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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 PodcastGenesis 50 – End of the Beginning
This episode is the final part of a study on the book of Genesis. Jacob dies, is mourned, and is buried in the promised land. Joseph comforts his brothers…
The Bible Study Podcast#695 - Genesis 49 - Jacob Blesses His Sons
This episode is part 47 in a study of the book of Genesis. Jacob / Israel blesses his sons before he dies with some very specific and some very vague feedback…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon – Light and Darkness
This is a special episode which is a sermon I preached for Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino based on Jeremiah 31:7-14, Ephesians 1 :3-14, and John 1:1-18…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 48 – Manasseh and Ephraim
This episode is part 46 in a study of the book of Genesis. Joseph and his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim meet with Jacob before his death and are blessed by…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 47 – More Famine
This episode is part 45 in a study of the book of Genesis. Jacob and his sons meet pharaoh. The famine continues for years and Jacob comes to the end of his…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 46 – Jacob Comes to Egypt
This episode is part 44 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, Israel (Jacob) and his family come to Egypt at the invitation of Joseph and of…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 45 – Joseph Revealed
This episode is part 43 in a study of the book of Genesis. Joseph finally reveals himself to his brothers who are terrified, but Joseph tells them that what…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 44 – A Silver Cup in a Sack
This episode is part 42 in a study of the book of Genesis. Joseph frames his brother Benjamin for stealing from him. How will the other brothers respond?…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 43 – The Second Journey to Egypt
This episode is part 41 in a study of the book of Genesis. The sons of Israel are forced by famine to return to Egypt for food. They have to bring along…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 42 – Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
This episode is part 39 in a study of the book of Genesis. While Joseph assumed he would not see his family again, they need food in the middle of this famine…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 41 – Pharaohʼs Dreams
This episode is part 38 in a study of the book of Genesis. After Joseph spends 2 more years in prison, Pharaoh has a dream and Pharaoh's cupbearer remembers…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 40 – The Cupbearer and the Baker
This episode is part 38 in a study of the book of Genesis. Joseph, still in prison, is able to interpret the dreams of two of pharaoh's officials who are also…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 39 – Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
This episode is part 37 in a study of the book of Genesis. God is blessing Joseph but somehow he ends up in jail and a slave. Yet still what he touches…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 38 – Judah and Tamar
This episode is part 36 in a study of the book of Genesis. Judah has 3 sons. One of them gets married but dies. That's the beginning of a complicated story…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 37 – Joseph's Dreams
This episode is part 35 in a study of the book of Genesis. Joseph is hated by his brothers because dad likes him best. As if the new spiffy coat wasn't bad…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 36 – Esau's Descendants
This episode is part 34 in a study of the book of Genesis. We learn about the descendants of Esau who become the Edomites. We will not see them again until…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 35
This episode is part 33 in a study of the book of Genesis. Jacob Returns to Bethel and rededicates himself and his clan to God. The 12th of his sons is born…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 34 – The Rape of Dinah
This episode is part 31 in a study of the book of Genesis. One of the daughters of Dinah is raped by Shechem, son of the ruler. Jacob and his sons don't have…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 33 – Jacob and Esau
This episode is part 30 in a study of the book of Genesis. After all the worry and preparation Jacob finally meets Esau again after 20 years away from home. It…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 32 – Jacob Becomes Israel
This episode is part 29 in a study of the book of Genesis. Jacob prepares to meet his brother Esau and gains a new name as he wrestles with God. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 31 – Jacob Flees
This episode is part 29 in a study of the book of Genesis. Jacob takes his wives and flocks and flees from his father-in-law Laban after tension develops…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 30 – Sibling Rivalry
This episode is part 28 in a study of the book of Genesis. The sibling rivalry between Rachel and Leah continues and expands to their servants. Between the two…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 29 – Leah!?
This episode is part 27 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode Jacob works for 7 years to marry Rachel... but wakes up with Leah. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 28 – Jacob's Ladder
This episode is part 26 in a study of the book of Genesis. Jacob leaves his home to find a wife among his mother's family and along the way has an encounter…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 28 – Jacob Deceives
This episode is part 25 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, egged on by his mother, Jacob deceives his father to claim the blessing due to his…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon - Feeding of the 5,000
This episode is a sermon on the feeding of the 5,000 from Matthew 14:13-21 which I preached (online) at my church Bethel Luerthan in Cupertino, California…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 26 – Isaac and Abimelek
This episode is part 24 in a study of the book of Genesis. We hear about Isaac and his growing status and God tells Isaac that he will bless him as he did…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 25 – Death of Abraham
This episode is part 23 in a study of the book of Genesis. Abraham dies and the story moves on to Isaac and his two sons Esau and Jacob. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 24 – Isaac and Rebekah
This episode is part 22 in a study of the book of Genesis. Abraham sends a trusted servant back to his relatives to find a wife for Isaac. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 23 – Death of Sarah
This episode is part 21 in a study of the book of Genesis. We start to wind down the story of Abraham. Sarah dies and Abraham negotiates for a tomb in the land…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 22 – Abraham Tested
This episode is part 20 in a study of the book of Genesis. This is one of the more central episodes in the life of Abraham as he is asked to sacrifice the son…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 21 – Birth of Isaac
This is the episode is part 19 in a study of the book of Genesis. At long last Isaac is born, but this is not good news for Hagar and Ishmael who are sent…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 20 – Abraham and Abimelek
This is the episode is part 18 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, Abraham is again afraid and has Sarah say that she is his sister. God has…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon - The Great Commission
This episode is a sermon recorded for my church Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino on the Great Commission Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 19 – Sodom and Gomorrah
This is the episode is part 17 in a study of the book of Genesis. God sends angels to Sodom to get Lot and his family out before he destroys Sodom and…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 18 – The Three Visitors
This is the episode is part 16 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, Abraham gets a visit from God in the form of 3 visitors. He learns about the…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 17 – Covenant of Circumcision
This is the episode is part 15 in a study of the book of Genesis. God makes the first covenant with Abram (now Abraham) and sets himself a deadline for the…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 16 - Hagar and Ishmael
This is the episode is part 14 in a study of the book of Genesis. Sarai desires that she cannot have children so she encourages Abram to take her slave as a…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 15 – Covenant With Abram
This is the episode is part 13 in a study of the book of Genesis. God makes a new promise to Abram that a childless man will have as many decedents as the…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 13-14 – Abram and Lot
This is the episode is part 12 in a study of the book of Genesis. We look at two stories about Abram and his nephew Lot. In the first one, they separate and in…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 12 – Abram’s Story
This is the episode is part 11 in a study of the book of Genesis. We finally start with the story of the patriarchs and in particular with Abram. God tells…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 11 – Abram's Family
This is the episode is part 10 in a study of the book of Genesis. This chapter starts the transition to the story of the patriarchs as we learn about Abram's…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 10 – Noah's Sons
This is the episode is part 9 in a study of the book of Genesis. This episode looks at the table of nations that came from the sons of Noah. Discover more…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 9 – After the Flood
This is the episode is part 8 in a study of the Book of Genesis. We pick up our story after the flood when God makes a covenant with Noah and his sons…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 8 – In the Ark
This is the episode is part 7 in a study of the book of Genesis. Noah and his family are in the ark... a long time. It probably smelled bad, was too dark, was…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 6-7 – Noah and the Flood
This is the episode is part 6 in a study of the book of Genesis. Noah is instructed by God to build an ark. He does. The flood comes. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 5-6 – Adam to Noah
This is the episode is part 5 in a study of the book of Genesis. We get from Adam to Noah looking at the genealogy and at what a mess the world is by the time…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon - Temptation
This is a special episode which is a sermon I preached at Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino based on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 4 – Murder
This is the episode is part 4 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, we talk about the first murder when Cain kills his brother Abel. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 3 – Fall
This is the episode is part 3 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, Adam and Eve listen to the serpent, eat the "apple" and get kicked out of…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 2 – Creation
This is the episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Genesis. This episode is the familiar creation account of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. Discover…
The Bible Study PodcastGenesis 1 – Creation
This is the episode is part 1 in a study of the book of Genesis. In this episode, we deal with the first of two creation accounts. Discover more Christian…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians 6 – Closing
This is the episode is part 8 in a study of the letter to the Galatians. Paul finishes the letter with on last call to make an argument against circumcision…
The Bible Study PodcastSermon - New Beginnings
This is a special episode which is a sermon I preached at Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino based on Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42. It…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians 5 – Freedom in Christ
This is the episode is part 7 in a study of the letter to the Galatians. Paul looks at our freedom in Christ and life in the Spirit. "The only thing that…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians 4 – Two Covenants
This is the episode is part 6 in a study of the book of Galatians. In this episode, Paul talks about the two different covenants, Old Testament and New…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians 3 – Faith or Works of the Law
This is the episode is part 5 of a study of the book of Galatians. Paul gets mad with the Galatians who decided after Paul left that their faith was incomplete…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians 2 – The Issue is Settled(?)
This is the episode is part 4 in a study of the book of Galatians. Paul tells the Galatians how the church decided what to do with gentile believers... and how…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians 1 – No Other Gospel
This is the episode is part 3 in a study of the letter to the Galatians. We finally get to the book itself where Paul talks about where his authority and…
The Bible Study PodcastGalatians (Acts 15) – Council of Jerusalem
This is the episode is part 2 in a study of the book of Galatians. This episode looks at some of the back story for Galatians at the Council of Jerusalem which…