God Wants To Talk To You
A 15 Minute Bible talk that will discuss one chapter of the Bible each episode. Hosted by a layman (regular guy) that wants to share his love of God by encouraging people to read the Bible and talk to God. Hosted by Michael a former Radio and Podcast Host that promises you a non intimidating journey in to getting to know the Bible with him.
God Wants To Talk To You "Defend the Faith"
Today Michael is angry at the self described Christian Group that put up Billboards that say Jesus is not God and he did not exist in heaven before he was born. Using Biblical references and the words of Jesus himself in the Gospels, Michael is able to show you how wrong they are on all accounts. Which brings up having to arm yourself with enough Biblical knowledge to defend our faith when attacked by Non Believers and believers of false doctrine.
God Wants To Talk To You "The Harvest is Plentiful"
Today we read from Matthew Chapters 9 & 10 The Harvest is Plentiful but the workers are few. Also we talk about the profession of the 12 disciples before they were called by Jesus. How can we help Jesus with the Harvest?
God Wants To Talk To You (John Chapter 3)
Today we read and talk about John Chapter 3 , How Jesus is to be lifted up like the Bronze Serpeant was with Moses in order for us to be saved. We talk about a Jewish leader who was very interested in learning from Jesus but not willing to make the full leap of faith on him. How God loves us so much he sent his only son so that we may have eternal life. Why do people love the darkness and stay away from the light? Jesus is the light and the way to our salvation.
God Wants To Talk To You " Feast of Corpus Cristi"
Today Michael tells us of the Origins of The Feast of Corpus Cristi and then reads from the Book of John about how Jesus told the people about the Holy Eucharist and how it initially went over like a ton of bricks.
God Wants To Talk To You " He Gave Up His Spirit"
Today we read from The Gospel of John about Jesus voluntarily laying down his life for our sins and for the Will of the father. Then we look at the moment he died. He proclaimed it is finished then Gave up his spirit. Did he die by succumbing to his injuries? Or did he finish his work here and on his terms separate his soul from his human body?
God Wants To Talk To You "John Chapter 8"
Today We read all of John Chapter 8 and listen to Jesus explaining to the Jewish leaders who he is, who sent him. W also explain some of the Old Testament references he makes and the timeline of some of the things he talks about.
God Wants To Talk To You " What was Jesus writing on the Ground?"
Today we read from John Chapter 8 when Jesus was in the temple and the pharisees brought in a woman guilty of adultery to ask Jesus if they should stone her. Instead he was ignoring them initially and writing on the ground. What was he writing ? We have some insight to what it may have been and it was not Good for the woman saccusers.
God Wants To Talk To You " Pentecost and Shavout"
Today we read from the Book of Acts about The Pentecost and the beginning of the Church. Why is it called Pentecost? As all things with Jesus and God it has a LOT of Old Testament, Old Covenant meaning behind it.
God Wants To Talk To You " The Rosary-Prayer Meditation or Mary Worship?"
Today We break down all the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary and why praying the Rosary is like a mini Bible Study. We also talk about all the Protestants and Non Catholics that prayed the Rosary and once again why we Venerate Mary and Do Not Worship Her.
God Wants To Talk To You " All Authority on Earth and in Heaven"
Today we read the last verses of The Gospel of Mark about the Authority given to Jesus on Earth and in Heaven. We compare it with the Authority that Satan Claims to have over earth and how he tried to temp Jesus with it. Then we talk about the way Satan got his temporary authority and how Jesus earned his thru obedience to the Father.
God Wants To Talk To You " The Ascension"
Today we read from Acts Chapter 1 and Luke Chapter 24 about the ascension of Jesus in to Heaven to sit at the right hand of the father. We also run down the timeline from The Last Super all the way to Pentecost which is coming up next weekend.
God Wants To Talk To You " Lukewarm Faith"
Today we read from the book of Revelation Chapter 3 about the letter Jesus instructs John to write a letter to the Church in Laodicea. This seems like it could be any church in the world today?
God Wants To Talk To You " Pray for Protection
After a scary personal encounter today Michael is giving thanks and urging everyone to pray for protection. We read from Psalm 91 and incredibly uplifting prayer of Protection, and 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 about what St. Paul wrote encouraging the New Believers to pray constantly and to give thanks.
God Wants To Talk To You " Start of the Eucharist"
Today we read from 1st Corinthians and the earliest known scripture that talks about the Eucharist written about 20 years after the Crucifixion of Jesus. We also go over why this topic is so divisive amongst different Christian denominations.
God Wants To Talk To You Moses and Joshua
Today we read from the Book of Numbers and Deuteronomy about Moses not being allowed to take the Israelites in to the Promise land and the coincidence that the guy who did was named Joshua.
God Wants To Talk To You Podcast " The Good Shepherd"
Today we read from the Gosepl of John about Jesus telling the religious leaders he is the Good Shepherd. Then we break down that talk from John Chapter 10 and explain what he is saying and look at Ezekiel Chapter 34 where he gives a very detailed breakdown of God Himself through King David becoming the Good Shepherd of his people after the Religious leaders have failed to protect them.
God Wants To Talk To You " Filled with the Holy Spirit"
Today we read from the Book of Acts and how Peter and the Other Apostles become very Bold in their preaching after being filled with the Holy Spirit once Jesus ascended in to Heaven. Just a few weeks after being terrified that they were going to be the next ones rounded up by the Jewish Leaders they come out and preach and tell the people of Israel to Repent and be Baptized.
God Wants To Talk To You "Love Your Enemies"
Today we talk about all the online hate and nastiness over the recent statements and actions of the Pope and we read from Luke Chapter 6 .
God Wants To Talk To You " He descended to Hell?"
Today we talk about the line from the Apostles Creed that says " He suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died, and was buried, he DESCENDED TO HELL" Today we break that down and talk about Jesus's short trip in to hell. We read from 1st Peter, The Gospel of Luke, and the Old Testament book of Samuel.
God Wants To Talk To You "Wisdom"
Today we read from Proverbs 8 about "Wisdom" and try and decipher if it about Jesus or just Ancient scripture putting a poetic spin on the virtue of Wisdom.
God Wants To Talk To You "Let Us Pray"
Today while doing my Rosary online I realized that my favorite Rosary You Tube Channel had just made all their videos shorter. Why did they do this? My guess is the shorter the videos the more clicks they get. So I found a bunch of Verses from the Gospels that show the priority that Jesus put on his daily prayer. Also many verses from the both the old and new testaments about praying and we discuss this.
God Wants To Talk To You " What Is Easter and how do you know it's real?"
Today Michael gets to explain Easter and Jesus to someone who is completely unaware of him. We also read some of the compelling evidence that St. Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth about the solid evidence that Jesus the crucifixion and the resurrection were all real.
God Wants To Talk To You "Easter from all Four Gospels"
Today we talk about the Resurrection! We go over the difference in the story between all four Gospels. The Lord has truly risen.
God Wants To Talk To You "The Last Supper,"
Today we read about the Last Supper from Luke Chapter 22
God Wants To Talk To You "Mary The New Ark of the Covenant"
Today we read from old and New Testament Scripture to draw parallels between the Ark of the Covenant and the Virgin Mary as the fulfillment or completion of the Ark of the Covenant. A Topic that is truly fascinating and yet controversial to many who are believers.
God Wants To Talk You "Church and Fellowship"
Today after returning from a Weekend Church retreat, we talk about the true meaning of Church. Then read many Bible verses about the community that makes up "Church" and the fellowship of Christ.
God Wants To Talk To You " The Passover Lamb"
Today we read from Exodus about the Passover and from Matthew about the Passover Celebration with Jesus and the 12 Apostles that turned in to the Last Super and the last Passover as in ushered in the New Covenant.
God Wants To Talk To You "John Chapter9"
Today we read John Chapter 9 and hear from Jesus about how some suffering comes to glorify God and Not as a Punishment for sin. Jesus heals a blind man on the sabbath and when the Pharisees object he points out that they truly are the blind ones.
God Wants To Talk To You Good Friday?
Today we do a little research on the Crucifixion. We also find out why we call such a somber day "Good Friday" Then we read from the Gospel of Luke about his version of events and that first Good Friday which we think was April 3rd 33AD.
God Wants To Talk To You " Whoever does the will of my father is my Brother or Sister"
Today we go back to Matthew Chapter 12 and talk about the religious leaders of Jesus's time as they ask him to show them a sign from him. He tells them the only sign they will get is from him coming back after spending three days inside the earth. We know what this means but they did not. He also goes on to tell the people that his Brothers, Sisters and Mother are any of us that do the will of his father in heaven.
God Wants To Talk To You (Alone in his final moments)
Today we read from Matthew 27 about the final moments of Jesus Life as he hung on the cross. Being Mocked, Spit on, laughed at and how just before he died he cried out from Psalm 22. Was he confirming who he was by the fulfillment of that scripture or was he crying out for his Father who had to turn away from him in his final moments because of ALL the Sin he was carrying ? Sin not committed by him but by US!
God Wants To Talk To You ( If your not with him you are against him)
Today we read from Matthew Chapter 12 about the logic of the Pharisees that Jesus was casting out demons under the power of the Devil. Jesus lets them know how wrong they are and how they are speaking against the Holy Spirit which is a sin that will not be forgiven.
God Wants To Talk To You "Be Kind"
After Michael got the very Unwelcome Matt put our for him at Church this week, it seemed like the perfect time to do a Podcast and being kind to strangers, people at work, Church, or our community. We go over old and New Testament scripture where we are told by both God and Jesus to be kind to strangers.
God Wants To Talk To You ( Ask ,Seek ,Knock)
Today We read from Matthew Chapter 7 and talk about a small part of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus tells us to Ask, Seek, Knock. It is one of the most parental loving things written about God in the entire Bible and is told to us by Jesus himself.
God Wants To Talk To You Podcast ( Pontius Pilate)
Today we kick off the season of Lent with one of the Biggest "Bad Guys" in History, Pontius Pilate. But did he know who Jesus was? Did he think Jesus was the Messiah? Why did he try so hard to releases him?
God Wants To Talk To You "Jesus raised the Bar on us"
Today we talk about a reading from the book of Sirach which is not in all bibles, but is found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Where it talks about the amazing amount of free will given to us by God to choose Life and Death. Then we get in to a teaching of Jesus where we are taught that the old law still stands and Jesus instructs us to live to an even higher standard than the old teachings.
God Wants To Talk To You " What is Love?"
Today we talk a little bit about St. Valentine and then go over many of the examples of the Complete, Whole, Undeserving love we receive from God. In particular 1st John Chapter 4
God Wants To Talk To You " Prepare for Lent"
Today we read from Matthew Chapter 6 1-18 and discuss the season of Lent. The 40 days, why it Easter Floats around, Why we give things up for lent, or ideas of things to do during lent that will bring you closer to God.
God Wants To Talk To You " The Good Shepherd"
Charged by the Holy Spirit we have a quick reading from James Chapter 1 then we go back to John Chapter 10 and talk about Jesus being the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep.
God Wants To Talk To You " When the right thing is not easy"
Today we bounce around the Bible with examples of people who did the right thing even when it could cost them dearly, also the flip side when people in the Bible did the wrong thing because it was much easier to do.
