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December 16, 2020
How to Stand Strong against a Roaring Lion [Podcast]
1 Peter 5:8-14
There’s a lion out to get you. No, not a large feline. I’m talking about your greatest enemy—a spiritual foe whom the Apostle Peter likes to a ferocious beast who lurks and looks for a chance to lunge.
In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at a subject so few people talk about today—and that includes so few Christians—the subject of Satan. The Bible clearly teaches he exists, that he is bent on our destruction, and most importantly, that we can stand strong against him.
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December 9, 2020
What’s Your Motive? [Podcast]
1 Peter 5:1-7
Whats your motive? That simple question can help reboot our minds each day. Heres why. In this episode of Live the Bible, we look in the pages of Scripture as it challenges us to preview our actions through the filter of our motives.
This one question, more than any, can help reframe our thinking and set us on a path of success for the day.
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December 7, 2020
Cairo – Jesus’ Flight to Egypt & God’s Unusual Leading
How to Take Comfort about Your Unsure Future
God seldom gives us all we need in order to understandbut He always what we need in order to obey. Jesus flight to Egypt as a boy offers a great example of how to take comfort when the future seems unclear.
(Photo: Giza pyramids. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
God warned Joseph in a dream, and he took Mary and Jesus to Egypt to live until Herods death. Scripture never tells us where the holy family lived while in Egypt. But there...
December 2, 2020
How to Face Your Future without Fear [Podcast]
Genesis 32:24-30; 46:1-4; Numbers 13:25-14:4
You are struggling. In fact, you often struggle, don’t you? Me too. Struggle is baked in to our Christian lives. In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at the best way to struggle.
I know what you’re thinking. The best way to struggle is not to struggle at all! Well, so far that hasn’t worked for anybody – including our perfect Savior Jesus Christ.
The best way to struggle is the way that He did it. Peter shows us how Jesus did it and how we can d...
November 25, 2020
Coming Soon: The End [Podcast]
1 Peter 4:7-11
The Bible is like a time machine. It not only tells us about the past (which isn’t that hard), but it also tells us about the future—all the way to the end. In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at the future that we will all face one day.
The apostle Peter tells us that the end is near—and what are we supposed to be doing before Jesus comes.
We don’t have to scratch our heads and wonder about the future. We just have to read the Bible.
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November 23, 2020
Pyramids of Giza – Astonishing Monuments and Painful Hopes
Those Moments When Egypt Sounds Better than the Promised Land
When we picture ancient Egypt, we think of deserts, camels, the Nile River, and hieroglyphics. But there’s nothing more iconic of Egypt than the Pyramids of Giza.
(Photo: Giza Pyramids. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
They’re the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and the pyramids predate them all. In fact, there were already standing for centuries before even Abraham journeyed to Egyp...
November 18, 2020
Your Best Weapons for a Victorious Christian Life [Podcast]
1 Peter 4:1-6
You are living the victorious Christian life, right? Before you answer, consider that it takes a battle before victory comes. In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at the tools God has provided us to have a victorious Christian life.
In fact, it begins in a very personal place: your mind. The Apostle Peter tells us how to arm ourselves with a mindset of victory—and then how to wield that weapon in the battle.
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November 16, 2020
Jesus Shows Us Why Our Little Lives Matter So Much
Sepphoris Offers a Great Reminder When We Feel Insignificant
Often the mundane days of our lives tell us lies. They seem to shout how insignificant we are, because all we do seems so small. Jesus’ childhood days in Galilee, near Sepphoris, turn those lies upside down.
(Photo: Sepphoris and Bet Netofa Valley. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
When Jesus, Joseph, and Mary left Egypt after Herod the Great’s death around 4 BC, they settled back in Nazareth, in Herod Antipas’s territo...
November 11, 2020
How to Live the Good Life [Podcast]
1 Peter 3:8-22
The good life. What is it? If we poured “the good life” through the filter of Scripture, what would be left? In this episode of Live the Bible, we look at how to live the true good life.
The world looks at external circumstances only, which are never good enough to satisfy us, are they? The Apostle Peter writes to us about good that is truly good – in spite of the bad all around us. It’s actually a focus on hope.
Now, that’s good.
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November 9, 2020
How to Strengthen Yourself in the Lord
Ziklag Reveals the Secret to David’s Spiritual Success
Sometimes a disappointing setback in our lives only serves to propel us forward in God’s sovereign plan. In the meantime, we need God’s help to keep going. David’s days at Ziklag show us how.
(Photo: Ziklag, Tel Sera. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Just when things couldn’t have gotten worse for David, they did. Much worse! King Saul’s jealousy over David’s popularity eventually branded David a fugitive and kept him on the...
