exploringthescriptures's Podcast

This is an interview with my friend, Damien Sanchez, about his background in the Worldwide Church of God.  Damien discusses the foundational heretical teachings which defined it as a cult to the transformation of doctrine based on the scriptures.  The music is from The Avant-Garde Metallic Orchestra.

This podcast is my interview with Ron Bryan, elder of Providence Bible Fellowship.  Ron discusses how he spent 30 years in the Church of the Nazarene, then left based on his honest assessment that their teaching was diametrically opposed to the word of God, specifically the doctrine of justification.  On a side note, Harry A. Ironside had a similar journey almost 100 years ago with the holiness movement.  The music is from The Avante-Garde Metallic Orchestra. 

This is the final instlallment in the "Spirit of Freedom" series.  Today I discuss the security of the believer, and the lasting and unconditional nature of our freedom in Christ.  The photo is from the last day of my trip with the church, Christ Light Evangelical Ministries International.  Can you pick me out of the crowd?  Once again the music is from Nova(US).

Here is the second part to my 3 part series on freedom in Christ.  Here I talk about what we, as Christians, do with this new found freedom in the Spirit.  The picture of myself and Pastor Paul O. Adeyemi of Christ Light Evangelical Ministries in Lagos, Nigeria.  The music once again is from Nova (US). 

This is the first installment of my 3 part series on Christian Freedom.  This was taken from my sermons in Lagos, Nigeria in December.  I spoke 3 out 5 nights in a week long program.  I am pictured speaking and my interpreter is on my left.  The music is by Nova (US).

I'm back podcasting, and decided to do a show just catching up on what I've been doing, and what I'd like to do with the show.  I talked about my latest trip to Africa and show ideas, including some failed attempts.  The instrumental music is from Yung Cassanova, and I added the Gregorian Chant track. 

I just got back from my trip to West Africa a couple weeks ago.  I spoke briefly about it on my last podcast, so I thought I'd give an update on what happened.  It was my first time in Africa, so it was pretty exciting for me.  I intended it as a vacation to visit a friend I had been corresponding with the past couple years, and get to know her family.  I was given the opportunity to preach- something I had not done before.  I really don't like speaking in front of large crowds.  But when the Lord presents the opportunity, you take it.  So I did, and present the outline of it in my podcast.  The picture is of myself and the pastor.  Can you guess which one is which.  And yes, I stuck out like a sore thumb in Nigeria as the lone white guy.  But I was well received, and overall enjoyed my stay.  The music is from Kewlpak as usual.

My friend from church, Dave, shares the testimony of Lawrence Medici.  Lawrence is serving a life sentence in jail and has a ministry to the lost in jail.  Dave heard about Lawrence through a relative's jail ministry, and has been corresponding with Lawrence.  If you would like to correspond with Lawrence you can write to Lawrence Peter Medici #256003/ Keen Mountain Correctional Center/ PO Box 860/ Oakwood, VA 24631

Once again the music is from Kewlpack.

This week I am discussing John 3:1-15 with Mike Nevarr, pastor of Provident Bible Fellowship in Reston, VA. We also touch on Ezek 36:25, John 15:3, Eph 5:26, 1 Peter 1:23. Although the "my church" link on the website is Reston Bible Church, I currently attend Mike's church. I still go to RBC's Saturday night service when I can. PBF does not have a website up yet, and I will post it when it's available. The music is from Kewlpack as usual.

Since Rob has relocated to Florida for work, I will be doing the show solo. I will try and have guests on in the future as well. In today's show I am trying to recreate a discussion with Rob and myself that came up after our last show on Christian freedom. Rob asked which sin was worse, self righteousness or gross immorality. It seemed Rob was willing to sacrifice the pursuit of moral purity for fear of self righteous attitudes. I countered that it is a false dichotomy, and that the scriptures command purity under the backdrop of our complete moral depravity outside of the blood of Christ. As a side note, Kewlpack said in an email that he likes the show, and offered to do special music for us in the future.

This progam was actually our first recording, but didn't make it as a podcast. I decided there was enough interesting stuff to salvage it, and post it on the show. We start out with the topic of baptism and move into the cults who believe baptism is neccessary for salvation. The conversation became a debate on how to define a cult. I brought up ICOC, or Boston movement and Seventh Day Adventists. Rob did not think they were cults because they acknowledge Jesus Christ as divine, and the trinity as it is alluded to in scripture. I acknowledged that the ICOC has recanted some of their doctrines (like being the ONLY true church), but I am not sure of their current position on baptism. If you have any information on the ICOC or Adventists, please post a comment or send an email. Once again, the music is from Kewlpack

Today Rob and I are talking about how are christian life impacts the entertainment we choose such as movies and music. This is a bit longer than the normal 20-30 minute podcast due to the unstructured nature of the discussion. We recommend you download the file to your hard drive instead of streaming so you can stop and start at your leisure. The music is from Kewlpack

This week's discussion is on the parable of the shrewd manager in Luke 16:1-6. We also used 2nd Cor 5:1-4 and Luke 21:19 in the discussion. Our musical guests were Joshua-percussion, Justin -electic guitar, and Phillip- acoustic guitar. After the show, Rob did in fact concede that his interpretation concerning "eternal dwellings" holds no water biblically. It still remains his least favorite parable.

This is our first podcast of "Exploring the Scriptures" with Armand and Rob. So we thought it best to introduce ourselves as to how we came to believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. The show is intended to be a dialogue between two Christians over theology, passages of the bible, and moral issues, etc...