Bible Surprises! In 30 Minutes: Recent Episodes
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Through the Bible, surprise after surprise – with writer, church pastor
and Bible teacher Mike Beaumont, in conversation with David Taviner.
· Check out Acts 1, 1 Thessalonians 4-5, 2 Peter 3, Revelation 21
· How will the second coming of Jesus be different to the first?
· Why does Jesus need to come back?
· What should the King’s return motivate in us?
· Check out John 14, Matthew 25
· Is there anything beyond death?
· What is heaven actually like?
· Can you do anything to get to heaven?
· Check out Matthew 25, 1 Corinthians 1-15, Revelation 2-3
· To what extent does Jesus love the Church?
· To what extend does the Church love Jesus?
· How could the Bride of Christ be better prepared?
· Check out Acts 27-28
· Why should you never give up hope when God’s in charge?
· Do we sometimes blame God for problems caused by our own stupidity?
· What can replace panic with peace?
· Check out Acts 12
· Can prayer help to set prisoners free?
· How did this escape plan involve an angel?
· Why are we taken aback when God does what we ask?
· Check out Acts 10
· Why is God a workaholic?
· How could a vision of banned foods turn the world upside down?
· Is God allowed to move the goalposts?
· Check out Acts 9, 22. 26
· How did a blinding light change the course of history?
· Why did a church destroyer become a church builder?
· When is a U-turn good news for everyone?
· Check out Acts 7-8
· Can our faith be strengthened when it’s under attack?
· What’s the danger of being a miracle-chaser?
· How do we move beyond saying an initial yes to Jesus?
· Check out Acts 2, 4, 5
· Should you keep your faith private?
· What prompts a change from selfish living to selfless living?
· How does a church avoid becoming a members-only club?
· Check out Acts 2
· How did a red letter day take on a new significance?
· Why did God disrupt an annual festival?
· What changed forever from this day in history?
· Check out Acts 1, Philippians 2
· Why did Jesus need to go back home to God?
· How important is it to believe in this momentous event?
· What was promised as a consequence of this strange exit plan?
· Check out John 20, Luke 24
· Were grave robbers responsible for the missing corpse?
· Why weren’t Jesus closest followers expecting his resurrection?
· Did some hallucinate that they’d seen Jesus after his death?
· Check out Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23
· Who is to blame for the death of Jesus?
· Was the crucifixion a surprise?
· Why did this death cause history’s darkest hour?
· Check out Luke 22
· How important are traditions around special meals?
· Why did Jesus dine out with friends before his execution?
· What should we remember in the bread and the wine?
· Check out John 13
· Why did Jesus need to wash his disciples’ dirty feet?
· How can we be secure in our identity and our destiny?
· What does it mean to live by the motto ‘your good at my expense’?
· Check out Luke 10
· Why is Jesus’ tale about the Good Samaritan so shocking?
· Who are the last people on earth you’d want to help?
· What should be our response to the parable’s point?
· Check out Luke 7
· Should we be afraid of death?
· Why did Jesus only raise some people from the dead?
· How different is life after death?
· Check out Matt 14, Mark 6, Luke 9, John 6
· How was a massive crowd fed with just a small packed lunch?
· Why is being an apprentice to Jesus so rewarding?
· What more can we do to reduce food waste?
· Check out John 5
· Why would a healer ask if you want to be healed?
· Is faith always required for healing to take place?
· When should we expect the unexpected?
· Check out Matthew 8
· Who should we turn to when facing the storms of life?
· What’s the most important question you’ll ever ask?
· How much faith does Jesus have in us?
· Check out John 4
· What can we learn from Jesus about sharing our faith?
· Is why we worship more important than where we worship?
· Can Jesus truly satisfy?
- Check out John 2
- How did an ordinary wedding become famous worldwide?
- Why is God’s timing important so important?
- What signs point to Jesus today?
- Check out Luke 5
- Why did a carpenter know better than a fisherman how to fish?
- What will you miss out on if you’re too busy for God?
- What’s it like to have Jesus as your friend?
- Check out Luke 2
- Why do two unknowns get so many column inches in the Bible?
- How important is it that Jesus wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth?
- What is a productive alternative to living in bitterness?
- Check out Luke 2
- Why did God choose troublemakers to have a backstage pass?
- What most shocked the shepherds?
- How important is it to always be ready for God’s intervention?
- Check out Matthew 1, Luke 1-2
- What is incredible about receiving God’s favour?
- How does a betrothal differ from an engagement?
- Why didn’t the birth of the King of kings receive royal treatment?
- Check out Luke 1
- What are the odds that God is working things out?
- Can God’s promises leave you speechless?
- Why do some life lessons take longer than others?
- Check out Daniel 1-3
- How can you stay true to your faith in a world of disbelief?
- Is it possible to bring God’s culture into the culture all around us?
- Where do we draw the line when putting our faith on the line?
- Check out 1 Kings 6-8; 2 Chronicles 7; 2 Kings 25
- Why isn’t the devil always in the detail?
- Where does heaven touch earth?
- What is it dangerous to put our faith in the Church of Jesus rather than Jesus of the Church?
- Check out 2 Kings 22-23
- How different would society be after a spiritual spring clean?
- What would happen if we actually read the Bible that’s gathering dust on the bookshelf?
- Where do you find help to understand the Bible?
• Check out 2 Kings 18-19, Isaiah 36-37
• How should we react when intimidated by others?
• Why is it dangerous to think ‘words will never hurt me’?
• Whose voice should we listen to when facing bullies?
- Check out 1 Kings 19, 2 Kings 2-7
- How can you be unsurprised by God’s surprises?
- Can the extraordinary ever become ordinary?
- How can we see the spiritual dimension to life?
- Check out 2 Chronicles 17-20
- How can we have a godly influence on others?
- When is there a downside to blessing?
- Why fix our eyes on God when in a hopeless situation?
- Check out 1 Kings 16, 18, 19
- What are the problems for couples who hold opposing beliefs?
- Who wins the blame game when played against God?
- Can you hear God’s voice in a noisy world?
- Check out 1 Kings 17
- Who never fails to keep their promises?
- Can we experience God’s miraculous provision?
- Why should we share our story of what God has done for us?
Check out 1 Kings 17
Who never fails to keep their promises?
Can we experience God’s miraculous provision?
Why should we share our story of what God has done for us?
Check out 1 Samuel 8-17
How do we handle waiting to serve our purpose?
Why should we remember God’s faithfulness when facing the impossible?
Can you fight battles in other people’s armour?
- Check out 1 Samuel 8-17
- How do we handle waiting to serve our purpose?
- Why should we remember God’s faithfulness when facing the impossible?
- Can you fight battles in other people’s armour?
• Check out Exodus 25, Hebrews 9, 1 Samuel 4-7, 2 Samuel 6
• Why do simple instructions matter to God?
• Can religious relics wreck religion?
• When should we put our traditions aside, for God’s sake?
• Check out Joshua 5-6
• Why aren’t God’s strategies always obvious?
• How can faith look life’s challenges in the eye?
• Can we suffer from a fortress mentality?
• Check out Joshua 3-5
• How do we deal with obstacles when we’ve stepped out in faith?
• Does God really engineer things for his purposes?
• How can memorials become a menace?
• Check out Joshua 1-2, Matthew 1
• How can wise planning pay dividends?
• If you can’t trust others, can you trust God?
• How can an immoral woman set a good example?
• Check out Numbers 22-24
• Why can you never put a price on the voice of God?
• Can God ever be described as incredible?
• How determined is God to get through to us?
• Check out Numbers 21, John 3
• How can we avoid becoming bored as believers?
• When do we need a wake-up call from God?
• Could we be in danger of worshipping our traditions?
• Check out Genesis 15-16, Numbers 11
• Why might we become ungrateful for ‘our daily bread’?
• When does God use the natural in supernatural ways?
• How do we deal with the discontent of always wanting more?
• Check out Exodus 13-14, Numbers 9
• How essential is divine guidance when you’re in unfamiliar territory?
• Can history repeating itself sometimes be for our own good?
• Could we ever be in danger of being left behind when God moves on?
• Check out Exodus 14
• How can you avoid being paralysed by fear?
• Does God help when we face an impossible situation?
• Why does the Creator use creation to perform miracles?
• Check out Exodus 2-14, 17
• How many proofs do you need that God is real?
• Can the everyday be used in extraordinary ways?
• What happens if you negotiate with God?
• Check out Genesis 37-50
• Do family feuds need to end in disaster?
• If life is a rollercoaster can faith help you hang on?
• Why does it pay to save for a rainy day?
• Check out Genesis 25-32
• Can anyone run away from God?
• What are the dangers of favouritism within families?
• Is it true that what goes around comes around?
• Check out Genesis 11-25
• How can someone encounter God who they don’t believe in?
• Why emigrate when you don’t know where you’re going?
• What does it take for an old childless couple to produce countless descendants?
• Check out Genesis 6-10
• What most breaks God’s heart?
• Surely we know best?
• Do we have God’s word that he keeps his promises?
• Check out Genesis 4
• Why did a disagreement end in death?
• How could this domestic tragedy have been avoided?
• Was the punishment too lenient?
• Check out Genesis 1-3
• Why was it a match made in heaven?
• Did the perfect couple have the perfect life?
• Despite having everything why did they leave paradise behind?
• Why should the Bible contain more exclamation marks?
• Are too many of the surprises unbelievable?
• What will this new series reveal about what God thinks about the surprises in the Bible?