Podcast Episodes

"The God of All Comfort" Season Four/Episode Three (2 Corinthians 1:1-22)

Season 4 Episode 3

Episode Synopsis:

For those of us who regard Paul as one of the primary figures in all of the New Testament, it is hard to comprehend a time when the apostle was under siege to the extent we find in 2…

Published on 11 hours ago

"The Theology of 2 Corinthians" Season Four/Episode Two

Season 4 Episode 2

Episode Synopsis:

2 Corinthians just may well be the most difficult of all of Paul’s letters.  2 Corinthians assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of the geography of the Greco-Roman world…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

"Introduction to 2 Corinthians" Season Four/Episode One

Season 4 Episode 1

"Life in the Midst of Death” An Introduction to 2 Corinthians

When we wrapped up season three (our deep dive into 1 Corinthians), Paul was in Ephesus responding to reports from Chloe’s family about tr…

Published on 1 month ago

"Be Watchful! Stand Firm!" Season Three/Episode Twenty-Nine (1 Corinthians 16:1-24)

Season 3 Episode 29

Episode Synopsis:

Episode 29 of Season Three of the Blessed Hope Podcast brings our deep dive into 1 Corinthians to its conclusion.  As we come to the end of our study of this remarkable letter and ta…

Published on 4 months ago

"Christ's Victory Over Death and the Grave" Season Three/Episode Twenty-Eight (1 Corinthians 15:35-58)

Season 3 Episode 28

Episode Synopsis:

At the end of chapter 15 of First Corinthians, Paul describes what is truly the greatest triumph in the long history of the human race–Jesus Christ’s glorious victory over death and …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

"Christ Has Been Raised" Season Three/Episode Twenty-Seven (1 Corinthians 15:20-34)

Season 3 Episode 27

Episode Synopsis:

Imagine the shock you would feel upon hearing news that the body of Jesus had been found in a tomb somewhere near the city of Jerusalem and the remains were positively identified as …

Published on 5 months ago

"The Gospel: Christ's Death, Burial, and Resurrection" Season Three/Episode Twenty-Six (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)

Season 3 Episode 26

Episode Synopsis:

If someone walked up to you and asked, “What is the gospel?, what would you say?  If you cannot come up with the answer immediately, then please carefully consider what follows.  The…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

"They Will Think You Are Crazy" Season Three/Episode Twenty -Five (1 Corinthians 14:20-40)

Season 3 Episode 25

Episode Synopsis:

My first exposure to tongue-speaking did not go well.  In an “afterglow” service which followed a mid-week Bible study at an Orange County megachurch, a large number of the faithful …

Published on 6 months ago

"Speaking in Tongues" Season Three/Episode Twenty Four (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)

Season 3 Episode 24

Episode Synopsis:

Speaking in tongues was causing chaos in the Corinthian church.  Tongue-speakers were speaking at the same time, and their tongues were not always interpreted as required by Paul.  S…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

"The Greatest of These Is Love" Season Three/Episode Twenty-Three (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

Season 3 Episode 23

Episode Synopsis:

What the Bible says about love, and the way most Americans think about love, are usually two vastly different things.  Our contemporaries tend to think of love as a powerful emotion,…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago