Ancient Words, Modern Message

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The past is a mirror. And the more we examine what came before us, the more we can understand where we are heading. This podcast is based on a series of Bible studies called Schmooze, News, and Views - where sections of old and new testament scripture are carefully examined. Hosted by Roger Wambold and released every other Monday.

  1. 5d ago

    When Little Is Much

    In this second episode in the series, “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times,” our study of the Old Testament Book of Judges reminds us that Israel’s fifth “judge” did not start his “career” after being voted “the most likely to succeed.”  In fact, by his own admission, it appeared as if he would only excel in mediocrity and insignificance.   But then, God showed up with an extremely ambitious plan for this very ordinary man, and isn’t that so very often how God chooses to work?  He seems to delight in taking the simple things and the non-spectacular people and empowering them for His use, the net effect of which is a manifestation of His glory and not ours. While there might be some folks listening to this podcast who have exceptional capabilities, most of us would certainly fit into Gideon’s category whose response to God’s call was (loosely paraphrased), “Who me?  You mean little old me?” Perhaps the best way to describe Gideon’s career as Israel’s fifth judge at a most difficult time would be, “Little is much. . .when God is in it,” as we are  reminded in an old Gospel song written in 1924.  And oh, listen carefully at the end of the study for the background of the song and its most amazing connection with a man whose name many will recognize. With that teaser, let’s turn to Judges six for this episode entitled, “When Little Is Much.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

  2. Aug 31

    The Reluctant Hero

    First impressions—We all are concerned about how we make them on others, and we all have formed opinions about others, based on them!   While most of us are familiar with the exploits of some of the outstanding men and women of the Old Testament, in many cases we have to admit that our first impression of them, as they appear in Scripture, may not have been the best.   So it is with Gideon, of whose life and accomplishments we learn in three chapters in the Book of Judges. At a time when Israel desperately needed a great leader, the scene opens in Judges six with the man Gideon hiding in fear from his nation’s enemies who had oppressed them for seven years—definitely not a good first impression! But then, there is more to the story. . .a great deal more. And that’s where we start in this new series entitled, “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times” (Studies in the Book of Judges 6-8), getting more acquainted with the fifth of Israel’s twelve judges, Gideon, in this first episode we call “The Reluctant Hero.”

  3. Aug 17

    Michael's Story

    Shalom!  I’m Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship. I look forward to each of these “Bagel-side Chats,” normally scheduled to be heard every seventh episode in the “Ancient Words, Modern Message” series of podcasts.  Frankly, I enjoy the informality of the format, and I even allow myself the luxury of considering it a “virtual visit” with each of you who listen in. In this fifteenth “Bagel-side Chat” (It’s hard for me to believe we’re already up to that number), it is my privilege to introduce you to a special friend and his connection with what you are hearing right now. Especially in this time when anti-Semitism is alarmingly on the rise worldwide, including our own country, the United States, it is important to determine its insidious root cause and its potential solution.  It is for this reason that I’ve chosen to introduce you to Michael and to share his story.  In fact, that’s the title of this episode, “Michael’s Story.”  Thanks for listening, and may God use his story to bless, encourage, and help you. Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

  4. Aug 3

    When the Right Man’s in Charge

    In his 1981 inaugural address, Ronald Reagan famously said, “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”  In his inimitable fashion, our 40th president “cut to the chase” and “hit the nail on the head,” recognizing and acknowledging that so long as men with a sinful human nature are elected to office, make laws, and govern nations, the nation over which they preside will be woefully imperfect. But what happens if “the Chief Executive” is a man not possessing a sinful human nature, one who is perfectly righteous, perfectly just, perfectly holy?  What happens if the only One who fits this description, Jesus Christ, is finally in complete control, completely in charge of human affairs on earth? The results are nothing short of extraordinary as can be seen in the prophet Zechariah’s description of a time in the future when this unprecedented government will be unveiled, a time when even the most ordinary of items will bear the hallmark of a holy God. In this sixth and final study in the series, “God Remembers:  Studies in Zechariah 12-14,” we carefully consider what the world will be like when Jesus rules and reigns on the earth, as all of the Old Testament prophets assure us He will,” a time “When the Right Man’s in Charge.”  And that is the title of this episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message, so let’s turn to Zechariah 14 and “dig in." Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

  5. Jul 20

    When Happy Days Are Here Again

    As the impact of the Great Depression in the fall of 1929 began to reverberate throughout the United States, Jewish composer Milton Ager and Jewish lyricist Jack Yellen released their song, “Happy Days Are Here Again,” at a time when the sufferings of the American people had just begun. Democrat presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt adopted the song for his 1932 campaign, resulting in his election to the first of three terms as president, likely due to the musical theme of better days waiting beyond the time of hardship (particularly if people voted for him!). Throughout history people have looked to the future in hopes of a better day when, as the song goes, “the skies above are clear again, so let’s sing a song of cheer again; happy days are here again.” In sixth century B.C. Israel, the prophet Zechariah received visions of the future of Israel and the Jewish people, a future characterized by enormous, in fact unprecedented, suffering.  However, those visions included the promise of a bright future awaiting them, not only them, but awaiting all of those who know Jesus as their Savior, Lord, and coming King.   For more on this, let’s turn to Zechariah 14 in the next study in this series, “God Remembers,” an episode entitled, “When Happy Days Are Here Again.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

  6. Jul 6

    The Glory Returns!

    Rarely does a day pass in which the state of Israel is not mentioned early on in the news media’s reporting of current events, which is quite remarkable, given the unimpressive land-mass and “junior-size” population of a country the size of the State of New Jersey and home to only ten million people.  And rarely does a day pass without any report, even the regularly understated ones, of an incident of violence against Jewish people as an expression of anti-Semitism somewhere in the world. One can’t help but have the distinct feeling that the future holds some kind of major eruption involving that little country and that small group of people—less than seven million Jews in Israel and a total of only slightly over fifteen million Jews worldwide. And that feeling is entirely consistent with the Old Testament prophecies regarding Israel and the Jewish people, including a remarkably dramatic depiction of the ultimate outcome of movements appearing center-stage right now, as reported in today’s news. It is important to note that the Old Testament prophets never “hedged” on their statement of what God is going to do with, and for, Israel.  Bible-believing people still embrace the statement—trite, but true—“God said it; I believe it; that settles it!” And one of the prophets even answered to a name which, every time it was spoken, was a reminder of the certainty of his prophecies:  Zechariah, meaning in Hebrew, “God remembers.” So let’s look into what Zechariah declares as the future of Israel and the Jewish people in this fourth installment of the series, “God Remembers!,” an episode we call “The Glory Returns!”   Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

  7. Jun 22

    There Is a Fountain. . .

    In Psalm 32 King David offers a personal testimony—from his own experience—of the sweet  assurance of sins forgiven when he writes: Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.  Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.  (Psalm 32:1-2 in the English Standard Version) Though even so great a leader as Israel’s King David could speak confidently of this assurance, the fact is that the concept is foreign to Jewish people today, as evidenced by the uncertainty with which they conclude their personal and corporate observance each year of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. And yet, the prophet Zechariah declared the message of a time when this joyful assurance of forgiveness will be extended to all of Israel, but sadly after a time of great adversity and persecution. The source of that forgiveness is the same for Jews and Gentiles alike, found only in the atoning death of Jesus. With that in mind, let’s open our Bibles to Zechariah chapter 13 for the third in the series, “God Remembers: Studies in Zechariah twelve through fourteen,” an episode entitled, “There Is a Fountain.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

  8. Jun 8

    Israel’s New Birth

    While there are those who say that God is finished with His dealings with national Israel, with the Jewish people as a whole—which essentially means that “The Chosen People” have become “The Un-Chosen People—both the Old and New Testament Scriptures indicate a future scenario quite to the contrary. It is certainly true that Jacob’s descendants have rarely walked in obedience and service to God (but then, whose descendants HAVE?), that doesn’t mean that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who chose the Jewish people to have a special relationship with Him and to be used by Him in special ways has moved from “Plan A” to “Plan B”! In this episode of “Ancient Words, Modern Message,” we look again at the Old Testament Prophet Zechariah’s message concerning the future of Israel, a future that is both frightening and reassuring. So I invite you to open your Bible to Zechariah, chapter 12 for today’s study in our series,“God Remembers!”, one entitled, “Israel’s New Birth." Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

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The past is a mirror. And the more we examine what came before us, the more we can understand where we are heading. This podcast is based on a series of Bible studies called Schmooze, News, and Views - where sections of old and new testament scripture are carefully examined. Hosted by Roger Wambold and released every other Monday.

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