Want to dive deeper into Scripture? Every Thursday, Chris Christensen investigates a passage of Scripture and helps us see how to apply it to our lives.
This is the episode is part 2 of a study on Revelation. The risen Christ sends letters to the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira. Jesus tells them the churches the things that they have been doing right and what they have been doing wrong. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is part 1 of a study on the book of Revelation. John is minding his own business on the island of Patmos when the Lord shows him a vision and tells him to take a letter for the seven churches in Asia. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is 6th and final part of a study of Elijah. Elijah leaves Elisha who takes up the role as prophet in the power of Elijah. Elijah is taken to heaven. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
2 Kings 1 The Lord 's Judgment on Ahaziah 1 After Ahab's death, Moab rebelled against Israel. 2 Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, "Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury." 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?' 4 Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!' " So Elijah went. 5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you come back?" 6 "A man came to meet us," they replied. "And he said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, "This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending men to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!" ' " 7 The king asked them, "What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?" 8 They replied, "He was a man with a garment of hair and with a leather belt around his waist." The king said, "That was Elijah the Tishbite." 9 Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king says, 'Come down!' " 10 Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men. 11 At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, "Man of God, this is what the king says, 'Come down at once!' " 12 "If I am a man of God," Elijah replied, "may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men. 13 So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. "Man of God," he begged, "please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! 14 See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!" 15 The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, "Go down with him; do not be afraid of him." So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king. 16 He told the king, "This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!" 17 So he died, according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram [a] succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. 18 As for all the other events of Ahaziah's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? Footnotes: 2 Kings 1:17 Hebrew Jehoram , a variant of Joram Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is part 4 in a study on Elijah the prophet. King Ahab (of more accurately his wife his wife Jezebel) murders an innocent man and God declares through Elijah that God is done with Ahab. But then something surprising happens. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is part 3 in a study on the prophet Elijah. After his challenge with the prophets of Baal, instead of having a victory celebration Elijah finds himself again fleeing for his life. He is so discouraged that he is ready to die. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is part 2 in a study on the prophet Elijah. In this episode after 3 years of famine and drought it is time for Elijah and King Ahab to meet. Elijah proposes a test, a contest, between him and the 850 false prophets of Ball and Asherah on Mount Carmel. Let's see which is the one true God. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is part one in a study on the prophet Elijah. Elijah is called to be a prophet to the north kingdom of Israel. The kingdom of Israel has turned to other Gods so we first meet Elijah telling king Ahab that there will be a drought. The Lord then cares for Elijah in this time of drought first directly and then later by sending him to a widow in Sidon. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is the 6th and final in a series of studies on parenting that looks at the fruit of the Spirit as a template for how we should be parents. This episode looks at patience, faithfulness and self-control and how they may be different aspects of living life life with a long-term view. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
This is the episode is part 5 in a study on Parenting called “Fruitful Parenting”. This episode looks at the spiritual fruit of kindness and gentleness. We also look at discipline. What does it mean to discipline a child and yet be a kind and gentle person. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Chris Christensen is the creator of The Bible Study Podcast as well as the long-running travel podcast Amateur Traveler. He has been teaching bible studies since he was in high school. He is a lay leader and occasional preacher at Bethel Lutheran Church in Cupertino California.
