Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure

Year of Parables – Episode 17: When Jesus shares the short parable about a treasure hidden in a field, discover some things we can learn from this parable, and what is worth selling everything we have in order to acquire it. You may be surprised to learn the treasure we discovered! Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 16: When challenged by His brothers about being known, Jesus pushes back and decides to go to a Jewish festival anonymously instead of publicly with His brothers or His disciples. Discover why this is and why this matters to us living today! Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 16: In another short parable, Jesus shares about God’s kingdom being like yeast. Discover what Jesus wants us to learn from this metaphor, especially when most of the time yeast is mentioned in the Bible, it is viewed negatively. Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 15: When Jesus is challenged by a crowd to show them a sign from heaven like God gave manna in the Old Testament, discover how Jesus pushes this spiritual truth to the extreme, and how He is God’s manna that was sent into the first century world. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 15: In one of His shortest parables, discover how Jesus challenges His people with a huge vision of God’s kingdom, and how God would challenge all of His people alive today to be in order to represent His love for all of creation! Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 14: When the crowd Jesus fed finds Him on the other side of the lake a day or two later, discover how Jesus pushes their assumptions about Him and how Jesus shares truth with them that is beyond what many of them were willing to accept. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 14: While Matthew has a more famous parable about wheat and weeds, Mark included a lesser known parable focused on seed planting that might be even more powerful, and it is a parable that challenges us about what we are called to do verses what we are called to let God do. Discover how a short, four-verse parable can reframe someone’s life! Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 13: When we face trials in life, the best thing for us to do is ask Jesus for help. We might be surprised with how much help Jesus can give us, especially when we look at what happens after the disciples spent a night unsuccessfully trying to cross the lake without Jesus. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 13: In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus shares a powerful, and challenging parable about a man planting wheat while his enemy comes and plants weeds. Discover what we can learn from Jesus’ own explanation of this parable, and what He wants us to pay attention to when our time on this earth is finished! Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 12: When Jesus sees a huge crowd coming His way, discover where we can see faith leading up to one of Jesus’ most famous miracles, and where we can see doubt. Discover how God is more than capable of using insignificant gifts in order to solve unsolvable problems. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 12: Part way through His ministry, Jesus shares a powerful parable that helps us frame every other parable Jesus shares, and Jesus teaches us that only when we truly understand this parable will we be able to understand all His other parables. Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 11: When some religious leaders challenge Jesus about a miracle He did on the Sabbath, discover in Jesus’ reply some amazing things about God, about Jesus, and about how we are to have faith in Jesus as God’s Son and our Redeemer. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 11: When Jesus shares a parable that doesn’t have an end, can we learn something about our own lives from the illustration and details included in this parable. Since this parable doesn’t have an ending, does this mean we are still being given an opportunity from God? Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 10: When Jesus comes to a pool surrounded by sick people, discover in one man’s healing a powerful truth we can apply into our own lives over 2,000 years later. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 10: When Peter asks Jesus who the message behind a certain parable is for, Jesus replies with a second parable, and in this second parable, discover how to be a wise and trusted servant of God. Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 9: When an official comes to Jesus with a request for help, discover how Jesus pushes this man’s faith while also not directly answering His request. Discover how this event teaches us about faith in God more than 2,000 years after it happened! Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 9: In the gospel of Luke, Jesus shares a fascinating illustration where the master rewards the diligent servants by turning the tables and serving them. Discover how this perspective can change the way we see God and how it affects how we can look forward to His soon return! Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 8: When Jesus stops by a well while traveling through Samaria, discover how He happens to find Himself alone with a Samaritan woman, and how their conversation ultimately transforms an entire town that was ripe for harvest! Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Year of Parables – Episode 8: When someone in the crowd asks Jesus to step into the role of judge in a dispute that was taking place, discover not only how Jesus responded, but a powerful parable about how we should respond to God when He sends us blessings. Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...

Flashback Episode: Year in John – Episode 7: Before John’s gospel fully shifts over onto focusing on Jesus’ public ministry, John briefly touches on something John the Baptist, Jesus’ forerunner in ministry, says about the Messiah who would come after him. Discover how John’s message is powerful and why it might not be very popular, even if it is ultimately true. Join the discussion on the original episode's page: Click Here.Listen to this episode and/or subscribe on ReflectiveBibleStudy.com...