Episodes
All Footlight episodes.
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72 – The model prayer – Matthew 6:9-18
Jesus teaches us how to pray: “This, then, is how you should pray: Pray Daily: Set aside specific times each day to pray....
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71 – Religion won’t save you
In the last part of Chapter 5 Jesus is expanding on what the religious leaders of the day considered to be righteous behavior....
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70 – Faith and mercy – Matthew 5:33-48
Following the beatitudes Jesus then spends some time adding some other concepts around Christian living as well as expanding on...
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69 – Justice
69 – Matthew 5:21-32 In our last study we began to visit the parts of Matthew immediately after the Beatitudes exploring what Jesus meant...
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68 – Salt, light and the law
We’ve spent several weeks on the Beatitudes. Now we begin a section where Jesus begins to expand on the concepts presented in the...
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67 – Persecution
Chapter 5 of the gospel of Matthew opens with what has been most frequently called “the sermon...
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66 – Peace
Chapter 5 of the gospel of Matthew opens with what has been most frequently called “the sermon on the Mount”. This consists of a...
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65 – 100% pure
Chapter 5 of the gospel of Matthew opens with what has been most frequently called “the sermon on the Mount”. This consists of a...
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64 – Putting others first
Chapter 5 of the gospel of Matthew opens with what has been most frequently called “the sermon on the Mount”. This consists of a...
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63 – Blessed are …
Introduction This chapter begins the sermon on the Mount as it is called by some. There is a similar sermon in Luke....
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62 – Passing the test
In Chapter 4 we will see: Jesus Tempted by Satan Beginning of His Galilean Ministry Four Fishermen Called as...
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61 – Announcing the king
Matthew Chapter 3 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, The wilderness of Judea would...
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60 – Eastern wisdom – Following a star
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked,...
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59 – Unexpected – A surprise pregnancy
Matthew 1:18-25 This is episode number 59 of the footlight broadcast as we continue our study in the life and times of Jesus, a...
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58 – Why does the family tree of Jesus matter?
Who was Matthew? Who was the intended audience. Matthew is primarily writing to Jewish believers. In this gospel...
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57 – The life and times of Jesus – Introduction
This is the beginning of the study of all four Gospels will take each of them in turn and expect this to take probably more than...
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56 – Battle for Israel – How did Hamas grow?
The Israeli disengagement from Gaza (Hebrew: תוכנית ההתנתקות, romanized: Tokhnit HaHitnatkut) was the unilateral dismantling in 2005 of...
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55 – What is church?
Church is used a number of different ways in our society. Most of these are not what the bible calls church. Today we will be...
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54 – Objections from Torah keepers
What about Matthew 5:17-19 Play Audio 1 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did...
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53 – The law practiced – Old and New Testament views
Old Testament revelation Noah Prior to the flood, apparently, no animal flesh was eaten by man Gen.1:29...
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52 – Should Christians keep the law?
Are Christians to keep the law or not? Why this subject? There is a distinct movement today to encourage Christians...
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51 – Know your enemy
Christian Beliefs About Satan and Biblical Support Satan's Identification is often mistaken: According to many, Satan was...
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50 – Three views of hell
Whatever Hell is it is designed by God and kept in existence for a purpose. Today we are going to look at the arguments of the...
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49 – What happens when we die?
What happens when we die is a question that I’ve had cause to ponder lately. We all die. We’ve all lost people we...
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48 – End times – Amillennialism- Four Christian views of final things (part 7)
Definition of Amillennialism: Amillennialism interprets the "thousand years" mentioned in Revelation 20:1-10...
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47 – End times – Postmillennialism – 4 Christian views of the end (part 6)
What is Postmillennialism? Postmillennialism,...
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46 – End times – The Millennial Kingdom – 4 Christian views of the end (part 5)
What is the Millennial Kingdom? Rev 20:4-6 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to...
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45 – End times – The Tribulation – 4 Christian views of the end – (part 4)
What is the Tribulation Tribulation – Greek word Thlipsis – Whenever you see the word Tribulation it’s Thlipsis. Means to be...
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44 – End times – Dispensationalism – 4 Christian views of the end (part 3)
Basic Beliefs according to Ryrie: An understanding that the basic purpose of God's plan in history is manifesting His own...
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43 – End times – Historic Premillennialism – 4 Christian views of the end (part 2)
The view we will examine today is not new. It is the oldest view and the most widely held view. Also called Classic...
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42 – End times – Overview – 4 Christian views of the end (part 1)
There are 4 Main Views that Christians have held about the end times over church history. I’ll explore these in this series. Today’s...
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41 – Can women be deacons – Romans 16
Can Women Be Deacons in the Christian Church? What does Paul say about in Chapter 16 of Romans?
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40 – Building each other up – Romans 15
Bear each-others burdens 15 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please...
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39 – Don’t stumble your brother – Romans 14
Romans 14 Much of the book of Romans seems devoted to resolving disputes between the Jews in Rome and the Gentiles in Rome would...
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38 – Is civil disobedience for the Christian? – Romans 13
Submission to Governing Authorities: 1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except...
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37 – Romans 12 – Be transformed by the renewing of you mind
Romans 12 Welcome Introduction Living Sacrifices I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of...
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36 – Romans 11 – Will all Israel be saved?
This is one of the most controversial and difficult chapters in the book of Romans. This chapter and chapter 5 create confusion...
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35 – Romans 10 – Easy believism
Introduction- In this chapter Paul gets into the meat of his discussion on soteriology. He gets very specific on the nature of...
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34 – Romans 9 – What is Israel
Introduction - many commentators who comment on Romans or teach on the next three chapters here Romans 910 and 11 will position...
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33 – Romans 8 (part 2) – Nothing can separate us
Chapters 1 through five Paul explains the sin problem and how it is universally applied as well as how it is universally cured...
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32 – Romans 8 (part 1) – No condemnation
Chapters 1 through five Paul explains the sin problem and how it is universally applied as well as how it is...
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31 – Romans 7 – A new law
Paul continues his synopsis of the first five chapters of Romans so that we might be able to access the solutions he begins to offer in Chap
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30 – Romans 6 – Dead man walking
First half of today’s text What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How...
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29 – Romans 5 (part 2)
Today’s text: 12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men,...
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28 – Romans 5 – Part 1
Housekeeping Today’s text: 1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God...
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27 – Romans chapter 4
Romans 4 Paul has just spent three chapters pointing out that Gentiles are sinners and then pointing out the Jews were...
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26 – Romans 3 (part 2)
Last time we were together we were working on the first half or first part of chapter 3 of Romans. We have...
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25 – Romans 3:1-20
3 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were...
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24 – Romans 2
The traditional teaching is that the first chapter of romans is primarily to the gentile saying “you have not rightousness” and you knew...
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23 – Romans 1
Romans – Why this book? Outside of the Gospels, Perhaps no other book has had more impact on Christendom than Romans Paul’s lengthy...
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22 – Can the future be changed? – God’s sovereignty vs man’s free will (part 6)
Who was John Calvin? was a French theologian, pastor, and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a...
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21 – Audience Q&A
Pat: do you really believe that two penguins walked all the way from Antartica to get on the ark? Carl: Hi. Do you know...
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20 – Can you lose your salvation?
20- Challenges to the 5 points Limited Atonement Re-examining the positive case Not only making salvation possible, but...
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19 – Challenges to the 5 points
Challenges to the 5 points Total Depravity “We do not think that faith precedes and causes new birth. Faith is the evidence...
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18 – Does God intervene in the world?
Does God Intervene in the World? God's sovereignty over rulers He can...
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17 – Is free will an illusion? – God’s sovereignty vs man’s free will (part 2)
Last week we discussed the five points of Calvinism. Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible...
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16 – God’s sovereignty vs man’s free will (part 1)
History of Calvinism John Calvin, the famous theologian and pastor of Geneva, died in Along with Martin Luther in...
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15 – Individual gifts (part 2)
Additional gifts from Paul’s list in Romans 12:6-8 Ministry (v.7 NKJV) or “service” (NASB, ESV, CSB, NIV) Meaning: Greek...
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14 – Individual gifts (part 1)
Defining the individual gifts: Paul’s list in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 A Word of Wisdom (v.8) Meaning: Though we find no...
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13 – Gifts and Cessationism
Are Spiritual Gifts for today? There are those who argue for the cessation of certain gifts at the close of the apostolic era:...
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12 – Baptisms
History Origins The practice of baptism emerged from Jewish ritualistic practices during the Second Temple Period,...
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11 – How to be saved
11 – How to be Saved The Bible doesn’t have a “sinners prayer” in it anywhere The Bible never speaks of “accepting Jesus into...
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10 – Sinful man needs a savior
What is Salvation? Salvation is the decision of who you will have as Lord of your life, who will be your King and then living...
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9 – Refuting original sin
9 - Individual Sin Housekeeping Listener Supported – PO Box 491, Woodinville WA 98072 Next Week – Beginning of Series –...
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8 – Is sin inherited?
8 - Inherited Sin A distinction between Original Sin (Adam’s) and Inherited Sin (purported to be ours) needs to be made. What...
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7 – Evidence for the resurrection
One of the reasons I am a Christian is simple. There is no effective refutation for the event of the Resurrection. I’ve mentioned...
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6- A God like no other
6 – The Trinity Doctrine What is the Trinity Doctrine? According to Wikipedia: The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as being...
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4-How to study the Bible
I was going to do the next episode on the relationship between science and the Bible and the fact that some people claim that science has...
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3 – Historical evidence – Can we trust the Bible (part 2)
What is the objective evidence from history to support the Bible? Is the Bible proved wrong on any historical fact? Absence of Evidence...
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2 – How did we get the Bible and can we trust it?
Welcome to today’s edition of the Footlight broadcast In today’s show are going to cover how we got the Bible What are the major parts of...
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1 – The grounds of knowledge
Introduction My name is Brian O’Kelly, some of you know me from some of my prior broadcasting efforts, for some of you I’m a...
