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In this look back over Laurie's third quarter of episodes, she shares several examples where her insightful guests have "blown her mind" with knowledge and interpretations she'd never heard of or thought of before!

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Transcript

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The year I read the Bible podcast is rolling on with a new episode every Tuesday morning. My episodes are at the end of their third quarter with just 10 episodes left. I'd like to share just one amazing thing about hosting this podcast. The whole purpose behind doing this podcast is to share with listeners what I learned from reading the Bible cover. To cover the Bible is, first of all, a long book with a lot of content, but it's also the living word of God, so you could read the same chapter multiple times and get something different out of it each time. What I'm noticing when I'm having chats with my podcast guests is that they often bring up some super insightful point that I never thought of myself. Well, why not? My guests are all intelligent and inspiring people. Here. Let me share a few examples of what I'm talking about in my episode called What About Me That aired on December 9th. Listen to what my guest Leslie Caperton said. That blew my mind, So I talked in the essay about John the Baptist. As we know, John was conceived for the sole purpose of being, the Messiah's predecessor. He was raised, his parents knew that he was the one who was going to prepare the way for the Messiah. In Matthew 11, here we find John sitting in jail because of some political trouble he got into and he sent his followers to ask Jesus if he was the one they were expecting, or should they wait for someone else. I believe John knew who Jesus was. But a lot of people did not understand Jesus's true purpose. The Jews expected the Messiah to be a political military king who would overthrow the Romans, I believe John sent his followers. To Jesus to ask if he was the promised Messiah, because his followers were doubting Jesus's identity, not John John's question gave them an encounter with Jesus, allowing them to witness firsthand who he was by witnessing the miracles that Jesus was doing and seeing the results. So that's what I think about that. Oh, Leslie, that is something new that I've never heard before or, read before in my research. So you are thinking that John is, basically wasting away there in prison. He can't do his ministry, he can't do what he knew he was supposed to be doing, and his disciples were probably getting a little. Embittered and discouraged coming to him for, comfort and, inspiration and John rerouted them to go talk to Jesus and ask, are you our messiah? So that Jesus could have that impact on them. That's what you're saying? Yep. So they would have an encounter with Jesus because John knew his purpose. Another time a guest brought up something new to me that I wasn't familiar with was in my recent episode. Will I Still Be Married in Heaven? That aired on January 27th. My guess David. And Patty Hayworth brought up a story from the Book of Luke that tied in beautifully with our topic, but I had not marked it at all in my research. It illustrated a reality about believers transitioning to heaven after death and what we will and will not experience there. Here's the one I'm referring to.

Laurie: 4:01

So as much as we may try to witness and convince our family members and close friends to accept Jesus, we face the sad reality that. We will spend eternity without some of our loved ones present.

David and Patty Haworth: 4:20

I think about the story about Lazarus and how, a rich man was in hell and he begged for Lazarus to bring a drop of cool water to ease him from his torments. And they're like, no, the chasm between heaven and hell is so great. You can't span across it.

Laurie: 4:39

Oh, that's really interesting. A really insightful comment. I like that. I, I'm not familiar with that off the top of my head.

David and Patty Haworth: 4:49

Well that's luke 1619, talking about Lazarus. And the important thing in there is that he has five brothers that he wants to have saved. And he knows his fate now and he would like some relief from it, but he wants, to be able to go and warn his brothers to not, end up where he is and that they should, really repent to their ways. And, they have the. Promise of heaven. So I think that, for us, we pray, for God's forgiveness, for us, and that we're thankful for God's mercy and his grace, that we also pray daily for our family and our friends, that they would know, God's grace and the eternal peace.

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What about you? Have you listened to an episode and learned something that blew your mind about God's word? Something you never remembered hearing? Or maybe you were familiar with that story or parable, but picked up a completely new take on it. If so, I'd love to hear about it. Send me a note and let me know. You could go to my website, author lori larson.com and use the contact form to send me a note or wherever you listen to the podcast. Go to the episode notes and you should see a send us a text link. Regardless, I'd love to hear how this podcast might be helping you. We're all in this together. Friends, followers of Jesus should lend an arm along the way to whoever may need it, and that could include sharing our knowledge and insights about the Bible. Have a great day, everyone. Till next time.