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Chapter by Chapter
Chapter by Chapter is a four-year journey through the greatest book given to the human race – the word of God, the Bible – one chapter at a time, 7 minutes a day, 7 days a week.
Episodes
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Deuteronomy 27: Shouting Back and Forth Between Two Mountains
Deuteronomy 27 records Israel’s dramatic covenant ceremony between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, where blessings and curses echoed across the valley and the…
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Deuteronomy 26: Retelling the Story but Skipping 40 Years
Deuteronomy 26 presents a future worship ceremony in which Israel recounts God's faithfulness from slavery to inheritance, focusing on His deliverance…
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Deuteronomy 25: An Attack From the Back
Deuteronomy 25 emphasizes the power of remembering God’s faithfulness, discipline, and guidance while warning Israel never to forget Amalek’s cowardly attack…
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Deuteronomy 24: Sounds Like Jesus
Deuteronomy 24 weaves together varied laws on marriage, justice, care for the vulnerable, and ethical responsibility, and right in the middle of its…
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Deuteronomy 23: Refreshed Yes, Dependent No
In Deuteronomy 23, Moses teaches that God provides people and moments along life’s journey that can refresh and strengthen us like grapes and grain along a…
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Deuteronomy 22: Do You Know What Gravel Tastes Like?
In Deuteronomy 22, the command to restore lost property becomes a powerful lesson on integrity, teaching that keeping what does not belong to us may feel…
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Deuteronomy 21: I Used To Be Fearful Of This Chapter, Now I Am Grateful
In Deuteronomy 21, what first appears to be a scary chapter about rebellion and judgment becomes a powerful picture of the gospel as the author realizes that…
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Deuteronomy 20: Contagious Fear
In Deuteronomy 20, Moses warns that fear spreads like a disease among God’s people and teaches that victory in battle comes when faith-filled voices remind us…
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Deuteronomy 19: A Commandment That Will Get Some Help
Deuteronomy 19 reminds God’s people that careless slander destroys lives, steals reputations, and must never be treated lightly.
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Deuteronomy 18: You Need Strength and Discernment to Fight the Sniffing Dog Test
Deuteronomy 18 warns Israel that following God will require both strength to resist the obvious darkness of the surrounding culture and discernment to…
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Deuteronomy 17: Where Did Those Verses Come From?
Deuteronomy 17 shows how God speaks into Israel’s future centuries in advance by warning about the coming institution of kingship and outlining the dangers…
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Deuteronomy 16: Three Feasts to Tell One Big Story
Deuteronomy 16 lays out three key feasts—Passover, Weeks, and Booths—that together form one continuous story of God delivering His people from slavery…
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Deuteronomy 15: Annoyed, Avoid, or Embrace
In Deuteronomy 15, Moses commands Israel to open their hands to the poor and warns that generosity is not just about resources but about the condition of the…
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Deuteronomy 14: Count Me In for This Tithing Promise
In Deuteronomy 14, Moses instructs Israel to tithe their increase and connects giving with learning the fear of the Lord, showing that generosity is not about…
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Deuteronomy 13: A New Enemy with a Good Prefix
In Deuteronomy 13, Moses warns Israel that the most dangerous threats will not always come from obvious enemies, but from prophets, dreamers, and even close…
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Deuteronomy 12: Don’t Be Curious About Darkness
In Deuteronomy 12, Moses warns Israel not to become fascinated with the pagan practices surrounding them, teaching that curiosity toward darkness can become a…
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Deuteronomy 11: Water by Foot or Rain from Heaven?
Moses contrasts the exhausting self-effort of “watering by foot” in Egypt with the promised land’s dependence on rain from heaven, warning believers and the…
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Deuteronomy 10: Rethinking Praise
Drawing from Deuteronomy 10, Moses' declaration that “He is your praise” calls believers to recover worship that is centered wholly on the greatness of God…
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Deuteronomy 9: Search and Rescue from Our Knees
In Deuteronomy 9, Moses reveals that his intercessory prayers rescued both Aaron and the nation of Israel from God's judgment, demonstrating that prayer is a…
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Deuteronomy 8: Jesus and Deuteronomy
In Deuteronomy 8, Moses teaches that God's Word sustains His people in the wilderness, and Jesus later wields this same truth against Satan in Matthew 4…
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Deuteronomy 7: You and Israel Exist for the Same Reason
In Deuteronomy 7, Moses reminds Israel that God chose them not because of their strength or greatness but simply because He loved them, revealing that both…
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Deuteronomy 6: A Warning to the Next Generation
In Deuteronomy 6, Moses urges a generation that will inherit cities, homes, and blessings they did not build to remember both God and the sacrifices of those…
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Deuteronomy 5: He Added No More
In Deuteronomy 5, the phrase “He added no more” underscores the perfection and sufficiency of God’s Word, revealing that the Ten Commandments were complete as…
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Deuteronomy 4: Stop Talking in the Fire and Listen
In Deuteronomy 4, Moses repeatedly reminds Israel that God spoke from the midst of the fire, teaching us that fiery trials are not merely seasons to endure but…
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Deuteronomy 3: Thank God for a God Who Says No
In Deuteronomy 3, Moses pleads to enter the Promised Land, but God's firm refusal reveals that divine "no" answers are not acts of cruelty but expressions of a…
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Deuteronomy 2: Choose Your Battles Wisely
In Deuteronomy 2, God instructs Israel to pass peacefully through some territories and fight only the Amorites, teaching us that not every conflict deserves…
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Deuteronomy 1: How to Turn an 11-Day Journey into a 14,600-Day Journey
In Deuteronomy 1, Moses reminds Israel that disobedience transformed an eleven-day trip from Mount Sinai to the Promised Land into forty years of wandering…
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Numbers 36: Losing Ground
Numbers 36 revisits the five daughters of Zelophehad and reveals that preserving their inheritance depended on marrying within their tribe. The chapter closes…
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Numbers 35: God Loves to Speak Opposite Jericho
In Numbers 35, while Israel stands facing the towering walls of Jericho, God speaks confidently about establishing forty-eight cities for the Levites and…
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Numbers 34: I Have a Promise but It’s Going to Be a Fight
In Numbers 34, God clearly defines Israel’s promised inheritance, but the surrounding context makes it clear that receiving what God promises requires driving…
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Numbers 33: We Have Never Seen a List Like This Before
Numbers 33 is Moses’ God-ordained journal of Israel’s forty-two wilderness stops, reminding us that every place of testing, failure, and victory becomes a…
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Numbers 32: Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out
Numbers 32 looks at the sin of settling into personal comfort while refusing to fight alongside others until they receive their inheritance.
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Numbers 31: A Big Gift and a Bad Ending
Numbers 31 highlights the tragic death of Balaam, a prophet with extraordinary spiritual gifting whose compromise and love of reward led him far from home and…
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Numbers 30: Silence Has a Voice
Numbers 30 shows that silence can function as a powerful form of approval, challenging believers to recognize that saying nothing in the face of truth and…
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Numbers 29: Regular Is So Important
Numbers 29 emphasizes that what appears to be repetitive instructions about offerings is actually God’s way of teaching each new generation the power of…
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Numbers 28: Seems Like a Repeat
Numbers 28 explains why God repeats the instructions for offerings and festivals to a new generation of soldiers and leaders, reminding them that before they…
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Numbers 27: Blindsided in Prayer
In Numbers 27, Moses seeks God’s wisdom regarding inheritance, only to be unexpectedly told that his own journey is ending, prompting him to pray not for…
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Numbers 26: Renumbered
Numbers 26 shows how God’s second census of Israel proves His faithfulness to His promises, with only Joshua and Caleb remaining from the original generation…
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Numbers 25: When the Journey Turns Into a Camp
Numbers 25 warns that Israel’s downfall began when they stopped moving and remained too long in Moab, allowing compromise, temptation, and idolatry to take…
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Numbers 24: Open My Eyes
Numbers 24 looks at how Balaam’s spiritual blindness was removed when God opened his eyes, transforming a prophet distracted by greed into one who could see…
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Numbers 23: The Same Word in Different Places
Numbers 23 shows how King Balak tried to move Balaam to different locations hoping God’s message about Israel would change, but each time the same truth came…
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Numbers 22: For Those Who Won’t Take “No” for an Answer
A reflection on Numbers 22 showing Balaam’s decision to revisit a clear “no” from God after a second, more tempting invitation, leading him into a dangerous…
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Numbers 21: A Snake Story Before the Greatest Verse in the Bible
A teaching from Numbers 21 about Israel’s impatience in the wilderness, where their complaint leads to judgment through fiery serpents and healing comes when…
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Numbers 20: Don’t Be Fooled by Gushing Water
Numbers 20 shows how Moses’ disobedience at the rock—striking it instead of speaking to it—still produced miraculous water, proving that visible success is not…
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Numbers 19: I Forgot About These Two Mysterious Words
Numbers 19 explores the mystery of the red heifer, arguing that its deepest meaning is not found in end-times speculation but in the first coming of Jesus…
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Numbers 18: Responding To Covetousness
Numbers 18 shows how God answers the aftermath of Korah’s rebellion by redefining leadership and service as a gift, confronting covetousness with contentment…
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Numbers 17: Can You Grow In The Dark?
Numbers 17 shows how God uses Aaron’s budding rod to prove leadership and reveal that true spiritual life and authority are confirmed by fruit that can grow…
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Numbers 16: The Tassels Didn’t Help But The Sea Gull Did
Numbers 16 shows how Korah’s rebellion and 250 leaders rejected Moses’ authority despite prior warnings and reminders, leading to devastating judgment that…
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Numbers 15: God Doesn’t Skip a Beat
Numbers 15 shows that even after judgment for unbelief, God continues His plan forward, giving instructions for future obedience and reminders so His people…
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Numbers 14: 10 Toxic People Changed the Destiny of 3 Million People
Numbers 14 shows how ten fearful leaders spread unbelief that caused an entire generation to miss God’s promise, while only two trusted His word and stepped…
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Numbers 13: 20/20 vs Binoculars
Numbers 13 shows how ten spies relied on natural sight and fear while two saw through faith, trusting God’s promise and declaring victory before the battle…
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Numbers 12: The Murderer Became the Meekest Man on the Planet
Numbers 12 shows how a former murderer transformed into the meekest man alive, choosing to trust God rather than retaliate when falsely accused by his own…
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Numbers 11: A Very Strange Prayer Request From a Very Godly Man
Numbers 11 shows a godly leader overwhelmed by pressure asking God for death, but receiving the support he truly needed instead.
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Numbers 10: Missed It!
Numbers 10 warns of the danger of refusing God’s call to step into the unknown, showing that staying in comfort can cause us to miss the greater purpose and…
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Numbers 9: When God Moves, We Move
Numbers 9 teaches that God’s people must remain sensitive and obedient to His direction, moving or staying at His command in order to stay aligned with His…
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Numbers 8: People in the Plate
Numbers 8 reveals that God’s ultimate desire is not just offerings from His people but the people themselves, calling believers to fully surrender their lives…
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Numbers 7: Sounds Like the 12 Days of Christmas, but There Is a Reason for the Repetition
Numbers 7 reveals that God intentionally records each repeated offering to show that every individual act of worship and generosity is seen, valued, and…
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Numbers 6: What Does the New York City Skyline and Numbers 6 Have in Common?
Numbers 6 reveals the deeper meaning of God’s blessing as a naming ceremony, showing that His people are not just blessed but marked with His identity…
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Numbers 5: I Knew This Chapter Was Coming, and Boy, Do I Have a Story to Tell You
Numbers 5 demonstrates the necessity of truth for healing, showing that while methods may vary, God’s Word ultimately exposes lies and leads people toward…
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Numbers 4: We Have to Begin at the Right Spot and End at the Right Spot
Numbers 4 emphasizes the importance of starting and finishing at the right time, teaching that godly leadership includes knowing when to step aside and invest…