Bible 805

Do you have trouble believing that God loves you? That he forgives you no matter what your sins?

Many of us have problems believing God really loves us, but with the prophet Hosea in the podcast today we will see an …

 Do you ever wonder what God wants you to do? 

In Dallas Willard’s book, Hearing God, he says that one of most frequently asked questions of Christians is “What is God’s will for my life?” It’s a question I’m sure many …

Most people have heard about the story of Jonah and the whale, but did you know that the book also answers some big questions about the Christian …

Would you like to know God better?

Not just about God—but learning about the One with whom you will walk throughout eternity?

One of the best ways to …

If someone insults you how do you answer?

Does the way people treat us determine how we should treat them? 

In our podcast today we’ll look at …

Why do you act the way you do? Talk the way you do?

Are these conscious decisions or simply a reflection of whatever everyone else in your world says and does?

We don’t often give everyday actions or words much thought, …

When you hear the term prophecy, what do you think of?

For many people we think of dire warnings of end-time apocalypse, with images of our favorite sci-fi movie dancing in our heads.

But is that what prophecy, …

 What if you had EVERYTHING? Money, power, romance?
What would you do with it?

Today we’ll talk about Solomon, a man who had everything

We’ll look …

 We’ve studied the life of David for the past two podcasts and we’ll end the study of his life with a look at Ps. 119. Though there is some debate of the writer of this Psalm, the consensus is that David wrote it as a …

 Have you ever felt you can’t forgive yourself or that you’ve don’t things so that God can never use you for anything significant?

If so I have great news for you!

We will continue our look at King David in today's …

David, the greatest king in Israel’s history was described as a man after God’s own heart

What in the world does "to be a man after God's own heart" mean and what can we learn from it?

In today’s lesson, we’ll take an …

 What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus 24/7? 

•Is it just following the rules? In a previous study we looked at where Jesus told his disciples …

How does it happen for a person to start out with every advantage—good looks, honor and a calling from God, a great family, but then die a …

This is from the much longer, Rule of St. Benedict, a manual of guidance for a monastery, written in the early 500s AD. Though written a long time …

This is just me reading a section of the Resolutions to you. Though written in 1722, these words can challenge and inspire us today to godly living.

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 When you think of the time Jesus had with his disciples just before his trial and crucifixion, what is it you think about?

To answer my question, I know I think about the Last Supper—that’s what has been memorialized …

 In both the Old and New Testaments, (Deut. 6:5 and Luke 10:27) we are told the greatest commandment is to 

"Love the Lord our God with all our …

What do the Lord of the Rings, the movie Aquaman, and the book of 1 Samuel have in common?

The answer to the question I just asked, is that in all of them a key theme is that people want a King. But not just any King, …

There is a very popular song boasts “I did it my way!” 

Though it sounds so appealing, to live our lives exactly how we want, is this really the …

After 40 years of wandering, Israel finally gets to enter the Promised Land. God was giving it to them, but they still had to fight for it. Join us …

 Moses knows he will shortly die and after 40 years in the desert, the now formed nation Israel will go into the Promised Land. The book of Deuteronomy contains Moses’ final words to his people. 

The book is a series …

 We love reading the stories in the Bible, but we can be disappointed if God doesn’t do for us what He did for the Bible characters. 

To help us understand what we can legitimately apply to our lives and avoid being …

How can we find out what God expects of us?

After someone decides to follow Jesus, do they need to live any differently than they did before? 

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 The story of the Exodus is one of the most well-known of all the Bible stories, partly because of the movie and partly because it is the historical history of the beginning of the Jewish nation.

But that doesn’t mean …

Genesis and the first part of Exodus were interesting to read, but now it’s getting a bit strange…..

What do all these laws about what to eat, sacrifices, and how to build the Tabernacle have to do with us today?

Why …

How did the Jewish people become a nation?

Did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph have any say in being the founding fathers or were they predestined …

 “Did angels (or as some have said, extra-terrestrials) have children with humans?” 

“How do you explain fossils of humans 30,000 to 40,000 years …

 •When did people start to believe in life after death?

•Some say that the people in the Old Testament didn’t really believe in it like we do. Is that true?

•Why does it matter? Does it matter to me?

•We’ll answer these …

Why do Christians call Abraham the "Father of their Faith?"

Isn't he also the Father of the faith for Jews and Muslims? And didn't he write an important book for the Mormons?

Do I have to be a person of great faith …

Most people have heard about Job, the character in the Bible who went through the loss of everything in his life. It's a classic story of pain and loss with a great ending. 

What this podcast will show you is that the …

How did we get here?

Is God real and what is He like?

What messed things up?

Who is Satan and what power does he have?

Why do innocent people suffer? Not just Job, all Genesis characters. Why me?

What does God want from …

Along with losing weight, getting more done, simplifying your life and other commendable goals, is reading through the Bible one of your resolutions …

 Church Councils formalized the Canon of the 66 books of scripture but the CANON had been determined by God and accepted by the people of God long before Councils.

But just because the canon was decided that didn’t mean …

 Even Bible scholars admit lots of other books were written at the time the Bible documents were written, how do we know we have the right ones in …

The New Testament is a reliable historical record of Jesus and the early Christian church.

For purposes of our time and study, we will focus primarily on what these documents tell us about Jesus—we don’t have time to …

 If the Bible is supposed to be historically accurate, what about the books some Bibles have in between the Old Testament and New Testament?

Are they historically reliable? Why aren’t they in all Bibles?

Today we’ll …

After listening to our last podcast on the historical uniqueness of the Christian Bible….you may be thinking….. BIG CLAIMS there, but can you …

 In our last podcast we talked about how history helps us determine the truth of Biblical documents. And if that’s so doesn’t history do the same for all religions?

• Why do Christians think their sacred books are any …

Isn’t the Bible full of errors? Hasn’t it been copied so many times nobody has any idea what the original was? HOW can history help us decide what’s …

Was Jesus a zombie?

Welcome to Bible 805 and this special podcast in honor of the Halloween season. Please understand, there is no irreverence or shock value intended with this question. It was an honestly asked …

How do we know what’s True?

More than ever it’s an important question.

Fake news, conflicting viewpoints, how do we know what to believe?

On one level …