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The Lowly ShepherdEpisode 43 - Ephesians 6:17-24"With Travis Welch and Pastor J2022-07-1821 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 42 - "Ephesians 6:10-17a"With Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-07-1335 min
The Lowly ShepherdEpisode 41 "Ephesisans 6:1-9"with Travis Welch and Pastor J2022-06-2924 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 40 - "Ephesians 5:22-33"with Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-06-2228 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 40 - "Ephesians 5:11-21"With Travis Welch and Pastor J2022-06-1524 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 38 - "Ephesians 5:1-10"with Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-06-0930 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 37 - "Ephesians 4:25-32"With Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-05-1930 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 36 - "Ephesians 4:17-24"With Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-05-1926 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 35 - "Overturning Roe v. Wade: My Reactions"With Pastor J2022-05-1218 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 34 - "Ephesians 4:11-16"With Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-04-2737 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 33 - "Ephesians 4:1-10"with Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-04-2142 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 32 - "Ephesians 3:14-21"With Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-04-0743 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 31 - "Ephesians 3:1-13"Ephesians 3:1-132022-03-3043 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 30 "Ephesians 2:11-22"With Pastor J and Travis Welch2022-03-0843 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 29 - "Ephesians 2:1-10"Ephesians 2:1-102022-03-0349 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 28 - "Ephesians 1:15-23"Ephesians 1:15-23 Bible study2022-02-2341 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 27 - "Ephesians 1:3-14"We begin our bible study in Ephesians by covering the opening verses of chapter 1.2022-02-1644 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 26 - "Introduction to Ephesians"The start of our new study series on Ephesians. In this video we will deal with the various arguments for and against Pauline authorship, the dating, recipients and setting of the letter, as well as key themes, purpose and a general outline.2022-02-1139 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 25 "Introduction to Ephesians"We begin our study series on the book of Ephesians by talking about the Authorship, dating, reciepients, setting, key themes, purpose and basic outline. 2022-02-0924 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 25 - "My Top 5 Commentaries on Ephesians"As we get prepared to study the letter to the Ephesians - Here are my top 5 (plus a few more!) commentary recommendations for sermon prep, bible study and personal reflection. 2022-02-0124 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 24 - "How to Do Effective Bible Study Part 3 (of 3)"How to do effective bible study part 3 (of 3) In this episode I discuss biblical genres (styles of literature) and why it matters for proper interpretation of any given passage of scripture. I also discuss a few free online resources that are beneficial for personal bible study.
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2022-01-2629 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 23 - "How to Do Effective Bible Study - Part 2 (of 3)"Part 2 of 3 of effective bible study. This week I examine the importance of context when studying scripture - and not just the immediate grammatical context but the larger thematic, cultural and historic context that informs the author in the text. We also take a look at how to do a proper word study.2022-01-1943 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 22 - "How to Effectively Study your Bible - Part 1"Part 1 of 3 on how to effectively study your bible - covering the 3 basic rules of bible study and how to choose a good bible translation.2022-01-1238 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 21 - "My New Year's Resolutions for the Church in 2022"Welcome back for the New Year - with a new format coming soon and a new "studio" space!
Today - I'm discussing my 8 'hopes' or Resolutions for the American church in 2022. May God bless His church in the coming year!2022-01-0520 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 20 - "Common Myths About the Christmas Story"What do we get wrong about the biblical account of Jesus' birth? Donkeys? Innkeepers? Stables? Wise men? If you haven't heard it before - this will blow your mind!2021-12-1616 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpid 19 - "The State of the Southern Baptist Convention 2021"My take and opinion on the current state of the SBC in light of several recent controversies and scandals.2021-12-0741 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 18 - "Is the Position of Pastor Unbiblical?" (Pagan Christianity Part 4)The final part of my discussion/book review on the book Pagan Christianity by Frak Viola and George Barna.2021-11-3025 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 17 - "Is the Weekly Sermon Unbiblical"Part 3 of the series discussion and review of the book: Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna. This week deals with the topic of the sermon as the sort of 'centerpiece' of the typical Protestant worship service. Viola and Barna see no evidence of a prepared weekly sermon in the New Testament. They view it rather, as a carry over from pagan (mostly Greek) rhetoric and the monologues of ancient philosophers. There is little to no value in this format they argue - and further- it is detrimental to the spiritual growth of the congregation...but is this true?2021-11-2422 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 16 - "Is the Order of Service Unbiblical?"Part 2 of the series of reviews on the book: "Pagan Christianity" by Frank Viola and George Barna - Today dealing with the typical 'order of service' in modern churches.2021-11-1719 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 15 - "Is the Modern Worship Service Unbiblical?"The first in a series of podcasts reviewing the content of the book "Pagan Christianity" and asking tough questions about the origin and function of some of our oldest traditions and methods in the modern worship service.2021-11-1137 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 14 - "My Top 10 challenges that pastors face today"with Travis Welch2021-11-0352 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 13 - "Practical Tips for Personal Evangelisim" (With Travis Welch)Part 2 of our two week series on evangelism - this week we focus on more practical application and techniques for personal evangelism and try to 'demystify' the fear of not knowing how to witness to the lost.2021-10-2739 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 12 - "Why is it so hard to Evangelize?"A discussion about the various reasons and excuses for Christians not evangelizing. With guest Travis Welch, DOM, Kay Baptist Association. Part 1 or 2 series.2021-10-2042 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 11 - "Giants, Giants Everywhere!"Is Goliath the only giant mentioned in the bible? Would it surpirse you to find out that there were giants all over Canaan in ancient days? The conquest of the Promised Land and the command to devote entire cities to destruction had a lot to do with wiping out the giant clans!2021-10-1329 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 10 - "Who are the Sons of God in Genesis 6?"A discussion about the 3 major views of the "sons of God" and "daughters of man" in Genesis 6:1-4.
1. Traditional view of fallen angels
2. Kings or rulers
3. Line of Seth and line of Cain.
Also a survey of 1 Enoch material relevant to the conversation2021-10-0629 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 9 - "Who is Melchizedek?"Who is Melchizedek? who is this guy and what is his deal? There is actually a ton of extra-biblical material about him that ranges from the benign to mind-blowingly crazy! In this podcast I discuss some of the main issues with the person and priesthood of Melchizedek - from the meaning of his name to his appearances in 2nd temple Judaism.2021-09-2935 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 8 - "The Danger of Progressive Christianity" With Guest Travis WelchA discusion with Kay Baptist Association Director of Missions, Travis Welch about the dangers of the Progressive Christian movement and the disturbing trend of major Chrsitian worship leaders 'deconstructing' their faith. 2021-09-2236 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 7 - "What is Text Criticism?"A primer on the basics of Textual criticism answering three basic questions: 1. what is text criticism? 2. Why does it matter? 3. Can I trust my bible?2021-09-1535 minThe Lowly ShepherdAsk the Pastor Episode 2 - "Where Did Cain Get His Wife?"Questions about Genesis 4 and where did Cain's wife come from?2021-09-0906 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 6 - Misreading Scripture with Western EyesA talk about how we, as Americans, tend to read our own modern culture, values and custom intot eh scripture rather than pulling out the original meaning and author's intent.2021-09-0738 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 5 - Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?Some thoughts on the traditions about Moses and discussing the issue of authorship, composition and 'editing' of the Pentateuch2021-08-2532 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 4 - Unruly angels, the power of death, and questions about the IncarnationDeuteronomy 32 and how God divided the nations among the "sons of God"
Just what does it mean that Satan holds the Power of Death?
What exactly did Jesus 'empty' himself of when he became human?
Was it possible for Jesus to actually sin and if so, what does that say about his divinity?2021-08-1835 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 3 - Can you lose your salvation?Followup to sermon on Hebrews 2:1-4. Debating the question: is it possible for a genuine Christian to lose or walk away from the faith?2021-08-1134 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 2 - The Unseen Realm, The Divine Council and Why Jesus is the Greater "Son of God"Background to Hebrews 1:4-14 sermon on August 1st 20212021-08-0434 minThe Lowly ShepherdEpisode 1 - Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews?A followup to my introductory sermon on the "Greater than" series that began on 7/25/21. I dig into a brief discussion about the possibilities for the authorship of Hebrews as well as mentioning a few commentaries that I recommend. 2021-07-2934 min