Be The Message

The term living water is found several times in the New Testament and it means something import to the desert dwellers of the Holy Land. Listen and find out about this import phrase.

This week our subject is teaching people about God, “By the Way”. What does that mean and how do you do it? Listen all week to find out!

This week we’ve focused on what it means to be a witness. Peter is a great example. He was a witness to so much and he definitely lived the Message!

Actually the word witness has a deeper meaning for a believer. We look at Jesus’s use of Witness and find that it comes with a warning.

The early followers of Jesus were certainly witnesses. They also wrote letters to encourage new believers to Be the Message. We look at 2 places where their instruction is valuable

If God has done anything in your life, there really is only one response. We’ll look at several passages from the Bible that show us how to live it out.

What does it mean to be a witness? This week we’re focusing in on what a witness is and does from the scriptures. It should challenge us to Be the Message!

In our final episode from this week of prayer, we take a look at someone who lived a life of prayer. George Muller lived in England in the 1800’s and he was someone who understood what it means to Be the Message

Jesus’s prayer is so simple but it is so deep. We continue to look at His model prayer.

The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. He gave them a very simple plan. What can we learn from this lesson?

If Jesus was going to have you pray for something, what would it be? The answer may surprise you, because it may not be something you’re focused on.

This week we’re focusing on prayer. Maybe prayer is hard for you? We’ll look at scripture and simplify the process.

At the end of each week, we focus on a person who exemplifies our theme. This week we see a man who comes to Jesus at night to get his questions answered. Jesus’s Response is incredibly important, even fo us today.

You may have heard that the Bible is a book full of contradictions. Is that true? How certain can we be that the Bible is really “the very word of God”?

“Aren’t all religions basically leading the same way? Don’t they basically teach the same thing?” This seems to be a pretty common belief in the world today. But a close reading of the Bible with show us that there is something unique to the Christian Faith 

Perhaps the most difficult question people ask is “How can God allow the pain and suffering we see in this world?” Maybe you struggle with this. How can we find the answer in the Bible?

If you are going to Be the Message, you can be sure that you will get some questions. This week we’ll look at the most common questions people ask and some biblical responses. 

“This one is just right.” So says the three bears story, but scientists use the term to show how planet Earth is placed in just the right spot. Could that be by chance or by coincidence? We don’t think so.

Do you know how deep the depths of the sea are? The answer may surprise and inspire you. 

Did you know that there are dozens of facts about our universe that are mentioned in the Bible? Some of which were not discovered until the last few decades!

In Job it says the “morning star sings”. Is that just poetry or is there something more in this phrase? We’ll take a look in today’s podcast. 

This week we’re looking at creation and marveling at the wonders that God has made. The more we know about the universe, the greater our view of God becomes. 

If there is anyone who demonstrates the “go and tell” aspect of the Christian faith, it the man they call “God’s Smuggler” find out who in this podcast

Jesus declares to Pontus Pilate that His Kingdom is “not of this world...” His people do not have a specific country but they need to go to all the world

Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at a local well and he tells her that “the hour is coming...” Find our how that new change is toward a “go and tell” faith for her people

One shift from the Old Testament to the New is from Hebrew to Greek. This difference even gives us evidence of the change to a  “Go and Tell” faith

This week we’re exploring the shift from the “come and see” faith of the Old Testament to the “go and tell” faith in the New. This will help us to see that on every page, the New Testament urges us to Be the Message!

At the end of each week we find a person who is the example for our week’s theme. This time we find a person in the book of Acts who is all about others. 

Paul is not the only one to give one another commands.We Look at Peter’s Letters and see he has the same instructions to treat one another well and encourage humilty. 

This is one of the central themes of Jesus’s Message - Forgive one another. We find that it is commanded and is important to our walk. Without it we cannot have real unity

At the heart of all the “one another” commands is call for unity. This time we find both positive and negative ways to view one another. If we don’t follow the positive, it will lead us to the negative and break the unity. 

This week we’re looking at the command that include the phrase “one another”. The are more than 40 in the New Testament. They provide a guide to how we can Be The Message.

This time we look at another table from Luke’s gospel. This one has lots of teaching and a diverse crowd gathered with Jesus.  

It seems like Jesus loved to gather at the table, and while He’s there, He’s always teaching. What can we learn from this small home gathering?

We can imagine that Jesus and the disciples often found themselves eating outdoors. We look at one meal that selves up some great insight on faith

This week we’re spending time sitting at the table with Jesus. Who did He eat with? What did He say? Every time Jesus is invited to dine, we can learn something. 

In the 1800’s God called a man to China to Be the Message. This time we will a person who lived out the global perspective of God.

Paul lived to take the message to the widest audience possible. He teaches us how the global perspective worked in his life

This time we look at the Psalms and find the global perspective even here. We find that we are blessed to be a blessing to all people

God’s Message and His love was always intended to be for the whole world. Today we take it all the way back to Genesis to see the global perspective

This week we focus on the Global message of the Gospel. Sometimes it feels like we can only “Be The Message” in a western culture. We find out how this message has always been for all people, everywhere.  

All week we’ve been looking at sharing the things of God in the “by the way” moments of life. Today we’ll find an example of this from the book of Acts a disciple teaching by the way!

Storm are all around us. But when we’re in a storm it can be very frightening, but it also can be a great way to demonstrate our faith.

The Bible cautions us not to be conformed to the pattern of the world, but what does that mean? What examples can we see and share about this important concept?

At the end of each week we look at a person who exemplifies our theme. This week it was all about questions, so we find someone who’s asks Jesus a question. 

Sometimes Jesus answered His own question. In this case, the answer is actually not the response He’s looking for. Find out what point Jesus is making.

Do you struggle with anxiety at times? Jesus uses three questions to help us get to the heart of what’s troubling us.

We look at the Sermon on the Mount an find Jesus asking all kinds of questions. His teaching was difficult and the questions designed to have us look inside

This week we’re looking at the questions that we find in the New Testament. Jesus often asking them so that his hearers will dig deeper into their spiritual lives.

This week we’ve been focused on the reliability of the New Testament. Each week we choose a person who lived out the theme. This week it’s Timothy. Not only is he mentioned in the Bible, he lived it! He’s also charged to carry it on!

It seems like there have been questions about the New Testament since the time of its writing. Today we find that it really does stand the test of time.