Spoken Gospel

The mission of Spoken Gospel is to equip the church to speak the gospel out of every corner of scripture. Co-hosts and close friends, David Bowden and Seth Stewart, sit down every week to talk through a Bible passage and see how it points us to Jesus.

Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
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Isaiah Overview: The Servant
In this episode, Seth and David trace the theme of servants throughout the Bible and talk about servants in the book of Isaiah.
54 min
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Isaiah Overview
In this episode, Seth and David talk about what prophecy is and why Isaiah is so important to the Biblical story.
35 min
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1 Corinthians Overview: A Wrong View of the Body
In this episode, Seth and David talk about bodies, Jesus' resurrection, and why resurrection bodies were so important to Paul.
48 min
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1 Corinthians Overview: "New" Corinth, Freaky F...
In this episode, Seth and David introduce the book of Corinthians, talk about the strange way the ancient philosophy of Dualism pops up in modern culture, and how Corinthians is really good news for really broken churches.
44 min
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Romans Overview: What Happens to Israel?
In this episode, Seth and David talk about the faithfulness of God and how he is still faithful to God's people.
44 min
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Romans Overview: A New Humanity
In this episode, Seth and David talk about what it means to be God's heirs, to have the Spirit, to be adopted, and to be free.
62 min
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Romans Overview: Handed Over To Death
In this episode, Seth and David talk about what it means to be "saved" and how Jesus rescues us from both the power of Death and God's perfect justice.
48 min
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Romans Overview: Jesus is King
In this episode, Seth and David talk through who Paul was and what was going on in Rome that led to the letter we call "Romans."
47 min
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Lamentations Overview: Mercy Every Morning
In this episode, Seth and David walk through the story weaved throughout Lamentations' five poems and talk about the surprising good news of God's silence in the middle of suffering.
59 min
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Lamentations Overview: What is a Lament?
In this episode, Seth and David talk about the artistic genius of Lamentations, the theological and therapeutic value of laments, and why we shouldn't sanitize our prayers.
54 min
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Ezekiel Overview: A City of Rest and Freedom
In this episode, Seth and David talk about the shocking mercy of God, architectural Sabbaths, and why a vision of God's temple shows up at the end of Ezekiel.
65 min
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Ezekiel Overview: Prophecies of Shock and Awe
In this episode, Seth and David walk through some of Ezekiel's most shocking prophecies and talk about how even passages of judgment prove the goodness of God.
49 min
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Ezekiel Overview: God Shows Up in Babylon
In this episode, Seth and David walk through one of the most intense depictions of God in the Old Testament and show how it all connects to Jesus getting baptized.
46 min
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Ezekiel Overview: Counting Down to New Creation
In this episode, Seth and David talk about Ezekiel's prophecies and the good news that in Jesus Ezekiel's prophecies begin to come true.
36 min
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Good News in A Bad News World
In this special podcast episode, Seth and David talk about the origins of the term "Gospel" and how Jesus brings good news into a world full of bad news.
15 min
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Jeremiah Overview: Jesus, the new Jeremiah
There are just SO MANY parallels between Jesus and Jeremiah. Seth and David walk through dozens of examples where Jesus completes the narrative arc begun in Jeremiah and brings the hopes of Jeremiah's ministry to completion.
42 min
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Jeremiah Overview: Prophecies to an Unfaithful ...
One of Jeremiah's most used metaphors to describe Judah is as an adulterous bride. Seth and David unpack this sometimes unsettling image and discuss how Jesus is the Groom who stops at nothing to rescue and marry his bride.
42 min
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Jeremiah Overview: A Prophet Like Moses
In this episode, Seth and David discuss Jeremiah as Moses' prophetic successor and how Jesus walks on the scene as the prophet of Israel's recreation.
37 min
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Jeremiah Overview: A Prophet of Inevitable Death
In this episode, Seth and David unpack Jeremiah's unique prophetic ministry and how a prophet of such gloomy news helps us encounter Jesus.
48 min
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Who on earth is the "Man of Lawlessness"?
In this episode, Seth and David wade through one option for understanding the Day of the Lord and who the Man of Lawlessness might be.
55 min
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2 Thessalonians Overview: Jesus Hasn't Come Bac...
In this episode, Seth and David talk about misconceptions about Jesus' return and why our suffering can be both good news and proof that we haven't been left behind.
35 min
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1 Thessalonians Overview: Caught Up in the Air
What does it mean when Paul says we are "caught up in the air"?
42 min
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1 Thessalonians Overview: A Church with Only Th...
In this episode, Seth and David talk about the fledgling church at Thessalonica and the good news that knowing Jesus equips us to handle whatever is thrown at us.
55 min
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Chronicles Overview: A "Perfect" Solomon and Th...
2 Chronicles opens by describing Solomon as an ideal leader. He is who all Israelite kings should try to live up to. But the rest of 2 Chronicles charts how none of Israel's kings ever reach his glory. Seth and David talk through the Chroniclers' "perfect" description of Solomon and why it's good news that priesthoods determine the course of nations.
56 min
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Chronicles Overview: David's Rise To Power
1 Chronicles centers around David's rise to power, his skill as a nation-builder, and his preparation to construct God's temple. Seth and David talk about the eternal dynasty promised to David and the surprising good news of priestly bureaucracy.
54 min