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Proverbs 01 (Part 1)–Getting Wise Kids
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Proverbs_01_Introduction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGod intends for marriage to produce children. But more, He intends for marriage to produce wise children that have been instructed from God’s truth. This is the responsibility of both mom and dad. Are we teaching […]
1 Peter 1:10–The Prophets Prophesied
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1_Peter_1_10_The-Prophets-Prophesied.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download“Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully,” (1Peter 1:10 ESV) It’s easy to quickly read over these words without seeing the incredibly powerful truth […]
John 20–The Powerful Evidence of His Resurrection (2 of 2)
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John_20_The_Powerful_Evidence_of_His_Resurrection_2_of_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadConclusion of study of John 20. (Part 1 is here.) Topics: Jesus commissions the disciples and promises the Holy Spirit Who will enable them to carry it out. The meaning of v. 23, the power to forgive […]
John 20–The Powerful Evidence of His Resurrection (1 of 2)
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John_20_The_Powerful_Evidence_of_His_Resurrection_1_of_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download(Part 2 is here) In many ways, this chapter is what the Gospel of John, and the New Testament, and the Bible, and life itself are all about. The resurrection proves that, on the cross, Jesus […]
John 18-19 Jesus and Pilate
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John_18-19_Jesus_and_Pilate-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTopics: Jesus’ arrest, with the help of 600 soldiers! Peter’s denials… learning how to pray in advance about the “little” moments that can ruin our testimony. How Jesus’ “trials” were a sham, a mockery, and illegal. A brief […]
1 Thessalonians 05:14 Encourage the Disheartened
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Encourage_the_Disheartened.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGod gives us four succinct but powerful commands in this little verse that will go a long way toward keeping the body of Christ healthy! Devotional thoughts shared with the sweet residents of McMinn Memorial Nursing […]
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 2014 1/20/14
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Abortion/Sanctity_of_human_life.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPsalm 139, Psalm 106, Ephesians 5:11 Topic: Learning to think and act Biblically about the horror of abortion. This podcast includes the John Piper poem entitled “The Children.” You can find that poem here: http://www.desiringgod.org/poems/the-children-2013 The Ray […]
John 16–Persecution and Wartime Prayer
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/John/John_16_Persecution_and_Prayer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn John 16, Jesus prophecies the suffering and persecution that his followers will endure. He also tells us how to stay in the battle with great firepower from Him. We must learn to pray with a […]
New Year–Fresh Beginnings
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/McMinn_Nursing_Home/New_Year_Fresh_Beginnings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGod is profoundly interested in fresh beginnings. From before the foundation of His Creation, he planned fresh beginnings. Throughout His Creation and throughout His Word, he has woven, again and again, the theme of death and […]
John 14:15-31–Comfort from Jesus–Part 2
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John_14_15-31_Comfort_from_Jesus_part_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTopics: The relationship between love and obedience. The delight and abounding joy of the kind of love that leads to keeping the commandments. Significance of the Greek words “Paraclete” and “allos.” How oneness with Jesus, the […]