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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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Exodus 10: A Little Help in Parenting
Exodus 10 reveals that God’s miracles were not only to humble Egypt but to equip parents to shape their children’s faith through stories of His power and…
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Exodus 9: “I Have Sinned” Actually Means “Fix My Problems”
Exodus 9 shows that Pharaoh’s “I have sinned” was not repentance but desperation, proving that only God can soften a heart hardened by pride and…
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Exodus 8: Man Will Always Try to Plagiarize God
Exodus 8 reveals that while man can imitate God for a moment, only the Creator can bring life from nothing, proving His unmatched power and sovereignty.
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Exodus 7: When Problems Multiply, Miracles Multiply
Exodus 7 reminds us that when opposition intensifies, God deepens our roots and multiplies His miracles, turning resistance into the very means of His…
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Exodus 6: This Chapter Always Reminds Me of Saturday Morning
Exodus 6 shows God turning Moses’ despair into renewed hope, reminding us that His divine “conjunctions” transform painful chapters into unfolding redemption.
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Exodus 5: When the First Day on the Job Goes Really Bad
Moses’ disastrous first day before Pharaoh reminds us that obedience can feel like failure at first, but God’s slow, steady, agricultural timing always proves…
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Exodus 4: An Often-Skipped Step to Head Into Your Future
Moses’ journey shows that before stepping into God’s calling, wise submission to trusted spiritual authority brings confirmation, timing, and protection for…
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Exodus 3: A West Side Story
Moses’ burning-bush encounter shows that God calls us by name—even in overlooked seasons—to lead us into new purpose and reveal His presence in unexpected…
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Exodus 2: Every Parent is Fighting Two Battles: Within the House and Outside the House
In a culture hostile to God’s truth, Jochebed’s courageous faith shows how a parent’s convictions can protect a child’s destiny and align them with God’s…
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Exodus 1: What Started Out as Amazing Turned Out to Be Really Awful
Despite oppression and attempts to destroy them, God’s people multiplied, showing that adversity strengthens character and fulfills His promises through…
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Genesis 50: Disobedience Makes Things Take Longer
Joseph’s faithful obedience honors his father and demonstrates that disobedience delays God’s plan, showing how wise choices keep life’s journey aligned with…
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Genesis 49: Forfeiting Your Future With Foolish Decisions
Jacob’s final words to his sons reveal that character, obedience, and faithfulness determine legacy, showing how one poor decision can shape a life and a…
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Genesis 48: The Crossover
When Jacob crossed his hands to bless the younger, he revealed that God’s order is not human order—His plans always fulfill a higher purpose.
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Genesis 47: Résumé and Eulogy
Jacob’s meeting with Pharaoh shows that true greatness isn’t found in titles or success, but in the character that blesses others with God’s presence.
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Genesis 46: God Spoke to Jacob and Israel at the Same Time
In Genesis 46, God spoke to Jacob and Israel at the same time, reminding us that His voice calls both the person we are and the nation within us.
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Genesis 45: If It’s in the Heart, It Will Come Out of Your Mouth
Additional context: When our hearts are not in the right place, we will poison others with our speech. When God is not the center of our story and speech, we…
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Genesis 44: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
Genesis 44 shows Judah’s transformation from self-interest to sacrificial love, proving that God completes His work in a person over time and it isn’t over…
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Genesis 43: A Seating Chart That Astounded Everybody
Genesis 43 illustrates how God tests our hearts through others’ blessings, showing the maturity and faithfulness required to rejoice when someone else receives…
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Genesis 42: Dreams Do Come True
Genesis 42 shows that God fulfills His promises in His timing, using Joseph’s position of power to bring reconciliation, provision, and perspective, even when…
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Genesis 41: 12 Years a Slave
Genesis 41 shows that God’s timing, patience, and integrity can elevate a faithful servant from years of suffering to unprecedented influence, as Joseph rises…
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Genesis 40: You Should Have Kept Your Mouth Shut
Genesis 40 teaches that trying to rush God’s timing by asking others to do what only God can accomplish can delay His plan, as seen when Joseph asked the…
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Genesis 39: Are You Potiphar or Are You Joseph?
Genesis 39 teaches that when God is with you, you can grow wherever you are planted, and your presence can bring God’s favor to others, distinguishing a life…
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Genesis 38: A Sad Pause in the Middle of a Great Story
Correction: At approximately 2:54 and 3:00 in the Genesis 38 podcast, Pastor Tim references Jacob; the intended reference is Judah. Genesis 38 serves as a…
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Genesis 37: A Genealogy Record That Put Down Just One Name
Genesis 37 shows how God uses seemingly random encounters, like Joseph meeting an unnamed man in a field, to redirect His people toward their destiny and…
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Genesis 36: Sowing the Wrong Seed
Genesis 36 traces Esau’s genealogy to show how rebellion, dishonor, and vengeance sow seeds that multiply through generations, proving choices made in defiance…
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Genesis 35: Hit List
Genesis 35 shows that obedience to God brings supernatural protection, revealing that many overwhelming battles and fears are the result of delayed or partial…
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Genesis 34: Redefining Love
Genesis 34 confronts the cultural redefinition of love by exposing the contrast between Shechem’s self-centered, violent desire and God’s sacrificial, honoring…
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Genesis 33: The Top City To Build Your Forever Home
Genesis 33 shows Jacob reconciling with Esau but drifting back into old patterns by settling too comfortably, reminding us that God’s people are meant to live…
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Genesis 32: Finding Israel in an Unusual Place
Genesis 32 is a defining moment where Jacob confronts God instead of running from people, is broken and renamed, and discovers that real change begins when the…
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Genesis 31: Difficulty is not Directional
Genesis 31 teaches that hardship is not a signal to leave, but a season God uses to deepen and transform us, reminding believers to move only by God’s voice…
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Genesis 30: A Verse That Saved My Ministry
This episode unpacks Genesis 30 to show how Jacob’s words, “so my honesty will answer for me later,” offer a timeless reminder that God’s blessing and truth…
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Genesis 29: The Deceiver Will be Deceived
This episode reflects on how Jacob’s story in Genesis 29 shows that “the deceiver will be deceived,” warning that deception is destructive and calling us to…
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Genesis 28: Don’t Look for a Different Pillow if Yours is Made of Stone
This episode explores Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28, showing how God uses “stone pillow” seasons of hardship and preparation to shape our character and position…
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Genesis 27: Time Heals all Wounds...Really?
Genesis 27 shows how deception and bad counsel turn days into decades, teaching that only repentance, humility, and forgiveness can heal betrayal and prevent…
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Genesis 26: Does This Ring a Bell?
Genesis 26 exposes how unresolved fear and compromise can repeat across generations, warning parents that what we model in crisis often becomes the default…
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Genesis 25: We Learn a Huge Lesson 2000 Years Later
Genesis 25 warns that surrendering spiritual inheritance to satisfy immediate cravings breeds bitterness, which dulls conviction and opens the door to deeper…
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Genesis 24: The Day I Heard Hope
Genesis 24 reveals how God’s providence and love bring comfort after deep loss, showing that love—whether through relationship or community—has the power to…
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Genesis 23: A Real Estate Deal That Really Wasn’t a Deal
Genesis 23 shows that faith-filled living values integrity and conviction over bargains, teaching that honoring God and people sometimes means paying full…
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Genesis 22: Loose Hands
Genesis 22 redefines worship as wholehearted obedience with loose hands, showing that true worship offers God not only our failures, but the very miracles we…
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Genesis 21: I Got the Promise and the Mistake Living in the Same House Together, Boy Do We Have a Problem
Genesis 21 shows that God faithfully fulfills His promises in His timing, but believers must confront and cast out the flesh so the life of the Spirit can…
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Genesis 20: Dishonest Truth
Genesis 20 warns that fear can tempt even mature believers to weaponize half-truths, reminding us that God’s definitions never change and carnal tactics cannot…
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Genesis 19: When We Need to Be Rescued, God Sends Angels
Genesis 19 reveals how intercessory prayer releases divine compassion and angelic intervention to rescue the righteous from judgment, even when they hesitate…
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Genesis 18: I Think He Should Have Kept Praying Instead of Stopping Short
Genesis 18 challenges believers to persist boldly in intercessory prayer, reminding us that God’s mercy may hinge not on His willingness to answer, but on our…
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Genesis 17: Life in Between Your Mistake and Your Miracle
Genesis 17 teaches that faithfulness in the silent, unseen years between failure and fulfillment is where God prepares redemption, renewal, and sudden…
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Genesis 16: How Can You Believe So Deeply and Mess Up So Badly?
Genesis 16 warns how abandoning faith-driven patience to force God’s promises produces lasting consequences, showing the danger of listening to fear and sight…
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Genesis 15: The Covenant With a Sleeping Man
Genesis 15 reveals God establishing an unbreakable covenant through a sleeping Abraham, foreshadowing Christ as the covenant-keeper who fulfills God’s promises…
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Genesis 14: Fire Snatchers
Genesis 14 reveals Abraham as a model “fire snatcher,” courageously pursuing those trapped by sin to rescue them from destruction, reminding us that God calls…
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Genesis 13: Subtraction Could Mean Addition
Genesis 13 shows that God often requires the painful subtraction of unhealthy relationships so we can finally lift our eyes, move forward in faith, and receive…
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Genesis 12: You Need Two Things for the Faith Journey
Genesis 12 reminds us that God’s call is not limited by age or background—when we live with a tent of readiness and an altar of worship, He often saves His…
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Genesis 11: If You See a Tough Childhood, Then Something Must Be Up
Genesis 11 shows that God often prepares His greatest purposes through disrupted childhoods and deep loss, turning early disappointment into the soil of…
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Genesis 10: Living Near the Border of a Downfall
Genesis 10 warns that even God-given blessing and influence can drift into pride and collapse when people use it to build their own name instead of advancing…
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Genesis 9: Hijacked!
Genesis 9 reveals God’s covenant with humanity through the rainbow, warning how sacred symbols can be hijacked when their original meaning and divine purpose…
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Genesis 8: The Ending of the Flood Reminds Me of London
Genesis 8 uses the raven and the dove to show that while God’s Spirit rests on life, Jesus goes further—bringing life where only death exists.
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Genesis 7: The Most Unsuccessful Preacher in Human History
Genesis 7 reframes success through Noah’s obedience, showing that faithfulness to God—not visible results—defines true righteousness, especially when a man’s…
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Genesis 6: There is Always Hope When It Seems Darkest
Genesis 6 contrasts a world overwhelmed by wickedness with one righteous man, showing that God’s favor, hope, and redemption can begin with a single life that…
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Genesis 5: Three Words to Remind You That God Doesn’t Lie
Genesis 5 underscores God’s unwavering truthfulness by repeating “and he died,” while offering hope through Enoch, who escaped death by walking with God.
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Genesis 4: The Beast at the Door
Genesis 4 exposes humanity’s first day without God, revealing sin as a crouching beast within the heart and our desperate need for divine intervention and…
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Genesis 3: The Day the Earth Got a Fourth Voice
Genesis 3 exposes the entrance of a fourth voice that distorts God’s character, showing how humanity fell by exchanging God’s truth for lies—and why redemption…
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Genesis 2: God Does Something He Has Never Done Before
Genesis 2 shows that humanity needed God’s voice before sin ever entered, revealing we were created dependent on His word for purpose, boundaries, and life…
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Genesis 1: The Beginning
Genesis 1 reorients our perspective by revealing a vast, spoken universe as God’s canvas, calling us to humility, worship, and a life centered on the Creator…