A Word Fitly Spoken

Christians and Pornography: What’s going on in your mind?

Amy and Michelle are covering a topic that’s a little sensitive – pornography – and even though we’re not going to be graphic in any way, this episode might be one you’d rather listen to without the kids around.

Glad You Asked: Discernment – Part 2

It’s time for another great episode of hearing from our listeners and answering your insightful questions in part 2 of this two part Glad You Asked addressing questions of discernment.  Help! The speaker for our women’s conference works for TGC....

Glad You Asked: Discernment – Part 1

It’s time for another great episode of hearing from our listeners and answering your insightful questions in this two part Glad You Asked addressing questions of discernment. In Part 1, we kick things off by looking at some of the...

Easter: The Passion, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection

Easter, or Resurrection Sunday, if you prefer, is upon us. It’s all about the resurrection of Christ from the dead. But, as you know, there’s no resurrection without a crucifixion. Jesus had to lay down His life before He could...

Aging with Grace for Godly Women- Part 3

Welcome to part 3 of our 3-part series on growing older. We asked you to send us your comments and feedback on parts 1 and 2, and you graciously took the time to share your thoughts with us so we...

Aging with Grace for Godly Women- Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of our 3-part series on growing older. There’s all kinds of advice out there for how to be a godly wife and how to raise your children. But rarely do you hear anything about how becoming...

Aging with Grace for Godly Women- Part 1

Tonight begins a three part series on a topic that, unfortunately, isn’t talked about very much in the church: aging. What it’s like to grow older as a godly woman. Tonight, in part 1, we’re going to take a look...

Potluck! February 2024

This week, we’ve got a new feature for you that we’ll hope you’ll love as much as our other features. We’re calling this one Potluck. And on these episodes, we’re going to cover biblical mini-topics that aren’t really long enough...

Talk Back: The Yeast of the Progressives

What happens when speakers add their own opinions and worldly cultural influences to the Word of God? The examples we are sharing tonight are not from Word of Faith or New Apostolic Reformation services, but from the other end of...

Love And Marriage!

Hollywood marriages last about as long as peanut butter cups in a bowl full of raisins. Not much of a shelf life, and not based on Christ. The Bible has a lot to say about what “real” marriages look like....

The Pew: The State of Women’s Ministry- Part 2

Last October, LifeWay Research released a study called The State of Ministry to Women. They surveyed 1,000 female churchgoers and 842 women’s ministry leaders “aiming to assess the state of women’s ministry, with a focus on acknowledging progress and identifying...

Talk Back: Alistair Begg

In this episode of Talk Back, we discuss the brouhaha over Alistair Begg’s counsel to a grandmother about attending her grandchild’s “wedding”. What does the Bible have to say about sexual immorality and a pastor’s responsibility to teach and counsel...

The Pew: The State of Women’s Ministry – Part 1

Last October, LifeWay Research released a study called The State of Ministry to Women. They surveyed 1,000 female churchgoers and 842 women’s ministry leaders “aiming to assess the state of women’s ministry, with a focus on acknowledging progress and identifying...

Holy Habits for the New Year: Abolition for Women

Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions that tend to fizzle out within a few weeks or months. Instead, we want to introduce to you some holy habits you can integrate into your walk with the Lord. Last year’s holy habits...

How to talk to your church leaders about false teachers

We’re taking you way back into our archives today while Amy and Michelle attend to family matters. We think you’ll really like this episode from October 2019, as it’s one of our most popular episodes of all time: Over the...

Holy Habits for the New Year: Biblical Counseling with Travis McNeely

Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions that tend to fizzle out within a few weeks or months. Instead, we want to introduce to you some holy habits you can integrate into your walk with the Lord. Last year’s holy habits...

AWFS’s Evangelical Resolutions Wish List

Enjoy this throwback episode about New Year’s Resolutions! We usually don’t make resolutions, BUT, just for fun, we thought we’d share some resolutions we wish some of the celebrity teachers would make for 2024! As Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry...

A (Word Fitly Spoken) Christmas Carol

When it comes to Christmas music, there are some songs we absolutely love … and others …well… not so much. So tonight, we’re sharing with you a few of our favorite Christmas carols and songs, and some we’d really rather...

The Women of Christmas

The biblical story of Jesus’ birth would look and sound – and be – very different without the important role godly women played in welcoming our incarnate Savior to earth. Tonight, we’re going to open up our Bibles and take...

What Would You Do? December ’23

It’s time for another great episode of What Would You Do, with scenarios sent in by you, our listeners! Listen in, play along, and let us know what you would do in each of these situations.

God Doesn’t Whisper to Me, Either

We recently aired an interview about extra-biblical revelation: “God Doesn’t Whisper, with Jim Osman”.  Many of you commented and shared how the teaching that we must hear God’s voice did a great deal of harm to your understanding of His...

A Time to Laugh: Christian Humor with Keith Foskey

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to weep, and a time to laugh. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4a Today, we’re talking about joy, laughter, cheerfulness, and humor in the church and in the...

Glad You Asked: Part 2- Nov. 2023

It’s time for another great episode of hearing from our listeners and answering your insightful questions! Today, we’re tackling… When a modern-day prophet’s prophecy comes true Unruly grandchildren Voting for non-abolitionist presidential candidates Women leading the Scripture reading in church...

Glad You Asked: Part 1 Fall 2023

It’s time for another great episode of hearing from our listeners and answering your insightful questions! Today, we’re tackling… How to respond when Christian friends speak admiringly of false teachers Leaving a church over contemplative spirituality Prescriptive vs. descriptive texts...

God Doesn’t Whisper! With Jim Osman

Today, we’re talking about the very important topic of extra-biblical revelation – the idea of God talking to us outside the pages of Scripture. And we’ve got a friend with us who literally wrote the book on it, Pastor Jim...

Anger: Righteous or Wrong?

We all get angry from time to time, and for most of us, our anger is usually sinful. But some Christians don’t realize that not all anger is sinful. This can be especially challenging for Christian women. Let’s take a...

Leaving BSF with Lara Swanson

BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) is a parachurch Bible study ministry with local study groups all over the world. BSF has long been considered by many to be solid and biblical, but over the last several years a number of red...

How We Spent Our Summer Vacation 2023 – Part 2

It is so great to be back with all of you! Thank you for your patience while we took a much needed break over the summer. We have been hard at work recording a lot of great episodes that are...

How We Spent Our Summer Vacation 2023- Part 1

It is so great to be back with all of you! Thank you for your patience while we took a much needed break over the summer. We have been hard at work recording a lot of great episodes that are...

Glad You Asked: Leftovers! – May 2023

Normally when we’re preparing for a Glad You Asked episode, we’ll take to social media and ask you to send us your questions. And, normally, we receive far more excellent questions than we’re able to answer in one episode. So...

An Interview with SBC Presidential Candidate Mike Stone

Women pastors. Sexual abuse. Homosexuality in the church. The SBC annual meeting is right around the corner, and with these and other serious issues looming, biblical, convictional leadership is more important than ever. In this bonus episode of A Word...

When Believers Fall Hard

When a true, born-again believer sins, we experience great sorrow and throw ourselves on the great mercy of our loving God – This is of course repentance. Even though God has already washed away our sins, we still occasionally do...

The Pew! May, 2023 edition

Welcome to the May 2023 edition of The Pew, where we address current events – inside and outside the church – from a biblical perspective. In this episode: Can women teach the Bible to other women? SatanCon The 2023 annual...

The Essential Church Movie

Have you heard about the upcoming documentary, The Essential Church? It’s a feature-length documentary about the persecuted church throughout history, as well as a recent example of church versus government during the COVID restrictions, spotlighting John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church....

Talk Back: Rick Warren

In this episode of Talk Back, we compare Rick Warren’s recent remarks about women “pastors” to Scripture. Do the Scriptures he cites really support the idea of women pastoring and preaching? Spoiler alert: Of course not! Let’s take a look at...

All About Prayer! Part 2

On the surface, prayer seems so simple- just talk to God. But when it’s time to actually do it, there can be a million questions. And those questions are nothing to be ashamed of. The disciples lived with Jesus. Heard Him...

All About Prayer! Part 1

On the surface, prayer seems so simple- just talk to God. But when it’s time to actually do it, there can be a million questions. And those questions are nothing to be ashamed of. The disciples lived with Jesus. Heard Him...

Glad You Asked! – April 2023

What do I do when I feel far from God? Should Christians practice yoga? What is the Raindrop Technique of administering essential oils, and is it biblical? We’re answering these questions and more on this episode of Glad You Asked!

Easter: The Passion, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection

Easter, or Resurrection Sunday, if you prefer, is upon us. It’s all about the resurrection of Christ from the dead. But, as you know, there’s no resurrection without a crucifixion. Jesus had to lay down His life before He could...

4 Ways to Avoid Being Deceived

It’s so important that we, as Christian women, exercise discernment so that we aren’t deceived by false teachers or false doctrine. In this episode, we’ll take a look at four deceptive pop false doctrines that evangelical women are being wooed...

How to Host a Women’s Conference

Women’s conferences can be such a wonderful time of refreshing. Amy and Michelle first met in person at a women’s conference, and A Word Fitly Spoken was born! And because we’ve both had such a wonderful time at women’s conferences...

Discernment and the Role of Women

Pastors are increasingly facing a culture that challenges the biblical roles of women in the church and at home.  Amy and Michelle were recently invited to be interviewed by Pastor Mitch Schultz, who has served for over thirty years as...

Talk Back: Lysa TerKeurst

How can we be discerning and “test the spirits,” as it says in 1 John 4:1-6? We do that by holding up everything we hear or read to the light of Truth found in God’s Word, to see if this...

Hospitality – Part 2

When you hear someone say the word “hospitality,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? An immaculate home with a Pinterest-ready guest room? A fancy party with crystal serving bowls and your grandma’s best china? That is not biblical...

Hospitality – Part 1

When you hear someone say the word “hospitality,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? An immaculate home with a Pinterest-ready guest room? A fancy party with crystal serving bowls and your grandma’s best china? That is not biblical...

Are Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Lent Biblical?

Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Lent are all traditions that are connected. But are they biblical? Michelle and Amy dig deep into Scripture to explain why sweet treats and parades are fun, the theology behind these traditions are far from...

The Pew!

What’s going on in Christendom these days? Find out in this episode of “The Pew!” We call it The Pew not only because it will bear a slight resemblance to The View, but because it’s sort of like our view...

What Would You Do? Wisdom on the fly

Holy Habits for the New Year: Evangelism – with Rich Story

Will we ever see abortion abolished?

Did you know that there’s a big difference between being an abolitionist and being pro-life?