Beauty of the Book: Recent Episodes
Joan A. Thompson
Do You believe the Grinch really stole Christmas? Come with me down memory lane as we explore the True reason for the Season!
It' s Resurrection Morning! Where are you? Take the journey with me as we catch a glimpse of those closest to the Messiah , and their reaction to the greatest news of the time!
Do you find yourself surrounded by shape shifters, or worse, becoming an expert at shape shifting? Do you feel the need to call out or to clean your emotional house of 'fake friends ' every year?
Join me as together we identify the 4 groups of people around us and through the Word, learn how to realign our expectations!
Are you stuck in a neverending cycle of watering a toxic relationship? Pruning a problem and replanting a remorse? There's a time to acknowledge when our efforts have run their course, when the season of planting has ended and it's time to pluck up that which was planted.
Today we start the journey through the Book of Ecclesiastes. After 3 months of being still I want to share some truths about the Seasons of our lives: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
There are so many things that we worship- but I believe one of the most dangerous is our 'stuff's
We can't ever have enough stuff can we? But what, who should be the object of our worship and how should we worship? Find out what 1 Chronicles 16:29 tells us!
There's something to be said for Christian Education and the role of parents in imparting critical truths that should guide the lives of these precious ones to whom we have been entrusted. Duet 6: 7 reminds us "You shall teach [them] diligently to your children, and shall talk of [them] when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up"
Have you ever wondered what Jesus' childhood may have been like? What role would Mary and Joseph have played in the life and development of this boy who was fully God and Fully man?
Join me as we catch a glimpse of "The Childhood of Jesus"
This Podcast episode looks at our final lesson (Lesson 13) of quarter 3, 2020. We'll focus on one of Friday's discussion question: "How is genuine love always manifested? What are counterfeit forms of love that have little to do with genuine love?"
Join me as we search for answers in the pages of this beautiful Book.
Righteous Lot starts out with Abram on a Faith Journey, reaping the blessings by association. But somewhere along the way he ends up in Sodom, gets into an entanglement and leaves a most intriguing family legacy!
Do you ever feel like your world is spinning out of control? Every second of every day seems fraught with a new set of challenges and you just cant get a handle on your circumstances?
In today's lesson we get some insights from 1 Peter 4:12 -13.
Do you have respect for others?
Do we face a dilemma when James 2:9, [KJV] tells us "But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors", do we?
Is it possible to misconstrue Divine Favor as favoritism? Let's see what this beautiful book teaches!
In Psalm 144:1 David praises God for 'training his hands for war'. What does that mean for us today as we face our daily battles with the adversary?