Bible Insights with Wayne Conrad
Brief messages on biblical truths concerning various subjects. Christ centered, God focused teaching covering a wide variety of important truths are presented in an engaging and edifying manner to help believers mature in the knowledge and practice of their faith.
Episodes
351 episodes
Two Goats But One Offering
The sermon presents a profound theological connection between the Old Testament Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16 and its fulfillment in Jesus Christ as revealed in Hebrews 9 and 10, illustrating how the shadow of ritual sacrifice points to the ...
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22:41
Worship the True God not Idols
This episode is a narrative story of the internal worship experience based on the actual worship guide of the service. It begins and ends with the Apostle John's closing words in his letter. Little children keep yourselves from idols. The sermo...
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Season 7
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16:37
Merit or Mercy
This episode explores the fundamental theological conflict between merit-based religious practices and the concept of divine mercy.The Scale of JudgmentConrad uses the visual of "the scales" to com...
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Season 7
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17:24
Caution! Entering Worship Service
As we enter the worship of God in the gathering of his people we need to heed the caution lights of Ecclesiastes 5. We are entering the presence of the holy King of the universe and our Father through faith in Jesus Christ. Such a high an...
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Season 7
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17:02
Triple Witness to Jesus Identity
In this episode of Bible Insights, host Wayne Conrad explores the foundational identity of Jesus Christ through the lens of 1 John 5. Addressing the "doctrinal erosion" that threatened the early church, Conrad breaks down the "t...
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Season 7
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25:41
Remember You Are Dust
Today is Ash Wednesday on the Christian Year cycle. A number of Christian group gather for worship for the beginning of Lent. The actual word lent comes from Latin, ver which refers primarily to spring. However, the term as used in churc...
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Season 7
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17:08
Overcoming the World
The writings of the Apostle John gives prominence to the idea of overcoming the devil and world system and the old human nature termed our flesh. We are engaged in a spiritual war consisting of many battles. We can overcome the world, the flesh...
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Season 7
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17:49
Test of the Spirits
The Apostle John gives an urgent warning to the Christians he has pastored and to us. Many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world but we must not gullibly believe them but we must test them. The purpose of the test is to deter...
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Season 7
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24:07
Danger of Backsliding
Using Psalm 95 the author of Hebrews warns believers, Christians, of the danger of falling away from following Christ.Two references are recalled of how to Stop the regression by remembering God's Word of promise and the confession of a ...
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Season 7
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20:01
Making Sense of Ecclesiastes
Among all the books that make up the Bible, the Book of Ecclesiastes is unique literature. It is part of the wisdom literature of the Bible. But it is different. Sometimes when people read it they can become sad and feel a sense of loss. The re...
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Season 7
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16:59
Calling Upon God in Our Distress- A Testimony
Psalm 86:6-8Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you,for you answer me. There is none like you among the gods, O LORD (Yahweh),nor are there any works l...
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20:38
Faith Under Trial - Psalm 73
The psalmist Asaph, the leader of the temple worship, shares a struggle he had in his mind and spirit with his faith. The struggle was a result of a wrong perspective in considering the arrogant unbelievers in contrast with the believer such as...
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Season 7
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20:20
Back Talking God
Malachi is the last prophet who ministered to the remnant of the Jews who returned to the land from Persia. See 2 Chronicles 36:15-23. The people have been in the land and have rebuild the temple and their houses. However there are serious prob...
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Season 7
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19:25
Marking of a New Year
Mankind has this God driven need to designate times, seasons and years. In the Bible the designation of a New Year and its yearly celebration is given in Exodus 12, this month is to be the beginning of a year. Our current custom of marking a Ne...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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14:12
Jesus' Birthdate Revealed!
Although we celebrate the birthdate of Jesus of Nazareth on December 25 it is highly improbable that he was born on this day! The accounts found in Luke and Matthew do not give us an exact day they do relate a timeframe of the year. Consider Lu...
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Season 6
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24:38
The Antichrists Identified
Many people throughout Christian history have been fascinated by the identity of the antichrist. The Apostle John is actually the only biblical write to use the term antichrist! He uses it 5 times in his first two letters.
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14:44
Death and Dying- A Biblical Perspective
This week I have had 3 people I know die. I went to one's funeral but the other two were many miles away and 2 were having funerals today at the same time! All this on my birthday. It causes me to remember Psalm 90 verses 3, 9-12 "...
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Season 6
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20:35
The Greatest Commandment According to Jesus
The Apostle John in his first letter writes some intriguing words, "Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the sa...
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Season 6
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18:14
Thanksgiving Roots
Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday in America dates back to 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaim the 4th Thursday in November a yearly day of thanks. "It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently...
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Season 6
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11:33
Being Truthful About God and Sin
The main idea that drives the Apostle John's first letter is fellowship with God. He makes this clear when he starts his letter. "What we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed...
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18:31
It All Begins with God
The Christian message and life begins not with man, humanity, but with the being of God himself. In fact the Apostle John begins with the One who was in the beginning and with whom he had had physical emotional connection. He is writing about t...
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Season 6
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15:20
John's Pastoral Letter
John the Apostle was the youngest of Jesus' apostles and he had a unique relationship with the Lord Jesus. Both his gospel testimony and his letters to the churches convey a warm pastoral heart of loving care for the Lord's people. One thing I ...
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Season 6
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16:41
Reformation- New Testament Worship
The various Reformers during the Protestant Reformation restored New Testament worship emphasis especially the centrality of the Bible in the language of the people. Preaching and the public reading of the Scriptures was the focus in the servic...
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Season 6
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17:54
Reformation Issues- Worship No Idols
There are a number of very important issues that were addressed by the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. Among them is the recovery of biblical spiritual worship offered to God alone. How we worship must be in accordance with God's sp...
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Season 6
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18:25