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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 PodcastAmos 6 – Woe to the Complacent
This episode is part 6 of a study of the book of Amos. God tells the people of Israel that they have no reason to become complacent. Neither do we. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 5 – A Lament
This episode is part 5 of a study of the book of Amos. This chapter is a lament for Israel and a call for repentance. Discover more Christian podcasts at…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon - Who and Whose
This episode is sermon give at my home church, Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino, CA about Deuteronomy and the temptation of Jesus. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 4 – Israel Has Not Returned to God
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of Amos. God, thru Amos, describes all the things that he has done to get the attention of the people. "Yet you…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 3 – Witnesses Against Israel
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Amos. Amos brings more bad news to Israel who if they don't repent, God says there will be nothing left of…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 2 - Judgment on Israel
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Amos. The prophet talks about the sins of Moab and Judah and then gets specific about the sins of the nation…
The Bible Study PodcastAmos 1 - Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of Amos. Amos gives us a chance to meet the neighbors of Israel and Judah as God pronounces judgement against the…
The Bible Study PodcastJoel 3 – The Nations Judged
This episode is part 3 and the final part of a study on the book of Joel. Joel proclaims judgement to the nations who have harmed Israel and Judah, and…
The Bible Study PodcastJoel 2 – More Locusts
This episode is part 2. in a study of the book of Joel. We hear more about this army of locusts, but we also hear the Lord’s Answer and hear about the Day of…
The Bible Study PodcastJoel 1 – Locusts
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of Joel. Joel talks about a plague of locusts which have descended on the country. How should the people respond…
The Bible Study PodcastThe Theology of COVID – The Last Word
This episode is part 3 and the final part in a study of the theology of COVID. We look at specific issues with the vaccines, and with issues like purity and…
The Bible Study PodcastThe Theology of COVID – First Principles
This episode is part 2 in a study of the theology of COVID. We look at first principles here like how loving your neighbor may apply. We also look at the…
The Bible Study PodcastThe Theology of COVID – Science vs Faith?
This episode is part 1 in a study of the Theology of COVID. In this global pandemic ever Christian has had to make some decisions on how they react to the…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 14 – Repentance
This episode is part 13 in a study of the book of Hosea. God pictures a different future from the destruction that Israel is heading towards. Think how good…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 13 – The Lord’s Anger
This episode is part 12 in a study of the book of Hosea. In this chapter, God warns Israel that he will be like a lion who will devoir them if they don't…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 12 – Israel’s Sin
This episode is part 11 in a study of the book of Hosea. We learn more about some of the symptoms of Israel's sin as God calls them to remember who they are…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 11 – God’s Love for Israel
This episode is part 10 in a study of the book of Hosea. In this episode, God describes his love for Israel "like one who lifts a little child to the cheek"…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 10 – More Punishment
This episode is part 9 in a study of the book of Hosea. Chapter 10 continues the punishment that Hosea was talking about in chapter 9, but specifically…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 9 – Punishment for Israel
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book of Hosea. More bad news for Israel as God talks of the punishment that will come because of their unfaithfulness…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 8 – Reap the Whirlwind
This episode is part 7 in a study of the book of Hosea. Isreal is to "Reap the Whirlwind", to be paid back for their disobedience. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 6-7 – Israel Unrepentant
This episode is part 6 in a study of the book of Hosea. Hosea again brings a harsh word against Israel for their deeds but at the same time says, "Come, let us…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 5 – Judgment Against Israel
This episode is part 5 in a study of the book of Hosea. Hosea again brings judgment from God against the people of Israel because they have worshipped other…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 4 – The Charge Against Israel
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of Hosea. The people of Israel have exchanged the truth for a lie, which is never a good choice. Like all…
The Bible Study PodcastJob and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This episode is a sermon I preached at Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino on the book of Job. Job has a series of 3 plagues visited on him in a series of…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 3 – Hosea Buys Back His Wife
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Hosea. In this chapter, Hosea is called to redeem (literally to buy back) his wife from a life of…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 2 – Israel Punished and Restored
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Hosea. Hosea prophesies against Isreal and how it will be punished but also how it can be restored. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastHosea 1 – A Strange Family
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of the minor prophet Hosea. Hosea is told to marry the woman your mother would not have approved and his kids…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 13 – Closing Remarks
This episode is part 13 and the final part in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. In this episode, Paul leaves a final greet and a blessing for the…
The Bible Study Podcast#727 - 2 Corinthians 12 – Paul's Thorn
This episode is part 12 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. In this episode, Paul talks about a weakness given him, a "thorn in the flesh" and God's…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 11 – Paul and False Apostles
This episode is part 11 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. Paul deals with some issues raised by false apostles and in the process tells us of his…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 10 – Paul’s Ministry
This episode is part 10 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul makes a defense of his ministry and also says, "don't make me come back…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 9 – Generosity Encouraged
This episode is part 9 in a study on the book of 2 Corinthians. Paul continues to discuss generosity as he encourages the Corinthians to give. Discover more…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 8 – Giving
This episode is part 8 in a study on the book of 2 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul is raising a collection for the church in Jerusalem and talks about…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 7 – Paul’s Joy
This episode is part 7 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul tells the church of Corinth how he felt when he heard how they had…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 6 – Paul’s Hardships
This episode is part 6 in a study of 2 Corinthians. Paul addressed the hardships he has gone through and the things he is trying to not let affect his…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 5 – Awaiting a New Body
This episode is part 5 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul talks about our earthly body vs the one that is to come and the…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 4 – Present Weakness
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. In this episode, Paul tells how we hold this special treasure of the love of Christ in "jars of…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 3 – Greater Glory
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul compares the glory of the New Covenant with the fading glory of Moses and…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 2 – Forgiveness
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. Paul says that it is time for forgiveness and for moving on. He himself is on the move in ways…
The Bible Study Podcast2 Corinthians 1 – Change of Plans
This episode is part 1 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. Paul sends greetings and then tells them that he had a change of plans so he could not visit…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon "Liar, Lord or Lunatic"
This episode is a sermon I gave for Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino titled "Liar, Lord or Lunatic". Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 16 – Final Words
This episode is the final part of a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul mostly deals with greetings of a more personal nature, reminding us that this is a…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 15 – Resurrection
This episode is part 16 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul addresses the issue that some in the church of Corinth no longer believe in the…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 14 – Orderly Worship
This episode is part 15 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul talks about the use of tongues and prophesy in worship and about orderly…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 13 – It's All About Love
This episode is part 14 in a study of 1 Corinthians. Paul takes a break from talking about spiritual gifts to talk about love. We are called to be people of…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 12 – Spiritual Gifts
This episode is part 13 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul talks about spiritual gifts. He compares the church of Christ to the body of Christ with…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 11 – Worship and the Lord’s Supper
This episode is part 12 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this episode Paul deals with covering your head in worship and in the very bad way that the…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 10 – Warnings From Israel’s History
This episode is part 11 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul goes back to the story of Exodus to see what we can learn from that about freedom and…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 9 – Rights, Freedom, Self-Discipline
This episode is part 10 in a study of the book of 2 Corinthians. Paul talks about the rights that he has as an apostle, but why he does not claim those rights…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 8 – Food Sacrificed to Idols
This episode is part 9 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Can we learn anything applicable for our lives from an ancient controversy in the early…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 7 – Marriage Life and Changing Your Status
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul deals with some questions that have come up about whether people should get married or…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 6 – Lawsuits and Immorality
This episode is part 7 of a study on the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul deals with the issue of believers suing other believers and with sexual immorality in the…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 5 – A Case of Incest
This episode is part 6 of a study on the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul gives the church instructions on how to do with a case of incest. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 4 – True Apostleship
This episode is part 5 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul talks about what it means to be an Apostle and then encourages the…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 3 – The Church and Its Leaders
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this chapter, Paul again talks about their divisions, but here says it is a sign of their…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 7 – Marriage Life and Changing Your Status
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. Paul deals with some questions that have come up about whether people should get married or…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 2 – God’s Wisdom
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this episode, Paul argues that the wisdom of God is not the same as the wisdom of men…
The Bible Study Podcast1 Corinthians 1 – Division
This episode is part 2 in a study of the book of 1 Corinthians. In this episode, Paul makes the usual greetings and then starts to address one of the problems…
The Bible Study PodcastCorinthians – Setting the Stage
This episode is part 1 in a study on the books of 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians. We start looking at the Books of 1 and 2 Corinthians with a look at Act 18…
The Bible Study PodcastRevelation 22 – Eden Restored
This episode is a special episode that jumps from the beginning of the bible to the end to fill in a missing episode on the book of Revelation Discover more…