The Sordid Path to the Messiah: Genesis 36-39 Today on the Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind, we explore a section of scripture that reads more like a dramatic television series than a dry historical record. Our reading covers Genesis 36 through 39, beginning with the extensive genealogy of Esau, the father of the Edomites. While…
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No Condemnation. None. No Condemnation is not just a doctrine; it’s a lifeline. There are verses you memorize, and then there are verses that carry you. Romans 8:1 is one of those. It’s the verse you come home to when you’ve failed, when you’re tired of your own patterns, and when you’ve prayed the same…
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When the Israelites rebelled against God in the wilderness, fiery serpents invaded their camp. The people’s impatience and grumbling had reached a breaking point, and God allowed consequences to come in the form of venomous snakes. It was a moment of both justice and mercy—justice, because their rebellion was real; mercy, because even then, God…
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Summary Welcome to Season 3 of the Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind! I’m Steve Webb, your OG Godcaster, and it feels great to be back behind the microphone. In this first episode of the new season, we open the New Testament book of Romans—chapters 1 and 2 from the New Living Translation. It’s one of…
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Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 4-5 ESV Podcast Introduction It’s Epistles Sunday, and we’ll complete the book of James with chapters 4-5. I’m calling this episode “How To Pray.“ Comments on James 4-5 Some have said that James is a bit like the book of Proverbs because of the way…
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Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 6 NIRV; Ch. 7-8 NIV Lifespring! Family Berean Phil Colbourn Podcast Introduction This is Epistles Sunday, and we’ll read 2 Corinthians 6-8. The title is this episode is “Working Together“. We’ll also have a time of prayer. I’ll give you an update on Kathi’s…
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The more I know…the older I get…the more I am aware of how much I do not know. When a baby is born, for all intents and purposes, he doesn’t know anything. And he doesn’t know he doesn’t know anything. And then about the time he’s fifteen or so years old, he thinks he knows…
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Let’s go back to chapter 55, shall we? To whom was this chapter written? Do you remember? Verse one tells us: The Lord says, “All you who are thirsty,…
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Today I’d like to turn over the commentary to one of history’s greatest preachers. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in 1834 and went to his reward in 1892. He was a prolific writer, as well as a gifted preacher. I hope you enjoy today’s little theater of the mind.
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Do you have a favorite place? Someplace on the planet that you think about when you wish you could just get away from it all? Someplace where you are both relaxed and excited at the same time? For me, that place is a little campsite in the Yosemite wilderness. It’s a place nestled in where…
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