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Acts 5:32 says God gives the Holy Ghost "to them that obey him" - A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 5, "The Promised Filling of the Holy Spirit."
Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Tozer on being filled with the Spirit instantly, not gradually, and why we are as full as we want to be.

Tozer opens with three passages: Acts 5:32, Luke 11:13 and Galatians 3:2-3. Persons filled with the Spirit always knew they were filled; it was an instant act, not a gradual filling. Along the way we talk about testing the spirits, gold dust and angel feathers, and whether...

Re-air: originally released June 11, 2026.
Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-did-cain-kill-abel-the-epic-of-esau-prometheus-lens-on-straight-bible--72173604

Why did Cain kill Abel in Genesis 4 (KJV)? Doc Brown of Prometheus Lens, author of The Epic of Esau, walks through his take on Cain, the mark of Cain, Esau and the giants of Seir.
Straight Bible Interview Sessions, hosted by Matt Hepner, with Doc Brown (Prometheus Lens), recorded live.

Doc Brown's hypothesis is that the Cain and Abel story is a highlight reel of years of resentment, and that Abel was killed as a sacrifice to a false god. The earth "...

Who's really pulling the strings? Matt Hepner of Straight Bible joins Andrew on The 6G Agenda: COVID, politics as pro wrestling, and the church system.
A full, raw conversation: Matt's road back to God, why the modern church runs like a franchise, and why the war is on the man.

Andrew (The 6G Agenda) asks how many times Matt has read the Bible, then Matt tells how he fell away and came back after his dad's death. They get into COVID as a planned agenda (Andrew calls it the crown virus), politics as WWF puppeteered by the...

What does "pearls before swine" mean? Matthew 7:3-6 (KJV): the beam in your own eye, then "give not that which is holy unto the dogs."
Sermon on the Mount Pt 31: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta ask how Jesus can say don't judge, then tell us to know the dogs and the swine.

We pick up the mote and the beam from Pt 30: Isaiah's "woe is me" (Isaiah 6, John 12), Peter's "depart from me, for I am a sinful man" (Luke 5) and the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18). Is the beam self? Then love as the real issue: John 13, 1 Timothy 1...

Re-air: originally released May 27, 2026.
Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-do-you-lead-a-bible-study-at-home-otis-fowler-on-straight-bible--71858447

How do you lead a Bible study at home? Otis Fowler IV explains Tending Eden, his home church discipleship curriculum, written so an ordinary believer can facilitate a study.
Straight Bible Interview Sessions, session one, with Matt Hepner and TopLobsta: Otis's testimony, beach baptisms, and how each session of his book works.

Otis grew up in church, walked away at 17, and spent years chasing money, partying, steroids and drugs while his sister struggled with addiction. A blank check prayer, Isaiah 6 on a...

I knew it was the truth — but I was still a junkie. Stephen (The Biblical Hitmen) opens up about conversion and the Word, then sits down with Matt Hepner of Straight Bible.

Stephen hosts Matt Hepner for a long-form conversation on testimony, Scripture's authority, the sixty-six-book canon, whether God still speaks, end-times pressure, and why loving the Messiah matters more than "flawless doctrine." Recorded at The Standard.

Host: Stephen — The Biblical Hitmen
Guest: Matt Hepner — Straight Bible (straightbible.org)

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6:01 A great falling away
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Why did Jesus choose Philip, the apostle Matthew, Mark and Luke say almost nothing about? In John 1:43-46 Jesus goes looking for him and says, "Follow me."
The Great Physician, G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown Pt 6: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Morgan's chapter on Philip.

Morgan calls Philip a quiet, unimpressive man, "slow in the uptake," who would not argue but simply said "come and see." We follow every scene John gives us: Jesus finding Philip (John 1:43-46), the question about bread for the five thousand that Jesus asked "to prove him" (John 6:5-7), the Greeks who...

What does wood, hay and stubble mean? In 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 (KJV), Paul lays the only foundation, Jesus Christ, and warns that every man's work shall be tried by fire.
1 Corinthians Part 4 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: ministers, God's building, and ye are the temple of God.

Matt and the Raven pick up in 1 Corinthians 3 with brethren who are still babes, then Romans 8, Galatians 5 and Paul's arrival in Corinth (Acts 18). Next: what a minister really is, Paul planting and Apollos watering, and labourers together with God. Then the only foundation, Jesus Christ, gold, silver...

Stacks Farmstead tells how God opened the prison doors: from an abandoned Pittsburgh street kid and five years locked up to an off-grid farm.
An Interview Session with Matt Hepner on stealing cars at 14, not caring if he lived or died, forgiving his parents, and fixing what happened generationally.

Stacks grew up in Pittsburgh, abandoned and neglected, and turned to the streets at 14, stealing cars for a chop shop. He tells Matt he simply didn't care about life or death: 90 days in county jail for refusing a fine, selling drugs inside, then five years after beating up...

Does "judge not" mean Christians should never judge? Matthew 7:1-5 (KJV): judge not, that ye be not judged, and the mote and the beam.
Sermon on the Mount Pt 30: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta take Jesus' words on judging verse by verse, and where the Bible says we must judge.

We start with the Greek word for judge, krino, and read verse 1 alongside verses 6 and 7 (it is written, it is also written, Matthew 4). Then: with what measure ye mete (Luke 6:35-38), the woman taken in adultery (John 8:1-11), you condemn yourself (Romans 2:1-6) and vengeance is mine (Romans 12:19...

Re-air: originally released April 24, 2026.
Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-are-the-beatitudes-matthew-5-1-12-kjv-sermon-on-the-mount--71618237

What are the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12 (KJV)? Jesus saw the multitudes but taught His disciples the character of a kingdom that is not of this world.
Sermon on the Mount Pt 1, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

The start of the Sermon on the Mount study. Jesus saw the multitudes but taught His disciples, a remnant who would carry it to everyone as salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). The disciples still asked, "wilt thou at this time restore...

Does Pentecost still happen today? In Acts 2:1-8 (KJV), A.W. Tozer separates what can never be repeated from what came at Pentecost and stayed.
A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 4: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Tozer's "The Promised Comforter, the Holy Spirit: Permanency of Pentecost!"

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nZfbeNpXM04?u...

After reading Acts 2:1-8, we get Tozer's line: no repetition of Pentecost, but a perpetuation of it. The rushing mighty wind was a sound (Acts 2:2, John 3:8), the cloven tongues of fire sat on each of them (Acts 2:3), and none of it...

Zach and Jason sit down with Matt Hepner of Straight Bible for a wide-open Bible and life conversation on Berean Files.They talk heart posture from Luke 6:45, what blasphemy of the Holy Spirit actually means (not just words—what’s in the heart), abiding in Christ from John 14, and why “flawless doctrine” without knowing God looks a lot like Job’s friends and the Pharisees. Matt also shares life as a foster dad adopting medically fragile kids, working hard to provide without making an idol of busyness, and how Romans 8:28 shapes how he attacks life.Find Straight Bible on YouTube, Spotify, A...

What does carnal mean? In 1 Corinthians 2:9-3:4 (KJV), Paul says the Spirit reveals what eye hath not seen, then calls a gifted church carnal, babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians Part 3 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: the hidden wisdom of God, the mind of Christ, and milk before meat.

Matt and the Raven open with Grok removing every god but Jesus Christ, then recap 1 Corinthians 2:1-8 and 1 Timothy 3:16, "great is the mystery of godliness." Verse 9 sends them to Isaiah 64:4 and what it means to wait on God. Then the Spirit searching the deep things of...

Is the Holy Spirit waiting to do for you all that Jesus would do if He were here on earth? In session three of the A.W. Tozer Classic Sermon Series, Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read and react to Tozer's message "The Presence and Ministry of the Holy Spirit: All That Jesus Would Be!"

Working from John 14:15-17 and 14:26, Tozer warns that a church can organize, hire a pastor, form a choir and keep turning the crank without the Holy Spirit, and nobody notices for years. Matt and TopLobsta talk through the modern church model of announcements, five...

Why is the preaching of the cross foolishness? 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:8 (KJV): the cross is foolishness to them that perish, but the power of God to us which are saved.
1 Corinthians Part 2 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: Christ crucified versus the wisdom of this world.

Matt and the Raven pick up after Part 1 with a Blue Letter Bible look at "beseech" in 1 Corinthians 1:10, then turn to the preaching of the cross. They walk through God destroying the wisdom of the wise, Jews who require a sign and Greeks who seek after wisdom, and why...

What does "seek ye first the kingdom of God" mean? In Matthew 6:31-34 Jesus answers worry about food, drink and clothing with one command: but seek.
Sermon on the Mount Pt 29: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta finish Matthew 6, where everything else is just luggage for a pilgrim and a stranger.

We pick up at 2 Timothy 1:9 and the love of money in 1 Timothy 6:7-10, then Jesus' easy yoke in Matthew 11:28-30. Matthew 6:33 is the answer to the worry: why God hides himself (Isaiah 45:15), why it is the glory of God to conceal a thing (Proverbs 25:2), and why he is...

Why did Jesus call Simon Peter a rock? In John 1:42 Jesus looks at an unstable fisherman and says, "thou shalt be called Cephas," a stone.
The Great Physician, G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Morgan's chapter on Simon Peter.

Morgan calls Peter an "elemental man": a questioner with real intellect, deep emotion and tremendous willpower, and yet a weak man, lacking the one thing that welds those elements into strength. We follow how Jesus dealt with him: Andrew brings Simon, Jesus looks through him and renames him, then four crises (the hard sayings...

Re-air: originally released June 26, 2026.
Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-has-god-spoken-to-us-by-his-son-hebrews-1-1-4-hebrews-w-otis-fowler-pt-1--72703809

How has God spoken to us by His Son? Hebrews 1:1-4: God spoke by the prophets, but in these last days by His Son, the express image of His person.
Hebrews w/ Otis Fowler Pt 1, with Otis Fowler, Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of...

Why is the church so divided? 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 (KJV): Paul greets a gifted church, then confronts the divisions tearing it apart.
1 Corinthians Part 1 (Corinthians for Dummies) with Matt Hepner and the Raven: a slow, conversational read through Paul's opening chapter.

Matt and the Raven start with Paul, called to be an apostle by Jesus and not by any institution, and the saints at Corinth. They ask why grace comes before peace, why Paul thanks God for people before he corrects them, and what it means to be called unto the fellowship of God's Son. Then they reach...

What is the root cause of anxiety? From Matthew 6:24-34 (KJV): you cannot serve God and mammon, and serving mammon only feeds anxiety.
Sermon on the Mount Part 28 with Matt Hepner and TopLobsta: "take no thought" means take no anxiety. Do the work, then, having done all, stand (Ephesians 6:13).

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The birds of the air work every day and the lilies of the field can only stand, yet God feeds and clothes both. Matt...

Carnal eyes or spiritual eyes? Matthew 6:22-23 (KJV): "The light of the body is the eye," and "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God."
Sermon on the Mount Pt 24, hosted by Matt Hepner with Raven.

Matt and Raven pick up from John 9:39 and the fall in Genesis 3, where "the eyes of them both were opened" and they saw with carnal eyes. Then they read Matthew 6:19-24 and pray Paul's prayer, "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened" (Ephesians 1:18). "The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes" (Psalm 19:8). In 1 Corinthians 1-2, "...

What does "In the beginning" mean in Genesis 1-2 (KJV)? Thomas "Paranoid American" reads Genesis on its own terms, with Hebrew wordplay, gematria and hard questions.
Straight Bible Interview Sessions with Thomas "Paranoid American," hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

This is the start of a book-by-book run through the Bible with Thomas of Paranoid American Comics, working through Genesis 1 and 2 read aloud from the King James. Thomas read Genesis as if it were the only book in front of him; Matt and TopLobsta answer from the rest of Scripture and keep coming back to one point...

What does "Come and see" mean in John 1:35-39 (KJV)? G. Campbell Morgan traces how Jesus dealt with John the Apostle, the disciple whom Jesus loved.
G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Matt reads G. Campbell Morgan's chapter on John the Apostle and stops to talk it through. Morgan starts with John's background: son of Zebedee and Salome, partner in the fishing business with Simon and Andrew, from a family with hired servants, a cousin of Jesus after the flesh (Matthew 27:55-56), and a man with a house in Jerusalem, where he...

How does the Holy Spirit reveal Jesus Christ? A.W. Tozer's text is John 3:27 (KJV): "A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven."
A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 2 (Tozer's Ten Sermons on the Holy Spirit), hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Matt reads and discusses Tozer's sermon "How Christ Is Revealed by the Holy Spirit, Not Through the Intellect," chapter 2 of his ten sermons on the Holy Spirit. Tozer's outline: the blunder of orthodoxy in assuming spiritual truths can be intellectually perceived; the error that Bible study of itself can remove the...

What does Jesus mean by "take no thought for your life" in Matthew 6:24-34 (KJV)? Take no anxiety: seek the kingdom of God first, then work without worry.
Sermon on the Mount Pt 27, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Matthew 6:24 is the hinge of the chapter. Verses 19-24 warn against coveting abundance, and verses 25-34 warn against being anxious about necessities. Matt shows that "take no thought" means take no anxiety, the same word as "Be careful for nothing" in Philippians 4:6, and not "sit on your porch and wait for life to happen."

From there...

In this episode of Straight Bible, we sit down again with Matt Hepner of The Standard Coffee Shop to break down the first four verses of the Book of Jude — one of the most overlooked but powerful warnings in Scripture. Jude writes to believers who must “contend for the faith” because certain people have crept into the church unnoticed — twisting grace into license, and reshaping God’s truth to fit human comfort. We talk about: The rise of fake churches that preach acceptance without repentance. How false teachers dilute Scripture for clout or convenience. Why modern Christians must recognize deception inside the...

Why does the church have so many arguments and so little power? James Williams of Dark Waters says Christians need the Holy Spirit's power, not just better debates.
Straight Bible Interview Sessions with James Williams (Dark Waters), hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

James Williams, better known as Dark Waters, sits down with Matt and TopLobsta for a raw, unscripted conversation. He tells how the Lord told him to "study my generals," starting with John Wesley, why the first money from his debate went straight to the church, and why a Christian who crushes a debate opponent...

When does the Holy Spirit come? A.W. Tozer's text is Acts 2:1-6 (KJV), and his answer is "Don't beg for the Holy Spirit, glorify Jesus Christ."
A.W. Tozer Sermon Breakdown Pt 1 (Tozer's Ten Messages on the Holy Spirit), hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Straight Bible opens its A.W. Tozer series with the first of Tozer's ten messages on the Holy Spirit, "Don't Beg for the Holy Spirit, Glorify Jesus Christ." Tozer's point from Acts 2 is that the important thing at Pentecost was not that the Spirit had come but that Jesus had been...

Is Revelation written in chronological order? Sean Griffin of Kingdom in Context walks through Revelation 1:1-22:21 and shows how its visions overlap.
Straight Bible Interview Sessions with Sean Griffin (Kingdom in Context), hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Sean Griffin of Kingdom in Context comes back for a two-hour walk through Revelation. He starts at Revelation 1:1, where the message runs from God, to Jesus Christ, to His angel, to John. Then the big question: Revelation is not one continuous sequence. Greek words like kai do not always mean "next," and Sean groups the chapters into overlapping sections...

Who was Andrew the Apostle? In John 1:35-42 (KJV) Jesus asks him "What seek ye?", and G. Campbell Morgan shows why Andrew mattered more than most Christians realize.
G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown (The Great Physician), hosted by Matt Hepner with Raven.

Matt and Raven read G. Campbell Morgan's chapter on Andrew from The Great Physician. Morgan walks through the places Andrew is named: John 1:35-42, the call from the nets (Mark 1:16-18), the loaves and fishes (John 6:8-9), the Greeks who would see Jesus (John 12:20-22), the Mount of Olives (Mark 13:3-4), the upper room (Acts 1:13...

Why did Abraham refuse the king of Sodom's riches? Matthew 6:22-24 (KJV): "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Abram would not let any man say, "I have made Abram rich."
Sermon on the Mount Pt 26, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Matt and TopLobsta trace "Ye cannot serve God and mammon" through the Bible. In Genesis 14 Abram arms his 318 trained servants and brings Lot back. Two kings meet him: Melchizedek blesses him and receives a tenth, and the king of Sodom offers the goods. Abram will not take "from a thread even to a shoelatchet ... lest thou...

What is the difference between the seal of God and the mark of the beast? Matt and Raven read Revelation 7:1-8 (KJV), Ezekiel 9 and Revelation 13.
Straight Bible Q&A, hosted by Matt Hepner and Raven.

Matt and Raven take viewer questions, led by the seal of God and the mark of the beast. Revelation 7:1-8: four angels "holding the four winds of the earth," an angel "having the seal of the living God," and 144,000 sealed. Ezekiel 9: "a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations." Revelation 13:11-18: the mark "...

How did Psalm 22 predict the crucifixion of Jesus? Otis Fowler reads Psalm 22 next to Hebrews 2:12-18, where Jesus says, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren."
Hebrews w/ Otis Fowler Pt 7, taught by Otis Fowler with Matt Hepner, TopLobsta and Raven.

Otis Fowler picks up Hebrews 2 where Pt 6 left off. Jesus was made "perfect through sufferings" (Hebrews 2:10), and "he is not ashamed to call them brethren" (Hebrews 2:11). The One who sanctifies and the ones He sanctifies are one family, and the word of God is what sanctifies us: "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is...

How do you know if God is speaking to you? Matt, TopLobsta and guest Mayson take live questions on hearing God's voice, psychedelics, demons and more.
Straight Bible Q&A with special guest Mayson, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

A live Straight Bible Q&A with guest Mayson. The main question is how to recognize God's voice. The answer is to know His word and His character first, so that you can recognize Him when He speaks. From there: forgiveness when bitterness lingers, building spiritual discipline, the saints who "arose, And came out of the graves...

What does "Ye cannot serve God and mammon" mean? Matthew 6:19-24 (KJV): "No man can serve two masters," and where your eyes go, your heart follows.
Sermon on the Mount Pt 25, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Matt and TopLobsta stay in Matthew 6:19-24 and focus on verses 22-24: "The light of the body is the eye," and "No man can serve two masters... Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Israel looked at the bronze serpent; Hezekiah later broke it when it became an idol (2 Kings 18:4). "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes" (Psalm 123:1). "Call unto me...

Who was John the Baptist? G. Campbell Morgan answers from John 1:29-34 (KJV): "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown (The Great Physician), hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

The second G. Campbell Morgan sermon session walks through Morgan's chapter on John the Baptist from The Great Physician. First the man: Jesus said, "Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist" (Matthew 11:11). Morgan traces John's birth, his prophetic office, and his discontent with sin: the axe at...

Journalist Shane Cashman tells how he went to church and Bible study with Kanye West, read the book of James, and found his way from atheism to prayer.
Shane Cashman on Straight Bible, hosted by Matt Hepner.

Shane shares growing up near West Point in a historic New York house with a strange history, investigating the death of "Jimmy," and the Hudson Valley UFO stories that shaped him as a journalist. Then the story of how he met Kanye West: church, communion, and a Bible study in the book of James, plus his own road from atheism...

What did Jesus mean by a single eye? Matthew 6:19-24 (KJV): "If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."
Sermon on the Mount Pt 23, hosted by Matt Hepner.

Matt picks up from King Josiah finding the lost book of the law, and why the kings of Israel were told to read Scripture "all the days of his life" (Deuteronomy 17:19). Josiah tore down the idols Solomon had allowed (2 Kings 23). That is a picture of rejecting "God plus" religion and keeping the eye single on God alone.

Then come spiritual warfare...

Jesus "knew what was in man" (John 2:24-25, KJV), and He never saw a hopeless case. G. Campbell Morgan's The Great Physician, broken down.
G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown (The Great Physician), hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Matt and TopLobsta start G. Campbell Morgan's book The Great Physician and talk about why the classic preachers still matter. Jesus said "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick" (Matthew 9:12). So why did He sit with the people the religious leaders rejected?

In John 2:24-25 Jesus "knew all men" and "knew...