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Each week we explore topics significant to faith and Holy Scripture. We have thus covered the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, the Gospel of Matthew, and Jonah . . . .
Episodes
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
During this season of Lent, we will be focusing on the disciples as we follow Jesus to Jerusalem, and His crucifixion.
This episode will deal with the calling of the twelve Apostles, and Jesus’ plan to travel with them up to Jerusalem . . . .
Focus texts will be Matthew 10:1-20 and Luke 18:18-34.
[Sculpture in photo: Christ and the Twelve Disciples - from France, Normandy, around 1450-1500. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Public domain.]
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
In this one we reflect on where we stand in the grand scheme of the Fallen world. There is a single outcome we all face, but Jesus stands between us and the worst . . . .
(Text: from Matthew 6)
The hymn: Savior When in Dust to Thee (A public domain hymn).
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Looking back at Matthew 17 on this week of the Transfiguration.
Originally entitled "The Key that Opens All Scripture, and Eternity Itself"
From beginning until the very end of the world, Christ is the key to understanding Scripture, life, and eternity to come . . . .
Everything about the Transfiguration points to Jesus Christ as the Savior . . . .
The hymn: Beautiful Savior (a public domain hymn)
[Image: Carl Bloch, the Transfiguration - public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
When Jesus was crucified, darkness fell over the land. The light who came into the world, into the darkness was snuffed out.
The enlightenment of mankind becomes meaningless in this context, but with God, there is light after the impenetrable darkness.
The hymn: Jesus, I Will Ponder Now. #440 A public domain hymn.
(this is a newly recorded hymn)
[The image with this episode is a public domain painting "Behold, the Man" by Antonio Ciseri.]
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Text for discussion: Matthew 27:1-23
Betrayed by Judas, Jesus is delivered from the chief priests and elders (the religious authorities) over to the civil authority, Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea.
Like the silver coins thrown back at the chief priests and elders by Judas, it is Pilate's wife that wants him to have nothing to do with Jesus.
Jesus' rejection on every front, is necessary for the salvation of all people, for whom Jesus died.
All who believe in Him will be saved.
The hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. (Public domain).
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
The feeling on the night of the Last Supper is a somber and serious one. The mood of the Passover should be anticipatory of victory, but defeat seems to be on the air . . . . Beyond human understanding, the betrayal, trial, and crucifixion are a replay of the Passover; they are the greater thing of which the great festival of the Passover is surprisingly, a type, a model.
The hymn: a completely new recording of Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed.
A public domain hymn.
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Text for discussion Matthew 26:17-29
What are we to make of Judas? Was he destined for doom, destruction and damnation even before he was born?
This one answers that question and discusses most importantly what the Lord’s Supper means for us . . . .
The hymn: Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Text for Discussion: Matthew 26:1-16.
In this passage we learn more about the plot to seize Jesus, and woman anoints Jesus and does a beautiful thing . . . .
The hymn: Glory Be to Jesus (a public domain hymn)
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
This week in church life we commemorate the baptism of Jesus. This week's lessons recall the baptism of Jesus, and we revisit Matthew 3 in our discussion from an episode originally entitled, "The Great Exchange."
[All of the lessons and prayers-other than Matthew 3-were recorded January 6, 2023.
The discussion was recorded June 2022.
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Hope you've enjoyed some rest following Christmas. This one gives you a chance to catch up on the podcasts for those who are behind, and appropriately for the season to come, talks about the wise men.
So many times the nativity scenes we witness include the wise men. In reality, the wise men were nowhere to be found until sometime later, when the star led them to Jesus, who was a toddler.
This one was recorded, May 27, 2022 . . . .
Text for discussion: Matthew 2.
Jesus, uncreated, was present before the foundation of the world. Born into human flesh he was already in danger from the old evil enemy. God protected His Son until the appointed time . . . .
The hymn: A Mighty Fortress