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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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Seek to Hide
Send us Fan Mail David was on the run for so long. Each hiding place David found Saul found. David didn't feel safe anywhere except one place—in the presence…
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Greatly to Be Praised
Send us Fan Mail It's not always natural to praise and worship, especially when we find ourselves in the valley, a cave, or a doctor's office. But God is…
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Refuge in the Secret Place
Send us Fan Mail There is a safe place found in the presence of God. If we will make His presence our home, we will find rest, refuge, and protection in the…
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Living Out God's Word
Send us Fan Mail There is a safe place found within the Word of God. We read and hide God's Word in our hearts to find that safe place. Pick up your Bible or…
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Following the Teachings of Jesus
Send us Fan Mail In Jesus' renowned Sermon on the Mount, He gave us a beautiful balance to help us much more than just religious rules. Pick up your Bible or…
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Choosing to Be a Disciple
Send us Fan Mail Jesus handpicked a dozen disciples to follow Him. One of the first He called was just a fisherman trying to make a living, but Jesus called…
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Not Stopped by Rejection
Send us Fan Mail Jesus just came home to His hometown of Nazareth and stirred up quite a stir. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Luke 4 to hear the…
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Propelled into Purpose
Send us Fan Mail Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness. Moses spent forty years in the wilderness. We rarely like or understand the wilderness, but God has…
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Holding Onto God's Promises
Send us Fan Mail Jacob was all alone, profoundly alone. Suddenly he found himself in a wrestling match for his life. But his opponent was not just a man; he…
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Cherish God's Blessings
Send us Fan Mail Jacob and Esau fought like twin brothers because they were twin brothers. Jacob tricked his brother into giving everything away. Then as their…
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God Wants Our All
Send us Fan Mail Abraham had it all. He had a wife who adored him and a son who admired him. But one day, God spoke to Abraham and asked him to give up his son…
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Receiving the Promise
Send us Fan Mail Is anything too hard for the Lord? That was the question God asked Abraham when he started to wonder if God would keep His promises. Maybe…
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He Who Sits on the Throne
Send us Fan Mail Hundreds throughout history have battled and deceived for the right to sit on an earthly throne. The God we serve has no contender for the…
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I AM
Send us Fan Mail So many misunderstood Jesus. Several worshipped so many gods they were incensed at the idea that there was only one God. Others were…
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Rejoicing with Great Joy
Send us Fan Mail It must have been some sight to see and hear the angels on that starry night in Bethlehem. It must have been some sight to see when the wise…
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The Privilege of Relationship with God
Send us Fan Mail Israel had a wonderful privilege to have a close relationship with God, but as we will soon see, they did not respond to that relationship…
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Commissioned by God
Send us Fan Mail God uniquely trained Moses for a unique call that would lead him into a unique ministry. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Genesis 3 to…
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Created to Worship
Send us Fan Mail All nature lifts its voice to glorify God. David the psalmist closed out the Book of Psalms calling everything that has breath to praise the…
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A Clean Heart
Send us Fan Mail Some stories are too tragic to tell, but the lessons we would learn are too tragic not to tell. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Psalm…
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Our Shepherd
Send us Fan Mail These six short yet sure verses have held the unsure hands of many going through the trial of their life. It is one of the most beautiful…
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Walking in Righteousness
Send us Fan Mail Blessed. What a loaded word. It's found in the first verse of the first chapter of the first psalm. What did the psalmist mean by blessed?…
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A Part of God's Plan
Send us Fan Mail John the Baptist wore camel hair and lunched on locusts, but he preached a marvelous message. His message highlighted the darkness of our sin…
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It Will Come to Pass
Send us Fan Mail Simeon and Anna. Two faithful people, faithfully waiting on God to perform what He promised. God kept His promise, they saw the Messiah, and…
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For His Purpose
Send us Fan Mail Enter an angel and a terrified teenage girl. When Gabriel told Mary God had favored her, she had a choice. Say yes or run away. Thankfully…
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What God Says Is True
Send us Fan Mail Some just shrug their shoulders and say, "That's just the way it is." But the story of John the Baptist's birth is just one of thousands of…
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Worshiping the One True God
Send us Fan Mail The Tower of Babel follows just a few short chapters after the story of Noah and his ginormous boat. How did the world go so wrong so fast?…
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Obedience to God's Word
Send us Fan Mail Noah is one of the most iconic stories in the Bible and in the world. God showed Noah grace, and Noah showed God his obedience. Pick up your…
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Offering Our Best
Send us Fan Mail Is correction kindness or hate speech? When God corrected Cain, was God being kind or hateful? Should He have just let it go? Pick up your…
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God's Redemptive Plan
Send us Fan Mail If only. If only they had not hung out around that one forbidden tree, but they did. And now we pay the price for their sin. Pick up your…
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Purpose in Creation
Send us Fan Mail Have you asked these questions: where did we come from? How did we get here? Why are we here? Most of us have wrestled with questions about…
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The Prophet and Prophecy
Send us Fan Mail What is a prophet and how do they prophesy? Does every prophet speak for God? In this episode, our host LJ Harry shares a lesson from Dan…
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The Avenger
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wanted God to avenge you quicker than He does? Jonah did. Nahum did. Today's episode answers why God does not always avenge us…
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Episode 69 - Rejoicing in Difficult Times
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever asked God why bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people? So did Habakkuk. Pick up your Bible or…
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Episode 68 - The God of Our Salvation
Send us Fan Mail What does God expect from us? We learn that from Micah 6. What may we expect from God? We learn that from Micah 7. Pick up your Bible or…
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Episode 67 - Life and Hope
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Joel 2:23-32. Joel prophesied of coming judgment because of their sin but also of coming promise because of God's mercy…
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Episode 66 - Elevated to Influence
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Esther 9:1-5, 13-17. Haman had issued his diabolical decree to destroy every Jew in Persia, but God had a plan. That…
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Episode 65 - For Such a Time as This
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Esther 4:13-17. Although the name of God is not seen in the ten chapters of Esther, His providence and presence are seen…
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Episode 64 - Faithful at All Times
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Daniel 6:7-16. How could a Hebrew POW still cling to his faith when facing a den of hungry lions? Pick up your Bible or…
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Episode 63 - Standing in Faith
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Daniel 3:14-25. How do three Hebrew POWs stand while everyone else bows? Pick up your Bible or phone, turn to Daniel 3…
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Episode 62 - Saved
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Titus 3:4-8. Are we saved by works? Although no Bible-believing Apostolic Christian would ever suggest such a thing…
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Episode 61 - Amazing Grace
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Titus 2:11-15. In this passage, the apostle Paul highlighted the grace of God that has brought salvation. Not only does…
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Episode 60 - Rightly Dividing the Word
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at 2 Timothy 2:14-19. Here Paul exhorts Timothy to value truth and study God's Word in order to be able to not only…
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Episode 59 - Without Controversy
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at passages from Isaiah and 1 Timothy; passages that highlight the identity of Jesus Christ. Isaiah declares His name to be…
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Episode 58 - We Need the Lord
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Obadiah 1:1-4, 17-21. Here we find the prophet Obadiah pronouncing judgment on Edom, the descendants of Esau. The story…
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Episode 57 - Faithful to Forgive
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Hosea 14:1-9. Here we find the prophet Hosea communicating God's desire for Israel to return to the Lord. Hosea's…
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Episode 56 - Great Mercy
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Jonah 4:1-11. This passage picks up the story of Jonah immediately after the prophet has preached to the wicked city of…
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Episode 55 - The Prophetic Voice
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Amos 3:1-7. In this passage, the prophet Amos is addressing the Children of Israel and warning them of coming judgment…
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Episode 54 - Open the Door
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Revelation 3:14-22. In this passage, the Lord addresses the church in Laodicea. Immediately the Lord shows His…
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Episode 53 - His Strength Is Perfect
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at II Corinthians 12:9 and Revelation 3:7-13. In Revelation 3:7-13, the Lord addresses the church in Philadelphia. They are…
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Episode 52 - Awake
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Romans 13:11-12, Ephesians 5:14, and Revelation 3:1-6. These passages reveal three different themes we discuss in this…
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Episode 51 - Overcomers
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Revelation 2:18-29. In this passage, the Lord speaks to the church at Thyatira. He commends them for their works, faith…
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Episode 50 - When Fear and Joy Collide
Send us Fan Mail Happy Easter! This episode looks at Matthew 28:1-9. In this passage, we find Mary Magdalene and "the other" Mary (Matt 28:1) on their way to…
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Episode 49 - Cling to Righteousness
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Revelation 2:12-18. In this passage, the Lord addressed the church of Pergamos. Pergamos was an idolatrous city and…
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Episode 48 - Faithful in Persecution
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Revelation 2:8-11. In this passage, the Lord addressed the church of Smyrna. The city of Smyrna was hostile toward…
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Episode 47 - Your First Love
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Revelation 2:1-7. In this passage, the Lord addressed the church of Ephesus. He commended them for several things…
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Episode 46 - Alpha and Omega
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Revelation 1:8-18. In this passage, the apostle John has been exiled to an island called Patmos where he receives a…
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Episode 45 - Confident in God's Love
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at I John 3:18-24. In this passage, the apostle John exhorts believers to love God and one another; not only in word but…
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Episode 44 - Freedom from Fear
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at II Kings 6:8-17 and II Timothy 1:6-7. Second Kings tells us the story of how God kept frustrating the king of Syria…
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Episode 43 - Fight the Good Fight of Faith
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Ephesians 6:10-13, I Timothy 1:18-19, and I Timothy 6:11-12. The apostle Paul is quick to remind both the Ephesian…
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Episode 42 - Age Does Not Matter
Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at Acts 15:36-40, I Timothy 4:12-14, and II Timothy 4:11. In Acts 15 we find the apostle Paul in a heated disagreement with…