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Simon Bowkett's Podcast

Simon Bowkettwww.welshrev.com
Simon Bowkett's expository Bible ministry from a rural context in the Heart of Wales
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Episodes

Thought for the Day 09/02/21 - Weepy sowing

Five minute Thought for the Day from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com on Psalm 126:5 Transcript https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-090221-weepy-sowing.html Support the show...

Feb 09, 20216 min

Thought for the Day 08/02/21 - Invincible!

Five minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-080221-invincible.html Support the show...

Feb 08, 20216 min

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 7-12 Mimicking better Models for Ministry

Twenty seven minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com on 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 and what it can teach us about avoiding contemporary failed patterns for ministry. Show notes Introduction Model 1: the breast-feeding mother, v. 7-8a Illustration: Nursing mother Point of comparison: so we cared for you Effect: we shared our whole lives with you Model 2: the D...

Feb 06, 202128 min

Thought for the Day 06/02/21 - abandoned and horribly feeling it

Three from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-060221-abandoned-and.html Support the show...

Feb 06, 20215 min

Thought for the Day 05/02/21 - CRITICS!

Three minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-050221-critics.html Support the show...

Feb 05, 20214 min

Thought for the Day 04/02/21 - Outnumbered!

Seven minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: Support the show...

Feb 04, 20217 min

Thought for the Day 03/02/21 Hold on!

Two and a half minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-030222-hold-on.html Support the show...

Feb 03, 20213 min

Thought for the Day 02/02/21 - Unimaginable

Four minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-020221-unimaginable.html Support the show...

Feb 02, 20214 min

Thought for the Day 01/02/21 - Grace loves an outsider

Three minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/02/thought-for-day-010221-grace-loves.html Support the show...

Feb 01, 20213 min

The key to being bold with the Gospel - 1 Thessalonians 2:4-7

Just under thirty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online , https://welshrev.blogspot.com/ and https://yGRWP.com on what enabled the apostolic team to dare to tell the Thessalonians the Gospel in spite of strong opposition and suffering. Show notes Introduction I. We Lived to please God, v. 4 A. Negatively - not living our life to please people, v. 4c B. Positively - the point of a believer's life is to pleas...

Jan 30, 202130 min

Thought for the Day 30/01/21 - The Stag and the faith of the faithful

Three minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/thought-for-day-30th-january-2021-stag.html Support the show...

Jan 30, 20213 min

Thought for the Day 29/01/21 - Hope held out for healing the Land

Six minutes from minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on the hope God holds out for healing the Land. Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/thought-for-day-290121-heal-land.html Support the show...

Jan 29, 20217 min

One life - but HOW best to live it?

Five minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on One Life and how best to Live It Click HERE for the transcipt Support the show...

Jan 28, 20215 min

Thought for the Day 26/01/21 The luxury of leg-up generosity

About three minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on why we want to be generous, think we can't, but ... actually everyone can! A transcript is available HERE Support the show...

Jan 26, 20213 min

Thought for the Day 25/01/21 Sin- who is it going against?

Five minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com Check out the transcript of this here: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/thought-for-day-25012021-sin-what-word.html Support the show...

Jan 25, 20215 min

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 2-4 Daring to tell the Gospel - tuning your heart strings

Forty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on how to become that person that dares to tell the Gospel of God. The link to the is here: Transcript Show Notes Introduction. 1) We dared to tell you the Gospel of God “We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposit...

Jan 23, 202142 min

Thought for the Day 23/01/21 A Future and a Hope

Three minute audio blog minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com Transcript: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-future-and-hope.html Support the show...

Jan 23, 20212 min

Thought for the Day 21/01/2021 Seek His face ... always

Three minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on finding your Patron to help you through life. This is the audio recording of a blog you'll find here: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/thought-for-day-210121-psalm-1054.html There's a contact form embedded in the blog. Don't forget to subscribe, comment, review and share! Thanks. Support the show...

Jan 21, 20213 min

Thought for the Day 20/01/21 It's Amazing what Praising can DO!

Three minute audio blog from https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/thought-for-day-20012021-its-amazing.html for https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+104&version=NIVUK Support the show...

Jan 20, 20213 min

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 1-16 How to feed your soul and 'do' church in non-ideal times

Forty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on how to proceed when the circumstances prevent doing your 'normal' church thing. Show notes 1) Team building - Authentic Ministry, vvv. 1-2 a) Genuine results, v. 1 b) Suffering for Christ, v. 2a c) Daring faith v.2b 2) Team building - the Apostles' integrity, vv. 3-7a a) Motives b) Man-pleasing c) Applause 3) Team building - Paul's tender ...

Jan 16, 202141 min

1 Thessalonians 2 - the prequel - the very lost art of mimesis

Fifteen minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com the key lost art on how to 'do' church, learn God's Word and Way when you can't do church the way that you WANT to. Show Notes "‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land – not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord." - Amos 8:11 So how do yo...

Jan 16, 202115 min

Persevering in the faith through disruption and decay

Thrty four minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on Hebrews 11 Show Notes Introduction 1) What Biblical faith truly IS, vv. 1-2 2) The cruciality of faith, v. 6 3) Faith lives on the future in trust not the present by sight, vv. 13-16 4) Moses: the ‘Law-Giver’ unpacked, vv. 24-28 5) So here’s the point, vv. 39-40 Conclusion Transcript A transcript of this podcast can be found HERE Supp...

Jan 09, 202134 min

Winding us up with Amen and aWOman

Ten minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com in the 'Little Extras' series of opinion pieces about the significance of a pray er prayed in the U.S. Congress. Transcript and resources You can find the resources referred to by checking the transcript of this episode on the blog that you can gain access to here: https://welshrev.blogspot.com/2021/01/winding-us-up-with-amen-and-awoman.html Sh...

Jan 07, 202110 min

Flavel and the three kinds of fear

Thirty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on the rightness and wrongness of fear Show notes Introduction Firstly, fear leads to militant denialism . Secondly, fear leads to cowering de facto atheism . Causing fear becomes the greatest offence . 1) Is it rational to reject fear just because it’s fear? a) Protecting from Dange r b) Teaching and maintaining Discipline Family Society 2)...

Jan 02, 202131 min

Transforming the fear of mankind - Isaiah 8:12-17

Thirty five minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on Isaiah 8 and disarmjng the threat of the fear of mankind Show notes Isaiah 8 vv 12-17 I. Introduction II. The setting in Isaiah 1-12 A. The context B. The cotext, vv. 9-11 1. International collapse, v. 9 2. Fruitless consultation over the crisis, v. 10 3. Isaiah set apart from the people by the Word of the Lord, v 11 III. The fear of...

Jan 02, 202135 min

Kicking the Boxing Day Blues

Seven (not a misprint!) minutes for the Sunday service after Christmas, recorded on a very muddy farm walk from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on the sadness when the party is over ... kicking the guilt, the bitterness and the bereavement that all too often get magnified around Christmas. Support the show...

Dec 26, 20208 min

The Star and the Magi (like you may not have heard before ...)

Twenty seven minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on Matthew 2:1-12 (with possibly a few surprises in store) Show notes Introduction: the Christmas conjunction Exposing an underlying Structure Who actually were the guys on the camels? Magi How many? What were they? Where were they from? When did they come? What led them to journey to Bethlehem? Faithful Daniel Micah's promise The conj...

Dec 19, 202028 min

I'm dreaming of a WEIRD Christmas - Daniel 9:1-19

Forty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on how to fathom out our response to what's happening to us with the novel coronavirus pandemic Show notes Introduction – I’m dreaming of a weird Christmas Our situation Our ‘desolation’ •Daniel’s problem, vv. 1-2 •Exile from his destroyed homeland •The Scriptures and Jeremiah’s prophecy •Daniel’s prayer, vv. 3-19 •Focused prayer, v. 3 •Confe...

Dec 18, 202045 min

The second song of Christmas Luke 1 vv 46-55 - Substance to our singing

Twenty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on The Second song of Christmas Luke 1:46-55 ... 'Singing with Substance' Podcast notes Luke 1:46-55 •Introduction •Mary rejoices, vv. 46-47 •Here’s why, vv. 48-55 •What He’s done for her, vv. 48-49 •Here’s how I’m SURE , vv. 50-55 •The basic principle, v. 50 “His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.” •Six aori...

Dec 11, 202022 min
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