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A few years ago, someone told me that nowhere in the New Testament does Jesus claim to be God. And to be honest, I was caught a bit off guard by the question. Now, to be honest, nowhere in the Gospels did Jesus say, “I am God.”

in this podcast, I want to discuss one piece of advice that Jesus gave and a miracle, that proved itself. In both instances, it took nearly 2,000 years to fully understand what Jesus said and did.

In this podcast I discuss the mysterious Being in the Old Testament called ‘The Angel of the Lord.' Many are convinced He is the per-incarnate Christ.

Hi my name is Dean Smith and in this podcast I want to discuss two odd fact about one of the Bible's best known heroes, King David.

Taxes have been the.bane of man's existence for thousands of years. In this podcast, I discuss two major tax revolts that took place in the Bible.

In this Podcast Ian Byrd discusses the pathways of the heart. He talks about three pathways that lead us away from God and one pathway that leads us to God.

In this podcast, I discuss whether believers should incorporate coughing prayer instead of joining a monastery or nunnery.

In this podcast, I discuss one the unheralded, but powerful weapons, that God has given believers in our battle against the demonic realm.

in this podcast, I want to talk about the manifest presence of God. My wife and I recently attended a conference on the Holy Spirit at our church. Yes, it was a full weekend of talking about the importance of the Holy Spirit. A strange thing happened at the conference.

With the growing interest in the demonic and occult in the west, In this podcast, we discuss an issue that could make you vulnerable to demonic attack, through 'mind games.'

In this podcast, I discuss the gifts, yes that's in the plural, gifts of healing. God does not want a handful of TV evangelists healing the sick, He wants an army of healers.

To successfully move in the gift of prophecy, we need to be able to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit. In this podcast, I want to share three things that can lead to us delivering false prophetic words.

In this podcast, I discuss the seer anointing, which is part of the Gift of prophecy, that the Holy Spirit has given to the church.

This podcast discusses prophecies given by a now deceased prophet Kim Clement in 2007 on the rise of American billionaire, Donald Trump, to be president of the United States. Not only did he seem to predict that, but Clement said Trump would serve two terms.

In this podcast, I discuss three reasons why we see so many more people being possessed by evil spirits in the New Testament than in the Old.

In this podcast, Wayne Johnston discusses one of his favorite Bible characters, Shammah. The man who defended a lentil patch.

When Jesus discussed the Kingdom of God in the Gospels, He compared it to one of the Middle East's most invasive weeds. This comparison predicted the explosive growth of the church.

Wayne Johnston uses the story of the widow's mite as a backdrop for two things that took place at his church's pre-service prayer time.

In this second of my two part series, I discuss the last three of my eight reasons why I believe the gifts of the Holy Spirit are intended for today. It seems that the Holy Spirit is manifesting His gifts even among those who don't believe in them.

Over the past couple of months, I have been doing a series on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the importance of spiritual gifts. It has attracted the attention of cessationists who don't believe the spiritual gifts are for today. In this first of two podcasts, I discuss eight reasons why I believe the spiritual gifts are still for today.

By Dean Smith In this podcast, I discuss one of the more controversial Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the gift of Tongues. Why does the Holy Spirit give this gift? What is its purpose?

By Dean Smith In this podcast, I discuss my very brief encounter with the gift of faith, one of the spiritual gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12.

By Dean Smith In this podcast, I discuss what I believe is the greatest hindrance to the moving of the Holy Spirit in our personal lives and the church.

The Bible talks about a Second work of grace, after salvation, where believers are filled with the Holy Spirit. It through this Baptism of the Holy Spirit that we can be empowered like the early church.

In this podcast, I discuss the touchy issue of forgiving our parents and how it potentially impacts our perception of God. I know of instances where parents have been dead and buried for years and yet are still alive in their children's minds because of unresolved issues.

In this podcast, Dean talks about laying on of Hands and the impartation of the Holy Spirit, which is called one of the foundational doctrines of the Bible in Hebrews 6:1-2.

I believe God is calling believers to start praying more, and as part of this, we need to engage in prophetic prayer. In this podcast, I discuss what it means to pray prophetically.

Dean Smith interviews Diane Harrison on the Gift of Prophecy. Diane serves as the Prophetic coordinator for LifeLinks, an international network of churches.

Using an illustration from a Christmas journey many years back, Wayne Johnston explains what it means when the Apostle Paul writes that Jesus came in the 'fullness of time.'

In this podcast, I discuss the world's greatest earthquake. This one, of course, hasn't happened yet. It is one that the Apostle John saw occurring during the apocalyptic events leading up to Christ's second coming recorded in the Book of Revelation.

Wayne Johnston shares a word for 2024. As the darkness covers the earth, like the wise men, we need to focus on the light.

When it comes to the Christmas story, many have wondered who exactly were the Magi, that came to Bethlehem looking for the newborn king of the Jews?

In this podcast, I discuss Paul Vitz's theory that a person's atheistic beliefs can sometimes stem from a broken relationship with a person's earthly father.

In this podcast, we compare famed Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn's alleged encounter with an extraterrestrial with the prophet Daniel's encounter with an angel, because there seems to be some similarities.

In this podcast, I want to discuss the tendency many of us have to treat God as little more than a good luck charm. It showed up in two battles separated by nearly 3,100 years when two armies tried to use a God-good luck charm and it failed miserably.

FOLLOW OUR PODCAST ON (search opentheword): PODCAST In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John's vision of the calamitous events that will be occurring in the end times, we read of the strange thing that will be happening on Earth when God touches the sun. Hi, my name is Dean Smith and as we study the Book of Revelation, we read that God will put the world through three sets of seven different judgments. This will include the breaking of the seven seals in Revelation 6, the sounding of the seven trumpets starting in Chapter 8, and the final set, the pouring out of the bowls of wrath in Chapter 16. And within the final group, the seven bowls of wrath, we have an interesting judgment aimed directly at our sun. We read: The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. 9 Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and …

In this podcast, I discuss the concept of Divine Providence which holds that God is actively working in our lives and situations, even though we may not be fully aware of it.

If UFOs are not alien in origin, how do we explain the numerous sightings of UFOs, some of which seem quite credible? Could there be a spiritual explanation.

FOLLOW OUR PODCAST ON (search opentheword): PODCAST NOTES: We live in interesting times. We have atheists, who refuse to believe in God, because they claim there is no scientific evidence He exists, but according to a 2021 Pew Survey, 55% of atheists and agnostics do believe in aliens, even though there is no evidence that they exist. It seems that atheists have faith after all. They believe in little green men. Hi, my name is Dean Smith, and in this first of a two-part series, I want to address the growing controversy today — UFOs. Almost daily, we see news stories about the latest person who claims to have encountered an unidentified flying object and in a few instances actual aliens. Certainly, many people claim to have seen UFOs, but many question if aliens actually exist because of a lack of credible evidence, such as an alien spacecraft or even an alien body. One of the major themes of the mega-hit movie, Independence Day, was that the US military actually has the remains of Aliens …

In this podcast, I ask, have you built a Bodiam stronghold in your mind? Bodiam Castle, located in South East England in the county of Kent, is one of Britain's more popular castles because of its massive size and very photogenic moat.

In this podcast, I discuss my official nominee for the Pharaoh that Moses had the 10 plague showdown with when he led the Hebrews out of Egypt to the Promised Land.

FOLLOW OUR PODCAST ON (search opentheword): PODCAST NOTES: Hi, my name is Dean Smith and in this podcast, I want to talk about the appearance of the Spirit of Jezebel in the end times. There is a theory circulating among those who study end-times theology, that as we near Christ's second return we are going to see a revival of the ancient gods who once plagued Israel. This is the premise of Jonathan Cahn's book, The Return of the Gods, where Cahn argues that we may not necessarily see Baal idols popping up around the world, but rather the spirits behind these idols will try to reassert themselves. Though these idols were typically manufactured out of wood, clay or stone to represent various gods, the Hebrews understood that there was more going on than just idol worship as there were demonic and evil spirits behind these gods. We read in Deuteronomy: “They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to …

FOLLOW OUR PODCAST ON (search opentheword): PODCAST NOTES: Hi, my name is Wayne Johnston, and today on this podcast, I want to talk about the BIG Test. Anyone who has ever had to do a final exam in high school, college, university or tech school, knows how much fun they can be. Sick to your stomach. Headaches. Tired from cramming and OD’ing on Red Bull or coffee. But what if you were told you didn’t have to take your big final exam, and they just decided you were good enough that they were going to give you your diploma without it. Now I know personally of people who would say, ‘Wow’, I dodged a bullet and say thank you, and they would never look back. Me, maybe you, would always second guess yourself, and wonder if you really made it, if you are really well bona fide. Testing by God, may not be fun either, but it is never to destroy us, it is to prove us, even to ourselves, that we are well bona …

In this podcast, I share the remarkable healing of a three-month-old baby girl in Corpus Christi, Texas.

In this podcast, I discuss two incidents in the Exodus account, when God delivered Israel out of Egypt, that has always puzzled me.

In this podcast, Alexander discusses a strange occurrence taking place today, scientists are warning that the Euphrates River is drying up, an event prophesied in the Bible.

In this podcast, Wayne Johnston discuss the life of John Mark, a clear example of how God is willing to give us a second chance, if we fail or pull back.

In this podcast, I talk about two Old Testament prophecies that point to Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. One of them even suggests, that the Messiah will show up in the first century AD.

In this podcast, I ask the question: Did Jesus curse the temple? And if so what impact does this have on end-times prophecy today?

In this podcast, I talk about the importance of healing our rejection wounds.

In this podcast, Wayne Johnston shares a vision the Holy Spirit gave him on how believers need to be joined together to build the Kingdom of God.