Send us a text SORRY - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. ( Apologies, this episode was missed out and should have been uploaded and available of the 7th of February 2023) Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Feeding of the 5000 (Matthew 14: 13-21) I. Compassion And Power. 13 When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the citi...
Feb 27, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 98
Send us a text This Special Bonus Episode on the life and thinking of Saint Augustine of Hippo was pre-released following my opportunity to present and discuss my thought on this important early church thinker to a local philosophical society. It was recorded and circulated and then discussed on Monday 13 February 2023. It forms part of a planned future weekly podcast project to look at the 100 greatest Christian thinkers throughout church history. I hope you enjoy it. Help me to continue to mak...
Feb 24, 2023•31 min
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Promise to and The Commission of Peter. (Matthew 16: 17-23) Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed this unto you, but my Father who is in Heaven. And I tell you, that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kin...
Feb 23, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Who Do You Say I Am. (Matthew 16: 13-20) I. A Great Discovery in An Unusual Place. 13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 ...
Feb 22, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Another Way Jesus Treats People (Matthew 16: 5-12) I. Introduction. 5 Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread.” 8 But Jesus, being aware of it, sa...
Feb 21, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Way Jesus Treats People. 1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the f...
Feb 20, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 106
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Feeding of the 4000 - How Soon We Forget. (Matthew 15:32-39) I. Three Meals – Three Stages of Ministry. II. Why Two Different Baskets III. Try Not To Focus on Your Own Resources. IV. Remember His Power - Remember His Deeds. V. Summary. ....................................................................................... The Bible Project Podcast (Daily - Monday-Frida...
Feb 17, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 105
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Feeding of the 4000 or the 5000 Which is it? I. Have ever forgotten something important? Just this week I forgot I had a meeting with my accountant. It seems like nearly every day I forget where I last put my car keys. Any of you ever posted a letter and forgot to put a stamp on it? I know someone men who had an appointment at the memory clinic and forgot to go. If hea...
Feb 16, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 104
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Ministering Outside the Box. (Matthew 15: 29-31) I. Jesus Heals Great Crowds of People. 29 Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. 31 So the multitud...
Feb 15, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 103
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great free Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Excluded Become Included (Matthew 15 21-28) I. Introduction – Putting People in Boxes. II. A Gentile Woman Demonstrates Faith 21 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-poss...
Feb 14, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 102
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Heart of the Matter - Corruption from Within (Matthew 15: 10-20) 10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?...
Feb 13, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 101
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com How to Get to the Heart of the Matter (Matthew 15: 1-10) I. Have you ever been criticized? 1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God b...
Feb 10, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com How to Walk on Water. I. In The Hour of Trouble, Do Not Be Afraid. 22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle of th...
Feb 09, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 99
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com/share The Beheading of John the Baptist - What it teaches us Today. (Matthew 14: 1-12) I. Mathews Footnote to the Story. Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus. (Matthew 14: 12) II. Cast Your Cares Upon God. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (H...
Feb 06, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 97
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Beheading of John the Baptist (Matthew 14: 1-11 Exposition) Introduction. Over the years as I’ve talked to people about the Lord, and I’ve had someone just flat out tell me they did not believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God or the Messiah. On some of those occasions I have said to them then what is your explanation to whom Jesus was if he is not who he said he w...
Feb 03, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 96
Send us a text Help us continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Lessons Continue (Matthew 13: 34) I. Finding Hidden Treasure. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure which lay hidden in a field. A man found it, and hid it; and, as a result of his joy, away he goes, and sells everything that he has, and buys the field." (Matthew 13: 44) II. The Precious Pearl. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pear...
Feb 02, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Send us a text Help us continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com I. The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares 24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and ...
Feb 01, 2023•27 min•Ep. 94
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Responding to the Word – Part Two. (Matthew 13: 22-24) I. Thorns Let’s consider the 3rd of 4 possible reactions to the seed of the word and it is revealed in verse 22. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. (Matthew 13: 22) Now the ones that f...
Jan 31, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Responding to the Word – Part One. (Matthew 13: 18-21) Introduction. I. Hard Ground – Hard Heart “Therefore, hear the parable of the Sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. (Matthew 13: 18-19) II. Stony Ground – Shallow ...
Jan 30, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 92
Send us a text Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com This is a Bonus Episode of one of a series of Art talks I delivered to an Lunch Club on 4th January 2023. A high resolution image of the paining discussed can be viewed at Google Arts at; Mystic Nativity - Sandro Botticelli — Google Arts & Culture I Hope you find it interesting I shall be launching off on anew chapter (Ch 13) considering a new theme on Monday where we ...
Jan 27, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 91
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Surprising Truth About Parables ( Matthew 13:10-17) The Purpose of Parables 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abund...
Jan 26, 2023•27 min•Season 30Ep. 90
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Truth About Parables. (Matthew 13: 1-9) Introduction - Jesus’ Use of Parables. I. The Parable of the Sower 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them about many things in parables, saying: “The sower went out to sow ...
Jan 25, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Opposition From Within the Family. 46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” 48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers...
Jan 24, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Ultimate Proof. ( Matthew 12:42-45). I. The Pharisee’s Ask for Another Sign The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here. (Matthew 12: 42) II. The Impure Spirit. 43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes ...
Jan 23, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Sign of Jonah, Further Proof. ( Matthew 12:38-45) Introduction. Over the years as I have talked to people about the Lord, I have people say to me on occasion, I want proof. When I hear that my usual response is to talk to about prophecy, about how the OT made lots of prediction about the Messiah and how Jesus Christ fulfilled those prophecies. That had a reasonable amount of ...
Jan 20, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com The Unpardonable Sin (Matthew 12: 31-37) I. Introduction. After all Jesus has said so far about inner righteousness and unconditional salvation it is surprising to find him talk about an unforgivable spoken by Jesus the Saviour of all people. 31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who s...
Jan 19, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Satan's Defences Are Breached (Matthew 12:22-30) It is important to understand that in the 1st century eastern world it was not only mental and psychological illness which was ascribed to the influence of demons and devils; all illness was attributed to these malignant powers. Exorcism was very commonly practised; and was in many cases records show was seen to be effective. There...
Jan 18, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Jesus Handles Further Opposition (Matthew 12: 9-21) Introduction – Jesus Moves on. We continue where we left off last time by looking at how Jesus deals with the rising opposition against him by looking at how he compares, and contrasts Love and the Law. 9 He left there and went into their synagogue. And look you, there was a man there with a withered hand. So, they asked him, "I...
Jan 17, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 83
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com Crisis Looms (Matthew 12:1-8) Introduction – Crisis Looms In Matthew chapter 12 we read about the beginning of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In everyone’s life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole of his life can turn. This chapter presents us with the story as it reaches a pivotal point in the life of Jesus. In it we see the Jewish r...
Jan 16, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 82
Send us a text Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com God Hides The Truth (Matthew 11:16-30) The Honeymoon Is Over. 16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: 17 “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came e...
Jan 13, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 81
