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Lessons Learned from the Wild West | Week 14
Welcome to the Wild West known as Judges. This week, our journey takes us to a time when the Israelites live on the frontier. It's a dangerous borderland where life an...
A Life and Death Struggle | WEEK 13
Joshua and the Israelites as step into the Promised Land and move to clear out Canaan. It's a life and death struggle – and the threats are closer than they think.
Why Do They Have to Remember What They'd Rather Forget? | WEEK 12
It's not deja vu....it's Deuteronomy. Here in WEEK 12, Moses and the Israelites' wilderness wanderings come to an end... and come with a warning: God wants his people ...
The Wilderness Workshop | WEEK 10 |
Moses and the Israelites snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as they turned their backs on the Promised Land and circle back to the wilderness. But there's more to ...
Destination & Destiny | WEEK 9 | Word & the Wild 2025
We gear up to break camp and follow Moses and the Israelites away from Mt. Sinai. The wilderness awaits.Will God's people reach their destination and fulfill their des...
Why do we need all this Leviticus stuff? | WEEK 8 | Word & the Wild 2025
This is WEEK EIGHT... we are picking our way through the desert and having fun doing it. If you haven't already, now's a great time to subscribe to this podcast wherev...
Heating Up in the Desert | WEEK 7 | Word & the Wild 2025
God gets close and shows us that he's complicated. But there's a beauty in the complexity that most people miss.As Moses and the Israelites are hard at work putting to...
Tiny Toy Monsters | WEEK 6 | Word & the Wild 2025
This is WEEK SIX on our one-year Bible adventure... We have crossed over the one-month mark...as we are crossing the desert with Moses and the Israelites. It's all abo...
Waiting for That Baby | Week 5 | Word & the Wild 2025
This week God shows up, finally. First, he shows up for Job. Then, God shows up for a people who have felt forgotten... with a surprising delivery.
Surprise, God Has an Enemy | WEEK 4 | Word & the Wild 2025
It's week FOUR in our one-year Bible reading adventure. This week we pause in the Bible story timeline to step into a mini-series featuring Job. In the book of Job, a ...
Not From Around Here | WEEK 3 | Word & the Wild 2025
In week THREE of our one-year Bible adventure, the nomads known as Abraham's family find a safe harbor... for now. And, a man named Job gives us a peek behind the curt...
Pits, Prisons, & Prostitutes | WEEK 2 | Word & the Wild 2025
If you've been expecting to meet squeaky-clean and holy-pristine heroes of faith on our adventure, then you've already been disappointed. It's week two on our one year...
We Start at the Edge of Reality | WEEK 1 | Word & the Wild 2025
We're at the beginning of our one-year Bible adventure together... and so it makes sense that we're starting "in the beginning" of the Bible itself. As we jump in this...
Pack Your Bags and your Brain | Word & the Wild 2025
Here, at the start of our one-year Bible adventure, I imagine us circled up around the campfire. We're dreaming about what we're going to see. And, feeling a little bi...
Gear Up for Adventure | World & the Wild 2025
Welcome to Word & the Wild. It's a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Read the Bible with us in 2025! It's a fun, rewarding, and doable journey when you take it on...
Across All Boundaries | Week 47
What's happening in the book of Acts? Peter, Paul, and Philip and a cast of thousands cross borders and boundaries as the Holy Spirit uses persecution and problems to ...
Jesus and the End of the World | WEEK 44
And this week is all about endings. We zoom in on Jesus' thumbnail sketch of what it will look like at the end of the world. He gives us signs and signals to look out...
Courage and Coincidences | Week 38
Courage, commitment... and a suspicious number of coincidences. We look at Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah for inspiration as the Jewish people who have returned to the pro...
What Does the Exile Tell Us About Leadership? | Week 37
The Exile is behind us. The Jewish people are on their way back to rebuild. It's almost like we've got a new Exodus – a new start for God's people in the Promised Land...
He Dares to Hope | Week 35
Defeated. Demoralized. Jeremiah lives as a refugee in the rubble of his war-torn country. But, where you and I might look around and see ruins, Jeremiah sees reasons t...
A Sad Song in Stereo | Week 34
Jeremiah and Ezekiel record Jerusalem's final days. It's a sad ol' country song... with a few notes of hope in the melody. It's also a set-up for the problems that the...
A Future, A Hope, A Horror Show | Week 33
If you like scary movies, then I've got someone you'll want to meet. His name is Ezekiel and he's here to show us just how frighting life without God can be. Meanwhile...
God, How Could You? | Week 32
Feeling like the story has stalled out? Waiting for God to make his next move? God already has… and in His own words, what happens next is “unbelievable.” Plus, why Is...
What Happens at the End of the Road? | Week 29
We don't know every detail of where all this ride will take us. But we do know what waits for us at the end of the road. Here in WEEK 29, Isaiah and Micah reveal the f...
A Road Trip Thru Reality | Week 28
You feel that? It's the pull of the open road. It's Week 28 and we're on a road trip. It's not just any kind of road trip. It's a road trip through reality.... And, th...
An Island in the Storm | Week 27
After weeks of bad kings, feisty prophets, and stormy politics, King Hezekiah pushes back on the chaos. What's the secret to his success... and ours?
Big Trouble Big Hope | Week 26
Big trouble. Big hope. This week, God's prophets deliver his message to his people. And that message includes a view of the future that stretches from the immediate ti...
When Prophets Arise | Week 25
Prophets. You can't miss them. Elijah. Elisha. Isaiah. Jonah. They are iconic figures who pull legendary stunts. Fire from the sky. Fingers in the face of powerful kin...
Divided House Divided Hearts | Week 24
We kick off the next binge-worthy season of our epic adventure through the Bible. Civil war tears Israel apart and shows us what the next generation of kings are made ...
A Dynamite Question from a Depressed Old Man | Week 23
The past few weeks, we've spent our time with a young King Solomon. His energy, drive, and wisdom have been entertaining and impressive. Here in WEEK 23, we move forwa...