MFahring - Podcast Details

Shows

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringLeviticus 20 – 23 :: Set Apart - Discovering God's Heart in Living Holy + HolinessHey friends! In this episode of Open Our Bibles Together with MFahring, we’re diving into Leviticus chapters 20 through 23, and trust me, this isn’t just a list of rules—it’s an invitation to understand God’s heart and what it means to live a life set apart. Leviticus 20 may seem intense with its focus on consequences, but it’s really about the seriousness of living in alignment with God’s holiness. God calls His people to be different, to stand out in the best way possible. Why? Because He wants them—and us—to reflect His character to the world. So good...2025-02-1243 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringLeviticus 8 – 11 :: Priestly Duties & God's Presence in the FireWelcome back to the book of Leviticus, my OOBTers! Today, we're diving into the ordination of the priests and how Jesus is Our Great High Priest. How He is right beside us. Never far off. Never distant as the priests of the Old Testament were from the Israelites. I just love that, don’t you? So beautiful. Together we'll see how Moses follows God's instructions for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, preparing them for service. In Leviticus 9 we recognize all the offerings we’ve studied already, but this time offered for the priests themselves. I can’t help but not...2024-09-0455 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringLeviticus 5-7 :: The Holiness & Presence of Our God + Those OfferingsWelcome back to the Open Our Bibles Together podcast! As promised at the end of our last episode, back to school equals back to the podcast after a much-needed summer break. It is honestly mind-blowing to consider all of the changes happening in our home and lives this Fall which makes me SUPER GRATEFUL I had the opportunity to slow down and soak in all of the times our F7 family spent together in Summer 2024. It truly was quite a blessing, BUT NOW, I’m back and VERY ready to dive into our studies in the book of Leviticus together. Sooo...2024-08-2154 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringLeviticus Intro + 1-4 :: Drawing Near to Our Holy GodHello and welcome back to another episode release of our podcast my friends!!! I’m so glad you are here as we begin our studies in the book of Leviticus together. And yes… I did say LEVITICUS. LOL! You may have heard me say in previous episodes of OOBT that the book of Leviticus is often referred to as the place where many one-year Bible reading plans go to die…. Oh goodness. But not for us am I right my OOBTers?! We got this… one chapter, one page at a time. ANNNDDD as I mentioned to you all when we recently f...2024-06-1953 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringThrowback Episode :: How I Study the BibleWelcome to Summer 2024 my friends! Today we are going to go all the way back to the beginning of OOBT – dusting off EPISODE TWO and once again taking a listen to some of my fav tips and tricks about How I Study the Bible… as a refresher for many of us and maybe even a first-time listen for all of our new friends who have joined us along the way! What a trip down memory lane to listen to this one from the very early days of the Open Our Bibles Together podcast. Oh my. LOL! Honestly, though, I thought now wa...2024-06-0527 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringThrowback Episode :: BONUS + PREQUEL to ExodusAs I promised at the end of our last episode of OOBT, we’re going to go back and take a re-listen to our bonus and prequel episode to Exodus from last summer (yep... a whole year ago!) because I really do believe that all I included in that one is going to mean so much more to us now that we've finished our studies in the book of Exodus. I know it sure did land differently for me when I went back to listen so I’m hoping it does the same for you, my friends. We truly have learn...2024-05-2228 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 34-36 :: The Glory & Presence of God “Show me Your glory.” These words not only ended our last episode of OOBT but are also the ones we pick back up with today as well. Not only does Moses have the opportunity to see God’s glory, but he also comes back down from Mt. Sinai with a radiant face from spending time in God’s presence. Wow! Just wow. We also hear the words God used to describe Himself. Gracious. Merciful. Slow to Anger. Faithful. Forgiving. Gosh, OOBTers… How can we not recognize all of these characteristics over and over again in His care for His people? In His continu...2024-04-2451 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 31-33 :: God Equips the Called + That Golden Calf IncidentWelcome to OOBT’s 60th episode my friends!! Yep… you read that right… the big 6-0! Wow! Let’s take a moment today to celebrate that we’ve reached another milestone here on OOBT… in our studies together… we just keep moving right along on those thin crinkly pages and the episodes just keep on piling up, don’t they?! Yay! I’m so glad you’re here with me to celebrate! Annndddd I am super humbled and oh so very excited to still be studying alongside each one of you … now 60 episodes later… AMAZING! Ok, enough of all that…how about we let our confett...2024-04-1047 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringEaster + Jesus On The Road To EmmausAnd then what? Have you ever taken a moment in your Easter celebrations to consider the answer to this question… to look to see what happens next in Scripture AFTER we read that the tomb was empty? When we do, what we find, is another 40 days of Jesus here on Earth. Annnndddd we also find a whole lot of post-Resurrection moments that could only be described as this…. Mundane. Now that’s definitely not a word any of us would have EVER thought could be associated with Easter, right?! BUT, in today’s episode, we’ll learn how the seemingly mundane post-R...2024-03-2744 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 28-30 :: The Priests + Our Great High Priest JesusIn today’s chapters in Exodus, we take a deep dive into God’s directions to Moses about the priestly garments and the consecration of the priests. However, please know this … all of this is merely meant to point us to Jesus who is described in the New Testament as our Great High Priest. He is the fulfillment of all the things that we see happening here in Exodus. PLUS, we learn quite a bit more about God and His desire to dwell with us as we finish out the remainder of the descriptions of the items to be placed within t...2024-03-1348 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 25-27 :: God With Us in the TabernacleToday’s studies on the podcast include LOTS AND LOTS of details about God’s plans to create a tabernacle as a place for Him to dwell among His people here on earth. I don’t know about you but this idea of God dwelling with us reminds me of one of my most favorite things about God… Emmanuel, our God with Us. Annnnddd if you have listened for any amount of time at all, you have probably also heard me say quite OFTEN on OOBT, that our Emmanuel is not just a baby in the manger. Actually, we saw God’s desi...2024-02-2837 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 22-24 :: God Lays Down Law & OrderLaw & Order. Anyone who knows me knows that ALL the Law & Order shows are my absolute favorites to watch… most specifically Olivia Benson and Law & Order SVU. 25 seasons and still going strong. So… yes… just in case you are wondering… the play on words in the title of this episode was 100% intentional! LOL! Truthfully, though, it also directly relates to where we are headed in our studies today on OOBT. The 10 Words or 10 Commandments. The Book of the Covenant. So many examples of how God is using His laws to bring order. And about those laws found in the Book of the Cov...2024-02-1453 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 19-21 :: Ten Words for Them & UsRemember Egypt. These two words seem to adequately sum up the beginning of our studies on today's episode of OOBT as we see God reminding the Israelites to remember their rescue … Oh gosh friends. What rescue or (if we're being honest) RESCUES, would God ask you to remember my OOBTers? We’ve already seen God's rescue, His provision, and His loving relationship with the Israelites being formed WAY before He now prepares to give them rules to live by. Relationship over rules… guessing you have probably heard that saying before and, yep, we talk about that a bit today too. And speak...2024-01-3157 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGod’s Cross References + I AM’s PlansHappiest of New Year's to all of you my OOBTers! I’m so very glad to be back studying with you after a much needed break during the holiday season! However, I can assure you that I am now 100% ready to jump right into our studies as together we take a deeper dive into just who is this I AM referenced 6,519 times in the Old Testament alone. To revisit Moses’ conversation with our Mighty God at the burning bush and be reminded that God often chooses the most ordinary people (like Moses, myself, and possibly even you) to play a signif...2024-01-171h 05

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringOut of Egypt I Called My Son Merriest ALMOST Christmas to all of you my OOBTers! It’s hard to believe this episode release happens less than one week before Christmas so let’s be sure we spend some time slowing our hearts and minds to lean into that story; to be fully prepared to celebrate that baby in the manger on Christmas Day. With that thought in mind, how about we start our time in this episode in the Christmas story with the Passover and dedication of the firstborn…. Makes perfect sense right?! Well, I certainly hope it does by the end of our time together anyway...2023-12-201h 03

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringRescue Came Down - His Name is Emmanuel Advent. A time to turn our attention toward preparing our hearts and homes to celebrate Jesus’ birth… prepare Him room so to speak. Today’s episode highlights some Old Testament threads, promises, and prophecies of the Rescuer who came down to the Israelites in Egypt just as our Rescuer came down in the form of the baby in a manger. How amazing it truly is. God Himself would come. God came down to rescue. Yes, the gift of that baby in the manger on Christmas morning is absolutely amazing but even more amazing is the mystery of our Savior’s presence fo...2023-12-0658 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringOnce Again Thankful for God With Us + My Dad ::I am guessing this will come as no surprise to any of us, but gratitude is not often our default setting. Complaining and grumbling is. Ouch. With that said (and since we are just coming off the grumbling and complaining of the Israelites in the wilderness after their Exodus from Egypt in our studies), I felt this is an ideal time to lean in here a bit more to have us all consider to true antidote to complaining and grumbling…. Yep… you guessed it. Thankfulness and gratitude. While we can all know this at a head level, it is much more...2023-11-151h 06

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringOOBT’s 50th Episode + 2nd Anniversary Celebration!!Hello and Welcome to this episode JAM PACKED FULL of ALL SORTs of celebrating OOBT’s 50th episode + 2nd ANNIVERSARY. Eek! Can you believe it!?! For that reason, we promise you are in for a TREAT today on OOBT… and that sure does seem fitting since we are celebrating not one but TWO big milestones am I right?! Anyway, this episode finds me not just talking to the wall by myself but instead sharing the mic with my Podcast Editor + Coach (and great friend), Tammy Munson of Wildfire Creative, for what we lovingly call the Tammy Takeover. LOL! She asks all t...2023-11-0125 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 16 – 18 :: Don't Go It Alone MosesGrumbling. Complaining. Manna from Heaven. Bread of Life. Water from the Rock. Living Water. Rest. Provision. Moses’ Raised Hands. Victory Over the Amalekites. “The LORD is My Banner.” Jethro’s Visit + Zipporah and Their Sons Return to Moses. ((How about I just go ahead and say it right now… the more I read about the grumbling of the Israelites and their many MANY complaints in the book of Exodus, the more I realize that I AM the Israelites. Ouch.)) Then there is that advice Jethro gives to Moses… those words found in Exodus 18:17-18 which read… “This is not good! You’re going to we...2023-10-1842 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 13-15 :: God Will Fight For Us FIGHT. This one word seems to accurately sum up today’s episode of OOBT. So. Much. Fighting. Pharaoh and his army came for the Israelites. The Israelites fought against Moses about bringing them out into the wilderness to die. God fought for the Israelites when their backs were to the Red Sea. A fight for freedom. A million voices singing praises to Yahweh their warrior and rescuer only for them to end our readings for today fighting against God and Moses by complaining of thirst in the desert. However, even with all this fighting going on today, let’s not overloo...2023-10-0452 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 10-12 :: And So The Exodus BeginsExodus 10-12 details the last three plagues of the ten plagues that fell upon Egypt because Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to let the people of God go. Locusts infesting the entire land and devouring whatever food was left after the hail, total darkness that lasted for three days and could be “felt,” the 10th and final plague of the death of all the firstborns in Egypt… through all of this, we have a front row seat to see the power and authority of God over all of creation. Then, in the middle of the night, an estimated 2-3 MILLION...2023-09-2055 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 7-9 :: The Dangers of Pharaoh’s Hard HeartToday on OOBT we find the phrase “Let my people go” on repeat. The reason why? Pharaoh’s hardened heart. Full stop. Over and over again we see God sending Moses and Aaron back to request Pharaoh let the Israelites go AND over and over again we hear Pharaoh refuse… just as God said he would. We also see on repeat the disaster and devastation Pharaoh’s hard heart brought upon Egypt. UNBELIEVABLE… especially when you consider what living through these plagues was like for the people… all the people… including Moses and Aaron. The Nile turned to blood. Frogs. Gnats. Flies. Deat...2023-09-0644 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 4 – 6 :: I AM Sends Moses + AaronIn today’s episode of OOBT, we pick up with more conversation between God and Moses at that burning bush. Truthfully, the verses covered in Exodus 4 were the literal mic drop moment in the creation of this podcast (and yep… the mic pun was definitely intended there! LOL!). These words are now forever etched in M’s mind as confirmation that God has called her to serve as a Bible Study Podcast Host for His glory and the good of others. Really though friends… when God says who made a human’s mouth? How does one even begin to argue with that...2023-08-2358 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExodus 1-3 :: Old Faithful + God’s FaithfulnessHello and Welcome to the book of Exodus OOBTers! Listen in as M helps us with the framework of what is for us only a flip of the page from Genesis to Exodus but actually represents many years of hard living and struggle for the Israelites in Egypt. There is so much happening in the “in-between” of the continuation of that storyline. Genesis begins at creation and concludes with the events leading up to the Israelites’ time in the land of Egypt just prior to their slavery there. As we begin in Exodus in today’s episode, we are going to hear G...2023-08-0948 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringBONUS + PREQUEL to EXODUSWelcome back OOBTers! This episode is both a BONUS and a PREQUEL to our upcoming studies in the book of Exodus. As M has been digging in to prep for this time together, she’s found so many things to share with you to help us transition from Genesis to Exodus. Truthfully, there are so many valuable things for us to hear … so many things discovered that M decided we would just make time for them in a BONUS + PREQUEL episode in an effort to help set us up for what is to come. The Big Picture. 400/430 years. Waiting. Slavery in Egy...2023-06-2841 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringThrowback Episode :: Why a Bible Study Podcast? Welcome to Summer 2023 OOBTers! In today's episode, we are going to go all the way back to the beginning of OOBT as a refresher for many of us as well as maybe even a first-time listen for all of our new friends who have joined us along the way! If finishing the book of Genesis has taught us anything, for sure it has shown us the importance of the beginnings of all things. With that in mind, let's revisit together just how this Bible study podcast even came to be. Join M as she discusses the why and who behind th...2023-06-1427 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 49-50 :: God Meant it for Good:::: THAT’S A WRAP MY OOBTers!! :::: WELL…. WITH THE BOOK OF GENESIS ANYWAY! 🎉🎉🎉 Two books down (Genesis and Job) with only 64 more to go! We got this right?! LOL! So we FINISH the book of Genesis today AND up next we’ll BEGIN Exodus. In the meantime, though, please tuck this truth in the back of your mind… We cannot cut the ties between the books of Genesis and Exodus. (More on that later… I promise!) God Meant It for GOOD. Joseph spoke these hard-earned words to be a guide for us in the hard times of life as well. In our own Hard Good sto...2023-05-3151 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 43 - 45 :: With God, There is ALWAYS a Meanwhile...Hey there! M here checking in with all of my absolute favorite Bible study partners as we take a deep dive together into Genesis 43-45 in this episode release of the OOBT podcast. Truthfully, where should we even begin as there is so much found in these three chapters tucked near the middle of Joseph’s story… With that in mind, how about we start by considering some of the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of these brothers on that trip back to Egypt and even on the way to Joseph’s palace. There is so much depth, and humanness lying beneath...2023-05-0349 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 40 - 42 :: God Was With Joseph + God With UsToday’s OOBT can best be summed up with these words you’ll hear in this episode, “When you are facing a setback, the beginning of a Joseph-like attitude is to acknowledge that God is with you. There is nothing like His presence to shed new light on a dark situation.” Oh my. Yet another example of our Emmanuel - God With Us, right?! And nope, that is absolutely not just a title of God and Jesus that we should only leave in the Christmas story… here we see it alluded to in the story of Joseph as well. Let’s hold tight...2023-04-1942 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringThere's Something About Those Marys + EasterTHERE REALLY IS SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. About both of those Marys. Pretty bizarre way to describe an EASTER edition of the OOBT podcast, right?! Today we take a closer look at Mary Magdalene + Mary of Bethany (plus her sister Martha and brother Lazarus) as we consider the miracles and events leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection. Kinda hard to explain briefly, but M PROMISES it will make more sense when you listen in! LOL! Let’s be sure we don’t rush through this week without taking a moment to fix our eyes on the miracles + Holy Week + Easter stories s...2023-04-0537 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 37-39:: Joseph + Judah – Two Brothers & Their Intersecting Stories of BrokennessToday on OOBT, we start our studies with Joseph being sold into slavery and THEN in the very next chapter we read about his brother Judah, and his daughter-in-law, Tamar, to THEN end our time together back with Joseph… but this time… in prison. What seems like a break in the narrative actually becomes crucial to our understanding of the unfolding metanarrative of scripture found in both stories – Joseph’s + Judah and Tamar (and their eventual inclusion in the lineage of Jesus). Both stories are VERY important after all - to the Bible’s developing storyline that gives us all a glimpse...2023-03-281h 02

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 34-36: Jacob + God’s Steadfast Love & FaithfulnessOk, friends, let's just start with this... there’s some really hard stuff found in Genesis 34-36. This one actually comes with a trigger warning as the subject of rape, abuse, and murder are all dealt with in Dinah’s story, as found in Genesis 34. However, as God often does, there is so much tenderness and steadfast love tucked in these chapters as well. Reminders that Jacob’s return to Bethel… to the place he had previously met with God – is also a valuable reminder to each of us to take time in our own lives to remember God’s faithfulness t...2023-03-1547 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 31 - 33 :: Jacob - Wrestling With God + OthersWrestling. This one word seems to sum up almost everything happening in today’s OOBT episode. Wrestling between Jacob and Laban as Jacob leaves to return to Canaan. Literal wrestling between God and Jacob. (Yes… this really happens!!) Jacob wrestling with his identity and is then given a new name by God. The end of the wrestling between two brothers after 20 years. Oh, friends, maybe you, too, are in a season of wrestling right now… Maybe you, too, need to hear how God worked all the wrestling and chaos out in someone else’s life. If so, then today’s episode is d...2023-03-0140 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 28-30 :: Leah & Rachel - The Tale of Comparison + CompetitionToday’s episode opens with a 500-mile journey (on the run) to Haran. A stairway from heaven. God’s reminder of promises He made to Abraham and Isaac (and now to Jacob). The cheater is cheated. The deceiver is deceived. And then throw in a whole lot of striving, comparison, hurt, jealousy, resentment, and competition between two sister-wives. How about we just come right out and say it… isn’t it the most amazing thing that God would choose to use sinners to accomplish His purposes and plan?! Truthfully though, it’s so important for us to remember that sinners are actuall...2023-02-1548 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 25-27 :: Lies and Deceit - The Story of Two BrothersDeceit. Manipulation. Cheating. Favoritism. Fear. Doubt. Hatred. Danger. Now that’s quite a list, isn’t it?? Today our study resumes in Genesis with the death of Abraham and then lands us right back in the story of Isaac + Rebekah + their twin sons. And every single word on that list above is found in today’s episode of OOBT. Whew. The story of Esau + Jacob begins with a scandalous claim that the older brother would serve the younger, and it certainly doesn’t improve from there! However, as we have already seen in Genesis (and Job), God only has imperfect, sinful peop...2023-02-0145 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringCalled to Go in 2023Welcome back OOBTers to a New Year + New Episode of the Podcast! As we are a little over one year into M’s obedience to God’s call for her to be a Bible Study Podcast Host, listen in as she not only encourages herself to keep on in the God-sized mission God gave her in OOBT, but also encourages each one of us to step into both the big and the small callings God places on each one of our hearts, minds, and lives. Please please please be sure to not only listen in but to then also process this o...2023-01-1842 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringThe Awe + Wonder of Our Savior's Birth ::Merry Merry Merriest of Christmases to each of you! Be sure to join M on today’s episode of OOBT as she leans in to consider the real lives of the people involved in the Christmas story. In all honesty, her prayer has been and continues to be that God will give us all a new sense of AWE + WONDER as we look closer at the gift of that baby boy in the manger through the eyes of Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, and the Wise Men even… that we will find new ways to approach the story we may ha...2022-12-2157 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringAdvent - God With Us While We WaitWelcome back, friends! Be sure to listen in to today’s episode as we dive right on into M’s most favorite time of the year = Advent + Christmas. With that in mind, did you know that Advent actually has two meanings? He has come + He is coming. The first Advent of Jesus as the baby in the manger, and the second Advent will be when He returns someday to make all things right and new. In the meantime, though, Jesus is Emmanuel, God With Us. In the hard and the good. The joy and the pain. In the weariness. In the w...2022-12-0743 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringThankful for God With Us + My DadHey there OOBTers! Before we get started today, please know that this episode is coming to you from a place of deep heartbreak, loss, and grief mixed with a whole lot of thankfulness and gratitude. “Both/And.” Hard and Good. Joy and Pain. Truthfully, on this side of heaven, we seem to always live in the tension of having both joy AND pain in our lives in one form or another … all at the same time. Often found in varying degrees of more joy or more pain, but both are present. Always. Right now. Be sure to listen in for some ques...2022-11-2336 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 21-24LET’S BEGIN THIS EPISODE BY CELEBRATING OOBT’s ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 3rd!! 🎉 🎉 🎉 Eek! Can you believe it?! M is so over the top thrilled to reach this one-year milestone by the grace of God + alongside each one of you. Annddd she is EVEN MORE excited to see where our studies continue to take us together in the future! WOW! Just wow. With all that said, please join M as we dig deeper in our study of Abraham, including a promise + 25 years of waiting + the promise finally fulfilled through the birth of Isaac. God kept His Word. He always does, friends...2022-11-0957 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 16-20In today’s extended episode, M continues our study of Abraham’s story together. M admits she struggles to stay within the allotted time frame for episodes as she finds so many things that she feels she must share. Guilty as charged! LOL! With this in mind, our reading begins with Sarai taking matters into her own hands and her servant Hagar then running away to the wilderness to meet with the God Who Sees. Abram is renamed Abraham, Sarai becomes Sarah, Sodom & Gomorrah are destroyed, Lot’s wife looks back and is turned to salt, + God steps in to once ag...2022-10-261h 07

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis-12-15 Hello, again, OOBTers! Join M as she takes us back to the beginning… well, the beginning book of the Bible anyway! Following our completion of the book of Job, we are heading back to Genesis. Specifically, we are diving back in at chapter 12 with a promise of God to Abram (who will later be renamed, Abraham). Listen in as M discusses covenants, waiting, the unbreakable promises of God, and how not even one of God’s promises to Abraham remains unfulfilled. Did you hear that? Not a single one. Amazing! So you may be asking, why should a set of ancient...2022-10-1257 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringExtended BONUS - Threads to PullWelcome back OOBTers! M is VERY excited to share today’s BONUS + EXTENDED episode with you! You may or may not have noticed yet, but this one pulling some threads from the book of Job is 1 HOUR & 15+ MINUTES of content - now that’s definitely BONUS + EXTENDED, right?! M has a variety of perspectives to discuss in this episode as we determine how to struggle well… to suffer strong… in our own Job moments of life. Something she landed on repeatedly in her studies is our need to redefine the definition of good (and even hard) as Christians. GoodHard...2022-09-281h 16

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 38-42God shows up in a very real way on today’s episode of OOBT!! The God who speaks… Eek! We have waited so very long for this moment!! Join M as she shares what she discovered in studying the last F I V E chapters of the book of Job. Yep. You read that right - we are wrapping up our first full book of the Bible in this episode! CUE THE CONFETTI, right friends?! ((Surely you are already aware that M is ALWAYS game for throwing confetti in the air in celebration!! LOL! 🎉 🎉 🎉)) You also don’t want to miss it as M ties...2022-09-1448 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 32-37 Today’s OOBT episode finds us meeting friend #4, Elihu, who, up until this point, has remained silent. He begins his speech by claiming God had “advanced his wisdom way beyond his years”… well friends, you’ll just have to listen in to find out if he was right about that! Truthfully though, are you exhausted by the ways Job is repeatedly misunderstood? Imagine losing all Job has lost, feeling distant from God, and your friends all just keep attacking you -- and you can’t, for the life of you, think of what you might need to repent of! Oh, and you’re cov...2022-08-3146 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 29-31Have you ever found yourself whispering or even yelling these words out loud? Oh, friends, M has too. Why God? Listen to today’s episode as we find Job heartbroken as he remembers how good his life had been. We would have understood if this was Job’s tipping point, right?! BUT Job still cries out to God. It is a despairing cry, but a cry nonetheless: “I cry out to you for help, but You do not answer me.” His words foreshadow the ultimate cry of despair when Christ hangs on a cross and asks, “My God, my God, why have yo...2022-08-1744 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 25-28Life. Loss. Loneliness. Suffering. Heartaches. All of these things confuse us and can lead us into dark places as we question over and over the things we can’t understand. Like Job, sufferings in our lives often leave us desperately searching for answers. Searching for wisdom. Searching for God. Join M as she continues to journey through the pages of scripture to see how these painful places are often where we discover the deepest, most precious treasure. God Himself. The entire book of Job gives us a glimpse into his immense sufferings, but as we will soon see, the book ulti...2022-08-0338 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 22-24PLEASE NOTE:: Today’s episode comes with a trigger warning as M speaks candidly of her experiences with miscarriage and depression. Hey friends! This one is a definite switch in OOBT’s typical content + format as M spends time openly sharing about a shattering Job season in her own life… and the ways God showed up to meet her in the depths of her despair as well as some “good” she now recognizes He brought to her life on the other side of her time in the pit so to speak. The statement, “God is making beauti...2022-07-2055 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 15-1786,400 seconds. The length of a day. Have you ever thought about that? Let that number sink in for a minute, OOBT friends, and then be sure to join M as she helps us consider the many ways God can (and often does) use the heartbreak and pain of walking through one more TODAY in the midst of our own struggles… the next 86,400 seconds… and the next and the next. AND SPOILER ALERT HERE: M takes us for a peek at the end of the book of Job. Have you ever been guilty of that too? Of reading a book that was ge...2022-06-2251 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 11-14Ridicule. Scorn. Reproach. Contempt. Criticism. Just saying those words makes our hearts heavy for Job. In today’s episode, we hear from Job’s third friend, Zophar, who lashes out at him in anger, saying that Job deserved more punishment, not less. Ouch. Have you ever been devastated by the false accusations of a friend? Or misunderstood by someone you love and trust? Pretty sure we can all say we have experienced these heartaches at some point in our lives. Maybe even right now. Be sure to listen in to how, in the midst of the seemingly constant criticism of his f...2022-06-0838 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 8-10In today’s episode, M continues our study of Job’s story together. Our reading starts with Job having to endure the bad advice, harsh words, and untrue accusations from the second of his three friends, Bildad. We then return to the courtroom so to speak as we did in the heavenly courtroom scenes between God and Satan, the Accuser, in chapters 1 + 2, but this time it is Job requesting a personal appearance before God Himself to plead his case. Be sure to listen in to hear how Job presents his case of innocence against what he believes is the unjust God...2022-05-2548 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 5-7Welcome back, OOBTers! In today’s episode, M picks up where we left off last time…in the middle of a conversation between Job and one of his friends, Eliphaz. Oh, how devastated and hurt Job must have been by the barrage of words Eliphaz is attacking him with. Unexplainable and unimaginable grief with debilitating pain plus now accusation upon accusation of wrongdoing he did not commit coming from one of his closest friends… can you even imagine what Job is thinking and feeling at this point in his life?! Then we hear from Job once again in response to Eliphaz...2022-05-1136 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 2 - 4Today on OOBT, join M as she once again returns to our study in the book of Job. Together we see Job had no sooner finished saying, “The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord” after losing his 10 children and all his possessions, when Satan, the Accuser, once more enters the heavenly courtroom to ask God for permission to take Job’s health as well. Really?! Goodness gracious. Fast forward a bit as M offers a not-so-common perspective about Job’s wife and his response to her harsh words. While the arri...2022-04-2730 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringHoly Week + EasterJoin M as she pauses our study in the book of Job to take a deep dive into all things related to Holy Week … just in time for Easter! As M discussed during our Advent studies, God is in the business of revealing new things constantly through His Word, and we just must have our hearts ready to receive by reading this story we’ve possibly already heard hundreds of times before with fresh eyes and a heart desiring to discover more and more of our Savior on the cross who leaves an empty tomb on the thir...2022-04-1342 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringJob 1In today’s OOBT episode, join M as she transitions us from Genesis to the 18th book of the Bible in our chronological Bible reading plan – Yep - You heard that right - #18! Anyway, Job chapter 1 lands us about 400 years post-flood, and we meet a man named (you guessed it) Job. Initially, Job sounds a whole lot like Noah -- he’s blameless and upright and fears God. In Noah’s story, things got really dark, then there was some relief at the end, and we’ll see the same type of thing playing out in Job’s story, but not before we...2022-03-3032 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 9 -11Did you know that the word for rainbow in the promise God made to Noah actually refers to a bow in some other Bible translations? As in a warrior’s bow. God hung up His bow in the sky and promised to never again destroy the earth by flood. Pretty interesting perspective, right?! Or did you know that the events happening after Noah’s family leave the ark clear up until the incident between Noah and his sons in the vineyard are said to be a second creation? A new command to be fruitful and multiply, another gard...2022-03-1531 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 6 - 8Maybe you’ve heard the verse from the book of Genesis that says Noah did everything exactly as God commanded him. But have you ever taken a closer look to see precisely what God commanded him to do? Join M as she does just that and discovers along the way Noah’s everything + exactly = 100+ years building an ark in the middle of the desert when he had never even seen rain & over a year (371 days by most accounts) on a boat with his wife, 3 sons, their wives, and over 7,000 animals. Well, now that sounds cozy AND incredibly smelly, right?! And by the...2022-03-0238 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 4 + 5Today on OOBT, M dives right on into the first true crime story in the Bible. Yep. You read that right. The first true crime story in the Bible story is found in Cain’s murder of Abel. This murder of one brother by another brother puts a whole new (and very disturbing) take on that phrase you often hear parents often say; “They fight so much I hope they don’t kill each other.” Yikes! Sibling rivalry. Anger. Murder. Unfortunately, this murder is only the beginning of the downward spiral of sin found in Genesis. However, on a more pos...2022-02-1633 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 2 + 3In today’s episode, join M as she backtracks a bit into Genesis 2 to talk about how dust and broken-off bone don’t seem like the most promising of beginnings, BUT when the breath of God is added, these were nothing turned into the most glorious something. Moving on to Genesis 3, M considers how the serpent’s deception in the Garden of Eden began with only four words. “Did God really say?” Discover how this one question not only led to the fall of Adam and Eve into sin but ALSO became a promise from God to sen...2022-02-0231 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 1 + 2Have you ever wondered just why the universe God created is so gigantic? Join M as she shares what she learned when searching for an answer to this question as well as ties together multiple themes related to the creation account as found in Genesis 1+2. A Perfect Home. The Beginning of a Love Story. A Blank Page. Law and Order. The Trinity. A Trip Around the Sun. Rest. God-Blessed Rest. When not If. Sound a bit unrelated?! Be sure to listen in to find out how M connects it all together for us! For the full episode show notes, please go...2022-01-1933 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringGenesis 1Isn’t there’s just something about beginnings, a new start, a new year, a new day even, a clean white planner page just waiting to be filled… Well, you get the idea, right?! Join M as she begins a deep dive in the very first thin, crinkly pages of our Bibles… The beginning of all beginnings, the book of Genesis. The true history of who God is, who we are, where we came from, how things went wrong, and God’s planned rescue through Jesus all along. Genesis lays the foundation for everything else we will encounter in the remaining 65...2022-01-0530 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringAdvent: Christ Our Savior is Born!Join M for this extended Advent BONUS episode of the podcast as she takes a deep dive into all things related to the Christmas story… just in time for Christmas! God is in the business of revealing new things constantly through His Word; we must have our hearts ready to receive by reading this story we’ve possibly already heard hundreds of times before with fresh eyes and a heart desiring to discover more and more of that baby boy in the manger on the thin, wrinkled pages of our Bibles. That baby in the manger who also becomes our Savio...2021-12-2237 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringAdvent : Waiting for the MessiahIt’s beginning to sound a whole lot like Christmas…. Well, Advent actually… on the podcast today friends! Join M as she ties together multiple themes related to Advent. The Waiting. The Arrival. Prophecies of Jesus. Promises fulfilled. The Old Testament and the New Testament. 400 years of Silence. The Family Line of Jesus. Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. A weary world rejoices on a Holy Night. And even more Waiting. Should be interesting right?! Be sure to listen in to find out! For the full episode show notes, please go to https://mfahring.com/advent-waiting-for-the-messiah/2021-12-1519 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringHow I Study the Bible 2021-11-1729 min

Open Our Bibles Together with MFahringWhy a Bible Study Podcast?So how did this Bible study podcast even come to be? Join M as she discusses the why and who behind the creation of the Open Our Bible Together with MFahring podcast. You may be surprised to learn it has a whole lot to do with Moses’ conversation with God at the burning bush + a hard good that needed a surrendered yes. For the full episode show notes, please go to https://mfahring.com/why-a-bible-study-podcast/2021-11-0125 min