In this study: Jesus exposes the religious leaders’ fear of the crowds Jesus tells a parable of two sons that illustrate two kinds of sinners in need of repentance Jesus tells the parable of the vineyard to show that the amazing, incredible patience of God finally ends Jesus, and later the apostles, points our attention to … Continue reading Matthew 21:24-46 Rejecting the Cornerstone (Podcast) →

The first 22 minutes of this podcast is a discussion of my “little birds” dream. The study of Matthew 21 begins at 22:30. In this study: A brief review of the first 18 verses of Matthew 21 The significance of Jesus being hungry The withering of the fig tree The significance of fig trees to … Continue reading Matthew 21:18-23 Jesus Requires Fruit (Podcast) →

Archaeologists have found a lot of amazing things that make a strong case that the Bible is historical, not mythological. Fulfilled prophecies make a strong case that the Bible is God’s Book, certainly not a merely man-made book. This is the audio portion of a Veritas slideshow presentation I shared with the A5B class at … Continue reading Veritas Presentation 2–Evidence from Archaeology & Fulfilled Prophecy (Podcast) →

God has chosen to leave us some powerful evidence for the benefit of those who might find it difficult to believe that Jesus could have literally risen from the dead, but who are searching for the truth and willing to consider the evidence. In these days of the increased secularization of our culture, it is … Continue reading Veritas Presentation 1–Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus (Podcast) →

In this study: A brief overview of Matthew chapters 11 through 14 John Gill’s explanation of the seriousness with which the rabbis took the tradition of the elders and ceremonial hand washing The seriousness with which Jesus takes the matter of worship Examples of the kinds of battles that must be fought in order to … Continue reading Matthew 15:1-9 Genuine Worship (Podcast) →

In this study: The danger of blind spiritual leaders The danger of majoring on the minors In what sense was Jesus sent “only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel?” How Jesus commends faith and rebukes the lack of it The nature of the faith that Jesus commends The danger of the leaven … Continue reading Matthew 15:10-16:26 Learning from Jesus (Podcast) →

In these final, wonderful words of Peter’s first letter, we are reminded that, because of Jesus: All our sufferings not only have definite and real purposes, but they are also temporary and brief, and Very soon we will experience glory beyond our wildest imaginations! Stay in the Battle! Steve To find and subscribe to Steve’s … Continue reading 1 Peter 5:10-14 Just Ahead–Glory! (Podcast) →

In this study: An overview of the book of Judges How painful judgment can really be merciful How trying to hide from judgment won’t work Why God likes to choose weak vessels How we fall into a humanistic trap when we tell our kids, “You’re awesome. You can do anything you want to do.” without … Continue reading Judges 6 Gideon (part 1): The Peace of God Leads to War (podcast) →

In this study: How and why God trimmed Gideon’s army to move them from being 4 to 1 underdogs to being 450 to 1 underdogs How God so mercifully kept on encouraging Gideon How the Sword of the Lord strikes terror into the hearts of His enemies How God’s people are often better at handling times … Continue reading Judges 7 & 8 More Life Lessons from Gideon (part 2) (Podcast) →

January 15, 2017 was National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Since I was scheduled to do one of the Veritas Presentations on that Sunday, I only took about 10 minutes of class time to give a brief pro-life update, including 10 encouraging things that happened in 2016. In previous years, I tried, on Sanctity of … Continue reading Brief Pro-life Update 1/15/17 (Podcast) →