The Bible is a seamless story and we can track these storylines as we work our way through the text. Come with us as we take a canonical look into a couple familiar stories to see examples of how they’re not just static, but full of connections and themes placed in the text to point us to truths. Join us and may God bless you as you listen!

We continue to ask the difficult question, are you wasting your past suffering? Take a look at what God, who is our great Redeemer, has to say about His purposes for suffering. Is it time for you to lower the flag of control in your life, and lift the flag of surrender to God’s plan? He is the potter and we are His clay. Come listen and consider what God has been doing in your life and gain some hope for your future.

Have you considered that the suffering you’ve experienced in life was ordained by God? Have you considered that there might be a divine purpose for your pain? Or, if you have not, and you simply look back with bitterness—perhaps you are wasting your suffering. God has a purpose for our suffering. The suffering and wounds, once healed, can equip us to help others who, like you, have endured their own pain and suffering. God’s compassion and grace be with you as you listen.

What characterizes your speech and interactions with your family? Is it governed by love, respect, and a desire for one another’s good, or does bitterness, resentment, and anger rule in your home? Come listen to the words of Adam before sin entered, then listen to what the second and last Adam, Jesus Christ, has to say about the issue of the heart. God desires unity and love in your home and it’s obtainable, but it starts with the heart!

Was the serpent crafty and sneaky, placed into the garden to purposefully tempt humans? It seems like humans were destined to slip! Join us as we take a canonical look into this often confusing topic.

Have you ever been reading the Old Testament and said to yourself, “Why can’t we just get to Jesus? Do we really need to sit and read all of these wild stories that seemingly have no connections?” Join us as we venture into three OT stories and their canonical connect-the-dot counterparts in the NT. Listen in and hear for the deeper connections that point us to the Savior.

I’m not sure if you grew up around Christianity or if you’re a new believer, but if you did grow up in Christian circles, this was often a line of thinking that was encouraged. I won’t belabor the negative aspects, but it was not healthy. The healthiest method for developing our ideas is to go to text itself for the answers—join us and enjoy this episode!

What was the significance of Jospeh, the Step-father of Jesus? Traditionally, very little is attributed to Jospeh, but with a careful, canonical observation of the text, we can see there’s more to it than meets the eye! Our hope is that each of these podcast episodes offers you building hope in the inspired text of God’s Word.

Who is Psalms 1 referring to and why is this an important topic canonically? Listen in as Tim discusses a wide array of pertinent topics such as: Bible translations, the original languages of the text, and overarching canonical connections between the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings. We hope that this episode and others like it help grow your confidence in God’s Word.

For many, this is a sensitive and tender topic—better kept behind closed doors. None of us take joy in our failures, especially as believers and regenerate children of God. Thankfully our God is a God who does not condemn us when we fail—failure is not final for His own. Listen and be refreshed with only the hope that our Savior can offer.