The main focus of this podcast is to magnify the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. When there are guests on the show your host Joe Durso conducts interviews about their experiences having become a Christian. Due to the fact that the New Testament uses much space to describe the condition of…
Consider Your Calling, Brethren is a look at the New Testament teaching of God using ordinary but regenerate believers to build His Church, shame the wise, and give Him all the glory. Selected texts include 1 Corinthians 1 and Acts 6 and 7.
In this episode our teacher exposits the text from Luke chapter 9. He considers what Jesus taught His disciples and the implications for the gathering of God's people in all ages.
The Lord's brother James, the first shepherd of the church Ekklesia (Gathering) in Jerusalem, like the Apostles, spoke passionately about the Christian believer's behavior in this present world of wickedness. I examine his letter.
The New Testament does not refer to calling as belonging only to ministers and pastors of the word of God but to all God's children who enter the kingdom of God through the same blood sacrifice of God's Son. So why the distinction in today's Church and for the last five hundred years?
In this episode, we consider from the letter to the Romans, what is means to be a family in the body of Christ.
In this episode, we briefly consider the theology of the Bible as contained in the Letter to the Romans and how it should translate into Christian living.
In this episode, we examine the nature of salvation and how it always opens the hearts and minds of those who believe in Jesus Christ.
In this episode, we consider who has eternal life, who's going to heaven, and how they get there.
In this episode, I examine the value of faith and what it is and is not, as recorded in the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans.
Taking up from where we left off last time, we consider why it is necessary to understand the origin and maintenance of our saving faith.
This episode is starting a new series entitled From Milk to Mead, and it is taken from the Puritan writer and scholar's book The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.
In this Lesson, we will consider the importance of correct reasoning when believing Biblical theology.Â
In this episode, we will examine the sin of Judas and its applications for our salvation.
In this lesson, our teacher explores Jesus' desires as He prayed to the Father moments before Gethsemane and on His way to the cross.
In this episode, our teacher considers the benefits of walking with Christ through a knowledge of Him.
This episode examines how Jesus calls every believer to deny themselves, take up His cross, and follow Him in real-time.
In this episode, Nate and I consider some of the content in Francis Chan's book, Letters to the Church
In this episode, I examine the reality of our spiritual battles in the flesh and against principalities and power.
In this episode, our teacher shares his personal testimony of grace and that of others.
The justice that sins incur for those who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord was paid in full on Calvary's cross. Nevertheless, judgment for the believer is not merely the handing out of rewards. In this episode, our teacher explains the purely scriptural way we need to approach 1 Corinthians 3.
A remarkable observation of humbling is observed when we compare chapters 38 to 41 of Job to Philippians 2:5 to 8. The humbling is not of men but of God.
In this episode, we consider the arguments of Job's fourth friend and his arguments about Job and his three older friends.
In this Podcast, we dive into the book of Job to examine the intentions behind the words of Job, his wife, and four friends. Why was Job made to suffer, and what was God doing in his life?
No one can know the day or the hour of Jesus' return. Nevertheless, we are to be prepared for His return at all times. What does being prepared to look like?
In this lesson, we explore the marriage feast of the Lamb of God from Revelation 19. Who gets to attend?
This lesson teaches the all-important method of properly understanding God's word and the Gospel.
In this episode, we question the state of the church at this present hour in case some corrections need to be made.
In this episode, My brother and I talk about the church, the tribulation, the millennial kingdom, and the new heaven and earth.
In this episode, we look at preaching in churches today to observe the difference in preaching from the time of the Apostles.
In this episode, our teacher discusses the similarity between Old and New Testament saints to answer the question, what is a Christian?
In this lesson, our teacher explores why Jesus said, "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself."
In this lesson, our teacher explores the philosophy of fatalism in light of Biblical freedom and the sovereignty of God. The impact of how these beliefs can alter our lives may be far more reaching and important than any of us know. They should be considered very carefully.
"In this lesson, our teacher considers the words from Deuteronomy 1:2, 3, "It is eleven day's journey from Horeb... In the fortieth year ...Moses spoke to the children of Israel," Why 40 years?
In this lesson, our teacher examines the New Testament description of victory - its means and glory.
In this lesson, our teacher will tackle the current problem of effeminate men in leadership and the pulpit.
In this episode, our teacher explores one of the most dangerous realities of life on earth - a false conversion to Christianity.
In this lesson, our teacher leads us through Numbers 19 and God's essential and necessary command for individual and community worship.
In this episode, our teacher will examine the condition of the Church through the eyes of Jesus as He prayed His High Priestly Prayer in John 17 and various Bible verses.
In this episode, our teacher endeavors to examine some reason for the many divisions within evangelicalism today. What can an individual do about it, and what will be our responsibility before Jesus Christ?
In this episode, our teacher will expound on the hope of the believer of coming glory in the eternal kingdom as first described by Paul in Colossians 1:26, 27, and John in Revelation 21.
In this lesson, our teacher will explore the incomprehensible coming day when the saints will stand in the glory of the LORD due to the after-effect of our glorification.
In this episode, our teacher explores the scriptural teaching of God's plan for the ages. Why do we live now, and for what purpose will we live for all eternity?
In this episode, our teacher Joe Durso examines the scriptural basis for believing God is sovereign in salvation.
In this episode, our teacher guides us through the writings of Paul in 1 Corinthians chapters 1 to 3. There Paul raises the problem in Corinth that is so prevalent today: division, strife, jealousy, and a competitive spirit between churches.
In this lesson, our teacher dives into a controversial debate within Christianity, which has continued for two millennia. When correctly understood in the Gospel, God's divine nature, character, and authority are at stake.
In this lesson, our teacher gets our brain juices flowing about Israel's example to the world; they failed, except for the remnant. He then turns our attention upon the church, so we might question if we have not also gotten the train off the tracks.
In this episode, our teacher will speak from various scripture on one of the greatest needs in the church, which is what it means to be a Spirit-filled Christian.
In this episode, our teacher digs into the uniqueness of the prophet Jonah. Was he a bad guy? Could there be something beyond the fact that he brought no glory to God while only shame to himself? Listen and find out.
In this episode, our teacher examines the repentance of the city of Nineveh at the preaching of Jonah. There is no emphasis in the chapter on the prophet.
In this episode, our teacher looks at the walk of the believer according to the Apostle John's teaching in his first letter and chapter 2.