Podcasts by ONE MORE VERSE - John Nix
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DEATH KNELL from 2016-10-05T02:05:28
Adam is not dealing with just an animal that he had previously named; he is dealing with greater intelligence and an adversarial relationship. The serpent uses his abilities in sinister ways. This ...
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Trustworthy And True from 2016-05-07T00:30
Jesus shared our life so that we might share his life in heaven. God declares from his throne that all things have been created anew, and all who are thirsty may come and drink ...
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A Tale Of Two Suppers from 2016-05-06T02:10:22
The king bears a sharp sword that comes out of his mouth with which he will strike the nations and rule over them. He treads the winepress of God’s wrath and fury. He will crush and trample the wic...
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I Reprove And Discipline from 2016-05-05T02:31:52
Prosperity can be as great a threat to God’s people as adversity in spite of the fact that it is usually overlooked as an imminent threat. This church received the most severe rebuke of Christ’s le...
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I Know Your Works from 2016-05-04T03:28:39
The church at Ephesus was doing many good things, but it suffered from a serious flaw. These good deeds did not excuse the fact that they had abandoned their first love. The people were not express...
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I Have The Keys from 2016-05-03T00:30
Having seen the seven golden lampstands, John saw Jesus as a remarkable human figure. He saw Jesus clothed in a robe reaching to His feet, having a golden sash. Like the Ancient of Days we read abo...
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God Is Love from 2016-04-30T00:30
John again underscores the importance of showing genuine love. Our love as an inclination finds its origin in the divine nature. The greatness of the divine love for us leaves us with an incentive ...
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The Father Of Lights from 2016-04-29T00:30
James urges his readers to count it as joy in the face of trials. Believers are not to pretend that the sufferings of this life are not real and painful. James makes the point that joy can be found...
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Living Stones from 2016-04-28T00:30
The church is described as a living body, a building built on the foundation of Jesus, and as a select people. Peter was eager for God’s people to demonstrate distinctive, obedient behavior in orde...
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We Persuade from 2016-04-27T00:30
In light of these truths, Paul seeks to persuade others, not by commending themselves, but because the love of Christ controls him. Christ died and was raised, and that changes everything. Paul doe...
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The Greatest Of These from 2016-04-26T00:30
Paul defines some of the characteristics of Christian love so that there will not be any confusion for the church at Corinth. Paul starts with the positive attributes and then explains what is anti...
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Whether We Are Awake Or Asleep from 2016-04-23T00:30
There is a great deal of curiosity, and much speculation is made concerning the time of Christ's return. Paul tells the believers that his coming will be sudden and unexpected so they are to live w...
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Wise For Salvation from 2016-04-22T00:30
Timothy had been given a solid foundation in the Old Testament Scriptures, which he had received from his grandmother and his mother. These sacred writings made Timothy wise for salvation through f...
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Entrust To Faithful Men from 2016-04-21T00:30
Timothy has already been advised to guard the deposit of truth and to be steadfast in preaching that truth in the face of any opposition he might be faced with in his ministry at Ephesus. Now, Paul...
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Guard The Deposit from 2016-04-19T23:00
Paul affirms Timothy as a man of God and encourages him to look after his spiritual health. He urges him to strive for righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness. Paul tel...
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The Mystery Of Godliness from 2016-04-19T00:30
These verses are not just a set of instructions on how to identify and appoint new leaders. The church at Ephesus required a radical overhaul of the church’s leadership. Some men had wandered from ...
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Preeminent from 2016-04-16T00:30
Creation exists for Christ. Every particle and molecule in the universe is held together by Jesus, and he has dominion over all things. He is the head of the church, and he exercises his authority ...
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Learned, Received, Heard, And Seen from 2016-04-15T01:00
Paul has calls these readers to follow his example as he did on previous occasions in the book of Philippians. This call to practice what has been learned, received, heard, and seen is the essence ...
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Have This Mind from 2016-04-14T00:02:19
These words should render us speechless as a sense of awe and wonder envelops our hearts. Jesus did not insist upon what was rightfully his. Instead, he willingly laid aside his glory and took our ...
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Keep In Step from 2016-04-12T03:41:59
Paul then juxtaposes the fruit of the Spirit with the works of the flesh. Here one finds the beauty of the work of the Spirit in the life of the believer next to the destructive works of the flesh....
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Born This Day from 2016-02-18T01:43:35
Isn’t it interesting that when God chose to announce the birth of the Messiah to the world, he didn’t inform the wealthy political leaders of the day? Instead, God chose to tell shepherds that were...
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Blessed Are You Among Women from 2016-02-17T06:14:30
Mary, now pregnant, goes to visit Elizabeth and upon Mary's greeting her baby begins to leap within her as she is filled with the Holy Spirit and begins to prophesy over her. Elizabeth proclaims th...
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Sudden Judgment from 2016-02-11T03:23:20
The God of judgment was nearer than any of the skeptics imagined. Malachi stressed that the coming of God would be both sure and sudden. The words suggest something shocking and unexpected, but cer...
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Wearied With Words from 2016-02-10T04:09:03
God was wearied of his people persisting in sin. God had demonstrated his faithfulness over and over, and yet his people were faithless. They walked in ongoing patterns of disobedience. Even the re...
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Empty Formality from 2016-02-09T01:27:52
Rather than continue to insult God with their tainted sacrifices, it would be better, Malachi argued, to shut down the temple because the sacrifices were no longer accomplishing their purpose. It w...
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He Will Not Clear The Guilty from 2016-02-05T20:25:53
Jealousy causes God to act by pouring out his wrath which results in judicial reparation. Make no mistake, God is patient and slow to anger. He is not capricious, arbitrary, nor impetuous in the ex...
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That's What I Said from 2016-02-05T04:13:48
Jonah was terribly displeased that God would relent concerning the destruction of Nineveh. Jonah felt that the Ninevites deserved judgment, and evidently he had felt this anger for some time. He ...
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The Great Revival from 2016-02-04T02:50:51
The king was not sure that even these drastic measures would avert the calamity, but he hoped that God would withdraw his burning anger and spare Nineveh. The king, though he was a pagan, recogni...
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A Last Resort from 2016-02-03T05:02:10
Praying is sometimes our last resort. Jonah prayed out of his distress and cried for help from the depth of Sheol. He was as good as dead when he lifted up his desperate plea, but God heard the v...
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The Rebellious Prophet from 2016-02-02T03:17:12
Jonah would have been the first Israelite prophet to announce divine judgment to a foreign city, but here comes one of the surprising plot twists in the book. Jonah rebelled against the command o...
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Wisdom Fades from 2015-12-18T23:30
Solomon's heart was not wholly devoted to God like the heart of his father David. God was angry with Solomon because his devotion to him had grown cold. Solomon had been solemnly warned about the p...
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Blessings And Reminders from 2015-12-18T03:58:46
When he had finished praying, Solomon rose up and blessed the congregation. Solomon concluded his prayer with a brief exhortation that the people continue to demonstrate the piety and loyalty to Go...
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Construction from 2015-12-17T03:18:10
Solomon indicated that he intended to work toward accomplishing the dream of his father by building a house for the name of Lord. The construction of the temple in Jerusalem would be one of the gre...
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The Evidence Of Wisdom from 2015-12-16T03:48:44
When would the evidence of God's divine endowment make itself manifest? It was not long before a case would come to Solomon that would require great wisdom. The case of two prostitutes, both claimi...
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The Wise King from 2015-12-15T03:13:08
He was unsure of how to conduct himself as the new king. He also acknowledged that the nation had prospered to the point that the governance of it would be a major challenge even for an experienced...
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David's Death from 2015-12-11T23:30
David encourages Solomon to be strong and follow after God by obeying his commands. If Solomon were to prosper, it would come about through faithful adherence to the law of Moses. David exhorted th...
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You Are The Man from 2015-12-10T23:05:57
Then came the devastating pronouncement, “You are the man.” God had anointed David as king and delivered him from the hand of Saul. God had given Saul’s house, including his wives into the care of ...
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David Displeases The Lord from 2015-12-10T02:29:50
David's army may have been fighting successfully on foreign soil, but David was losing a battle with temptation at home. After an afternoon nap, David was walking on the roof of his palace when fro...
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Greater And Greater from 2015-12-08T03:38:49
Once the city was secure, David took up residence in the stronghold, and because the place had been conquered by David’s men and David resided there, the place was called, “the city of David.” Jeru...
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He Is The Lord's Anointed from 2015-12-04T05:14:02
Saul was moved to tears by the words of David and acknowledged that David had been more righteous than he. Saul recognized for the moment that David must not have considered him as an enemy, else h...
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God Sees Things Differently from 2015-12-02T06:12:45
Apparently after the sacrifice, Samuel retired to the house of Jesse to partake in the sacrificial meal. As each of Jesse’s sons entered the room, Samuel evaluated them, and when he saw Jesse’s fir...
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Religion Is No Substitute For Obedience from 2015-12-01T05:39:54
Samuel forcefully rejected Saul’s contention that religious intention justifies selective obedience. “To obey is better than sacrifice.” No amount of religious practice can substitute for doing wha...
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Hiding In The Baggage from 2015-11-28T02:18:30
However, when they looked for Saul, they could not find him. When they sought the Lord, it was revealed that Saul was hiding by the baggage. The people hastened to bring Saul from his hiding place ...
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We Want A King from 2015-11-26T04:52:02
You would think that a list like this would result in withdrawing the request because ultimately all Israelites would be servants of the crown. Samuel even warned the people that they would cry to ...
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A Growing Ministry from 2015-11-25T01:28:10
Three times in the darkness Samuel heard the voice of God but mistook it for the voice of Eli. The narrator excuses this mistake by saying that Samuel did not yet know God nor did he have any exper...
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She Vowed A Vow from 2015-11-24T03:56:15
She approached God reverently as can be seen in her threefold reference to herself as a handmaid of the Lord. Hannah vowed that if the Lord gave her a son, she would dedicate him all the days of hi...
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God Has Not Left You Without A Redeemer from 2015-11-21T01:31:27
It can be difficult to believe that God is always working, especially in suffering and loss. This concluding genealogy indicates the purpose and meaning of the entire Book of Ruth. The author aims ...
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The Right Of Redemption from 2015-11-20T03:37:12
Early the next morning Boaz went to the city gate. During this time in many cities, the gate complex was the center of social life, and legal judgments were often rendered there. Before Boaz would ...
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A Bold Initiative from 2015-11-19T05:04:28
As Ruth approached the house, Naomi inquired as to whether or not the initiative had been successful. Naomi’s question meant are you one dishonored by rejection or one protected as a wife? Ruth the...
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Meretricious from 2015-11-13T23:00
The Philistine lords took note of the attraction that Samson had for Delilah. They promised to pay her eleven hundred pieces of silver if she could discover the secret of Samson’s strength. Their i...
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The Wise, No Name Wife from 2015-11-13T00:52:53
Manoah panicked believing that he and his wife would die because they had seen God. His wife reasoned that if God had intended to kill them he would not have accepted the sacrifice. As promised, th...
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The Shrinking Army from 2015-11-11T22:33:13
God delights in teaching his people absolute dependence on him. The Lord spoke to Gideon on the eve of battle and told him that his army was too large. If the battle was won with such a large force...
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Man Of Valor? from 2015-11-10T22:00
Gideon begins to realize that the one with whom he was speaking was no ordinary person, so he raised a question about the wisdom of God’s choice. Gideon saw his family as being the least in the tri...
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Deborah And The Twenty-Year Tyrant from 2015-11-09T22:17:37
We are introduced to a woman named Deborah who received direct revelation from the Lord, who enabled her to interpret the past, give direction in the present and announce the future. Evidently, Deb...
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A New Generation from 2015-11-06T17:01:51
A new generation establishes a pattern of not obeying God and doing what they felt was right which provoked the LORD to anger, and he gave them over to their enemies. While the people were sufferin...
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You Call That A Plan? from 2015-11-05T00:29:01
The plan was simple. The Israelite army was to march around the walls of Jericho every day for six days while seven priests escorted the Ark in that procession. On the seventh day, the Israelite tr...
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