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The Bible Study Podcast
Want to dive deeper into Scripture? Every Thursday, Chris Christensen investigates a passage of Scripture and helps us see how to apply it to our lives.
Episodes
The Bible Study Podcast#935 - Luke 10:38-11:13 – Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
This episode is part 25 in a study of the gospel of Luke. First we visit the home of Martha and Mary, then Jesus' diciples ask him to teach them about prayer…
The Bible Study Podcast#934 - Luke 10:25-37 – The Good Samaritan
This episode is part 24 in a study of the gospel of Luke. A teacher of the law asks Jesus to clarify who we really have to love when the law says to love our…
The Bible Study Podcast#933 - Luke 10:1-24 - The Seventy-Two
This episode is part 23 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Jesus sends out 72 disciples ahead of him to different towns and villages and gives them power and…
The Bible Study Podcast#932 - Luke 9:51-62 – Cost of Following Jesus
This episode is part 22 in a study of the gospel of Luke. James and John want to call down fire from heaven. Jesus says no. Some people think about following…
The Bible Study Podcast#931 - Luke 9:28 – Glory and Humility
This episode is part 21 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Some of the diciples get to see Jesus in his Glory. Then later an argument No thanks breaks out about…
The Bible Study Podcast#930 - Luke 9:10-27 – Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
This episode is part 20 in a study of the gospel of Luke. In this episode Jesus feeds 5,000+ people. Peter declares who Jesus is. Jesus starts predicting his…
The Bible Study Podcast#929 - Luke 8:40-9:9 – Jesus Raises a Dead Girl
This episode is part 19 in a study of the gospel of Luke. In this episode, Jesus raises a dead 12-year-old girl and heals a woman who has been bleeding for 12…
The Bible Study Podcast#928 - Luke 8:16-39 – Lamps, Storm, and Demons
This episode is part 18 in a study of the gospel of Luke. We have 3 stories in this week's episode. Jesus talks about lamps, calms a storm, and casts out a…
The Bible Study Podcast#927 - Luke 7:36-8:15 – Tears and Seeds
This episode is part 17 in a study of the gospel of Luke. We have two stories in this episode. The first is of a sinful woman who is forgiven. The second is of…
The Bible Study Podcast#926 - Luke 7:11-35 – Questions Answered
This episode is part 17 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Jesus raises a widow's son from the dead and responds to questions that John the Baptist has. "Are…
The Bible Study Podcast#925 Sermon - Trinity Sunday
This episode is a sermon that I preached at my home church, Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino California. It was preached on Trinity Sunday and Father's Day…
The Bible Study Podcast#924 - Luke 6:43-7:10 – Wise and Foolish
This episode is part 16 in a study of the gospel of Luke. More from the sermon on the Plain include a foolish man and a wise man. Also a wise Roman Centurion…
The Bible Study Podcast#923 - Luke 6:27-42 – The Hardest Lesson
This episode is part 15 in a study of the gospel of Luke. This section of the Sermon on the Plain may be some of the hardest teachings of Jesus, not because it…
The Bible Study Podcast#922 - Luke 6:11-26 – Apostles and the Sermon on the Plain
This episode is part 14 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Jesus calls the 12 Apostles and then sits down to teach. He talks a lot of being rich vs being poor…
The Bible Study Podcast#921 - Luke 6:1-11 – More Sabbath Arguments
This episode is part 13 in a study of the gospel of Luke. In this chapter Jesus and the pharisees are again at odds over what the right thing to do is on the…
The Bible Study Podcast#920 - Luke 5:27-39 – Hanging with Sinners
This episode is part 13 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Jesus is hanging out with sinners and tax collectors and even calls one to follow him. The Pharisees…
The Bible Study Podcast#919 - Luke 5:17-26 – Jesus and a Paralyzed Man
This episode is part 12 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Jesus meets a paralyzed man and forgives and heals him. This man had some very amazing friends. Can…
The Bible Study Podcast#918 - Luke 5:1-16 – Jesus Calls and Makes Clean
This episode is part 11 in a study of the gospel of Luke. Jesus calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John to be disciples and touches someone who is untouchable to…
The Bible Study Podcast#917 - Luke 4:31-44 – Jesus Teaches and Heals
This episode is part 10 in a study of the gospel of Luke. In this episode we find Jesus back in Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. He is teaching, healing, and…
The Bible Study Podcast#916 - Luke 4:14-30 – Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
This episode is part 9 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. In this episode Jesus Rejected at Nazareth his hometown. But just what was it Jesus said that got…
The Bible Study Podcast#915 - Luke 4:1-13 – Jesus is Tempted
This episode is part 8 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. In this episode, Jesus is tempted by Satan in the wilderness after going without food for 40 days…
The Bible Study Podcast#914 - Luke 3 – John the Baptist
This episode is part 7 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. In this episode John the Baptist starts preaching and calling the people to repent and be baptized…
The Bible Study Podcast#913 - Luke 2:22-52 – Young Jesus
This episode is part 6 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. We hear of the dedication of Jesus in the temple and of Jesus return tto the temple and sitting with…
The Bible Study Podcast#912 - Luke 2:1-20 – The Birth of Jesus
This episode is part 5 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. In this episode we hear the familiar story of the birth of Jesus with a census, a revolt, a manger…
The Bible Study Podcast#911 - Luke 1:57-80 – John the Baptist's Birth
This episode is part 4 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. John the Baptist is born and named. Zechariah gets his voice again and prophecies about his son and…
The Bible Study Podcast#910 - Luke 1:26-56 – Jesus's Birth Foretold
This episode is part 3 in a study of the Gospel of Luke. In this episode, we cover the visit from the angel Gabriel to Mary as well as her visit to the mother…
The Bible Study Podcast#909 - Luke 1:5-25 – John the Baptist Foretold
This episode is part 2 in a study of the gospel of Luke. In this episode, the birth of John the Baptist is foretold by the angel Gabriel to his somewhat…
The Bible Study Podcast#908 - Luke 1:1-4 – Intro
This episode is part 1 in a study of the gospel of Luke. In this episode we introduce Luke the physician, traveling companion of Paul, and author of this…
The Bible Study Podcast#907 - 1 Maccabees 16 - John Takes Over
This episode is part 21 and the end a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this chapter we see John take over for his father Simon and then the death of Simon…
The Bible Study Podcast#906 - 1 Maccabees 15 – Antiochus VII Returns
This episode is part 20 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Antiochus VII returns and makes all sorts of wonderful promises, which he quickly breaks when he…
The Bible Study Podcast#905 - 1 Maccabees 14 – Simon Honored
This episode is part 19 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Demetrius is captured. Simon is honored and eulogized... but he is not dead yet…
The Bible Study Podcast#904 - 1 Maccabees 13 - Death but Independence
This episode is part 18 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this chapter, Simon takes over, Jonathan dies, but we finally see the people of Judah get…
The Bible Study Podcast#903 - 1 Maccabees 12 – Jonathan Captured
This episode is part 17 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this chapter, Judah renews its alliances with Rome and Sparta, but suffers a major blow when…
The Bible Study Podcast#902 - 1 Maccabees 11:1-53 – Ptolemy Invades Syria
This episode is part 16 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this chapter, the Ptolemaic Empire (Egypt) invades the Seleucid Empire (Syria) and defeats…
The Bible Study Podcast#901 - Sermon - Put on Love
This episode is a sermon given at my home church Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino California on verses from Luke and from Colossians. The Luke verses are…
The Bible Study Podcast#900 - 1 Maccabees 10:51-89 – Friend of the King
This episode is part 15 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this chapter, the Seleucid Empire (Syria) and the Ptolemaic Empire (Egypt) create a treaty of…
The Bible Study Podcast#899 - 1 Maccabees 10:1-45 – Another Civil War
This episode is part 14 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this chapter another son of Antiochus Epiphanes, comes back and starts another civil war…
The Bible Study Podcast#898 - 1 Maccabees 9 – End of War
This episode is part 13 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this episode, we see the death of Judas, but we also get to the end of the war under his…
The Bible Study Podcast#897 - 1 Maccabees 8 – Alliance with Rome
This episode is part 12 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Judas sends ambassadors to Rome to form an alliance with this rising, powerful country in the…
The Bible Study Podcast#896 - 1 Maccabees 7:26-50 – Campaign of Nicanor
This episode is part 11 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. The new king sends official Nicanor to exterminate the Jews. It does not go well for Nicanor who…
The Bible Study Podcast#895 - 1 Maccabees 7:1-25 – New King
This episode is part 10 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Rome starts to get involved in the conflict. They release Demetrius who comes back and claims…
The Bible Study Podcast#894 - 1 Maccabees 6:18-63 – Syria Attacks Again
This episode is part 9 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Syria attacks again and things are looking poor for the Maccabees, until a civil war in Syria…
The Bible Study Podcast#893 - 1 Maccabees 5:45-68,6:1-17 – Failures, The Death of a King
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Judas has more success, but not everyone does. Antiochus Epiphanes, who started all the trouble…
The Bible Study Podcast#892 - 1 Maccabees 5:1-44 – Rescue Missions
This episode is part 7 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. After their victories, word comes that the Jews in both Galilee and Gilead (now northern Jordan)…
The Bible Study Podcast#891 - 1 Maccabees 4:36-61 – Hanukkah
This episode is part 6 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. After their victories, Judas and the army comes to the temple and find it a mess. They clean up…
The Bible Study Podcast#890 - 1 Maccabees 4:1-34 – First Victories
This episode is part 5 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Judas avoids an ambush and defeats the first two major invasions by Lysias. They celebrate this…
The Bible Study Podcast#889 - 1 Maccabees 3:27-60 – Judas Prepares
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Antiochus looks for funds to fight back. Meanwhile Judas prepares to meet a large invading army…
The Bible Study Podcast#888 - 1 Maccabees 2:42-3:26 – Fighting Back
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Mattathias and his sons fight back against those who want to take their faith. Mattathias dies…
The Bible Study Podcast#887 - 1 Maccabees 2:1-41 – Introducing the Maccabees
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this episode we introduce Mattathias and his sons who will be known as the Maccabees. They…
The Bible Study Podcast#886 - 1 Maccabees 1:10-64 – You're Greek Now
This episode is part 2 in a study of 1 Maccabees and the Intertestamental Period. In this episode, King Antiochus Epiphanes takes Jerusalem and tries by force…
The Bible Study Podcast#885 - 1 Maccabees 1:1-9 – The Intertestamental Period
This episode is part 1 in a study of 1 Maccabees and the Intertestamental Period. In this episode we hear why Persia is no longer with us in the New Testament…
The Bible Study Podcast#884 - 2 Thessalonians 3 – Idleness
This episode is part 3 of a study of the letter to the Thessalonians. Before Paul wraps up this letter, he talks to the church about idleness and requests…
The Bible Study Podcast#883 - 2 Thessalonians 2 – Man of Lawlessness
This episode is part 2 in a study of Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians. In this chapter Paul talks about the man of lawlessness or the Anti-Christ who…
The Bible Study Podcast#882 - 2 Thessalonians 1 – Perseverance
This episode is part 1 in a study of Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians. In this chapter Paul talks about the need to persevere in our faith. Discover…
The Bible Study Podcast#881 - 1 Thessalonians 5 – How to Live
This episode is part 5 of a study of the book of 1 Thessalonians. Plaul gives some practical advice on how to live from day to day. The Lord is coming again…
The Bible Study Podcast#880 - 1 Thessalonians 4 – Sex; The Rapture
This episode is part 4 of a study of the book of 1 Thessalonians. Paul encourages the church to live a life that is pure, not like those around them and to…
The Bible Study Podcast#879 - 1 Thessalonians 3 – Worry and Encouragement
This episode is part 3 of a study of the book of 1 Thessalonians. Paul has been worried about the Thessalonians, but Timothy has just returned with word of how…
The Bible Study Podcast#878 - 1 Thessalonians 2 – Paul’s Ministry
This episode is part 2 in a study of 1 Thessalonians. In this chapter Paul asks the church to recall his ministry in Thessalonica. He talks about what he did…
The Bible Study Podcast#877 - 1 Thessalonians 1 – Thank God for You
This episode is part 1 in a study of the letters to the Thessalonians. Paul starts with thanking God for the faith and love that the people of this church have…
The Bible Study Podcast#876 - Psalm 149-150 – Sing a Last Song
This episode is part 110 and the final part of a study of the book of Psalms. We end with two songs of praise. Discover more Christian podcasts at…