LifeWay Bible Studies Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Lifeway Bible Studies Podcast. Here you’ll find audio teaching from some of our most popular authors and Bible studies. Just click and listen to find teaching to help you grow closer to Jesus. Or you can use these sessions to help your busy Bible study group prepare by listening to the teaching before you gather. For each study, there is a Bible Study Book that can be purchased to help you or your group have a deeper discipleship experience and get more out of this free teaching content. For more information on the Bible Study Books, go to https://www.lifeway.com.
Have you ever thought your life is beyond repair or wondered if God could use your brokenness for good? We all tend to look and search for purpose in our pain and suffering. Depression, anxiety, hurting relationships, and unmet expectations can cause us to question God When does it start? The Online Bible study for […]
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At first glance, the book of Ecclesiastes paints a bleak picture. But is life really as empty and meaningless as Solomon seems to suggest? In a world as messed up, frustrating, and disappointing as ours, finding rooted, wise hope can be difficult. Navigating the complexities of life–work, relationships, aspirations, injustices–can be so confusing and exhausting. Ecclesiastes […]
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Being confronted with suffering causes us to ask questions that, if we are honest, we would rather ignore. However, if we believe the Bible, ignorance of profound human need is not an option for us. Neither is indifference. We cannot be Christians and turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the world in […]
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Being confronted with suffering causes us to ask questions that, if we are honest, we would rather ignore. However, if we believe the Bible, ignorance of profound human need is not an option for us. Neither is indifference. We cannot be Christians and turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the world in […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Happiness by Randy Alcorn. Over the 6 weeks, Randy dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy but also commands it. In this session, we will learn about the future promise of ultimate happiness on the […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Happiness by Randy Alcorn. Over the 6 weeks, Randy dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy but also commands it. In this session, we will learn how God is the primary source of our happiness […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Happiness by Randy Alcorn. Over the 6 weeks, Randy dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy but also commands it. In this session, we will learn how all of us tend to idolize whatever we […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Happiness by Randy Alcorn. Over the 6 weeks, Randy dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy but also commands it. In this session, we will learn how happiness is an idea that originates with God […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Happiness by Randy Alcorn. Over the 6 weeks, Randy dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy but also commands it. In this session, we will learn how your holiness is fully compatible with your happiness. […]
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This week we’re starting a new study called Happiness by Randy Alcorn. Over six sessions, Randy dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy but also commands it. In this first session, we will learn how God uses our persistent desire for happiness to […]
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This week we’re concluding a Bible study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we have explored what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we have learned ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. Peacemaking is tricky. Many […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. In this session we’ll discover that […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. In this session we’ll learn that […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. In this session we’ll learn that […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. In this session, we’ll learn that […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. In this session Colin will guide […]
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This week we’re continuing a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. We’ll see in this session that […]
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This week we’re starting a new study called Momentum by Colin Smith. Over the next eight weeks we’ll explore what it looks like to make progress in our spiritual lives, and we’ll learn ways some of Jesus’ most famous teachings, the Beatitudes, can help us move forward in our faith. In this first session, Colin […]
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This week we’re wrapping up the study, Horizontal Jesus, by Dr Tony Evans; where we are learning how Jesus empowers His church to be His hands and feet in the world today. We will learn in this session that servanthood is a willingness to humble yourself and act in the name of Christ for the […]
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This week we’re continuing the study, Horizontal Jesus, by Dr Tony Evans; where we are learning how Jesus empowers His church to be His hands and feet in the world today. In this session, Dr Evans will show us that the church is supposed to be God’s hospital for people who are spiritually ill. Though […]
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This week we’re continuing the study, Horizontal Jesus, by Dr Tony Evans; where we are learning how Jesus empowers His church to be His hands and feet in the world today. In this session, we will see that encouragement is an authentic means of support we not only give, but we also receive in order […]
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This week we’re continuing the study, Horizontal Jesus, by Dr Tony Evans; where we are learning how Jesus empowers His church to be His hands and feet in the world today. In this session, Dr Evans will help us see just how connected we are to each other in the body of Christ and how […]
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This week we’re continuing the study, Horizontal Jesus, by Dr Tony Evans; where we are learning how Jesus empowers His church to be His hands and feet in the world today. In this session, we will see that love is at the center of living the Christian life and experiencing the abundance of God. According […]
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This week we’re kicking off a new study called Horizontal Jesus by Dr Tony Evans. Over the next 6 weeks, we will learn how Jesus empowers His church to be HIs hands and feet in the world today. In this first session, we will see that our experience of God’s love will oftentimes depend on […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re wrapping up the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this last session, we address the final area of wisdom—hospitality—and ways […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this session, we look at parenting and family and learn ways we […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this session, Jeff explains that a wise friend is one who can […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this session, we’ll focus on the Word of God and prayer as […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this session, we’ll focus on the Word of God and prayer as […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this session, we’re going to learn about making space for rest in […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing the Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. One area in which people have difficulty fearing the Lord and surrendering their […]
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On this week’s episode, we’re going to kick off a new Bible study called Making Space by Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Making Space gleans wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and from the example of Jesus to show you how to center your life on God’s priorities. In this first session, we learn how we receive wisdom […]
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The last few months have been incredibly unpredictable. What we have experienced as a nation and in our own personal lives is beyond what we anticipated when we rang in New Year for 2020. As we strive to move forward, we’re facing much of the residual upheaval. We might be wondering about what we’ve seen […]
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by Scarlet Hiltibidal I was twenty-something. My husband had recently become an ordained pastor. It felt fast and scary and wrong to me. We were babies. We were supposed to be wild and free. We were supposed to go to church or sleep too late and miss church, not be IN CHARGE of a church. […]
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