Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNumbers 10:31 — If God Led by a Cloud, Why Ask Hobab for Directions?
Episode 222
Host Lance Smith examines Numbers 10:31 and the apparent tension between divine guidance (the pillar of cloud) and Moses inviting Hobab as a guide. T…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Tuesday Contradictions: Matthew 16:16-17 – Andrew Told Him — Or Did God? Resolving Peter’s Confession
Episode 221
Episode 222 examines an apparent contradiction: did Peter learn Jesus was the Messiah from his brother Andrew (John 1) or by revelation from the Fath…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Numbers 6:5—Paul, Nazarites, and Bad Hair Days: Context Clears the Confusion
Episode 220
Host Lance Smith tackles an apparent contradiction between Numbers 6 and 1 Corinthians 11 about men’s long hair, showing that the Nazarite vow’s uncu…
6 months ago
Tuesday Contradictions: Matthew 15:11–From Garden Salad to BBQ: What Does the Bible Say About Eating Meat?
Episode 219
This episode traces the Bible’s changing food story from Genesis’s plant-based ideal, through post‑Flood permission and the Mosaic dietary laws, to J…
6 months, 1 week ago
Numbers 5:13–22 — Bitter Water and Divine Justice: What Numbers 5 Really Means
Episode 218
Episode 219 examines Numbers 5:13–22 and the objection that the Sotah ritual is superstition. The host explores explanations including psychosomatic …
6 months, 1 week ago
Tuesday Contradictions: Matthew 15:3–Does the Bible Endorse Capital Punishment? A Clear-Sighted Review
Episode 217
Host Lance Smith examines whether the Bible supports capital punishment by unpacking Old Testament laws, the story of Cain, Jesus' actions in John 8,…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Numbers 4:6—Never Remove the Poles? Solving the Ark’s Apparent Contradiction
Episode 216
This episode tackles an apparent contradiction between Exodus 25:15 and Numbers 4:6 about whether the Ark of the Covenant’s poles were removed for tr…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tuesday Contradictions: Matthew 14:1-2 – Herod, Guilt, and Ghosts
Episode 215
Episode 216 examines whether Herod Antipas thought Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead, comparing Matthew and Mark (which record Herod's …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Numbers 4:3 — 30, 25, 20: Making Sense of Levitical Ages
Episode 214
This episode unpacks why Numbers 4:3, Numbers 8:24, and Ezra 3:8 list different ages for Levitical service and shows they are not contradictions but …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Tuesday Contradictions: Matthew 13:53 – Nazareth's Rejection: One Visit or Two? (Gospel Puzzle Explained)
Episode 213
Episode 214 of the Bible Difficulties and Answers podcast examines the apparent contradiction between Luke 4 and Matthew/Mark about when Jesus was re…
6 months, 4 weeks ago