Walking The New Testament Podcast

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great weekend.

This week we are going to look at something we all deal with: Other’s unbelief.

“He was amazed at their lack of faith.” Mark 6: 6

“And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” Mark 6: 11

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Hello everyone! I appreciate you checking out another episode of Walking the New Testament.

We’ll focus on just a couple of quick, but important, subjects this week. I hope you enjoy it.

“She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.” Mark 5: 26 NIV

“…Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” Mark 5: 36 NIV

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Greetings everyone! I hope you had a great week. Today we will be looking at something a bit different as I comment on Jesus’ calming of the waves.

…“Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 4: 38-40 NIV

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Hello everyone! I’m so pleased you chose to spend a few minutes Walking the New Testament today.

I noticed a lot of things in Mark 3 that I’ve never really thought about before and it would be easy for me to rattle on for a good hour or more about some amazing revelations I believe I received while studying. But… you’ll be happy to know I will do my best to keep it the 10 minute time frame the best I can. As always.

I hope you enjoy it.

“He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.” Mark 3: 5-6 NIV

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Greetings everyone! I’m happy to report that my project is completed and things are sort of back to normal. I have one more smaller project to complete but it shouldn’t interfere with the WTNT journey too much.

Have you ever had someone say, “that’s illegal?” Have you ever asked, “is that legal?” It’s ridiculous how we have become a society that is very similar to the times of Christ when man’s insane rules and laws became a religion.

Sometimes we have to just do something, anything, without asking “is it legal.” As Christians we are called to serve him and seek out our salvation with “fear and trembling” but we aren’t to be slaves to a bunch of rules and “laws” that are typically based on nothing but man’s idea of what a “law” is and, most of the time, that “law” is frivilous and unecessary. Granted, the book of the law in the Bible has dozens and dozens of laws that those under the old covenant were to keep. Jesus came and fulfilled that law and put us under the new covenant where loving God and loving others became the most important laws and as we may remember from earlier episodes if we do our best to uphold those two principles he told us that all of the other “laws” will take care of themselves (or we will find we are upholding those other laws without even trying).

This week, let’s chat just a bit about having common sense when it comes to so-called laws.

One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” Mark 2: 23-24 NIV

He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.” Mark 2: 25-26 NIV

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” Mark 2: 27-28 NIV

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Hello everyone! Apologies for skipping a week! I am still elbow’s deep in a kitchen partial “remodel” and it has consumed my attention in many ways. I haven’t shirked my time in prayer and study but, you know how it is, our human nature can kick in and make it hard to concentrate and I always hope God understands! Ha!

That being said, I saw something in Mark that has me wondering many things. This week I’m going to just chat a bit about Demons/evil spirits. I don’t have any kind of new revelation or anything regarding this subject but I’m hoping that we can all remember that these monsters have not gone anywhere. They are still here. And why are we not casting them out?

And I just want to mention one of my favorite healings in the Bible as well.

I hope you enjoy the episode and thank you for checking it out.

“ “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.” Mark 1: 25-26 NIV

“That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.” Mark 1: 32 NIV

“and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons…” Mark 1: 34 NIV

“A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. Mark 1: 40-42 NIV

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Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend as we ease into Autumn and temperatures (hopefully) begin cooling and leaves start turning. It is just around the corner!

Matthew 28 is the story of the ressurection as told by Matthew. Today I plan to talk just a little bit about a couple of things that are often overlooked in this chapter. There’s a lot of amazing great news in chapter 28… but there’s also a couple of valuable lessons for us to think about.

“So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.” Matthew 28: 15 NIV

“So the police accepted the bribe and said what they were told to. Their story spread widely among the Jews and is still believed by them to this very day.” Matthew 28: 15 TLB

“When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.” Matthew 28: 17 NIV

“…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28: 20 NIV

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Greetings my friends! Thank you again for checking in. I want to especially thank those listeners in Japan and Russia. I hope you are getting something beneficial from this work.

This week we get to witness Jesus’ kangaroo court trial. Yes… Jesus was the Son of God and he had to die for the true plans of God to be carried out, but we can compare this trial to many others throughout history, can’t we? Jesus was on trial for saying things that the “monsters” (as I fondly call them) in our world didn’t like. That still happens to this day. When monsters feel threatened, feel like their livelihoods, their percieved “power”, their status, or anything else could come to an end… well, they go to whatever lengths they have to to destroy whoever/whatever is posing that threat.

Matthew 27 has a lot of stuff going on in it. We could chat about it for hours, I’m sure. This week we are going to focus on Pilate. Was he really “innocent?” And I may mention briefly the people who said if Jesus would miraculously come down from the cross they would all of a sudden believe…

“When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” Matthew 27: 24

“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.” Matthew 27: 42

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Hello Everyone! Thank you for stopping by again. It means a lot to me that you give me a few minutes of your valuable time as we wade through The New Testament together.

I know these podcasts aren’t always “polished” as some others seem to be. I don’t spend time finding music to put behind the words I speak, etc. But, I have always wanted this to be real… not loaded with a lot of fluff. I don’t want distractions.

If you thought you were alone in listening to this podcast, you are not! Just take a peek at the chart above. The audience is consistently growing and though you may only see a couple of comments and likes, know that you are part of a group that is, like me, searching for the truth. A truth we may not always get from the pulpit.

I try very hard not to let too much of my own “doctrine” be in these podcasts. My goal has always been to just talk about the Word itself. Though I will definetly go off on a tangent now and then, it is very important to me that I try to keep things in context. I only want to share what I’ve gleaned over the week while I delve into each chapter.

This week we are going to take a quick look at the Disciples… how they all fell away, yet came back to be miracle workers that changed the whole world. Maybe we can be miracle workers too. We can’t listen to the lies of the great Deceiver (the Devil) who wants us to give up. Sometimes though, we might need to do as Peter did… and weep bitterly.

“Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me…” Matthew 26: 31 NIV

“But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.” Matthew 26: 35 NIV

“Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.” Matthew 26: 56

“Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.” Matthew 26: 75 NIV

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Hello Everyone! Thank you for stopping by for another episode of WTNT. I pray your week was productive and you were victorious in any battles you were waging in your life.

Jesus went to great lengths in the parables in Matthew 25 to let us know what we should be striving for as we wait for the kingdom of heaven. Essentially, he urged people to just be ready at all times and be doing what we were called to do.

I’ll focus on just a couple things today:

“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.” Matthew 25: 14-15

“…‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Matthew 25: 40

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