STFI Podcast

Teacher: Dan Gallagher 

It is a sad truth that many Christians today lack a clear knowledge and understanding of the various Feasts of Israel. What few realize is that through the Feasts, God has revealed many details concerning His plan of redemption and the timeline in which events will occur. By gaining an understanding of the Feasts, not only will we have key sections of the Scriptures opened up to us in new and more meaningful ways, but we will also gain a greater understanding of Jesus Christ as both the suffering servant and the returning conquering King. God established His Feasts for Israel as reminders of His plan throughout the year. What they observed in compliance with the Law, we can use as memorials to remind us that God’s plan is still in effect and moving forward according to His timing and purposes.

Teacher: John Schoenheit

One of the great keys, perhaps even the greatest key, to being happy and satisfied in life is thankfulness. The Bible has dozens of verses about being thankful, and actually commands believers to be thankful. Yet despite the guidance from the Word, believers usually “conform to the world” when it comes to this subject. Instead of finding things to be thankful for in every situation most of us wait until things happen that we can be thankful for. In this teaching, John Schoenheit uses the Word of God, corroborated by what has recently been discovered about our brains in the area of “positive psychology,” to show that if we want to be happy we need to be thankful. John also shows that thankfulness should come first and gives keys to help us to be thankful in our lives.

Teacher: Dan Gallagher

It has been correctly stated that no one will ever properly understand the New Testament if they do not understand the Old Testament, and one of the greatest principles for doing that involves understanding the concept of prophetic foreshadowing. God uses this prophetic literary device involving people, places, things, and events to cast a shadow forward in order to draw our attention to the things He wants to emphasize and communicate. In this teaching, Dan Gallagher demonstrates how we can glean a greater understanding and appreciation for God and His Word as we increase our understanding of the many instances of prophetic foreshadowing He has used.

Teacher: John Schoenheit

People in business know that if you are going to stay in business, you must “major in the majors,” that is, figure out what is profitable and what is just a time-waster, and then focus on what is profitable. But what is profitable for Christians? We can talk about it and discuss our various ideas, but a better way is to look into the Bible and see what God says is profitable.

In this very practical teaching, John Schoenheit does a study of the Greek word for “profit,” and shows seven things that God says are profitable that we should focus on in our lives.

Teacher: Dan Gallagher

Jesus knew intimately how difficult the spiritual battle is and that when he left, his followers were going to need spiritual help. He promised that he would not leave them alone and that he was sending them help. He also gave his disciples some very specific insights on the types of things the “helper” was going to provide. Sadly, today too few in the Body of Christ are really tapping into the spiritual help Jesus has provided. We believe you will find this teaching to be a great encouragement to learn how to rely more on the spiritual help Jesus has provided, as well as to walk in the power of the holy spirit.

Teacher: John Schoenheit

In John 3, Jesus talks with Nicodemus, the Pharisee. Unfortunately, many of the things that can be learned from their conversation, which primarily concerned the resurrection from the dead, are buried in mistranslation and tradition. Similarly, although the many red-letter Bibles differ as to exactly what verses were spoken by Jesus, they almost all have him speaking too much. In this teaching, John Schoenheit gives many valuable insights on how to read and understand the Bible as he unpacks John Chapter 3. He clarifies some of the mistranslation that has led to erroneous tradition and confusing doctrines that have arisen in the Church regarding this section of Scripture.

Teacher: Dan Gallagher

Life is filled with uncertainty, risk, and the ever-present need to make choices, most of which are insignificant but others can become critical points of decision. God tells us that prudence is the thing that will keep us on the right, fair, and just path.

In this teaching, Dan Gallagher helps develop the concept of prudence, what it is and what it is not, as well as what we can do to have more of it in our lives. When we discipline ourselves to have more prudence we learn the art of doing the next right thing.

Teacher: John Schoenheit

The record in John 11 of the death of Jesus’ friend Lazarus has been a problem record for many students of the Bible. Why would Jesus wait where he was for two days before going to help Lazarus? In this expository teaching, John Schoenheit shows why Jesus waited in Bethany before traveling to raise Lazarus from the dead. The record also shows a wonderful side of Martha, who often is thought of as being unspiritual due to the record in Luke 10 when she tried to get her sister Mary to help her with the work. John 11 also showcases the emotional spectrum of Jesus himself, who at one point was angry at the situation, but at another point was overcome by sorrow and sadness and burst into tears. This teaching adds more to our understanding of the words and actions of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Teacher: Dan Gallagher

Far too many people are out of touch with the sense of entitlement they have and the problems it produces for them. In this teaching Dan Gallagher demonstrates biblical examples of how the entitlement mentality causes people to live in a false reality with unrealistic, unmerited or inappropriate expectations. By getting in touch with pharisaical thinking in ourselves, we can accept that because of sin we are all actually entitled to death. The only thing that really matters is what we are entitled to through the redemptive work of Christ. When we realize this, we can then begin to live in the joy of God’s amazing grace.