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God's Word for Life
As a companion to our Word Aflame Adult Level Curriculum, this podcast serves to encourage adult disciples to think deeply about God’s Word, further develop their personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and make a greater commitment to the purpose and plan of God for their lives.
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Moved with Compassion
Send us Fan Mail One day one man shuffled out of the shadows to risk it all. Everyone gasped as this leper approached Jesus, but Jesus did not shrink back. He…
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A Pulpit in the Prison
Send us Fan Mail Felix. Festus. Herod Agrippa. These were two governors and one king who sat at the bench and listened to the evidence against Paul during a…
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To the Ends of the Earth
Send us Fan Mail Like a to-do list, Jesus called His followers to preach the gospel in Jerusalem (where they were), Judea (the region where they were), Samaria…
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HIs Church Is Marching On
Send us Fan Mail The first miracle in the first church followed hot on the heels of Acts 2. The crowd could not believe it, but they could not deny it either…
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We Are the Church
Send us Fan Mail Jesus first found four frustrated fishermen and worked a wonder in their lives. He waited until He had filled their boats with nets full of…
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Water in the Desert
Send us Fan Mail God lifted a preacher from a city-wide revival to a dusty desert because one hungry heart needed to hear the gospel. God loves the world, and…
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The Good News
Send us Fan Mail Just as Jesus was ascending, He left His followers with a commission to go and teach all nations. Share the gospel—the good news—with all who…
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Some Salt, a City, and a Lamp
Send us Fan Mail In the opening of Jesus' landmark Sermon on the Mount, He called all who follow Him to live as salt, a city on a hill, and a lamp. These…
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I Am a Disciple
Send us Fan Mail As Jesus gathered an audience on the plain, He called them to live their lives for Him: to follow Him. Two thousand years later, though much…
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The Covenant Fulfilled
Send us Fan Mail Fifty-two weeks ago, we embarked on a beautiful journey with our heels in the Garden of Eden. Today, we finish our journey with our toes in…
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The Throne Room
Send us Fan Mail Although the apostle John was exiled on a prison island, presumably to die, God called him up to view the throne room. There John saw one…
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The Armor of God
Send us Fan Mail Although today may seem to be a routine day full of work, errands, and maybe some frozen custard, we are ever in a spiritual war. To ensure we…
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Send us Fan Mail There's a major difference between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. One of them separates us from God and others; the other…
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Paul's Testimony
Send us Fan Mail Paul had been arrested and stood trial for his faith—possibly, even his life. As the Jews' lawyer leveled the capital charges against him…
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Reminders from Ephesians
Send us Fan Mail Paul was saying goodbye. The leaders from his beloved church in Ephesus met him, wept over him, and hugged him. Paul shared some final…
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Paul and Silas in Philippi
Send us Fan Mail It was all going according to Paul's plan . . . until it wasn't. God gave Paul a vision of a man in Macedonia calling for help, but when Paul…
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The Council in Jerusalem
Send us Fan Mail God's church was growing and picking up steam, but by the time they arrived in Acts 15, Jewish and Gentile Christians could not get along. The…
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The Gentile Revival
Send us Fan Mail Only God could have put these two men together: a Roman centurion hungry to know God and a Jewish Christian preacher willing to preach the…
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Paul's New Birth Experience
Send us Fan Mail His is one of the most dramatic testimonies in the history of the New Testament church. Saul went from being the chief persecutor against…
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Revival in Samaria
Send us Fan Mail The church in Jerusalem was growing by the day, but persecution drove the Spirit-filled Jesus followers out of the city and into the…
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The Day of Pentecost
Send us Fan Mail The day finally dawned. But it wasn't just the Day of Pentecost for that particular year. It was the day God had waited nearly four thousand…
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Jesus' Great Commission
Send us Fan Mail As Jesus ascended, He promised His followers that they would receive power to be witnesses unto Him in Jerusalem, Judea, even Samaria, and to…
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Jesus' Resurrection
Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldiers stood guard, guarding the tomb that was sealed with the indomitable Roman seal. They were ready to keep the disciples from…
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The Cross
Send us Fan Mail The Jews who cried "crucify Him" and the Romans who heard that cry and crucified Him did not know that Jesus was dying, not for His crimes…
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Jesus in the Garden
Send us Fan Mail Jesus was surrounded by twelve disciples most of His ministry. But this night, one of them walked away from Him, He walked away from eight of…
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The Lord's Supper
Send us Fan Mail Jesus brought His sometimes faithless, sometimes faithful followers to a second-story room for the Passover meal. Four thousand years of human…
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The Triumphal Entry
Send us Fan Mail Jesus came but not like everyone expected. He rode into Jerusalem in a one-float parade, on a colt that had never been ridden. People came…
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Raising Lazarus
Send us Fan Mail Lazarus was sick. Jesus healed the sick. It was the perfect situation. Mary and Martha would pray for Jesus to come to the house, Jesus would…
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The Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son
Send us Fan Mail An unlikely crowd gathered together around Jesus: self-righteous Pharisees and publicans and sinners. They all waited to hear Jesus' words…
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Peter's Confession and Denial
Send us Fan Mail After seeing Jesus work wonders and walk on water, Simon Peter boldly declared, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." But days…
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Disciples Called and Sent
Send us Fan Mail After Jesus had sent out the Twelve to work wonders, Jesus sent out another group of seventy—mostly unnamed to work wonders in His name. They…
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The Miracles of Mark 4 and 5
Send us Fan Mail In just two chapters, Jesus demonstrated authority over nature, the devil, disease, and death itself. And for Jesus, it was just another day…
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Jesus Forgave Sins
Send us Fan Mail Four friends shocked everyone, except Jesus, when they began ripping apart a roof to get their friend in front of Jesus. But Jesus' response…
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The Woman at the Well
Send us Fan Mail What was He doing talking to her? She's a Samaritan. She's a Samaritan woman. She's that Samaritan woman. He's a Jew. He's a Jewish man. He's…
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A Conversation with Nicodemus
Send us Fan Mail Jesus and Nicodemus met late one night to talk through the Word of God. Nicodemus opened up the conversation with a sincere compliment, and…
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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
Send us Fan Mail After Jesus' popularity grew all around the region, He climbed a mountain, took a seat, and began to teach. His powerful message is recorded…
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Jesus in the Wilderness
Send us Fan Mail After a forty-day fast, Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness. But Jesus was ready and fended off his temptations with the Word of God. Pick…
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The Incarnation
Send us Fan Mail After four thousand years of waiting and watching and praying and hoping, God showed Himself faithful yet again. God Himself came in the…
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John the Baptist
Send us Fan Mail After walking through the breadth of the Old Testament, we have crossed over four hundred silent years into the New Testament. To break the…
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Mordecai and Esther
Send us Fan Mail The Book of Esther is the only book in the Bible's sixty-six books that does not mention God one time, but His fingerprints are everywhere…
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Daniel and His Friends
Send us Fan Mail Daniel and his friends had been loaded up and carted off to captivity in Babylon, hundreds of miles away from Jerusalem. But when they faced…
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The Prophet Ezekiel
Send us Fan Mail Judah had been overrun, defeated, chained, and marched over five hundred miles away to Babylon. Just when Judah wondered if God would ever…
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The Prophet Elijah
Send us Fan Mail Israel had run a long way in the wrong way and appeared to be far gone, but into that melee of pagan practices stepped the prophet Elijah…
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The Prophet Jonah
Send us Fan Mail Jonah had one job: Preach to the city of Nineveh. He paid for a one-way trip to Tarshish, about as far from Nineveh as you could get. But God…
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The Kingdom Divided
Send us Fan Mail After Solomon's reign, his son Rehoboam reigned over the nation of Israel—but not for long. Soon, Rehoboam would make a foolish decision and…
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The Wisdom of Solomon
Send us Fan Mail David's son, Solomon, was chosen to be Israel's next king. When God asked him what he would like from God, Solomon wisely asked for wisdom…
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King David
Send us Fan Mail It was one of David's finest moments: the two times he could have killed the paranoid, murderous King Saul, but he showed mercy. David's…
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David and Goliath
Send us Fan Mail It has become a proverb in our day: a David and Goliath battle. Well, let's see the first David and Goliath battle between . . . David and…
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Samuel and Saul
Send us Fan Mail Israel had all they needed: God was their King. But He was not what they wanted, so they asked the seer Samuel to help them find a king…
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Ruth and Boaz
Send us Fan Mail It's one of the most beautiful stories of redemption in all Scripture. And it all started with a famine and nearly ended with three funerals…
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Crossing the Jordan River
Send us Fan Mail Israel was just about to storm into the Promised Land, but before they marched in and took over, God extended a covenant of mercy to an…
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The Wilderness Wanderings
Send us Fan Mail Moses grinned as He sent twelve leaders into the Promised Land to bring back a report about how great and grand their new home would be. But…
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Sinai and the Tabernacle
Send us Fan Mail God gathered His people around the base of Mount Sinai, and suddenly He spoke. He gave them His covenant and how to keep it. Thankfully, God…
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The Exodus
Send us Fan Mail When Moses marched into Pharaoh's royal office, Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to let God's people go. Clearly, Israel had to trust in…
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The Birth of Moses
Send us Fan Mail It all seemed wrong. A new Pharaoh had just decreed every Hebrew baby boy must die. Here Amram and Jochebed were sitting in their humble home…
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Joseph
Send us Fan Mail Joseph, a seventeen-year-old junior in high school, went from being favored by his father to forgotten by everyone—except God. When no one…
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From Jacob to Israel
Send us Fan Mail One twin brother thought God needed his help until he conned more people than he could fix on his own. In a powerful, life-transforming…
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Abraham and Isaac
Send us Fan Mail Another man found grace in God's sight, even after the world ran back to wickedness. God found a man who would be faithful to Him: a man named…
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Noah and the Flood
Send us Fan Mail The justice and mercy of God all came together in Noah's day when God called him to build an ark. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to…
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The Fall of Humanity
Send us Fan Mail Where did it all go wrong? It started off with perfection and paradise, but it soon spiraled into separation from God and one another. Yet…