Seeking Pearls
Jesus says that the Kingdom of God is like a hidden pearl, which, upon finding it, becomes dearer to the finder than anything he or she has ever found. God’s Word is just like that, full of hidden treasures and truths that are more precious than this world has to offer. Join us in this podcast as we study Scripture and seek pearls together.
Episodes
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Do You See this Woman: Even Her, Jesus???
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
In this episode of the recurring Do You See this Woman series, Jesus brings us face to face with our own prejudices. He goes out of his way to pour his mercy upon a dear woman and her daughter who perhaps others think should not get any of the "crumbs" of his healing. Even her, Jesus? Are you sure she deserves your mercy? (As if a person could 'deserve' mercy.) Then he seems to go out of his way to save a woman on a day when the religious elite think he ought not to be healing. But isn't she more valuable than a donkey? Is his love too big? Does he stretch to far? Does his mercy make us uncomfortable???
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Do You See this Woman: The Woman Caught in Adultery
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Oh how I love this woman and her story. She is courageous and strong. She is humble and lovely. On the day when she we certain she would see her death, she instead saw the kind and loving eyes of her Savior, full of compassion and mercy and forgiveness.
She is me. She is you.
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Do You See this Woman: The Woman who was Bleeding
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
In our third recurrence of the "Do You See this Woman?" podcast series, we will look at three women whose names are hidden from us in the pages of Scripture. Though we don't know their names, the Savior does. He meets them right where they are at, in the midst of the muck and mire of real life, and pours his love and mercy upon them.
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Yielding Our Kids to the Holy Spirit
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
One of the greatest parenting lessons God has ever taught me is that He is better at it than me! He is wiser, kinder, more patient, gentler, more loving, smarter...everything good...He is more and better than I am. What a relief!
And, He lives in my kids. The great Teacher, Counselor, Comforter, Advocate and Helper...the Paraclete Himself...The Holy Spirit lives inside of my kids. What does it mean as a parent to yield my kids over to His control? And how do I pray for my kids, that they themselves would yield their lives to the Holy Spirit?
In this episode we will dive into the Scriptures and explore those questions.
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
The Jesus Paul Preached
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
In this final episode of our series on Paul, we will look past Paul to the Jesus that he preached. Going through each of the 13 letters from Paul in our Bible today, we will look at and discuss beautiful passages about Jesus and His cross, resurrection, and return.
Like Paul, may our heart-cry be "I want to know Christ..."
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Safely into His Kingdom
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
As Paul journeys to Rome, the Lord stands by him yet again to give him courage and confidence in the midst of tremendous trial. With networking in such a way that challenges us even today, despite all the technology we have at our fingerprints, Paul presses on, with and toward people he loves and who love him in return. No matter the trial or suffering, Paul will not be stopped. He has full assurance that in the end, the Lord will deliver him safely into His kingdom.
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
To Live is Christ
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Led by the Spirit of God and strengthened by the Lord Jesus himself, Paul goes on to Jerusalem, knowing full well that prison and pain await him there. But, his aim is to preach the Gospel and every ounce of his life is all about Jesus, so to Jerusalem he goes. Come along as he undergoes one trial after another, being found innocent every time, yet remaining a prisoner for the sake of Christ.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
My Only Aim
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
As Paul finally gets to minister in Ephesus, we see him battling the forces of darkness as the Name of Jesus is lifted high. When his years in Ephesus draw to a close, we hear the heart of a man who loves Jesus..."My only aim...is to testify to the goodness of the grace of God." That is the heart of a transformed man who loves God and loves people.
May we love one another as purely.
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Nothing But Jesus
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
As Paul journeys on from Philippi into Thessalonica to Berea to Athens to Corinth, he tells us that he does so with one single resolve: to preach Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
In a world of false idols and immense suffering, Paul preaches the hope of the crucified and risen Lord Jesus. There was literally nothing the people of Greece needed more, and there is still literally NOTHING that we need more today.
Paul...a man who changed the world, wrote to the Corinthians "I resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified." (1 Corinthians 2:2) No human knowledge, no fancy science or the latest discovery in mathematics. Just Jesus. Only Jesus. Still today, Jesus is the answer.
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
The Second Journey: Part One
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
After being instructed "No!" twice by the Holy Spirit, Paul and Silas finally were given the divine green light to proceed westward across the Aegean Sea into Macedonia (now modern Greece). There, they met a dear woman who would become the first person to house a church in Europe, a demon-possessed slave girl, and a jailer who would come to Christ along with his entire household. Amidst suffering and persecution, Paul and Silas teach prisoners and freemen alike what it means to be filled with the unceasing joy of the Lord.
Seeking Pearls
In Matthew 13:45-46 Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of God is like a hidden pearl, which, upon finding it, becomes the greatest treasure of our lives.
Indeed it is. And His Word is overflowing with these beautiful, perfect pearls of the Kingdom...truths that take our breath away and set our hearts free.
This podcast is a Bible study podcast in which we study God's Word together, looking for, finding, and celebrating with each peal that comes our way.
Study with me, friend.
Let's seek pearls.