It's In The Text Podcast: Recent Episodes
It's In The Text
In depth examinations of the priceless treasures in the Scriptures. Attempting to shed falsehood, leaving behind traditional bias in order to have a clearer picture of the story God has been telling from the very beginning.
Is the 19th century idea that Jesus returns for his church and sweeps them away to heaven thus curbing the tremendous persecution that overtakes the earth a biblical doctrine? Where did it originate? What did Jesus teach out of his scriptures?
What does it mean to believe in Christ? Who is in and who is out? What about those before Christ or those who have not heard his name? Christianity has suffered by promoting "exclusiveness" in the way the Scriptures do not. Here is the transcript: http://sdrv.ms/YA176F
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What does it mean to have persistence? What does it mean to wrestle with God, and is this a good thing? What should our response be to apathy? Is there blessing in pounding on Heavens doors? Here is a PDF of the Podcast: http://sdrv.ms/ZqXsHo
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Examining our perspective of the scriptures. How do we view them and why? Why do we trust them? Are they infallible, inerrant and authoritative? What is God's Word? Is it synonymous to the Bible? Here is the PowerPoint: http://sdrv.ms/WAa67w
The Essenes (the Qumran community) and the Dead Sea scrolls, their place in our understanding the New Testament, and what they have to say about the "messianic character". The story of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes. Here is the PowerPoint: http://sdrv.ms/11lDy6z
What is the kingdom? What is the Gospel? What is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God or heaven, and are they the same? Is the gospel just Jesus' death and resurrection? What did Jesus preach when he preached 'the gospel'? Click Here to read the transcript http://sdrv.ms/OwrTpY
We continue to look into the lives of Yeshua and Joseph. We see how both of them were treated with contempt by their brothers. Both carried the message of their Father and were abused. Both falsely accused.
Continuing our investigation into the lives of two suffering servants. What is a "beloved" son? How do stories relate to one another?
The suffering servants "set up to fall so they could rise". This is the first podcast in a series that will compare two of Israel's suffering messianic servants.
Why did the apostles and followers of Yeshua quote a passage about Moses found in the Torah numerous times? Why Did Yeshua upon his resurrection and appearance on the road to Emmaus start in the Torah to show the prophecy concerning himself? What about other subtle hints even given by men like Stephen? Come and examine how the Hebrew scriptures and gospel writers show Yeshua to be the Prophet Like unto Moses. The transcript is here: http://sdrv.ms/LOfrAv
Why did the writer of Revelation have to eat the book/scroll? Why did it taste like honey? What does it mean? Is there possibly something else to this weird encounter? What would the original readers have thought?
This poor man cries...God hears...God helps. What is the Journey all about? Where does it lead? Should there be contentment with where we are or are not? Should we feel shame for things believed in the past, or places we have been spiritually?
Did you ever wonder about Pentecost, and what it meant? It is actually called Shavuot in Hebrew. Are there more insights to what happened in Acts in the OT? Can we gain any insight into what the picture is, and what God was saying in and through picture by understanding more about this festival? Here is the Transcript: http://sdrv.ms/100kERG
In Christian prophecy, the Mark of the Beast is a major thematic element. What does this Mark mean? Is it first spoken of in Revelation or is it "in the text"? Are we seeing the picture that the writer intended, or is this another area where we have read into it our own ideas and meanings? Is it possible that some are wearing this or another mark today?
What is church? What does this term mean? What is God doing today? Is the church today something different than it was before Jesus? Why all the troubles in church, and why are so many things so tradition oriented?
How do we handle cultural idioms, phrases and Hebraic word pictures found in the language of the scripture? A brief look at the importance of finding the background and what it meant to the original audience.