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Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder Michael Smith
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- Religion & Spirituality
Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
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Enoch walked with God S1e43 Gen 5:18
Send us a Text Message.The God of the Bible has gone to repeated lengths for us to know about a man named ENOCH. He lived 365 years and walked with God for 300 of them. Then, he was taken. He was no more as far as those on earth could see. He did NOT pass through death, like the rest of humanity.Join me for 7 minutes as we admire a well-walked life.bewithme.us@gmail.com Castbox Spotify
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The geneology is the POINT S1e42 Gen 5:1
Send us a Text Message.In the Bible, a genealogy should not be a DISTRACTION, they should be the POINT. It is here we see that we have a personal, attentive, interactive, and faithful God.Today we will recount a very unique period of time. Everybody lived around 900 years so there were lots of overlapping generations. There certainly was a growing evil upon the earth, yet, there was a faithful remnant culminating in NOAH.If you feel like you are the only one out there trying to live a g...
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Inventing Worship S1e41 Gen 4:26
Send us a Text Message.Scholars say that Enosh INVENTS or at least POINEERS WORSHIP in Genesis. It is a verbal, public, directed and desperate response to the presence of a holy, good God. He decides to treat God in a certain way.Stay with me here, but Enoch's "invention" of worship does you and me NO earthly good unless we too decide to treat God in the same way. Everybody gets to decide if that "invention" is going to be used on our little acre. The question is not what will Enosh do,...
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Eve Saves the world S1e40 Gen3:25
Send us a Text Message.Eve saves the world in today's passage. To save the world you gotta build a boat. To build a boat you're gonna need a boat-builder. (Noah) To get to the boat-builder, you gotta go through SETH. To get to Seth, you're gonna need a faithful EVE.Here's the tricky part: This process takes 1525 YEARS! 8 generations stand between EVE's faithful response and NOAH'S heroics. No Eve, no Noah. No Seth, no Noah. No Noah, no rescue. In this sense, EVE SAVES THE WO...
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Polygamy = Pornography S1e39 Pr5:15
Send us a Text Message.God designed the marriage bed to have just two people in it: a husband and a wife. Polygamy is very similar to modern day porn in that OTHER people are allowed into the marriage bed. That is, the borders of marriage become porous. In a sense, both polygamy and pornography STEAL someone else's wife or future wife. They both take the "presence" and "sexual availability" of someone who is not your spouse and use them as if they are your spouse. In that way, polygamy = Porn...
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How many wives is best? s1e38 Gen4:18
Send us a Text Message.Seven generations into marriage, a guy named Lamech TOOK TWO WIVES. He opens a theological bees nest as to whether this is God's original INTENT. It affects all the rest of us in subsequent generations as we ask, "is polygamy ok?" The short answer is no, but. join me for a seven minute primer on God's heart for marriage. It is one man for one woman.bewithme.us Apple Podcasts spotify castbox