Live the Bible with Wayne Stiles

What’s your biggest challenge in life?

In today’s episode of Live the Bible, we’re turning to the book of John to address one of my personal, biggest challenges: waiting. Little in this life is as hard as waiting—especially waiting on God. If only God would answer our prayers more quickly, if only He would say YES instead of NO when we’re desperate for Him to, if only He would speak up and show up when we want Him to, our lives would be so much easier. Right?

It may feel that way, but the Scriptures show us what’s really true.

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How do you view God?

In this episode of Live the Bible, we’ll get honest about how we see God and our lives of faith. We tend to assume, “If I’m walking in God’s will, then life’s gonna look like THIS. This is how it should be!” We view our lives the same way we view social media or Christmas cards—the way we want it to be rather than the way it really is. But God is so much more than that, and He wants our lives of faith to be more than that too.

The book of Luke can help us get there.

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What do you do when God doesn’t meet your expectations?

In this episode of Live the Bible, we’ll turn to the book of Mark to answer that tough question. We all have an idea about what life will be like when we say yes to following Jesus. The first disciples certainly had their expectations too! And Jesus disappointed them. But why does God let us experience the hurt, disappointment, and anger of unmet expectations?

The answer, amazingly, is good news.

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Almost everybody knows the Bible says, “Judge not”—but what does that really mean?

In this episode of Live the Bible, we examine one of the most popular verses in the Bible, Matthew 1:7, “Judge not, that ye not be judged.” We’ll take a look at what Jesus meant when He gave that famous command—and it might not be what you think! For instance, how can we not be judgmental and also have discernment?

Jesus tells us the secret in the book of Matthew.

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How has God’s Word through Live the Bible encouraged you? 

In this special episode of Live the Bible, we celebrate our 100th episode! Over the last few weeks, I invited you to share how the podcast has encouraged you. Many of you took the time to call in and let me know. Thank you! Today’s entire episode is dedicated to sharing your messages! I love hearing how God’s Word has encouraged you, and I’m so excited about this episode. To every listener, thank you for being a part of this journey to the 100th episode!

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Did you know the Old Testament ends with a curse? And not just any curse—a Christmas curse!

In this episode of Live the Bible, we turn to the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi, to find out exactly what this holiday curse is. No, it’s not having to hang lights again! (Anybody else too old to be on the roof?) I’m talking about something much more serious. Thankfully, as we turn to Malachi, we’ll also discover the cure for this curse that works every time.  

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Why do you do what you do?

In this episode of Live the Bible, we take a look our habits and ask that very question. We all have habits, including ones for the spiritual things we do. And we follow them religiously. But WHY? And why does what we do matter to God—or does it? 

The book of Zechariah gives us the answer.

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Could you list your top 3 priorities?

Yep, me too. But how about when we try to actually live them?

In this episode of Live the Bible, we see that Bible is not just a Sunday textbook. And during the week, it's not just devotional material to go with our morning coffee. No, the Bible is for our lives—and it directs our priorities. The problem of living our priorities is not a new one. The Prophet Haggai was dealing with the problem a long time ago. The people then are much like us. The solution still works. 

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Failure, shame, regret. 

Just pick one, and we’ve all experienced it. And we’d all like to forget it. 

This episode of Live the Bible is one you may want to listen to all alone. Why? Because we’re going to talk about the subject of personal shame. Whether it’s shame because of something you’ve done, or shame because of something done to you, we all struggle with it. The Prophet Zephaniah gives us some much-needed encouragement when our consciences are working overtime to condemn us.

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What can you do when God does nothing?

In this episode of Live the Bible, we get down to the nitty-gritty of our daily walk with God. Oh, I know it doesn’t sound spiritual to ask why God is doing nothing, but if we’re honest, we wonder it. A short, Old Testament book with a funny name gives us a wonderful and practical answer we can put into practice right away.

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