Send us a text 🎧 Welcome! What drives you? Is it career success, personal fulfillment, or something deeper? In today’s episode, we turn to Romans 15:14–33, where Paul shares a personal reflection near the end of his great theological letter. He reveals his own God-given ambition—not to build on another’s work, but to preach Christ where He was not yet known. Paul's words challenge us to consider our own goals in life and whether they are shaped by the gospel and empowered by the Spirit. Join us...
May 23, 2025•32 min•Season 20Ep. 46
Send us a text 👋 Welcome Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast , where we take the Bible one verse at a time and apply it to everyday life. In today’s episode, we tackle one of the most practical and often perplexing issues in Christian community life: what do we do when believers disagree about morally “grey” areas? Based on Romans 15:1–13, Paul offers a Spirit-filled, Christ-like solution that goes beyond rule-keeping and gets to the heart of Christian unity and self-sacrificial lov...
May 22, 2025•32 min•Season 20Ep. 45
Send us a text Welcome: This episode explores the tension between Christian freedom and individual conscience. Drawing from Romans 14:14–23, we look at how Paul addresses the differences between believers who feel free in amoral matters (like food or drink) and those whose consciences are more sensitive. Rather than judging one another, Paul calls Christians to walk in love, especially when their liberty might cause others to stumble. This is not legalism—it’s kingdom-minded maturity. Two Key Pr...
May 21, 2025•32 min•Season 20Ep. 44
Send us a text 🎙️ Welcome to The Bible Project Daily Podcast Thanks for joining me on this journey through the Bible—chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Each episode, we dig deep into Scripture, reflect theologically, and consider how God's Word speaks into our everyday lives. Whether you're listening on your commute, during a quiet moment, or while doing the dishes, I pray these reflections encourage and challenge you to follow Jesus more closely. If you find this helpful, consider subscribing...
May 20, 2025•38 min•Season 20Ep. 43
Send us a text Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast ! In today’s episode, we're exploring what really motivates the Christian life . Is it fear? Guilt? Love? Or something even deeper? As we open Romans 13:11–14, the Apostle Paul tells us to wake up , not just because it’s morning—but because eternity is drawing near. What does it mean to live with a sense of urgency, with our eyes on the horizon of Christ’s return? This passage isn’t just a call to behave better—it’s a wake-up call to...
May 19, 2025•31 min•Season 20Ep. 42
Send us a text In today’s episode, we move beyond the practical politics of tax and submission and explore the deeper calling of Christian citizenship—not just within the state, but among the people who share our streets, schools, and shopping centres. What does it mean to owe nothing... except love? And how can this unpayable debt of love shape the way we live with our neighbours, even the difficult ones? Join us as we consider Paul's vision of public holiness, where the gospel calls us not onl...
May 16, 2025•28 min•Season 20Ep. 41
Send us a text Episode Summary: In this episode on Christian citizenship, we explore Romans 13:1–7, the most comprehensive New Testament passage on a believer's relationship to government. Paul makes a compelling case that governing authorities are ordained by God and that submission to them is a form of submission to God's providential order. We unpack what it means to live faithfully under human governments—just or unjust—and how our ultimate allegiance to God's authority informs our public an...
May 15, 2025•32 min•Season 20Ep. 40
Send us a text The Bible is unmistakably clear on one thing: that love stands at the center of our Christian life. We are commanded to love God, to love one another, to love our families, our neighbours, and even our enemies. That being so, it’s reasonable to ask: What exactly is love? Today’s passage teaches us not just what love looks like, but how it behaves. It begins with the command: Summary of Love in the Church: Put others first (vv. 10–12) Provide for those in need (v. 13) Practice hosp...
May 14, 2025•31 min•Season 20Ep. 39
Send us a text 🔑 Key Theme: True Christian love is not sentimental, vague, or self-serving—it is sincere, ethical, and devoted to the wellbeing of others, especially within the family of believers. 📖 Summary: In today’s episode, we begin a two-part exploration of Romans 12:9–13 , a passage that offers one of the clearest New Testament portrayals of what genuine Christian love looks like. We open with a simple but sobering question: What is true love? Drawing on Paul’s teaching, we discover tha...
May 13, 2025•31 min•Season 20Ep. 38
Send us a text 🎙️ Welcome to This Week’s Episode of The Bible Project Daily Podcast This week, we open Romans 12 and arrive at a powerful turning point in Paul’s letter. After eleven chapters of profound theological truth—about sin, salvation, and the mercy of God—Paul now urges us to respond. But how? What is the fitting, reasonable, logical response to God’s mercy? In today’s episode, we reflect on what it truly means to offer ourselves as living sacrifices , to be transformed by the renewing...
May 12, 2025•35 min•Season 20Ep. 37
Send us a text Romans 8 ends with one of the most comforting promises in all of Scripture: Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ. But that leads to a deep and pressing question that Romans 9–11 seeks to answer: If God is faithful, what do we make of Israel's rejection of their Messiah? These three chapters are the theological backbone of Christian assurance, affirming the reliability of God's promises and character. The Mystery Revealed (v.25) Paul does not want the Gentile beli...
May 09, 2025•27 min•Season 20Ep. 36
Send us a text 📖 Episode Summary: When someone begins to take the Bible seriously, they eventually confront a question that’s both theological and deeply personal: What is God’s future plan for Israel? In Romans 11:11–24, Paul gives one of the clearest, richest explanations of this mystery in all of Scripture. Using the powerful metaphor of an olive tree and ingrafted branches, he shows that Israel’s rejection of Jesus is not final—and that God’s plan for both Jews and Gentiles is unfolding in ...
May 08, 2025•37 min•Season 20Ep. 35
Send us a text Welcome: Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast . In today’s episode, we begin our journey through the Book of Judges with a reminder of how partial obedience to God’s Word can lead to long-term consequences. Join me as we explore how the tribes of Israel struggled to fully obey God's instructions and how that challenge still speaks to us today. Episode Notes: 📖 Scripture Focus: Judges 1:1–2:5 🧠 Theme: The danger of partial obedience and the cost of not following throug...
May 07, 2025•29 min•Season 21Ep. 1
Send us a text 📖 Episode Summary In this episode, we examine Paul’s response to one of the most pressing theological questions of his time—and ours: Has God rejected His people, Israel? Drawing on Romans 11:1–10, Paul answers with an emphatic “By no means!” and presents both himself and a preserved remnant as evidence of God's continued faithfulness. We explore how the apparent shift in salvation history—from Israel to the Gentiles—does not represent a change in God's character or His covenant ...
May 07, 2025•27 min•Season 20Ep. 34
Send us a text 📖 Episode Summary At first glance, the answer to the question “What does it take to be saved?” seems simple: “Believe in Jesus Christ.” But as we explore Romans 10:14–21, we uncover a profound chain of events that leads to salvation—one that begins not with human decision, but with God’s sovereign grace and a faithful proclamation of the gospel. In today’s episode, we unpack Paul’s reasoning as he walks us step-by-step, in reverse, through the process: from calling on the Lord → ...
May 06, 2025•34 min•Season 20Ep. 33
Send us a text Episode Notes: (See Yesterday) Support the show To listen to my monthly church history podcast, subscribe at; https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com For an ad-free version of my podcasts plus the opportunity to enjoy hours of exclusive content and two bonus episodes a month whilst also helping keep the Bible Project Daily Podcast free for listeners everywhere support me at; |Patreon Support me to continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebib...
May 05, 2025•27 min•Season 20Ep. 32
Send us a text Welcome to The Bible Project Daily Podcast , where we journey together through Scripture, verse by verse, seeking wisdom, grace, and truth. Today we reach a turning point in Paul’s letter to the Romans—a passage that reveals one of the most important yet commonly made spiritual errors: mistaking religious effort for saving faith. If Romans 9 showed us God’s sovereign mercy, Romans 10 brings it home with a powerful reminder of human responsibility. Join us as we unpack why people s...
May 02, 2025•25 min•Season 20Ep. 31
Send us a text Episode Notes: Main Theme: God’s sovereign choice is taught clearly in Scripture. Common objections arise — both about God's fairness and human free will. Key Objections Addressed: Is God unjust? Paul’s emphatic answer: Certainly not! (v.14) God’s mercy is a sovereign gift, not a human right. What about human free will? Paul reminds us: We are creatures, not the Creator. (v.20) Like clay in a potter’s hands — God has authority over His creation. Biblical Examples: Moses (Exodus 33...
May 01, 2025•33 min•Season 20Ep. 30
Send us a text Welcome to The Bible Project Daily Podcast In today’s episode, we dive deep into a sobering and important question: Is God losing the war for the world? With Christians making up only a minority of the global population, it’s easy to wonder if God’s promises are faltering. But Paul’s words in Romans 9:6–13 offer a bold and beautiful answer: “It is not as though the Word of God has failed.” Join us as we explore what it means to trust in God’s faithfulness, even when appearances su...
Apr 30, 2025•36 min•Season 20Ep. 29
Send us a text Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast , where we journey together through Scripture, one chapter at a time. In today’s episode, we begin a powerful and emotionally raw new section of Paul’s letter to the Romans—chapters 9 through 11—by exploring Paul’s Anguish Over Israel . Paul isn’t simply teaching doctrine here. He opens his heart, revealing deep grief and a holy burden for his fellow Israelites—those who, despite receiving incredible spiritual privileges, have largel...
Apr 29, 2025•33 min•Season 20Ep. 29
Send us a text Fear Nothing – Part Two: 📖 Scripture Romans 8:36–39 🗣️ Summary: In this second half of our journey through Romans 8, we go deeper into the heart of one of the most comforting passages in all of Scripture. Paul reminds us that suffering is not new to God’s people—it has always been part of the story. But even in suffering, we are not defeated. We are more than conquerors through Christ who loves us. In it comes his defiant, soul-assuring proclamation: nothing can separate us from...
Apr 28, 2025•23 min•Season 20Ep. 28
Send us a text n this episode, we begin exploring one of the most powerful and reassuring passages in all of Scripture. Paul asks a series of rhetorical questions that build a case for the absolute security of the believer. If God is for us, who can be against us? If He did not spare His own Son, how could He possibly withhold anything we truly need? Drawing from the story of Abraham and Isaac, and continuing the courtroom imagery of justice and justification, Paul offers us a divine guarantee: ...
Apr 25, 2025•26 min•Season 20Ep. 27
Send us a text 🎙️ Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast . In today’s episode, we’re working through one of the most hopeful passages in all of Scripture—Romans 8:18 to 30—in a reflection I’ve titled The Agony and the Ecstasy . Here, the apostle Paul speaks to a reality we all know too well: suffering. But he doesn’t leave us in the valley—he lifts our gaze to the horizon of glory, revealing how our present struggles are not wasted but are, in fact, the very path to our future joy. We’...
Apr 24, 2025•34 min•Season 20Ep. 26
Send us a text Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast . Today we’re continuing our journey through Romans 8. Our theme today is obligation . But not the heavy, guilt-ridden kind that crushes us. This is a holy obligation—the kind that opens the door to a transformed life. Jesus didn’t come to make life easy. He came to make us holy. And to accomplish that, He did four things: He died. He rose. He ascended. And He sent the Holy Spirit. His death and resurrection made forgiveness possible...
Apr 23, 2025•29 min•Season 20Ep. 25
Send us a text Welcome to today’s episode of The Bible Project Daily Podcast ! Today, we're exploring one of the most transformative passages in the book of Romans: Chapter 8, verses 5 to 11. In this powerful section of Paul’s letter, we’re invited to consider what it really means to live a life “according to the Spirit.” What we’ll discover is that this is not just a change in religious behaviour—it’s a complete reorientation of the mind, heart, and soul. A Spirit-governed life leads us away fr...
Apr 22, 2025•34 min•Season 20Ep. 24
Send us a text Support the show To listen to my monthly church history podcast, subscribe at; https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com For an ad-free version of my podcasts plus the opportunity to enjoy hours of exclusive content and two bonus episodes a month whilst also helping keep the Bible Project Daily Podcast free for listeners everywhere support me at; |Patreon Support me to continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com...
Apr 21, 2025•7 min•Season 20Ep. 25
Send us a text Support the show To listen to my monthly church history podcast, subscribe at; https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com For an ad-free version of my podcasts plus the opportunity to enjoy hours of exclusive content and two bonus episodes a month whilst also helping keep the Bible Project Daily Podcast free for listeners everywhere support me at; |Patreon Support me to continue making great content for listeners everywhere. https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com...
Apr 18, 2025•9 min•Season 20Ep. 24
Send us a text Episode Title: How to Be Set Free from Our Human Nature 📖 Romans 8:1–4 🎧 Welcome Welcome to today’s episode of The Bible Project Daily Podcast ! We’re reached what some people consider the mountain peak of the New Testament— Romans chapter 8 . After identifying the root of our spiritual struggle in Romans 7— our sinful human nature —Paul now reveals how we are set free from being controlled by it. In just four verses, we hear the liberating truth: In Christ, there is no condemna...
Apr 17, 2025•27 min•Season 20Ep. 21
Send us a text 🎙️ Welcome to The Bible Project Daily Podcast Episode Title: The Law and Sin Text: Romans 7:13–25 👋 Welcome In today’s episode, we enter one of the most personal passages in the entire letter to the Romans—Paul’s raw and honest confession of his struggle with sin. Even as a committed believer, he lays bare the inner battle between his desire to obey God and the reality of his ongoing struggle with sin. If you've ever found yourself asking, "Why do I keep doing the things I don't...
Apr 16, 2025•33 min•Season 20Ep. 20
Send us a text 🎙️ Welcome back to The Bible Project Daily Podcast . Today, we're diving into Romans 7:1–6 in an episode titled “Freedom From the Law and Bound to Christ.” We’re exploring what it really means for the believer to be set free from the law—not just civil or ceremonial parts, but the whole system—and what it looks like to now be joined to Christ. If you’ve ever wrestled with what it means to live under grace and not the law, this one’s for you. 📄 Episode Notes Episode Title: Freedo...
Apr 15, 2025•32 min•Season 20Ep. 19
