The Bible in a Year

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence open the Book of Acts, tracing the birth of the church from the ascension, the 10 days of prayer through Pentecost, Peter's first sermon, and the explosive growth that followed. The hosts unpack the tongues of Pentecost as a reversal of Babel — the confusion of language undone as the Gospel is proclaimed in every tongue gathered in Jerusalem — and lay out...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence bring the Gospel of John to a close, covering the upper room, the farewell discourse, the high priestly prayer, the crucifixion, and the resurrection. The hosts open with a striking observation about the foot washing — that at a U-shaped table, Judas occupied the position of honor beside Jesus, meaning the Savior washed His betrayer's feet no less thorough...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence work through the heart of John's Gospel, tracing the "I AM" statements that anchor the book — the bread of life, the light of the world, the good shepherd — and the stunning encounters that surround them. The episode opens with the Samaritan woman at the well, where the hosts unpack the cultural walls Jesus deliberately crossed and the moment she left her...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence bring the Gospel of Luke to a close and step into the Gospel of John — covering Holy Week, the crucifixion, the resurrection, the road to Emmaus, and then one of the most theologically breathtaking prologues in all of Scripture. The hosts linger on Luke's distinctive eye for human detail: the disciples in Gethsemane found "exhausted from sorrow" rather tha...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence move through the heart of Luke's Gospel, opening with a look at Luke himself — the Gentile physician, meticulous observer, and gifted writer whose care for the marginalized & for women runs through every chapter. The episode works through some of the most beloved parables in all of Scripture: the Good Samaritan, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodi...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence open the Gospel of Luke — the orderly, meticulously researched account written so that Theophilus might know the certainty of what he'd been taught — and work through the birth narratives, John the Baptist's ministry, the temptation in the wilderness, and Jesus' earliest ministry. The hosts build a stunning through-line around the glory of God: absent from...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence bring the Gospel of Mark to a close, covering the triumphal entry, the cleansing of the temple, the Olivet Discourse, and the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. The hosts draw out an intricacy unique to Mark — that Jesus entered the temple courts, looked around at everything, and left for Bethany before returning the next day — making clear that the...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence open the Gospel of Mark — the shortest of all four Gospels — and cover the first 10 chapters in a single episode, tracing Mark's signature theme of Jesus' authority: over demons, sickness, sin, the Sabbath, and even nature itself. The hosts highlight how Mark bookends the entire Gospel with the declaration of Jesus as the Son of God — from the opening vers...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence journey through the final nine chapters of Matthew — from the parable of the workers in the vineyard, to the triumphal entry, the cleansing of the temple, the Olivet Discourse on the end times, and ultimately the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The hosts unpack the beautiful truth that it is never too late to come to Jesus, pairing it with...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence work through Matthew 13–19, opening with the beloved Parable of the Sower and Rev. Spence's simple but profound wisdom on the sower's only job: "sow seed." The hosts dig especially into the rocky-soil hearer, drawing on Pastor Kevin's counseling background to unpack how a thin veneer of "I'm fine" often hides the rock beneath, and how real growth requires...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence dig into the largest chunk of teaching Jesus ever delivered — the Sermon on the Mount — unpacking the Beatitudes, the call to be salt and light, and Jesus' repeated pattern of "you have heard it said... but I tell you," where He raises the Mosaic law to its true Edenic standard rather than abolishing it. The hosts trace that same standard of righteousness...

This episode closes out the entire Old Testament and opens the New — as Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence finish Zechariah's most explicitly messianic chapters, move through Malachi's forerunner prophecy of a coming Elijah, and then step into Matthew 1–4; where Jesus' genealogy, birth, and early ministry unfold. The hosts spend real time on Matthew's account of Jesus' family tree — includi...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence dig into the visionary second half of Zechariah's early chapters — the flying scroll, the woman in the basket representing wickedness, and the four chariots of judgment — before arriving at one of the most stunning, messianic prophecies in the entire Old Testament: Zechariah 9:9's declaration that Jerusalem's king would come "righteous and victorious, lowl...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence race through three minor prophets in one episode — opening with Zephaniah's sobering "day of the Lord" warnings that sweep from Judah to the surrounding nations before landing on the beautiful promise that a remnant always remains. Then, they move into Haggai's pointed rebuke of a returned community of exiles more focused on paneling their own houses than...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence pack three books into one episode, closing out Micah with its stunning vision of swords beaten into plowshares and the famous Bethlehem prophecy of Micah 5:2, before landing on one of the most quoted verses in the entire Bible — Micah 6:8's call to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. The hosts then move into the short but sobering Book of Nah...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence cover the entire Book of Jonah in one sitting before moving into the opening chapters of Micah, and this episode is packed with as much personality as it is theology. The hosts dig into Jonah's flight from his calling — not out of fear, but out of resentment that God would extend mercy to Nineveh — before unpacking the famous great fish and Jonah's prayer...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence close out the Book of Amos and tackle the entirety of Obadiah, the shortest & oldest of the Minor Prophets, in one action-packed episode. Amos 4–9 pulls no punches, moving from God's famous rebuke — "I hate, I despise your religious festivals" — to the striking plumb line vision of chapter 7, where God declares Israel crooked and out of alignment, before l...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence close out the Book of Hosea and race through two more minor prophets in one jam-packed episode — Joel and the opening chapters of Amos. Hosea's closing chapters bring the whole book full circle: if God is the faithful husband, Israel is Gomer, and the summarizing charge is simple — return, be still, and stop chasing spiritual adultery. The episode shifts i...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence open the Book of Hosea, one of Scripture's most emotionally raw and theologically vivid pictures of God's covenant love — where the prophet is commanded to marry Gomer, a woman of promiscuity, as a living illustration of Israel's spiritual adultery against the God who never stopped pursuing her. The hosts unpack the staggering imagery of Hosea 3, where Hos...

Episode 100 brings the Book of Daniel to a close, and Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence pack chapters 7 through 12 with some of the most breathtaking imagery in all of Scripture — the vision of the Ancient of Days on His fiery throne, the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven, and the ram-and-goat vision that traces the rise & fall of Medo-Persia and Greece with stunning historical p...

This episode covers a lot of ground as Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence close out the Book of Ezekiel with its detailed vision of restored worship — including the breathtaking river of life flowing from the temple in chapter 47 — and then dive headfirst into the Book of Daniel, tracing the "big three" defining moments of compromise-refusal: Daniel's stand against the king's table, the fie...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence journey through Ezekiel 36–43, one of the most triumphant and forward-looking stretches of the entire book — covering the valley of dry bones coming to life in chapter 37, the cosmic battle of Gog & Magog in chapters 38–39, and the sweeping, detailed vision of the restored temple that closes out the book. The hosts unpack the electric declaration of chapte...

Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence journey through Ezekiel 29–35, moving from oracles of judgment against Egypt to one of the most pastorally significant passages in the entire book — Ezekiel 34's searing indictment of Israel's false shepherds and God's tender promise to personally search for & rescue His scattered sheep, a passage Jesus Himself claims as fulfilled in John 10's declaration...

Buckle up — Ezekiel 18 through 28 is one of the most theologically-loaded stretches in throughout the prophetic books of scripture, and Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence bring every ounce of its weight to the surface. From Ezekiel's revolutionary declaration of personal accountability in chapter 18 — no more blaming your parents' sour grapes — to the death of Ezekiel's beloved wife in chap...

Few books in all of Scripture carry the weight of what unfolds in Ezekiel 10–17 — the glory of the Lord departing the temple, Jerusalem exposed as an adulterous city that forgot the One who clothed her, and a parable of two eagles & a vine that ends with the quiet but thunderous promise: "I, the Lord, have spoken — I will do it." Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence dig into each of these cha...