Verve of the Verse

Pastor Mark Forrest is someone we’ve mentioned here multiple times. He was also our first guest this past July when we interviewed him on the topic of prayer. On October 28th of 2021, he released his new book titled Beyond Bethlehem. He was generous enough to gift us with an advance copy that we’ve been working through over the last month. We’re excited to discuss our interactions with the book here. Hopefully, we can even talk you into reading it!

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The holidays are upon us! It’s not quite Advent season yet, so why not look behind the curtain of the Messiah to be born? In this month’s episode, we’re combing the scriptures in an effort to learn more about Jesus’ earthly parents! After all, when’s the last time you got into your Bible solely to read about them and them alone? If you haven't already, join our email list!

How many times have you been reading (or listening to) the Bible … and stumbled upon a passage that left you feeling stumped? In this bonus episode, we’re discussing just a few of the mysteries of God (which, for some of us, include the Holy Spirit).

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How would you gauge your comfort level in describing the Holy Spirit? If you were asked by a complete stranger to define this third of the Holy Trinity, how would you respond? In this month's episode, our goal is to leave you pondering questions that can only be answered through prayer, study, and by pressing into the God (and His Spirit) who desires to reveal Himself to you!

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The seventh month in the Jewish calendar is one of their most important because it hosts multiple Jewish festivals, or Holy Days. This year, those days fell in the month of September. As modern-day Christians, it is easy to ignore Judaism as a distant religion that doesn’t impact our faith. Our goal in this episode is, perhaps, to give you a fresh perspective as to why these 7 Jewish festivals are important and how our understanding of them has the potential to impact our understanding of God a great deal.

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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase Day of the Lord? Does it inspire hope? Dread? Repentance? Resistance? In this month’s episode, we are discussing Paul’s second letter to the church and its implications on the world in which we live today.

Click here for the BibleProject "Day of the Lord" video mentioned in the episode.

Jimmy Evans is a Bible teacher that we’ve followed for many years. In July of 2020, he released a book called Tipping Point: The End is Here. We’re excited to discuss our interactions with the book here. Hopefully, we can even talk you into reading!

Bible prophecy can be quite the controversial topic. It’s likely that you fall into one of three camps: the first being that you are sold and your belief in prophecy is strong … the second being that prophecy freaks you out a little bit … or, maybe you fall right in the middle where you aren’t completely sure what you believe.

In this month's episode, we’re zooming in on a verse from the book of Psalms and combing the entire Bible for mentions of the word cornerstone. Who was the cornerstone of Psalms? Of the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah? Was Jesus always meant to be the only reference?

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Who are we, and what is behind our SIMPLE method? 

This month’s bonus episode is meant to be quite the treat. We recently spent some time with Senior Pastor Mark Forrest of Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, Texas. He is a man we both deeply respect and we're eager to share the fruit of picking his brain on the topic of prayer.