Jesus In All Of The Bible

We believe the only path to transformative Bible engagement is to see Jesus and his gospel wherever you are in the story. Through this podcast we will do just that. In just a few minutes, each episode will look at what is happening in the text and how it points to Jesus.

Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
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Luke 10: A Multiethnic Kingdom
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapter 10. In this passage we hear that Jesus welcomes all people into his book of LIfe, not just Jews. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 10 we see that Jesus doesn’t require a certain type of performance or ethnic heritage. All he requires is his people choosing to sit, listen, and obey him.
4 min
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Luke 8:22-9: Who Is Jesus
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 8:22-9. In this passage we answer the question “who is Jesus?” Jesus is the one prophesied in the Old Testament to save his people from their sins. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 8:22-9, we see that the Messiah, the prophesied one who will take away our sins, overturns our understanding of greatness on its head. He shows us that death and suffering are the paths to true life.
3 min
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Luke 7-8:21: Jesus Did Not Come For The Righteous
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 7-:8:21. In this passage we see Jesus including people in his kingdom we do not expect, even while he excludes the people we assume God would favor. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 7-8:21, we see the good news that Jesus preached to the poor, the sinner, and the foreigner. Their neediness, not their religious performance, is all they need in order to be accepted by God.
3 min
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Luke 6: Healing On The Sabbath
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapter 6. In this passage Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath and reveals the deep hypocrisy of the Pharisees who oppose him. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 6 we see Jesus as the one who both correctly interprets and fulfills the laws in the Old Testament.
4 min
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Luke 4:14-5:39: Opposition And Freedom
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 4:14-5:39. In this passage Jesus begins his ministry and experiences the first waves of attacks from the Pharisees. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 4:-5:59 we see Jesus as the one who finally brings the year of Jubilee and freedom to everyone who is enslaved and to all who are sinners.
3 min
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Luke 3-4:13: Someone Greater Is Coming
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 3-4:13. In this passage we’re introduced to John the baptist, Jesus is baptized and the Devil tempts Jesus. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 3-4:13, we see that Jesus succeeds where Adam fails. Jesus doesn’t succumb to Jesus’ temptation, but opens the door to a new and better creation for all people.
3 min
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Luke 1-2: Eyewitnesses To Jesus
This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 1-2. In this passage Luke explains why his Gospel is reliable by appealing to multiple eyewitnesses. As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 1-2 we see that the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection was is historically reliable because of the testimony of many witnesses.
3 min
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Mark 15:16-16:8: Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 15:16-16:6. In this passage, we read about Jesus dying on a cross and rising from the grave. We also see Mark’s Gospel end with a strange note about the women’s fear upon seeing the empty tomb. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 15:16-16:8, we see that Jesus conquered death and now asks us, “Who am I to you?”
3 min
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Mark 14-15:32: Anointed, Arrested, and Accused
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 14-15:32. In this passage, we read about Jesus’ anointing, his arrest, and his sham trail and sentencing to death on a cross. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 14-15:32, we see that Jesus stands accused for us so that we never have to be.
4 min
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Mark 13: The “End of the World”
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapter 13. In this passage, we read about Jesus predicting the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70 that sounds, especially to the disciples, like the end of the world. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 13, we see that Jesus is the ultimate temple who was destroyed, but who rose from the dead and is coming back to make our whole world new. So we are to stay alert and be on our guard, always ready for that great day.
3 min
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Mark 11-12: Entry, Fig Tree, and Temple
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 11-12. In this passage, we read about Jesus’ triumphal entry, him cursing the fig tree, and disrupting the temple. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 11-12, we see that Jesus is the king who comes to sacrifice himself for those of us who deserve to be cursed.
3 min
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Mark 9:33-10:52: Least and Greatest
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 9:33-10:52. In this passage, we read about Jesus accepting the weak and marginalized children, but rejecting the strong and accepted rich young ruler. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 9:33-10:52, we see that Jesus is the one who became weak and rejected to save us who finally admit that we are not as strong and accepted as we thought.
3 min
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Mark 8:27-9:32: Transfiguration and Unbelief
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 8:27-9:32. In this passage, we read about Jesus’s transfiguration and hear the famous request, “Help my unbelief.” As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 8:27-9:32, we see that Jesus is the Son of Man who will raise us from death and disbelief.
4 min
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Mark 6:14-8:26: Feeding the Thousands
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 6:14-8:26. In this passage, we read about Jesus feeding the 5,000, feeding the 4,000, and walking on water. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 6:14-8:26, we see that Jesus is God himself who sustains his people, saves the nations, and treads upon sin and death.
4 min
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Mark 4:35-6:13: Jesus Calms the Storm
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 4:35-6:13. In this passage, we read about how Jesus calming the storm, healing the demoniac, and responding to the faith of two very different people. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 4:35-6:13, we see that Jesus calms the storms of death, disease, demonization, and chaos in our lives by his authority as Lord.
3 min
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Mark 3:13-4:34: The Hidden Kingdom
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 3:13-4:34. In this passage, we read about how Jesus and his message were rejected because of the hidden nature of the kingdom of God. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 3:13-4:34, we see that Jesus is the one who can open our eyes to see the hidden truth of his kingdom - that our life comes through his death.
3 min
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Mark 2:18-3:12: Lord of the Sabbath
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 2:18-3:12. In this passage, we read about Jesus offending the Pharisees and their interpretation of Scripture, especially concerning the Sabbath. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 2:18-3:12, we see that Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath, not only because of who he is as the God who instituted it, but because he is the one who provides full and final Sabbath rest to all who believe in him.
3 min
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Mark 1:20-2:17: Jesus Takes Our Place
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 1:20-2:17. In this passage, we read about Jesus reaching out to outcasts like lepers and tax collectors. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 1:20-2:17, we see that Jesus heals us and brings us close to God, not just by coming to us, but by taking our place.
3 min
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Mark 1:1-1:20: The Kingdom is Here
This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapter 1:1-1:20. In this passage, we read about Jesus’ baptism, Satan tempting Jesus in the wilderness, and Jesus’ proclamation that the Kingdom of Heaven has come. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 1:1-1:20, we see that Jesus is inaugurating a new kingdom by taking a throne, not through power, but through suffering on a cross.
4 min
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Matthew 27:62-28: Jesus' Resurrection
This Bible study devotional covers Matthew 27:62-28. In this passage we read about Jesus’ resurrection and what we call the Great Commission. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Matthew 27:62-28, we see that Jesus conquered death for us so that he can be with us always, both now and when he returns.
3 min
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Matthew 27:11-27:61: Jesus' Crucifixion
This Bible study devotional covers Matthew 27:11-27:61. In this passage we read about the crucifixion of Jesus. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Matthew 27:11-27:61, we see that Jesus’ death frees us from death, gives us access to God, and extends the offer of salvation to all nations.
3 min
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Matthew 26-27:10: Perfume And Passover
This Bible study devotional covers Matthew 26-27:10. In this passage we read about two meals. At one meal, Jesus is prepared for burial by a radical sacrifice of perfume. At another, Jesus shows how he fulfills the Passover feast in what we now call the Lord’s Supper, Communion, or the Eucharist. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Matthew 26-27:10, we see that Jesus went to the cross and the grave so that he could be the final Passover lamb that saves us from the wrath of God.
3 min
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Matthew 24-25: End Time Prophesies
This Bible study devotional covers Matthew chapters 24-25. In this passage we read about Jesus’ prediction about the temple’s destruction which, for his Jewish followers, would have been equated to the end of the world. Also, woven into this discussion are Jesus’ commands on how we should act knowing his return, at the end of the age, is imminent. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Matthew 24-25, we see that because Jesus could predict the destruction of the temple because when the temple of his body was destroyed on the cross he made an earthly temple unnecessary. We are now the temple of God, inhabited by the Holy Spirit.
3 min
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Matthew 21-23: Beware Of Religion
This Bible study devotional covers Matthew chapters 21-23. In this passage we read about Jesus’ constant run-ins with the Pharisees and the woes pronounced against them. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Matthew 21-23, we see that trusting in Jesus and believing he is the Messiah is the only sure-fire way to escape the religion of the Pharisees.
3 min
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Matthew 19-20: The Rich Young Ruler
This Bible study devotional covers Matthew chapters 19-20. In this passage we read several stories about Jesus’ grace and servant heart. As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Matthew 19-20, we see that because Jesus does the good work to earn eternal life for us. This may seem impossible for anyone else, but with God, all things are possible.
3 min