Join hosts Christine Szymecki and Paige Borgeson for conversations about the Bible as we read to better understand what it says and what God is doing. With reverence for God and His word, semi-reliable internet connections, and incredible senses of humor, we encourage women (especially moms!) to study scripture and pray. Pray! Follow along our with our study-together-ing and mom-life-ing here: www.colorncompany.com
Introduction of our analogy of "the suit" as the righteousness we are told to put on. Then, join us in our search for repentance in the Old Testament. When does the first person say sorry for their sin?
Hem and haw with us through a less than easy scripture.
I'm a CEO and a brother, shower me with gifts. Final week of Genesis Genesis 20 and 3 Who repented first? Are the swords flaming or enchanted? Sin and discipline Spanking? ALWAYS JUDGE OTHER MOMS
Genesis Awkwardness Abraham and Sarah and Hagar and Egypt and Exodus What is Abimelech's deal?
Beginning in the Beginning The Bible *HASN'T* changed. The Fall is integral to understanding everything else. Road to Emmaus for toddlers. We should know and tell Bible stories. What are the psychological and anthropological implications of Genesis? That's a fun rabbit hole.
God telling Jesus to Reveal Himself to Angels to Show John to Write to the Church and sharing that with Kids Humility to do more Futility
Easter: Eastern and Western. When is the real holiday? The Holy Spirit knows. The *REAL* story in the story Bedtime assignments for kids Conquering to conquer: Jesus or someone else?
Paige and Christine read Revelation 5-8:5. RSV
Mini-episode in which Paige and Christine read the second part of the Book of Revelation. RSV.
Mini-episode of Paige and Christine reading Revelation for our listeners in RSV.
Lent: Joy in the Ultimate Sorrow Creating The Best Family Bible Study of ALL TIME
Life be crazy. God be good. Isaiah 53:7-9 for kids. Wombs for Wives. Cleaning the Heart's temple for toddlers.
Christine is out sick with no voice and Paige shares week two Scripture study in Isaiah 53:1-3
Our first Lenten Season... We've not tried it, but Paige gets surprise encouragement to participate. Come with us as we learn about The Suffering Servant!
This episode was not planned. We planned to cancel the podcast for this week and just pick it up again the next week, so we just started a conversation about our week. Then, the Holy Spirit encouraged me to start recording when Christine wanted to talk about her weekly Bible craft. Enjoy!
Final episode of January and the book of Matthew. We hit Galatians starting in February.
Here's the chart!! https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2017/07/updated-chart-of-israels-and-judahs-kings-and-prophets/
In this episode, Paige and Christine discuss the first few chapters in Matthew, and the words "genesis" and "genealogy" throughout our hero's origin story! The importance of literary devices and word choices through scripture is often lost on us as an audience so far removed from the writers and their time/culture/experience, but (in God's sovereignty) we marvel at how He still calls our names and draws us to Himself, revealing Himself faithfully through His word- intended to be brought to every tongue and nation, every circumstance, and every age. As moms, we have the greatest opportunity to bring His word to our little ones, who might believe and live a life governed by His grace! Our roles as moms and parents are unique. The seasons change quickly and often. Let's keep praying for each other! Bonus: We sing some memory verses at the end for you. You're welcome. MENTIONED: Stephen Armstrong's Verse by Verse study of Matthew Heart Happy Learning (Bible Verse Memory Songs) Blue Letter Bible Look at the word "Genesis" both in OT and NT (Genesis5:1, Matthew1:1; 1:18, Luke1:14, James1:23; 3:6)
This week, we talk about how almost no one knows how to actually read the prophets, but we tried! Then we talked about finding (and creating) an advent... system? program? plan? Turns out, no one knows how to do that either. Everything is hard!
Recorded on Nov 29, Paige and Christine discuss Advent, crafts, Thanksgiving, Israel's history, and the Psalms. Drink some cocoa, or drive carefully home from school drop-off, and enjoy the bright conversation!
In this episode recorded Nov 22, 2021, we discuss the reading plan and our hopes for the podcast for the coming new year. The second half is dedicated to brainstorming what loving our enemies does and *does not* look like for kids, inspired by a Mephibosheth craft for Christine's children's church.
Christine & Paige have a conversation about meaning and belonging. Today, it seems like individualism and autonomy are prized and dependency is seen as less, or weak, or OK as long as you're still in complete control - like, living with your lover without the suffocating agreement of marriage. It also seems like depression and anxiety are leveraged against people, to make them run hard after "working on themselves" instead of the one who made them. In truth, proper care from knowledgeable doctors, and seeking wise counselors is good and compatible with abiding in God's love and enjoying the peace and freedom we are given when we're in right relationship with God! Paige and Christine have been noticing that in the ancient world, the question, "who do you belong to?" is one way someone might ask a poor or endangered person, "who is taking care of you?" Ruth and 1 Samuel demonstrate how two poor and endangered individuals, a Moabite woman and an Amalekite's slave, were in need of someone to care for them, they were at the proverbial 'end of their rope' and God used their humble stations to make good on His very own promises. We hope this encourages you to run hard after belonging to a good God; to not despise what He is doing around you, and in you, whether it is difficult or easy; a burden or a joy. He promises: "...we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) Rest in that real, good promise.
Christine emerged from a rough week and Paige had uplifting insights, which is a reminder to us all that we need our brothers and sisters in Christ, near and far. We tried to keep the conversation together, and the most prominent theme we talked about was remembering an eternal perspective. We consider what has eternal value. We walked into a conversation about our own eternal value, and the the misunderstanding around the popular slogan (among both believers and nonbelievers): "You are worthy!" We talked about what value there is in remembering and reminding each other about the good things we have done. Our aim and response should not be: "See? look how OK we all are. We don't need a savior." Because our nature is corrupt and there will continue to be brokenness in and around all of us despite our best efforts. Our response should be more like, "What great mercy that God has allowed me and you to do the good work he had made for us to do since the beginning of time! He transforms my sinful heart from stone to flesh; He prunes away the dead leaves and branches off of me to help his plant (me) bear good fruit. How great is our God!" And we give a few recommendations (below). Next week we'll talk more about WHOSE we are. "Who does he/she belong to?" was a question that popped up in both Ruth and 1 Samuel, and we believe we belong to God. That is a deep belief, and we want to explore it. WE RECOMMEND: - This Chronicles Chart - Apta Sophia Podcast - The book, "Victory over the Darkness: Realizing the Power of Your Identity in Christ." VERSES: "God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?" -Numbers 23:19 (God said it, through Balaam *mind blown emoji* it wasn't Moses.) "And he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!” -1Samuel 15:29 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." -Isaiah 40:8 "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." -1Corinthians 13:13 2Corinthians 5:10, 15, "We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ." -2Corinthians 10:5 In response to the crowds when they said they wanted to basically be Jesus, and have power the way Jesus had power: "Jesus told them, 'This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.'” -John 6:29 Jesus is talking about how HE is the bread of life, and anyone who is HIS enjoys the eternal spiritual satisfaction, and one day, the physical will be restored to God wholly, and will never again know hunger or thirst. psalm 139, psalm 103, psalm 8
Some storylines we recently read in the Bible reminded us that people use the Bible to promote feminism, to varying degrees. We need to use these passages to promote the gospel, first, but we discuss how we don't know everything and we have questions too. The story of Ruth's mother-in-law and of Samuel's mom reflect a time and place that isn't easily transposed into this day and age. But Let's propose that the reality for both women is that they lack, and they know the same deep and terrible WANT which drove the Israelite nation to cry out for their own King; the same want which drove Achan to take treasure from the loot dedicated to be for the Lord; the same want which drove the first humans to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Kid friendly story telling takes discernment, and wisdom comes from the Lord. So, a steady diet of scripture is beneficial both personally and in community! We talk a lot about the darker side of humanity, and marvel at the God who doesn't hesitate to execute judgement, yet has yielded for a time for the sake of His beloved. A just and merciful King. the book of Judges is a difficult one, so we highlight a few observations and leave you to "chew" and pursue your own observations and questions.
Hosts Christine and Paige invite you to join them in seeing where scripture is linked, discussing the tri-unity of God, defining Christ types, and considering our origins and identity. Questions remain. Our hope is sure.
If you'd like to take about eight minutes to pray, we encourage you to join us in this prayer over this podcast, anyone who listens to it, and our families. Thanks for agreeing with us and lets continue to lift each other up in prayer. I'm also impressed lately with how prayer is pictured in Revelation, and elsewhere in scripture, as a substance which fills bowls, and an aroma before the Lord. We have direct access to the throne room through prayer through Christ's atoning work on the cross and the gift of the Holy Spirit. We are so privileged in this church age.
Encouragement from the first 8 chapters of Joshua! These stories are helpful in talking about who God is. Our perception of justice can be skewed, but God's is perfect... So it's good to know He's a good, loving, merciful God.
Reading through the first five books of the Bible in the past couple months has produced in me a love for God's law, a picture God's love for us, and what we have to look forward to when the promise to remove the curse of sin and death completely is fulfilled... And God even has delayed judgment this long, for love of us, His creation. Amazing. I'm also excited to announce I'll soon be podcasting with a co-host! Stay tuned.
Exploring the first 7 chapters of Leviticus! “Default Meals” for the year, to “feast” on the Word: https://colorncompany.com/epic-bible-study-bible-reading-plan/ Verse by Verse Ministry International: Exodus https://versebyverseministry.org/bible-studies/exodus Sacrifice in Ancient Israel by William K. Gilders (short article) https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/passages/related-articles/sacrifice-in-ancient-israel The James Method (Verse Mapping Encouragement & Tools): https://www.thejamesmethod.com/ NOTES: It's a “rider” and it was Van Halen that I first heard about this odd test to make sure the production team actually read their contract: https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9 FREE Online resources for kids: Leviticus Themed Coloring Page https://ministry-to-children.com/leviticus-bible-coloring-page/ Leviticus 1-9 Kid's Lesson http://childrensbiblelessons.blogspot.com/2014/05/lesson-leviticus.html Leviticus 10:1-7 Kid's Lesson http://childrensbiblelessons.blogspot.com/2014/05/lesson-nadab-and-abihu.html Leviticus 11:1-47 Kid's Lesson (craft and song) http://childrensbiblelessons.blogspot.com/2014/05/lesson-menu-rules.html Leviticus “clean and unclean” kids lesson (older kids?) http://jeaninallhonesty.blogspot.com/2009/05/sunday-school-law-and-sacrifices-4.html
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