Discover the historical and cultural context of the Bible, fresh revelation, and relevant life application with these daily devotionals Monday through Friday. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we look at scribes, foxes, birds and the cost of discipleship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk healing in-laws, service, and sabbath. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk centurions, leviathans, and offense when Jesus heals another man's servant. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk lepers, outcasts, and miracles only the Messiah could do. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we wrap up the Sermon on the Mount and talk building, storms and authority. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk prophecy, demons and not entering the kingdom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk false prophets, wolves and bad fruit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we discover what gates Jesus was referring to, what to take away from it, and how it applies today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we look into the background, context and impact of the golden rule. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk bread, stones, fish and snakes and how these relate to prayer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk dogs, pigs, and pearls with Jesus and discover who, or what, Jesus was referencing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we look briefly at one of the most misused verses in the Bible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk birds, flowers, Solomon, worry and anxiety. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk slaves and masters, God and mammon, and who we put our trust in. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Learn what it means to have a good eye versus a bad eye and the power of generosity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk moths, rust, and learn what treasures in heaven meant to those who heard it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus reminds guys that fasting done incorrectly can simply leave you hungry, tired, and wearing makeup. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today we talk Yom Kippur, the book of life and forgiveness between God and man. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
We wrap up the Lords prayer and learn temptation is inevitable but deliverance is available. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
We see sin, debt and forgiveness through Jesus eyes, hear it through the hearer's ears and walk away challenged to be "debt" free. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus gives us permission to ask for what's coming tomorrow to happen today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Experience what the people heard when Jesus said this and how we experience more of heaven today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus reminds us that God cares about his reputation and we should too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Why was the Lord's Prayer given, where did it come from and what are we supposed to do with it? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus reminds us not shout our prayers on street corners and we learn what a prayer closet is. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus reminds us that it's not a great idea to shout our own awesomeness from the rooftops. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus serves a tall order of loving our enemies and being as perfect as God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Did Jesus tell us to take beatings, give all our money away, and run a 5k naked? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus reminds us that it is futile to declare atheism or manipulate scripture over areas of our life we want to exclude God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus weighs in and drops a truth bomb on a debate regarding divorce, remarriage, and adultery. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Jesus reminds us that we need surgery and people lose their minds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Continued from episode #8, we discover what it means to be thrown into prison until you've paid the last penny and how to avoid a life sentence. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Today, Jesus makes a claim that only God can make and we learn what it means to call someone a "fool." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Discover what Jesus meant by “fulfilling the law” and what it means to be more righteous than a pharisee. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Discover the cultural context of being a city on a hill, the light of the world and what it meant to do good works. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
In this episode discover the cultural context of Jesus telling us to be salty or get out of the kitchen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Discover the meaning of "blessed," allusions to the Old Testament found in the beatitudes and hear it from the ears of those sitting at Jesus' feet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Discover what was significant about John's baptizing and how he prepared the hearts of the people for the ministry of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. Experience what the hearers heard from Rabbi Jesus and the hope they had he was their Messiah. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Discover the emergence of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes prior to the ministry of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. Experience what the hearers heard from Rabbi Jesus and the hope they had he would be their Messiah. Each Frequency episode is short, informative, and revelatory. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support
Dive into the 400 years of silence leading up to the ministry of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. Experience what the hearers heard from Rabbi Jesus and the hope they had he would be their Messiah. Each Frequency Episode is short, informative, and revelatory. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-stephens3/support