, and the ways that we all break Number Eight: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. As we enter the Lenten Season, we reflect, repent, and also rejoice in the salvation brought to us in Jesus Christ. Please send your comments, suggestions, a...

Are we under discipline, even as adults? Host Lois Matson contemplates the discipline of the Lord, referencing Hebrews chapter 12 and Proverbs 3. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intro and outro vocals created with the voices from LOVO @ www.lovo.ai.

Host Lois Matson continues exploring friendship between men and women, and she expands on the differences and expectations in those relationships. 1 Corinthians chapter 7, verses 1-5, say that your husband's body is your body. He belongs to you and you belong to him. How cool is that?! You need have no guilt about patting his bulging biceps and saying, "Please use my muscles to open this pickle ja...

Host Lois Matson considers the question, "Is it possible for a man and a woman to be "just friends"?" Her contention is that platonic opposite-sex friendships aren't possible. Studies and Articles Referenced: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/men-and-women-cant-be-just-friends/ https://www.bleske-rechek.com/April%20Website%20Files/Bleske-Rechek%20et%20al.%202012%20Benefit%20or%20Burden.pd...

Host Lois Matson considers the question of whose people we are. To whom do we belong? According to Psalm 100, "We are His people, the sheep of His pasture." The Lord can be held to His promises. God be praised! Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!  Intro and outro vocals creat...

In this Dicey Bible Story, host Lois Matson explores the life of Sarah, wife of Abraham and mother of the nation of Israel. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it on in!   Intro and outro vocals created with the voices from LOVO @ www.lovo.ai.

Your host, Lois Matson thinks about the dicey subjects of suicide, the vanity of editing, and the overwhelming grace of God. Shakespeare's Hamlet ponders this question: to be or not to be, and wonders what is beyond death. Hear some of the story of the suicide of Lois' grandmother when she was a teenager, and the effects of that tragedy. We cannot rest until we rest in Him, according to Augustine....

Host Lois Matson explores the difference between a guide and a guard, and the Battle at Helm's Deep. Is God our guide or our guard? She contemplates Martin Luther's fight hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" and Jesus the Fortress to Whom we flee. Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future shows to diceystuffpodcast@gmail.com . Do you have an idea for a Dicey Bible Story? Send it...

Host Lois Matson explains the rights, responsibilities and privileges of citizens and families. These are expanded teachings of the previous episodes on consistency and consequences in parenting. Ephesians 6 speaks to children and to parents, and 1 Peter 2:1-12 helps us understand that we are being built into God's spiritual house.  Please send your comments, suggestions, and ideas for future show...

Best wishes from host Lois Matson for a blessed and happy new year in 2022. Funerals and weddings sometimes get mixed up together in this life that is filled with both sorrows and joys.  Psalm 90 and an Isaac Watts hymn "O God Our Help in Ages Past" are contemplated at the new year. Organ music permissions as follows: O God Our Help in Ages Past (St Anne) - Clyde McLennan Small Church Music (small...

Host Lois Matson brings Christmas greetings to you. After reading Luke 2:1-20, she also reads some of Dr. Martin Luther's thoughts on that text.  Guitar music permissions as follows: O Holy Night - Jon Sayles Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel - Jon Sayles Exzel...

Host Lois Matson examines our culture of self love and its opposite, selflessness. Self love, self care, and self respect are considered good things, but their commonality is self , rather than the other. The two tables of the Law are love to God and love to our neighbor. We need no command to love ourselves, as this comes naturally to us. Our curve ( incurvatus in se ) is inward, toward our own i...

Host Lois Matson talks about returning shopping carts to their corral and picking up trash. In John 15, Jesus tells us that He is the Vine, we are the branches and when we abide in Him we will bear much fruit. In Colossians 3, the apostle Paul tells us that everything we do should be for the glory of God. How do these two Scriptures tie together? And what does the slogan "Just Do It" have to do wi...