The Preaching of the Cross

THE BIBLE Baptist Church of DeLand, FL
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The Preaching of the Cross is the daily weekday radio ministry of Pastor James W. Knox, featuring in-depth, expository Bible teaching.

  1. 17h ago

    The Bible as Science: Jonah and the Whale

    Jonah and the whale gets mocked so often that many people assume the Bible must be careless with facts and science. We take the opposite approach: slow down, read the text plainly, and ask what the evidence actually supports. From the opening minutes, we lay out why “science falsely so called” is not a threat to Scripture, and why the loudest attacks on biblical accuracy tend to come from a surprisingly small list of recycled objections. We then turn to the core controversy: the book of Jonah and the two verses critics most want deleted, the great fish swallowing Jonah and later casting him onto dry land. Rather than dodging the hard questions, we walk through what the passage says, why the miracle is the point, and why changing the Bible to fit the scholarship of any generation is a dead end. Along the way, we highlight how often people discuss Jonah without ever reading its four short chapters for themselves. Finally, we build the positive case for Jonah’s historicity, first through the historical reference in 2 Kings and then through the conclusive testimony of Jesus Christ. Jesus treats Jonah as real, ties Jonah’s three days and three nights to His own burial and resurrection, and points to Nineveh’s repentance as a warning to the hard-hearted. We also explore a more human, more believable reason Jonah runs: not because God is “tribal,” but because Nineveh is dangerous, hated, and frightening for a lone prophet. Subscribe for weekday Bible teaching, share this with a friend who thinks Jonah is just a legend, and leave a review telling us what Bible objection you want us to examine next. Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    25 min

  2. 1d ago

    The Bible as Science: Spectroscopy and Meteorology

    If someone told you the book of Job contains scientific questions that still corner modern thinkers, would you roll your eyes or lean in. I lean in, because Job 38 doesn’t read like a vague religious poem. It reads like a series of direct challenges about the physical world, asked thousands of years before modern instruments existed, and that tension is exactly where today’s conversation lives. We walk through the startling line “By what way is the light parted?” and connect it to what we now call spectroscopy, the method scientists use to analyze light and even identify the composition of distant stars. From there, we move into meteorology, exploring lightning, thunder, and precipitation, and why rain falls on wilderness where no man dwells. Along the way, we contrast God’s providence with the enormous human cost of moving water into cities, and we ask what that should do to our pride. Then we slow down and stare at something we all take for granted: water. Why does ice float, insulating life beneath it all winter, when so many substances sink as they solidify. We talk about heavy water, the strange expansion near freezing, and why describing a phenomenon is not the same as explaining it. The deeper theme is simple: when science can measure so much yet cannot control drought, storms, seasons, or the basic mysteries of water, maybe the honest response is humility before the Creator. If you enjoy faith and science conversations, biblical apologetics, and expository Bible teaching rooted in Scripture, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    25 min

  3. 2d ago

    The Bible as Science: Unanswered Questions

    Science gets invoked like a trump card in conversations about faith, but what happens when the Bible itself raises scientific questions that still humble the modern mind? We take you to Job 38, where God confronts human pride with simple, piercing challenges: Have you ever commanded the morning to come on time, or made the dawn “know its place”? If you have ever stared at the ceiling at 2 a.m. wishing the night would end, you already understand the force of that question. From there we follow the text into the sky and out into space, looking at the order behind timekeeping and the staggering precision that our clocks only imitate. Then we pause over a vivid ancient image, “the earth is turned as clay to the seal,” and talk about why that language sounds a lot like Earth’s rotation in sunlight. The goal is not to worship human cleverness, but to put our knowledge in its proper place and let Scripture speak with the weight it claims. Next we drop into the deep ocean and the mystery of “the springs of the sea.” Even with submersibles, pressure suits, and modern marine research, the seafloor still defeats our tools and keeps secrets locked under crushing pressure. We also challenge a comfortable assumption: mechanical progress and modern convenience do not automatically make us spiritually wiser or morally better. Finally, we explore “the treasures of the snow and the hail,” connecting the passage to real agricultural value through nitrogen compounds that enrich the soil. If you care about the Bible and science, Christian apologetics, or just want a serious answer to the claim that “science disproved Scripture,” this message will give you plenty to think about. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves big questions, and leave a review with your take: which question from Job 38 exposes human limits the most? Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    25 min

  4. 3d ago

    The Bible as Science: The Oldest Book

    Modern science loves to critique the Bible, but what happens when the Bible turns around and questions science? We open Job 38 and watch God respond to Job’s challenge with a blunt examination of creation, origins, and human limits and the most honest answer keeps resurfacing across the centuries: “I don’t know.” We build the case that the Bible and science are not natural enemies when you actually read the text. Drawing on the Book of Job (often called the oldest book of the Bible), Pastor James W. Knox argues that Scripture contains striking anticipations of discoveries people label “modern,” and that many confident critics simply haven’t grappled with what the passage is claiming. Along the way, we retell Harry Rimmer’s memorable story of leading scientists trying to answer Job’s forty questions and realizing how quickly expertise runs out when the questions move from technology to first causes. Then we dig into three big ideas from Job 38: the unanswered riddle of where we were when earth’s foundations were laid, the mystery of life and consciousness that even embryology cannot fully pin down, and the provocative line about the “morning stars” singing, connected to physics, wavelengths, and the relationship between light, color, and sound. We close at the shoreline, asking what truly holds the sea inside its boundaries and what that means for a biblical worldview rooted in the power and authority of God’s Word. Subscribe for more Bible teaching, share this with a friend who loves faith-and-reason conversations, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    26 min

  5. 4d ago

    The Bible as Science: Precise Accuracy

    Genesis gets dismissed with a slogan: “The Bible says there was life before there was light.” We slow that claim down, read what the text actually says, and show why the easy objection doesn’t hold up. Then we go one step further, because the real question is bigger than a talking point: when Scripture touches the natural world, does it contradict reality or describe it with surprising clarity? We walk through the Bible as science by connecting Genesis 1 to what we now know about atmosphere, daylight, and even organisms that live best in darkness. The Carlsbad Caverns example is unforgettable: microscopic life discovered in deep cave waters that withers under sunlight. From there, we move into the heat of the classroom where skeptics love to challenge believers, including a charge that Paul made a “cytological error” when he wrote that different creatures have different kinds of flesh. We talk through the argument, the common-sense reply, and how modern forensic-style testing supports the idea that human and animal tissue are not the same. Next we turn to anthropology and Acts 17: God “hath made of one blood all nations of men.” Whatever our background, a lab can identify human blood, but it cannot split humanity into separate blood-based categories the way prejudice tries to. Finally, we land where the Bible itself lands: “the life of the flesh is in the blood” and the gospel claim that atonement is found in the blood shed at Calvary. If you care about biblical reliability, faith and science, creation, human unity, and the message of salvation, this broadcast ties them together with a clear, direct line. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves big questions, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s the toughest Bible and science objection you’ve heard? Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    26 min

  6. Jun 5

    The Bible as Science: Catching up with Scripture

    People love to say the Bible is outdated the moment science speaks with confidence. We take that challenge head-on by laying Scripture next to the timeline of discovery and asking an uncomfortable question: why do so many “modern” scientific ideas show up in an ancient book first? We start with the unseen world of matter and Hebrews 11:3, a statement that what we see is not made from what appears. From there we connect it to the story of atomic theory, the limits of what experts once claimed could never be observed, and why those claims did not age well. Then we move to Job 26:7 and its blunt line that God “hangeth the earth upon nothing,” contrasting it with the imaginative ancient myths people used to explain the earth’s support. Next we trace the water cycle through Ecclesiastes 1:7, where rivers run to the sea without filling it because the water returns again, a simple description that fits evaporation and precipitation. We also look at Isaiah 60:8 and the language of humans flying and coming home, then close with practical public health as Leviticus 13:45 describes a cloth covering used to limit the spread of disease, echoing what modern prevention and germ awareness later formalize. If you care about Bible and science, biblical accuracy, and faith that can take tough questions, listen through and weigh the pattern for yourself. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves debates, and leave a review with your take: coincidence or revelation? Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    25 min

  7. Jun 4

    The Bible as Science: Four Corners of the Earth

    People love to say the Bible can’t survive modern science. We push back hard on that claim and keep our “Bible as science” series moving with a simple question: how could an ancient book stay in step with discoveries that required microscopes, telescopes, and modern instruments to even see? We start with the deeper reason Genesis draws so much fire. If creation is real, then the fall into sin is real, and that forces a personal reckoning with guilt, pride, and our need for God’s salvation. From there we tackle one of the most repeated objections, Isaiah’s “four corners of the earth,” and explain why everyday language and poetic phrases are not scientific blunders. Then we go to Isaiah 40:22 and the “circle of the earth” to show how Scripture can speak truth beyond the common beliefs of its time. Next we zoom out to the modern world’s obsession with progress, from fast travel to instant global communication, and ask what really produces scientific discovery. If the ancients lacked the tools that make modern research possible, how did biblical writers record statements that line up with later findings? We end with Genesis examples that touch biology and oceanography, including the gathering of waters and the connected seas, and we call listeners back to confidence in God’s Word rather than fear of changing theories. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves the Bible and science debate, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

    26 min

  8. Jun 3

    The Bible as Science: Ancient Origin Myths

    People love to say, “The Bible isn’t scientific,” but the deeper question is this: why does Scripture refuse to copy the so called scientific “wisdom” of the ages when it was written? Pastor James W. Knox continues a Bible study series on the Bible as science, arguing that the Word of God not only speaks in plain language, it also avoids the errors that dominated ancient thought. If you have ever been told faith is for the uneducated or that modern knowledge makes Genesis obsolete, this message aims straight at that assumption.  We walk through vivid examples from ancient Egyptian, Chaldean, and Babylonian origin stories, the kind of material Moses and other biblical writers would have known if they were merely repeating culture. From winged eggs and worm-ancestors to chaotic monster legends, the episode contrasts those myths with the simple, forceful claim of Genesis: God created. We also talk about why repeated attempts to rewrite Scripture to fit academic trends keep aging poorly, while the Bible stays steady across centuries of scrutiny and archaeological discovery.  Then we tackle the modern battlefield of origins. We argue that “origins” is philosophy more than laboratory science, and we lay out why special creation and organic evolution make opposing claims you cannot merge without losing clarity. Underneath the debate is a heart issue: if creation and the fall are true, sin and guilt are real, and the only rescue is the Lord Jesus Christ. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves science and big questions, and leave a review with your take: can faith and modern science agree without rewriting either one? Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.com Ministry Website — JamesWKnox.org  YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermons Sermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLand Web Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

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The Preaching of the Cross is the daily weekday radio ministry of Pastor James W. Knox, featuring in-depth, expository Bible teaching.

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    THE BIBLE Baptist Church of DeLand, FL
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    117
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