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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 Podcast2 Peter 3 – The Day of the Lord
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of 2 Peter. Peter closes his letter with a look forward to the day of the Lord, then asks "what kind of people…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Peter 2 – False Teachers
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 2 Peter. Peter talks about false teachers in te church who are corrupting the faith with their actions and…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Peter 1:12-21 – Jesus's Glory
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of 2 Peter. Peter talks about the time that he saw Jesus in all his glory on the Mountain of Transfiguration. He…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Peter 1:1-11 – Growing
This episode is part 1 in a study of the second letter of Peter. Peter encourages the church to mature. He tells us to start with faith and then add goodness…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 5 – To the Elders
This episode is part 7 in a study of the first letter of Peter. Peter ends his letter with some instructions for those who are the elders, the leaders of the…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 4:12-19 – Suffering for Being a Christian
This episode is part 6 in a study of the book of 1 Peter. In this episode, Peter prepares the church theologically for a time of persecution and suffering…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 4:1-11 – Living for God
This episode is part 5 in a study of the first letter from Peter. Peter writes to the members of the church who have come out of the culture of their time…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 3 – Submitting and Suffering
This episode is part 4 of a study of the first letter from Peter. Paul talks about how husbands and wives should treat each other and how we should not repay…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 2 – Living Godly Lives
This episode is part 3 of a study of the first letter from Peter. Peter had told us to be holy but now gets into some details about that means. Discover more…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 1:13-25 – Be Holy
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of 1 Peter. Because of what Christ has done for use, Peter encourages us to be holy, to live as foreigners here…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Peter 1:1-12 - A Living Hope
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of 1 Peter. Peter writes a letter to the churches in what would now be modern Turkey. He talks about new birth…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 4 – Whatever is Excellent
This episode is part 7 in a study of the letter to the church at Philippi. Paul encourages the brothers and sisters in Philippi to focus on the good stuff and…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 3:15-4:3 – Following Paul’s Example
This episode is part 6 in a study of the letter to the church at Philippi. Paul encourages the church to live as he lived when he was with them. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 3a – Press On
This episode is part 5 in a study of the letter to the church at Philippi. Paul warns against the false righteousness of those who would required Christians to…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 2b – Don't Grumble
This episode is part 4 in a study of the letter to the church at Philippi. Paul talks about two faithful brothers in Christ and talks about doing the right…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 2a – The Humility of Christ
This episode is part 3 in a study of the letter to the church at Philippi. Paul talks about Christian maturity and the humility of Christ he wants us to…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 1b – Paul's Chains
This episode is part 2 in a study of the letter to the Philippians. Paul writes to the church from prison in chains and talks about how he might be…
The Bible Study PodcastPhilippians 1 – The Church at Philippi
This episode is part 1 of a study of the book of Philippians. What made Philippi different? Paul introduces the letter by telling the people of the church of…
The Bible Study PodcastMalachi 4 – Judgement and Elijah
This episode is part 4 and the final part of a study of Malachi and of the minor prophets. Malachi points to the day of the Lord that is coming and to the…
The Bible Study PodcastA Sermon on the Holy Name of Jesus
This episode is a sermon given at Bethel Luerthan Church in Cupertino on the "Holy Name of Jesus". The text for the sermon was Luke 2:21-35 which is the…
The Bible Study PodcastMalachi 3 - Tithes and Stuff
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Malachi. The prophet talks about faithfulness in tithes and offerings and other places where the people's…
The Bible Study PodcastMalachi 2 – Breaking Covenant
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Malachi. In this episode the prophet warns the priests and the people of the things that they are doing that…
The Bible Study PodcastMalachi 1 – Israel Doubts God’s Love
This episode is part 1 of a study of the book of Malachi. Israel does not recognize that God loves them. The prophet tries to set them straight. Malachai also…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 14 – The Lord Reigns
This episode is part 14 and the final part in a study of the book of Zechariah. In this episode the prophet describes a day when the Lord will come and reign…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 13 – Cleansing From Sin
This episode is part 13 in a study of the book of Zechariah. The people of God have had a false prophet problem and God has some plans to deal with it in this…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 12 – The One They Pierced
This episode is part 12 in a study of the book of Zechariah. This chapter has two parts. The prophet says that Jerusalem’s enemies will be destroyed and then…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 11 – Two Shepherds
This episode is part 11 in a stud of the book of Zechariah. In a chapter that cannot be called the clearest in this book, God talks about taking away favor and…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 10 – The Lord Will Care for Judah
This episode is part 10 in a study of the book of Zechariah. In this chapter, the prophet declares that the Lord will care for Judah. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 9 – Judgment on Israel’s Enemies
This episode is part 9 in a study of the book of Zechariah. The prophet follows the blessing for Jerusalem with curses for the enemies of Jerusalem. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 8 – Promises to Bless Jerusalem
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book Zechariah. In this episode, God, the Lord Almighty, sends promises to bless Jerusalem. This is what God has…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 7 – Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting
This episode is part 7 in a study of the book of Zechariah. The people ask about fasting but God talks to them instead about Justice and Mercy. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 6 – Chariots and a Crown
This episode is part 6 in a study of the book of Zechariah. The prophet gets two more visions. The first is of 4 chariots and the second is a crown. One is…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 5 – Two Visions
This episode is part 5 in a study of the book of Zechariah. In this chapter, the prophet gets two different visions. Through these visions, he sees God doing…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 4 – Small Things
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book Zechariah. There is good news that Zerubbabel, who laid the foundation for the temple, will get to see its…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 3 – Clean Garments
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Zechariah. In this chapter Zechariah sees a vision of the high priest being given new garments in a symbol of…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 2 – Measure Jerusalem
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Zechariah. Zechariah sees a vision of an angel with a measuring line who is told to measure the city of…
The Bible Study PodcastZechariah 1 – Return to the Lord
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of the prophet Zechariah. Zechariah speaks to Judah after the Babylonian captivity and tells the people to return…
The Bible Study PodcastHaggai 2 – Blessings
This episode is part 2 and the final part of a study of the book of Haggai. The prophet brings words of blessing. Discover more Christian podcasts at…
The Bible Study PodcastHaggai 1 - Rebuild the Temple
This episode is part 1 of 2 in a study of the book of Haggai. The Lord sends word through the prophet Haggai that it is time to rebuild the temple of the Lord…
The Bible Study PodcastZephaniah 3 – Jerusalem
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Zephaniah. Jerusalem and its leaders are condemned. But the prophet also looks forward to a day when God will…
The Bible Study PodcastZephaniah 2 – Repent
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Zephaniah. Judah is told to repent and its neighbors are told they will be destroyed. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastZephaniah 1 – Day of the Lord
This episode is part 1 in a 3-part study of the book of Zephaniah. Zephaniah talks about judgment on the whole earth in the Day of the Lord in this first…
The Bible Study PodcastActs 13 - Sermon
This is a sermon from my church, Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino, California, about the 13th chapter of Acts from a sermon series on that book. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastHabakkuk 3 – Habakkuk’s Prayer
This episode is part 3 and the final episode on the book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk is looking for a little wrath of God. He has heard what God can do and wants him…
The Bible Study PodcastHabakkuk 2 – The Lord’s Answer
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Habakkuk. The Lord responds to Habakkuk's complaint that evil people prosper. God has plans for dealing with…
The Bible Study PodcastHabakkuk 1 – Habakkuk's Complaint
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk has a bone to pick with God. He wonders how long he will have to wait until he sees people…
The Bible Study PodcastNahum 3 – Woe to Nineveh
This episode is part 3 and the final part in a study of the book of Nahum. Assyria is going to be destroyed... and no one will feel sad about that except them…
The Bible Study PodcastNahum 2 – Nineveh to Fall
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Nahum. The prophet calls for Niveneh and the Assyrians to prepare for attack... but it won't help them because…
The Bible Study PodcastNahum 1 – The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of Nahum. In this episode, the prophet declares that the lord is angry with Ninevah (Assyria) and will destroy…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 7 – Israel’s Misery
This is the episode is part 7 and the final episode in a study of the book of Micah. Micah looks at the terrible situation of Israel where everyone is only…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 6 – The Lord’s Case Against Israel
This episode is part 6 in a study of the minor prophet Micah. Micah presents the Lord's case against Isreal and asks the people to do justice, love mercy and…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 5 – Ruler From Bethlehem
This episode is part 5 of the book of Micah. This chapter of Micah is somewhat familiar as it contains prophecy that says that the messiah will come from the…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 4 – The Lord's Plan
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of Micah. We hear in this episode about the Mountain of the Lord in the end days about the plan of the Lord which…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 3 – Leaders and Prophets
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Micah. In this chapter, God rebukes the leaders and the truth-tellers, the prophets. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 2 – Plans and False Prophets
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Micah. Micah talks about human plans vs God's plans and about the false prophets who just want Micah to shut…
The Bible Study PodcastMicah 1 - Judgment
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of Micah. Micah pronounced judgement against Samaria (the norther Kingdom of Israel) and then says Judah has…
The Bible Study PodcastObadiah – Obadiah's Vision
This episode is a study of the book of Obadiah. Obadiah has a vision of the destruction of Edom. This is a lesson of the downsides of schadenfreude. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 9 – Israel to be Destroyed
This episode is part 9 and the final episode in a study of the book of Amos. Amos again brings word of the future destruction of Israel, but at the same time…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 8 – A Basket of Ripe Fruit
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book of Amos. In this episode God tells Amos that the time for Israel is up. Like a ripe fruit they are about to get…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 7 – Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line
This episode is part 7 in a study of the book of Amos. God is coming with a plumb line to measure the people of God and see how upright they are. How would we…