Oh my goodness. I love Romans, but the richness…the depth…the detailed thoughts penned for us by Paul with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, makes it difficult to…no impossible to synopsize easily on a podcast like this. So can we agree that what I’ll do as we read through Romans is to just perhaps whet your…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
I would like to apologize for missing yesterday’s episode. This past Saturday morning I had to have our 13 year old shih tzu, Sparky, put to sleep, and we just really had an emotionally draining weekend. I would have normally recorded yesterday’s episode on Sunday night, but I have to admit that I just wasn’t…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
Have you ever been falsely accused? Attacked? I have. And it hurts. The human part of us wants to strike back, but then we remember what Jesus said in His sermon on the mount in Matthew 5:38 and 39, “38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
In this chapter the apostle Paul is, of course, speaking to the Jews again. And the purpose of this chapter is to answer questions and objections that some Jews had in regards to their position or status as Jews, and to point out further the relationship of the law to faith. Paul reassured the Jews…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
Let’s take a look at chapter 14 for a moment. Joshua has gathered Eleazar the high priest and the leaders from each tribe in order to divide up the land of Canaan by lot as God had instructed Moses. But we see at verse 6 that Caleb, accompanied by the leaders of the tribe of…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
In this Psalm there are several calls to give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures. We hear this refrain four times: Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,and for the amazing things he has done for people! And the Psalm ends with the line:…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
In Romans 2, the apostle Paul is focusing his attention on the Jew. Understandably, the typical Jew felt that he was better than any non-Jew, or Greek as today’s translation says, or Gentile as is commonly used. I say understandably because the Jewish people are God’s chosen people. It was them to whom God spoke….
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
Today I want to zero in on Joshua 13, verse 6. Here, God is speaking to a very old Joshua, and He reminds Joshua that there is still a great deal land to be conquered before the promise He made to Abraham, et al. is fulfilled. And then God says, “I will drive out before…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
The chapter opens with a call to praise the Lord and give thanks because He is good and His loyal love endures. In fact, the first five verses are a joy to read. We’re sort of saying, “Yes! Amen!” along with the author. And then at verse seven things take a darker tone. The author…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download
Paul’s epistle, or letter to the Romans is probably the most eloquent and developed presentations of God’s plan of salvation in the entire Bible. It begins with an introduction here in the first chapter up to verse 15, then moves into presenting the Gospel in all of its intricacies through to the end of chapter…
Read MorePodcast: Play in new window | Download