Podcasts about Horeb

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link!A cloud on Sinai, bread in the desert, and three days in the heart of the earth: today's journey moves from spectacle to substance, asking what truly builds a life aflame with God. We read Exodus as Moses steps into the cloud for forty days, follow Elijah from exhaustion to angelic strength on the road to Horeb, and listen to Jesus refuse showy signs while pointing to Jonah and to the deeper family formed by doing the Father's will. These texts sketch a path through fatigue and doubt toward fidelity, where zeal is not noise but a steady yes.From there, we open Divine Intimacy and face a hard kindness: venial sin does not kill love, but it cools it. We explore how deliberate small faults chip away at fervor, how habitual concessions breed spiritual lethargy, and why the saints insist on sorrow even for slight offenses. At the same time, we draw hope from the distinction between frailty and willfulness. Stumbles borne of weakness, met with quick contrition and humility, can become doorways to deeper trust, a lived discovery that without Christ we can do nothing.We end with the Lenten Ember Days, those seasonal waypoints that knit prayer, fasting, and intercession to the rhythm of the year. You'll hear practical ways to abstain and simplify meals, offer reparation, and pray for priests and vocations, not as box‑checking but as a way to refill the “swept house” with grace. If you've felt your zeal thinning, this conversation offers a clear, concrete plan: hate even small sins because you love greatly, confess promptly, repair generously, and let simple practices warm the heart. If it helps, share this with a friend on the road and leave a quick review—then tell us what Ember practice you're embracing this week.Support the showNeed seafood for Lent? Check out https://shoplobster.com/ and use code AB10 to get 10% from Maine's ONLY Catholic lobster company.Check out our new sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off of your first order!********************************************************Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1https://www.avoidingbabylon.comMerchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.comLocals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.comFull Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribeRSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

Übertr: Würzburg

Ref.: Herr Dirk Henning Egger CRV, Novizenmeister, Langquaid - Paring

Ref.: Dr. Anton Steiner, Fachanwalt für Erbrecht, Präsident des deutschen Forums für Erbrecht, München Viele Deutsche haben kein gültiges Testament. Dabei kann ein sorgfältiges Ordnen des Nachlasses Familienstreitigkeiten und bösen Überraschungen vorbeugen, wie etwa einer ungeahnt hohen Erbschaftssteuer. Gleichzeitig bleibt Erbe ein sensibles Thema - es ist ja immer auch Ausdruck von Zuwendung und auch von gefühlter Bevorzugung oder Benachteiligung unter Geschwistern. Ein Grund mehr, sich rechtzeitig und genau zu überlegen, wem wir was von unseren großen und kleinen Besitztümern hinterlassen. In der Lebenshilfe stellt sich der renommierte Münchner Erbrechtsanwalt Dr. Anton Steiner Ihren Fragen rund um Testament, Erbe und Vermächtnis: Was ist bei der Ausgestaltung eines Testamentes zu beachten? Wie viel Gestaltungsfreiheit gibt es und wo ist man durch gesetzliche Pflichtanteile begrenzt? Wann ist es sinnvoll, einen Fachanwalt zu Rate zu ziehen - und wie viel kostet so etwas...? Sie erreichen Dr. Steiner in der Sendung unter unserer Hörernummer 089 517008 008. Auch nach der Sendung ist Dr. Steiner noch bis 12 Uhr unter der Hörernummer für Sie zu sprechen.

Ref.: Peggy Paquet, Therapeutin für Logotherapie und Liebevolle Zwiesprache, Germering Angststörungen gelten inzwischen als regelrechte Volkskrankheit. Millionen Deutsche sind jedes Jahr davon betroffen, vor allem Frauen. In der Lebenshilfe sprechen wir mit der Logotherapeutin Peggy Paquet Pakee über ein beklemmendes Lebensgefühl, das zu völliger Antriebslosigkeit, körperlicher Erschöpfung und dem Verlust der Lebensfreude führen kann. Peggy Paquet macht Mut: Die Angst muss nicht das letzte Wort haben!

This is a new sermon series titled “Strange Encounters of the Divine Kind” from Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture is 1 Kings 19:1-18 Elijah runs to Mount Horeb 19 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, how he had killed all Baal's prophets with the sword. 2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this message: “May the gods do whatever they want to me if by this time tomorrow I haven't made your life like the life of one of them.” 3 Elijah was terrified. He got up and ran for his life. He arrived at Beer-sheba in Judah and left his assistant there. 4 He himself went farther on into the desert a day's journey. He finally sat down under a solitary broom bush. He longed for his own death: “It's more than enough, Lord! Take my life because I'm no better than my ancestors.” 5 He lay down and slept under the solitary broom bush. Then suddenly a messenger tapped him and said to him, “Get up! Eat something!” 6 Elijah opened his eyes and saw flatbread baked on glowing coals and a jar of water right by his head. He ate and drank, and then went back to sleep. 7 The Lord's messenger returned a second time and tapped him. “Get up!” the messenger said. “Eat something, because you have a difficult road ahead of you.” 8 Elijah got up, ate and drank, and went refreshed by that food for forty days and nights until he arrived at Horeb, God's mountain. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night. The Lord's word came to him and said, “Why are you here, Elijah?” 10 Elijah replied, “I've been very passionate for the Lord God of heavenly forces because the Israelites have abandoned your covenant. They have torn down your altars, and they have murdered your prophets with the sword. I'm the only one left, and now they want to take my life too!” 11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand at the mountain before the Lord. The Lord is passing by.” A very strong wind tore through the mountains and broke apart the stones before the Lord. But the Lord wasn't in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake. But the Lord wasn't in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake, there was a fire. But the Lord wasn't in the fire. After the fire, there was a sound. Thin. Quiet. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his coat. He went out and stood at the cave's entrance. A voice came to him and said, “Why are you here, Elijah?” 14 He said, “I've been very passionate for the Lord God of heavenly forces because the Israelites have abandoned your covenant. They have torn down your altars, and they have murdered your prophets with the sword. I'm the only one left, and now they want to take my life too.” 15 The Lord said to him, “Go back through the desert to Damascus and anoint Hazael as king of Aram. 16 Also anoint Jehu, Nimshi's son, as king of Israel; and anoint Elisha from Abel-meholah, Shaphat's son, to succeed you as prophet. 17 Whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill. Whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill. 18 But I have preserved those who remain in Israel, totaling seven thousand—all those whose knees haven't bowed down to Baal and whose mouths haven't kissed him.”

Ref.: P. Gregor Lenzen CP, München

Ref.: Prof. DDr. Ralph Weimann, Vatikanstadt, Italien

Ref.: Pfr. Richard Schitterer, Hausgeistlicher im Kloster Heiligenbronn, Schramberg

Following the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea, the Israelites find themselves in the wilderness—a place of disorientation, testing, and revelation. This sermon explores the "Wilderness" as an evergreen metaphor for the Christian life. It is the mandatory field trip between deliverance and the Promised Land, where our fickle hearts are exposed, and our faith is refined. As we enter the season of Lent and prepare for a congregational digital fast, we examine how the desert serves as a paradox: a place of intense danger and lack, but also the "God country" where miracles and spiritual power are found.Scripture ReferencesExodus 15:22–27: The waters of Mara and the transformation of bitterness.Exodus 16: The grumbling of the community and the provision of manna.Exodus 17:1–7: The striking of the rock at Horeb.1 Corinthians 10:4: Paul's identification of the Rock as Christ.Key PointsThe Paradox of the Desert: The wilderness is both a place of exposure and a place of divine intimacy. It is where visibility is low, familiar markers are gone, and we are forced to put one foot in front of the other.The Necessity of Testing: You cannot trust what has not been tested. The wilderness reveals the true contents of the heart. It is a place of "wrestling" with God, learning to navigate relationship without causing harm.The Teacher is Quiet: In the wilderness, the silence of God during the "test" is a primary challenge. However, promotion and spiritual clarity often lie on the other side of this silence.Fickleness and Unholy Nostalgia: We are prone to wander. Within days of a miracle, we resort to grumbling and "unholy nostalgia"—selectively remembering the "meat pots" of our past captivity while forgetting the chains.The Cross in the Wilderness: * The Tree at Mara: Just as the log made bitter water sweet, the Cross of Christ makes the bitter experiences of life drinkable.The Struck Rock: In a divine reversal, God stands upon the rock to receive the blow of judgment deserved by the grumbling Israelites. Christ is the spiritual Rock who was struck so that we might receive the water of everlasting life.ConclusionThere is no making it through the wilderness by trying harder or merely following rules. We must cling to the Cross. In the desert, pain is not the greatest danger; rather, the danger lies in where we turn for relief. If we turn to Christ, the one who was struck for us, we find that even the most desolate place is filled with His presence.Calls to ActionParticipate in the Digital Fast: Join the church-wide digital fast starting March 1st. Use the provided guide to redirect your focus from screens to God's voice.Identify Your Wilderness: Acknowledge where you are experiencing disorientation or testing. Stop "trying harder" and start clinging to the Cross.Resist Grumbling: Be mindful of the urge to complain or romanticize past sins. Practice gratitude for God's present provision, even when it is "manna" rather than "meat pots." Support the show*Summaries and transcripts are generated using AI. Please notify us if you find any errors.

If you ____________________ who God is, you will misunderstand ____________________ else.[Exodus 3:1 ESV] Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.God speaks clearly in ____________________ seasons.[Exodus 3:2 ESV] And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.God's presence ____________________ us.[Exodus 3:3 ESV] And Moses said, "I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned."Revelation begins with ____________________.[Exodus 3:4 ESV] When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."Before God ____________________ what He will do, He ____________________ who He is.[Exodus 3:5 ESV] Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."Holiness is not a ____________________, it is God's ____________________.[Exodus 3:11, 14 ESV] But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?" [14] God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"Your ____________________ does not rest on who you are, it rests on who God is.[Exodus 4:10-11 ESV] But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue." [11] Then the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?Don't let your ____________________ turn into ____________________.[Isaiah 43:1-3a] But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. [2] When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. [3] For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

Übertr: Radio Vatikan, Rom, Italien

Ref.: Christian Busemann, Journalist und Autor von „Jesus, ich und mein verrücktes heiliges Jahr, Hamburg In der Lebensmitte stürzt der Journalist und TV-Autor Christian Busemann in eine Krise. Auslöser ist Familienhund Kalle, der seine Ehe auf eine schwere Belastungsprobe stellt. Also macht Busemann sich auf die Suche nach Gott - mit Hilfe von Wallfahrten, Gebet und Exerzitien will er ein besserer Mensch werden: Er pilgert barfuß auf dem irischen "Ironman" der Pilgerfahrten, baut das Gartenhäuschen seiner Kinder in eine Kapelle um und bemüht sich um ein Leben nach den 10 Geboten. Sein Ziel ist es, ein Christ zu werden, der weiß, was er tut und wo er religiös beheimatet ist. Warum dieser etwas chaotische Glaubensweg schließlich zu seiner eigenen Überraschung in die katholische Kirche mündet, davon erzählt er uns in der Lebenshilfe.

Mit Weihbischof Dr. Volodymir Hrutsa, griechisch-katholischer Weihbischof von Lemberg Am 24. Februar jährt sich der Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine zum vierten Mal. Vier zermürbende Jahre liegen hinter der Bevölkerung der Ukraine und alle sehnen sich nur nach einem Ende der ständigen Bomben- und Drohnenangriffe. Darüber, was vier Jahre in Angst und Schrecken aus den Menschen in der Ukraine gemacht hat und wie die Kirche den Menschen in dieser schweren Zeit beisteht, sprechen wir mit dem griechisch-katholischen Weihbischof, Dr. Volodymir Hrutsa aus Lemberg in der Westukraine.

Ref.: Christian Busemann, Journalist und Autor von „Jesus, ich und mein verrücktes heiliges Jahr, Hamburg In der Lebensmitte stürzt der Journalist und TV-Autor Christian Busemann in eine Krise. Auslöser ist Familienhund Kalle, der seine Ehe auf eine schwere Belastungsprobe stellt. Also macht Busemann sich auf die Suche nach Gott - mit Hilfe von Wallfahrten, Gebet und Exerzitien will er ein besserer Mensch werden: Er pilgert barfuß auf dem irischen "Ironman" der Pilgerfahrten, baut das Gartenhäuschen seiner Kinder in eine Kapelle um und bemüht sich um ein Leben nach den 10 Geboten. Sein Ziel ist es, ein Christ zu werden, der weiß, was er tut und wo er religiös beheimatet ist. Warum dieser etwas chaotische Glaubensweg schließlich zu seiner eigenen Überraschung in die katholische Kirche mündet, davon erzählt er uns in der Lebenshilfe.

Ref.: P. Prof. Dr. Hubert Lenz SAC, Vallendar Das Theaterstück "Abgerungen" ist ein Einpersonenstück. . Es handelt von einem Schriftsteller, gespielt von Bruno Lehan; der sich darauf eingelassen hat, ein Theaterstück über den Pallottinerpater Richard Henkes zu schreiben. In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus hat Pater Henkes klar Flagge gezeigt und sich immer wieder für Wahrheit und Menschenwürde, für Versöhnung und Mitmenschlichkeit eingesetzt. Dass er ins KZ Dachau kam, war die fast logische Konsequenz. Auch hier engagierte er sich für die Anderen. Als bei einer Typhusepidemie vier Baracken unter Quarantäne gestellt werden, lässt er sich mit den Kranken einschließen, pflegt ca. 9 Wochen lang seine hilfsbedürftigen Mithäftlinge bis er sich selbst infiziert und am 22. Febr. 1945 stirbt Die Beschäftigung mit dem Lebenseinsatz von Pater Richard Henkes fordert den Schriftsteller nicht nur heraus, über das eigene Leben neu nachzudenken, sondern berührt und begeistert ihn immer mehr. Der Autor kommt ins Fragen, bezieht die Zuschauer in sein Ringen mit ein und identifiziert sich zunehmend mit diesem Zeugen radikaler Menschlichkeit und Liebe. Informationen über das Theaterstück finden Sie hier: Theater Haltung Heute info(at)haltung-heute.de Telefon: 0261-6402-990

Ref.: Pfr. Martin Finkel, Bad Hindelang

Ref.: Cornelia Kaminski, Vorsitzende Bundesverband Lebensrecht e.V., Gunzenhausen Am 25. Februar findet im EU-Parlament eine Abstimmung um den erleichterten Zugang zu Abtreibungsmöglichkeiten statt. Mit einer Unterschriftenaktion macht sich der Bundesverband Lebensrecht e.V." dagegen stark. Dazu heute mehr im Wochenkommentar mit der Vorsitzenden Cornelia Kaminski.

Musik: Kisi Kids (Birgit Minichmayer) Nie mehr allein Jesus mein Freund

Ref.: Pfr. i.R. Winfried Abel, Hünfeld-Großenbach In der Fastenzeit sollen wir uns auf Ostern vorbereiten. Wir sind zur Bekehrung, zur Umkehr aufgerufen.

Ref.: Dr. Eduard von Habsburg-Lothringen, Ungarischer Sonderbotschafter für Familie und Internationale Kirchliche Institutionen Andere führten Kriege - die österreichischen Habsburger heirateten. Und verbrüderten sich auf diese Weise mit den Mächtigen anderer Teile Europas. Die erfolgreiche Heiratspolitik des Hauses Habsburg war friedenssichernd und wurde geradezu sprichwörtlich: "Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube" ("Andere mögen Kriege führen, du, glückliches Österreich, heirate"). Dr. Eduard von Habsburg-Lothringen entstammt diesem Geschlecht einstiger Könige und Kaiser, und was er von ihnen geerbt hat, ist der ausgeprägte Familiensinn. Weltweit zählt er an die 300 Cousinen und Cousins. Heute tritt der sechsfache Vater als ungarischer "Sonderbotschafter für Familie und Internationale Kirchliche Institutionen" für die Belange von Ehe und Familie ein - und er tut das aus voller Überzeugung. Denn auch wenn die Zeiten der Heiratspolitik seiner Ahnen vorbei sind: Eine große Familie bleibt für ihn die beste Lebensschule und die stabilste Keimzelle einer gesunden Gesellschaft. Warum, darüber sprechen wir mit Botschafter von Habsburg-Lothringen in der Lebenshilfe.

Ref.: Heejin und Cho, Christen in Nordkorea In Nordkorea gilt jeder Christ als Staatsfeind. Schon der Besitz einer Bibel kann zur Deportation oder Hinrichtung führen, denn das Regime erlaubt keinerlei Religionsfreiheit. Im Kurs 0 erzählen Christen aus Nordkorea ihre Geschichte - von heimlichem Gottesdienst, Flucht, Folter und Arbeitslager. Und sie erzählen, wie in allem Schmerz der Glaube an Christus ihnen die Kraft zum Durchhalten gegeben hat.

Ref.: P. Hubert Lenz SAC, Leiter der WeG-Initiative und Leiter der Initiative HALTUNG heute (Professor an der Vinzenz Pallotti University), Vallendar

Ref.: Pfr. Peter van Briel, Sprecher der Karl-Leisner-Jugend, Hopsten-Halverde (Bistum Münster) Für den Glauben gibt es kein Patentrezept. Gott finden und den Glauben im Leben gut umsetzen, in Einheit mit der Kirche ist eine immer neue Herausforderung, bei der Fragen auftauchen. Im Grundkurs des Glaubens können sie diese Fragen stellen und sich beantworten lassen. In "Frag' den Pfarrer zum Glauben!" ist Pfarrer Peter van Briel live mit Ihnen im Gespräch und gibt Antworten auf Fragen rund um Glaube und Kirche.

Ref.: Eva-Maria Admiral, Schauspielerin und Autorin Angst und Sorgen sind regelrechte Krafträuber. Doch die meisten Gefahren, die ein Mensch jahrelang befürchtet, treten nie ein! Dennoch gehören Ängste zum Leben dazu. Die Schauspielerin Eva-Maria Admiral hat selbst lange unter Selbstzweifeln gelitten, verbunden mit der Angst, zu versagen. Doch an der Hand Gottes hat sie gelernt, kreativ mit Angst und Sorgen umzugehen. Wie, das verrät sie uns in der Lebenshilfe. Eva Maria Admiral wirkt als freie Schauspielerin in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz mit Soloprogrammen wie etwa mit dem Bestseller von Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Oskar und die Dame in Rosa. Außerdem bietet sie international Seminare und Workshops zu zahlreichen Themen an, wie Stimmtraining, Medien oder Selbstannahme.

Prof. Dr. Rolf Schönberger https://meiner.de/fmv_de/person/Rolf-Schonberger-3862

Ref.: P. Hubert Lenz SAC, Leiter der WeG-Initiative und Leiter der Initiative HALTUNG heute (Professor an der Vinzenz Pallotti University), Vallendar

Ref.: P. Jörg Thiemann CMM, Reken

Ref.: Sandra Geissler, Autorin und fünffache Mutter, Nierstein

Prof. Dr. Volker Leppin, ev. Kirchenhistoriker https://www.perlentaucher.de/autor/volker-leppin.html

Ref.: P. Hubert Lenz SAC, Leiter der WeG-Initiative und Leiter der Initiative HALTUNG heute (Professor an der Vinzenz Pallotti University), Vallendar

Ref.: P. Ralph Heiligtag, Leiter der Cityseelsorge Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Donau

Ref.: Prof. Dr. Christoph Ohly, Köln (Bistum Köln)

Ref.: Pfr. Ebbo Ebbing, Rheine (Münsterland)

Ref.: Pfr. Jörg Stengel, Landstuhl

Ref.: P. Hubert Lenz SAC, Leiter der WeG-Initiative und Leiter der Initiative HALTUNG heute (Professor an der Vinzenz Pallotti University), Vallendar

Tuesday, 17 February 2026   And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Matthew 17:3   “And you behold! They appeared to them Moses and Elijah, conversing with Him” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus was transfigured. His appearance changed, becoming dazzling. With that noted, it next says, “And you behold! They appeared to them Moses and Elijah.”   Several things can be gleaned from these words. There is a way of accessing both Sheol and heaven. For example, Samuel was raised by the witch of En Dor in 1 Samuel 28. Moses died, and he was buried. Despite Jewish commentaries that contradict this, it is stated as a fact in Deuteronomy 34.   The location of his grave was unknown, maybe to avoid it becoming a place of idolatry. But more importantly, it was a typological point that when the law is dead, it is no longer to be remembered. Christ's fulfillment of it is the end of the law.   Messengers are seen to come from elsewhere to speak the word of the Lord at various times in both testaments. Unlike Moses, Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind, not seeing death. And yet, he appeared on earth. Thus, the symbolism here is that Jesus has full control of access to both Sheol and heaven and to the living and the dead.   Further, Moses is given as a type of the law. Elijah is given as a type of the prophets. Their appearance with Jesus thus signifies that He is the embodiment of the law and prophets, something He stated both in Matthew 5:17 and then after the resurrection in Luke 24:44. This is also confirmed in Acts 28:23 –   “So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.”   Both Moses and Elijah were referred to in the last chapter of the Old Testament –   “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” Malachi 4:4-6   The people of Israel were told to remember the Law of Moses. This was not an admonition for either Israel after Jesus' coming or something the church is to adhere to. Rather, it was a word to Israel to pay heed to the coming of the Messiah, who was promised earlier in the book of Malachi, as well as throughout the Law of Moses.   Moses and the prophets spoke of His coming, and the people were to remember this and receive Him. In their failure to do so, they received the curse of the law upon their land. Of the appearance of these two, it next says they were “conversing with Him.”   A new word is used, sullaleó, to talk together, and thus to converse. This wasn't just an apparition. Rather, these two, one long dead and the other gone from Israel to heaven hundreds of years earlier, had appeared and were conversing with Jesus. Luke specifically records that the conversation was “of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.”   Jesus had told the disciples that He would suffer and die in Jerusalem. Peter rebuked Him because of this. Now, these two are confirming Jesus' words in front of Peter, James, and John.   Life application: The Bible teaches that the dead, until the coming of Christ, will go to Sheol/Hades. To understand that this is doctrinally correct, the sermon from the Superior Word entitled “Where Do Believers Go When They Die? What the Bible Says” should be referred to.   This is upsetting to some who want to believe our dearly departed will suddenly be in heaven, which is based on a misinterpretation of several verses in Scripture. But there is nothing wrong with us being in Sheol. Jesus has full access to it for the departed loved ones. His resurrection from Sheol proves He possesses this authority and power.   Paul confirms that the day is ahead when those in Christ who are in Sheol will be raised. At that time, the victory over the grave will be realized –   “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.' 55 ‘O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?' 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:53-57   Let us not be upset about how God has structured and ordained things. Rather, let us rejoice that God has done it at all. We stood on the opposing side when He sent Jesus to restore us to Him. If we get an extended nap in Sheol, we should be grateful that it will not end in an eternal swim in the Lake of Fire. Thank God for Jesus Christ.   Lord God, we confidently await Your return. If it is not before we die, we will rest easily until that day when You raise us to meet Jesus in the clouds. We are content as we anticipate that wonderful day. And Lord, may it be soon! Amen.

Ref.: Sr. Teresa Zukic, Autorin, Weisendorf Freude, die trägt! Schwester Theresa Zukic war schwer krank. Heute ermutigt sie Menschen, sich den Herausforderungen des Lebens mit Zuversicht zu stellen. - und mit einer guten Prise Humor. Schwester Teresa Zukic versprüht pure Lebensfreude - ganz besonders, seit sie dem Tod von der Schippe gesprungen ist. 2020 machte sie ihre schwere Krebserkrankung öffentlich, es sah nicht gut für sie aus. Aber die 60-Jährige überlebte. In der Lebenshilfe ermutigt die dynamische Ordensfrau, sich auch und gerade im Alter den Herausforderungen des Lebens zu stellen und positiv nach vorne zu schauen. Denn Sr. Teresa stellt fest, dass ihre innere Freiheit mit den Jahren sogar zugenommen hat, und verrät auch eines ihrer Geheimnisse: Mit Humor lassen sich Herausforderungen wie Alter und Krankheit, aber auch unsere immer komplexere Welt viel besser meistern.

Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.DEU.1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:DEU.1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.DEU.1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)DEU.1:12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?DEU.1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.DEU.1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.DEU.1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.DEU.1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.DEU.1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.DEU.1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.DEU.1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.DEU.1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.DEU.1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.DEU.1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.DEU.1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:DEU.1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.DEU.1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.DEU.1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:DEU.1:27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.DEU.1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.DEU.1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.DEU.1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;DEU.1:31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.DEU.1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,DEU.1:33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.DEU.1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,DEU.1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.DEU.1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.DEU.1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.DEU.1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.DEU.1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.DEU.1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.DEU.1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.DEU.1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.DEU.1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.DEU.1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.DEU.1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.DEU.1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.Chapter 2DEU.2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.DEU.2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,DEU.2:3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.DEU.2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:DEU.2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.DEU.2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.DEU.2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.Interdimensional Captain Recruitment BUY MY SUPERNATURAL NOVEL!https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Romance-Episode-1-ebook/dp/B07ZRJV6SHDOWNLOAD THE APP!fringeradionetwork.com DON BASHAM MINISTRIES 1,000,000,000 GIVE SEND GO:https://www.givesendgo.com/bashamPAYPAL:spiritforce01@gmail.comBITCOIN:3H4Z2X22DuVUjWPsXKPEsWZmT9c4hDmYvyVENMO:@faithbucksCASHAPP:$spiritforcebucksZelle:faithbucks@proton.mePATREON:Michael BashamHOME BASE SITE:faithbucks.com

***We encountered some technical difficulties with this audio so we apologize for the lower quality on this particular sermon.QUOTES FOR REFLECTION“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.”~Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist “It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.”~Rollo May (1909-1994), psychologist and author “When man subverted order he did a great deal more than merely fall away from the rationality of his nature…; he brought disorder into the divine order, and presents the unhappy spectacle of a being in revolt against Being. [...] Every time a man sins he renews this act of revolt and prefers himself to God; in thus preferring himself, he separates himself from God; and in separating himself, he deprives himself of the sole end in which he can find beatitude and by that very fact condemns himself to misery.”~Étienne Gilson (1884-1978), French philosopher and scholar “Human beings are not self-referential. You don't make yourself feel loved by telling yourself ‘I love you.' We are relational beings, and so we need something outside of ourselves to tell us we have value and worth.” “What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies.”~Dr. John Ashley Null, theologian and Anglican Bishop of North Africa “If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.”~Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), English novelist, playwright, and critic “The concept of substitution may be said, then, to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be. God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives which belong to God alone. God accepts penalties which belong to man alone.”~ John R. W. Stott (1921-2011) in The Cross of Christ “This is perfect and pure boasting in God, when one is not proud on account of his own righteousness but knows that he is indeed unworthy of the true righteousness and is justified solely by faith in Christ.”~Basil of Caesarea, Homilies on Humility, 20.3SERMON PASSAGERomans 1:16-32 (ESV)Romans 116 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. Romans 21 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. Proverbs 17 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of   knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Psalm 191 The heavens declare the glory of God,  and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.2 Day to day pours out speech,   and night to night reveals knowledge. Psalm 10619 They made a calf in Horeb   and worshiped a metal image.20 They exchanged the glory of God   for the image of an ox that eats grass.21 They forgot God, their Savior,   who had done great things in Egypt,22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,   and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—   had not Moses, his chosen one,   stood in the breach before him,   to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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Ref.: Prof. Dr. Marius Reiser, Theologe mit Schwerpunkt neutestamentliche Exegese, Heidesheim am Rhein

Evening lessons: Psalms 106:19-46; Jeremiah 42; 2 Corinthians 10.  They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped a molten image.

Ref.: Martin Kugler, Gründer von Kathtreff In zwei Tagen ist Valentinstag. Der Tag der Liebenden gehört zu den Festen mit kirchlichem Ursprung, die von kommerziellen Interessen gekapert wurden. Aber eigentlich steht dahinter eine kluge Erkenntnis: Eine glückliche Beziehung braucht Momente der besonderen Aufmerksamkeit und Zeichen der Wertschätzung. In der Lebenshilfe sammeln wir mit dem Kommunikationsberater Martin Kugler Tipps für die Vorbereitung des Valentinstages. Kugler betont dabei als Gründer des katholischen Portals Kathtreff für Partnersuchende, dass mit diesen Fragen sich auch die beschäftigen sollten, die ihren Partner fürs Leben noch nicht gefunden haben. Am diesjährigen Valentins-Wochenende findet in Zagreb die erste internationale katholische Single-Konferenz statt. Mehr Infos über das Treffen vom 13.-15. Februar 2026 finden Sie unter https://catholicsinglesummit.com/

2.23 During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.3.1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.7 Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” 12 He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

Ref.: Manuela Bräutigam, Kinderkrankenschwester und Lisa Schmid, Mutter von Linea Wenn ein ungeborenes Kind an einer schweren und unheilbaren Krankheit leidet, dann stehen die Eltern vor einer schweren Entscheidung. Viele Ärzte empfehlen eine Abtreibung, die Tötung des Kindes. Doch es gibt eine Alternative: die palliative Geburt. Dabei steht nicht die Verlängerung der Lebenszeit des Neugeborenen im Vordergrund, sondern die bestmögliche Lebensqualität und das Befinden des Kindes sowie seiner Familie. Egal, ob das Kind nur wenige Augenblicke lebt, noch Wochen oder Monate - oder schon tot geboren wird. Die Kinderkrankenschwester Manuela Bräutigam begleitet Eltern auf diesem Weg, der geprägt ist von Schock, Trauer, Angst und Enttäuschung - aber oft auch von einer besonders innigen Beziehung zu dem scheidenden Kind. Sie ist unser Gast in der Lebenshilfe am Tag der Kinderhospizarbeit, gemeinsam mit Lisa Schmid, deren Tochter Linea wenige Wochen nach der Geburt gestorben ist, Sie und ihr Mann wussten, dass ihr Kind wenig Überlebenschancen haben würde, und dennoch haben sie sich dafür entschieden, die Schwangerschaft weiter zu führen und ihr Kind auf die Welt zu bringen. Heute erzählt sie uns Lineas berührende Geschichte.

Ref.: Daniel Wolff, Digitaltrainer und Autor, Grafrath (bei Fürstenfeldbruck) Kinder und Jugendliche sind zu viel am Handy. Das beklagen Eltern und Fachleute - aber auch die Jugendlichen selbst sind sich dessen bewusst. Das zeigen neue Umfragen. Bei allen Diskussionen um Verbote an Schulen bleibt die Familie der erste Ort für die digitale Erziehung. Doch leider scheitert die Einschränkung der Mediennutzung gerade dort besonders häufig. Die Bildschirme sind halt allzu praktisch, wenn es darum geht, ein Kleinkind ruhig zu stellen oder sich anstrengende Pubertierende vom Hals zu halten... Und meisten wissen die Eltern auch nicht so wirklich, was ihre Kinder am Handy alles so treiben. Der Digitaltrainer Daniel Wolff kennt die digitale Welt von Kindern wie kaum ein anderer - an Schulen und in den Medien zeigt er auf, wie die meisten Kinder sich weitgehend unbeaufsichtigt in den Untiefen des Internets tummeln. In der Lebenshilfe erklärt der Bestsellerautor, wie Eltern wieder die Kontrolle über die Bildschirme ihrer Kinder erlangen können - und warum sie das unbedingt tun sollten.

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