God's Word for Life
As a companion to our Word Aflame Adult Level Curriculum, this podcast serves to encourage adult disciples to think deeply about God’s Word, further develop their personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and make a greater commitment to the purpose and plan of God for their lives.
Episodes
310 episodes
The Miracles of Mark 4 and 5
In just two chapters, Jesus demonstrated authority over nature, the devil, disease, and death itself. And for Jesus, it was just another day at the office. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 5 to hear the story.This episode i...
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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27:18
Jesus Forgave Sins
Four friends shocked everyone, except Jesus, when they began ripping apart a roof to get their friend in front of Jesus. But Jesus' response was even more surprising. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 2 to hear the story.Thi...
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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29:12
The Woman at the Well
What was He doing talking to her? She's a Samaritan. She's a Samaritan woman. She's that Samaritan woman. He's a Jew. He's a Jewish man. He's a Jewish holy man. He's that Jewish holy man. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn...
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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31:15
A Conversation with Nicodemus
Jesus and Nicodemus met late one night to talk through the Word of God. Nicodemus opened up the conversation with a sincere compliment, and Jesus responded by rocking him back on his heels. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 3 to he...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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30:55
Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
After Jesus' popularity grew all around the region, He climbed a mountain, took a seat, and began to teach. His powerful message is recorded in three chapters in Matthew's gospel. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 5 to hear the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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26:59
Jesus in the Wilderness
After a forty-day fast, Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness. But Jesus was ready and fended off his temptations with the Word of God. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 4 to hear the story.This episode is based on the God'...
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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31:25
The Incarnation
After four thousand years of waiting and watching and praying and hoping, God showed Himself faithful yet again. God Himself came in the life-changing, history-changing, date-dividing event called the Incarnation. Pick up your Bible or device, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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34:41
John the Baptist
After walking through the breadth of the Old Testament, we have crossed over four hundred silent years into the New Testament. To break the silence, a camel-hair-wearing, locust-and-wild-honey-eating John the Baptist marched out of the wilderne...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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29:43
Mordecai and Esther
The Book of Esther is the only book in the Bible's sixty-six books that does not mention God one time, but His fingerprints are everywhere. This book teaches that God is still working, even when He seems absent or silent. Pick up your Bible or ...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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30:21
Daniel and His Friends
Daniel and his friends had been loaded up and carted off to captivity in Babylon, hundreds of miles away from Jerusalem. But when they faced tests to turn their backs on God, they remained faithful and found God stands with those who stand for ...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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32:30
The Prophet Ezekiel
Judah had been overrun, defeated, chained, and marched over five hundred miles away to Babylon. Just when Judah wondered if God would ever hear them again, the glory of God surprisingly showed up right there in Babylon to give Ezekiel a message...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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32:10
The Prophet Elijah
Israel had run a long way in the wrong way and appeared to be far gone, but into that melee of pagan practices stepped the prophet Elijah. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to I Kings 18 to hear the story.This episode is based on th...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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34:13
The Prophet Jonah
Jonah had one job: Preach to the city of Nineveh. He paid for a one-way trip to Tarshish, about as far from Nineveh as you could get. But God had a way of getting His wayward prophet going the right way. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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32:08
The Kingdom Divided
After Solomon's reign, his son Rehoboam reigned over the nation of Israel—but not for long. Soon, Rehoboam would make a foolish decision and divide the kingdom in two: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. Pick up your Bible or phone and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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31:47
The Wisdom of Solomon
David's son, Solomon, was chosen to be Israel's next king. When God asked him what he would like from God, Solomon wisely asked for wisdom. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Kings 3 to hear the story.This episode is based on the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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35:44
King David
It was one of David's finest moments: the two times he could have killed the paranoid, murderous King Saul, but he showed mercy. David's willingness to show mercy to someone who only hurt him prepared David to one day be King David. Pick up you...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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25:46
David and Goliath
It has become a proverb in our day: a David and Goliath battle. Well, let's see the first David and Goliath battle between . . . David and Goliath. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 16 to hear the story.This episode is bas...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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27:21
Samuel and Saul
Israel had all they needed: God was their King. But He was not what they wanted, so they asked the seer Samuel to help them find a king. That's where we meet Saul. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 8 to hear the story.This...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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30:23
Ruth and Boaz
It's one of the most beautiful stories of redemption in all Scripture. And it all started with a famine and nearly ended with three funerals. But God had a plan. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Ruth 2 to hear the story.This episo...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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35:10
Crossing the Jordan River
Israel was just about to storm into the Promised Land, but before they marched in and took over, God extended a covenant of mercy to an unlikely candidate. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Joshua 1 to hear the story.This episode i...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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28:37
The Wilderness Wanderings
Moses grinned as He sent twelve leaders into the Promised Land to bring back a report about how great and grand their new home would be. But when those twelve men returned after forty days of recon, all of them weren't so excited. Pick up your ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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30:27
Sinai and the Tabernacle
God gathered His people around the base of Mount Sinai, and suddenly He spoke. He gave them His covenant and how to keep it. Thankfully, God has invited us to live in covenant with Him, and He has given us His Spirit to do exactly that. Pick up...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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32:03
The Exodus
When Moses marched into Pharaoh's royal office, Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to let God's people go. Clearly, Israel had to trust in God to deliver them, and their trustworthy God did exactly that. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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30:38