Bible Shorts With BibleBob

Prosperity carries responsibility. When the good times roll there's a danger of worshiping the good times instead of God. God uses a series of rhetorical questions to make His point with the Israelites. When you rescue an ear of a lamb from a lion it's not really a rescue. God wanted Isreal to be a model nation for the rest of the world. America, I believe, is supposed to be a model for the rest o...

Imagine the smug look on the faces of the Israelites as the Prophet Amos delivered God's message of judgement against the six surrounding nations. In Chapter One we heard the "doom-message" levied against Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, and Chapter Two begins with more doom against Moab. And then..... Amos drops God's hammer on his own people, Judah and Israel. Good leaders accept responsibilit...

Entomophagy, Entomology & Eschatology "Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat all the vegetation of the land, all that the hail has left." Exodus 10:12 AMPC   ""Don't eat insects that have wings and crawl. Even the thought of eating them should make you sick! But you may eat insects if they have...

Amos was a prophet in approximately 740-760 BC. The Book of Amos is the 30th book in the Bible and the third book in the 12 Minor Prophets. His message back then still resonates with us today. He foretold the judgement of the surrounding Nations who were terrorizing Israel. He spoke about social injustice and religious hypocrisy. The name Amos means "burden." He was a shepherd and a fig farmer. Hi...

The Conspiracies of Candace Owens & Aliens In Your Toilet Bowl     We live in a world that seems to be feeding a hunger for conspiracy theories. They're not all bad because some lead to the discovery of truth.   It's become very apparent that the majority conspiracy theories lack any credible evidence.        I'm not here to trash anybody and I won't. I am here to defend orphans and widows. You ma...

Joel 3 The Valley of Decision           Today my friends well wrap up our study of the Book of Joel - the second guy accounted for among the 12 Minor Prophets. In Chapter Two we studied God's call to repentance and His offer of refreshment and restoration. As a reminder of what God can do for us, let's begin our study of Chapter Three with a reflective moment on Joel 2:25-26        25. "" So I wil...

The Locust Plague - Another View " What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten. Woe because of that day! For the Day of the Lord is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty." Joel 1:4, 15 HCSB         In our last podcast about Joel cha...

Fresh Burst of Sorrow My aim in part this morning is to create a crisis. A crisis where Christ is. In a dark world, the Light of Christ is often buried. It's buried beneath our understanding. Our lack of faith has a cumulative effect - spiritual blindness builds like layers of sediment in the earth. Layers of deep rooted spiritual blindness become an impediment in our search for the buried treasur...

A Rubber-Chicken Fisherman Unfairness, Brokenness & Empty Nets ‭‭Luke‬ ‭5‬:‭4‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ "When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." And when they had done this, they caught a great numbe...

Is Debate An Argument? Part One A Locust Argument " Hear this, O elders, Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing as this occurred in your days, Or even in the days of your fathers? Tell your children about it, And let your children tell their children, And their children the next generation. ¶What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; And what the swarmi...

Sometimes we can over-love and over-grieve. King David was known for his great compassion and empathy. He was also a tight-lipped father who didn't discipline his sons and hold them accountable. When the son who was trying to kill him died, he almost lost his kingdom due to his compassion and grieving. Know when to stop and conserve energy for saving folks who will appreciate and grow from your ef...

Is Dolly Parton In Hell Or Heaven? It's a pretty ludicrous question in my estimation, but there are people questioning Dolly's morals. This podcast gives some insight into why I think she's in heaven. Keep in mind that's just my opinion. Only God knows the true nature and condition of one's heart. Only God knows who's in heaven or hell. The following Bible verses will give you a glimpse of who and...

Sometimes it seems like we serve a "Never-Enough" God. Meaning that He can never do enough to prove how much He loves us. The cycle of sin and captivity keeps repeating itself. The story from the Book of Hosea is like the story of being released from slavery in Egypt in reverse. No matter how much God does, the Israelites keep chasing after false gods in prideful arrogance. Despite the repeated re...

Psalms 63 Joy in the Fellowship of God A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 1O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. 3Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. 4Thu...

     The following is a part of a Chapel Presentation to middle school students at Camp Verde United Christian School.      Dressed up as an elderly, sojourning Grandfather, Biblebob tells Middle School students a story adapted from The Gift of the Magi" written by O. Henry in 1905. It's about a young, impoverished couple buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a se...

God doesn't play. The Israelites are enjoying the harvest provided by God. They take their prosperity and use it to further their worship of false gods. God gives them time, direction and grace and still - they turn away from doing what's right. Here's five lessons we all need to learn: 1. Good Times from God's God's generosity won't last when people ignore God. 2. Fake religion & false idols reve...

In my dream I saw what looked like an iPad with a scrolling musical score. It could be described as watching a player piano where the music kept moving. I couldn't read any words, but I knew they were there. As the black printed score disappeared off the screen, the color turned to pink. As soon as I saw the pink colored musical score, I knew immediately that this was a song from God. It was a son...

Audio file transcribed through Word. Wife of Whoredom Part 9 Whore on a Corn Floor Hosea Ch. 9 Video Podcast Ep. 111.mp3   Transcript        It's good to see you. Welcome to another edition of Bible Shorts with Bible Bob. You never know on that side of the microphone or the speaker or the phone, whatever you're listening to or watching , if you're watching on YouTube, we encourage you to go there....

Israel was trusting the wrong things.  Welcome to another episode of Bible Shorts With Biblebob. We've been having a blast studying the Minor  Prophet Hosea. If you're just joining us, I'll give you a quick overview of where we've been, but I encourage you  to check out the first seven episodes in this series.  Hosea was told by God to marry a wife who would  cheat on him. It's a true story and me...

Wife of Whoredom  Part Seven  Don't Die Dumb Ep. #109 Hosea Ch 7  Welcome to another episode of Bible Shorts With  Biblebob. We've been having a blast studying the Minor  Prophet Hosea.   If you're just joining us, I'll give you a quick overview of  where we've been, but I encourage you to check out the first  six episodes in this series.   Hosea was told by God to marry a wife who would cheat  on...

If you watch our YouTube videos of our podcast, Bible Shorts With Biblebob, you'll see a statue of Jesus on my filing cabinet. Someone to send me a message urging me to be born again. The person presumed that it was a Roman Catholic statue of Jesus. I don't worship statues. The Jesus with broken hands was a special Christmas gift to me from a special little girl. When I opened the gift in a tissue...

In our last episode we saw how God placed the blame for Israel's spiritual adultery squarely on the men's shoulders. We ended Chapter Five in Hosea with God walking away and waiting for His people to recognize how far away from God they had walked in their sinful ways. Here's verse 15: "I will depart and return to My place until they recognize their guilt and seek My face; they will search for Me...

     It's the men who are to blame! Yes, folks, it's time to blame the men! So far in in this series, just to bring everybody up to speed; This is part number five in a series of Hosea. We've talked about Gomer his wife who was an adulterer. God told Hosea in the beginning to go marry a woman who would be cheating on him. He did, and scripture even says that Gomer would have children fathered by o...

Wife of Whoredom Part Four "The Cost of Cheating" Ep. #106 There's a price to be paid for the wrongdoing's of sin. Redemption requires remuneration. God told Hosea to pay a price to reclaim his cheating wife. Let's read Hosea 3:1-3, "THEN SAID the Lord to me, Go again, love [the same] woman [Gomer] who is beloved of a paramour and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, th...

Wife of Whoredom Part Three "Gomer's Thorns" Ep. #105 Gomer is like most of us who go searching through life looking for anything to plug the empty hole in our hearts. It seems like the more holes we plug, the more holes appear. It might look like a lot of holes like someone pressed a thorn bush down on your heart , but there's really only one hole; it's a God-sized hole that only God can fill. Go...