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Keeping God’s Perspective on Time and Eternity
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/McMinn_Nursing_Home/Gods_Perspective_on_Eternity.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe often look forward to upcoming events with great anticipation, and it seems to take forever for us to finally get there. Yet, suddenly, they arrive… and are quickly gone! Soon they are but dim memories. […]
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Minicasts/Treasury_of_Scripture_Knowledge.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSeveral years ago, Vickie and I tried to put together a list of what we thought were important skills for Christians to develop in order to become stronger in the Lord. We wound up with a […]
Abounding JOY? Really?
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Minicasts/abounding_joy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTo many Christians, the idea of having something that might be called “abounding joy” in the midst of life’s most horrific trials seems absurd. Yet, over and over again, God, in His Word, associates suffering with […]
Interpreting the Bible Wisely
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Minicasts/Interpreting_the_Bible.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAfter some conversation with my son, Tim, I realized that the previous podcast (“Study the Bible with a Bible Scholar”) raises questions. How do you discern good commentary from bad commentary? good teachers from bad ones? […]
Mini-Cast: Study the Bible with a Bible Scholar
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Minicasts/Great_New_Way_for_Bible_Study.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow would you like to have a Bible Scholar who really loves Jesus as a neighbor? A neighbor who is willing to sit down with you every morning and share his insights into the Bible to […]
Mini Cast: Loving God–A Checkup
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Minicasts/Loving_God.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHave you ever found yourself wondering how much Bible study or giving or witnessing you need to do to demonstrate your love for God? How much is enough? This brief thought experiment (10 minutes) can help us […]
Job 31 (Part 2) Is That in the Old Testament? or the New? 7/2/13
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Job/Job_29-31_part_2.MP3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis podcast is a continuation of the previous podcast from Job 29-31. Job 31 reads like a chapter that could be from the New Testament, even though Job is probably the oldest book in the Bible! […]
Job 29-31–Conquering Sexual Temptations
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Job/Job_29-31.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRecap of the entire book of Job. How Job, the oldest book in the Bible, anticipates New Testament teaching. Learning to recognize the present times of blessing instead of only dwelling on the past or anticipating […]
Isaiah 61:1-3 Beauty for Ashes
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/McMinn_Nursing_Home/Beauty_for_Ashes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhen Jesus, early in His ministry, read this passage in the synagogue at Nazareth, He concluded by saying, in essence, “I am the fulfillment of this prophecy.” Through Jesus, all our mourning, grief, pain, heaviness, and […]
Job 1 & 2 When Personal Disasters Come
https://aboundingjoy.com/Podcasts/Job/Job_1-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJob was probably the first book of the Bible to be written. It is profound. And the story of Job will help us when we enter, as we must, into our times of personal disaster. We […]