BeachCast.TV: Bible Exploration, Apologetics and Church History with Dr. Chase A. Thompson:

Today we begin looking at the 5 spookiest stories in the Bible, including a story about a supernaturally empowered man who lived in a graveyard and howled all of the time and the time a group of men were in a small boat, miles away from land when a storm hit and as they were trying to get back to land, they saw a ghostly figure approaching! More seriously, we also discuss the Bible's discipleship strategy.

Paul writes to a young minister in 2nd Timothy who might be struggling with fear and timidity and assures him that God is not the one who has given that 'spirit of fear' to Timothy, nor anyone else, because God doesn't give a spirit of fear. What does this mean, practically, why is 'do not fear' one of the most often repeated commands of the Bible, and HOW can we overcome fear when we are struggling with it?

The Bible has many warnings for the wealthy and warnings against the wholehearted pursuit of riches. Does this mean that it is actually a sin to be rich? Today we dive into the very nuanced biblical teachings on money, riches and giving with the help of our old friend Charles Spurgeon.

Gossip - most people know that gossiping is wrong, but are actually quite confused about what, precisely, gossip is. Today we discuss what the Bible means when it forbids gossip and we find out just how dangerous and destructive gossip can be.

Paul warns his protege Timothy to watch out for false teachings inspired by demons and lying spirits...and then he proceeds to tell Timothy what sorts of teachings that he means. While many would expect demonic teachings to be more overtly evil and awful, it turns out that the kinds of demonic teachings Paul was warning Timothy about are surprisingly mundane, but yet very, very dangerous.