God's Word for Life
As a companion to our Word Aflame Adult Level Curriculum, this podcast serves to encourage adult disciples to think deeply about God’s Word, further develop their personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and make a greater commitment to the purpose and plan of God for their lives.
The Throne Room
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Although the apostle John was exiled on a prison island, presumably to die, God called him up to view the throne room. There John saw one throne and one sitting on the throne. No matter the chaos battering the earth, John realized Jesus Christ still reigns on His throne and is still in control. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Revelation 5 to hear all about it.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled "The Throne Room" (August 23, 2026).
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The Armor of God
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Although today may seem to be a routine day full of work, errands, and maybe some frozen custard, we are ever in a spiritual war. To ensure we are ready to war, we must be full of the Spirit so we are suited up with the whole armor of God. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Ephesians 6 to hear all about it.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled "The Armor of God" (August 16, 2026).
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The Fruit of the Spirit
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There's a major difference between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. One of them separates us from God and others; the other draws us closer to God and others. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Galatians 5 to hear all about it.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Fruit of the Spirit" (August 9, 2026).
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Paul's Testimony
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Paul had been arrested and stood trial for his faith—possibly, even his life. As the Jews' lawyer leveled the capital charges against him, Paul defended himself by sharing his testimony. His testimony in a public trial even led to an altar call. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 26 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Paul's Testimony" (August 2, 2026).
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Reminders from Ephesians
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Paul was saying goodbye. The leaders from his beloved church in Ephesus met him, wept over him, and hugged him. Paul shared some final face-to-face words with them before boarding a ship bound for Jerusalem. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 20 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Reminders from Ephesians" (July 26, 2026).
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Paul and Silas in Philippi
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It was all going according to Paul's plan . . . until it wasn't. God gave Paul a vision of a man in Macedonia calling for help, but when Paul arrived in Macedonia, he didn't find a man; he found a worshiping woman. Then a demon-possessed girl. Then a prison cell for doing right. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 16 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Paul and Silas in Philippi" (July 19, 2026).
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The Council in Jerusalem
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God's church was growing and picking up steam, but by the time they arrived in Acts 15, Jewish and Gentile Christians could not get along. The Jews were preaching that the Gentiles needed to keep the Jewish law first; the Gentiles were preaching the gospel was enough. Would the church splinter into a Jewish Christian church and Gentile Christian church, or would they listen to the Holy Spirit and each other to work through their sharp differences? Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 15 to hear the story.
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The Gentile Revival
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Only God could have put these two men together: a Roman centurion hungry to know God and a Jewish Christian preacher willing to preach the gospel. From that unlikely encounter, God opened wide the door to the rest of the world to know and follow Him. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 10 to hear the story.
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Paul's New Birth Experience
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His is one of the most dramatic testimonies in the history of the New Testament church. Saul went from being the chief persecutor against Christians to being a chief preacher for Christians. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 9 to hear the story.
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Revival in Samaria
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The church in Jerusalem was growing by the day, but persecution drove the Spirit-filled Jesus followers out of the city and into the surrounding countrysides. As they fled Jerusalem, they spread the gospel everywhere they went, even into Samaria. And God showed up in Samaria just as He showed up in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 8 to hear the story.
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The Day of Pentecost
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The day finally dawned. But it wasn't just the Day of Pentecost for that particular year. It was the day God had waited nearly four thousand years to pour out His Spirit upon humanity and enter into a new covenant with us. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 2 to hear the story.
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Jesus' Great Commission
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As Jesus ascended, He promised His followers that they would receive power to be witnesses unto Him in Jerusalem, Judea, even Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Jesus was establishing an unchanging principle: Disciples make disciples. And the Spirit gives us the power to make disciples. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 1 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus' Great Commission" (June 7, 2026).
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Jesus' Resurrection
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The Roman soldiers stood guard, guarding the tomb that was sealed with the indomitable Roman seal. They were ready to keep the disciples from trying to break in and steal Jesus' body from the tomb. They could not have conceived that they would need a guard inside the tomb. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 28 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus' Resurrection" (May 31, 2026).
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The Cross
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The Jews who cried "crucify Him" and the Romans who heard that cry and crucified Him did not know that Jesus was dying, not for His crimes, but for ours. And these crimes were crimes against God, not just against humanity. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 27 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Cross" (May 24, 2026).
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Jesus in the Garden
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Jesus was surrounded by twelve disciples most of His ministry. But this night, one of them walked away from Him, He walked away from eight of them, took three of them further, and then fell on His face and prayed. On that night, Jesus warred for our souls. He prayed the hardest prayer to pray: "Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done." Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 22 to hear the story.
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The Lord's Supper
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Jesus brought His sometimes faithless, sometimes faithful followers to a second-story room for the Passover meal. Four thousand years of human history have been building toward this night: This night, Jesus would introduce the new covenant He was making with them—and us. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 22 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Lord's Supper" (May 10, 2026).
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The Triumphal Entry
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Jesus came but not like everyone expected. He rode into Jerusalem in a one-float parade, on a colt that had never been ridden. People came from all corners of the world, plucked palm branches, doffed coats and cloaks, and worshiped Jesus as the Son of David: the Messiah. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 19 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Triumphal Entry" (May 3, 2026).
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Raising Lazarus
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Lazarus was sick. Jesus healed the sick. It was the perfect situation. Mary and Martha would pray for Jesus to come to the house, Jesus would come to the house, and Lazarus would be playing pickleball by the afternoon. But that's not what happened at all. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 11 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Raising Lazarus" (April 26, 2026).
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The Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son
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An unlikely crowd gathered together around Jesus: self-righteous Pharisees and publicans and sinners. They all waited to hear Jesus' words, and Jesus shared three parables of a lost sheep, coin, and son. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 15 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son" (April 19, 2026).
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Peter's Confession and Denial
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After seeing Jesus work wonders and walk on water, Simon Peter boldly declared, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." But days later, he denied he ever met Jesus, even though he walked with Him for three years—once on water. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 16 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Peter's Confession and Denial" (April 12, 2026).
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Disciples Called and Sent
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After Jesus had sent out the Twelve to work wonders, Jesus sent out another group of seventy—mostly unnamed to work wonders in His name. They were surprised and overjoyed that Jesus worked the same wonders through them He had worked Himself. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 6 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Disciples Called and Sent" (April 5, 2026).
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The Miracles of Mark 4 and 5
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In just two chapters, Jesus demonstrated authority over nature, the devil, disease, and death itself. And for Jesus, it was just another day at the office. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 5 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Miracles of Mark 4 and 5" (March 29, 2026).
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Jesus Forgave Sins
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Four friends shocked everyone, except Jesus, when they began ripping apart a roof to get their friend in front of Jesus. But Jesus' response was even more surprising. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 2 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus Forgave Sins" (March 22, 2026).
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The Woman at the Well
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What was He doing talking to her? She's a Samaritan. She's a Samaritan woman. She's that Samaritan woman. He's a Jew. He's a Jewish man. He's a Jewish holy man. He's that Jewish holy man. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 4 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Woman at the Well" (March 15, 2026).
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A Conversation with Nicodemus
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Jesus and Nicodemus met late one night to talk through the Word of God. Nicodemus opened up the conversation with a sincere compliment, and Jesus responded by rocking him back on his heels. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 3 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "A Conversation with Nicodemus" (March 8, 2026).
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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
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After Jesus' popularity grew all around the region, He climbed a mountain, took a seat, and began to teach. His powerful message is recorded in three chapters in Matthew's gospel. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 5 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus' Sermon on the Mount" (March 1, 2026).
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Jesus in the Wilderness
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After a forty-day fast, Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness. But Jesus was ready and fended off his temptations with the Word of God. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 4 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Jesus in the Wilderness" (February 22, 2026).
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The Incarnation
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After four thousand years of waiting and watching and praying and hoping, God showed Himself faithful yet again. God Himself came in the life-changing, history-changing, date-dividing event called the Incarnation. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 1 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Incarnation" (February 15, 2026).
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John the Baptist
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After walking through the breadth of the Old Testament, we have crossed over four hundred silent years into the New Testament. To break the silence, a camel-hair-wearing, locust-and-wild-honey-eating John the Baptist marched out of the wilderness preaching, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Malachi 4 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "John the Baptist" (February 8, 2026).
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Mordecai and Esther
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The Book of Esther is the only book in the Bible's sixty-six books that does not mention God one time, but His fingerprints are everywhere. This book teaches that God is still working, even when He seems absent or silent. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Esther 4 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Mordecai and Esther" (February 1, 2026).
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Daniel and His Friends
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Daniel and his friends had been loaded up and carted off to captivity in Babylon, hundreds of miles away from Jerusalem. But when they faced tests to turn their backs on God, they remained faithful and found God stands with those who stand for Him. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Daniel 1 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Daniel and His Friends" (January 25, 2026).
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The Prophet Ezekiel
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Judah had been overrun, defeated, chained, and marched over five hundred miles away to Babylon. Just when Judah wondered if God would ever hear them again, the glory of God surprisingly showed up right there in Babylon to give Ezekiel a message of hope to give the people. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Ezekiel 36 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Prophet Ezekiel" (January 18, 2026).
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The Prophet Elijah
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Israel had run a long way in the wrong way and appeared to be far gone, but into that melee of pagan practices stepped the prophet Elijah. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to I Kings 18 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Prophet Elijah" (January 11, 2026).
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The Prophet Jonah
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Jonah had one job: Preach to the city of Nineveh. He paid for a one-way trip to Tarshish, about as far from Nineveh as you could get. But God had a way of getting His wayward prophet going the right way. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Jonah 4 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Prophet Jonah" (January 4, 2026).
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The Kingdom Divided
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After Solomon's reign, his son Rehoboam reigned over the nation of Israel—but not for long. Soon, Rehoboam would make a foolish decision and divide the kingdom in two: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to II Kings 11 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Kingdom Divided" (December 28, 2025).
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The Wisdom of Solomon
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David's son, Solomon, was chosen to be Israel's next king. When God asked him what he would like from God, Solomon wisely asked for wisdom. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Kings 3 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "The Wisdom of Solomon" (December 21, 2025).
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King David
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It was one of David's finest moments: the two times he could have killed the paranoid, murderous King Saul, but he showed mercy. David's willingness to show mercy to someone who only hurt him prepared David to one day be King David. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 24 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "King David" (December 14, 2025).
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David and Goliath
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It has become a proverb in our day: a David and Goliath battle. Well, let's see the first David and Goliath battle between . . . David and Goliath. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 16 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "David and Goliath" (December 7, 2025).
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Samuel and Saul
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Israel had all they needed: God was their King. But He was not what they wanted, so they asked the seer Samuel to help them find a king. That's where we meet Saul. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 8 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Fall 2025 Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Samuel and Saul" (November 30, 2025).
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Ruth and Boaz
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It's one of the most beautiful stories of redemption in all Scripture. And it all started with a famine and nearly ended with three funerals. But God had a plan. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Ruth 2 to hear the story.
This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Fall 2025 Adult Lesson Guide entitled, "Ruth and Boaz" (November 23, 2025).
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