Daily Audio Bible

Listen through the Bible in a year conversationally | Monday through Saturday | ~22 minutes per segment

 

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Reflection: The heart of numbers (Psalm 4:2)

Shopping after Christmas, a guy at Microsoft, and a leadership issue of the heart.

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Original air date: December 26, 2021

Shopping after Christmas, a guy at Microsoft, and an issue of heart…


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“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.

Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…

…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.

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Reflection: family (Matthew 1:19)

Reflecting on what doesn't usually get preached...

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Original air date: December 25, 2021

Reflecting on what doesn't usually get preached...


♱♱♱

“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.

Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…

…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.

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Reflection: Paul Harvey’s The Man and the Birds

Paul Harvey used to tell this story every Christmas Eve — The Man and The Birds. It's a tradition worth preserving.

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Original air date: December 24, 2021

Paul Harvey used to tell this story every Christmas Eve. It's a tradition worth continuing:

As you were growing up, it is likely that you at least once imagined what you wanted to be when you grew up. For me, one of the many things was being fascinated with radio. I remember going camping and asking if I could sleep in the car, amazed that our remote camping spot in central Oregon could, in the middle of the night, catch something, anything, from Wyoming or San Francisco.

So my friends, may I direct you to a story that was a favorite of my radio hero, Paul Harvey who used to use it every Christmas Eve. He and his friend Louis Cassels once tried to track down who wrote it, but he said they never did find who wrote it. Like him, I guess, some words are meant to stand on their own.

The Christmas Story the way it’s usually told — that God was born a man in a manger — escapes some people I think, because they seek complex answers to their questions. And this one is so utterly simple. So for the cynics and the skeptics and the unconvinced, I’d like to submit this modern parable: The Man and the Birds.

The man to whom I’m going to introduce you was not a scrooge. He was a kind decent, mostly good man, generous to his family, upright in his dealings with other people. But he just didn’t believe all that incarnation stuff which the churches proclaim at Christmas time. It just didn’t make sense, and he was too honest to pretend otherwise. He just couldn’t swallow the Jesus Story, about God coming to Earth as a man.

He told his wife, “I’m truly sorry to distress you, but I’m not going with you to church this Christmas Eve.” He said he’d feel like a hypocrite. That he’d much rather just stay at home, but that he would wait up for the family. And so he stayed, and they went to the midnight service.

Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting heavier and heavier and then went back to his fireside chair and began to read some news. Minutes later he was startled by a thudding sound…then another, and then yet another. At first he thought someone must be throwing snowballs against his living room window. But when he went to the front door to investigate, he found a flock of birds huddled, miserable in the snow. They’d been caught in the storm and, in a desperate search for shelter, had tried to fly through his large landscape window.

Well, he couldn’t let the poor creatures lie there and freeze, so he remembered the barn where his children stabled their pony. That would provide a warm shelter — all he would have to do is direct the birds to that shelter.

Quickly he put on a coat and boots and gloves, and he tramped through the deepening snow to the barn and he opened the doors wide. And he turned on a light so the birds would know the way in. But the birds did not come in.

So he figured food would entice them in. So he hurried back to the house, fetched bread crumbs, sprinkled them on the snow, making a trail to the yellow-lighted wide open doorway of the stable. But to his dismay, the birds ignored the bread crumbs. The birds just continued to flap around helplessly in the snow. He tried catching them but he could not. He tried shooing them into the barn by walking around them waving his arms. Instead, they scattered in every direction, except into the warm, lighted barn. And that’s when he realized that they were afraid of him.

“To them,” he reasoned, “I am a strange and terrifying creature. If only I could think of some way to let them know that they can trust me…that I am not trying to hurt them, but to help them. But how?”

Any move he made tended to frighten them and confuse them. They just would not follow. They would not be led or shooed because they feared him.

And he thought to himself, “If only I could be a bird, and mingle with them and speak their language. Then I could tell them not to be afraid. Then I could show them the way to the safe, warm barn. But I would have to be one of them, wouldn’t I? So they could see, and hear and understand.”

At that moment the church bells began to ring. The sound reached his ears above the sounds of the wind. And he stood there listening to the bells – Adeste Fidelis, O Come All Ye Faithful – listening to the bells pealing the glad tidings of Christmas.

And he sank to his knees in the snow.

From my house to yours the Christmas, I love you.


♱♱♱

“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.

Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…

…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.

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#1587: Acts 10 | Jeremiah 7-8:3

How does Jeremiah’s calling relate to how we think about truth today?

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 10

Verses: 48
Words: ~1118

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 7-8:3

Verses: 37
Words: ~1097

Wisdom SEGMENT: ~

Verses: ~
Words: ~

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

How does Jeremiah’s calling relate to how we think about truth today?

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

Kenneth L. Barker and John R. Kohlenberger III, Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition: Old Testament) (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994).

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1586: Acts 9:32-43 | Jeremiah 5-6 | Psalm 75

When someone was raised from the dead in the New Testament, was that…resurrection?

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 9:32-43

Verses: 12
Words: ~280

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 5-6

Verses: 61
Words: ~1808

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 75

Verses: 10
Words: ~164

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

When someone was raised from the dead in the New Testament, was that…resurrection?

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

Kenneth L. Barker and John R. Kohlenberger III, Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition: Old Testament) (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), 1150.

D. A. Carson, ed., NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 1286.

Kenneth O. Gangel, Acts, vol. 5, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 128.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1585: Acts 9:1-31 | Jeremiah 3:6-4:31 | Proverbs 13:18

How to be a minister of reconciliation

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 9:1-31

Verses: 31
Words: ~722

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 3:6-4:31

Verses: 51
Words: ~1512

Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 13:18

Verses: 1
Words: ~16

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

How to be a minister of reconciliation

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

Kenneth L. Barker and John R. Kohlenberger III, Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition: Old Testament) (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), 1150.

D. A. Carson, ed., NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 1286.

Kenneth O. Gangel, Acts, vol. 5, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 128.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1584: Acts 8:4-40 | Jeremiah 2-3:5 | Proverbs 13:13-17

You can't read the Old Testament without being reminded there's nothing new under the sun. But what about the early church?

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 8:4-40

Verses: 36
Words: ~839

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 2-3:5

Verses: 42
Words: ~1245

Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 1245

Verses: 5
Words: 79

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

You can't read the Old Testament without being reminded there's nothing new under the sun. But what about the early church?

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

Kenneth L. Barker and John R. Kohlenberger III, Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition: Old Testament) (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), 1150.

D. A. Carson, ed., NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 1286.

Kenneth O. Gangel, Acts, vol. 5, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 128.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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(Advent) Reflection: Shift (Isaiah 9:2)

The theme of Advent week four is Love. Love is the...

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Original air date: December 19, 2021

The theme of Advent week four is Love. Love is the...


♱♱♱

“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.

Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…

…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.

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#1583: Acts 7-8:3 | Jeremiah 1 | Psalm 130

Today we begin Jeremiah where we'll hear a repeated theme of salvation through judgment

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 7-8:3

Verses: 63
Words: ~1468

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 1

Verses: 19
Words: ~563

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 130

Verses: 8
Words: 131

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

Today we begin Jeremiah where we'll hear a repeated theme of salvation through judgment

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

Kenneth L. Barker, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, vol. 20, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999).

Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 1730.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1582: Acts 6:8-15 | Zechariah | Psalm 74

The problem of suffering and evil isn't new, but God is good and can be trusted to make all things right.

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 6:8-15

Verses: 8
Words: ~186

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Zechariah

Verses: 53
Words: ~1556

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 74

Verses: 24
Words: 394

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

God is good and can be trusted for ultimate justice.

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

Kenneth L. Barker, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, vol. 20, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999).

Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 1730.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1581: Acts 6:1-7 | Habakkuk | Psalm 73

What's the relationship between grace and the law?

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 6:1-7

Verses: 7
Words: ~163

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Habakkuk

Verses: 56
Words: ~1356

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 73

Verses: 28
Words: 459

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

What's the relationship between faith and the law?

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1580: Acts 5:17-42 | 2 Kings 22-23:30

Are you a glass-half-full kind of person?

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 5:17-42

Verses: 25
Words: ~583

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: 2 Kings 22-23:30

Verses: 50
Words: 1583

Wisdom SEGMENT: ~

Verses: ~
Words: ~

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

Are you a glass-half-full kind of person?

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1579: Acts 4:23-5:16 | Nahum | Psalm 149

Two principles to remember have in your back pocket as you’re talking to others.

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 4:23-5:16

Verses: 31
Words: ~722

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Nahum

Verses: 47
Words: 1111

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 149

Verses: 9
Words: ~148

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

Two principles to remember have in your back pocket as you’re talking to others.

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1578: Acts 3-4:22 | 2 Kings 21 | Psalm 71

Do you ever wonder if you smell like Jesus? You know you do!

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 3-4:22

Verses: 48
Words: ~1119

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: 2 Kings 21

Verses: 20
Words: 633

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 71

Verses: 24
Words: ~394

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

Do you ever wonder if you smell like Jesus? I know you do!

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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(Advent) Reflection: Guessing (Isaiah 55:12)

Knowing the source of joy doesn't require...

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Original air date: December 12, 2021

Knowing the source of joy doesn't require...


♱♱♱

“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.

Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…

…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.

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Roger Courville Roger Courville

#1577: Isaiah 63-66

A vision of ultimate destiny

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: ~

Verses:
Words: ~

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Isaiah 63-66

Verses: 80
Words: 2182

Wisdom SEGMENT: ~

Verses:
Words: ~

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

A vision of ultimate destiny

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1576: Acts 2 | Isaiah 61-62| Proverbs 13:8-12

Pop quiz: What comes to mind for you for the wor…

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 2

Verses: 47
Words: ~1095

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Isaiah 61-62

Verses: 23
Words: ~627

Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 13:8-12

Verses: 5
Words: ~92

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

God's heart is for all nations, and the offer is...

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1575: Acts 1 | Isaiah 58-60| Proverbs 13:2-7

Pop quiz: What comes to mind for you for the word "w…

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Acts 1

Verses: 26
Words: ~606

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Isaiah 58-60

Verses: 57
Words: ~1555

Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 13:2-7

Verses: 6
Words: ~99

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

Religiosity and playing on the edges of Christianity...

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1574: Luke 24 | Isaiah 56-57 | Psalm 70

Pop quiz: What comes to mind for you for the word "witness?" Let me know: hello@forthehope.com. Thanks!

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Luke 24

Verses: 53
Words: ~1133

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Isaiah 56-57

Verses: 33
Words: ~900

Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 70

Verses: 5
Words: 82

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

Pop quiz: What comes to mind for you for the word "witness?" Let me know: hello@forthehope.com. Thanks!

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Is 53:3–6.

Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament, Lexham Context Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), Is 40:1–66:24.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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#1573: Luke 23 | Isaiah 54-55

What did preachers preach before there was a New Testament?

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NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Luke 23

Verses: 56
Words: ~1197

OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Isaiah 54-55

Verses: 30
Words: ~818

Wisdom SEGMENT: ~

Verses: ~
Words: ~

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

What did preachers preach before there was a New Testament?

Bible used for reading:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Is 53:3–6.

Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament, Lexham Context Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), Is 40:1–66:24.

♱♱♱

ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org

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