Non-believers love to tout archeology as reliable evidence that the Bible is full of errors, so the uninformed Christian just might start to question her own faith when confronted with this “evidence.” After all, there is real, solid proof in the ancient dirt, so how could it be argued with? Actually, many times their proof is the absence of something in the dirt, so they just haven’t dug in the correct 196.9 million square miles on earth yet. I just have to chuckle each time they make a new discovery that has them flabbergasted that the Bible actually had it right. In other cases, archeologists have misunderstood what they have discovered because they have started with erroneous information in the first place. I’d like to share with you just three examples of how archeology actually does support the Biblical account of history.

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For many of us, Bible study can sometimes seem formidable, dry, or just something you don’t have time for. For others, you know you should be studying God’s Word, but you have no idea where to begin. Joining me in this episode is my first guest, Christa Threlfall, who is the author of the blog Brown Sugar Toast and the book Come to Jesus. Listen in as Christa and I discuss the joy of Bible study including why it’s important and some practical how-tos. 

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Resources:
Books

Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds by Jen Wilkin ***** A must read for any women starting Bible study! ******

Profiting from the Word by Arthur Pink

Illuminated paperback Scriptures with blank pages for writing

Online Resources

Free Bible Study from Jen Wilkin

Blogpost from Brown Sugar Toast “I Don’t Have Time to Be in God’s Word.”

BlueLetterBible.org is a free online tool (or app) that includes many commentaries, concordances, Bible encyclopedias, and much more!

e-sword free Bible Study software 

YouVersion free Bible app 

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Fulfilled prophecy in the Bible is an evidence for its reliability, but non-believers accuse us that we as Christians are looking back to the Old Testament and pulling out verses that fit what actually happened in the life of Christ. This podcast responds to that accusation by giving evidence that these prophecies of Christ were definitely predictions which did later come true.

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Have you ever been stumped by the statement “The Bible never says that it is the word of God”? Or what about the statement “the Bible contains the word of God, but it all isn’t God’s word”? Listen in as I provide the Scripture on what the Scripture says about itself so that you are ready to give an answer for your faith in the reliability of God's Word.

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This episode provides you with the facts to defend your faith in the preservation and accuracy of the scriptures. You probably have been confronted by non-believers with statements like "the New Testament is full of 400,000 errors" or "your copy of Exodus is nothing like what Moses wrote over 3,000 years ago." Listen in as I give you an introductory knowledge to be able to give an answer for your faith in the reliability of God's Word.

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This episode is for the woman struggling with infertility as well as her friends who wish to support her. As with every trial we face in life, there are lies that crop up which hinder you from overcoming the trial with grace and peace. Listen in while I address several lies that women struggling with infertility may be believing and while I get really honest with you about a few of the lies that were personally hard for me to deal with.

Grief, guilt, anger, shame, etc

Only when you identify what you’re feeling, can you then determine why you’re feeling that way. Behind many of your feelings may be some lies that need to be addressed.

1. Children are a requirement to be a good Christian
   • There are two passages that I incorrectly felt shame from.
     1. Psalm 127:3-5 “ Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”
        1. This verse states that children are a blessing from God. 
        2. This verse does NOT state that He requires you to have children. 
     2. Gen 1:28 “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
        1. Backup to verse 27. He is your Creator. He made you exactly as you are.
        2. God is sovereign over your ability to have children, so you are not disobedient if His perfect design for you is to not be able to have biological children.
2. The whole purpose of my marriage was to have children.
   • Genesis 2:18 “It is not good that the man should be alone.” 
     1. The Bible does not state that the purpose of marriage is procreation.
     2. Yes, the Bible explicitly states that sex is only for a married couple, but you do not get married so you can have sex.
     3. God’s stated reason for creating Eve was companionship for Adam.
   • Ephesians 5:22-33 “‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the Church.” (vs 31-32)
     1. God designed marriage to also be a picture of Christ’s relationship to the church
3. It’s my fault or it’s my husband’s fault, biologically. 
   • Realign your abilities verses God’s character.
   • God designed you and controls each aspect of your health.
     1. Psalm 139:13 “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb”
     2. Deut 32:39 “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”
   • You have no control over your DNA or the course of your health
     1. Matthew 6:27 “And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?”
     2. Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand”
4. God is angry with me. Or I’ve sinned, so God is punishing me. 
   • Misused scripture:
     1. Psalm 84:11 "For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
     2. Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
   • Correct view of God:
     1. God is love. “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows&

This episode is for the majority of women out there who do not struggle with infertility. It’s is more common than you’d think with 1 out of 8 married couples experiencing it, but they do so alone because their friends are not comfortable talking about it. Through this episode, I hope to break the ice on this sensitive subject giving you information to enable you to lovingly support your sisters, and brothers, in Christ as they struggle with the trial of infertility. 

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In this podcast, I share my heart, my own experience, and God’s word on the subject of grief. This podcast is for the woman who is experiencing grief right now, it’s for the friend who knows someone that just lost a loved one, and it’s for you because loss is guaranteed to come to each of us in our lives. Since this podcast is a message each of us needs to hear, please share it so that your friends and family can be encouraged as well.

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We often consider the last 3 books in the Pentateuch as dry and laborious to get through. Listen in to my discovery of the inspiring content of Deuteronomy and how that impacts our lives.

Part 4 in a 4 part series on the book of Deuteronomy covers why the Israelites needed to remember who their God is because that is the God that would give them the promised land.

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We often consider the last 3 books in the Pentateuch as dry and laborious to get through. Listen in to my discovery of the inspiring content of Deuteronomy and how that impacts our lives.

Part 3 in a 4 part series on the book of Deuteronomy covers thoughts on the commandments God gave and the motivation provided to keep those commandments. Let’s face it: we don’t like rules, and our natural inclination is to test limits and find excuses to not obey the rules. In this episode we delve into the reason God gave us a standard and some of the motivation He gave the Israelites to keep that standard.

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