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March 4, 2020
Sweetening that Bitter Spirit [Podcast]
Selections from the Book of Ruth
What one thing in your past is keeping you from your future?When life has hurt us deeply, it’s too easy to slide into a bitter, disappointing spirit. The book of Ruth gives us a boost of encouragement, because it’s your story and it’s my story.
In this episode ofLive the Bible, we’re going to look at a story of God’s grace working through our daily lives for great results that only He knows about for now. It’s good news for us.
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February 26, 2020
How to Face Your Greatest Fear [Podcast]
Judges 6-7
What are you afraid of most?You’re not alone. Gideon in the book of Judges wanted to believe what God said, but Gideon’s fear kept him from doing so. God graciously helped him past it just like he does us.
In this episode ofLive the Bible, we deal with one of the most practical subjects we struggle with every day. Fear. Whatever it is that you’re afraid of, God is going to go with you and provide for you in those moments of fear. He will show Himself to be a God far bigger than you...
February 19, 2020
How to Renew Your Heart for God [Podcast]
Joshua 24
Do you ever wish you could upgrade your relationship with God?In this episode ofLive the Bible, we take a virtual tour to one of the most significant sites in the Holy Land. We’ll hear what Joshua told Israel.
His words do more than review history; they give us principles that help us renew our dedication to God.
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February 17, 2020
Colossae – Finding the Freedom to Forgive
3 lessons linger from Paul's letters to the Colossians and Philemon
I had the privilege last week to walk atop the empty tell of ancient Colossae—and to open the letter written to the saints who lived on the soil I stood on. While there I remembered a crucial lesson on forgiveness.
(Photo: Colossae tell with sign. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Colossae offers little in the way of excavations, but a few tooled blocks of stone peer up from the ground like tombstones. The...
February 12, 2020
A Second Chance with God [Podcast]
Deuteronomy 6, 8, 11, 32
Have you ever needed a second chance with God? You’re not alone. Me too.In this episode ofLive the Bible, we see God’s people needing a second chance hardly before they had begun as a nation.
Camped on the edge of the Promised Land, they heard Moses speak encouraging words that would take them across the Jordan River—all the way home.
We need to hear those words as well.
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February 5, 2020
How to Cure that Complaining Spirit [Podcast]
Numbers 11-14
Sometimes the most direct path for God’s will in our livesis the long way.This episode ofLive the Bibledeals with something we struggle with almost on a daily basis — struggling with a complaining spirit. We often think we know the shortcut to the Promised Land, just like the Hebrews did.
Turns out, they struggled with what we struggle with—and the solution is the same.
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February 3, 2020
Kadesh Barnea—How to Follow and Not Get Ahead of God’s Will
Why our goal is not a place to go, but to journey beside God.
Which seems worse to you? Refusing to follow God even though He promises success, or stubbornly pressing forward without Him? Sometimes it’s tough to tell the difference.
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God’s people swung on both extremes of this pendulum in the course of one day.
What their experience teaches us can guide us as we anticipate the future God has for us.
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January 29, 2020
Just a Kosher Walk with Thee [Podcast]
Leviticus 11
Every time we read the Bible, it reveals how practical it is. But what about the book of Leviticus?This episode ofLive the Bibletakes us to a book few Christians look at.
The book of Leviticus seems irrelevant and out of touch until we look closer and its timeless truths. Suddenly, it opens up a whole world of practical insights for our daily walks with Jesus Christ.
A closer walk with God comes because He has made a way possible for us to be forgiven, and then when we blow it,...
January 22, 2020
Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb [Podcast]
Exodus 12
You are precious in the sight of God. How do you know that?This episode ofLive the Bibletakes us to the book of Exodus where we’ll see that God redeemed us. He bought us, just like He did the with Hebrews of old.
This has huge implications for our lives, and it is so, so practical. We have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, and we have the amazing privilege of living each day for Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
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January 20, 2020
3 Questions to Ask Yourself in Making the Right Decision
We need to remember that our spiritual life IS our life.
How many times have we made what we thought was the best decision—but it turned out to be the worst? Lessons learned from such blunders we remember and regret all of our lives.
(Photo: Sunrise over Dead Sea. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
We make knee-jerk decisions that we think will benefit us financially, or relationally, or vocationally, or physically.
But what about spiritually? Lot failed to ask that question,...
