Bible Chapter by Chapter

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Bible Chapter by Chapter is a calm, podcast-style journey through Scripture using the public-domain World English Bible (WEB). Each episode reads one full chapter, then adds clear context, simple commentary, and a short prayer to help you listen, reflect, and grow. Great for daily devotions, small groups, and new believers who want God’s Word explained without noise. Walk through the Gospels, Psalms, Proverbs, and more, one chapter at a time. Listen. Reflect. Grow.

  1. 21 hr ago

    My Marriage Is Falling Apart. Can God Save It?

    What do you do when your marriage is falling apart? You didn't get married expecting to reach this point. Maybe the connection is gone. Maybe resentment has built up. Maybe you've become strangers living in the same house. Or maybe you're simply wondering whether the marriage you once hoped for can still be recovered. In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter: Real Questions, we look honestly at what the Bible says about marriage in crisis, covenant love, forgiveness, hope, and divorce. We explore the story of Hosea and Gomer, Jesus' teaching on divorce in Matthew 19, Paul's description of love in 1 Corinthians 13, and the call to delight in your spouse in Proverbs 5. This isn't a promise that every marriage will survive. And it isn't a command to remain in an abusive situation. If there is abuse or danger, seek appropriate professional and legal help. But if your marriage is hurting and you're wondering whether there is still hope, this episode is for you. Scriptures discussed:Hosea 3:1Ephesians 5:251 Corinthians 13:7Matthew 19:8Proverbs 5:18 Bible Chapter by Chapter explores the Bible one chapter at a time while also asking the real questions people face in everyday life. If your marriage is struggling, what would it take for you to believe it could become something good again? Tell us in the comments. #Marriage #ChristianMarriage #Bible

  2. 2 days ago

    My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? | Psalm 22 Explained | The Darkest Psalms Part 1

    What does it mean when God feels completely absent? Psalm 22 begins with one of the most desperate prayers in the Bible: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" These aren't the words of someone who has abandoned faith. They are the words of someone bringing their deepest suffering directly to God. In this episode of The Darkest Psalms, we explore Psalm 22, the biblical language of abandonment, the structure of lament, and why the Bible gives us words for the moments when God seems silent. And then we come to the cross. Jesus chose Psalm 22 in his darkest moment:"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Why did Jesus quote this particular psalm? What does Psalm 22 teach us about suffering, faith, and the feeling that God has gone silent? And perhaps most importantly: does feeling abandoned by God mean that God has actually abandoned you? This is The Darkest Psalms, Part 1: Abandonment. 📖 Psalm 22✝️ Matthew 27:46 Have you ever felt like God had gone completely silent, and then felt ashamed that you felt that way? Leave your honest answer in the comments. Part 2: Psalm 88, the darkest prayer in the Bible, is coming next.

  3. 2 days ago

    Hebrews 12 Explained | Our Longest Chapter Breakdown Yet: Fix Your Eyes on Jesus

    Hebrews 12 brings the message of the entire book to a powerful climax. After showing us the supremacy of Christ, the new covenant, His once-for-all sacrifice, and the great examples of faith in Hebrews 11, the author now tells us what we are supposed to do with it: Run. Endure. Keep going. Fix your eyes on Jesus. In this chapter-by-chapter Bible study, we walk carefully through Hebrews 12 and explore: ✝️ Running the race with endurance✝️ Laying aside every weight and the sin that entangles us✝️ Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith✝️ Understanding suffering and God's discipline✝️ Strengthening weak hands and feeble knees✝️ Pursuing peace and holiness✝️ The warning against falling away✝️ Mount Zion and the heavenly Jerusalem✝️ The kingdom that cannot be shaken Hebrews 12 reminds us that the Christian life is not about starting well and stopping when the race becomes difficult. We are called to endure, because Jesus endured before us. And the chapter ends with one of the most powerful declarations in Hebrews: "Therefore, since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe." This is Bible Chapter by Chapter, where we walk through God's Word one chapter at a time. Next: Hebrews Chapter 13 If this study helps you understand Scripture more deeply, consider subscribing and continuing through the Letter to the Hebrews with us.

  4. 3 days ago

    How Do I Forgive Someone Who Hurt Me? | What the Bible Actually Says

    How do you forgive someone who genuinely hurt you? Forgiveness can feel impossible when the hurt was real, the injustice was real, and the person who hurt you may never apologize or change. But what does the Bible actually mean by forgiveness? In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter: Real Questions, we look honestly at what Scripture says about releasing resentment, forgiving someone who hurt you, and finding freedom without pretending that what happened didn't matter. Forgiveness does not mean saying the hurt was okay.It does not automatically mean trusting someone again.It does not mean reconciliation.And it does not mean forgetting. The biblical picture of forgiveness is much deeper: releasing the debt and refusing to let what someone did continue to control your life. We look at: • Joseph forgiving his brothers in Genesis 50• Jesus' words about forgiving "seventy times seven"• Jesus praying for forgiveness from the cross• Paul's teaching about bitterness, anger, and forgiveness• Why forgiveness and reconciliation are not the same thing• Why forgiveness doesn't require restored trust• What it means to release a debt without pretending the debt wasn't real• Why forgiveness may be a repeated decision rather than a single moment If you're carrying anger, resentment, betrayal, or an old wound, this episode is an honest look at what biblical forgiveness actually asks of us. Is there someone you have not forgiven, and what is the cost of carrying that?Leave your honest answer in the comments. We read every one. Bible Chapter by Chapter: Real Questions explores the difficult questions many Christians are afraid to ask, using Scripture as the starting point for honest conversations about faith, relationships, identity, doubt, purpose, and everyday life. #Forgiveness #Bible #Christianity #RealQuestions

  5. 4 days ago

    Struggling With Pornography? What The Bible Actually Says | Real Questions Ep. 11

    Struggling with pornography and wondering what the Bible actually says about it? You are not alone, and you are not beyond help.Pornography is a subject that many Christians struggle with but few feel comfortable talking about. The secrecy, shame, repeated attempts to stop, and fear of telling someone can make the struggle feel incredibly isolating.In Real Questions Episode 11, we talk honestly about pornography, temptation, shame, accountability, and what Christian faith actually has to say when you keep falling into the same pattern.The Bible doesn't pretend that sexual temptation is easy. Matthew 5:27-28 takes lust seriously. Romans 7 gives language to the painful experience of wanting to do what is right while repeatedly doing what we don't want to do. And James 5:16 points toward something many people struggling with pornography desperately need: bringing what has been hidden into trustworthy community.We also look at the practical side of the struggle.What can you do before temptation becomes overwhelming?Why does removing access matter?Why is telling one trustworthy person so important?What role do loneliness, stress, anxiety, and boredom play?And what does the Bible mean when it says God provides a "way of escape"?This isn't a video designed to shame you.It's also not a video that pretends pornography doesn't matter.It's a conversation about taking the struggle seriously without treating the person struggling as hopeless.If you've tried to stop pornography and failed, if you've been carrying the secret for years, or if you're afraid that your struggle means something is fundamentally wrong with your faith, I hope this episode gives you a different perspective.You are not uniquely broken. You do not have to carry this alone.Scriptures in this episodeMatthew 5:27-28Job 31:1Romans 7:18-191 Corinthians 10:13James 5:16If this episode describes something you're dealing with, consider talking with a trusted friend, pastor, counselor, or qualified mental-health professional. Asking for help is not a failure of faith.How long have you been carrying this alone? You don't have to answer publicly, but if you want to share your experience, leave a comment. We read every one.Bible Chapter by Chapter: Real Questions explores the difficult questions Christians actually ask about faith, relationships, sex, mental health, work, doubt, and everyday life.#Christianity #Pornography #Bible

  6. 4 days ago

    By Faith — The Most Famous Chapter In Hebrews And What The Author Is Actually Doing With It | Hebrews 11 | Bible Chapter by Chapter

    In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Hebrews Chapter 11 — the faith chapter — forty verses that take the theological argument of the entire letter and demonstrate it in specific human lives across the whole sweep of redemptive history. The chapter opens with the definition of faith — assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. The Greek word for assurance is hypostasis — the same word used in Chapter 1 for the very substance of God's being. Faith is not wishful thinking. It is the faculty that apprehends what is real before it is visible. Then the gallery begins. By faith — Abel. By faith — Enoch. By faith — Noah. By faith — Abraham — who went out not knowing where he went — who lived in tents in the land he was promised — who offered up Isaac accounting that God could raise the dead. By faith — Sarah — who received power to conceive past age because she counted him faithful who had promised. By faith — Moses — who refused the son of Pharaoh's daughter — choosing ill treatment with the people of God — accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt — because he looked to the reward. By faith — Rahab — a Canaanite prostitute — who heard and believed and acted. And then the two lists that close the chapter. Those who by faith subdued kingdoms, escaped the sword, were made strong from weakness. And those who by faith were tortured, stoned, sawn apart, who wandered in sheepskins — of whom the world was not worthy. Both lists. The faith of the one who is delivered and the faith of the one who is not — are the same faith. Deliverance is not the proof. And the close that should stop every reader. These all died in faith — not having received the promises. God having provided some better thing concerning us — so that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Is there something you are holding on to by faith right now — something you have not yet received — where you are tempted to let go? Leave your honest answer in the comments. We read every one. Scripture reading from the World English Bible (WEB). Calm, verse-by-verse devotional format. New episodes every chapter. 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #BibleStudy #Hebrews #HoldFast #ByFaith #HebrewsChapter11 #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #NewTestament

  7. 6 days ago

    Rahab: The Canaanite Prostitute In The Genealogy Of Jesus — And What That Says About Who This Story Is For | By Name Part 1

    There are four women in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1. Matthew chose them deliberately. And they are not the obvious choices — not the matriarchs, not the queens. One of them is Rahab. A Canaanite woman. A prostitute. A person who by every measure the ancient world applied had no standing in this story at all. And she is in the line of Jesus. In Part 1 of By Name — a series about six women the Bible knew by name — we look carefully at Rahab's actual story. What she did when the spies came to Jericho. What she said to them on the roof — a confession of faith more theologically precise than most of what surrounds it in the Old Testament. For the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. She heard what everyone in Jericho heard — the reports of the Red Sea, the defeats of the Amorite kings — and while the whole city's hearts melted in fear, she drew a theological conclusion. And then she negotiated, protected her family, lied to the king, sent the spies out safely, and tied a scarlet cord in the window. We look at why Hebrews 11 puts her name alongside Abraham and Moses in the hall of faith. Why James uses her as one of only two examples of faith that produces works. And what it means that Matthew opens the gospel with her name in the genealogy of Jesus. The gospel begins with a statement about who this story is for. Not the already-qualified. Not the people with the right background. The person on the outside who heard something, believed it, and tied a scarlet cord in the window and waited. Is there something about your history — your background, your past — that makes you feel like you are on the outside of this story looking in? Leave your honest answer in the comments. We read every one. Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB). Serious but warm. Accessible to believers and non-believers equally. 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com #Rahab #ByName #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #WomenOfTheBible #Joshua #Hebrews11 #Faith #Genealogy #Matthew1

  8. 6 days ago

    Hebrews Chapter 10 Explained | One Sacrifice Forever, Hold Fast in Faith

    What does Hebrews 10 actually teach? In this verse-by-verse Bible study, we walk carefully through one of the most important chapters in the New Testament. Hebrews 10 brings the argument of the entire letter to its climax: Jesus Christ offered one perfect sacrifice for sin, once for all, opening the way for believers to draw near to God with confidence. Together we'll explore: • Why the Old Testament sacrifices could never remove sin• What "once for all" really means• Why Jesus sat down after His sacrifice• "Let us draw near..."• "Let us hold fast..."• "Let us consider one another..."• The difficult warning about willful sin (Hebrews 10:26-31)• Why the righteous live by faith• How Hebrews 10 prepares us for the great faith chapter in Hebrews 11 Whether you're studying Hebrews for the first time or have read it for years, this chapter reveals the complete sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice and encourages every believer to persevere in faith. If this study encourages you, consider subscribing to Bible Chapter by Chapter as we journey through every chapter of Scripture, one chapter at a time.

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Bible Chapter by Chapter is a calm, podcast-style journey through Scripture using the public-domain World English Bible (WEB). Each episode reads one full chapter, then adds clear context, simple commentary, and a short prayer to help you listen, reflect, and grow. Great for daily devotions, small groups, and new believers who want God’s Word explained without noise. Walk through the Gospels, Psalms, Proverbs, and more, one chapter at a time. Listen. Reflect. Grow.

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  • Creator
    Chris Hintsala
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    258
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Chris Hintsala
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    Bible Chapter by Chapter

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