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Job 31 (Part 2) Is That in the Old Testament? or the New? 7/2/13
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/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/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/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/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/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/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/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 […]
2 Corinthians 12:07-10 (Strength in Weakness)
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Strength_in_Weakness.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul had to learn a lesson that all of us have to learn as well. God does not use us because of our strengths. He does not even use us in spite of our weakness. He […]
2 Timothy 04–Battling False Teachers
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2_Tim_4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul’s final charge to Timothy. Dealing with false teachers. Reproving, rebuking, and exhorting. Lyrics to Shai Linne rap song “Fal$e Teacher$.” Charles Spurgeon’s last battle (the “Downgrade Controversy”). The death of Paul. What it meant for […]
2 Timothy 02–Stay in the Battle!-Part 2
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2_Tim_2_Part_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul stayed in the Battle in spite of intense persecution leading to his death… “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” (Tertullian)… Significance of Paul’s words “for the sake of the elect”…. […]
Discouragement
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Discouragement.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis message on discouragement was shared with the residents of McMinn Memorial Nursing Home in Etowah, TN on April 27, 2013. One of Satan’s most powerful tools is discouragement. We tend to become discouraged when we […]
2 Timothy 02–Stay in the Battle!
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2_Tim_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul knew that Timothy, and all of us as well, would need lots of encouragement to remain effective in the work God has given us to do. In 2 Timothy 2 God gives us some of […]
1 Timothy 06–Money: Powerful Tool or Deadly Idol?
https://aboundingjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1_Tim_6.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis is a live Bible study recorded April 7, 2013 in the A5B class at Sevier Heights Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN. Many people, both rich and poor, fall into the trap of coveting things that […]