By The Still Water: Recent Episodes
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Come along with us on our search for the God of Heaven. This is a series of meditations and devotionals intended to answer some questions as well as pose others. Please join us in the exploration of God's Word, the Bible.
"...I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord."
"..Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things." .
"...And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God..."
But what do the first steps look like in the connection with Jesus? To answer that, we can find an example of someone that started knowing nothing and how they took those first steps
"...seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness..."
Retrospective of one of the most popular episodes!
Celebrating our 10,000 download!
"Asaph says he almost lost his way, but so did John Kennedy Jr."
"...what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also."
"...but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day."
This is a retrospective of one of the most discussed episodes from our podcast. Enjoy "The Rescue."
Contamination can lead to terrible consequences. That includes the contamination of the heart.
We continue our discussion of the Mountain Sermon. What do you treasure? What brings you worry?
Jesus is connected to Isaiah and connected with us, if we will pay attention. Oh, how often something wonderful is overlooked because we think we know the truth, but are really misinformed.
Let's complete the composite picture of a citizen of the nation and people spoken of by Jesus
Google Earth takes many pictures to show us our world. Jesus takes nine blessings to show us what those that worship him look like.
Consider what it might have been like to be a Christian in the beginning of the story...
Stand with the Apostle Paul on the rocky heights of Athens as he introduces Jesus to the Greeks.
How can three breaths mean such much to humanity? This is a bonus episode from Adam Jones.
On the night Jesus was arrested, He prayed for us. That prayer is connected to a Promise.
Who would you want to conduct an investigation of the story of Jesus and the early Believers? Let me introduce you to Luke.
What should be our priority? Join our discussion about Psalm 63 as King David describes putting God first.
How does our faith and understand of God impact real life? In this Bonus episode, we have one example. From the blog of a woman named Sarah, as she is dealing with her mother's illness, the thoughts of how God has rewritten our story.
How do we know we are on the right path? Landmarks. How do we know that the Bible story is reliable? Landmarks.
Beginning with the story of one of the greatest acts of selfless sacrifice in U.S. Navy history is used to understand how Jesus loved us to rescue us.
Who can teach us how to cry out to God when we are in need? David can. Psalm 13 gives us insight into how to complain to God.
Why did I choose the Bible over other religious writings and thoughts? The unique nature of the writing itself is one reason.
Even the basic and simple things can mean life or death. Learning some basic principles of a godly life from Psalm 15.
A series of small mistakes and bad choices leads to tragedy, and we are talking about more than a plane crash. Psalm 1 describes a progression that leads away from the God of Heaven, but also describes a better choice. Come find out that following God is a delight and will give us strength.
To begin a journey, we need to know the destination. This episode discusses that the path to God is marked by the signposts "Blessed." Journey across the story of the Bible and see how this idea of "blessed" occurs at the important crossroads of the story.