Episode 111 • October 10, 2026 • 10 min read Living in God’s presence means recognizing the Father’s grace in ordinary life, remembering His comfort, and living from our value in Christ.
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Episode 110 • October 3, 2026 • 12 min read The peace that surpasses all understanding comes from Christ, even when fear, suffering, and our feelings say otherwise.
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Episode 109 • September 19, 2026 • 8 min read What is biblical discernment? See how grace, renewed thinking, Scripture, and honest fellowship help Christians recognize truth without religious control.
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Episode 108 • September 12, 2026 • 8 min read What is grace teaching? Grace is more than the way we are saved. It changes our relationship with God, one another, and the way the church lives.
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Episode 107 • September 5, 2026 • 11 min read One body, many members means every believer is essential. Explore participation, honest fellowship, correction in grace, and building one another up.
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Episode 106 • August 29, 2026 • 9 min read Leaving church can feel like losing your place. This reflection explores religious obligation, isolation, Christian fellowship, and belonging to the body of Christ.
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Episode 105 • August 22, 2026 • 9 min read (1 Corinthians 13:8–13) Are spiritual gifts for today? Paul says miraculous gifts would cease with maturity, while faith, hope, and love would remain.
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Episode 104 • August 15, 2026 • 10 min read (1 Corinthians 14:26–33, 39–40) How did the early church worship? 1 Corinthians 14 shows a participatory gathering ordered around building up the body of Christ.
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Episode 103 • August 8, 2026 • 13 min read (Acts 20:17, 28–35) Church leadership roles and responsibilities in the New Testament center on shared oversight, servant leadership, and care for the whole body.
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Episode 102 • August 1, 2026 • 8 min read What does a Christian look like? Christian identity rests in Christ, not in religious performance, comparison, or fear.
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Episode 101 • July 25, 2026 • 6 min read Sometimes suffering takes us beyond feeling, but never beyond God’s love. This honest conversation explores grace at rock bottom and the hope we can share with others.
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Episode 100 • July 18, 2026 • 10 min read (2 Samuel 12) David committed grievous wrongs, yet Scripture remembers him as a man after God’s own heart. This companion Bible study explores Nathan’s confrontation, David’s repentance, forgiven guilt, and the difference between punishment and consequences under grace.
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Episode 99 • July 11, 2026 • 8 min read It can seem easier if God simply gives us a list of things to do. But the Christian life is not built on religious performance. Questions about children, salvation, and baptism remind us that our assurance rests in…
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Episode 98 • July 4, 2026 • 13 min read (1 Corinthians 7:14) What does it mean that the children of a believer are holy? This companion Bible study looks at Paul’s words in context and explains why they matter.
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Episode 97 • June 26, 2026 • 7 min read What does 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 mean? Follow Paul’s language of meeting the Lord in the air, resurrection, immortality, and the established Kingdom.
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Episode 96 • June 19, 2026 • 6 min read What does thy kingdom come mean? This study follows Jesus’ prayer through the first-century Kingdom, covenant judgment, and the New Jerusalem.
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Episode 95 • June 12, 2026 • 5 min read Do babies go to heaven? Scripture leaves the final answer with God while showing why salvation, belief, and sovereignty still matter.
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Episode 94 • June 7, 2026 • 5 min read (2 Samuel 12:13–23) What does 2 Samuel 12:23 mean? This study follows David’s words about his child, Sheol, and the hope of resurrection in their original context.
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Episode 93 • May 30, 2026 • 8 min read How to pray to God without pressure: prayer grows from reconciliation, honest relationship, and confidence in your Father, not a spiritual formula.
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Episode 92 • May 23, 2026 • 7 min read Is God disappointed in me when I fail? This reflection looks at the believer’s settled identity in Christ and why fear does not define the Father’s attitude toward His children.
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Episode 91 • May 16, 2026 • 7 min read The church definition in the Bible begins with people, not a building: believers drawn to Christ, joined together, and sharing His life in grace.
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Episode 90 • May 9, 2026 • 7 min read Christian guilt can keep believers trapped in a sin, repent, repeat cycle. Grace gives us a different place to stand: Christ has already dealt with our sin.
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Episode 89 • May 2, 2026 • 8 min read (2 Peter 1:3–10) What does Christian living look like after salvation by grace? Peter shows how faith grows through dependence, knowledge, self-control, endurance, and love.
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Episode 88 • April 26, 2026 • 7 min read (2 Peter 1:3–4) What does divine nature mean in 2 Peter 1? Peter connects it with faith, forgiveness, Christ in us, and growth from what God has already supplied.
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Episode 87 • April 20, 2026 • 8 min read (2 Peter 1:3) Everything pertaining to life and godliness has already been given in Christ. Peter shows how that truth changes the way we face hardship, fear, and dependence.
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Episode 86 • April 11, 2026 • 12 min read What does happiness in the Bible look like when life hurts? Paul points us toward contentment, prayer, dependence, and trust in God.
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Episode 85 • April 4, 2026 • 8 min read (2 Corinthians 12:7) Paul’s thorn in the flesh was a messenger of Satan that God allowed to remain, teaching Paul to depend on sufficient grace and strength in weakness.
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Episode 84 • March 28, 2026 • 14 min read What does fellowship with the Holy Spirit mean? This study explains why fellowship is secure in Christ and how dependence on the Spirit shapes suffering, trust, and daily life.
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Episode 83 • March 21, 2026 • 11 min read (Luke 21:5–32) Is Jesus coming back? This study follows Luke 21 and Jesus’ first-century timing statements to examine His coming, AD 70, the rapture, and the present Kingdom.
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Episode 82 • March 14, 2026 • 10 min read Did God create evil? Follow Isaiah, Luther, Paul, and Jesus through the tension between God’s sovereignty, human will, suffering, and redemption.
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Episode 81 • March 7, 2026 • 12 min read (Matthew 7:21–23) What did Jesus mean by “I never knew you”? Read Matthew 7:21–23 in context and see why this warning does not erase assurance in Christ.
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Episode 80 • February 28, 2026 • 9 min read (Galatians 2:20) Christ lives in me is more than a Christian slogan. Galatians 2:20 describes a new life rooted in union with Christ, faith, and grace rather than self-effort.
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Episode 79 • February 21, 2026 • 12 min read What do heavenly rewards and crowns mean? Follow Paul’s race, the five crowns, Jesus’ dependence on the Father, and the timing of resurrection.
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Episode 78 • February 14, 2026 • 11 min read What is a pastor in the Bible? Scripture connects pastors with shepherds, elders, and overseers rather than simply a modern church title.
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Episode 77 • February 7, 2026 • 8 min read (Malachi 3:8–10) Is tithing in the New Testament required? Read Malachi 3 in context and see how giving under grace differs from Israel’s tithe.
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Episode 76 • January 31, 2026 • 25 min read Ten common church teachings tested against Scripture in context.
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Episode 75 • January 24, 2026 • 10 min read How do Christians live a holy life? This study contrasts religious performance and conditional fellowship with dependence on Christ, faith, and grace.
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Episode 74 • January 17, 2026 • 13 min read Why does God allow us to suffer? Scripture shows how suffering can expose our dependencies and teach us to rely on the strength of Christ.
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Episode 73 • January 10, 2026 • 10 min read How do we love like Jesus without turning love into another standard? Christ’s love grows through dependence on Him, not religious performance.
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Episode 72 • January 3, 2026 • 8 min read Why is Yeshua called Jesus? See why the familiar name does not diminish Yeshua, why His name carries power, and why grace is bigger than pronunciation.
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Episode 71 • December 27, 2025 • 10 min read (Philippians 2:12–18) What are the benefits of salvation now? Philippians 2 shows God working in believers as we live by what Christ has already given us.
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Episode 70 • December 20, 2025 • 10 min read How does the Holy Spirit guide us? This study looks at truth, fear, feelings, people-pleasing, prayer, and learning to recognize the Spirit’s leading.
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Episode 69 • December 13, 2025 • 9 min read What does it mean to stand firm in the faith? Scripture connects endurance with abiding in Christ, dependence on His strength, and hope through suffering.
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Episode 68 • December 6, 2025 • 10 min read (John 15:2) What does John 15:2 mean? See why the Father prunes fruitful branches, why pruning is not punishment, and how dependence on Christ bears fruit.
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Episode 67 • November 29, 2025 • 10 min read (John 15:7) What does John 15:7 mean? Jesus connects asking with abiding, New Covenant access to the Father, God’s will, and a life of dependence on Christ.
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Episode 66 • November 22, 2025 • 8 min read (John 15:1–6) What do the vine and branches mean in John 15? Israel, belief, unbelief, and covenant context help explain the branches thrown into the fire.
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Episode 65 • November 15, 2025 • 8 min read (John 15:1–6) Abiding in Christ is rooted in believing Christ. John 15 and 1 John connect abiding with the indwelling Spirit, love, fruit, and confidence before God.
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Episode 64 • October 5, 2025 • 13 min read What does Romans 14 mean by the weak? Follow Paul, the Law, and Jew-Gentile fellowship to see why the usual answer deserves another look.
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Episode 63 • September 21, 2025 • 12 min read (Galatians 2:11–14) Paul rebukes Peter in Antioch because Peter’s conduct contradicted the truth of the gospel and treated Gentile believers as though they belonged outside the inner circle.
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Episode 62 • September 6, 2025 • 11 min read (Romans 2:11) God shows no favoritism. Paul brings Jew and Gentile onto the same ground before God and helps us understand his gospel and mission.
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Episode 61 • August 24, 2025 • 13 min read Ten reasons futurism affects how Christians understand the second coming of Christ, the rapture, modern Israel, prophecy, and life in the New Covenant.
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Episode 60 • August 10, 2025 • 9 min read (Romans 2:7) Romans 2:7 connects glory, honor, immortality, eternal life, resurrection, and the redemption believers now possess in Christ.
Episode 59 • July 26, 2025 • 13 min read (Romans 2:9–11) What is the Day of the Lord? Follow Paul and Jesus through Christ’s coming, judgment, resurrection, and the end of the Old Covenant age.
Episode 58 • July 12, 2025 • 20 min read (Romans 2:9–11)
Why did tribulation come to the Jew first? Follow Romans 2 through Israel’s covenant warnings, Jesus’ words about Jerusalem, and their fulfillment in AD 70.
Episode 57 • June 25, 2025 • 10 min read What is preterism? This companion study explores full and partial preterism, Jesus’ timing statements, AD 70, and the eternal New Covenant.
Episode 56 • June 1, 2025 • 8 min read (Romans 2:1–11) Romans 2 meaning becomes clearer when Paul’s rhetorical opponent, judgment language, works, and the Jew-first argument are read in context.
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Episode 55 • May 24, 2025 • 8 min read (Romans 1:29–32) Who will not inherit the kingdom of God? Read Paul’s warning lists with his reminders that believers were washed, sanctified, and justified.
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Episode 54 • May 17, 2025 • 9 min read What does freedom in Christ mean? Grace frees us from condemnation and self-righteousness so we can follow the Spirit, renew our minds, and trust the Lord.
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Episode 053 • May 11, 2025 • 8 min read (Romans 1:21–28) What does Romans say about homosexuality? Read Romans 1:21–28 in context, including what Paul means by God giving mankind up and the “due penalty for their error.”
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Episode 52 • May 4, 2025 • 10 min read Romans 1:18-20 and Psalm 19 challenge the usual natural-revelation reading and raise a bigger question: was the gospel itself being declared in the heavens?
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Episode 51 • April 26, 2025 • 10 min read (1 John 1:5–2:2) Is confession of sins required for forgiveness? Read 1 John 1:9 in context and see why believers rest in Christ’s finished work.
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Episode 50 • April 19, 2025 • 9 min read What is the purpose of the church? Scripture points beyond passive attendance toward a body that gathers to participate, encourage, discern, and build one another up.
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Episode 49 • April 13, 2025 • 11 min read (Romans 1:16–17) The righteous shall live by faith. Romans 1:17 points from human effort to God’s righteousness revealed in Christ, from faith to faith.
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Episode 48 • April 6, 2025 • 10 min read (1 Corinthians 1:4–9) Can sin break your fellowship with God? Paul points believers to God's faithfulness and a secure standing in Christ rather than a cycle of losing and restoring fellowship.
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Episode 47 • March 30, 2025 • 11 min read (Romans 1:8–15) What should Christians pray for? Paul’s prayers show what to pray for when grace, spiritual growth, peace, and life with God shape our attention.
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Episode 46 • March 24, 2025 • 8 min read (Romans 1:8–15) What does Paul’s prayer teach us about prayer? Romans 1:8–15 points to thankfulness, spiritual strength, God’s will, and confident access to the Father.
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Episode 45 • March 16, 2025 • 10 min read (Romans 1:1–7) What is a saint in the Bible? Paul calls ordinary believers saints, not sinners. See what that identity means for sin, grace, and fellowship with God.
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Episode 44 • March 8, 2025 • 9 min read Religious cognitive dissonance tells Christians they are secure in Christ while making acceptance feel conditional. Grace brings those contradictions into the light.
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Episode 43 • March 2, 2025 • 10 min read What does “It is finished” mean? Scripture traces Christ’s victory from Eden to the cross, fulfilled prophecy, and restored fellowship with God.
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Episode 42 • February 23, 2025 • 11 min read What is the divine council in the Bible? Trace the heavenly host, the sons of God, spiritual rebellion, and Yahweh's sovereignty across Scripture.
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Episode 41 • February 16, 2025 • 11 min read (Romans 1:1–7) How to be obedient to God begins with Paul’s “obedience of faith.” See why biblical obedience grows from belief, grace, and Christ rather than rule keeping.
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Episode 40 • February 9, 2025 • 9 min read Is Jesus Yahweh? Follow Romans 10, Philippians 2, YHWH, and the meaning of Yeshua to see how the New Testament identifies Jesus with Israel’s God.
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Episode 39 • February 2, 2025 • 9 min read (Romans 1:1–7) What does it mean to be chosen by God? Follow Paul’s words about calling, predestination, justification, and the security believers have in Christ.
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Episode 38 • January 26, 2025 • 9 min read What is biblical fellowship? See why fellowship grows from shared life in Christ, truth, love, and the unity of the body rather than religious performance.
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Episode 37 • January 19, 2025 • 10 min read What is biblical discipleship? Explore Luke 14, John 6, John 15, and whether discipleship is a second tier of Christian life.
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Episode 36 • January 11, 2025 • 10 min read (Romans 16:1–7) Who was Junia in the Bible, and was she really an apostle? Romans 16:7 and early Christian evidence point to a woman among the apostles.
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Episode 35 • January 5, 2025 • 11 min read What is an apostle in the Bible? Paul’s calling shows apostles were sent by Christ, not appointed by men, and helps answer whether apostles exist today.
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Episode 34 • January 1, 2025 • 8 min read Traditions of men can feel biblical simply because they are familiar. Compare inherited church traditions with Scripture and the first-century church.
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Episode 33 • December 23, 2024 • 8 min read The letters of Paul were written to teach, persuade, and build up real churches. See what their style and setting reveal about truth and participation.
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Episode 32 • November 24, 2024 • 13 min read Does Jeremiah 31:33 put the Law of Moses on Christian hearts? Follow Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Galatians, Jesus, and Romans 2 into the New Covenant answer.
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Episode 31 • November 15, 2024 • 15 min read (John 15:4–5, 16) What does bearing fruit in the Bible mean? Follow John 15 and see why Christian fruit grows from abiding in Christ rather than religious self-effort.
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Episode 30 • November 8, 2024 • 10 min read (Matthew 7:15–20) What did Jesus mean by “you will know them by their fruits”? Matthew 7:15–20 identifies false prophets by the truth of what they proclaim.
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Episode 29 • October 4, 2024 • 10 min read What do spirit, soul, body, and flesh mean in Scripture? Explore the mind of Christ, the flesh, the new creation, and immortality in Christ.
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Episode 28 • September 22, 2024 • 12 min read How do you get closer to God when Christ already lives in you? Learn why feeling distant is not the same as being distant and how to live from union with Him.
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Episode 27 • September 13, 2024 • 13 min read Church fellowship is more than attending a service. See why gathering and fellowship are not the same and how shared life in Christ changes Christian community.
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Episode 26 • September 8, 2024 • 9 min read (1 Peter 5:6–7) What does it mean to cast your cares on the Lord? Follow 1 Peter 5:6–7 into humility, trust, and dependence on Christ when anxiety comes.
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Episode 25 • August 30, 2024 • 15 min read (Luke 21:20–36) What do the end times mean in Scripture? Follow Luke 21 through Jerusalem, the coming of the Son of Man, AD 70, and the New Covenant age.
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Episode 24 • August 27, 2024 • 10 min read (Matthew 6:5–15) What does the Lord’s Prayer mean? Read Matthew 6:5–15 in its covenant setting and see why conditional forgiveness changes after the cross.
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Episode 23 • August 17, 2024 • 9 min read What is Christian legalism? See why guilt, repeated forgiveness, and self-effort keep believers holding onto what Christ has already finished.
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Episode 22 • August 10, 2024 • 9 min read What does the mind of Christ mean? See how the finished work, the Spirit, and 1 Corinthians 2–3 reshape Christian maturity and growth.
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Episode 21 • July 16, 2024 • 12 min read What does renewing your mind look like when you are already alive in Christ? Learn how grace, truth, dependence on God, and spiritual nourishment help us live from the life He has already given us.
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Episode 20 • July 11, 2024 • 11 min read Your identity in Christ is more than a position. In Christ you are a new creation, reconciled to God, and learning to live from His finished work.
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Episode 19 • June 16, 2024 • 7 min read (Hebrews 12:4–11) God chastises those He loves? Hebrews 12 points to loving discipline and endurance in persecution, not renewed condemnation for forgiven sin.
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Episode 18 • June 12, 2024 • 12 min read What is biblical discipline? See how Scripture distinguishes Christian correction, consequences, and growth from punishment and condemnation.
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Episode 17 • May 27, 2024 • 13 min read Does God punish Christians for sin? This study distinguishes God’s punishment from discipline, consequences, and the believer’s settled standing in Christ.
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Episode 16 • May 17, 2024 • 12 min read (Luke 16:14–31) What does the story of Lazarus and the rich man mean? Read Luke 16 with Sheol, the Pharisees, resurrection, judgment, and Scripture’s contrast between death and eternal life.
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Episode 15 • May 10, 2024 • 11 min read What does Gehenna mean in the Bible? Trace Jesus’ warnings through the Valley of Hinnom, unquenchable fire, first-century judgment, and eternal life.
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Episode 14 • May 3, 2024 • 12 min read When was James written? Examine the case for a pre-cross date and why the letter’s audience, Law language, and faith-with-works emphasis matter.
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Episode 13 • April 28, 2024 • 12 min read Which James wrote the book of James? Examine the three leading candidates, the Jerusalem evidence, and why the date of the letter matters.
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Episode 12 • March 24, 2024 • 7 min read (1 John 5) John closes with God’s testimony about His Son, confidence in prayer, and the assurance that believers have eternal life.
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Episode 11 • March 16, 2024 • 8 min read (1 John 4) John joins discernment with God’s love, then explains why those made new in Christ need not fear punishment.
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Episode 10 • March 10, 2024 • 7 min read (1 John 3) What does John mean when he says those born of God cannot keep sinning? Follow his answer through new birth, love, and assurance.
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Episode 9 • March 2, 2024 • 7 min read (1 John 2) Jesus is our advocate, and John urged his first readers to hold to the truth as antichrists appeared in their last hour.
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Episode 8 • February 25, 2024 • 7 min read (1 John 1) John opens with the Word of Life, an invitation into fellowship, and the contrast between light and darkness. Read sin and confession in that setting.
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Episode 7 • February 19, 2024 • 9 min read (1 John 1:9) Do Christians have to keep asking God for forgiveness? Read 1 John 1:9 in context and rest in Christ's completed forgiveness of sins.
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Episode 6 • December 17, 2023 • 13 min read (Romans 9–11) What did Paul mean when he said “all Israel will be saved”? Romans 9–11 reveals the remnant, true Israel, and why God’s promise never failed.
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Episode 5 • July 10, 2023 • 9 min read What is spiritual baptism? Follow faith, Acts 2, Acts 10-11, Acts 22, and Mark 16 to see why saving baptism is the work of God by His Spirit.
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Episode 4 • July 9, 2023 • 10 min read Is baptism necessary for salvation? This study compares water baptism with Spirit baptism and explains why the water itself does not save us.
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Episode 3 • April 28, 2023 • 7 min read (1 John 1:1–10) What happens to unconfessed sin? Read 1 John 1:9 in context and see why confession, forgiveness, and fellowship are not a revolving cleansing cycle.
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Episode 2 • April 23, 2023 • 9 min read (Hebrews 9:11–17) What is the New Covenant in the Bible? Hebrews shows when it began, why the cross is the dividing line, and what that means for life under grace.
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